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  1. Year Y of course

    Of course?

    I suppose the YAC is what made it a huge year. Because it wasn't the total yards or the TDs.

     

    Over 1/3 of that total for the year came in ONE GAME. That game was hyped by ESPN (go figure) and suddenly Hogan is a superstar for the Pats, far exceeding his Bills performance.

    Nope. Typical Bill B. coaching - he'll pick a player that to focus on and exploit for a game, send the rest of the NFL running for an answer to stop that player, and choose someone else the next week.

  2. Well how about Chris Hogan? When he was here he was just all right but in the playoffs with the Pats he came up huge. Especially in their game against the Steelers.

     

    How much of that do you attribute to coaching/environment?

    Chris Hogan stats, per year, for last three seasons not in order. You tell me which one was the huge impactful year with the Patriots:

    Year X: Receptions 36, Yards 450, TDs 2

    Year Y: Receptions 38, Yards 680, TDs 4

    Year Z: Receptions 41, Yards 426, TDs 4

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    I'm guessing you're talking about the no punt game.

    Yeah; that wasn't too difficult for those who were watching in the 90's.

     

    Okay, so out of the Wall of Fame members of the Jim Kelly era (Kent Hull, Jim Kelly, Marv Levy, Andre Reed, Jim Ritcher, Fred Smerlas, Bruce Smith, Darryl Talley, Steve Tasker, and Thurman Thomas) who was the LAST member to get their name on the wall? For bonus points, who was the FIRST?

  4. 1 year after Willie West was selected as an All-Star, which rookie replaced him at LCB?

    Booker Edgerson? It was either him or Byrd. I think West went on to the Jets and Miami. Bastard.

    That Bills team that year. Whoo.

     

    Here's mine (more recent):

    What was accomplished for the first time in a game between the Bills and 49'ers?

    Hint: It's since been done twice more - both the second and third times in 2014, interestingly enough.

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    A tough day for T.J. Yates, QB stats and 10 things we learned at Buffalo Bills OTAs: http://trib.al/hnTIqhN #BillsMafia

     

     

    I rue the day they invented those ridiculous URL shorteners.

    First, you have no idea what site you're actually being directed to - could be malwareupyobutt.com for all you know.

    Second, most workplaces don't allow them to be followed, for reason #1 above.

    Useless.

     

    I think both of the young guys have to step up for Yates to be gone. I think Dennison will want him here unless he is convinced the others can better operate the offense.

    Shades of A-Train vs. Fred Jackson. Anybody with a pulse could see Fred was the superior runner, but the coach had a soft spot for A-Train due to past history working together.

  6. Remember that this is chance to be better than an average starter. We have Hackenberg bringing down the starter group heavily unless the writer of this article did a truncated mean.

     

     

    Man! this list is SILLY.

     

     

    I think somebody's mom made this list.

     

     

    both fitz and geno are not guys you want to rely on but fitz is much better than geno is the point.

     

    I think it depends on how you interpret the ranking and data. If you take it literally, it is the likelihood the replacement QB will exceed the starter in net yards per game.

    In that case, Cardale Jones doesn't have to do nearly as much as Fitzpatrick to exceed the starter's average, so as far as replacements go, the Bills don't drop as far as the Buccaneers if their starter is injured.

    It doesn't mean Jones is better than Fitzpatrick. It just means the drop off from Taylor to Cardale is significantly less than the drop off from Winston to Fitzpatrick.

    Almost more an indictment of Taylor than Fitzy.

     

    I'm not sure how you account for Geno Smith replacing Eli Manning on that basis admittedly.

     

    What's also interesting using that evaluation criteria, is one would expect Moore to outperform Tannehill if he became the starter more often than not. Maybe?

    That also indicates Garrapolo should basically equal Tom Brady's output on average. Uhhhh....no.

     

    On second thought, yeah - this list is jacked up no matter how you interpret it.

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    you seem to have an obsession with grammar/punctuation's and the like. does it hurt your eyes? maybe it puts a little damper in your day?

     

    how about this. you really think anyone really cares or needs your advice?

     

    I think not, so why don't you just take yourself back to your little classroom and teach your pupils somewhere where it matters, in your own head.

    Your ability to type in the English language is as suspect as your 4.0 GPA and F.Jax's playing again in Buffalo.

    Besides the punctuation mentioned earlier, we can add capitalization and general lack of sentence structure to the list.

  8. That must be brutal! Do you get used to it? My mother in law is from Lebanon and still has a place there. My wife's made that trip A LOT, and it takes her a while to recover. No good direct flights. Long flights and layovers.....

