HappyDays
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It's crazy how everything Whaley and Rex touched turned to ****. If they had tried to build a gang of criminals they would have accidentally built a great football team.
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2 minutes ago, SCBills said:
I didn’t say she did. Unfortunately, added to all the other issues involved in their relationship, her friends doing that, did not help her credibility.
You said "one side" posted accusations to social media. Unless you're saying her friend was somehow involved too that isn't true. I mean you could just as easily say "one side" was involved in a bar fight with police officers last year if you want to stretch the truth. Or hey, Shady is friends with Richie Incognito, so I suppose one side recently got arrested for making threats towards someone at a gym.
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2 minutes ago, SCBills said:
All we have (so far) is a he said/she said event in which one side has released a mature statement on the matter and the other has had social media rants making wild accusations with zero evidence and a sketchy backstory
The alleged victim, Delicia Cordon, didn't post anything to social media. That was her friend. The only statement that Cordon has made was put out by her attorney.
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Hot take: our record would have been exactly the same the past 2 years without Shady. Our other running backs usually had about the same YPA as he did and statistics show rushing efficiency has practically no effect on winning a game.
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Wow I didn't expect anyone to use a 3rd on Beal. I doubt we'll use a pick on anyone else today.
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28 minutes ago, JaxBills said:
The fact of the matter is, the #metoo movement has created a way to ruin a man's life without having to prove it.
But your life wasn't ruined. The case was dismissed. Public opinion may jump to conclusions too quickly but the courts are still handling these cases exactly the way they're supposed to. As far as I can tell the NFL investigates everything fairly too.
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2 minutes ago, DC Tom said:
Jameis Winston.
He was suspended a year after the allegation and the NFL conducted a long investigation. He also did not appeal that suspension. Like with every allegation the NFL will investigate these claims and if they find evidence that they are true Shady will be suspended once the investigation is concluded. Of course if they're true he won't be on our team long enough for that to happen.
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3 minutes ago, quinnearlysghost88 said:
I see a lot of people arguing the law and the suspicions surrounding these allegations. there is no right to a fair trial in the NFL. McCoy's done.
What is an example of a player that was suspended based on allegations alone?
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20 minutes ago, bills.avfc said:
the amount of people who are clamouring for any kind of evidence to show that she's making it up is pretty sad too. i hope it isn't true and i understand the scepticism to a degree, considering the type of personality he projects publicly. but that type of reaction is exactly what stops victims of domestic violence from coming forward.
I used to think like this but truthfully it does sometimes turn out that the story was made up or embellished. And we're not in a position to know what the truth is here. I personally know a liberal lawyer who doesn't believe any story that comes out of a relationship without evidence. He's seen too many cases where the man or woman is lying. I'm not saying the woman in this case is a liar but it's also too early to say that she isn't.
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2 hours ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:
I can't really speak for Happy Days, but I think his point is to provide factual information, and I see the situation is less "syncophants" "defending" Taylor, as folks who react to exaggerated takes. The point is, TT DID generate offense for us, and a reasonable amount - just not the way many traditional passing QB do it (run + pass vs pass only
Exactly. I guess providing data is now considered being a sycophant. I was ready to move on from Tyrod, his time here was over. But everyone has convinced themselves our offense was awful the whole time he was here. That very clearly was not the case. It's entirely possible he plays well enough this year that Mayfield doesn't start a single game. It's also possible he continues his downward trend and has the worst season of his career.
I'm also not sure why people are saying Tyrod always looked great in the offseason. My memory is that his offseasons were pretty average at best. We should prepare for the possibility that Tyrod outplays whoever our starter is this year. Even if that happens that doesn't mean we made the wrong move trading him away and drafting Josh Allen. I'm not here to root for the Bills to look stupid, but I'm also not going to ignore the reality that Tyrod has arguably the best supporting cast he's ever had and will be in an offense designed for his skill set. If that makes me a sycophant so be it.
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36 minutes ago, MJS said:
No. That's exactly what it means. Tyrod accounted for less points, even when you throw in his rushing TD's. That still made him a bottom 15 QB in point scoring (without giving all other QB's their rushing TD's).
The rushing offense was the only reason the team was top 10 in scoring.
The rushing offense scored most of their TDs in the red zone. 15 of their 23 TDs came inside the 10, and 18 came inside the 20. Going back to my earlier post Tyrod accounted for 63.7% of our total yards which is what got us to the red zone so often. And Tyrod was efficient in the red zone when they had him pass - we were 8th in red zone passer rating in 2016. The other reason we were so good in the red zone was we had a deadly QB read option. I don't have any stats on that, I just remember it being very difficult to defend. For some reason Dennison all but abandoned that play last year which was his most baffling decision in a year of baffling decisions.
