DC Greg
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Wow. I haven't posted on here since the season. Probably check out the conversation once a month or so. But for some reason, I neglected work for most of the day today, before this happened, reading up on all the conversation I've been missing. Must have been on here for a reason. RIP Ralph and Prayers for JK
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My goodness everyone is angry. If they did this to you, you would try and beat them up... really? Theyre putting a foam ball in a net above your head, barely touching you. But especially if you were with your wife, youd be so disrepsected that you would have no choice but to physically assault a 20 year old. Thats probably true for a lot of bills fans, and thats the biggest problem with our stadium, fans, games. Everyone always thinks everything is an insult and wants to fight to prove how tough they are. No one is buying it. Just makes us look like neandrathals. Thank goodness the other teams fans in the video have a sense of humor and dont try to flex nuts by fighting pr instigating. Again, i reserve that this is hilarious, and i hope i see this in action next season.
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I think it's hilarious. Everyone who got dunked on gets it and laughs about it. Adds to the fun atmosphere of the tailgate. You guys are old.
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Touchdown pass to Graham... you nailed it. What a sight to see a Bills QB handling receivers not being open right away, scrambling, directing the route on the run, then delivering the TD pass. Sure do miss that.
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Oh us. Attacking KW as if he's the problem. Please watch game film from yesterday and watch our linebackers get SWALLOWED UP on run blocks. Kiko and company were a non factor in the run. Absolutely decimated. Couldn't fight through one block. That was a much bigger issue.
Check out the All 22 grading sometime. It is similar to coaches grading, but a little imperfect because the analysts can't determine exactly what defense (front, coverage, stunt, blitz, etc) was called. It still gives a solid indication of a player's performance.
You will find KW near the top of that list for every Bills player, every week, every season.
Love Kiko, great motor, playmaker. Needs to put on some size to take on NFL lineman. These aren't PAC 12 boys coming at him to run block him. He's a rookie, he'll get better, and he will be great. Rest of the linebacking core as run stoppers?...... boy do we need some work.
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My brother went to UC Boulder. Ralphie (a real Buffalo) is their mascot. I love when they run him out! We need a Ralphie!
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Those two are great. Again, I think fans have a tendancy to attribute every run that goes for a gain up the middle as a bad play for the D tackles. Every player on the defensive front is responsible for exactly ONE gap. There are six gaps in between the tackles. Of course it's awesome when you have a D tackle that can split a double team or shed a single man block to make a big play (which these guys do almost as well as anyone in the league). But if you really watch, they do an excellent job of controlling their gaps and not getting pushed around. Linebackers need to fill their gaps on runs as well. This is a big difference between the casual fan who just sees "run for a gain up the middle, must have been the big guys fault" and someone who is familiar with how defensive scheme responsibilities actually are in run defense.
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how about we release you for creating this thread.
A free agent rookie qb getting his first start against the only undefeated team in the league and you guys want to jump all over the guy. If he doesn't make the mistake in the endzone we win the game.
You guys are forgetting something. When Flynn was available as a free agent, his o.c. just got the gig in Miami. Miami was in need of a qb and had little to no interest in Flynn. And what did Flynn go on to do since leaving g.b.?
UGHH I agree with you on about everything, but just pointing out the obvious in saying this is said every week! If we did this, we win, if we did that we win. It's always one play. But we always LOSE those games. Again, just the obvious. It just feels so lopsided.
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The world is not ending.
We are not the worst team in the history of the world
No one deserves to be fired.
We started our 4th string qb. An undrafted rookie. And we were in the game with an undefeated team today.
We are a decent team facing a catastrophic situation at qb. Any team in the league would've been lucky to look even as good as we did with 3 qb injuries.
All I want is to be a little more convinced that EJ is the guy to get us there. Just not sure yet. Otherwise I agree. This is a team with a lot of talent. At what point to they start to grind out the wins they need to make the playoffs? When EJ's back?
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Sooner or later this team will find the guts it takes to win. Or they'll move to LA. In the meantime
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Tuel has bracers that give +5 to Charisma and a bonus to Cold based spells
Classic!
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Only the Bills would hire a "Western New York native with twenty years of experience at Xerox." Real franchises hire people from top consulting firms, like Bain, B.C.G., and McKinsey, or top accounting firms like Deloitte/KPMG. Russ Brandon is a joke.
Look: Lyons is an o.k. hire, with solid experience, but I don't expect the team to hire the right people under him. Expect Russ to instruct him to hire Syracuse and U.B. grads, rather than the former associate consultants hired by most N.F.L. firms.
Might be harder to get Fortune 500 talent to take the same jobs in the Rust Belt region when most major companies and firms are centered in NYC and other major cities.
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All I can say is that it was a tough loss today, we definitely got beat, but the team fought really, really hard. The effort's there, good game plan, just need a little better execution in some phases and a few more players. If these guys keep buying in and sticking with each other, and if EJ works out, we are going to have a pretty damn good football team. Go Bills.
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As expected, the Bills pull off the upset last Sunday and all the national write ups are about how disappointing Miami was and how poorly they played. Little mention of the Bills who now have three wins over teams that are hardly pushovers.
If the Bills win this Sunday, will the narrative change? Or will it all be about how the Saints are coming back down to earth after a hot start and perhaps they are closer to last year's 7-9 team than people thought?
We'll get tossed a bone here of there, our star players will get some national spotlight, but no major media attention until we get back to the playoffs.
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Those ankles, like hamstrings or groins... You can get it taped up and feel pretty good all week in practice... until you really try to change direction or push hard in the game. Then you're just back to where you started and it can nag all season. Doesn't always feel like a terrible injury, but sometimes you just have to take a week or two and just sit. I understand he wants to play, but I'd rather have him at 100% in 1-2 weeks than 75% every week for the rest of the season.
