Last Guy on the Bench
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I'm thinking the same way...McKelvin is looking good in this D and when Gilmore comes back we could have a solid CB tandem...nickle corner will be the question...do they stay with Brooks who can't seem to keep his foot of glass together, or maybe Robey takes that spot...I think Safety is the more pressing spot to take in the 1st 3 rounds....but why is it not a 1st round pick??..just wondering...is there no 1st round safety comeing out this year or do you see a higher priority?
I think Robey already took that spot. He played a lot more than Brooks in the opener, even before Brooks got hurt, IIRC.
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Pretty entertaining. Especially this last bit:
"After the game we all headed back to the tailgate to congratulate the Bills fans and commiserate amongst ourselves like I'm sure all of you have. After the crowds started thinning out we went to a bar down the street and watched Andre Reed, wearing his nice new Bills Hall of Fame jacket, go to work picking up women."
http://www.carolinahuddle.com/boards/topic/90875-my-buffalo-trip-report/
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Fantastic. Thanks. With all those WOFers, I guess there was too much mojo in the building to lose.
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Bench....had the bills LOST the game you can bet scopes would be trying to start a new mega thread on EJ Manuel....
It difficult to do that when the QB goes down in the pressure cooker with no time outs and wins the game
Yeah, the spectacular ending from a guy playing his second game does make the hatchet jobs tougher
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Another poster who was at the game mentioned this in the game day thread. There were WIDE open receivers he didn't throw to and instead checked down to the flat or RB's.
He missed a wide open Chandler for the TD on the first drive. He overthrew Stevie as well. He had the fumble. He had the horrible interception. And he had another near INT as well.
He played for poorly for 58 minutes.
If you disagree with me, that's ok. We have different opinions.
Yep, he missed some throws. Every QB misses some throws, virtually every week. Picking out a few plays to make your argument is cheap.
No one on the other side is arguing that a few select highlight plays made him a pro-bowler. He certainly wasn't great. But you have to look at his game as a whole. Picking out the plays you are picking out is lazy thinking, which yes you are entitled to, but seriously . . .
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I'm right here.
Sitting in my RV outside the Ralph with a big smile on my face.
EJ was terrible for 58 minutes but he played well when it counted. I'm a happy camper.
You have a very strange definition of 'terrible.' He was certainly spotty - missed some throws, had the two turnovers - but he ended up with almost 300 yards and close to a 70% completion rate, which did not all occur in the final two minutes. Plus he kept his cool. Kept the team in the game mentally. He is a work in progress, to be sure, but 'terrible'? Give me a break.
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Scroll down a bit to see. Pretty cool, I think. The Bills didn't do so well in week one by this measure.
Well, on offense we did. New England is way down at the bottom. Manuel was clean all day.
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Food for thought:
When y'all open a game thread 6 hours before a game even starts you're making things hard on the TBD servers.
After 1:00, when people start reloading the page (or constantly hitting refresh) now the servers are repeatedly trying to reload a 5-10 page thread instead of just a 1-2 page thread. That's 5X the work during the time when the site is already carrying its heaviest load of the week.
I think it would be helpful if we see if we can try and hold our water until at least 12:30 or so ...........
Don't the servers just load one page at a time in either case? (There's admittedly a good chance I have no idea what I'm talking about.)
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So what happens when Manuel struggles during the season? We bring in Tuel? I don't understand going with 2 rookies at QB.
When Manuel struggles during the season (which he will), you keep playing him and let him work through it.
Even if we had a savvy vet, I wouldn't put him in just because Manuel hits a slump - barring injury or complete and sustained collapse over multiple games where it is clear Manuel is losing it mentally, of course. But I don't expect that to happen.
If the kid is your starter, play him. Ride the ups and downs. And evaluate his and the team's progress at the end of the year.
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Marcus Trufant was released by the Jags. Not sure of his health but I would imagine he is better than Rogers and Robey.
Just saw that. He was pretty good in Senior Bowl practices. Could be worth a look.
Edit: Whoops. Wrong Trufant.
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3 UDFAs still alive: Tuel, Robey, Cross
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Was Jamal Westerman on anyone's final roster prediction? Because if they trade B. Scott, looks like he is sticking as a backup LB.
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I'll go with the touchdown graph. EJ 2 Kolb 0 Tuel 1 (Tuel doesn't really count he threw it against Insurance Salesmen). So Kolb has 2 qtrs to throw 2 if he gets one its still 50-50.
Also it just looks like a different team when Manuel is in the vibe seems different....
DIdn't Tuel throw 2 - one to Rodgers and one to Kaufman? Maybe I'm remembering wrong.
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It's actually $20B
I contend that offering it online would open it up to international customers. You don't think between commercial and private-residential customers on the internationa market they could sell products ranging from $10-100 and be able to scrape together $20B?
Plus, they would still have to rely on cable companies to provide the ppv service, a service they'd have to pay for too.
They already sell the ticket online to international customers via Game Pass. You can buy a 1 team subscription. Or you can get the full deal plus archives of all games of the last few years, including condensed versions and eye in the sky coaches' versions. When you watch live, you can even select the TV audio, or either team's radio broadcast audio (used to have trouble syncing, but they are starting to improve that).
