BullBuchanan
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4 minutes ago, 26CornerBlitz said:
Hopefully week 1 as well.
You're a weird guy.
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2 minutes ago, OldTimeAFLGuy said:
..."short and intermediate" seem to be the perceived weaknesses advertised here because of his arm strength....those are more of a finesse, timing throw.......think you're right that Daboll's game plan focuses on this ...just my hunch..........
To be fair, I guess I also want to see if Daboll understands this is how elite teams play in the NFL. It seems like for 20 years we've been running a curl-flats-bomb strategy, and it's just been miserable to live through.
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I'd like to see him pick up chunk yardage on intermediate throws where he hits players in stride that have strong YAC opportunities. I don't need to see 60 yard hero-ball throws. Basically, can he take over drives and move the ball down the field at will.
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58 minutes ago, 26CornerBlitz said:
Belichick took a look at him yet passed on him multiple times. From the Patriot's wire link: "And he’s probably interested in the Pitt draft class. He’s just doing his due diligence, while messing with the other 31 teams and the media at the same time. That’s Belichick’s specialty."
Until proven otherwise, Peterman simply is not starting caliber as the evidence has shown regardless of what you think.
Your thinking that "he'll do fine and probably excel" certainly isn't based on what he has shown on the field in actual regular season competition with the same demonstrated flaws still present from his rookie season.
Are those Josh Allen's college stats?
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3 hours ago, ChasBB said:
Hey, that's almost exactly what AG Sessions is saying on his Twitter page!!
https://twitter.com/AGJefffSessions
I trust both plans - McDermott's & Sessions'.You know that's fake, right?
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In a world where Alec Ogletree and Robert quinn were each traded for 4th and 6th round picks, I would be far more inclined to go that route than this one, and I think Beane would too. They're going to have to do a ton of FA shopping next season to improve O-line, possibly WR, and LB. We also need to Draft replacements for Hughes and Clay before their deals run out next season.
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6 minutes ago, 26CornerBlitz said:
You're wrong on Mack and Hughes not to mention your assessment of Peterman. I seeing a pattern here.
Did you draw it in crayon?
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1 minute ago, 26CornerBlitz said:
Here you go again. Hughes is a very good player as both a pass rusher and run defender.
Buffalo-colored glasses
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13 minutes ago, purple haze said:
Why does everyone want to get rid of Hughes? His money is not oppressive. And he puts pressure on QBs even if he doesn't get the sack.
What makes anyone here think Hughes has any value? He hasn't performed at a high level in any scheme since Schwartz. Trading Hughes would be nothing more than a salary dump. I don't see the raiders doing us that favor.
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1 hour ago, mannc said:
I’m sure that’s what Gruden is hoping to get but I don’t think he’ll succeed.
Interesting thing about the chart at the bottom of the article: all those deals turned out poorly for the team trading premium draft picks for a “proven” player, except the Jason Peter trade. Peter was three years younger than Mack and signed a four year extension as part of the trade. Also, at the time of the trade, the Eagles knew the pick they were giving up was only 28 overall. The Bills’ first next year is likely to be significantly higher, maybe even top 10.
I’m guessing this is why the raiders have decided not to give him a huge extension. I don’t believe for a second there are a dozen teams that are seriously interested.
Exactly my thoughts.
1) I don't think the Raiders are really interested in trading him for anything below 2 1's+
2) The Raiders have him locked down for 2 more years worst case, so why trade him? He'll be 29 by then and they'll have effectively eaten the rest of his prime.
3) If the team that drafted him #4 overall and has watched him ever single day doesn't want to give him $20m, why should we be chomping at the bit?
In hindsight, all the teams that let their Elite defensive players walk have looked like geniuses. Suh, Williams, Haynesworth, and my personal favorite: https://www.nbcsports.com/boston/video/should-stephon-gilmore-lose-his-starting-cornerback-job
I really hope the Bills are smart enough to realize that you hamstring yourself when you sign players to these kinds of deals, and they should because we just got rid of one in Dareus. I pray the Jets land him, because it all but ends their hopes of being a decent team for the next 5 years. -
1 minute ago, 26CornerBlitz said:
78 QB pressures last season. You like so many others look at sack numbers as the way to evaluate DEs or Edge rushers. Mack is an elite player by any measure.
Like I said, I think his best ball may already be behind him. I think he'll continue to be a top tier guy for a few more years, as long as the money doesn't go to his head. But I don't want him on the team at the contract he'll command. Even with so zero trade compensation. I don't ever remember it working out in the salary cap era.
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23 hours ago, ColoradoBills said:
What statistic gives you that fact?
Mack just came off 10.5 sacks with 61 solo tackles and a combined 78 tackles. That's All Pro for a DE.
Don't bring up Lawrence. Him and Mack came into the league at the same time. Lawrence's numbers are no where close to Mack's and he signed a
one year contract (because he can't stay healthy) for over 17 million.
Von Miller, yeah he's great that's why he is the highest paid. Mack is in the same category.
Chandler Jones was a disappointment in NE, that's why he was traded. He is much better in Arizona but still not the all around player Mack is.
Bosa could be exceptional. If so he will command close to 25 million a year when his rookie contract is up.
If the Chargers wait to pay him the way the Raiders are doing with Mack, he will leave too.
So if your conclusion is Mack may not be the best because of Von Miller or maybe Bosa....................
I watched most of Mack's games last year. I had him on my fantasy team. While he finished the year with 10.5 sacks. Most of them were Aaron Schoebel sacks. The kind accrued that were a result of coverage or garbage time. He was largely an invisible Man last year. He was also a defensive liability at times and he dominated exactly zero games.
