Last Guy on the Bench
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I really thought Prescott was our guy in the 4th and we lost out on him by a few picks. This type of commentary from "sources" after we draft Jones isn't surprising, however. In the draft, the Bills always get their man and great value.
I don't know. You're right you can't take this stuff straight at face value. But what do you base the Prescott theory on? They spent a lot of time on Jones pre-draft. And it's not like the source is saying that Jones was a steal or that they had him with a 2nd round grade. All of these things sound very plausible to me.
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Sorry if already posted. I searched but didn't find it.
http://www.scout.com/nfl/bills/story/1666353-bills-had-19-players-with-1st-round-grades
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Wow. He's like a little piranha.
Hope Rex can find ways to use him. Certainly should be a special teams maniac anyway.
I'll be pulling for him to make the team. He's fun to watch.
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You are a gugny
Fair point.
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I bet no other team came in at 100%.
You're ridiculous.
70% of the players in the league are black. That means on a random basis, there is an 8% chance that one team would draft 7 black players in a row. That means that on average, 8% of the teams (i.e., about 2-3 in any given year) would draft all black players. The idea that that is the same as drafting all white players is silly. With 30% of the league white, drafting seven in a row would happen .02% of the time or about once every 5,000 drafts, i.e., once every 156 years (assuming that there are 32 drafts per year). So yeah, if a team drafted all white players, people would take a closer look, as well they should.
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Like the pick. I don't think we're all that deep at RB with Shady 's age and Karlos's head. The rest of the bunch does nothing for me.
Watching Williams's highlights, he reminds me a bit of Priest Holmes (we can only hope). Kind of upright, short strider, with really nifty feet - makes quick little in-rhythm cuts look easy. I like that style a lot.
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This was a topic on Schopp & Bulldog last week so who gets whose dumb ideas from whom?
Impressively correct use of who, whose, and whom in one sentence. You should be banned from the internet.
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Great stuff Leo. Leo's still my guy. Love his fight.
Maybe the English majors above can work some overtime and spend a day living half as good as Leo does.
Exactly. I love that guy. One of my favorites of the past decade. He is an imperfect player with tons of talent and a giant heart. And he is always capable of a making big play.
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1) Would love to see the VIkings make a good run. Fun team to watch with a tortured history. I still have a soft spot for Fran Tarkenton and the Purple People Eaters in the 1970s.
2) Whoever is playing New England. I enjoy watching them lose more than I enjoy seeing anyone win, except for the Bills.
3) Probably the Bengals. As you say, they've earned it.
4) Panthers or Cardinals. I'm all about the new blood. Would like to see someone that hasn't won a Super Bowl win it.
I was happy with yesterday's win, but I would have pulled for the Jets in the playoffs because of Fitz.
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No, which is why I called him lazy. But his job is to get people talking and reading and he's good at it. I bet his bosses love him even when 90% of his readership seems to hate him.
Maybe so. That's why I don't click on him. I don't even enjoy hating him. He's too boring to hate, for me. He's just bad.
Though I guess we are talking about him in this thread, so you got me there. Hopefully the BN doesn't see this thread - wouldn't want to encourage them.
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I will read them and agree with MDH that it's good to read articles that don't agree with your perspective. Sully turns out to be right often enough because the Bills have been so bad but like another poster said above there is a difference between being negative and critical. People should understand however that Tyler Dunne and Sully have two completely different jobs and the way they write and research their articles is not the same. I agree that Sully is often lazy however.
It's not that I disagree with Sully, it's that I never learn one flipping thing from him. He never has a fresh idea or an interesting, non-obvious take, at least in my eyes. And yes, Dunne is a reporter and Sully is a columnist, but a columnist can still do some legwork, whether it's talking to different people to develop his take or looking at interesting data that can suggest a new perspective. Does he ever do this?
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I always skip him. I usually can tell the article is written by him just from the headline.
Likewise. I try not to even click - hoping that over time enough people will stop reading him that the BN will fire him and hire someone who actually has something intelligent to say and is not just running on autopilot.
On the other hand, I try to click every Tyler Dunne article. It is refreshing to see a reporter actually reporting - doing the legwork, calling non-obvious people for comments, etc. rather than just spewing back press conference material and hot takes.
