oldmanfan

Therein lies the problem. You consider any fool writing a blog national media.

So just for the hell of it I Googled the guy. He has no credibility, fancies himself an expert on and writes on different sports, pop culture, whatever seems to strike his fancy. This is what “journalism” has become. Any fool with access to a phone or keyboard can write whatever they want. There must be a way for TBD to discourage posting drivel like this.

I think people need to quit dreaming up things to worry about.

The thing about making absolute black and white statements is that they make you look pretty foolish when you then have to backtrack on them. You’d think folks would learn. As for Brown, I hope the Raiders cut him, and Inhope the league then says to him he’s unemployable until he agrees to league rules. Because you just know he and his agent will be the first to sue if he winds up with early dementia.

Using Murphy as a 3rd down rushing guy has merit. Would help keep him healthy. And Lawson has looked pretty good thus far.

Bingo.

Thanks, I didn’t see Chandler Jim Braxton?

There you go. Some great names there. I might have had Tippy Day on my list too.

Are you old enough to have watched them play?

Seems fairly reasonable. I would have liked to see Bobby Chandler and Ahmad Rashad on there. Frank Lewis and Don Beebe too. But these lists are tough to do.

Over-reactions abound. Hughes and Murphy get pressures. Thus Johnson kid has potential. Oliver has potential from the inside. And we know they’ve used Milano and Edmunds on the rush, both of whom should improve with experience. As for making a big trade to get an edge guy, I think Beane has been clear he’ll use the draft as his primary way to build. Morse was really the big exception there because he wanted a veteran in front of his young QB.

It has the potential to be

It’s not a guarantee of course.

He’ll get banned again soon.

I tend to watch individuals in preseason rather than the whole. Allen for example is going through his progressions better and using the short pass more. I like seeing that.

That is truly laughable.

Everyone should go read or listen to the interview WGR did with Morse. He talks about how he went to a clinic in Michigan during the off season for some extensive testing and he passed everything. So given that it’s certainly worth signing him. Everyone should read the comments by McD about Lotuleili and how he does what McD needs for his D. Beane is not immune to criticism. He messed up not bringing in Anderson in earlier last year. And he admitted such. Trading picks for Benjamin and Coleman were’t Good moves. But on the whole he’s doing pretty well.

I’ll be watching the competition at DE and WR. And Allen, is he going through progressions and taking the easy short pass when indicated. He looked better at that last week.

I’ve watched about 10 plays of the Cards-Raiders and I think 9 of them had a penalty flag thrown.

I’m not worried about the Jets. Look at their HC.

The world as we know it would end.

Should they have less designed running plays for him? Yes. But I don't think much of his running last year; it was Allen taking off when he saw a gap. Should he run less on scrambles? Yes, because it will save him from unnecessary contact, and because it means he is learning to get the ball out quicker and to use his short passing game.

I don’t put much stock in any media projections, good or bad. In the day of 24/7 multiple on line sites, blogs, etc., etc. journalists don’t have the time or motivation to do in depth analyses. And it’s exacerbated when you have a team that hasn’t had a lot of success, even less reason to do actual study. They want to put out things somewhat controversial to get more blog hits etc. So just take everything with a grain of salt, good or bad. As an example the bit about Costello saying Oliver struggled? I watched his series three times and don’t get it. But I smile. We’ll know soon enough what the 2019 Bills are.

You're a dead man, Valentine!

I see your point., but would counter with a few thoughts. The harm would potentially be tying up a spot on the PS you might need in case of injury. Right? So I'd say a couple things to that. One, you can go out there any wweek of the regular season and bring in a reserve O lineman if needed jsut as you could a QB. And I do agree if both Allen and Barkely got hurt you''d do that vs. play Jackson (although I doubt the ultimte outcome would change). Second, I doubt that if you had a, say, CB on the practice squad his potential for becoming really good is any better or wrose than for a QB. I think the QB position is so valued in the league that, if you see a kid you think had even an iota of developing into a produuctive player, you do whatever you can to hold onto him anddevelop him siince it's really hard to find a guy that can play. Other positions, not so much.