Richard Noggin
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14 minutes ago, Brianmoorman4jesus said:
It’s absolutely crazy that you spend the whole year missing and waiting for football to come back and this time tomorrow we will have already played 3 games. It goes so fast. Anyone that has issues with more games is insane. I wish the season was 25 games. This is way too short
75-man rosters plus some rules changes, elimination of preseason, and more, will be necessary to grow the season beyond where it is currently without seriously turning the NFL into a battle of attrition and "load management."
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This might also speak to Beane's habit of NOT aggressively adding to a position of strength when a potentially special prospect is inconveniently available. He has often seemed to reach around (forgive me) higher graded players at positions of lesser immediate "need" in order to address more glaring needs with potentially lesser prospects. And then when he does double-dip, we get an ahemboogiebasham that doesn't seem like great fit or value.
That's just one example, but BPA is NOT AT ALL Beane's draft philosophy. Which is a mistake imho when your team is successful and therefore perennially at the back of the line. Gotta grab BPA year over year in order to hit more home runs and wind up with more difference makers. Again, in my humble and limited opinion.
Edit: this is not intended to characterize Beane as a bad drafter. Far from it. Just not someone playing the long game year after year. And I mostly get the reasons for that IRL wrt to cap and roster management. But you have Josh Freaking Allen, so why not swing for the fences more often.
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2 minutes ago, NewEra said:
Ok- if that’s the case with Keon, what about Diggs? We traded a 1st + 4th, 5th, 6th for Diggs and a 7th. Yet according to the logic he’s using, means nothing as far as draft investment because we didn’t actually draft him
That's what the Bills invested in Diggs, without question. If this is a draft pick investment thread, then the specific picks used to acquire WRs should be what's considered. So just because someone else seems wrong, we shouldn't slide our thinking into "wrong" territory.
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Will be finishing my remote workday on a laptop while parked on someone's lawn. Go Bills!
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22 minutes ago, NewEra said:
We used a 1st rd pick on Keon Coleman. He just wasn’t drafted in the 1st round. we used a 1st plus other picks to land Diggs. You’re debating semantics. Looking for a hook phone. But there’s no loophole in logic.
When the discussion revolves around the investment of draft picks the team has made into the WR position, you can’t remove Keon and Diggs for the discussion just because they weren’t actually drafted in the 1st rd by the bills. The bills acquired them by INVESTING first round picks. Thats the discussion. Don’t be stupid
It's just not 100% true the way you're framing it. They "invested" PART of a 1st round pick in Coleman, if you insist, because they got another player or two out of that trade back. They literally spent a 2nd round pick on the guy.
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7 hours ago, Beck Water said:
I'd like to know your source for this? Not saying you're right, not saying you're wrong, but it's easy to say stuff.
I did find the Douglas interview interesting. I heard Tre' White interviewed when the Rams traded him to the Ravens for a 7th round pick swap, and had only good things to say about the Rams and their style of coaching and the way they do things, while also saying positive things about the Ravens.Good ol' #5 Jalen Ramsey is a recent example. Had some not terribly cryptic comments about coaching/McDaniel upon being traded to Pitt. I'm sure there are others. I mean, we all saw Hard Knocks. We all know how "football people" and pundits talk about him. He's not secretly beloved by his guys and the rest of us have it wrong.
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8 hours ago, billsfan89 said:
I am nervous that Williams will get picked on by McDaniels but I also think that McD also knows how to hide LB's if needed by simplifying the game and reads for them. So overall I think Milano getting a week off and the "mini-bye" is fine. Williams can get the start Shaq and Buffalo Joe plus a PS call up will be there for depth.
What makes you say the bolded? Seems to me that when McD simplifies the LB/2nd level assignments, it results in predictable zone windows and/or separation vs man. McD (and everyone else, probably) needs LBs who attack the run with the vision and decisiveness of an RB but also drop deep enough against the pass and read the routes and the QB's eyes like safeties. Substandard Bills LBs have been abused, no?
The concern about Williams vs eye candy, motion, cutbacks, and screens is at least reasonable. But you also have to admit the guy is a candidate to dislodge a ball or otherwise physically punish some Dolphins Thursday.
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5 hours ago, DCofNC said:
This right here. He sits in the pocket FOREVER and gets lit up for it. He seems almost to have no awareness of what’s going on around him. It is a superpower for hanging in and making a throw, it’s also going to get him hurt (again).Incredibly contrary to Allen's growing tendency (on repeated display so far this season) of stepping up when there's an early lane (especially through the left side A or B gap) to buy time and to put 2nd and 3rd level defenders in conflict. He did it a TON vs Baltimore to my eye. He's just ELITE at avoiding pocket pressure (while still looking to throw) in ways I don't think we always appreciate fully. The OL is pretty good, but not nearly as good at pass pro as 17 makes them seem.
