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3 hours ago, nucci said:
3rd round picks don't go to the PS
Exactly, if they cut a 3rd round pick before the season starts, heads would absolutely roll and multiple people would probably lose their jobs. It was major news when the Raiders cut Tyler Wilson before his first season and he was a 4th. We don't want to be in their company.
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1 minute ago, sullim4 said:
It's interesting, I'm 34 and my wife is 32 and we both recently started to watch the news in the mornings. In Seattle the print media has, for all intents and purposes, died. The Times is a shell of its former self and the PI has been out of print for 10 years now. The suburban local papers also died. The only digital "news" comes from retired folk and stay-at-home moms who moan and complain on Facebook and Twitter.
No one is reporting on news in say North Bend, Snohomish, or Kent aside from the TV stations. I didn't watch local news until recently and it's actually kind of nice to get news that isn't 100% Seattle-centric. You can learn about what's going on in our neck of the woods from actual journalists instead of serial complainers.
The internet is definitely the best source for international and national news. I think it has filled the gap for major metros like NYC, Chicago, LA, Seattle, etc. But if you don't live in one of those cities, you aren't getting local news on the internet. The TV (or the paper, if it still exists) is your only option.
I have to believe that's a bit of an outlier. We're 32 & 33 and I only know a few people around here that have cable at all. I know you can still use antenna, but I think I'm the only person I know that does that. Watching the news is definitely a very Buffalo thing though. Whenever I go home, it's a bit of a culture shock to be hanging out with people and see it on the TV.
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3 hours ago, Mrbojanglezs said:
Is WKBW in trouble? I know they are probably 3rd in ratings but I haven't heard that.
They're all in trouble. A lot of us don't like Sinclair Media Group shoving crap down our throats. I Don't know anyone under 35 that watches the news everyday like they did when i was growing up. The next generation sure won't keep them afloat.
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3 hours ago, ShadyBillsFan said:
But but he sucks
Fixed it.
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5 minutes ago, SoTier said:
This seems to be what most of the posters here ignore. The Bills aren't the only team that improved -- and some of those teams that got better were already better than the Bills last season. I see a lot of posters on TSW snickering at predictions that the Browns may make the playoffs this season, but they obviously haven't looked at the Browns' roster recently. If Freddie Kitchens can manage the personalities Dorsey's acquired for him, barring significant injuries, that team is going to be an offensive powerhouse with an improved defense. It's entirely possible that if Mayfield had started from Opening Day that the Browns would have had 9 wins and maybe a playoff berth.
Right now, I think the Browns have to be the favorite to win the North. They've massively improved an already rising team, while everyone in their division got worse or stayed the same. Unless Lamar Jackson figured out how to throw a football over the offseason, they have as good a shot as any of them.
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I don't agree with him on the Fins, but he's spot on with the Jets. Does it really matter if we finish 3/4 or 4/4? Several of the teams on the rise (Jets, Browns, Jags, Chargers) have gotten better. It's going to be a very uphill battle for us to compete this year. Outside of the Dolphins, there isn't a team we should be counting on being stronger than (on paper) in the whole conference. The Raiders, Titans, Bengals, Ravens, Broncos, and maybe even the Steelers could end up being weak teams this year, but the AFC in general should have a pretty high floor. We should be a more talented team than last year, but I think we're less improved than a lot of other squads.
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5 hours ago, Guffalo said:
I think part of the debate stems from the thought that the moves to create a village will slowly take away the ways our fanbase gathers before games.
Older Bills fans have had a long hard journey over the years and as younger ones join the the force, they bring with them their rituals. To the dismay of the NFL and the Bills, their rituals are displayed on Barstool sports and instagram for all to see. Its not that we are all different, we just celebrate and prepare differently.
To answer the OP,
- Being a Bills fan to me is waking up on gameday in December, knowing that the playoff hopes were gone 3 weeks ago, and still hoping for a win, hoping for improvement by the young players and looking forward to a good game and having a few beers with old friends and meeting new ones.
- Being a Bills fan is walking down the street in Manhattan and hearing "Go Bills" because you are wearing a Bills hat or shirt.
- Being a Bills fan is having Dad put the radio next to the phone in 1983 so I could listen to Van's call as Dad kept shouting "Hey that's long distance, that's going to cost you a fortune"
- Being a Bills fan is when on vacation, and the family knows that whatever happens, Sunday at 1 PM, Dad and Mom will be in front of a TV at a sports bar near the beach where the kids can do whatever they want for the next 3 hours.