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Rob Ryan is one of the premier defensive minds in the game?
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The flip side is our offense is rated pretty low. So when(hopefully when, not if) they get up to speed, we are going to really start going places. The D has been steadily improving and by the end of the year we might be the best D in the NFL or top 3...if the O can get its act together and even be middle of the pack instead of 25th or 26th we are going to be in the thick of the playoff hunt...
Truth. Great post by the OP. This kind of analysis gets more to what's really going on in the game than just YPG, RYPG, PYPG, etc... One of the most telling stats? "Looking further, the Bills have had the most defensive drives against them in the NFL with 96(average is 78)"
Too many 3 and outs by the O. Gotta move the ball! I think the whole team continues to move in a positive direction, however. GO BILLS!
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Go Bills.
That's all.
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Hey guys!
Starting and back up NT have been injured (bunkley and tyrunn walker), a lot of injuries in the front 7 generally (will smith is another, victor butler on PUP, kenyon coleman on IR). new scheme swapping from 43-34 and not a ton of cap making them additionally a bit thin up there. roman harper is very much an in the box player and hes missed games.
really, im amazed that the defense has been serviceable yet alone productive.
Well, maybe CJ and Fred can get things back to normal for them.
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Through the first 7 games the Bills are leading the NFL in interceptions (12) and are second in the AFC in total takeaways (15). Kudos to our defensive making plays and keeping us in games.
But is this sustainable? A lot of these turnovers have been gifts. The luck eventually will run out, more than likely. We have made some great defensive plays resulting in turnovers, but a majority have just been boneheaded turnovers by the opposition.
This start reminds me a lot of the 2011 Bills that started 5-2 and had 18 total takeaways through the first seven games. We all know the rest... the ball stopped bouncing our way and we went on a 7 game losing streak (only 8 takeaways over this span).
What is even more concerning is our record (3-4) based on our number of takeaways. In the AFC through 7 games there are 6 teams who have 11+ takeaways. These 6 teams have a combined record of 26-9.
Against BAL we had 5 interceptions and won by 3 points. I can't think of another team in the NFL that intercepts a QB 5 times in a game and wins by 3 points. FIVE!
So those other 5 teams that are causing as many turnovers as us have a record of 23-5 right now. Very telling. D is creating the opportunities. Those gifts need to be turned into points by the O. Huge momentum for us if we score, huge momentum the other way if we fail to score off a turnover that set us up with great field position.
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As a season ticket holder, I hate the night games......disrupts the standard setup of many fans who build their attendance around the 1pm Sunday timing. Lots of folks have to work the next day, and they pass on the event. Also, later in the schedule, its a lot colder and less desirable. I left my Miami tickets in the drawer last year (that was Thursday night if you recall) Traffic is a mess because many attendees were gifted the tickets and don't know how to go to/fro0m the stadium. But, I know, none of this prime time scheduling gives a rat about the fans in attendance....they are truely an afterthought when it comes to TV planning. I will say this, I watched the phins/Bills game on Sunday, and the stands there were VERY empty.....wondering whats going on there.
Miami fans are horrible, that's what's going on there! They can never sell that place out. Thursday night game at the Ralph last year was an absolute warzone. As was Cleveland a few years before. We had an awesome time, but it wasn't exactly what I would call a family friendly environment. I definitely understand why ownership or whoever else doesn't want night games at home. It's just debauchery at that place sometimes.
I think maybe 8-8 or 7-9 with some more exciting finishes might get us one next year. Though it's not particularly loud, there is some national buzz about this team. People outside WNY are starting to notice Kiko and the defense, and EJ is a potential story line for the media. I agree Geno has a little more sensationalism to him, but I still think they are high on EJ too. Living in DC I would just love a game in primetime.
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While I think it's still too early to judge how Josh Freeman will turn out in Minnesota, I will say that after watching last night, I'm sure glad he's not a Bill. It wasn't just his performance, but how his attitude seemed the whole time. I remember one time he got hit and his o-lineman tried to give him a hand up, and he blatantly refused the help, got up, and pouted off the field. It was a pretty obvious snub to the guy that's supposed to protect you. Too many cameras in the NFL, too many people notice that kind of behavior, especially your teammates.
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Just watching this mess of a Monday night game and wondering if anyone thinks the Bills might get a nod for a real prime time game next season (Sunday or Monday night, most likely on the road of course). You'd never know it by watching network or ESPN coverage this year, but most of our games this year have been pretty entertaining. Even the Browns game was better than most Thursday night games so far...
Any chance we might get one at home??
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The easiest way to address that is to get away from run-run-pass.
Need to throw more on 1st down and run more on 3rd down. Few things sweeter than just handing the ball off to your RB on a 3rd and 7 and watching him pick up an easy first down.
Agree completely. And I've heard a lot of talk about 'taking shots'. Take a few shots down field on first downs when the D might be sleeping! Keep them honest, get a huge play, or still have two downs left to convert. Seems like it may be a better option SOMETIMES or ONCE IN AWHILE or AT LEAST ONCE THIS SEASON than all the runs for 1, 0, or -1 yards.
Tasteless article about Mr. Wilsons death by Toronto writer
in The Stadium Wall Archives
Posted · Edited by DC Greg
He thinks the biggest obstacle to getting the Bills to move to Toronto is the welfare of the Argonauts? Wow. Can you get more pompous that that?
I think there are more than a few people in Buffalo, the state of New York, and the United States of America who want to keep the Bills here for maybe just a few other reasons that might prove bigger obstacles to his dream.