BarleyNY
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Is she barefoot in that picture?
"I wish!" - Rex
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In the 2016 season would you rather the Bills make the Super Bowl and lose or lose in the AFC Championship game to a non AFCE team?
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He's recovering from his broken leg still anyway. None the less, he should sign his tender as that would put the ball in the Jets court. He's going to get some big money. They can whittle away a little of his $15.7M cap hit, but I'm guessing not a whole hell of a lot.
Wilkerson hasn't signed his franchise tag yet? I'm betting he's getting a "Remember, NO FIREWORKS!" text from his agent every hour.
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Kim and I are the only ones in the building who can do this with our arms!
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agreed......another WR has to step up....it would also not hurt for a D to step up in offensive dry spells (which is gonna happen)
Agreed. If the offensive plan is to be a run first team with a vertical passing attack sprinkled in, then the defense will have to do better than last year. If it doesn't, then the Bills won't be able to stay in that game plan as much as they'd like.
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He just needs to use the "lanes" when passing over the middle.....
The problem that is going to occurr with all this double Sammy thing is Sammy Watkins can beat double coverage
If we can just get one more WR into the mix moving the chains......because we are going to run the ball until teams prove they can stop it....and they will need to by loading the box
I worry about a safety keying on Watkins. The KC game last year was eye opening to me. Sammy did a spectacular job in the first half. He beat double coverage because he was so fast that safety help wasn't getting there in time. He did a great job of getting executing his routes too. But in the second half he got shut out when the CB got aggressive and the safety shifted over him more. Another deep threat at WR opposite Watkins to take some defensive pressure off of him would help him and the offense immensely IMO.
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Well, that's horrifying. I can't imagine what the family is going through. I never want to live in gator country. Horrific bug populations usually go hand in hand with gators and I can't tolerate them either. On a related note, my son's friend and his family are moving to the Orlando area next week. Shudder.
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Outlook differences between 2015 and 2016:
2015:
-- expect defense to be top 5 and keep Bills in every game
-- hope QB can be game manager and not make too many mistakes
2016:
-- cautiously optimistic that the Bills have found a franchise QB
-- hope defense is better than average
What a difference a year makes, huh?
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And some people said the Bills would never win one.
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I'd have the Bills ahead of the Texans, Raiders, Broncos, Vikings and maybe Chargers and Giants. I am NOT a Melvin Gordon fan though. I would have them right around the middle of the league but trendy up with the ascension of Tyrod and Sammy. I think that Seattle is too low as well.
I agree. There's a lot of head scratchers in the middle of that pack. KC at 11? The list Alex Smith as the QB so they're aware that he is still there. Ditto an Osweiler led Texicans team at 17 and a Sanchez led Broncos at 19. I'm not sure how it's possible to rate any of them as highly as they are.
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I'm sure that's how Harbaugh was spinning it after the second video came out. I'm not buying it a bit.
It didn't come from Harbaugh. The info came from someone I know who is a reasonably well connected guy who has worked in the scouting field and is currently a sport writer. (A different source than I've reference before on some things.) It was off the record and he had no reason to do Harbaugh any favors. He just passed along some interesting info he couldn't write about.
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This "Organization" was fine at every level (HC, GM, owner) after they saw the video of Ray Rice dragging his unconscious wife out of an elevator.
I doubt it's the pot advocacy...
I heard some inside info on that. Apparently Harbaugh (who I'm usually not a big fan of as a person) was strongly in favor of cutting ties with Rice immediately. Bisciotti and Newsome told him Rice was staying. The three showed a united face publicly (as they had to), but privately there was one dissenting voice.
In this case I have to think there's something that hasn't come to light - injury, looming suspension, undisclosed positive drug test. Something.
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Whaley is drafting based on the players he determines he wants or needs. If you think Lawson would have lasted into the early 2nd round, Whaley still wouldn't have gotten his guy. Sure he would have X player he drafted in the first, but he obviously placed Lawson at a higher grade than the others. So you have to separate a very short term injury from the long term prospect, Whaley did that, and it was the right thing to do. If he believed Darron Lee or even Myles Jack were rated higher, or would fit better with the team, he obviously would have picked one of them, but he didn't. He picked Shaq. Now again you have to separate long-term impact from draft rankings because as you said GM's make mistakes and the rankings are hardly ever accurate. Time will tell that aspect of the pick, and Whaley will be praised or criticized depending on the outcome. Right now we are trying to criticize with incomplete information and guess work based on usually wrong rankings.
Like I said earlier, if you want to rail on Whaley for picking a guy that will miss the first half of his rookie season, go for it. I respectfully disagree, and hope Whaley makes his draft choices with the long term health of the team in mind.
I think I've covered my position well in my last and other posts on the topic, so I'm not going to restate it. I started to respond, but I'm just regurgitating what I've already said. It's all there. I will say this, however, and I'm not singling you out as lots of posters have done it: Watching my position mis-characterized and overstated so as to make it appear as though I have an unreasonable or extreme position got old a long time ago. I don't appreciate it. Saying Whaley should have gotten better value from the pick or that I think that Lawson with a torn labrum wasn't worth the 19th pick or that I'd have taken a different player under the same circumstances (Doctson, Jack) isn't the same as railing against Whaley, calling Lawson a bust or saying the season is lost. I've been clear about that, repeatedly.
