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1 minute ago, Chuck Wagon said:
That's who I was thinking about. The board would go ballistic, but I think there has to be some concerns about Milano's durability and pairing White and Edmunds as guys who stay on the field in all packages (short of dime) could be really interesting.
I'd love the pick. White could basically be a younger and more talented Alexander. There'd still be room for Milano and you'd be set at the position for as long as you wanted to pay them. Plus they say White is a general type leader and tough guy, which I think we're missing.
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No. He's still cheap. I'd start Nick in 2019 though. Nick is better for their offense but not as talented as Wentz.
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20 minutes ago, Chuck Wagon said:
It's very early in the process, but already feel like we are going to be staring at LB or CB as the clear cut BPA when we hit the clock....
If they get lucky Devin White LB, LSU is on the board. He might be the 2nd/3rd best player in the draft.
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Also a lot of the reason JA has a poor QB % is because he attempts these throws. If he takes the check down on 3rd and 25 he'd probably have a 65%.
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These are the plays I think he needs to work on most. He needs to be smarter and not have this willingness. This is where QBs turn into Tony Romo and become known as a bonehead turnover machines. Don't be a hero. Take the short pass on 3rd and 25 and live to play another play. Don't put your team in a bad position because you're trying to play hero ball. That said, I love his competitiveness.
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Its the same for most young QBs. In the offseason teams watch all your tape and get all your mental tendencies based on down and distances, same thing they do to coordinators. They make plans on defense around taking away what you do best. If you can overcome that you're on the road to becoming a good player. If you can't you bust out.
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21 hours ago, BillsSB2020 said:
You're not really expounding on this but I think what you mean is that teams are going to be more willing to throw to White's side even if the receiver is "covered." The one area this young man needs to improve upon is contested ball skills.
Contested catches and he might not have great awareness in terms of being a shutdown corner. He's still a very good corner but he might be more like a better version of Thomas Smith.
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27 minutes ago, Doc said:
Now extend Jordan Phillips.
From my view he's out-playing Star.
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13 hours ago, Ol Dirty B said:
And those would be? I'm not trying to be sarcastic, I'm curious what you think those are. Just jogging my half assed memory are they back shoulder, under thrown, or throws where the receiver is coming back to the ball?
It's none of that from my perspective. White loses the ball or it seems that way on throws around, above, behind his head. If you throw the ball while he's in chase it's like he never see it. Same catches he gave up to Gronk and Green last year. Teams seem to be throwing those throws on him more since Houston. Just my observation. Not saying it's 100%, but it's just what I've noticed.
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4 hours ago, Ol Dirty B said:
Isnt that the book on every corner? Make tough catches and throws? Lol
No. The types of throws. Every team that beats him has beat him on the same throws.
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He's been giving up some tough catches sure but if you look at it its all the same style of catches he lost to AJ Green on last year. Probably the book on him now.
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Foles is better for their team. Wentz is better for individual stats.
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1 minute ago, PetermanThrew5Picks said:
Fax Beane didn't draft. More fax, our owners had us in a bizarre situation where we have no idea how much or little impact Whaley had on the draft with McDermott and that is such a strange situation all due to the owners indecisiveness.
Draft that year turned out pretty darn well on the defensive side of the ball somehow anyway
dave McBride wants to argue Beane vs Whaley because he was just wrong about Beane drafting Jones. I wasn't even talking about Jones I was talking about why it appears LVE is better than Edmunds. Edmunds is an athlete and he will either get much better than LVE as he grows or he will stay what he is because that's who he's always been. Donahoe had the same draft philosophy, draft the best athlete. I see Beane as that type of drafter based on his only draft with the Bills and to some degree the players he's signed as undrafted and low level free agents.
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3 hours ago, dave mcbride said:
What are the facts? Do you have evidence that Doug Whaley had any say in who the Bills drafted when their turn on the clock came up on that draft day?
Facts Beane was not in Buffalo or employed by the Bills at that time.
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So the defensive HC forces him to run a ***** offense and fires him for it?
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16 minutes ago, dave mcbride said:
If you think Beane and McDermott aren't on exactly the same page, you haven't been paying attention. It is also extremely likely that McDermott was aware who of the Panthers liked given his extremely tight relationship with Beane in Carolina.
You believe what you want. I'll go with the facts.
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Just now, dave mcbride said:
If you believe that a guy who was fired immediately after the draft -- and who KNEW he was being fired -- had any say in who the Bills were picking when they were on the clock, I don't know what to say. Whaley straight-up had zero say in who we drafted that year.
And Beane who wasn't even here did?
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Just now, dave mcbride said:
No he wasn't. Whaley had literally zero say on who we picked in that draft. He was only employed so he couldn't divulge Bills' intel. That was McDermott all the way, who was clearly in contact with Beane (the Panthers had targeted Dion Dawkins and we jumped ahead of them).
This is what you believe. In reality Beane wasn't in Buffalo when we took Jones.
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1 minute ago, dave mcbride said:
Jones was the most proven player of all the WRs in terms of production and not regarded as an elite athlete.
And he was drafted by Whaley.
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Beane drafts like Donahoe, he takes athletes over proven players betting on upside. If there is no upside and the athlete is what he's shown in his college career you will always have less talented draft picks who play better in the NFL.
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1 minute ago, RoyBatty is alive said:
I agree there has never been a player quite like JA. FIrst one could make the argument that Josh Allen has the strongest arm ever, certainly based on velocity. The Kaepernick comparison imo fails because he got his running yards on designed plays and read option, JA gets most of his yards on broken/extending plays.
Bills ran QB draw with him this season. They probably should run more options plays with him, it would help their run game.
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And a strong side LBer. But I think in this defense they need a boundary corner more than an in the box safety.
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37 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said:
2. I had searched for a comparable to Josh Allen. Kaepernick came to mind, and there's still something there: rocket arm, athleticism at the far (good) end of the bell curve, flat-out running talent. But an astute poster here (we do have them!) reminded me that much of Kaep's running success came off of designed read options (remember when that was the trend?). So I thought again. Early Randall Cunningham? That seems like a pretty good one - much of his running success came off broken down plays and scrambles, just like Allen. But for those of a certain vintage ... my best comp is Bobby Douglass. (And no, this is not, if they have similar career arcs, a good thing). Big kid, cannon arm (although a lefty), amazing running talent - almost went for 1,000 yards one year, almost all off of scrambles rather than designed plays. He never learned to read NFL defenses, so let's hope Allen is different. But right now (that is, about half a season into Allen's career!), that's my best comp. I loved watching him as a kid. He was a highlight waiting to happen on every snap ... https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/D/DougBo00.htm
He is interesting as a player. I never seen Bobby Douglass but I would say he's like a lot of players I did see. Early Steve Young. Early Steve McNair. JA is like a combination of several players. I don't think there has ever been a player exactly like him. I do think his best comp is Kaepernick, but I think JA is stronger and while not faster I think JA is a better athlete. It will be interesting to see what he becomes and what they can do with him. If they're smart enough to do something with him.
Looking at him I would have like if the sat him for a year. Not because of his readiness but because they could have come out with a better team and a surprise QB and made a run like the 49ers did with Kaepernick. JA talent is that good that they could have made a SB run with him in a RPO offense. Now teams know what he is so even with better talent next year they'll have tape on him. In theory anyway.
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1 hour ago, Comebackkid said:
What was our percentage on run to pass on first down? And what percent of those runs went for two yards or less? Had McCoy not went out it might have even been worse
How many of those runs failed because the WR got beat or took a penalty destroying the run call? Some of it is coaching but the players got dominated physically as well.
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