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That's No Moon

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  1. Where are the fancy stats for punters?  Averages don't really tell you a lot.  A kicker can have a short average because he kicks from midfield a lot.  They can have a lot fo kicks inside the 20 because they have a million attempts.  What I want to know is the number of times his kick accomplished what it was supposed to.  When you are backed up you want a high, long, bomb of a kick, when you are closer you want touch, with both you want placement to the called coverage. It doesn't help if you kick it 70 yards left when the coverage is called right.  It's not the punter's fault if they kicked appropriately and the coverage failed to tackle the guy, or if the coverage bungled downing the ball and it rolls into the endzone when it shouldn't, etc.

     

    Bojorquez has too many shanks when you need bombs, IMO.  The variance from attempt to attempt (of the same type) is much too great.

  2. Things that have a score or a clear winner that is not determined by 3rd parties can be classified as sports. Other things, no matter how difficult they may be in comparison to some sports, are athletic activities. Basically, if it has judges who award points which determine the outcome, it's not a sport. Some things are just games. If one can do the activity reasonably well whilst actively holding a beer it is a game. If one has to put the beer down it can become one of the other two.

     

    Sports:

    football, baseball, softball, tennis, hockey, lacrosse, water polo, swimming, golf, racing, track and field, downhill, slalom and cross-country skiing, soccer, archery, shooting, biathlon, bobsled, luge, skeleton, speed skating

     

    Athletic Activities:

    skateboarding, snowboarding, mogul skiing, gymnastics, figure skating, diving, cheerleading, ski jumping

     

    Games:

    cornhole, darts, poker

     

    I'm not sure/could go either way:

    Curling, Bowling  - I'm pretty sure you could hold a beer and do those ok but not as well as you could if you put it down.

    Wrestling - there is a score but the points are awarded by the referee.  This is sort of borderline for me. The points are usually pretty clear but not always. Gun to my head, it's a sport.

  3. This obliterated several fantasy teams. Damien Williams was going in the 2nd round in fantasy drafts. Shady was in the 8th. Now they are sharing work to some extent but nobody knows how much. If you took Williams that high you are pissed. 

     

    Imagine if you took Williams and Luck. There have to be more than a few teams with that.

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  4. 16 minutes ago, Elite Poster said:

    Once again, not good enough for a team that hasn't won ten games this millennia, but good enough for Superbowl contenders. 

     

    The cut made sense, but this makes you question it. 

    If the real issue was about buy-in, which nobody will ever go on the record and say, it doesn't make you question anything.

     

    Shady has to know he's coming to the end too and it was a contract year for him. He's not going to want to be splitting carries in a 3 headed backfield.

     

    Is he "good enough" for Kansas City? He was good enough for them for 4 million dollars but not for 8 which is why they didn't trade for him. He's still an NFL level RB but he's not what he was. We have at least 2 other NFL level backs on the team (I'm not sure Yeldon is, but Gore and Singletary are) that make far less and who don't carry the off the field drama. Andy Reid took him back. That's fine. They know each other, they each know what to expect.

    8 minutes ago, BuffaloBillsGospel said:

     I'm not a huge fan of Yeldon, the dude seems to be injured alot but should be a serviceable short yardage guy

    On the contrary, I think you'll see Yeldon in a lot of passing situations. Gore will be the guy to get tough yards inside. If I need a yard to win a game there are a lots of worse people to give it to than Frank Gore.

     

    We keep forgetting the New England model. Yeldon is James White or Dion Lewis

  5. 2 hours ago, Bleedingreennc said:

    Does it matter? I'm here to talk football, not get bashed on, you see me bashing people? 

    Fwiw, you're right. Previous regimes would hold onto stiffs for several years e.g Christian Hackenberg. The current GM didn't take Polite. He's a stiff, and a knucklehead to boot, and they cut him rather than wasting more time and taking an opportunity from someone they believe in more. That's what good management does, particularly when they are tasked with fixing a poop sandwich left by previous management.

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  6. 3 minutes ago, thebandit27 said:

     

    Solid i would say. He didn't show much beyond 2 red zone catches, and the Bills would know better what he looked like in practice than anyone else 

    I thought he did a nice job on slants, using his body to shield off the defender and hands catching the ball.

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  7. 2 minutes ago, Nextmanup said:

    No love for Nick Mike-Mayer?

     

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    He was part of "Chuck Knox' Super Bowl team" no?

     

    1 minute ago, C.Biscuit97 said:

    100% Christie.  He makes that kick Norwood missed.  I think kicking is much easier now.  Christie was money.  SH is good in his own right though. 

    I don't know that it's easier. I just think the players are better.  Field conditions are better and the number of kickers kicking indoors helps, but we saw 3 54 yard FGs last night like it was nothing.  That would not have happened in the Norwood era from anyone.  Some guys could make them, Morten Andersen for example, but it was rare.

  8. 1 minute ago, ColoradoBills said:

    BB is going to want to run the ball a lot this year and we know Bodine's run blocking works.

    We do? I'm not sure that we know that.  I don't feel like we opened any holes anywhere last year nor were we opening lots of holes when Bodine was in this pre-season.

  9. 1 minute ago, ColoradoBills said:

     

    The Bills DL know his weaknesses and tendencies better than any other Center the Pats* could field.

    I think that is worth it let alone the 6th.

    I get the sentiment.  I guess the thought is that they'd have ended up with him anyway more than likely.  At least this way we get something out of it.

    1 minute ago, Cripple Creek said:

    Certainly.

    and that is where we differ.

  10. 1 minute ago, MrEpsYtown said:

    I'm curious to see what they do with Sills. I mean he looked ok at times but he's not quite ready yet. I'm not sure he makes it to the practice squad though. Do you keep him on the 53, as the last receiver on the roster isn't likely to dress on game day anyways? Tough roster crunch this year. 

    I think Easley is on the PS before Sills.

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  11. 1 minute ago, Cripple Creek said:

    I’d suggest you let it go, but I fear deaf ears.

    Hey, you want to let the NBA cash in on you go right ahead. Buy a jersey for a team that no longer exists and was stolen from your city. I'm guessing that the Toronto Bills would have been OK with you?

     

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