DC Greg
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Awesome. I love when people post these things on here. I rarely find them otherwise. Thank you.
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How quickly we all forget the back-to-back comeback wins against Oakland and New England, where both times Fitz marched us down the field in the waning minutes to victory. I get what everyone says about EJ having the poise and "It factor" but I guarantee some of the same posters were saying the same things about Fitz two years ago.
Don't get me wrong, I love what I'm seeing from EJ. But I also know that I've had this feeling before and been wrong.
I hear ya. Fitz had a very short period where he was capable and when Chan's offense still had enough tricks in the bag to keep 'em guessing. Watching the Oakland and Pats game, the thing that was most evident was that he wasn't scared to STEP UP and STEP IN to his throws. That gave him the ability to deliver it, although still pretty slowly, deep and over the middle of the field. After the hit he took from Fletch the very next week he was never the same. If you payed attention, he did this little half step forward/side step thing when he threw and didn't step up in the pocket. When you already have a weak arm, you can't deliver NFL caliber balls like that.
At the very least, I don't think we have to worry about that with EJ. He could throw it 60 yards flat footed.
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You don't think Ryan Fitzpatrick went into the huddle in similar situations the last couple years and told the offense in the huddle, "lets be legendary and go right down the field no win this game" or "we are going right down the field and scoring and we're gonna win this game?" The sad thing is, everyone probably believed it or him. He even did it once or twice in 2011.
If I was in the huddle and Ryan Fitzpatrick told me "Let's go be legendary" I probably would have laughed in his rediculous bearded face. The guy never inspired the team, as evidenced by our blowout losses last year, constant turnovers when he had the ball with a chance to win the game, and general lack of ability to make game changing plays. Certainly never inspired me as a fan. Seemed like a cool person, but not the born competitor we needed to take us where we need to go. I guess we don't know 100% that EJ's going to be 'legendary', but he's certainly done enough for me thus far at least to happily forget everything about the complacent loser leadership duo that was fitz-gailey.
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Wasn't EJ timed and had the quickest release of all the qb's over the last few years? I see him checking down to the 3rd and 4th reads. Think about the drops and penalties bringing back a couple large gains...spillers 30 yarder(run play but set up pass but i'm not sure what the result of that drive was) and stevies 3rd and one etc. 2nd game of a pro career and people think he should be playing like Manning. It's called developing a qb...its a process that you slowly give him more responsibility.
ESPN Sports Science. yes
The final drive last week was not "checkdowns" -- I think that reporting has been inaccurate. Those looked like designed dumpoffs to RBs over the middle where yards would be easy to come by. The whole design of that drive seemed to be to get down the field quickly so we'd have an opportunity to take some shots in the end zone.
Similar to Indy in preseason week 1... Marrone's two minute gameplan? It seems to work pretty effectively.
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I do know someone in the FO of another NFL team... I asked him about Kiko (this was back in May) and he said that they liked him but really didn't know how to use him, he was a weird player position-wise depending on the defensive scheme and that is why he didn't go higher. I think this was a pick Pettine wanted for his specific scheme and he is utilzing him beautifully to make him and the scheme successful.
I guess he's not a Takeo Spikes sized Mike run stopper, but the guy is pretty darn good at stuffing the run (as a rookie), excellent in coverage, great motor, excellent sideline to sideline, can blitz, and seems like an overall great team player so far. Seems to me that if other front offices didn't think they could use a player like this in their scheme, they need to reevaluate their scheme or their front office.
There were the character concerns. Was it just a DUI? If that's what made teams pass on him that just seems dumb. So common not just in the NFL but everywhere. Who doesn't know a dozen great people who have them. People make mistakes, especially in college.
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We were having a party at my house and a guy got there late and saw one play and started bitching about Mario. We all at once yelled he has 3 sacks already. Great game
LOL classic. Gotta love "those guys".
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I think the tone of this thread is that he's nowhere near being a playmaker. He's an average player; certainly not poor, but just average and perhaps trending down.
That is correct. He's made some big catches at big times, and that has led to a lot of people thinking he's an elite tight end. He's serviceable, but he just doesn't have the ability of the better TEs in the league.
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In response to the AW debate... it was definitely a stupid penalty. Way out of bounds and giving them a first on a third and long. That being said, you have to love everything AW did in the game besides that. Just playing his heart out and laying big hits across the field. He had just had a huge play right before that penalty. Young player that was just so jacked up he got a little carried away. Not that it's an excuse for the penalty, but he's a young player, and can anyone really trash him on that penalty without acknowledging what an outstanding overall game he had?
Hopefully he learns from it but continues to play with that kind of hustle, effort, and swagger week in and week out.
