BarleyNY
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In other news, I also would like to be the highest paid player in the NFL. However that is not my expectation.
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Sounds like someone is in a contract year. Please note that this isn't snark, it's just how business is done in the NFL. Sammy's agent is doing his job by telling Sammy that this year will be the most important of his career from a career earnings standpoint and that he needs to be completely focused on his performance. His standard talking points are: you're focused on having a great season, you're healthy, you love it where you are and you're not worried about anything contract-related, you're letting that all work itself out.
There's nothing wrong with any of that and it just might get us a great season from Sammy. Just don't read more into it than that.
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Ok I know there are a lot of people that love him, I also know there are a lot that want him gone. However I figured I would start a thread to see what does he have to improve in your eyes to stick with the Bills at the end of the season. I know there are some that will think there is virtually nothing he can do, but there are some that are still on the fence with him. So lets say from him as a player what do you need to see for him to stick around.
I am not talking about excuses like well if Sammy stays healthy or stuff like that, I would like my QB to be effective with whoever is on the field.
Some of mine are:
Better anticipation on his throws, this is one reason why there is not a lot of YAC from these WRs, his throws tend to be late. This also hurts him with my third area I would like for him to improve on.
Obviously using the middle of the field, In this offense Clay has a chance to shine like all Owen Daniels (Clay is much more talented) has.
I would like for him to be much more effective against Man Coverage. Over the last two seasons, Taylor averages 9.3 yards per attempt against zone defenses (best), but only 7.1 yards per attempt against man coverage (fifth-worst).
That's a pretty good list. I'd add major improvement in accuracy. He does well with the deep sideline pass, but that's about it. Improvement with accuracy has to go hand in hand with improvement in his anticipation as one is not much good without the other.
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Cardale is/was highly talented, but terribly raw. If he wasn't developing - and there has been no sign or reliable inside information that he was - then that's that. I've got no problem with them cutting him loose and maybe getting a draft pick. I won't bash the pick because rolling the dice on Day 3 on a QB with his skill set is reasonable.
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i think the league still needs to help bad teams become good. weighted lotto is the way to go imo. sort of prevents tanking, but helps bad teams become good (good for competitive balance).
I'd be good with a weighted lotto, but the downside is that so many fans will distrust it. Every time a big market or other favored team beats the odds for a top pick fans will lose their s$&t. Still, if fairly executed, it'd be the best way to go.
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The Bills prediction seems to be a function of the writer's high opinion of the AFCW and NFCS, the worst team in each being 7-9. The Bills, being an afterthought, get whatever record makes that happen. It is what it is until we change things by winning. Hopefully that's on the horizon.
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I think they are just ready to move on from him.....to many issues and while he is quite the athlete for his size he is not a "football player'
I think Dawkins is gonna take that RT spot
I agree on both. Glenn at LT, Dawkins at RT (probably to start the season, but definitely at some point) and Mills as backup. Either one of the youngsters makes it on the roster or the team finds another tackle after cut down day and a young player goes to the PS. I see Henderson getting cut when he comes back from suspension barring a slew of injuries at OT. At some point the team has to move on from players that can't be counted on.
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Marino, Kelly, Tarkenton, Rivers, Fouts, Kosar, Luck......the list goes on and on.....
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I agree wholeheartedly that good BBQ shouldn't need any sauce to be delicious. That's a main tenant of BBQ. Sauce can be an enjoyable supporting cast member, but should never be the star of the show or even needed.The truest statement I've read on this board.
Any BBQ that needs sauce to make it taste good is just cheap meat. Suck it, Texas and KC.
All regional BBQ has it's good and bad. Most poor examples just go too far - too sweet for KC, too vinegary for NC, etc. - but there is always some great stuff around if you know where to look or just make it yourself.
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As someone who suffers from the same condition as Henderson I sympathize greatly with him. Pot is a legitimate treatment option for Crohn's, although it's not enough by itself to totally control it.
A league that pours malignant drugs into its players not allowing pot is absolute garbage.
That's all true and I absolutely support an end to marijuana testing in the NFL as well as legalizing medical marijuana. I'm also good with legalizing recreational too. But Henderson's issues with pot pre-date his Crohn's diagnosis. He had violations in college and even tested positive at the Combine. His only chance to remain in the NFL is if they stop testing or grant him an exception.