- Being a Bills fan is sitting at that beach bar, chatting with an ex-Buffalo cop talking about how the team is on the right track, and maybe next year we will make a run (and seriously believing it).
- Being a Bills fan is setting aside vacation time to make sure you can travel 900 miles round trip for each home game, shorter for some road games. Being a Bills fan is keeping your season tickets since 1982 because you didn't want the team to have another reason to leave.
- Being a Bills fan is spending countless hours on internet forums complaining about the latest trade or a misplaced shower mat.
I was wearing my Bills jersey when I arrived at the Atlanta airport a couple years ago (We were playing them that Sunday) and I walk past this guy leaning against the wall on his phone next to one of those walkway escalators. Without lifting his head to look at me, he let out a subdued "Go Bills" as I walked past. I was happy to be a Bills fan that day. -
16 minutes ago, qwksilver said:
BOVADA has AFC east is 12-1 even money I put 35.00 on that (poker winnings) = 420.00. I only have a few hundred for poker play money so I may had others as poker winnings come in. BTW 50-1 to get to the SB.
That's a pretty crappy line.
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5 hours ago, BuffaloBill said:
That is still the most shocking pick in the draft.
Clelin Ferrell would like to have a word with you.
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On 4/15/2019 at 3:49 PM, YoloinOhio said:
Still only 20. A lot on his shoulders
Now he's only 21.
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I don't like when a culture has to be defined as an everything for everybody type of situation. It makes the soup so bland no one wants to eat it. In my opinion that's how you get disinterested fans like those in Miami or Jacksonville that wouldn't sell out their stadium if they played in a home Super Bowl. I understand the need to curb liability for the Bills Mafia shenanigans. You don't have to support it, but to want it to go away is to lose a part of what makes being a Bills fan so unique. Watching the game at home, at your favorite bar, in the parking lot or in the stadium it doesn't really matter. Some people like a nice sunday dinner before the game, while others get started with a liquid breakfast at 8am. it takes all sorts to really understand what it means to circle the wagons for this team.
I also strongly believe that keeping the outdoor historical stadium is another part of that. If you want to build a venue to attract concerts and rodeos, go ahead and do that. I think having a church of football is a pretty cool thing. We don't share any of the winning history of Lambeau Field, but we do share the passion. I somehow think that you don't exactly get the same effect.
The first game I ever went to was the 1991 AFC Championship game. It was cold, rainy and windy, and I went in my ski suit with our woolen Bills hats,, those foam bills seat cushions everyone had back then, thermos of hot chocolate and those hand warmer packs. You know the funny thing? After the game started, no one cared about the weather. Everyone in that stadium was family for 3 hours. It was loud, full of passionate people that may have spent what little money they may have had on a product that only recently started reciprocating their loyalty. The game was over at halftime, but that didn't stop the cheering and celebrating all throughout the second half. That day cemented me as a Bills fan for all time.Would it have been the same in my 72 degrees indoor stadium in my seat licensed chair and starbucks candy cane macchiato? I can't say for sure, but I'm guessing not. When I grew up, everyone I knew was a Bills fan, or at least pretended to be. You didn't make plans on Sunday afternoons to do anything other than watch ball. In multiple churches that I attended in my childhood it was a topic of conversation on more than one occasion. Chan Gailey may not have been right about a lot of things, but my favorite quote from him is that "Football is a tough game for tough people", and I'd like to see it stay that way.
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If they want to sign Shaq to a 3yr, 15M deal I'm all for it. He a good run defender and decent backup against the pass, but you can't pay him Jerry Hughes money.
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4 minutes ago, Phil The Thrill said:
Do you like ANY moves that the Bills have made? Because you seem to be very critical any time someone says something positive about the team.
I LOVE the David Sills pickup. I think he'll be the best WR on the team by the end of next season. I also like the Knox pick a lot. Drafted on high end phsyical talents is what I always advocate for in later round picks. I also think the LB was a good pick, as he hits like a truck. If they can teach him how to play football, he could be a real player. I think the DT in round 1 is a little meh, but he was BPA, and there's no one I wanted more there. I think the OL pick in Rd 2 was very meh given the previous investments they made, but they had him BPA. I think the undersized RB was a wasted pick, and the same of the small slow safety. not sure the last TE makes it out of camp, but not worried about him.
