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    GO Bucks

    in College Football

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    What a friggin game. PSU played gamely. Until they started playing safe on the offensive side. Just bone-head play-calling cost them the game. But Ohio State was way better on both sides of the ball. Just don't know if they can beat Bama.

    GO Bucks

    in College Football

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    What's with the horrible gray uniforms, Illinois wore them too?

     

    lol yeah. Ohio State is trying to have "cool" uniforms as a recruiting tool. Unfortunately, their designer is from the 90s. They should pirate Oregon's uniform designers. I have never known so many shades and hues of green in awesome combinations.

    Outside of the two big plays don't you think Ohio State is doing better? I mean Pen State is giving up yards. Penn State just can't seem to stop anything Ohio State wants to do. Ohio State is the one stopping themselves.

    Dareus traded to Jacksonville!

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    Here's how you win trades and make your team better: take a look at what Danny Ainge did for Celtics by trading away their declining stars in Garnett, Pierce, and Jason Terry to the nets: a bunch of role players and 4 first round picks. You OVERSELL the talent that you have.

     

    Another example: everyone knows you want to move a certain star player. He's not been playing well for you. He wants out. You want him out. You are going to lose him via cut or FA. You trade him and still get value for him. Carmelo Anthony trade from Denver to Knicks. Everyone knew Denver had to deal him. Denver was gonna lose him to FA. Yet Denver still got talented players AND 1st round draft picks in return for him. They got SOMETHING out of NOTHING.

     

    So that's the job of the GM. 1) Improve your team's over-all talent. 2) GET SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING.

     

    And 3) Here's what's also bad about this trade - it IMPROVED A PLAYOFF RIVAL AT THEIR WEAKEST POSITION. Jags are great against pass. They don't have that DT who can stop runs. Eat up blockers. Santa Beane comes along... here Doug, a freebie from us! Just send us a training camp body in 2018 and we're good!

    Dareus traded to Jacksonville!

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    soooo you think Beane is doing this because he hates Whaley and all the Process stuff is a phony coverup? That explains why it isn't working at all.

     

     

    Wait.

     

    Re-read what I wrote. McDermott is winning with a roster Whaley built. And Beane's trying to dismantle in the middle of winning. Does 1+1=2 for you?

    Dareus traded to Jacksonville!

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    Trade Now compared to Cut after season has the SAME impact of the 14.5M dead money.

     

    They just saved a bit more cap this year by the trade now.

     

    It was stupid to make the team weaker in a playoff run.

     

     

     

    The timing is rather odd given where the team currently is and it leaves them with absolutely no size on the DL to remain stout against the run. From a financial perspective, the cap savings for '17 and '18 don't add up to making much sense.

     

    This and this.

     

    So you know what, the ONLY THING that makes sense is IF somehow, being in the playoffs ISN'T in the plan of Beane. Not McDermott, but Beane. (McDermott as a coach wants to win, all the time). Beane wants higher picks. Beane wants more picks. And finally, Beane doesn't want to see this roster constructed by Whaley to have ANY success whatsoever, so that HE can look better. THAT is the logic that makes the most sense to me. All the other nonsense BS about culture and stuff, is just gas, smoke, to cover up the real motivation.

    PFF 2017 QB rankings - Taylor # 7!

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    The problem with Tyrod is his ceiling is pretty low. The good thing about Tyrod is his floor is pretty high.

     

    I don't think he's the type you build a team around. He's the type you keep around for as long as you can until you find your franchise QB.

     

    PFF can say what they want about him, but Tyrod has never shown that he can be a powerhouse QB. Game Manager? Yes. Solid starter? Sometimes.

     

    He's been a PRO for how long? You're still talking about his ceiling? This Tyrod is as good as he's ever going to get. Unless he gets help from a super-natural wideout like Sammy. Guess what we don't got Sammy. Tyrod maximized.

