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13 hours ago, Solomon Grundy said:
Mitchell Trubisky and Brian Daboll
When adjusted for inflation that would be the ~$28 Million Dollar Man. Or about starting QB salary.
Glad we got him for 1976 era Jaime Sommers/Lindsay Wagner* prices*.*
*They both got the bionic arm, but she didn't get the eye.
**Just referencing the glass ceiling for females, not advocating or approving before anyone says I need to be more woke.
(As a 50 y/o I'm ashamed of myself for using the word "woke" outside of what I do in the morning.)
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13 hours ago, BillsDude said:
And we should see this coming Too: Phillip Lindsay a Colorado Buffalo with Buffalo on helmet coming to Buffalo with Buffalo on helmet.
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On 3/15/2021 at 9:30 PM, Shaw66 said:
It works both ways - some great players do it with talent, some do it with brains. Brady and Fitzpatrick, for example, are two of the least physically gifted players in the league. Jimmy Leonhard couldn't compare physically with safeties around the league, but he played forwith brains for ten years.
McBeane want smart players. I'm sure Knox's Wonderlic was one of the positives they saw in him when they drafted him. Whether he makes it as a serious threat, of course, depends on more than just brains. He has to catch the ball consistently, among other things.
I think both of you are saying the same thing.
Having a high Wonderlic doesn't automatically equate to high "football intelligence."
But it's a likely indicator for ability to learn and get to a high football intelligence.
(Conversely having a low Wonderlic doesn't mean no football smarts; that may be where they are a genius.)
Kelce being a former QB means he was ahead of some players in already acquired football intelligence, especially the receiver-QB sync.
The football smarts at the pro level are hard enough to pick up for players who've played a position for 8-10 years prior to the pros. As we all know, Knox wasn't use as a pass-catching TE at all in college, and even as a TE period he's pretty new to the game.
Bottom line: He didn't arrive with the TE football smarts, but his evaluation indicates he can acquire them.
It's been two years. It's time to show that's true.
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2 hours ago, Gugny said:
Thanks for posting. I'll have to check this out later, but I imagine a significant part is him actually catching the ball.
Sounds like a rabble rousing attempt from that comment.
2 hours ago, Big Turk said:I am wondering what is holding Knox back from being more in Kelce's mode? Clearly he has the athleticism to be a matchup nightmare...what is it he is missing?
The ball, usually. See above.
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9 minutes ago, HOUSE said:
I don't remember the KC game, who won ?
KC did, but it was really the game after that against the Titans that frustrated me.
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9 hours ago, Buffalo Junction said:
Fitzpatrick is the best of the bunch. Fitz is a Library of knowledge and Allen could learn a lot from him, but..... let’s just stay away from the Fitzpatrick Cycle..... I’d rather not have Allen suffer a season ending injury.
Realistically, this is going to come down to value. Backup QB is an area this team can improve, and the O line is good enough at pass blocking to allow for a bit of a statue if they have a big arm.
3 hours ago, GunnerBill said:You don't think any of those guys are better than Barkley? Wow. Other than Cam who might be too broken down at this stage, I think they are all a lot better. Barkley is not very good.
If Barkley wants to back he'd have to take a pay cut for me. Not sure if any of the guys on that list would come and play for the contract Barkley has been on (maybe Glennon) but that is as much as I am paying any backup.
27 minutes ago, Doc said:Go with Fromm. They need all the cap space they can get.
Reference this discussion, my opinion is the Bills are largely dependent on Josh Allen's ability to have any reasonable chance at a Super Bowl.
I think he is a significant part of why the O-Line was "so good" at pass blocking while being bad at run blocking. It's not just scheme.
Not going to go down that rabbit hole, as there are arguments that JA17 is tough to block for too, but the salient point is: the Bills aren't winning enough games to make it to the Super Bowl much less win one without JA17.
So spending money on a backup QB for any reason other than he can help JA17 through film, experience, whatever is wasted money we should spend elsewhere.
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18 hours ago, RoyBatty is alive said:
Pick # 30 in the NFL draft isnt much "currency" and yes he has mileage and RBs are a dime a dozen but if I were the Bills i would jump through hoops to get McCaffery for our pick #30.
Debatable (the "pick 30 isn't much currency portion.)
Not that any team definitively will, but they have the opportunity to pick at least the 30th best player coming into the NFL that year (which admittedly might not even be top 150 across the entire NFL.)
Let's say Run-CMC is a top 50 player in the NFL in impact (measured by...? Expected value over average? Expected point differential? ETC...but I think most would agree he's above backup QB in impact and somewhere in the upper-tier WR/mid-tier pass rusher/top-tier RB group for impact.) And let's also say he's a top-3 player at his position (unsure due to injury, but for argument's sake.)
