BarleyNY
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Sorry - but that is utter bull ****!
The man is PAID to play ball - NOT paid to help "if" we become winners.
It is this kind of **** that sinks teams. If some don't have to carry their own weight others will also start "phoning it in".
Couldn't agree more. It's especially true when the person in question is supposed to be a team leader and is the most highly paid player on the team.
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If Dareus was traded now, the Bills would get hit with $20.6M in dead money. If done before next season dead money would be $10.44M, but at least the team would see a small net increase in cap space.If folks watched the Jacksonville/Pittsburgh/Cleveland games and think Marcell quit on his team, well, I cannot understand what they were seeing.
As to whether or not they can cut him, their first opportunity to do so would be as a post-June 1st 2018 designation, which would save them $2.2M against the cap. They could also trade him after June 1st 2018, which would save over $10M against the cap.
Trading him is reall the only option in the near term, but I'm not sure it's much of a threat. Either way he's getting paid and it's not like he's getting shipped out of a Super Bowl contender or particularly desirable city. (I love Buffalo, but don't tell me Dareus wouldn't rather be in Miami or LA.) This contract for this player is Exhibit 1-A on why Whaley had to go.
Here's a link for anyone wanting contract details. Note the tab for different cut dates/trade. That can be used with the year tabs to quickly see what the impact of cutting/trading players is at different times.
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Mr. Simpson, I have decided a 4 game suspension at the start of the 2017 season is an appropriate punishment for your off-field violations of the NFL's personal conduct policy.
Awesome
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In the grand scheme, Whaley may have made some mistakes but talent-wise the Bills were good enough to be a wild card team. If you want to blame someone, blame Fat & Fatter, the two dumbasses who couldn't get 11 players on the field.
I blame them all. The Wrecks Brothers were a train wreck to be sure. Whaley wasn't nearly as bad as them, but he sure wasn't good.
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dang your old, drive safe...dont fall...take your vitamins and stay off the hard stuff
*It's "you're," schoolteacher. Sadly, you're pretty much on the nose with the rest.
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Hall-of-Fame DL Cortez Kennedy has passed away at the too-young age of 48, Orlando police said today.
WAY too young says this 48 year old. RIP Cortez.
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The "I didn't find a QB!" schtick is just a deflection so that his myriad other mistakes aren't on center stage. Him not finding a QB was just symptomatic of his more basic problems.
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Defense was so complicated last season we couldn't even get 11 men on the field...
Yeah. There's a point where further complicating something is detrimental to efficiency. Complaints from players throughout the two seasons Rex was here about not being able to react effectively due to the complications of the defensive scheme were telling. It also didn't help that the scheme sucked.
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Oh I think 1 or both will make it. You've got almost a whole generation of fans that have never experienced a good Bills team, gotta throw them a bone. I look at both as complementary player types who would always get mentioned after discussing the true stars of the team, only those teams didn't have any true stars.
I agree that probably both do. But I see it happening after the drought is ended. It just seems a bit too much like celebrating the drought to do it while it continues. But maybe you're right. Maybe the fans are looking for something to celebrate in the meantime. Yeah, I could see it looking at it that way.
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Unfortunately that reminds me of what Jauron said when he fired the OC and promoted Alex Van Pelt to OC. simple isn't good.
Maybe the phrase should be "no longer overcomplicated".
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Friends don't let friends drink and post.
You have better friends than me
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None from the era of trash.
Good players, not great. Don't cheapen the wall by forcing it.
Sad but true.
Yeah, I hate that Kidd is right. If/when the Bills become a regular playoff team or win a championship guy's like Kyle and Fred have a better chance. No player from the drought era is going to get in as long as the drought continues.
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You know.....I agree with this
Would really like to see Sammy do the right thing (which often times is to just not do anything noticable) when the chips are down.
Social Media is not his friend
Thanks, I appreciate you taking my comment as intended. I really do hope Sammy has matured, for his own sake. But I'm too old to take it as fact without first seeing what adversity reveals.
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Easy to act mature when there's no adversity. Let's see how Sammy's doing if/when there's a problem. That'll tell us where he is.
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Anytime.thanks Barley
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Obviously none of us know much on these guys but I like that we are getting experienced people from a variety of backgrounds and not just raiding a single "gm tree" and giving big bumps to everyone in it.
Might be a product of the timing and not being able to raid a staff but after getting McD and Beane I do like getting a variety of perspectives and experience in the room instead of the possible groupthink of getting the young panthers club or all Andy Reid guys
People in Cleveland hold Dawson in very high regard. He is definitely a quality hire. He missed out on some GM spots he interviewed for, but I suspect he'll get one before too long. Hope we hang on to him for a bit here first though.
