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    Clowney Trending for some reason.

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    6 minutes ago, nucci said:

    Oh come on. The guy hasn't played a down for the Bills. He chose to come here because we offered him a good deal. We don't know if he will even be any good. You always try to improve the team. Clowney will be a huge get

    Nothing I've seen about Clowney remotely screams "huge get". And yeah, we did offer him a good deal, doesn't change the fact that he still chose Buffalo. To me, with or without Clowney, this is still a good defense. The O line on the other hand has been a problem for quite a long time

    Clowney Trending for some reason.

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    Even if by some miracle this is true, I'm not sure I'd like the idea of trading Ty away. As another poster pointed out, he chose to come to Buffalo, doesn't seem right to just ship him off given his choice of helping this team get better. Also, I was starting to get fond of the idea of having 2 maulers on the right side of the line. I can't remember the last time the right side even showed promise like this. To me, Clowney hasn't played up to his draft status, and apparently he has an injury history, hell we already have that in Murphy and by some reports, he's made good strides getting back to his old form. If Beane chooses to make the trade, I'll support it, but I will wonder how it'll affect this O line going forward

    How many Bills games have you been to

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    Saw the Bills twice at home, once against the Jets where the entire Jim Kelly led team laid a complete egg, Bills got blown out in that one. The second was against the Raiders with a completely opposite result. Flutie started that game and it wasn't really a contest at all. I remember Bruce with a strip sack deep in the Raiders' own territory, think it was Hansen that recovered the fumble. Only highlight in that game for the Raiders was a kick return for a TD. Loved the visit to Orchard Park both times

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    Jets start TC today, Quinnen Williams not reporting ( update - signed)

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    1 minute ago, Paup 1995MVP said:

    He doesn't want to play for Gase.  Does anybody blame him?  Does anyone want to play for that clown?  Wow, what were the Jets thinking hiring a coach from a division rival that was fired for doing a lousy job?  There had to be a whole lot better to hire from the NFL and College coaching ranks.  Glad their management is a joke!

    What’s killing me is Bell had to have shown that he only signed with the Jets for the money. Gase had a hell of a back in Ajayi and managed to flush that running game down the toilet. So back to the OP, how does Gase not tie up that loose end before TC?!?

    ROCKPILE REVIEW - The Hopeless Optimist

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    9 hours ago, Shaw66 said:

    The Rockpile Review – by Shaw66

     

    “The Hopeless Optimist”

     

    I know I’m probably heading for a big crash, but I can’t help it: I think the golden age of the Buffalo Bills is upon us.  I think we are about to witness the greatest run of excellence in the history of the franchise, and one of the greatest of all time in the NFL.

     

    Maybe it’s just because I’ve lived a long life and been fortunate to have had a lot of good things happen around me.   About the only good thing that hasn’t happened is true greatness for my football team.  I was there for the AFL championships and the Super Bowls.  Now it’s time to go all the way.

     

    Whatever the reason, I can’t talk myself out of believing the Bills are about to take off.  It’s not that I expect the 2019 Bills to be great – someplace in the 9-7 to 7-9 range once again this year; what I expect is that the 2020 Bills will be a solid playoff team and a regular preseason Super Bowl contender after that.  It could come a year earlier or a year later, but it’s coming.

     

    “WHAT??!!!  You can’t be serious,” readers scream.

     

    I’m serious.  I’m serious for the combination of several reasons.

     

    1.         The Process

     

    I keep listening to McDermott and Beane, learning about what they are doing.  If I understand it, I think it will work to build a team that is a powerhouse for many seasons.

     

    It’s about continuous improvement, getting better at your job.  McDermott says it over and over.  Get better every day.  That’s why they want rookies.   They want the benefit of a football player for ten years, getting better year after after year. 

     

    Part of the genius of that system is that new guys get pulled up to level of the rest of the team pretty quickly.  When the team is playing at a good level, rookies come in and learn quickly to play at the good level.  When the team is great, rookies come in and learn to play at the great level.  McDermott saw Andy Reid do it, and he’s watched Bill Belichick do it.

     

    Everyone is challenged to get better, game after game, season after season.  Players are challenged.  Coaches are challenged, too.  McDermott is expected to improve.  Daboll is expected to improve.  Frazier.  Everyone.  If you aren’t working to improve, you aren’t part of the process.

     

    No player is guaranteed a job, and every player knows that he will sit or worse as soon as someone comes along who does it better.  And the players are happy with that, because they understand they are part of a bigger process.  If they’ve worked hard and made the team better, they will share in the team’s future success, because they were part of building the platform from which it all took off.   I guarantee that when McDermott wins a Super Bowl in Buffalo, Kyle Williams will know that he owns a part of that trophy.

     

    Continuous improvement.

     

    2.         The Coach

     

    My apologies to the lifelong atheists in the crowd, but there’s no way to describe McDermott except in religious terms.   He’s organizing a cult, with avid followers who get high on the Word.  It’s his personal version of The 300, with everyone doing his job, doing anything, for the benefit of everyone else, with a little of Andy of Mayberry wholesome goodness thrown it.  

     

    He practices what he preaches.  He’s about doing the right thing all the time, preparing, learning, communicating.   He lives in a world where everyone earns what he gets, and everyone understands why they sometimes don’t get what they tried to earn.  He expects a Lombardi Trophy and nothing less, and he understands that if he doesn’t get it, someone else better will get the job.   And he’s okay with that.  He imposes that world on his players, and he expects them to be okay with it, so he must be okay with it, too. 

     

    He cares about everyone in his organization, and he wants everyone in the organization to care, too.   Was there an element of commercialism in how McDermott and the Bills adopted PanchoBilla in his final weeks?  Sure.  But there was genuine caring and concern, too, and there was genuine grief at the end.