That draft pick with an average 6-year career is likely to be at least a top-half producer at his position. Not saying making All-Pro, or even consistent Pro Bowl caliber - but the odds are that he will be consistently above average.
For at least four years, you'll get that at a lower salary than the (known great) player.
The question is, is that top-15 player (at a potentially more critical position to the team considering the trade) and their reduced salary worth less/equal/more than that top-3 player at their position?
For many teams, the answer is yes, unless it's a QB.
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2 minutes ago, Steve O said:
Funny...My Mom is 101 (actually 101-1/2) and is still correcting people's grammar. Just last night she told her nurse "I want you do me a big favor please. Next time you say the word often don't pronounce the t, it's supposed to be silent."
Technically the "T" in US pronunciation is medial and dropped. However most dictionaries will say the pronunciation of the "T" is either acceptable or at worst nonstandard.
How do you say "handsome"?
Regarding blocking and not following them; it took me some time moving from football to rugby (I switched in college after a knee injury derailed my less than successful football career - how hackneyed is that?) to remember to score the try as close to the center of the field as possible, allowing for an easier kick afterward.
(More correctly it wasn't that I forgot, I just got so excited to finally score that I didn't think about it.)
After a second time (I didn't score much...) my coach decided to move me to second row as a "punishment" for practice. I actually preferred it to back, but that's a different story.
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22 hours ago, Patrick_Duffy said:
Lol, I'm gona go with no. No chance. Not anytime soon anyways.
22 hours ago, Mr. WEO said:How many SB contender caliber teams right now are looking for a Franchise QB?
Which of them are better (roster) than, say, Seattle or Green Bay?
22 hours ago, Sundancer said:He's not going anywhere. But he did get smashed a lot this year.
22 hours ago, Beerball said:no
Pretend it's mid-Februrary 2020.
Houston is coming off an AFC-South winning campaign, beat the upstart Bills in the playoffs, and came a Mahomes-esque comeback away from the AFCCG.
Then someone starts a thread saying "There's rumblings that Deshaun Watson is trying to find a way to move on from the Texans."
How many of you would have said "Oh yeah, I can see that. That's legit. Especially for a team that is a Super Bowl contender."
I don't have any idea of the veracity of the Wilson discussion, but I'm not going to dismiss it out of hand under the "There's no way any team would consider moving a TRUE franchise quarterback" clause. Especially when one of the QBs isn't nearly as young anymore.
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16 hours ago, RalphWilson'sNewWar said:
😂 🤦♂️ 😂
Sorry, is this for real?
Maybe it’s just been 20 years of watching GOAT rip his teammates and coaches on national television and still be loved and bring home the super bowl hardware that makes these P15 comments seem almost harmless in comparison.
even on the 3 criticisms he listed...2 out of the 3 he put on himself. Ball not coming out quick enough and not knowing where the WRs were going to be.
I get it though...I get the need to look for reasons that JA17 is better. Well...he’s not. So you will need to look harder. I guess. 🤷♂️.
I agree that his comments even taken as out of context as they are being shown here aren't news-worthy.
Definitely doubt even "behind closed doors" that his teammates would take any offense if you listen to the entire discussion. He was specifically asked about the poor offensive line and WR play, and deflected it pretty well. Would "I/We all have to get better" be more appropriate? Sure, maybe.
Yeah, some people use this as a measuring stick of QB capability here. Probably a misguided measuring stick.
But as to the definite statement of "Mahomes is better", I do think the Super Bowl and the results show that it isn't either as big a gap or insurmountable a gap as either you or the general public like to believe. "That was just one game" shows what happens to Mahomes when life isn't perfect, and he performed arguably worse than JA17 did in either of his losing playoff appearances.
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18 hours ago, StHustle said:
It's like this in ever facet of prime positions. People will often show favoritism for those in their family...moreover their kids. Its common knowledge its now about what you know but who you know. Just the way the world works and don't hold your breath waiting on a change.
Hopefully my proctologist didn't get the job just because her mom was a doctor.
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14 hours ago, I am the egg man said:
It's why it's called a mock draft.
....always time to make fun of it.
Here I thought you were going to go with "Because then we all get to mock it."
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7 hours ago, GunnerBill said:
Both been great players but both looked done to me last year. Pass on both.
5 hours ago, CSBill said:No! On Sherman ..... non-process guy, best days way behind him. He would be Josh Norman 2.0
Atkins, forgot he was still in the league .... for a low-end no risk contract, sure. If he makes it, great! If not, "you've had a nice career, enjoy your next life."