     

    She just texted, on her way back from NYC, has an aisle seat and the middle is empty. HA! You'd think she won the lottery with all the happy little emoji's!

     

    It's going to get worse if they ban all elecrotronic devices. I just try to get the window and sleep a lot.

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    The dramatic tension provided by whole "Will Steve Rogers and Tony Stark stop sniping at each other long enough to save the world" story arc will make the movie a real nail-biter, I'm sure. Do you think they'll be able to put aside their differences this time?

     

    Yes, it'll be awesome...but my God, these movies are getting so easy to pick on.

     

    Edit: and I forgot the ninth inter/post-credit scene that's nothing but a clip of Howard the Duck drinking a martini.

     

    That was a severely under-rated movie. Who didn't enjoy the sexual tension between Lorraine McFly and a pre-effective CGI duck?

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    Which ingredient in the Doug Whaley secret recipe for winning do you find yourself most aligned with, the players or the winning?

    Obviously (thanks Marrone) you have to have both. He was very clear. He said in order to win, you have to have TWO things:.

    1. A 1st round quarterback from a class where none should go before the first round

    2. a receiver you jump for in the deepest receiver class in 10 years. And

    C. winning. Because humans weren't made for winning in Buffalo without a quarterback.

    4. And following the process.

  11. My wife usually texts me when her row is all seated. "Oh NO, a fattie on both sides!". Or "UGH! I just know the guy on the aisle is gonna snore!". Sometimes, "I think I got lucky!".

    I fly frequently to the Dubai/Qatar/Middle East area. LONG flights. I absolutely will not take a middle seat, and thankfully have enough miles on various airlines that I don't have to.

     

    The worst however, is sitting with the seat empty beside you as the last person comes on the plane. You're watching that last person, hoping you're going to have the empty space for the next 13 hours. Then that person walks by, and you smile and settle in - get the tablet out, put the sound cancelling headphones on, relax...and some fatass, sweaty, stinky jerkoff who was late comes busting up the gangplank into the plane and you see the stewardess point right at your row.

     

    Damnit.

  12. Whaley needs to be fired. We are just treading water. Replacing departing free agents with upcoming draft picks is not gonna get us anywhere. Cant honestly say we are a better team by letting Gilmore walk and adding White. We could have used that pick on an actual need. But since Gilmore is too expensive the drafting of CB is the right move. So 5 years from now when White wants top dollar its back to square 1 again?

     

     

     

    Not everyone thinks drafting cornerbacks, letting them walk in free agency, and drafting their replacements is a great way to build a Superbowl team.

     

    Same Old Bills.

     

     

     

    If the Bills are in win now mode they certainly could have paid Gilmore. They decided they didn't want to which is fine. My issue is if you don't pay him and want to rebuild why not actually rebuild? Bills always middling things.

     

    I have never said to draft a QB just to draft a QB. What I said was you don't pass on a QB if they have franchise potential if there is a guy there and you don't have a franchise QB. Coaches don't like to draft and develop QB's. Let's hope that McDermott has a plan beyond trotting out TT and the best veteran he can find.

     

    Y'all act like there is no salary cap. As if a team chooses not to pay players because they don't want to spend the money, rather than they don't have the cap room to dedicate all the money to one player. I guess you're all thrilled we're paying Dareus and Clay as much as we are. Should have paid Byrd too.

     

    I'm not saying there is no way the Bills could have made room for Gilmore. And we have no idea if White (or Lattimore) can come in and play as well as Gilmore. However, I'm willing to state that drafting a CB that plays as well as Darby LAST year (not even rookie year) on a rookie contract, plus another first next year with better QB options, plus the ability to gain potential starters at WR and OL from the extra picks received, plus the money left to get other free agents at other positions of need is worth more wins than paying and keeping Gilmore.

     

    To answer the original question, I prefer White over Lattimore even without the extra picks gained. In our division we don't need a tall/lanky CB. We needed one around 5'11-6' who can cover a taller receiver if needed, but can also cover the shorter slot guys because he has agility and not just straight line speed. We need a safety who can help with the tall receivers over the top more than a tall CB who can be a liability against quicker WRs, and one who may have an injury concern.

  13. Clearly the GM role differs depending on the organization.

    Who handles the players day-to-day outside of "on field" issues? In some (few) teams it is the coach. In many it is the GM.

    Who is the face of the front office? Again, it's normally split between what happened in-game (coach) and "everything else" (GM).

    The trust an organization places in a GM can probably be seen better in who is representing the team publically. Most of the time we fans won't really know who pulled trigger on a player decision - through the gamut of whether drafting/FA prioritization, deciding to choose/sign, financial considerations, etc - but we can see who the team chooses to place front and center.

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