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    ‘20 Bills. What we know/don’t know.

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    2 hours ago, Don Otreply said:

    Nice write up Chandler#81, pretty much hit the nail on the head. Your right in that JA needs to bring it early and often, and not let up, playing desperate is a great way to put it, because everyone we play desperately wants to beat us, wether they can is a  different story.

     

    Go Bills!!!

    Playing desperate means no punts on 4th and 2 from the 40 ... keep the train rolling.

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    Singletary Moss touches

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    On 8/30/2020 at 8:07 PM, eball said:

    Funny thread. Singletary proved last season that he can be a top level producer in both the running and passing game. Moss hasn’t played a down of NFL football. Yes, I know there are fumble issues but until that recurs I agree with a 70/30 split projection. 

    Totally logical.  With no PS games,  we got squat to go on.  Cmon man, nobody on this planet knows, but opinions are free.

    Gruden tears into Nate Peterman [language]

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    23 hours ago, MJS said:

    Hard to condemn a guy after one game, though. And you never know until you do.

     

    Fans use a lot of hindsight when thinking back on Peterman. Ultimately things worked out and Peterman is gone. Coaches and organizations make mistakes and have to move on from them.

     

    If anything, it was a valuable learning experience for McDermott and Beane. Hopefully it taught them that you can't always trust your eyes based on practice or preseason. I personally can't remember such a Jekyll and Hyde player such as Peterman. Guy looked good when it didn't matter and then completely changed with live bullets.

    At the golf range, I knock down the pin from 135 yards.  On the course, I hit the bunker???

    Another Bills reporter trying to make himself the story

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    48 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:

     

    Yeah, that doesn’t fly with me.  The previous part of the interview featured him saying he’d spent the past months having discussions with people from different backgrounds and being exposed to different points of view.  GIVEN THAT, my take is it’s 100% fair to ask him essentially “so what have you learned from all that?” 

     

    And then in that context, love God first and love people is 100% weak sauce, a non-responsive answer.  If these really were discussions about black friends and teammates experience of life including racial inequity, it’s incredible to believe that was the learning from it and not a personal belief he held before during and after.  If he doesn’t want to answer, why not just say “this is still a topic I’m learning about and I want to keep my discussions private”?  That would be a responsive answer.

     

    I deeply respect people of faith but it shouldn’t be a “get out of  accountability free” card.

     

    And again, this isn’t your point but it is to others - there are football fields of room between a generic scriptural answer and embracing a political movement.


    In trying to connect the dots, if his faith is real (and from what I know, it is), I would think his conversations were faith-based and he asked for forgiveness.  I don’t think he is looking for a free pass.  I’m sure his text being exposed made him self evaluate the consistency of his beliefs.  No wonder that so many are self censoring when a guy talks about his faith, he gets hammered.  Yes, we wouldn’t be talking about this with your suggested response.  

    NFL testing helmet masks?

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    On 5/22/2020 at 10:35 AM, transient said:

    I'm not sure how they'll do it, and maybe I'm a naive extremist, but I'm assuming their solution is going to have to involve some aspect of "deployment" that limits teams' contact with the outside world to lessen the likelihood of the NFL season being derailed from outside exposure and also lessen any liability from internal exposure. While players and coaches are not likely to appreciate it, I would assume it's probably going to involve limited contact with friends and family.  I suspect ultimately it will come down to players and coaches accepting the terms of the modifications and individual risks, or having some other option for individuals to opt out of the season.

     

    As far as the time missed, they're going to have to approach it like an injury. 3+ weeks for a high ankle sprain or a covid infection. It will just be a question of who a player takes with him to the injury report.

     

    It will be interesting to see what the "solution" is. I suspect it will leave an asterisk in the record books if the season goes forward, kind of like a strike shortened season. If someone tests positive, depending on how they address proximity in locker rooms, wouldn't you have to quarantine a whole team for some length of time?  What happens then? Reschedule a game? Forfeit?

     

    In my mind, all of this has a high likelihood of being a giant experimental exhibition season, which will be "all fun and games until someone loses an eye."

    I would think they would be tested daily.  By August there should be quick test.  If guy is positive he is quarantined until he is tested negative.  It seems that Korean baseball is working.  I think NFL will make it work with mask protection and testing process.  Go Bills!

    Who’s on the Buffalo Bills Mt Rushmore?

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    2 hours ago, Motorin' said:

    As much as us Bills fans put Jimbo on a pedestal, we overestimate his career on the field with our idolization of him... Will anyone be able to live up to the imaginary standard we set?

