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2 hours ago, mead107 said:
Yes I can
I agree with you Mead.
Well, I guess the question is how much of your happiness depends on the Bills winning versus having a football team to root for and a community of (most) posters to discuss strategy, be excited or discuss personal decisions, and simply enjoy the game of football.
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3 minutes ago, cba fan said:
lol....stop it.....they both do clap a lot but it stops there.
Jaurons ceiling was 7-9.
"The process" is by definition an unlimited celling as they have proven now without a doubt they will make changes pretty fast when they identify a problem. So I will withhold judgement on game day management mistakes now until I see if McDerma improves over the off season.
I'm sure I am in the minority, but I don't think Jauron was awful. Rolling out players like Keith Ellison, Ko Simpson, Anthony Thomas, Coy Wire, JP Losman, Robert Royals, Tutan Reyes, etc... with marquee FA signings of a washed-up Peerless Price and somehow managing to finish 7-9. I think it is his teams that cause me to think one could do worse than Doug Whaley as GM.
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Romo does a great job explaining what some of the strategy of the game. For example: "Jacksonville is playing cover 4, therefore the Bills will want to look for an out-pattern".
Maybe you all feel differently, but it seems to me that Romo wants to see the Bills do well.
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I don't know enough about football to know exactly how much of our problems are Dennison and how much are Tyrod. To have Romo pointing out open receiver after open receiver suggests Dennison might be better than he seems.
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Just now, Steptide said:
I want a win more than anything. But this week has been surreal as a bills fan. I'm dang proud of this team and community of fans that has proven why we are the best in the NFL. Win or lose, this week, today, is what being a bills fans is all about. LET'S GO BILLS!
For me it's not either I'm upset or I'm not. Any time the Bills lose it's a disappointment. I hold that with if the Bills lose at any point in the playoffs I'll be proud of them for making it as far as they did. I think the biggest determining factor is whether or not they lose in a Billsy way.
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14 minutes ago, John from Hemet said:
I fully expect Marcel to play well today......when motivated he is a beast
But...that is also the problem
Exactly! The Bills can't invest 15+ million into a player like that and expect to be successful.
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2 hours ago, Kelly the Dog said:
Except the rush is on him a huge majority of the time in three seconds or less.
Yes, he holds it too long a lot. Yes, he takes off sometimes from a phantom rush. Yes, he should throw it away before being tackled from behind a lot. But he avoids about 2-6 sacks or throwaway incompletions a game because the line stinks and he's the most elusive QB in the game.
Would you say Tyrod is almost an anti-Fitz? Fitz would get rid of the ball quickly, but not deal well with an immediate rush. Tyrod gets rid of the ball slowly, but is able to be Russell Wilsonesque when it comes to poor o-line play.
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5 minutes ago, Kelly the Dog said:
Alex Smith is as athletic as Tyrod Taylor, regardless of quarterbacking abilities? Did you really just type that with a straight face?
That statement is on the opposite end of the pendulum of the statement before it, "at this point Tyrod is a more athletic version of Smith for similar money. I'd keep Tyrod if that's the direction we're going."
Tyrod is WAY more athletic than Smith. Smith is athletic. Smith is the better quarterback and a better fit if we continue to run a WCO.
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4 minutes ago, East TX Dan said:
Little DonChad deleted his all of his comments from Sunday predicting Gaines wouldn't start....
Maybe little DonChad is from the future.
We have always been at war with Eurasia!
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It varies season to season depending on the players on other teams. For example, it is a lot easier to like the Bengals when Burfict isn't on the news, while Dalton is one of the most likable people in the league.
Probably San Diego, Detroit, Cleveland, Minnesota. Teams I believe (and could be wrong) are most similar to us, that I feel are underdogs.
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I feel like Shady has to be the answer. The secondary and H$ might seem tempting to pick, but Shady has made something out of nothing and chunks of yards out of small openings so many times.
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1 minute ago, berg1029 said:
The 2014 team definitely schemed better and likely had more talent. But there is this scrappy quality to this team that makes me feel like there is always a chance
Yeah, the 2014 team was better on paper, the 2017 team is better as a team, if that makes sense.