Costs $199 this year for the full deal including playoffs and year round NFL Network. I never have trouble with the streaming, and you can set the quality level on whatever you want, all the way up to HD, depending on your bandwidth.
That is certainly the way they will ultimately go for the U.S. (at least as an option to complement broadcast TV). Whether that happens this next go around or sometime down the line remains to be seen.
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I was just talking about this.
There is way more raw athletic talent in its prime then those Ravens North Defenses the Jests had a few tears back with old broken down vets.
Like I said earlier this defense is going to terrorize the NFL, I'm calling it now.
First!
Hope you are right. Good point that they are all in their prime (or pre-prime with the younger ones). There is no one in that lineup who, if healthy, shouldn't have several good years left.
I am so hoping this aggressive, swirling, body-punching defense we are seeing in preseason isn't a mirage. Even if the Bills aren't that great this year, I would be content if they were at least a little scary.
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With Byrd back in the fold, the starting D now has 8 out of 11 guys selected in the first or second round.
5 first rounders (Mario, Dareus, Lawson, McKelvin, Gilmore
3 second rounders (Byrd, A. Williams, Kiko)
1 third (Carrington)
1 fourth (Bradham)
1 fifth (K. Williams)
The first rounders are high ones too. Overall - Mario (1), Dareus (3), Gilmore (10), Leodis (11), Lawson (22).
The lowest guy, the fifth rounder, might be the best defensive player on the team.
I know some of those guys haven't lived up to their draft billing. And I know it doesn't really mean anything once the ball is snapped, but in terms of raw athletic talent it says something. Hope Pettine can put it all together.
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Down the road, I could get behind the Pettine Zoo. But I agree it's too early.
Right now, the nickname I favor is the "Don't SH#!T the Bed" defense.
That would be a step in the right direction.
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looked good running to me, same as usual
He definitely had the same old Fred rhythm and moves, but he looks quite a bit slower to me than I remember him.
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Really interesting and encouraging article. I'm intrigued to see where this evolution of the NFL goes and glad the Bills seem likely to be one of the teams playing a leading role.
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Awesome, as always, Astro. Love these. Thanks.
Minor note: Kolb's 7 for 11 is 64% not 77%.
Cheers.
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Everyone is thanking Bill for his good job. I also, though, want to thank everyone here for making this a great thread.
Absolutely. In addition to Bill's always engaging take on things, one of the reason's his AFTATGINPO posts get so much traffic is that they consistently generate good discussion and debate. They rarely devolve into pissing contests (although of course there is always a little pissing going on in any internet message board thread). I really enjoy them, and often learn something.
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The government blocked it last year, they have a nasty habit of blocking websites, the NFL refunded my $. I could have complained probably but that other language thing...... I think the bandwidth is okay and I am pretty sure it was blocked in my area but worked in others.
Not sure why. They block a lot of porno too and political things that they don't like, can't even get some very common sites. I am set with not paying though anyway (good at finding links, hah). But by the end of the season there are less and less available (I didn't buy it until week about 3 last year and cancelled in week 5, I think). PITA but it is what it is, life abroad.Ah. That's a pain. Nothing is ever blocked here in SA, so that's good. Bandwidth is expensive, though. I used to just use the shady links, but between the lack of quality, the irritating ads, and the way they disappear in the middle of the game, I was more than happy to go legit, once I had the option.
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I would do that if my Thai gf and mother of my child wouldn't kill me or cut off my penis for doing that
! Plus, I don't drink but that is okay..... I would like to watch games with Bflo people though.I live out a ways too, Ramintra area. Taxis would be a B word at 4am (or at least expensive). I have been wondering how to do it here. This one is on NFL network not sure even the True plan has it on (I stopped using dish tv 2 years ago) though. How do you usually watch the games here? The NFL internet thing is a pain, easier to find streams in my experience, tried it last year and cancelled after 2 games. The Damn government blocked it at my house!
BTW hope it is an injury free day for the Bills!
GO BILLS!
Why is Game Pass a pain for you? I live in Cape Town and feel like I've died and gone to heaven with Game Pass. I watch all the Bills games live and watch tons of others either live or later in the week with the condensed version. Love it. It's the easiest $200 I spend all year. I would assume Bangkok would have better bandwidth etc. than Cape Town but maybe not? Anyway, hats off to you since you have to watch the games even later than I do.
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This causes me to question things since Murphy tows the company line. The 'Kolb is terrible' stuff is pretty convenient thus far.
I don't know. I don't think "Kolb is terrible" is the company line. That's certainly not what Marrone is saying. And the national guys coming through this week - whom the Bills have no control over - are pretty much saying the same thing as Murph.
A great job by the defense last week... My favorite 2 blitzes drawn up
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Just some more positive feedback for you so you keep doing this. I loved it, and I learned a lot.
I never played football at any level (other than 7th grade flag football, where, to give myself credit, I was a scoring machine at running back). So despite the fact that I have been watching football ardently for 35 years, I know very little about the technical scheme design side of the game beyond the basics. This is especially true for defensive backfield schemes, because you don't see the full picture as often, and because the announcers usually do a pretty superficial job of explaining things - maybe with good reason - perhaps the average fan doesn't want to know too much.
Anyway, I love learning more about something I've been watching for decades. I read your stuff with great pleasure, and very slowly so I can take it in. Looking forward to more. Thanks!