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Safety is paper thin. Hyde is a quality starter, but that's pretty much it. Poyer needs to take a huge step forward from last season with the Browns. Maybe supporting cast and scheme change will do him well.
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No, I'm not joking. Why would a team that desperately needs a QB like us trade their pick if there is a good QB available?
The three team that traded out of pick 2, 10 & 12 where the QBs were selected all needed QBs, but they all traded out anyway. All three teams have regimes that are on their first or second season. Only one of the 3 teams that traded up was in that position - Chicago who went from 3 to 2 - and they traded out with SF who might be waiting on Cousins. For those reasons and because Trubisky was out of range for B-lo anyway I'll disregard that trade. KC-Buffalo and Houston-Cleveland are different situations. KC and Houston are feeling pressure to find their QBs of the future, take a step forward and win now. Both look to be a QB away. But was either Mahomes or Watson really worth it? Two very QB needy teams didn't think so. I didn't see it in those two (or Trubisky for that matter). It sure looks like KC and Houston moved up and reached due to the pressure to win now. The teams that moved back didn't see QBs worth at top 10 or 12 pick and took advantage of the teams that needed a shot at one right now.
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But you aren't getting it, you keep saying that you think they are saying these guys are going to be great QBs. And that it's hard to scout QBs and that they are terrible at it.
Yes, it's hard to know if a Qb will transition to the NFL, there are a lot of factors. That doesn't mean scouts can't grade QBs or shouldn't grade them on their potential.
That's all this is at this point.
Scouts and evaluators have looked at this next years class and at this point they see MORE college QBs that could come out next year, that have the potential.
More chances = a better QB class.
Exactly. Lots of people don't understand odds and bet size.
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Darby has that closing speed
if you have that....you can play any system
Speed certainly helps in any system, but that's not entirely true. Certain skill sets fit certain systems. Luckily Darby showed he was getting a good feel for zone in college so it looks like he'll be a good fit. Here are a couple scouting reports:
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/players/1998179/ronald-darby
http://www.nfl.com/draft/2015/profiles/ronald-darby?id=2552689
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That's the reason coaches always downplay sack numbers. The very best in the world gets less than 1 per game.
Hurries and pressures while still keeping contain on your lane is the goal. Sacks are awesome but they're definitely given too much emphasis by the fans.
I hope Garrett lights it up and the Browns win a bunch of games. They have the Texans 1st pick next year too, so root for both teams to win more games than us or KC.
good post Webster
Agreed. There is a lot that impacts sack numbers: scheme, luck, supporting cast, etc. it's all about having players that can beat their man, get pressure and finish plays when they have the chance. Thank god we're back to an aggressive, one-gap scheme. (The Browns are too, which is great for Garrett.)
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Cautiously optimistic. Long term this could be a very good situation, but this group of new coaches and new FO people (which aren't even all hired yet) are still a work in progress. Early returns are definitely reason to believe good things can happen. But it'll take some time.
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Shaq will be a solid contributor this year and I'm calling at least 10 sacks for the 2nd year DE.
Only 16 players had 10 or more sacks in 2016. Beasley was the sack leader at 15.5 and Von Miller was second with 13.5. If Shaq gets 10 or more, then he'd be well, well beyond a solid contributor.
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Playing the "Real Fan" card and dividing everyone on this board into two BA groups are two of the douchiest moves one can make on this board.
So, based on my personal point of view, it seems there are two different types of Bills fans on this forum.
- Fan's that want to win
- Fan's that want a QB
- Hopefully the new Owner / Coach / GM / Player does great and we win!
- I hate the Patriots!
- I hate the Jets!
- I hate the Dolphins!
- Mortgage an entire draft
- Trade the best players on the roster
- Fire every Coach / GM that doesn't draft a QB every year
- Tank every season until we find a QB
- Cry about Bill Belichick lucking out on a reject QB
- Wish that they were Patriot fans
Basically what I am trying to say is that I am not with the QB hunters, but I love all of your posts and meaningless rants about finding the next "Tom Brady". Us fans that just want to win are kind of boring, and hope everything works out. We occasionally blow up and rant about the entire Bills organizational failures, and then return to our winless hole.
So, to you QB hunters, I thank you for interjecting a QB type response in every single post to make it a little more interesting!
P.S. - I really like the Nathan Peterman draft pick, but can care less if he ever starts a game as long as we win.
Browns hire Grigson
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Looks like his former employee, Berry, did him a solid. Grigson was a total disaster as a GM. Can't see how this helps the Browns.