For FA, I liked the Brown pick, assuming they'd get Brown or Beckham or DK to be the #1. I didn't care for the Beasely pick as he's old with no upside left. Hated the gore signing. Liked the yeldon signing. Liked the Morse and spain signings. Didn't love Kroft at the money. 1.5M cheaper would have been better. I hated the moves they didn't make (Watching the Browns become the next Eagles overnight)4 minutes ago, Phil The Thrill said:Why wouldn’t you trust them to cut your lawn? If they make a lot of money, I’m quite sure they could figure out a mower.
Because there are a lot of highly compensated and well respected incompetent people on this planet and billions more between there and great.
15 minutes ago, SCBills said:Whos viewing him as a #1? I think everyone, including our FO, probably acknowledges we have a stable of 2/3 WRs as we currently stand.
He's the #1 by default. He's had the most success of any WR on the roster and that's the problem. I like him as a role player, but not at all as a guy the Bills were comfortable going into the season with until UDFA. -
On 4/29/2019 at 8:15 AM, Jumpsuit Jim said:
Saying that Bean doesn’t know better than us is like saying the physician doesn’t know more than us because we read Web MD everyday.
And then you follow it up by calling this a decent WR class? I think.....
wow.
Um. Have you never worked with or hired a complete idiot? You put way too much faith in someone's ability to do a job based on a job title. Fun fact, someone out there is being treated by the worst doctor to ever graduate from their alma mater and none of their customers know it. What makes sports even worse is that there's no degree, so all they need to do is convince an owner that they can do the job. I work with a ton of people that make a lot of money and I wouldn't trust them to mow my lawn.
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On 4/29/2019 at 12:20 PM, Rocket94 said:
What is wrong with John Brown? The guy is a professional and is a real deep threat. None of this year's wr class would be any better.
He's tiny and he has a concussion history. To paraphrase the guys hating on DK Metcalf, all John Brown does is run fast in a straight line. He was the #3 WR in Arizona and that's where he belongs. Us treating him like a #1 guy doesn't make him so. He's a 29 year old receiver that's had 1000 yards and 7 TDs once in his career. That's his ceiling. We should be hoping for a 700 yard/5 TD line, which is fine for the #3 that he is.
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On 4/30/2019 at 10:46 AM, Hapless Bills Fan said:
The thing is, football games aren't played on paper
3-13 10-6 5-11 last 3 years
It's a question of what one thinks as the reason.
-Was Fournette a 1-hit wonder who fell off a cliff?
-They had a lot of churn on OL, including losing their LT on IR to an ACL early in the season, losing a LG to FA (then trying to re-sign him and plug him back in, didn't work). They released their RT go this year. Was that the reason their run game fell off a cliff and Bortles took 50% more sacks/threw 30% fewer touchdowns?
If so, have they fixed the line?
Or is it just a case of a team over-performing one year, then regressing to the mean as teams got tape on their plays with Fournette?
The thing about Foles is that outside the Superbowl, he's a mixed bag at QB. I personally maintain that his crap year with the Stl Rams wasn't his fault - it was "dysfunction junction" and the guy he had as his OC was fired midway through the season and hasn't worked as an OC since. But it's clear Foles won't work well with any coach and any system. He needs guys who will work with him to keep his bad tendencies in check and maximize his strengths, as Shurmur and Musgrave and then Pederson, Reich, and DeFillipo did.I do not think that Marrone and Hacket are quite the same as Shurmur or Pederson and Co.
But I could be wrong. Maybe Foles/Wentz is the new remake of Brees/Rivers and Marrone is the new Sean Payton.
I'm kind of thinking "no", but could be.
I don't believe Foles is going to all of a sudden take the league by storm, but I absolutely do believe he's Alex Smith 2.0 which is good enough to destroy teams until January. That makes them a massive threat to the Bills near-term.
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On 4/30/2019 at 11:01 AM, Gugny said:
Nick Foles is still Nick Foles. If he wasn't still Nick Foles, he'd still be an Eagle.
So, he's a very good QB capable of leading a team to win a SB? I agree. He was elite with the eagles when he was younger. He's not a world beater, but with a good team, he won't be the weak link. That's all the jags need with their defense.
