Trogdor

I think that Dawkins needs to move, so that would account in our difference of opinion. That whole line needs new additions if only for depth purposes.

I can't disagree with this enough. They need OL bad and anything less than a first is an insult to team building. They need at least 1 tackle and 2 guards because Teller hasn't proven anything yet. WR and RB can be acquired later or through FA much easier than a LT.

Big game wins. Bowl games, conference championships, and rivalry games are important. You can look back and see many of the great QBs carrying their team to victory in important games. Even for guys on stacked teams there is usually 1 or 2 games a year where they actually have to perform. EJ played on a stacked team, but he shrunk and had terrible games when they needed a QB. Against Florida his senior year he got exposed and threw 3 interceptions. They were basically a decent QB from the National Championship at that point.

I think the plays called are a product of his trouble with short passes. He also has a history of trying to push everything. I don't agree with your theory that you can get an aggressive QB to checkdown, but I hope it's true.

None of that helped, but he had his fair share of issues in college too. He really under performed at both levels and I think we discount that too often here. I can't think of a QB who wasn't a proven winner just developing into one in the NFL.

He doesn't get a pass because he tries to throw everything downfield. Passing up the correct shorter throw for a longer one is a poor excuse.

Might have something to do with his accuracy issues with short passes. The must unbelievable misses always seem to be on simple dump passes. I also think that he has a knack for looking for the big play instead of the correct play. Even in college he had a tendency to try and push everything instead of making the right throw and moving the ball. I'm not going to put a lot of stock in how far he tries to throw it all the time since that doesn't seem to be a meaningful stat when measured against other winning QBs.

Trading your highly rated LT to get a QB never made sense. It might be how it happened, but I'm willing to bet there were better ways.

Hyde and Poyer were typical Whaley finds. Hyde especially was used as a hybrid safety/corner, so he probably flew under a lot of teams radar. He came from a very bad pass defense too. I like Edmunds, but I think his future is OLB and that leaves a big hole in the middle. White is getting picked on here at the end of the season, but can you imagine him and Darby? What idiot would trade him for a third string slot receiver? Hope they pass on Dawkins or move him to RT. He isn't nearly as good as Glenn. They need to draft a stud who can actually recover. That's not a good thing. I'm not sure it takes much to convince Terry either. You still can't blame Whaley for the cap when you decide to jettison the talent and incur the penalties of an Overforf contract. Glenn most of all could've been huge for this current team.

It does matter when you could stay competitive and move on when the contracts came with less of a hit. It's not like they really got anything important from the contracts they shed. You can't use the cap excuse when they caused it.

I keep seeing cap hell, but how much of that was self imposed?

He has over thrown the fastest guy on the field multiple times and under threw a couple too. Those WRs aren't good, but his deep ball leaves a lot to be desired. I think a lot of the problem is the lack of air time.

Maybe if they start connecting on more deep balls it would be more enticing?

His numbers definitely make no sense. At 4 he places a guy that can't be judged on passing lol. He would've been better off giving his short descriptions in order of the draft.

IDK, all of the talent they acquired is doing quite well on other teams. You can't trade or release all the young talent and then point the finger at the previous regime for the lack of talent. We could be 2 guards away from a good line, but now it's at least 1 tackle and 2 guards because they decided to part with Glenn. Teams like the Bills don't just get big name free agents, so you better hope for an amazing draft.

I'm not sure he is there yet. He is really really fast, but his hands are still made of stone. Hopefully he gets over that though. I'm also not ready to pump up Levi because there is barely any data to go off of. Just because they didn't throw his way doesn't mean he is playing lock down. It could just mean that there are holes all over the defense.

Why do people keep saying he would've won that game. It took Peterman to come in to get any movement on offense. Think about how sad that is. Allen didn't look good in that game at all.

I think the Star pickup is telling. Their pro-scouting so far has been lacking. Good O linemen also don't become available often. The fact that people think that's how they will rebuild the line is laughable. The Glenn trade looks worse each week.

I mean you could be added to the he never does anything wrong group. It's easy to just call out people with different opinions.

Why? Those were terrible throws and he deserves the blame. Those weren't hidden coverage or anything either. He did the same head scratching type stuff I'm college too. He has show some upside yes, but that doesn't mean you should absolve him of his mistakes.

There is a video from college where the drill is dumping the ball off to his outlet, but he keeps throwing deep. Even today he ran when he could've passed to Shady. He either knows he sucks at it or has no concept of making the right play. People will keep using his yards per attempt as an excuse for his completion percentage though.

Thomas is another case of this regime choosing potential over actual skill.

Why pass when they can run all over them?? Star was brought in to help with the run and they are just as bad at stopping it. I've seen him get beat in a lot of 1v1 for a gap filler.

It had nothing to do with a BB defense. He wasn't exactly great with turnovers in college either. He mad bad throws. Adding the BB defense part is an attempt to absolve him and you do it a lot. When you take away his ability to run, he becomes a mediocre at best QB. If you can't handle differing opinions then maybe a message board isn't for you.

I wasn't actually expecting a MLB in the first. He was very tentative to hit in college and we were/are so weak on the run between the tackles. Didn't seem like an optimal fit.