Shaw66
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I never understand why some people put some "words" in quotation marks. "Words" are "words"; there aren't "special" "words" that need quotation marks. If some "words" were more "special" than other "words" we'd need "special" "dictionaries" for "special words." Like Webster's "Special" "Words" "Dictionaries."
"Go" "Bills"!!!!
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Was really Hoping Zay would be #2
Don't underestimate the leap from college to the pros, especially from the level Jones was playing at.
Vets have a huge advantage at this time of year.
Same is true for Ragland. IF the Bills were in the same defense, it would bother me that Ragland can't crack the starting lineup. But he's getting a brand new defense thrown at him, and vets like Humber have a built-in advantage.
Give it time. If they aren't seeing a lot of playing time by mid-season, then it's on them. But right now, they're just working their way in.
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is this where i'm supposed to post nudes?
Send them to me for screening.
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Dear Mr. Boldin,
Welcome to Buffalo and the Buffalo Bills! Bills fans have been waiting and hoping you'd decide to join the Bills, and now you have.
You've been widely admired around the National Football League for a lot of years, as much for your professionalism and dedication as for your receiving talents. Bills fans have a special place in their hearts for guys like you, and we're excited you've joined our team.
We're sure you and your family will feel welcome in Buffalo, and we looked forward to seeing you on and off the field, and not just in 2017.
Welcome!
Shaw
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I had given up hope on this deal. So glad it happened.
Boldin will be Taylor's security blanket. The phrase is overused, but Boldin is open when he isn't open. You can throw to him and expect the catch and know it won't be intercepted.
I don't know Holmes but liked what I read about him. And I like what I've been hearing about Jones. Adding Boldin means that the Bills have a really solid receiving corps.
Assuming the receivers and McCoy stay healthy, it'a all on Dennison and Taylor. There's no reason this team should not be able to move the ball. Weapons galore!
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Sounds like a good idea by McDermott. Bring a new scenario everyday at the very beginning of practice. That should keep guys on there toes from the start versus stretching, then individual drills, etc. everyday and becoming stagnant.
I haven't been to camp, but from the sound of it, McD is doing things differently including a lot of small things like these specific scenarios.
I saw this today.
WR's are catching passes after running behind a dummy to practice not seeing the ball all the way through the air. One of the replies said they haven't seen that before in camp. Seems like something minor, but could help with contested catches.
Marrone had his "big book" he kept that had notes, how to run practices, long term goals, short term goals, all of that. It sounds like McDermott has a bunch of binders of notes he's taken from almost everyone he's met. So far I like McDermott's implementation and how he and Beane seem to be on the same page and have similar visions on how to succeed in the NFL.
The proof is in the pudding, but i'm definitely encouraged so far.
It's funny how we're all encouraged by dumb little stuff, and we've all been there before. As you say, the proof is in the pudding, and that's a still a month away.
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For me, it's about game preparation and management. If this shows itself consistently through the season and we end up 7-9 et al, then we'll know for sure we need better players. The clusterfart that was Rex gave no real clue to the talent level on the team. 17-18 implies talent in the face of a circus, but not definitely.
This is illogical.
First, you don't know what you have with a rookie head coach after his first season. All the coaches tell us that it takes a year to figure out what they're doing.
Second, if you think Rex was a cluster!@#$ with these players and McDermott puts up the same record as Rex, then why doesn't that mean McDermott is a cluster!@#$, too. Or if McD goes 7-9, does that mean you're going to revise your opinion of Rex and say he was a star head coach who had terrible talent to work with?
Fact is, if the Bills go 7-9 this season, what that means will depend on a lot of things, like injuries, officiating, strength of schedule, etc. When the season is over, it'll be possible to look back and form some opinions about the quality of the coaching and the quality of the talent. Right now, it's pure guesswork to talk about what 7-9 means.
Now, if the Bills go 4-12 or 12-4, you can say that's on McDermott, because with more or less the same talent he did something vastly different from Rex. But 7-9 or 9-7, it'll mostly be wait until next year.
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Nice, Astro. Thanks.
Are you seeing much zone blocking? How does it look?
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Mills doesn't even look good in camp and Dawkins has yet to challenge him by all reports.
I still think S, LB, and TE are worse position groups especially with regard to depth, but right now whoever starts at RT is the worst of the 22 starters by far.
Options:
1. Deal with it until Henderson comes off suspension. Let Mills and Dawkins platoon until Henderson comes back then cut Mills
2. Give one or more of the interior lineman a few practices at RT - Ducasse played OT in college, Groy has played a few games at OT too.