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1 hour ago, LSHMEAB said:
The reason I disagree with this is because we have a chance to really put something together for the next two seasons and this is the no QB contract window. Why not go into this season with a DOMINANT defensive line?
Let's say the offense doesn't improve as much as we'd like; if you've got a dominant front four, that can mask offensive deficiencies. We had a good to very good defense last season. Imagine one able to impose their will. You eliminate blowouts like at the Ravens and at the Colts. The Bears game was odd in that they didn't rack up a ton of yards, but we STILL couldn't get stops in the red zone.
A dominant front four is not going to rank near the bottom of the league in RZ defense and turnovers. It's gonna shoot to the top.
I can see the rationale in putting it off for a season, but I'd like to think we're in win now mode. Agree that Murphy won't be part of the plan, but I also have no faith in Lawson. He's an edge setter and a 3-4 DE. We've already got Star "taking up space." You upgrade that end position opposite Hughes and it's potentially lights out for opposing QB's.
I don't see us even remotely close to ready to win now, but that's me. I think we're closer to year 2 of a 5 year plan. If this team becomes a consistent winner guys like McCoy. Beasley, Brown, Hughes. Hyde etc won't be a part of those plans. I think this year's goal is to be more respectable, and I expect a similar result from the last few seasons. We simply have too much inexperience and too little top-end talent right now to be thinking about anything other than backing into a wild-card. 6-10/9-7 is my expected range. The only thing that really matters this year is figuring out if Josh Allen can be a good NFL QB, because without that the rest doesn't even matter. -
2 hours ago, mannc said:
Tony Romo a close second.
3 Superbowl appearances behind, though.
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11 hours ago, Richard Crickets said:
Who is the greatest undrafted qb of all time?
Kurt Warner.
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4 hours ago, aristocrat said:
John brown has that straight ahead speed. That’s all dk has. Dk is like one of those racing semis. They go fast straight ahead but they can turn.
If you want to be over-simplistic about it, that's all Megatron had too. He wasn't agile at all.-
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They should approach DE next season like they approached OL this season. Bring in 6 of em and draft a couple and see who shakes out. I have a strong feeling Murphy won't be a part of that plan, and at his price, probably not lawson either.
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17 minutes ago, Boca BIlls said:
This years Da'Rick, This years "My guy"
Not even close to that.38 minutes ago, Brianmoorman4jesus said:What’s this guys deal? All I see anywhere are people saying good things about him. Not even just Bills fans. He put up good numbers too. Why didn’t he get drafted? What is he slow or something?
32 minutes ago, SCBills said:He’s got guys like Dez Bryant hyping him and was projected as a Mid-Round Pick.
I dont get it either.
Sills has 2 years of WR experience and put up 33 TDs during that span. Scouts are concerned about his frame at the next level, as well as his lack of experience. He doesn't have top end speed, but he is very crafty as a WR and has a knack for getting open in the sense he positions his body at a high end level. He's got a Stevie Johnson/Chris Hogan quality to him, though I'd argue better athleticism and hands than both. I think he makes the 53 man roster and makes a nice redzone impact out of the gate. He doesn't have strength to block or beat press in the NFL right now.
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Here's Nate Geary's write-up on him: Mechanics and decision making are the two big points he makes: https://www.cover1.net/nate-geary-top-five-qbs-5-tyree-jackson-2019-nfl-draft/
I think it would be reasonable to guess that Jackson hasn't had a lot of quality coaching in his life. His physical abilities probably allowed him to play so far above everyone else at his level, that it wasn't required in HS, and given he played in the MAC, it may not have been available to him in college. The decision making part increases the possibility that he struggled on the whiteboard. If he did get the quality coaching, that means he wasn't able to incorporate it, which is another red flag.
does any team still use DE who mainly set edge?
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I think Shaq likely projects as a Spencer Johnson caliber player. Solid rotational guy that has some good seasons, but at the end of the day is just a journeyman that every team is trying to replace with a rookie that has more ceiling. I think we'll see Shaq's ceiling this year, and I think it's pretty close to his best last season. In a good year, he's probably good for 6-7 sacks. If you were paying the guy 4M a year to be a warm body, I wouldn't have a problem with it, but he's a major disappointment considering draft position.
I never liked him coming out of college because of how slow he was, and that seems to be the case thus far in the pros. It's almost impossible to fix.