2 hours ago, oldmanfan said:I'd be OK with Atkins for a year, although if we're going to go after a vet with a year or two left I'd take Watt first. Sherman is a no for me. We don't need an aged CB; we need more speed there and I want to see Jackson get his chance.
1 hour ago, Patrick_Duffy said:Maybe Atkins but not so sure about Sherman. At this point I don't see him as being any better than Norman this late in their careers.
Reference Sherman's ability...I realize that the below is 2019 and 2020 wasn't as great. Maybe he's fallen off the proverbial cliff.
But to say he's done or even at a Josh Norman-esque level is, I think, premature.
https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-pff-rankings-top-25-cornerbacks-through-week-17
1. RICHARD SHERMAN, SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS
As PFF’s highest-graded cornerback, Richard Sherman has regained his dominance by perfecting a top-down technique that allows him to use his 6-foot-3 frame in the 49ers' single-high man-to-man or deep Cover-3 zone scheme. Sherman has always been a smart and savvy player who is a perfect fit for press coverage with a mix of both man and zone coverage. He has the NFL’s 10th-best forced incompletion rate (17.6%) and has allowed only one touchdown across 517 coverage snaps.
Above all, Sherman has the most coveted trait you want in any pass defender — he doesn’t allow big pass plays downfield. In 2019, he allowed only 8.4 yards per reception, third-best in the league, while just 13 of his 51 targets were converted to a first down, which was the fourth-best total by any player at his position.
Sherman plays with plenty of swagger, but his performance is backed up with plenty of substance, as evidenced by the fact that opposing quarterbacks have managed a passer rating of just 46.8 when throwing his way. As he wraps up his ninth NFL season, Sherman has hit the sweet spot of consistency by bringing his A-game to a top-10 defense.
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42 minutes ago, Shaw66 said:
Conflict defender is a term I was unfamiliar with, but that says exactly what I was talking about.
And now it becomes even more clear, because the Bills were not disguising their defense. They were in that passive two-deep zone a lot, KC had seen it before, was well prepared for it. They expect to be able to attack Edmunds, they did, and the Bills didn't respond.
Thanks for the post.
Which is interesting, because the overarching comment on the Bills defense was that it was predicated on disguise and forcing take-aways.
The second goes to your point about risk/reward defense and getting the ball back into the offense's hands. To be fair, it wasn't "outsiders" that said the Bills defense is built on taking the ball away - that's straight from the horse's (in this case, players') mouth(s).
I haven't yet built the intestinal fortitude to re-watch the AFCCG, but my memory concurs with you that we didn't seem to disguise much. Some fake pressure then drop-back, some Dline dropping into coverage, but it's not an effective disguise if you don't occasionally do what you're pretending to do. I.E. that corner sneaking up or that LB sneaking up to the line - if you always drop them back, it's not really a disguise. It's more of an ignore. Take-away/high-risk/high-reward defense would see that guy sneaking up actually crashing down on a regular basis. Even if it does give play up, you get the ball back.
I tend to agree with some others' assessment that somewhere in this game the coaches decided they couldn't score against the Chiefs like they had most of the season, so changed their style of defense. I hate(d) it.
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25 minutes ago, motorj said:
Thats currently what Titans do. And they get beat every year by the ravens and kc in the playoffs
Well. By one of them, sure. And so did we.
I think that shows it's better to have a top five QB with a sufficient running game than have a top 3 RB and pretty good passing game.
But imagine a top five QB and a good (not even great) running game.
You might just have the Chiefs.
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1 minute ago, Big Turk said:
The first is open and shut. If you throw a punch there is no room for interpretation it is an automatic personal foul and disqualification by rule.
If there is any flexibility/subjectivity/room for interpretation it's in whether or not they throw the flag. If thrown - it's a punch and gone.
How many times have you seen pushing and shoving and a helmet or facemask get hit in a post-tackle scuffle?
Not arguing this specific time as it was a clearly observable and identifiable single person on a single person. But given the general refrain on flags in the postseason for all manner of events that drew penalties during the regular season, I submit this may not have been missed but (maybe snap) decided that it didn't warrant a flag.
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2 hours ago, Ray Stonada said:
Mahomes is a cut above right now, agreed. But they won't be there every year. Cap, injuries, too many factors conspire to keep a team from having no off-years.
And, if we had a great running back who can catch swing passes out the backfield when our receivers are blanketed, we can beat them.
Guess we just need to find our new Thurman.
Should be easy to find another NFL MVP caliber RB who leads the league in yards from scrimmage over multiple years in the second round again.