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Hahahahahahahaha all the Amazon prime people...
This will really get you going "Amazon Dash buttons"
https://www.amazon.com/s?field-keywords=Dash+buttons+
Basically when you are about to run out of something like laundry detergent you press the button and Amazon automatically sends you more.
Damn.
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And analytics. All you learned folk with your math obsessions.
Lol
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Not to mention a pretty severe obsession with steaks and steakhouses.Interesting. Looks like there's a huge OJ, Karlos, Ben Roethlisberger, Jordan Mills, Muhammad Wilkerson, Fletcher Cox and Art Briles obsession as well.
He's a decent corner. His problem has been more of inconsistentency than anything else. He'd look great on some plays and very much not so great on others. I get that every corner can get beat, but he's not quite put it all together consistiently enough for most to consider him starter material. Its not that he's an Iggles corner, it's that he's their #1 corner that is surprising.I swear people haven't watched McKelvin the past 2.5 years but he has become a very solid corner corner. He always had great cover skills, he just lacked ball awareness. Under Schwartz in 2014, he had 4 INTs in 10 games before he got hurt.
Don't have him return punts and he's a good starter. Good for him.
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No ones happier about this than Browns fans, whose team holds the Iggles 1st round pick. Schwartz should be able to retool the secondary and get that defense playing well enough to get a serious look as the Iggles HC in 2-3 years when Pederson gets canned.
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The Ravens gave up 4th and 5th round picks for Monroe when they traded for him in October 2013. That's not much for an 8th overall pick. Guess the Ravens will start the rookie Stanley at LT this season. It won't take much to get him now, but I'd make any pick conditional on playing time to hedge against a looming suspension or other issue. If available and engaged he'd be a big upgrade at RT so the Bills should do their due diligence here. As noted, his pay is reasonable.
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Paula's donuts
I do love me some Paula's Donuts. Currently thinking a sour cream glazed would be great.
Amazon.com.
With prime, it's easier and cheaper than driving down the street to Target.
It really is. I like it a lot, but the wife has herself a Prime addiction.
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Something non-football/Bills related. What are you addicted to right now?
For me it's Trader Joe's Salsa Authentica. It tastes great and has a true medium level burn. Hot enough to be addictive, but never ever overwhelms. It might be the perfect salsa. Also I recently spotted it on a Guy Fieri cooking show when he briefly opened his fridge. I backed it up and paused. No doubt about it. It was there. And why wouldn't it be? It's perfect over eggs at breakfast or with nachos as a snack. For the last few months I've been going through about a jar every two days.
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I have loved mental floss for years. Great magazine and merch.
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No worries it appears:
#Bills CB Stephon Gilmore said he wouldn't sit out of training camp practices if he doesn't have a new deal by then.
I guess they're not that close yet. Just before a deal is struck is usually when both sides bring out the heavy guns and rhetoric is most fervent. Coaches talk up back ups. GMs leak horrifically skewed alleged demands to the media. Agents do the same. Players skip practices and decide to vacation in another hemisphere. Then, almost as if by magic, a deal gets struck and everyone's happy and bestest buddies again.
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No, the point that I made is that 32 teams don't compete for a QB. If Russell Wilson hit the market tomorrow there wouldn't be 32 teams vying for him. Teams are restricted by the cap. The 49ers (for example) would love to have Fitz. They cant afford him. The same goes for Denver.
Not that they can't afford him, every team can make space. They just know his value isn't what he thinks it is.
I think two things are at play with Fitz:
1) It's not his age so much as it is that everyone knows that he's hit his ceiling. There's no upside. He's a bottom tier starting QB or a really good backup. The other overpaid QBs mentioned either got paid based on expectations (or mostly unjustified hope) that they'd improve and be worth it. Kaep was a weird case of getting paid large this season due to an injury guarantee.
2) He's in no hurry. Nor should he be. This is likely to drag on until the start of TC. Fitz is the Jets best option and there's not likely to be a better one come along before the season starts. But his situation could improve at some point. Some QB for some contender is going to get injured sooner or later. Or maybe Elway will see Sanchez play football. Either way he might wind up with another option that's much better from a ring chasing standpoint and still pretty comparable from a money one. I look at Denver and can't help but to think that they're just trying to get through this season with some chance at a repeat while biding their time. Notably, Brees looks like he'll be a free agent next season and I could see him chasing another SB in Denver while they see what Lynch is worth.
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Gotta agree there.agreed, over the long term. that's what statistical analysis is all about.
I think the bills have a large enough sample size to measure the outcomes and draw conclusions about the drafting methodology that appears little changed over the last several decades.
Bills Working on extensions for Gilmore & Maybe Tyrod
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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No, but Haden was compensated for his stellar play prior to his signing his last contract. He actually played great overall up until last season when he was absolutely abysmal.Still, that season is a caution to both sides. Playing under a tag is a huge risk for Gilmore. A bad season or injury and he could lose tens of millions of dollars. Of course, hitting free agency could net him that much more. Still, Norman was a pfree agent when he signed his deal. Gilmore isn't. There's a discount on overall contract for mitigation of risk and cash in hand. I expect to see him top 7 in average salary, but not at Norman's level. Probably in that $14M per season range.
Here is a link to CB contracts:
http://overthecap.com/position/cornerback/