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Reminder that Andy Reid was very successful for years in Philly, then started losing and wound up 3-13. Hopefully history repeats itself.
That'd be very nice.
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What kind of contract did he get?
2 years, $6M including $4.5M guaranteed. Nice money for his limited career production, but SF didn't exactly break the bank in him.
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We all know who Goodwin is as a player. At least we all do here. In SF, they will learn soon enough. Supremely fast, often injured and nowhere near a complete WR. He will beat some defenses deep enough to tantalize, but finish with 400-500 yards, a great YPC average and a poor YPT(arget) average.
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Kevin Hart is terrible. Even when he tells a funny joke he immediately steps on it by explaining it to the audience. Every single time.
Amy Schumer is awful. She rips off funny comedians and ruins their jokes.
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The few good looking color rush uniforms were definitely the exception. I remember liking the Lions silver/grey unis. There might have been one or two others. Most were just horrible.
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I actually think Peterman has a chance to be a back up in the league for a long time. A lot of guys in his position last a year or 2 and disappear (like Levi Brown). I can see Peterman kicking around in the league like Chase Daniel has. He won't ever be a starter imo but that's okay. If he can solidify the #2 role it will turn out to be a good use of a 5th.
Yup. That's how I see him, too. He's a guy that can be a quality backup for a long time. If he was a bit more physically gifted he could be on his way to being.a franchise guy.
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I mean, whose Job was it? Some say Whaley and some say Overdorf... We may never know.
A GM who doesn't have final say regarding contract structure and dollar figures isn't a GM. Ultimately it was Whaley's responsibility or he was only GM in name.
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.500 teams at Super Bowl contending team prices. That was a big issue I had with Whaley.
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Indeed. What I meant is not "just" a zone corner. I was typing whilst in a work meeting.....
Ah. Makes sense.
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Sorry? Gilmore is not a zone corner.
Actually his specialty is press zone coverage and he did extremely well in Schwartz's Cover 2 that utilized him that way. Seattle uses a press Cover 3 and obviously a player like him could always press on the C2 side of a Cover 6. Gilmore has got a lot to offer in a lot of defensive schemes, just not so much when he constantly gets put on an island like in Wrex's dumbass scheme. What I don't know is how he'd play in McD's Cover 3 that calls for CBs to typically use the bail technique rather than press. Between that, him (obviously) wanting to move on and the cap situation the Bills are in I can certainly understand why he wasn't re-signed here.
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Can't wait to see how the Patsies and Belly handle his finger pointing after being burned.
I'm going to go out on the shortest limb ever and say that Belichick knows how to play Gilmore and that he only paid him that large because he knows he's a great fit in his defense. He played under a stupid, lazy, coach running an obsolete scheme the last two seasons. Everyone on defense looked bad under the mostly retired Wrex.
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Somehow, Bruce Allen has played this situation right and still got it horrifically and horrendously wrong.
You don't negotiate in public and you certainly don't try to undress the guy in public like you're a 12 year old girl that just got dumped. There's a pretty obvious reason why Cousins doesn't want to sign in Washington and it's you. Maybe take a look in the mirror first, Bruce.
That's not going to happen as long as Dan Snyder is the owner because the front office will always be a reflection of him. And that's who he is as a person.
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I didn't know we would be held to the same deadline as Washington if we traded for him. I'd only want to do it if we knew he would be signing a long-term contract with us. Otherwise, it wouldn't be worth it considering we would only have a couple months of an exclusive signing period. Maybe I'd do that for a 4th rounder.
Yup. That's a killer. Washington let this play out to a point where they really can't trade him.
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They won by having the best qb ever.
They also win by using tendencies. Years ago, they played Minnesota who had the number 1 run defense. So they passed like 20 straight times to start the game. This type of scouting has been around forever. It's just that most coaches are kitty cats who are afraid to go past conventional coaching.
Again, you use all information available to you. But it's not nearly as important in football as it is in other sports. Qb play has killed this team the last 17 years more than analytics.
The Pats do have Brady, but they've also done a whole lot else right and it's been right in line with what analytics is showing to be advantageous. You couldn't be more wrong about the use of information in football versus other sports - it is absolutely as important in football. I'll just leave it there.
Sammy Watkins:"I love Buffalo.My job is to stay here forever
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That's exactly what I'd do too. No way do I give him the contract and guarantees he's going to demand if he has a monster year - at least not until I see that it wasn't a fluke.