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Mckelvin fumbling away the upset of NE.

Under 190 yards. 1 td 2 picks. I think he is rusty and not quite healthy. I would be more worried if we had rexs defense. Cam is at his best when he has big plays. If he doesnt get multiple 50 yard plays their offense is very inconsistent. This is a battle of very similar teams. Think our defense is good enough to avoid the big plays and stop their ground attack. I think our offense is good enough to sustain a few long drives and get 1 or 2 big plays. Thats the differance in the game. Who gets the big plays on offense and break the game open with one on defense. I agree with both of you. He doesnt make the best decision under pressure. He has some farve in him where he can place too trust in his arm to force some tight throws into traffic. Alexander will be key. I would put him in the a gap alot and bring pressure to his face. I think Lawson will make a big impact and will hustle himself into a sack or 2 when Cam holds onto the ball to long and/or gets flushed to him while trying to escape the pocket.

I assume he will be listed for any lite nick every week and rarely practice on friday all year. Have him involved wed thurs for the gameplan install and help him stay fresh the rest of the week.

Imo its become more about drama. They have gone almost full 24/7 news bantor and opinion. They had some success with afternoon shows but have used that model for everything. Imo double down on sports coverage. More actually injury reporting than spectualtion. Football is most popular sport. Why? Its the easist and least complicated sport to bet on. So that should be there contend. ESPN is slipping because they are the last to get information and are becoming less and less accurate. More individual player matchups in team and weekly game predictions. Overal their coverage has slipped and the highlights are easjer to get for your individual teams. So many sources flr information and easier ways to stream contend they want to watch. 24/7 talk tv is dying. Disney has alot of content. Alway a user to sign up for espn directly. Pull regional coverage into their streaming umbrella and let people watch the games theh want. Put more money into sports commentators and less into o air personalities.

McCoy is key like always. I think Zay and Jordan will be our xfactors. If they can make some plays down the feild will be our road to victory. I expect Mccoy and Clay as the biggest keys for Carolina to gameplan against.

At his worst Watson can do everything Savage can do. My problem with whole situation it was apparent after 1 preseason game. Idk if O'brien was worried because of the oline or thought a playoff caliber defense would revolt with a rookie qb. If Savage was only givwn a half the chamge should have been made weeks ago. Imo O'brien is done. For whatever reseason he had to sit Watson it seems to me the decision to play him came from someone above him. Basicly, if you dont win and soon your out.

Im interested to see how the secondary handles the trees that catch the ball for carolina.

Very simple, owners and the NFL does not care about individual fans. They care about markets and corperate dollars. Once the LA teams have luxury boxes and corpotate dollars dumped into the teams they wont care if the stadiums are filled.

I dont think anyone is being attacked. The Taylor debate over the past 2 seasons has really fascinated me. During the QB battle and Rexs first year it was pretty much universal thought that if Buffalo found even adequate quarterback play Buffalo would be a contender. Buffalo was projected preseason that year to have the worst QB play in the league. What turns out Buffalo found a player in Taylor. He suprisingly become one of the most efficent Qbs in the NFL top 10. Led an offese the was one of if not the most productive since the 90s. Now instead of looking at the defensive wizard Rex and wondering what happened to a Top 5 defense a large portion of Bills fans picked apart Taylors game instead. A bunch of outliers where created. He cannot carry an offense, he cannot throw over the middle, he cannot throw over 300 yards, He is not clutch, and he cannot run a 2 minute offense. So last year again he plays similar to his first year. First half of the year Mccoy looks like a differant player and the games were over going into the 4th and the team is using a 5 min offense. About week 10 Buffalo looks about average. The offense is down quite a few players. From that point on Taylor pretty much knocks off every qualifer and something he cannot do he does. The year ends in disaray. Rex fired, they give away the final game of the year. Again the offense is one of the most productice units the team has had in 20 years. Taylor ends the year throwing over 300 yards nearly securing a fairly large comeback in the forth quarter only for the defense to wash it all away. I do not understand the distain and dislike of Taylor as a Quarterback. He makes 2 or 3 plays a game only a handful of quarterbacks in the history of the game could make. He is not Brady he is not Rodgers. But give him a defense that doesnt give up in the forth quarter and he is every bit as good as russel wilson.

I thought the book was out on Taylor? Take away the sideline throws and the occassional deep ball. He is rendered useless because he cant throw over the middle?

At his floor he is a good run defender average to below average pass rusher. Im fine with him playing first and second down as essentialy a rookie. Sacks are flashy but developing an everydown DE is hard to find too. I think by mid season he earns those passing down reps. He makes a few plays on first and second down on the qb he earns the money third and long. Right now loarax rushing is smart becauae he is a better pass rusher at this point.

I applaud your effort here. Some of the line work is easy to see and break down. I wonder on the Clay redzone series. After the batted down pass that drift you refer too, is it possible he drifted and was late so be would have a better passing lane amd avoid to passes batted?

Kinda has the energy of Carrol... Idk if he is the same defensive mind or coach bit like the positive fiery energy.

It is obvious to me that Clay is the guy he trust the most. Was a tight window but that is a play your premier TE needs to make...

Yes i expect a 23 to 13 in that range.

He was drafted where above average athletes who are complete DEs go. Remimds me alot of Tamba Hali out of pennstate. Not a premier edge rusher but was instantly solid against the run and developed into a 10 sack guy.

Who are the Elite teams?? Right now I dont see any. Every team has weaknesses. Oakland I see as the most complete. Healthy Mccoy and competant defense they have the chance to be in every game.

Last year he cant carry the offense. Did so vs Seattle in Seattle. He cant throw over 300 yards. Did so vs Miami. He wont use the TE. Over the last 4 games Clay leads the team in touchdown catches ans led the team in catches last year. This offseason and for 2 years, he cant throw over the middle. Goes 7-8 I believe. As a Bills fan I am happy with Taylor as a QB. Does everything you ask of him. Give him a defense that wont fold in the 4th quarter and he will lead us to the playoffs.

Its a nice refrain from the smurf wrs. Taylor isnt supremely accurare. Always thought tall wrs would help taylor pick them up.

I dont think it was touched but i do think the presence in his periperal pushed the ball left.

He is a Prototypical LE in a 4-3. With him not being a quick twitch edge rusher I expect him to take a little bit of time to develop pass rush moves and counter moves. I expect he will hustle himself into 5 to 6 sacks this year while he develops.

Thought to be better than Demerious Thomas coming out. He just struggled with tracking the deep ball and using his size and frame. Plays like Goodwin but much taller.

Im interested to see how he does vs Kuechly. To me this is a game where he wont be head and shoulders best player on the field. I see Taylor winning us this game if we indeed win.

This is an added benefit to having an early bye. Some of these players brought in the last week get time to assimulate and after the bye be productive on the active roster.

Against Carolina I would keep Lawson outside and maintain good rush lanes. I like Lorax inside with Brown putting pressure on the A Gaps all game on passing downs. Rush or drop into coverage. Try to get cam to drop his eyes vs staying strong in the pocket.