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44 minutes ago, aceman_16 said:
You have obviously never played professional sports (and yes I have) you ABSOLUTELY need practices like this. In fact, I dare say IF coached well it can help prevent injuries on game day.
Get out of here with that crap.
UB started training camp on the 31st of July and has their first game August 29th. I'm sure most programs are the same.
Over 6 weeks of practice, 4 preseason games is overkill. To add a scrimmage on top of that is just dumb.
As soon as week 1 hits, everything changes anyways.
This isn't life or death.
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Another useless way to rack up injuries.
Football isn't curing cancer or rocket science, you don't need all these practices before the regular season.
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2 hours ago, chris heff said:
I’m confused, a week ago wasn’t Ray Ray the darling of camp? Now he is going to the practice squad or getting cut?
Never liked Ray Ray. Always thought he was a measurable's player and not an actual game player.
Didn't even think he was good in college.
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6 minutes ago, Doc said:
Exactly right. Except that he's listed as the backup center. Oops.
And what is Feliciano listed on the depth chart?
The depth chart means nothing. Sal C was on WGR today saying Long has barely played center in TC and the team has no agenda to play him there. He only played a couple snaps in a pinch during TC.
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2 minutes ago, oldmanfan said:
The worst case scenario is that Morse cannot come back and they reach an injury settlement. In which case it was pretty smart for Beane to have also brought on both Feliciano and Long, both of which can play the position.
Can people stop saying Long can play center? Just because a guy was put there and failed miserably, doesn't mean he can play it.
They guy can't play it and was not brought here to play it.
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Never wanted a guy to fail so bad in my life.
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1 hour ago, mrags said:
Except it was Feliciano that was snapping the ball to Allen. Not Bodine
You are on an entire different wave length and have zero idea what was even being discussed.
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6 minutes ago, Royale with Cheese said:
Geezus dude....this isn't the same play or the same route.
This is a 25 yard ball over the middle.Yesterday was 7-10 yard pass in the air from within the redzone, quick strike over the middle at the 2 yard line. Everything is tighter in the redzone.....
Over his head????? So you're saying if he doesn't get his hands on it, it's sailing over the endzone??
How are you arguing smoking gun evidence? This still shot shows it's going to hit him in the face.
Allen threw the ball from the 24 yard line and it landed at the 4.
It was not 7-10 yards.
Allen exposed Jones' ribcage in the middle of the field. YOU DON"T DO THAT!!!!
It's pretty common knowledge even in HS.
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The Allen pass to Zay should have been in the numbers not above his head.
If Allen does that to a vet WR, he will literally get his butt beat on the bench. You don't set your WR to get exposed like that in the middle of the field.
This is where the ball should have been:
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22 minutes ago, fansince88 said:
The end of last year he was kicking wounded so.... there is that.
Don't believe that crap one bit.
Playing hurt seemed like an excuse, especially when he did this in Seattle and now comes out and does the same crap in preseason.
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22 minutes ago, Royale with Cheese said:
You're supposed to snap the ball at the QB’s numbers.
A 6”5 and 6”2 doesn’t make that much of a difference. Unless you think Bodine has zero depth perception. Or he’s dyslexic.
“Well, Barkley is 3 inches shorter so I should snap it 3 feet higher”
Bodine doesn’t do anything better. He went from starting the majority of the season last year to 3rd string this year. He was demoted 2 levels because he’s terrible.
QBs also stand at different intervals behind the QB.
All I am saying is that Bodine has been playing almost exclusively with Allen for the last 40 weeks. For there to me a snap issue when they was a change, is not unexpected.
Just wait till Morse gets back in and there are snapping issues. 100% there will be. There was already issues in TC with Morse and Allen.
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4 minutes ago, StHustle said:
Gotta relax on Hauschka geez it was his first in game kick in over 8 months. ONE bad kick and you are worried? Not even like he missed horribly. He doinked it. Sure it was a 30 whatever yarder but so what. Being concerned about that is silly. His kickoffs were great. Indy's best drive start after a Hauschka kickoff was the 25 on the opening kick. They started behind that for the two kicks following. Again, concerned about what???
As far as punting goes, Carter looked fully capable to do the job, but hey, small sample size as well. His hang time definitely has him winning the competition so far. If a better option becomes available at cut time then I trust Beane to make the move.
All in all...slightly concerned about the punting game....not concerned AT ALL about the kicking game.
The guy ended last season making 6/11 field goals to come out in preseason and miss another gimme.
This is not the first time in his career where he fell off a cliff.
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Singletary is slow. He's slippery but he doesn't have that immediate explosiveness to turn it into anything significant.
Bodine was fine. People think its so easy to go from snapping to a 6'5 huge QB to a maybe 6'2 QB. Bodine makes the run game better.
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4 hours ago, Rocky Landing said:
The best thing that can be said about Russel Bodine is that he knows how to snap the ball to the quarterback, more or less (‘cept for that time he sailed it over Barkley’s head). Beyond that, he is a bystander on the field.
The run game is significantly better with him at center. The same thing can be said for last year. Go back and watch the Bills vs Jets game last season when he played. He was the main component in a lot of the longer runs.
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There needs to be a legit kicking competition. Hauschka is doing the same crap that got him hated in Seattle.
It's so strange with Hauschka, but he kicks like a high schooler way to many times. Kick the frickin ball, stop lofting it.
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Brooks Koepka is the best thing to happen to golf.
The guy tells it like it is. He really doesn't enjoy golf that much. He says he blanks out between holes 5-12. Only reason he started to play golf was from an injury in his youth during a car accident where he couldn't play contact sports.
He is such an advocate of the common man.
Love seeing him dominate.
