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Straight Hucklebuck

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  1. The question with most Bills in the later half of this drought has been; we've seen running the ball, hitting a few timely passes, and playing defense is good enough to beat the bad teams, but can they beat good teams this way?

     

    The answer last season was 1-7*.

     

    Do they Bills have the Coaching to throw the ball down the field ? I'm skeptical on that.

     

    Do they have WRs that can get deep with vertical speed? Very skeptical on that.

  2. Positives

    1. Time of Possession

    2. Secondary looked faster, Trey White, Gaines, Poyer and Hyde were flying around.

    3. Tyrod escaped 2-3 would be sacks out there.

     

    Negatives

    1. Stop trying to get the edge with Tolbert. We lost yards on that play at least 3 times.

     

     

    Stupidest Moment

    1. Todd "Marrone" Bowles punting from midfield on 4th-8 with 4 minutes to play in the 4th quarter down by 2 scores.

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    I mean I could take your word for it, except for the fact that the 2008 Atlanta Falcons, who had a mega roster turnover (I didn't do the math, but looks about equal to what we have) and a new HC, went to the playoffs in the first year of this mega roster turnover.

     

    So, forgive me for not believing you spent much time researching this when we have a pretty obvious and prominent example within the last decade.

    How are the Bills better than the last few years when they have finished with an aggregate 8-8 record?

     

    The talent doesn't say they're better on either side of the ball.

     

    And sorry McDermott is not getting a pass as a better Coach than Marrone or Ryan just because he is new. He has shown nothing so far.

  4. You just largely described Bill Bellicheck.

     

    Persona in a coach might not be a good thing, ya know. Remember the last guy? :flirt:

    Our Coach wants to run the ball because we play in Buffalo, Belichick has outsmarted the league by reinventing how to use multiple RBs as pass catchers, taking over the middle of the field with Tight Ends, using pick routes to perfection, going for it on 4th down, making trades for talented players and is a defensive mastermind to boot.

     

    He's nothing like our Coach.

  5. "And C'Mon man!!! How can people not be excited about our new HC?!"

     

    - Well he only talks in platitudes and cliches for one. Everything is a process. He is the classic Topper. He's done it all, seen it all, done everything, knows everything, has every answer.

     

    - He is obsessed with Special Teams.

     

    - Today he mentioned something like showing "what the city of Buffalo is about". What's that Coach? Workin' real hard, bringin' the ole lunchpail to Factory Job and putting in a 16 hour day at the press? Of course we need a team based on Toughness and running the ball because in December it snows. How does he know what the heck this city is about? He's never been here before and it shows with his obsession with getting as many Panthers on the team as possible.

     

    How about a Coach who wants to live in 2017 and develop a top notch passing game? Instead of punts, a Coach that wants to go for it on 4th down and hang 40 on you? Nope we're going to get 3rd Down and manageable.

     

    McDermott is joyless so far.

  6. That's what I love about this board. It's the unbridled optimism of Bills fans.

     

    Those so called experts are almost never right with their pre-season predicitons. Bills fans know a lot more about their team than the talking heads in the media. I say we make the playoffs. And guess what my opinion is worth just as much as theirs because until they play the games, nobody really knows from week to week who will win in the NFL.

    Yup those "negative" fans are always wrong, oh wait actually no they're not, it's been 17 years of no Playoffs.

     

    But you're right, let's blindly follow this regime and support every head scratching move they make.

  7. My favorites:

     

    - The more reps in OTAs and Training Camp the better you'll be

     

    - Now that he knows nobody is looking over his shoulder he can go out and execute

     

    - More time in the system

     

    - Doesn't fit the system

     

    - The biggest jump is Year one to Year two

     

    - Running the ball is more important, after all we play in Buffalo

     

    - Need that Special Teams versatility

     

    - The only thing we can do is work hard and correct mistakes

     

    - We're always looking for ways to make this team better

  8. Time spent "Waiting for Whaley" ..... 64 games

     

    Time spent waiting for Bean to have results..... 0 games.

     

    The person being unreasonable here, is You. Not everybody else. Not everyone who disagrees with you, but You.

     

    Why in your world does Whaley get 4 years and he STILL deserves more time in your view, but Beane gets none. He gets nothing, but YOU KNOW he is NO GOOD. Because you just do. Right? Is that the size of things?

    I think by Sunday at 4:00 pm the Beane/McDermott era gets off to a dud.

     

    This team can't score.

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