Our offense was good in 2016 for multiple reasons, one of which was Tyrod performing pretty well in an offense designed for his skill set (albeit not consistently enough). You can pretend he wasn't a major part of our success that year but the data doesn't back that up at all. No one is saying he's elite but he has shown he can lead a top 10 scoring offense if he has a good OC and a solid supporting cast. Whether he replicates that success this year is still just anyone's guess but it is definitely possible.
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23 minutes ago, Real McCoy said:
Let's see what Tyrod looks like without McCoy.
Hyde is good and all but no Shady.
If Nick Chubb is as good as advertised and they use Tyrod's mobility to scare defenses, their rush offense should be very good. Very unlikely it's as good as ours was in 2016 though, so to have a top 10 scoring offense Tyrod will have to play better than he ever has. There are a lot of wildcards in the Browns offense this year. Will Haley design a winning offense in his first year there? Will Chubb be as explosive as he was before his knee injury? Will Gordon keep his head on straight for a full year? Can their O-line hold up? Can Tyrod bounce back after the worst season of his career? It's almost an entirely different offense from last year so it's hard to predict.
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21 minutes ago, MJS said:
Due to the freaking run game. Go look at how many TD's Tyrod threw.
In 2016 Tyrod had 23 total TDs. The RBs combined had 23 rushing TDs. He also had 3,603 total yards, and the RBs combined had 2,050 rushing yards.
So Tyrod accounted for 63.7% of our total yards and 50% of our TDs in 2016. I'm sure that's a lower percentage than most QBs in the NFL, but to say our high scoring offense was mainly a product of our rushing game is disingenuous at best.
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3 minutes ago, Bangarang said:
What year were we 7th in scoring?
As of 12/31/2016 (one day before the EJ Manuel/Cardale Jones game) the Bills offense was tied for 6th in TDs scored.
https://www.teamrankings.com/nfl/stat/offensive-touchdowns-per-game?date=2016-12-31
Obviously that isn't all on Tyrod. Our rushing was incredible that year, and Anthony Lynn designed a really good offense. But it proves that Tyrod is capable of leading a top 10 scoring offense when he has a good support system. Which very well may be the case in Cleveland.
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One thing I've heard out of Browns media reports is that Tyrod has been trusting Josh Gordon, and throws him the ball even when he's covered. IF that carries over to the regular season the Browns will have a very good offense this year. Potentially top 10 in scoring although that will also depend on their run game which is hard to predict right now. The other thing I've heard is that they are using Tyrod's mobility in their offense which Dennison somehow never figured out. If I had to bet on it I'd say their scoring offense will rank between 15th and 10th. And ours will rank between 23rd to 18th. JMO
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7 minutes ago, Doc said:
I thought I read that Peterman's was 51 after being revised upwards? If it's 53, improving a couple MPH should be doable.
Now I'm confused because this article says he threw 49 MPH:
http://www.ourlads.com/story/default/Quarterback-Ball-Velocity-at-NFL-Combine-2008-2017/10243/dh/
And other articles are evenly split between saying he threw 53 or 49. So now I'm not sure what his velocity was at the combine. Weird.
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14 hours ago, transplantbillsfan said:
So the question is... how below average was Peterman's arm?
This spreadsheet tracks all the ball velocity measurements since 2008:
Traditionally you want to be 55 MPH or above. Peterman was at 53 MPH. Although I'll point out a few QBs that had under 55 MPH and have never been questioned on arm strength:
Dak Prescott - 54
Deshaun Watson - 49
Tyrod Taylor - 50
Even if you're a staunch believer in 55 and up, that means you think Peterman needs to increase his ball velocity by 2 MPH to be a starting NFL QB. I don't see why it's so hard to believe that that can be done.
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1 hour ago, matter2003 said:
It wont be entertaining it will be scientific.
The main way is by building core strength/lower body strength. It has little to nothing to do with the arm. The amount of torque and force generated by your lower body far exceeds anything you could come close to producing with just your arm alone or even with your upper body. Muscles in the legs, glutes and core produce far more force when utilized properly than any muscle group in the upper body.
But that doesn't start at the hips it starts at the foot level and travels up the posterior chain, to the hips where the kinetic energy gets transferred into a "whiplike" motion when you properly torque your hips. This is the basis for all power with any throws.
Increase the strength of the posterior chain, the flexibility and strength of the hip flexors and all the little muscles in that area that relate to torquing your hips with more force and you increase your "arm strength" by orders of magnitude.
You aren't even in the same area code with your thinking as you are referring to upper body work which will give negligible results to improving arm strength.