    Even though some would say that our elite players didn’t show up for the Super games due to party priorities, Jim was ringleader who created a togetherness needed for winning.  This was as important as his skills.  Without Jim, no 4 straight more because of his leadership than his arm.  He’a gotta be on mount.  If you go based on eliteness, here are my four in rank order:

    OJ

    Bruce

    Kelly

    Thurmond

     

     

     

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    THE GAME CHANGER

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    On 4/27/2020 at 7:59 AM, scribo said:

    Such boring people replying to this OP. As of right now, I don't think there is any arguing against the claim that Beane built a championship-caliber roster. There shouldn't be any arguing on here against the claim McD is a good coach. Yeah, yeah, that gotta play the game. Who the hell doesn't know that? Stating the obvious is boring.

    We MUST avoid key injuries.  Just wanted to add to obvious list.  Go Bills!!

    Senior Bowl executive director Jim Nagy on Jake Fromm

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    10 hours ago, Paup 1995MVP said:

    Even first round QB's have red flags.  There is no certainty of success from any draft pick.  These are young men that are going up to a higher level of competition.  It is certainly not easy to succeed as an NFL QB.  But agreed taking Jake Fromm in the 5th round, the downside is minimal.  The kid is a winner.  He is a gamer.  He competes hard, is smart and can make plays.  Does he have amazing physical tools?  Not to the level of some QB prospects.  But that's not a necessity to being a solid NFL QB.  Joe Montana did not have a cannon for an arm, the fastest 40, or was 6'5 250 pounds.  But he was an amazing QB in an era where the defense was allowed to beat the snot out of the QB w impunity.  (look up the hit he took from Jim Burt in the Meadowlands in the playoff game against the Giants in 86 or 87.  My goodness)   Physical tools are great but understanding the nuances of the game and using the mental side to always have the edge is what separates the champions of every sport.  A quick example:  The best starting pitcher of the modern baseball era (since 1980's) was.....Greg Maddux.  From a physical perspective he was maybe 5'11 and 180 pounds.  The most normal looking guy ever.  Guy won over 350 games!!  He barely ever threw above 88-89 mph.  But he knew how to pitch better then anyone, and his ball was always moving.  Anyone who watched him knows what I mean.  He took his physical ability and combined that with superior knowledge of how to pitch, and an amazing grit and competitiveness.  Loved watching him.   Not saying that Fromm is that.  But you all should get the point.  He will make the Bills better at the least because he will be much better then Matt Barkley.  Anything further then that remains to be seen.  But for anyone to say he is trash or a scrub (my kids included) are sorely mistaken.

    Maddox was tough.  I see similarities with Staubach and Brees.

    14 hours ago, BillsNutHawaii said:

     

    I hope you’re wrong, but I think by the end of the 2021 season you could be right about Fromm.  I don’t hate JA, I think he’s a truly great guy, really nice too.  But if we are looking for the nicest guy to be the QB, then I’ll nominate my neighbor. And it’s not that Fromm is / will be great .... I’m just not sure JA will consistently be able to avoid injury and I’m not sure he will ever be able to translate the game to the satisfaction of the HC.... hope I’m wrong. 

    Remember every NFL QB is one hit away, and Josh gets hit more than most.  I believe Fromm could step in and keep us on the playoff quest ?.  Could we say same for Barkley??  Go Bills!!

     

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    Rd 5, Pick 167: QB Jake Fromm, Georgia

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    3 hours ago, TwistofFate said:

    He's the insurance policy.  I don't care that he went in the 5th.  He was never meant to drop to the 5th.   We know this much because our GM stated it clearly. 

     

    Hasselbeck, Gannon, Brunell, Bulger, Johnson, yea late rounders are more than capable, especially when they dropped in the draft, they fit your system, and you have no real answer if your current Qb flounders. 

     

    Fromm will be on the team and most likely 2 by the start of the season. 

    Yes, I believe that Fromm could be a starter.  He’s smart and a winner.  I’d put him in same category as Staubach, Montana, and Daddy Manning.  He might not be a freak athlete like Josh, but Cam wasn’t  winner.  I hope Josh is.  It’s all about matching a skill set with a system.  See Montana and Brady.  Go Bills!!

    RD 2, Pick 54: DE AJ Epenesa, University of Iowa

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    16 minutes ago, mathja said:

    I think that for a lot of the people who are down on this pick it’s partly psychological. The Bills didn’t pick in the first round, so in a way it might feel like Epenesa was their first round pick. I think he’s almost being judged like a 1st round pick when he wasn’t. 
     

    Imagine for a moment that the Diggs trade wasn’t made and Ceedee Lamb slipped a few more spots and the Bills picked Lamb first and then Epenesa fell into their laps in the 2nd. I think the rhetoric would sound very different. 
     

    By the way, I believe Diggs will be better than Lamb, especially over the next 3 years, and I absolutely live Epenesa and had my fingers crossed for him the entire time, never imagining he would actually fall. He’s an absolute beast. 

    Yes, dude fell in our laps on day 2.  Hope some QBs fall in his lap!!  Hope he’s got some nasty.  I think he’ll play with a chip on his shoulder like Thurmond.  He was our best choice for our team at 54.  Go Bills!!

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