    Schefter has trade ideas for Bills to make a playoff run

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

    Posted

    http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/21145352/some-wild-ideas-2017-nfl-trade-deadline

     

     

     

    Marcell Dareus to the Cowboys for a fifth-round pick

    The Bills were active this offseason and have one more move to make, clearing a huge dead cap figure for Dareus in 2018 and creating more cap flexibility. The Cowboys add talent to the interior of the defensive line and give Rod Marinelli a key piece down the stretch.

     

     

     

    John Brown to the Bills for a fifth-round pickJohn Brown could be elsewhere in 2018, so perhaps the Cardinals could extract some value for him now. Rich Schultz/Getty Images

    A case where the Cardinals get something for Brown now, while the Bills get a weapon for a playoff run. Tyrod Taylor throws a great deep ball, and Brown can get behind a defense.

     

     

    Schefter also has Bryant going to Bears.

     

    But there's NO WAY McBeane trades a 5th round pick to Cards for an 8-game rental of a former 7th round receiver. NO WAY.

     

    And why would we trade Dareus for a 5th round pick only? And this year?

     

    If we're going for wild ideas, Bryant with 1.5 years left in contract makes more sense for Bills than this Brown guy.

    Jameis humbled our D

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

    Posted

    Jameis and the TB passing offense benefited greatly from Gaines' exit from the game that left Wright exposed. They also capitalized on poor coverage by the LB crew ( Alexander) that twice lost OJ Howard for TD receptions.

     

    I hope Gaines is back. And I can't believe it was Lorenzo who lost OJ. I'd understand if it was Milano. Not a vet!

     

    Here's what we're facing next week, in case anyone needed reminding:

     

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    Jameis humbled our D

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

    Posted

    In his PC yesterday, Frazier said he instructed his DL to make the Bucs one dimensional, make them pass a lot to win. The DL certainly nailed that part of the strategy. Fortunately the turnovers + offensive production were enough yesterday.

     

    REALLY??? Frazier said that??? Tampa has the best passing offense in the league. And next to worst rushing offense. And our plan was to stop their RUN? hmmm are you sure he said that?

    Jameis humbled our D

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

    Posted

    I don't know that I agree with the OP sentiments. For one, Gaines has been in and out with injuries and the turnovers have been consistent through the first 6 games, which is an important part of Defense so to dismiss it or slight it by saying it's a "consolation" to me is misleading. Second, Offenses are seeing they can't run very well on this Defense so they are passing more, which unless it's a total shutdown will lead to more yards. The OJ Howard TD was a TOTAL miff on the Defense and they admitted as much. Evans made a fantastic catch after a really high quality throw by Jameis, and yes the D should shut that down, but we can't expect perfection.

     

    That said, not fielding more than 4 corners in a game is a concern, and hopefully McD sees this and dresses 5....and, the Defense does need to stand up again against the pass, but saying they're not good or "as bad as we thought they were", really isn't accurate either. I think given the game plan, which I believe in the last few weeks has been to bend and not break, to try and avoid the big play, ala AJ Green and OJ Howard, they seem to content to give up the yards in the middle of the field to keep the points off the board. Maybe I'm wrong, but I think when we get to December the numbers will start to make more sense and even out a bit...meaning, TOs may come down a little, sacks go up, Run D stays strong, and passing yards per game comes down a ways also....it wasn't until Atlanta that the D gave up a passing TD....so let's not call them out just yet.

     

    True, Gaines being out is a huge issue for us. Jameis got more productive after he left as I recall. And our LBs can't cover TEs. I didn't think we had the speediest linebackers (I thought Milano was supposed to be good in coverage) and people are going to exploit that.

     

    I'm not necessarily "calling them out". We are winning because of our defense. But well, the ease with which Jameis moved his team up and down concerns me. That's not the sign of a "stout" D. Say we didn't get that third turn over. Do you think we'd still win?

     

    Yes we won. Yes I still love our defense. They are the reason we won 4 games. But, I'm not as confident in this D as I used to be.

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