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Mario was huge. As with Leo, his big sacks were almost ALL at times when we ABSOLUTELY needed them. He's a player that can really rise to the occasion (similar to last year when he showed up big for the Indy game, which was really a "win and you are in position to compete for a playoff spot" game),
That's definitely something we've been missing over the years. If we let a QB pose back there, or run, we get destroyed. This guy is not someone who can be single blocked or forgotten about. A couple of his sacks were just awesome hustle and relentless pursuit + the speed to get there. If he keeps that level of effort up... scary good.
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Fantastic performance today. I was singing his praises (and the secondary in general after week one), but today he wasn't just solid... he was shut down status. Great plays on the ball and at really big points of the game too. W2G Leo... now if we could get a little punt return for a TD, that would be really nice!!
BTW why did they have Woods back deep on that one return instead?
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Sorry if I'm late on this comment, but why was it necessary to run the hurry up and leave them all that time to work with. I'm a big marrone fan, but you have to adjust your hurry up for situations like that. Gave then that td... and the d played great all half
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The ralph was rocking on Sunday. Could barely hear the shout song when it was played because the ambient noise was too loud. Any defensive play it was deafening. I've been going to 3-5 games for the last 15 years. This guy has no idea what he's talking about.
Love ej getting the crowd hype. Got everyone pumped for the fourth quarter .
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Pretty much in line with this, but this Buzzfeed was pretty hysterical as well.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjkiebus/reasons-being-a-buffalo-bills-fan-is-more-painful-than-ch
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I kind of felt like Marrone was giving Smith one more really good look, and probably will keep Hogan and Easley, going with 7 receivers on the roster. My guess is that one of the 2 I mentioned will play more on special teams.
Hogan has played well on ST so far. Nice to see a WR that's not scared to stick his nose in there and make a tackle.
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Brad Smith:
worst QB on team
worst WR on team
worst RB on team
worst KR on team
As to KR, Smith looked impossibly slow on the on he returned in the game.
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Spare me. Whenever you have a DT running 25 yards to to the opposite sideline to chase down a player in order to make a tackle, he's anything but shot. While he didn't have as many plays yesterday, he was explosive off the ball against the Colts and Vikings. We must be watching two different Kyles because he is certainly not done by any stretch.
GO BILLS!!!
Completely agree. That play where he chased the sweep down was from a 0 tech on the nose btw. Awesome play. He's never been an explosive playmaker. He's an excellent technician who is always in his gap and always maintaining control. He has been blowing up offensive lineman all preseason. That's huge for stopping the run. It would be nice to see him get off a few blocks and make big plays, but the man controls his gap. While it would be great if he came off into another gap to make a big play, it's our linebackers that need to get off blocks and fill their gaps as well.
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Moments ago on Sportscenter, Herm predicted the Bills would go 7-9... I guess he saw something this afternoon that made him determine we would lose one additional game...
BUT WHICH ONE?
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One thing I've never understood: are kicking and punting such vastly different skills that an NFL caliber kicker couldn't also punt? It seems that with roster spots at a premium, carrying only one K/P would make sense, and a kicker who could develop reasonable punting skills would be a valuable property. You could have the backup QB or a WR do the holding, like in the old days.
For that matter, why carry a long snapper? Can't anyone else develop the skills to snap the ball and head-hunt downfield? Sounds like a set of skills that a backup LB or SS or TE should be able to develop.
Probably the answer to all of this is "nobody else does that." What about the new regime thinking outside the box?
Have read this board for awhile but first time posting.
I've often wondered the same thing about long snappers. I snapped in college and played DE. My typical snap time for a punt was .65 to .68 seconds. A good NFL long snap is anywhere in between .6 and .7 seconds. I know there are a ton of guys playing various positions in the NFL (usually DE or TE) that were long snappers in college. I've got to think at least a few of those guys have the capability to get it back there as good as most snappers (and you do see a poor snap almost every game, but usually the punter still gets it off). And just to your point about headhunting, the coaches could care less about the LS making tackles. Yeah they run down and try to cover, but they're usually not near the NFL caliber athletes as every other player on that punt team. Occasionally they make tackles, but I've seen Garrison Sanborn have his ankles broken more than a handful of times in the open field with a punt returner. All NFL teams care about from the LS is that the snap is fast and accurate.
I wonder if coaches are just too nervous of the storm that would hit if they had a regular player as a snapper and he did botch one. With today's mass media coverage of the NFL, you know people would be very quick to call them out for doing something different than every other team in the league.
#1 on Imgur currently...it caught my eye
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Our buffalo looks like it's on steroids. And why is the player stiff arming the buffalo. Shouldn't it be blocking for him?