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    Free Agency Countdown - What Will Whaley Do?

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    I think Spiller and Searcy are gone and they re-sign Hughes. The only big splash I'd like to see is Iupati. Medium splash maybe Clay (TE). The rest will be be value signings, maybe another guard if they don't land Iupati. I don't see them getting into a bidding war for Julius Thomas or Jordan Cameron based on their injury history. Virgil Green from Denver would be a value pick TE I'm curious about too. Of course they are adding a QB, probably two.

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    My 10 cents on the game.....

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    My $0.02 - these guys, good or bad, play for the HC, with passion. That's something we haven't seen in awhile. OL needs to be fixed, then you can make some judgements about how far you go with QB and HC.

     

    They know that Orton is stopgap at best, so I don't get too worked up about it.

     

    I don't see the "blow it up" scenario happening at this point, also, IMO, they weren't a "lock" to be a playoff team this year.

     

    I enjoyed the season - it was fun to be a Bills fan again (you should have heard the Pats fans in the bar today getting all over Brady & company for dropping passes, missing throws, etc. - loved it!).

    Why no comment about the AR slide?

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    Was actually thinking the same thing when he did it. But it was a smart move under the situation.

     

    I think Orton's was a bit different because he only needed 1 yard and could have easily gotten it. That said, I don't question Orton's toughness; I think it was just a brian lapse on his part.

     

    No, I don't enjoy watching Orton play, but I merely pointed out that one of the best at QB got down rather than risk injury. I do think, in Orton's case, Buffalo is looking for anything that resembles leadership at QB, and KO could have done better than slide.

    Hackett is a Good Offensive Coordinator.

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    Couldn't be more even, except, of course, we have trouble running the rock, and we the QB is sacked more often. Given that scenario, the consensus fix seems to be, spread it out more and throw it more. As long as the QB stays upright, I don't have a problem with that. BTW, the turnover ratio is +7, Bills.

    Team Statistics Bills Opponents Total First Downs 135 164 1st Downs (Rush-Pass-By Penalty) 29 - 93 - 13 39 - 96 - 29 3rd Down Conversions 40/112 42/116 4th Down Conversions 2/5 2/5 Total Offensive Yds 2615 2608 Offense (Plays-Avg Yds) 503 - 5.2 533 - 4.9 Total Rushing Yds 791 738 Rushing (Plays-Avg Yards) 207 - 3.8 207 - 3.6 Total Passing Yds 1824 1870 Passing (Comp-Att-Int-Avg) 171 - 273 - 6 - 7.2 188 - 298 - 12 - 6.8 Sacks 28 23 Field Goals 17/19 15/19 Touchdowns 18 17 (Rush-Pass-Ret-Def) 3 - 14 - 1 - 0 3 - 12 - 0 - 2 Time of Possession 29:15 31:23 Turnover Ratio

    Halftime

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

    Posted · Edited by Rock Pile Guy

    Great post - until the end, and only because I disagree with you

     

    blowing up the coaching staff is a terrible idea, for the sole reason (there are several though, but this one is the most important) that continuity is what breeds success in the NFL - constant turnover of coaching staff and front office has been a major factor in why we have been in rebuild mode for 15 years

     

    You may not like marrone (I personally like his mantra of constantly getting better, holding players accountable, not confusing effort with results) but he's getting results, no? Is there public dissension among players? I think you may be reading a little too much into certain players (where has it been said urbik has been sitting because he doesn't kiss marrones ass? Couldn't it just be that we drafted a guy we are high on and thought he would improve the more he played, and that for a while he was showing glimpses of improvement so why pull the plug before it was glaringly obvious we needed too?) and their dislike of Marrone...I see a team that has good chemistry and is being led from the top down

     

    The crossman hate I just don't get.....special teams have been pretty damn special

     

    I'm not going to touch the Hackett debate because I think - as you pointed out - it's not all on him and he has definitely had success with his passing schemes, and his "predictability" is probably a combination of factors that you mentioned

     

    Russ Brandon has been doing a hell of a job marketing and running business side of the buffalo bills for years, I don't get why he would/should be replaced either....as long as he's not making football decisions, which he's not (and you also seem to infer - blindly - that he could be pressuring Whaley into decisions, which I think is unfounded and kind of just wrong), he shouldn't be replaced either

     

    Now if Pegula were to bring in an outsider to view the situation and make recommendations in the offseason/next year going forward, that sounds like a progressive and intelligent way to go about continuing to build a winning organization

     

    Great post - looking forward to more of these for the 2nd half!

     

    Go bills!

     

    I agree with your thoughts about the HC. Almost without exception, when teams change coaches, they go through a growing pains period. Do you really want to take a team on the cusp of the playoffs and put them back another 2 years? Remember that key D players like KW don't have that much time left.

     

    I, too, have not seen any definitive evidence that players are revolting against the HC. If anything, it has been refreshing to see how much fight they have when things aren't going their way.

     

    As far as the OC is concerned, it's hard to make chicken salad out of chicken feathers. Remember the scorn leveled at CJ because all's he wanted to do was bounce it outside, something that wasn't effective, at all. I like the smash mouth running into the middle, even if they don't bust things lose. It's boring as hell and is exactly what you want to be doing to keep your QB alive. Remember, the second option when KO goes down, is to bring in EJ., THAT'S SCARY!

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