I mean, everyone says the RB position is over-valued.
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14 hours ago, Livinginthepast said:
The officials had to have seen the Jones punch. He knocked the Bills lineman down with it. They just chose to overlook it which is ridiculous. It should have been an automatic ejection.
Arguably Josh should have been ejected for intentionally throwing the ball at a player's head as well.
While I think the first had more malicious intent, I doubt either were meant to hurt the opposing player and both were momentary frustration actions in a game that requires people to be at an above-normal focus and intensity.
I.E. While it's difficult to determine where to draw the line, I don't think either warranted an ejection as neither was likely intended to not would cause injury.
But if you're going to do it for the first (Jones slap), you probably need to do it for the second (Allen ball throw.)
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Let's see, 3pm Eastern Standard Time equates to about 9pm here....
Oh who am I kidding? My VCR just blinks 00:00, like I'm going to figure how to set the timer right anyway.
I'll just put my tape deck next to the TV speaker and record the audio.
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I know it says it's from the Toronto Sun, but are we sure this wasn't copied from Kazakhstan Twitter account?
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On 1/19/2021 at 5:29 AM, whatdrought said:
I don’t follow it, but I’ve seen it several times as it’s been retweeted by Bills media folk... the crazy thing is, when google asks if I want it translated, it translated it into Spanish so I get confused in two languages... I know I can adjust the translator and or google it directly, but at that point it just feels like I’m not supposed to know....
Somehow I can see you making your Ron icon's expression while doing that...
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18 hours ago, NoHuddleKelly12 said:
Buffalo vs. everyone. Who'd you rather be in this picture? 🧐
(I may just have to order this)
https://www.paintingstar.com/edward-borein-the-buffalo-hunt-s107456.html
17 hours ago, CorkScrewHill said:Given the statistics .. I would rather be the one with the bow. I think I am not going out on a limb to say more Buffalo were killed than the hunters in these encounters.
15 hours ago, Captain_Quint said:Neither. They both are pretty much extinct.
To further jump on this (although I realize we're all kind of purposely missing the point)...in that painting the "everybody" is/are the buffalo.
That would be more of a (team now called the WFT) vs everybody.
15 hours ago, MJS said:I think Tampa Bay is significantly less impressive than the other three. But that's just me. They lost to the Bears and had some near misses against some other lackluster teams.
Since Tampa Bay would be at home...does that mean on a neutral field the Bills are actually considered 3-point favorites?
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2 hours ago, Steve Evans said:
Balance is critical to a sustained success. If all a team does is pass, DC's will find ways to slow you down. A DC only having to worry about the passing game makes their job so much easier. I think people forget that having a one dimensional passing offense puts your QB in a position to absorb more hits. Defenses pin their ears back when they know it's pass first and ball security is more at risk in a pass heavy offense. Maybe time has passed me by, but look around the league, where you'll see maybe all successful offenses have a functional if not strong running game.
I submit there is no such thing as a "pass-only" offense that you can game plan for.
There is a reason why RBs are devalued in today's NFL. Even a mediocre running back (I don't consider ours "mediocre" but looking at DVOA if the shoe fits...) can make runs and get yards with a modicum of success and low chance of catastrophic failure. At minimum, a RB carry is an assured way to keep a clock moving.
A bad QB means you have a high chance of at best stopping the clock (assuming you don't want to) and at worst a significantly higher chance of turning the ball over.
If you ever had a defense that legitimately sold out to stop the pass, you'd have to give it a unique name...I know, we'll call it the "prevent defense."
I could run for 4 YPC against a prevent.
I didn't even have a problem with the game plan against the Ravens. It set them up perfectly for the one drive we scored.
The popular opinion is that when we finally started running the ball is when we finally started moving for a TD drive. I'd say that running worked then because we'd passed so many times, even when the Ravens and everyone thought we'd HAVE to run THIS time...okay THIS time for sure...okay, they've gotta run now right? RIGHT? that when we did we broke off those longer runs. And then it opened up the pass again because they had no idea what we'd do.
P.S. a five yard pass to a slot receiver or screen to a RB is still five yards. Who cares if we ran it or threw it?
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2 hours ago, BruceVilanch said:
Same here, low crawled through a hill, one of the worst days of my enlistment.
Field chow, see a tree with no one using it to lean back on while eating.
"These guys are dumb, I'm going to go grab that tree" I think to myself.
Two minutes later starting to open my MRE and I discovered why no one had been using that particular tree to rest back on while eating...
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Josh Allen 2021-22 predictions
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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4,850 yards
42 passing TDs
10 INTs
440 rushing yards
7 rushing TDs