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Love how 'Nito buried Sheppard on the 2nd level block.
Didn't realize that was Sheppard. I watched the game again last night and rewound that play about ten times, just to watch Icognito launch the LB off his feet and a yard backwards. Sheppard was actually airborne for a second. It was a thing of beauty.
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I've been waiting for some Uncle John's Band from you, Bill. You've held it back for years. I think you picked the exact right time. I do think that we just saw the rising tide.
Also, totally agree that TT's best play was that volleyball spike of the batted pass. That guy just never loses his cool or his awareness. He always seems so calm and together. I'm sure he'll have some rough spots down the road. But he feels different than any QB we've had in a LONG time.
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I am an avid Bills fan. I am also a fan of the pro game. It is a priviledge to watch the excellence in the play of Brady and Gradkowski.
I don't hate any team. That is so juvenile. At this point we are not rivals to the Pats because for the past generation we couldn't seriously compete against them. Hopefully, that will change.
I agree with you, except I arrive at a different conclusion. I think Brady may be the GOAT. Gronk is a blast to watch. And Belichick is a genius. It should be a privilege to watch them, as it is to watch Rodgers, Watt, Wilson, Peyton, etc. But the cheating and the generally joyless, bloodless temperament of that team take away the pleasure I might normally feel in watching such excellent play. I wish I could enjoy them. Heck, I cheered for them in the SB in 2001 when they were the scrappy underdogs. But they are, as a team, completely insufferable, despite their talent, and Brady is the worst of it. I admit it - I am going to take a great deal of pleasure in their downfall. I just hope it isn't in 2030.
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Plenty of people hate the Seahawks for their brash, arrogant behavior. People hated the Raiders (also cheaters) and the Cowboys when they were great. If we start winning, other fans will hate Rex's bravado. People hate the Pats because they win and it's magnified by the cheating, if they were the Browns and pulling all these bush league stunts while going 5-11 every year they'd simply be a laughingstock.
I don't know. On the one hand, the feelings are definitely magnified because the Pats have been so dominant. You're right about that. Especially for us Bills fans who have two measly wins against them to hang onto (not counting Week 17's preseason game last year) - as great as those two wins were.
But there is much more to it than that. There is the cheating. There is the smugness and entitlement. There are the bandwagon fans. There is the whole "poor us, everyone is just jealous and out to get us, and everyone does it too, except we didn't do anything anyway, ideal gas law, destroy the tapes . . . " horsecrap.
But mostly there is also the fact that they seem like a uniquely joyless, soulless team. They drain the humanity out of the game to me.
The big test of their genuine hate-ability will be some years after Brady and/or Belichick retire. I certainly hated Marino's Dolphins and JJ's Cowboys. I hated the Cowboys and Raiders in the 1970s too. But after some years pass, you start to have a fondness for the old enemies and an appreciation of what they did. I like hearing old Raiders stories now. I like seeing Kelly hanging out with Marino.
Maybe I'll feel that way about Brady too, BUT I REALLY $#%@^-ING DOUBT IT. I think that team will provoke feelings of disgust in me for a LONG time. Maybe I'm fooling myself - caught up in the heat of the moment. Only time will tell.
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I am an EJ guy but am rooting on Tyrod as he proved enough to me in his final showing against the Steelers he might be able to be a good enough passer to get things done. I won't deny he's a better than EJ as a runner. That said Tyrod has some limitations and they worry me. The first is his lack of height which think hurts him inside the redzone. I als worry what's going to happen when teams bottle him up and they take away his first read. Last but not least his lack of NFL experience. I've said it a few times but this whole situation reminds me of 1998 when we were gearing up with a young upstart QB by the name of Rob Johnson yet RJ had a better track record going in. Does anyone remember RJ's first two starts against San Diego and Miami? They were ugly and I say that as a guy who rooted for RJ. Now RJ did get better as the season went on until getting hurt enough that Flutie got hot and the rest as they say was history. I am only going to call for Tyrod to get benched if we go 0-2 and if Tyrod shows he can't complete 60% of his passes and/or costs us a few TDs in the redzone that end up costing us wins or starts throwing picks. I know it seems like a really short leash but losing two Conference home games to start the season is going to severely hamper our playoff aspirations.