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3 hours ago, GG said:
I believe the injury settlement can only happen once the player is ruled healthy. The player can then sign with any other team. The team that cut the player must wait 8 weeks to sign post settlement.
The Bills just injury settled with Sirles who is in a cast.
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2 minutes ago, GG said:
You can't cut a player who's still injured, and Waddle's recovery will last past preseason.
You do an injury settlement which would allow him to sign somewhere in December if he wants.
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5 minutes ago, GG said:
An infuriating headline on many levels:
How LaAdrian Waddle's injury affects New England Patriots' draft picks
The first thought is, "WTF, how does a Bills' player injury affect Pats* draft?" Then it gets worse, because the article explains that Waddle going on IR virtually guarantees Pats* a 6th round comp pick.
What would be the point of Bills keeping Waddle on IR?
Cut by injury settlement seems like the common route.
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34 minutes ago, MichaelAbdallah said:
1. Ridiculous. 0% chance of Teller over Bodine? Really? Bodine is like the fourth string center behind Long and Feliciano. He's awful. Teller still has potential.
2. Some teams only go with 3 tackles on the 53-man roster since 3 tackles are often all that are activated on Sundays. Beane may also go after an Aug 31 cut elsewhere. McDermott's spot is far from secure.
3. Yes, I've been following training camp reasonably close. Getting significant minutes in training camp is a good sign, but there are still 4 preseason games and almost 4 full weeks left before cuts.
4. Most special teams spots are too hard to predict for anybody in early August. And none of the 3 guys you mentioned are Stever Tasker.
The more I think about it, the more I dislike your posts. You make it sound like everything is already resolved, and all that's left for Coach McClappy to figure out is which punter named Cory to keep. If that's the case, why play the preseason games at all and risk injury? The answer is that training camp practice and actual game performance are two very different beasts. I stand by my assessment: 12 of the 53 roster spots are still very much up for grabs.
Long was one of the worst centers the league has ever seen in NJ. It was so bad. When was the last time you seen Feliciano play center? Bodine was fine last year. People love to trash him in, but I seen a lot of good plays out of him last year.
When the line was healthy in TC, Teller was on the 3rd string and struggled. Bodine even kicked to guard at times because Teller couldn't block anyone. Teller is bad. He was horrid was he played last year and came to camp with that lazy attitude again. Same crappy attitude that hurt him college. This regime won't put up with it.
You may be right where they bring in someone after Aug 31st, but right now, McDermott is the 4th OT. This team will not play around with the Oline. McDermott may not be active, but he will make the 53rd if they don't bring another tackle in later.
TC pretty much tells the entire story. Preseason is actually completely useless. This staff pretty much knows who is making the team. When was the last great performance in preseason where a player got no run in TC that made a difference? Look at O'leary. Guy was probably put up the best stats on team in preseason and was cut.
They aren't Tasker, but they were on the team last year for ST and Alexander was signed for ST.
12?!?! LOL
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The defense really doesn't need to be out there. I would seriously think about completely sitting Murphy, Hughes, Alexander, Milano, Star, White, Poyer and Hyde.
Edmunds and Shaq should maybe get 1 series.
I want zero injuries to any of the top 45 guys.
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20 minutes ago, MichaelAbdallah said:
I would say that there are 41 roster spots set (barring future injuries) and 12 open. Of your list of 53, I'd put the following 12 on the bubble:
Bodine (I'd choose Teller instead)
McDermott
McCloud
Sweeney
Love
Thompson
Stanford
M. Alexander
Marlowe (I'd choose J. Johnson instead)
Gaines (I'd choose C. Lewis instead)
Pitts (I'd choose V. Joseph instead)
Bojorquez
Zero percent chance Teller makes it over Bodine. Bodine is better and has position flexibility.
If not McDermott, than who? They need 4 tackles.
I don't know if you haven't been following TC or not, but McCloud, Sweeney, Love, Thompson, and Stanford all have been getting significantly minutes.
Alexander is making it for ST. Probably same case with Marlowe and Pitts.
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Honestly, there are very few bubble guys on this roster. The roster is more or less set, excluding future injuries.
QB - Allen, Barkley (2)
RB - McCoy, Gore, Singletary (3)
FB - DiMarco (1)
OL - Dawkins, Spain, Morse, Ford, Nysekhe, Long, Feliciano, Bodine, McDermott (9)
WR - Brown, Beasley, Jones, Foster, Roberts, McCloud (6)
TE - Kroft, Knox, Smith, Sweeney (4) (Croom may make it is Kroft starts on PUP).
DE - Murphy, Hughes, Lawson, Love (4)
DT - Lotulelei, Oliver, Phillips, Phillips (4)
LB - Milano, Edmunds, Alexander, Thompson, Alexander, Stanford (6)
Safety - Poyer, Hyde, Coleman, Marlowe, Neal (5)
CB - White, Wallace, Gaines, Johnson, Johnson, Pitts (6)
ST - Hauschka, Bojorquez, Ferguson (3)
I think the only real bubbles out there right now are Jaquan Johnson and Vosean Joseph. It will be interesting to see if someone can beat out Pitts, but this staff seems to like him.
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13 minutes ago, Whites Bay said:
That's an interesting thought. Because I just sat next to Jarron Jones about 3 weeks ago on a flight from Chicago to Dallas. I'm guessing - just guessing - that he was getting an invite to the Cowboys camp.
And, yes, it was in first class. The man is huge.
His regular job is in Dallas
Bills TC Day 14 (8/13) - joint practice with Panthers in Spartanburg, SC
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Instead of this, they could be doing just shell practices back in OBD where they put millions into the treatment facilities.
We will see what people say when multiple guys end up injured.