norton20
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Remind me which starters you anticipate missing September due to injury?
None yet. We are all of 25% through the preseason process though. Talk to me again in 3 weeks. It would be quite a different looking team if Harvin's hip, McCoy's hammy, Fred's Hammy, Sammy's glute, Woods's tight leg etc don't heal as they hope they do. They've already said Harvin is not coming back as they had hoped. I just hope they don't push any of them to return too soon. Hammy injuries linger (as do groin pulls etc).
We have lost 2 quality backup players for the year. Powell would have seen the field it looked like and was a very good ST player and Wynn played a lot in substituion packages. Quality experienced guys.
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Hate playing the JV team vs Colts and Pats, critical AFC home games, due to preseason injuries
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Please go the Marv Levy route for training camps. These competitive practices are stupid. If anything, you want LESS intensity to keep your key guys whole. It's a long ass season and NOTHING is ever won in the preseason. I hate that there are 3 more exhibition games left. Ugh. Season can't get here soon enough
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Time to go back to a Marv Levy training camp. Put all these guys in bubble wrap and try and stay healthy for the real games. I can't wait for the Browns scrimmage and next 3 games get over and done with. No more injuries please!
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I hate preseason football. It's a freakin war of attrition just to make it to week 1. The best laid plans in the offseason can end so quickly.
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It's still a little early to get the bust made for Canton for Miller but I thought about 5 minutes into the game that the OL was much much better than what we looked at last year. They actually moved well. I never saw a pulling guard actually make a block last year. The schemes looked better and the blocking crisper. I am very curious to see how this plays out throught the pre season. Last night was encouraging on many fronts but OL for me lead the way.
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I never quite understood the thrill of being drunk at a football game. I go to watch the game and look forward to doing that all week. You can get drunk all week. You can't watch Bills games all week. Why miss it?
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Those were impressive hi-lights. Let's see what he can do. That Jackson fella we have was an undrafted free agent too. You never know.
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I have no inside information on this but I really wonder if they will fire him. Seems like they would have already if they wanted to. Kromer is charged with a misdemeanor not a felony. He has no prior record. I expect the charge to be plea bargained to something like an adjournment in contemplation of dismissal (ie no fine, no jail time just stay clean for 6 months and the record is expunged). Perhaps he'll be mandated to have anger management counseling or community service. If it were a player, I truly expect the Bills would keep him with that type of sentence. The Bills could fine him for all the camp time missed etc as a punishment
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Norton, way to pay tribute to those AFL'rs. Question: How far off from your top 10 was Jack Kemp? For WIW, he would make my top 10. We wouldn't have won those 2 championships if we had a less talented QB. Go Bills.
I'm 61 years old. I started following the Bills seriously in 1963, so those great Bills teams of the 60's I saw a lot of. Jack Kemp was a very good QB. Solid but prone to turnovers and not blessed with a huge arm like Lamonica. It was quite a controversy back in the day as to who the top guy was. Jack Kemp was very good, very smart, a leader and very solid QB. The Bills though were a run 1st team with Gilchrist and Wray Carlton and a GREAT defense. Much like I expect this year's team to be. Kemp, Ferguson and Jim Kelly are it for me in terms of Bills QBs. Kemp is top 20 for sure in my opinion. Billy Shaw, Mike Stratton, Butch Byrd and maybe others could easily be included in a top 10 list. Cant have them all though I guess.
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Is that in order?
I love Thurman but I think even he would tell you OJ was better than him.
OJ , in my opinion, had better speed and was shiftier. Thurman was the most versatile back I've ever seen in a Bills uniform. When you needed a yard he got it. When you needed a pass rusher blocked, he did it (next time you see OJ block a pass rusher will be the first). When you needed a pass caught, he could handle it. Multi purpose and the heart and soul of those Bills teams, in my opinion, along with Daryl Talley. He was feisty, spirited and a great team player. OJ had tremendous athletic ability and was the sole offense pretty much, during his time. His teams were never as successful as Thurman's and I think it is partially due to his unwillingness to be other than "OJ star player". I know it isnt in line with conventional thinking but it is my opinion and others can certainly disagree.
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10) Bobby Chandler
9) George Saimes
8) Tom Sestak
7) Andre Reed
6) Cookie Gilchrist
5) OJ
4) Daryl Talley
3) Bruce Smith
2) Jim Kelly
1) Thurman Thomas
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I suspect it is insurance in case one of the 3 primary guys would rather get cut than be #3 or under performs and IS cut. Simms is a much more logical number three than Manuel, Cassell or Taylor and is likely an upgrade on Tuel (though that isnt clear).
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Rather take a shot at him improving than get a 4th next year. There is more reward in waiting to see how it plays out. I also seriously doubt anyone would give us a 4th for him at the moment.
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I'm disappointed too. Draft an OT and OG so at least there is more competition. Maybe they'll get lucky and have some useful lineman get cut in June.
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Best OL available (though I'd prefer a top guard at 50). A productive ILB would be worthwhile too
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we still have a couple months of free agency, the draft and cuts. Why do people act like we can't sign anyone anymore?
I've seen nothing in our recent FA history that encourages me that the Bills have any idea what they are doing when it comes to OL free agents. There is not a whole lot left. I thought Bolling and Iupati made sense and if they wanted to get better at tackle, Doug Free or Bulaga. All are gone.
To me the O Line was the weakest part of this team by far. Do the younger guys have promise? Maybe. Could we draft a competent guard? Maybe. But this team is built to win right now. I do not want to watch them go through another year where the O Line basically kills them. Signing a veteran who can play (unlike Williams...talk about your terrible Free agent signings) to me was the 1st order of business. Many days too late in my opinion.
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Wish they had signed another O Lineman to go with Incognito.
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With the increase in the cap, "overpaying" numbers are going to change. If $10M was overpaying before, maybe it is $11 or $12M now. I am for signing Hughes so long as they sign another OL, which I think is a dire need.
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I have zero confidence in Richardson, Urbik and Williams. After watching the horrific guard play last year, I am willing to have them spend for someone who can play. Going on the cheap and "coaching them up" was Marrone's demise (and in my mind his legacy). Guards have to deal with monsters like Suh, Wilfork, Darreus, McCoy, Sheldon Richardson et al. You NEED good guards to succeed against the upper end DT's that are now routinely high 1st round picks. It's not like the old days with fat guy space eating DT's that couldn't move. Pay for one good guard at least. You got Incognito on the cheap. Draft one too.
It wouldn't bother me in the slightest to shoot for a right tackle as well. Seantrel Henderson has promise but he was mediocre at best last year. Make all the young guys compete and earn their spots
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Make that Schefter not Schecter. Sorry for the typo
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Filed to ESPN: Bills have notified LB Kiko Alonso he is going to be traded to Philadelphia for RB LeSean McCoy. Trade official next week.
Shady helped off field with leg injury
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Running, sure. Full intensity workouts with other teams? No. They are down running backs and receivers so all the other guys get a LOT more reps. Overused muscles pop and pull.