Seriously? That is way too short a leash, considering these will be his first two starts ever, and they are against the defending conference finalists. If he completes fifty percent of his passes and throws a few picks and struggles in the red zone, sure we'll all be disappointed and worried, but he's got to have a chance to find himself for a few more games than that unless he absolutely melts down, which I don't think he will. Seems like a pretty cool customer. I think he'll perform decently, but either way, I don't think you can use these first two games as a major benchmark. They will begin to tell the story but not finish it.
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If you look at him on you tube, EJ was a very good runner in college. In regular season games he looked (imo) clumsy and lumbering, and it's hard to understand why.
I agree. I don't think that he lacks the speed or quickness to be a decent runner - but he has no feel for it. He always looks awkward and unsure of himself. I don't think he's got the brain feel for running in space.
Although, as you say, he looked somewhat better at Florida State (still not great in my opinion), so who knows?
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Interesting that on defense Butler is listed ahead of Brooks.
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I like the move. Cassel is floor insurance. The floors for both TT and EJ are uninsurable. They may both end up way better than Cassel - God, I hope so. But they could both totally tank as well.
If Cassel is seriously the number 2 QB, this will cut down on EJ's reps in practice, which is not insignificant. Even if EJ is the long-term #2 in case of injury to Tyrod, the practice part will slow down his development.
Although maybe running the scout team gives you more reps?
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He makes fair points about the QB situation, though I don't think Taylor playing at least reasonably well is that much of a lottery long-shot.
But he makes no sense about the OL. Very lazy POV. The guards are way better. Wood is the same. Cordy had a down year - so using Barnwell's pseudo-statistical approach, he should see some reversion to form, especially given his off field struggles last year and the fact that he showed up in great shape this year and has played well in the pre-season. And Henderson was a rookie. He is likely to be at least somewhat better (most second-year players are), especially given his physical talent. I think this O-Line is going to sneak up on people and be one of the better ones in the NFL by season's end. That's the view through my rose-colored fan glasses, sure, but even an objective, "logical" observer - which Barnwell pretends to be - should conclude that the Bills' OLine is likely to improve significantly, barring injury.
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So explain to me what players can get added to practice squad?
As I understand it only players with I believe it less than 4 years are PS eligible.
Players with more than 4 years exp who are released become UFA
Therefore anyone with less than 4 years would go through waivers
But if a player who went through waivers has to be added to active squad, then how would anyone ever end up on PS (as must have less than 4 years for PS)??
Either I'm missing something or the statement below can't be true as with what I wrote above there's no path to PS??
If you claim them off waivers (which go in reverse order of record from last year, I think), you have to add them to the active roster. If they clear waivers (meaning no team claims them), then they are free agents and can sign to any team's practice (or active) roster.
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But who would be interested in O'Leary - he did nothing to show he can play at this level. I would think more interest in Lewis and Brown - although trying to hide one of them through the first week would mean keeping 8 WRs (even though 2 of those are really ST guys)
I agree - he wouldn't be my first choice for a guy to go the extra mile to get on the practice squad. But maybe they've seen something in practice that hasn't been apparent to the untrained eye? I don't know.
I'm just saying there is going to be one person on the roster this week that they are planning to cut next week. I doubt it would be someone they would use in the game (like an extra backup DT). So it's more likely going to be someone they've prioritized for the practice squad.
The other explanation for O'Leary still being on the roster is that they are going to keep five TEs for the season, which seems crazy. Four is already a stretch, though it probably makes sense for Roman's offense.
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The wildcard is the Dareus spot. That actually lets them hold onto someone that they might want on their practice squad until a week after everyone has already filled their rosters and their practice squads. O'Leary could be that guy. Keep him around for a week and then cut him when it is much less likely that some other team will pick him up.
Gil Brandt: Ragland Will Improve the Bills' D by Seven PPG
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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He's changed it since to say "in a major way" vs. the 7 points prediction, which was absurd (though it would be awesome).