3. Austin Howard - he and Ryan Clady are the only OTs on the top 50 FA list. He might be worth a look
4. Trade Wood for a very good RT. Hear me out. I would not do this but it could be a scenario. Groy played as well as Wood last season. Wood is in the last year of his deal. Wood is 5 years older than Groy. If a team loses a center in camp, the Bills might be in a position to take advantage of their need.
Most likely scenario is just deal with it. If Cordy is healthy, they can slide protection help to the right side all game long.
What's the weakest position on the team is an irrelevant data point. If your team is All-World, you still have a weakest position on the team.
The question is how does this position compare with the other 31 teams? I'd guess it's not horrible, maybe in the range of 15th to 20th in the league, because there are plenty of teams that are hurting at right tackle. For most teams, the position is always a work in progress. Bengals starting right tackle has four career starts in two seasons, for example.
The problem with right tackle is that if you have someone good, he moves to play left tackle, on your team or another team. The result is that the starting right tackle on most teams changes every year or two or three. The Bills have a Mills, a guy with good experience, Dawkins, a guy with a pretty high rating coming out of college, and Henderson, a guy who can play but with questions about him. That's about as much as you can expect at right tackle. It isn't a dumpster fire.
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Thanks for these, Astro. Nice reports.
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Thanks for the update interesting and thorough report.
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And this ends Whaley's poor QB drafts.
I don't subscribe to the bad drafts notion, but I never understood the Jones pick. If the guy couldn't start in college with all his talent, why would anyone think he can start in the pros? Inches going to make it, its a 5+ year project. Let him get his experience someplace else.
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I've seen reports stating that he left Buffalo, and others that say he left OBD, so I'm not sure which is the case. But there was a report this morning that says nothing is imminent, and that the Bills are "leaving the door open"...
Thanks. Leaving the door open suggests they're done talking for now. That almost always results in the guy signing elsewhere.
Bolden probably is looking for a relatively big final payday. Maclin and now Bolden suggests the new regime has a serious discipline about spending, which would be consistent with building through the draft. Bills could afford Bolden, but it seems they just won't overpay.
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Sorry, maybe it's in here somewhere. Did Bolden actually leave Buffalo?
If he doesn't sign somewhere in the next day or two, I suspect he sits out until a good team has an injury to a key receiver, either in preseason or early in the regular s
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Does he have other visits scheduled? This seems to me to be one of those situations where both sides already have negotiated the deal and today is a kick the tires meeting before he signs.
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...where the hell did I generically say the 2016 Bills offense was inept?..........
This is what you said at post #188:
.yet he cannot be a consistently be an offense bailout due to overall offense ineptitude unless you want to get the kid killed.....what team fears the anemic passing "attack (COUGH)"?.....shut down the run and contain TT and then what?..........white flag of surrender?
So if your "Offense ineptitude" wasn't referring to the Bills of the last year or two, what was it referring to? Some imaginary offense that ran the ball well and the offense still was inept? Well, I don't care to talk about some imaginary offense.
The Bills' offense was NOT INEPT last season. It was quite good. If you want to say it could be and should be better, I won't argue with you. But to suggest that it was inept is completely and totally contrary to the facts. The facts are that the offense scored well and moved the ball well. Better than most teams in the league.
So are we talking the actual Buffalo Bills or some imaginary offense so that you can score debating points?
3 pages and no Ted Talk.
you people have lost it
So what? People seem to be enjoying what they're talking about. If it's so disappointing to you that there's no Bridgewater discussion going on, go find a Vikings forum.
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You didn't defend your statement - absurd statement in my mind - that the Bills offense was inept in 2016....sincerely apologize for the confusion bud...would you say Buffalo's passing game is a viable offensive threat on its own merit?.....sure an occasional TT scramble needs to be in the mix, but is it a viable threat ONLY because of his scramble ability and how long can that go on before the kid gets killed?.....DC's figured out mobile guys like RG III and Kaep because they stuck to it....Wilson learned how to adapt and became highly selective when or IF to scramble....as an aside, he took a beating because of a woeful offensive line....if DC's shut down Buffalo's run game and contain TT, is the passing game a prolific threat to win games?...you be the judge, BUT 2017 may be a whole different ballgame....stay tuned............