Watch Tom Brady throw...he is the master of the hip torque throw...in fact he has gotten so good at this he can at times simply torque his hips by just shifting his weight without even taking a step and generate sufficient force to throw a ball on a rope 20 yards down field. Try doing that with just arm strength.
And it doesnt take a genius to know that most people can improve their lower body strength. Just go to any gym and count the percentage of guys with reasonably proportioned lower bodies in relation to their upper bodies. Its under 5%. Considering that most QBs do little to no weight work in college and there is tons of room to improve.
And this doesnt even get into the actual technique of how to do this properly which is paid attention to at a much closer level in the NFL than in college.
This is a great post. Not sure how Bills fans of all people can argue that ball velocity can't be developed. The poster child for that has terrorized our division for nearly 20 years... Peterman will never have Josh Allen arm strength, but he can absolutely get to the minimum threshold for an NFL QB if he works at it. It isn't his fault Dennison rushed him into the starting role before he had ample time to develop.
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2 hours ago, Zerovotlz said:
looks like the god of QB's in a no pressure practice type situation (like he always has)
He has? I haven't seen these reports of how great a practicer Allen was in college. I see some people are still going with the narrative that OTAs and minicamp are completely meaningless. I can understand why a Mahomes supporter would want that to be true, but here in reality you can absolutely judge a QB in OTAs. Of course it isn't the end all be all, not even close, but a QB who can throw accurately within the design of a play in practice can do the same in a real game. On the other hand a QB who continually turns the ball over in practices, like a certain other QB, will likely turn the ball over a lot in real games.
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11 minutes ago, transplantbillsfan said:
Is that it?
I don't think that one says anything at all about Allen, especially him being distantly in 3rd.
I looked through that conversation and didn't see any of it brought up, either.
Yep that's it, and here's the one about Allen:
So if his source is right that's what the QB depth chart looks like. And I'm pretty sure he has a source, he was all in on Josh Allen to the Bills for months prior to the draft.
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2 hours ago, transplantbillsfan said:
I agree that McDermott will likely name his QB pretty quickly.
Again, he and Dabol did say multiple times that OTAs and Minicamp were more about a rep chart than depth chart, and considering Allen progressively got more and more reps until the last day of Minicamp, the idea that Allen is so much more behind the eight ball seems a bit misguided.
I think we know if Allen's truly in the mix still within the first week of Training Camp. If he's relegated solely or primarily to the 3rd string reps at that point, I think it'll be pretty clear McDermott isn'tfactoring him into the competition.
Benjamin Allbright reported that his inside source said Peterman is leading the competition and Allen is "distantly in 3rd." If that's true, combined with what McDermott said about picking a QB early, I don't think he'll make up the ground against the 2 veterans. That's no slight against Allen. I think every rookie QB should sit for at least 4 games to get a feel for what the game looks like up close. I'm sure they will give Allen a legitimate chance to win the starting role, I just don't think he'll win it. I would be excited if he does though. But I see this year as a throwaway for the offense so I would rather see Peterman or McCarron taking the hits.
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1 hour ago, ColoradoBills said:
I still believe the assigned starting QB for the 3rd preseason game will be the odds on favorite to start the season.
McDermott said at one of his OTA pressers they need to know the starting QB as soon as possible. He all but confirmed they'll name a starter during training camp. That's one reason I doubt Allen ends up starting. He only just started taking 1st team reps and it's a short month and a half until preseason. I'd be surprised if they haven't named Peterman or McCarron the starter by preseason game 1. If the competition goes into August I'll start to think Allen has a shot.
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12 minutes ago, DC Tom said:
Because they ran out of space.
But I suppose you dimwits will take what you can get and call it "victory."
Every parent that doesn't get forcibly separated from their biological child for weeks at a time is a victory.
By the way, for you guys making fun of media hypocrisy with Obama... it goes both ways. The right wing caricature of Obama as soft on immigration is ridiculous. He deported more illegal immigrants than any president in history, his justice department argued that they should be able to detain families longer than 20 days, and according to this immigration lawyer...
...Obama responded to criticism of the detention centers by saying "I'll tell you what we can't have. It's these parents sending their kids here on a dangerous journey and putting their lives at risk."
The left wing media screwed up big time with their depictions of Obama-era photos as evidence of Trump-era human rights crimes. But they simultaneously revealed that Obama was moderate to conservative on immigration. And he wasn't soft like many of you thought.
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LeSean McCoy allegations
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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After all this it turns out his ex-girlfriend never even accused him of domestic violence. It's pretty unlikely at this point that he'll be suspended unless it turns out he sent someone after his jewelry.