     

    Is McDermott perfect?  No.  Does he make mistakes?  Plenty.  But it’s about continuous improvement, learning and getting better very day.  He WILL get better, because he won’t accept less from himself.   And don’t forget, he took his first head coaching job at about the same age as Bill Belichick, and Belichick made mistakes for years before he hit his stride.  McDermott is growing into greatness.

     

    McDermott does it right, and by doing it right, those around him do it right, too.

     

    3.         The GM

     

    I just love Beane.  I love his calculating approach to his job.   Analyze, make a decision, evaluate, move on.  Analyze, make a decision, evaluate, move one.  No wasted motion. 

     

    Beane’s the Chief Operating Officer of the cult.  His primary job is to keep a fresh supply of qualified devotees on hand for them to study at the feet of the master.  He believes in the process, and he believes in McDermott.  He believes that if he continues to deliver the right players, McDermott will deliver the Lombardi.

     

    Beane’s fearless.  He’s willing to make a decision and accept the consequences.  He doesn’t fret over the mistakes; he just moves on to the next decision.  

     

    He’s willing to make the bold move. 

     

    4.         The QB

     

    It’s completely obvious that Beane and McDermott are selecting players the way they said they would: they want players who are intense and non-stop competitors, players what always want to get better, players who are driven to work at their craft every day. They want disciples.   Others need not apply. 

     

    The latest example is Jerry Hughes, who has evolved from an occasionally flashy, occasionally frustrating athlete to superior all-around football player and leader.   It didn’t seem possible three years ago. 

     

    Hughes’s contract extension says two things – that he’s matured into the kind of player and leader that McDermott wants to win with, and that Hughes can see that the Bills are the kind of organization that make him a better and more successful player.  Hughes wants to be part of the success that McDermott and Beane are building; he is a disciple.  And he isn’t the only one.

     

    What does that have to do with the quarterback?   Just this: the quarterback is the most important player on the field, and therefore the quarterback has to be the lead disciple.  In Josh Allen, Beane and McDermott found their guy.   He loves to compete.  He loves to learn – you can see it and hear it in his interviews.   He’s so much more mature, he has so much more understanding of the game, than we saw a year ago.  He handles his duties in press conferences almost flawlessly, giving thoughtful answers, deftly avoiding difficult issues, rarely being flustered.   He desperately wants to do it right, on the field and off, and McDermott thrives on that attitude.  

     

    Belichick got his ideal disciple in Brady.  McDermott got his in Allen.  And, by the way, McDermott also got 6’5”, 240 pounds, speed, mobility and a rocket arm.  I think Allen is destined for greatness, because he has all the tools, mental, physical and emotional, and he has the perfect mentor.  A match made, if you believe in that sort of stuff, in heaven.

     

    5.         The Owners

     

    How perfect is it that leading this whole effort is a pair of owners who are true believers in the process?  They’ve lived the process, they’ve reaped the financial and personal benefits of doing it right, and now they’ve found a coach and a GM who preach the process. 

     

    They’re believers in continuity.  They know being great takes time, because it took them time, and they’re willing to give Beane and McDermott time to reach the goal.  

     

    They’re the big donors in the cult.  When the GM says he needs new facilities to attract and train the kind of disciples who will win football games, the owners say yes.  When McDermott says he needs another coach, they back him. 

     

    And they’re good people, just like McDermott and Beane and Kyle and Jerry and Josh.  It’s like they’re all from Mayberry. 

     

    The NFL is a club, and the club members already are proud to have colleagues like Kim and Terry.  Colleagues who can be counted on to have one eye on the bottom line and the other on their moral compass.   Bills fans can be proud, too.

     

     

    There it is.  Something approaching the perfect combination of ownership, leadership and players committed to a process that will work.

     

    We’ve waited a long time for this.  It’s going to be special.

     

    Count me in the cult.

     

     

    GO BILLS!!!

     

    The Rockpile Review is written to share the passion we have for the Buffalo Bills. That passion was born in the Rockpile; its parents were everyday people of western New York who translated their dedication to a full day’s hard work and simple pleasures into love for a pro football team.

    Nice post Shaw, always enjoyed reading your rockpile review. I wanna be optimistic, but there's just too much history to set aside for me to "drink the kool aid" as they say. Allen did show a lot of good things last year and I really hope he takes his game to the next level. But I also want to see how good this defense is gonna be. If Oliver is as good as advertised, Milano doesn't lose a step, and Tre White reverts to being more of the ballhawk he was in his rookie year, then you may be spot on with your belief on this season.

     

     

    Best ever NFL running back

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    Just now, Alphadawg7 said:

     

    If he played in the NFL today he would struggle to run for 1000 yards.  His style does not translate.  But thats ok, different eras. Just like if Wilt Chamberlain played in the NBA today he would never sniff 100 points.  He may struggle to get 100 points over 4 consecutive games let alone one.  But Brown was the best of his era, no doubt and a legend no doubt.  But sorry he just would not have anything close to the same career today.  Barry would be untouchable in any era he played.  He probably would have averaged 2000 yards a season had he played in Browns era, even on the shorter seasons.  

    Not taking anything away from what Sanders did, but in Brown's era, more than likely, he would have been injured quite a bit more often. That's a lot of what made Jim so tough, he dished out the punishment first. They didn't stress much emphasis on player safety in those days

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    Devin White LSU LB: I’ll be looking for $100 mil in 5 years

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    1 hour ago, Kirby Jackson said:

    No offense, but calling Devin White, Manziel, just shows that you have ZERO idea about Devin White.

    I never said he was Manziel, but his ego is essentially the same. And if he’s really all that, he would be projected to go in the top 5. And it doesn’t matter who the guy is be it Devin White or whoever. If I’m wrong, no problem, but until I see it in a pro environment, it’s still just talk

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