...I apologize for the confusion bud....ask yourself if the Bills' passing offense can stand as a viable threat on its own merit....sure TT's scambles are a component but can they be a consistent bailout or an occasional grace saver?....a consistent bailout gets him killed....DC's can take away the run game and contain TT leaving the Bills with what, a passing game threat to win games?....hardly....BUT 2017 may be a different story....so stay tuned............
If you can pass and can't run, your offense sputters when you struggle in the passing game. Just the same as you seem to think the Bills offense struggles when the run game is in trouble.
Practically no offense is perfect. But imperfection doesn't make it inept.
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..of course he does...yet he cannot be a consistently be an offense bailout due to overall offense ineptitude unless you want to get the kid killed.....what team fears the anemic passing "attack (COUGH)"?.....shut down the run and contain TT and then what?..........white flag of surrender?........
I guess I missed this "overall offense ineptitude." Since does 16th in yards and 10th in scoring equate to ineptitude?
Maybe you mean the passing game was anemic. But if that's what you mean, then you're saying the only kind of offense that is any good is passing offense. That's wrong. If my team is first in yards and first in scoring, I don't care how they got there. They could lead the league in penalties called against the opponent. Works for me, if it translates into yards and points.
Everyone knows that if the defense (19th in yards and 16th in scoring) had been 16th and 10th, like the offense, the Bills would have made the playoffs.
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Playoffs.
Now, there are a few non-playoff scenarios that I guess I would call successful. Like going 11-5 and somehow not making the playoffs on the tie-breaker rules. And there can be season that are good to build on, that make me hopeful for the future, etc., but I don't think I'd call that successful.
It's like this: Football is about winning. End of the day, nothing else matters. Stats are for losers.
The primary measure of winning is making the playoffs. If you aren't winning enough to make the playoffs, you aren't relevant.
Make the playoffs. It's the first step toward winning it all.
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so, what does that make Taylor?
Newton's lowest passing yards in 1 year: 3,127
Taylor's highest passing yards in 1 year: 3,035
Newton's lowest passing TD in 1 year: 18
Taylor's highest passing TD in 1 year: 20
Makes Taylor a good QB, just like Newton. Newton's been asked to pass more than Taylor has - and when he passes he isn't as effective as Taylor. Taylor's career passer rating is 92; Newton's is 86. Why the difference? Taylor's TD/INT ratio is nearly 3 to 1, Newton's is less than 2 to 1.
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It's associated more with losing than making the playoffs. Sorry should've been more clear.
It's meaningless when trying to prop somebody up.
It isn't meaningless. How can you possibly say that someone's football skill is meaningless to his evaluation as a player? Is jumping ability meaningless to a pass receiver? Is catching ability meaningless to a running back?
Cam Newton is a TOTALLY average quarterback without his running ability. His running ability "props him up" into the near-elite category.
As for losing vs making the playoffs, well, more teams have losing records than make the playoffs, so EVERYTHING is more associated with losing than making the playoffs.
What you're saying is just stupid. Better that you just recognize it than continue to try to defend something that's stupid.
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you are literally wrong. If five of the top 10 rushing and had losing records that means exactly half of them were associated with losing and the other five were not.I didn't even compare Teddy to TT! I just said that using a QB's rushing total to say one is better than the other makes no sense. Because it's a useless stat more associated with losing than winning.
It makes no sense that the stat is meaningless AND it's associated more with losing. The second concept gives meaning to the stat.
And if you believe Russell Wilson and Cam Newton running had nothing to do with their teams winning then there's truly no point in listening to your opinions.
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Thanks for the post. It's a great discussion of the technique differences. Nicely done.
Others have said it, and I saw it somewhere - the Bills ran a lot of outside zone last season, so this isn't a big change. Plus, to expect the Bills rushing attack to be BETTER than last season is expecting a lot. Last season it was about as dominant as a we could expect a running attack to be.
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Good. That post left me speechless.Did you just compare these fellas to Megatron?
Bills' OC: Tyrod Taylor 'can't wait for a route to open up
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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I disagree that this is not an offense suited to Taylor. I think it's likely to be perfect for him.
First, this offense requires a simple read and throw. It's decision making that a good athlete like Taylor can learn. Look for a key; if you see it, throw it. It really isn't anticipation. It's recognition and reaction, and those are athletic skills.
Second, it's an offense based on stretch runs to the outside, and that's an offense that leads to moving pockets and rollouts. Those are strengths for Taylor.
Third, the stretch runs, with zone blocking, also fit his running style.
I think people will be surprised at how well Taylor runs the offense.