Also 10 sacks is not elite territory. It's just pretty good, Jerry Hughes level. I'm not interested in paying $2 million per sack. I'm not saying he isn't a great player, but I'm positive he'll be unable to live up to a $20m contract, and I think you can get players almost as good for close to half that.
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49 minutes ago, musichunch said:
Your opinion.
Well, what exactly is this place?
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5 minutes ago, musichunch said:
He's on pace to be the unquestionable best.
Not really. Bosa, Chandler Jones, Campbell, Miller, Lawrence are all top tier with a lot more just behind them. You don't need the best, you need one of the best.
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Fantasy keeps me engaged. I do miss the pageantry of the 80s and 90s. I'm not sure how much of that I should attribute to not being a kid anymore, how much the league has changed or how much the world has changed.
I used to watch road to the super bowl on repeat as a kid, and it seemed like winning a super bowl was the biggest thing in the world that could change a city like Buffalo forever. The people were all in. Even if you didn't understand it like football you wanted them to win. I think a lot of places actually felt like that. These days the world seems more complicated and the Sheen of winning a championship seems no where near as intense and fades just as quickly. People don't care as much as a whole, even though the fanbase is way larger, and that takes wind out of the sails.
Makes me kind of sad.
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3 minutes ago, musichunch said:
If we can do it for Hughes, a 1st, and a mid round pick and sign him to an extension before the trade is finalized, you do it. This is a perfect fit IMO. Not everyday that the best DE in the league, right in the middle of his prime (and maybe even the beginning of his prime), who played college ball in Buffalo and likes it here, is in the middle of a contract dispute with one of the crappiest franchises in the league becomes available. Perfect situation. Allen and Mack. Pull the trigger.
I think it's highly debatable if he's the best. If he is, there's a half dozen guys on his heels.
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3 minutes ago, K-9 said:
Why is the premium for the second most important position on a team so much less today than it was before? The only difference in terms of team dynamic is the salary cap that I can see. Not an insignificant consideration, but for teams with a ton of projected cap room for the next several years, it's not much of a constraint. And with multiple teams in the bidding, somebody is going to have to up their offer.
Polian invested that much for a great potential player in Bennett whereas Mack has already established himself as a premier player in the league. And while I understand that Bennett was a finishing piece to the puzzle, I don't see the wisdom in passing up an opportunity to lock up a premier player at such a critical position, regardless.
Because I think you're seeing good teams developing strategies to negate the effectiveness and impact of the rush.
Pass rush still has a huge impact against bad teams, but I think it's been reduced against the great ones in recent years.
1 minute ago, Nihilarian said:My take on that cost is ...it's kinda crazy talk!
I would first think that both Beane and McD are thinking that they have a top scouting dept and between the lot of them can find talent on their own without giving away the freaking farm.
I'm also sticking with the thinking that the Bills FO isn't 100% certain they have their franchise QB for the next decade AND it's for certain they don't have a Bruce Smith on the other side to compliment that pass rusher. Plus, they still are lacking in other areas like WR corps and O-line. While Mack might actually be worth 2 firsts, a second and a player I kinda doubt this FO would pay anything close to that. JMHO
Yeah, that trade was pre salary cap. Great players never hit free agency, because you could always pay your cornerstone players. Trades were also extremely rare as a result.
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Mack is also coming off a disappointing season. I'm worried he may have already played his best ball, and may be a very good, but not top tier elite player on his second contact.
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12 hours ago, QuoteTheRaven83 said:
How much did McCarron learn from the bench?
I dont understand people who say "learn from the bench." If you learn so much from the bench, how come the rate of backups turning starters is so low?
If you like what you see from your rookie QB, you start him. If he's "RUINED" early on in his career and has his "confidence" hurt because of a few bad games, he has no business being an NFL QB in the first place.
Really depends on how you define "backup". If you're talking about QBs who sat a year or more turning into stars, well: Brady, Brees, Garoppolo, Cousins and maybe Taylor. then you have journeymen that have started a ton of games for full seasons like McCown, Hoyer, Siemian, Brissett. It's really not "rare" in any sense of the word. The majority of active starting QBs were drafted outside of the first round.
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On to you if the aforementioned rebuild, The bills don't have a very realistic way to afford him on his current deal, a deal he's holding out of.
I think the chances of us landing him are approaching zero. You'll have to overpay on the trade and the contract. Neither of which were you in a position to do on a team with holes everywhere.
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3 hours ago, John from Riverside said:
Why?
If you have the resources and the cap room to make it happen why do you wait 2 to 3 years to get a difference maker?
Because Mario Williams and Suh is why. You burn dollars and the prime years on expensive FAs when you aren't ready to go all the way
By the time the team is ready to complete, there are likely better and younger FAs available you can't target because you have old expensive vets
Look at the eagles, Patriots, etc. There will be guys available when we make a strong push and Mack and Donald will be on the decline.
We should be trying to stack our team with Micah Hyde's next year.
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You don't go out and make this kind of move without knowing your team is already very good. This type of move is 2-3 years away
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Hell this was standard when I played in the late 90s and early 2000s. We went winless. 7 years later my little brother's team won their state class championship. Wonder if it was at all related?
Could also just be we were terrible and coached by substitute gym teachers. Who knows?
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I don't really see how it matters since he doesn't play in the front 7. Better get used to a lot of "just a bit outside"
Peterman Cumulative Preseason Stats
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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How much did lack of mobility hurt Peyton or Brady? If a guy can't do something, you beat them other ways.
An out route is the perfect call only when you need to get out of bounds quickly. You can gamelan around it the rest of the time. There are a half dozen other ways to run high-low concepts without that route.