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A lot of defensive highlights
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56 minutes ago, Billsfan1972 said:
Actually there were plenty of posters hoping for a 4-12 season and to trust the process.
Many wanted Peterman as the QB earlier and no part of the playoffs, because they had so much confidence in McDermott & McBeane......
Too lazy to find them but they were continual complaints about Tyrod and that he may screw it all up and get the Bills in the playoffs and they were unhappy......
Stating facts and statistical #'s is quote interesting.
Pretty sure Peterman agrees with you on that one.
The differential was a statistical anomaly and and moreso a reflection of Tyrod holding on to the ball and being conservative on offense.
Exactly, to a certain extent turnovers are luck. On the other hand, I expect that if Tyrod is starting next year (here or elsewhere) that team will have a positive turnover differential.
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25 minutes ago, PolishPrince said:
I know its too early to think about next year... I guess old habits die hard
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Looks like a softer list then we have had in awhile.
Then again, who would have thought the AFC west would be relatively easy this year?
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Ducasse is probably average (or slightly below average). He will be serviceable most games, but when outmatched we'll really notice.
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13 minutes ago, White Linen said:
I really like Tolbert in the passing game. Ugh
He seems serviceable in that regard, (It's not Tolbert's fault Tyrod checks down to him as if Tolbert had a red target on him) although perhaps I'm just comparing that to his sweep calls earlier in the season.
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The second I saw it, I took it that this guy has inside knowledge. Not his fault you couldn't get the hint....
People were rude to him, and now that he was right, it's still his fault they were rude to him. Some people just don't get it.
Could you please explain to me how I couldn't get the hint as I never participated in that thread? Is that a personal attack? Honestly, I don't think it is, but where do we draw the line? At what point s reprimanded the bullies a form of bullying?
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The second I saw it, I took it that this guy has inside knowledge. Not his fault you couldn't get the hint....
People were rude to him, and now that he was right, it's still his fault they were rude to him. Some people just don't get it.
The point I am trying to make isn't whether or not people should be rude to him. Obviously, they shouldn't. What I am trying to figure out is, how and in what ways is the original poster responsible for the situation. You could be completely correct in that irregardless of the post no one should bully/be made to feel like they were bullied.
My point is, upon reading the post, that the poster messaged the board in a way that if he/she received criticism, they would take it more personally than other posters due to the person's emphasis on themselves having knowledge about RI.
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This is the original post in full:
Then later:
Then even later
That's three posts to get to the idea he has a real source and even that's vague
Thank you NoSaint, for pulling that up. That is vague, and the post seems to be about him/her as much as the information they are telling us. I don't know if that justifies the degree that this person has been blasted, supposedly, but they don't seem to fall in to the Lori camp of posters who are trying to provide credible information to us.
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I never understood this mentality. Sign the best guys regardless of where they were prior.
I guess I wonder how much familiarity with scheme (shouldn't matter with Ryan coming in) and other players strength's limitations (chemistry) affect a players quality. How much better would a Kyle Williams who knows how MD and MW play be compared to an identical one signed from another team?
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I guess the question is where do we draw the line between responsibility of the poster to understand this is a message board where people will be blunt with their opinions as there are very low consequences versus the responder who at times will say offensive responses that can get them banned? I didn't read the original post, but based on reactions it seemed the poster made it personal with the lead of "guess what I know..." if I started a thread like that I would be much more sensitive to criticism than a "take it for what it's worth, but I have a source that says...."
That and people are jerks
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Improve the team. That's exactly all that matters. Great post.
Agreed, maybe it was mentioned earlier, but aren't Wood and Incognito friends? That should help their chemistry.
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Is anyone surprised by this?
Rice had a lot of trouble catching the ball wary in his career so I don't see how anyone can be surprised by this or that he is the only one to do so. I'm sure just about every received who wore gloves was just as guilty
So what you're saying is...that if T.J. Graham had played 25 years ago and used stickum he could have been awesome? (more awesome depending on the poster's opinion of T.J. Graham)
Mike McCoy won't be the OC per Carucci
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fixing sentence
Sadly though, losing to the Patriots at the last second because of a poor play call is still an improvement for how we did this year