Or if there's obvious pre-snap pressure coming, he'll do the opposite thing and adjust protections and routes to leave one blitzer/side unblocked and try to stand in there long enough to hit someone behind that vacated area.
Burrow probably does that 2nd thing (standing in and delivering over/through diagnosed pressures, as you detailed) as well or better than Allen, but just isn't as big and durable (historically) as #17, so he pays the price in more impactful ways. I've seen him move dynamically UP into/past the pocket in some games, but it's not really his nature. He's got underrated feet that he should use a little more often against 3 and 4 man pass rushes.
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54 minutes ago, EmotionallyUnstable said:
I think many people here would agree. McDermott and company do not, from what I’m seeing. At least so far this year, that’s not how they’ve been using him.
Its possible he took some 3T snaps but from my all22 rewatch I saw him pretty consistently at the nose. I do not know where or how you’d quickly access a specified snap count for that.
The attached photo is the first snap from scrimmage. This is the alignment that I saw consistent IMHO
Fascinating to see Jones shading the guard and Walker shading the center here; how did the Jets then block this up? Did they double Jones, or Walker? Or neither? Did the defensive front shift into this alignment, possibly, based on offensive shift(s) and leverage to the sideline? You can see the Jets heavily aligned to the boundary side.
I have no desire to be right, btw. Just really interested in the evolving DL personnel, usage, and alignments and techniques and whatnot. Nielsen is here specifically to get more out of this unit. Loved that hire. Hope it works out as the season progresses.
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50 minutes ago, HappyDays said:
My unpopular opinion is that QBs make themselves. The coaching doesn't matter nearly as much to that outcome as people think. I'm not saying coaching doesn't affect how well the offense as a whole functions, just that great QBs will be great no matter what coach they get tethered to and ditto for bad QBs. Daboll was dubbed a QB whisperer because Allen became elite under his watch. Turns out he's closer to the guy that had 30th ranked offenses for the vast majority of his pre-Allen career.
Nobody should have expected Ben Johnson to show up and "fix" Caleb Williams. I'm sure some Bears fans are disappointed but that's only because they had an unrealistic expectation. I continue to believe they will move on from Caleb Williams next year unless he shows massive improvement over the course of the season. Johnson isn't going to risk his first head coaching shot on an underperforming QB that he isn't tied to. He'll get his handpicked QB next year and then we'll begin to really see if he can live up to the hype.
I don't entirely disagree with your "unpopular opinion." The coaching DEFINITELY matters a TON, as does surrounding talent, but I agree that a QB prospect's own drive and ability to process criticism and failure with humility, while also maintaining the confidence necessary to perform under duress, is/are the most essential component(s). It's a rare combination of factors that coalesce to allow a young QB to improve and excel in the NFL.
Caleb Williams appears to have some REALLY bad tendencies to hold the ball and to throw from bad bases too often. His insane arm talent is probably holding him back, in that he can sometimes make the impressive, improvisational, off-platform throws, and that skill (along with his scrambling) has got him to this point in his career already. So he seems aloof or resistant to change. There is reporting to back up this perspective, if you find that reporting compelling.
Very interested in where the Bears season goes from here. I have a lot of respect for Ben Johnson's acumen and aggression, and have at times wished for him to replace McD. Like a Dungy-to-Gruden type of transition.
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9 minutes ago, TheFunPolice said:
The Bills will win but short week, divisional opponent, and desperate opponent could make it a 7-10 point win rather than a blowout.
It's also possible Miami is just done and doesn't show up. In that case they implode and everyone gets fired I think.
But I don't see that happening quite yet although it would be glorious to watch.
The bolded is really intriguing to me at this point, and primarily because McDaniel's players (especially defensively) do NOT respect him. And while each player knows they are being evaluated by every team on every snap, they also don't always rise to the occasion if the coach on the hot seat is a doofus.
Of course it's possible that Miami comes out swinging for the fences and lands a few, but if the Bills can score points early and often, then I'm pretty sure Dolphins players won't be extra motivated to save their coach's job in a losing effort.
Plus the OLB coach got arrested Friday night for DB, so that could feed into the anarchy and lack of professional culture. Could be dudes on that team who resent being associated with space cadets and dirt bags, and want to see real change NOW.
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11 minutes ago, EmotionallyUnstable said:
No, it was almost exclusively Walker/Jones and Logue/Sanders…with Walker and Logue manning the 1
I recall seeing Walker lined up at 3T at least one time. But felt like more. I saw him out there with Jones (at least once, but probably more...not sure where to check snaps by alignment). Deone Walker is ideally a 3T on early downs and a 1T on passing downs, in general. He's no double-team buster against the run at this point of his career.
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8 minutes ago, Einstein said:
Cowboys fans are finding out.
Yeesh.
I will always appreciate his 2 picks of Mahomes, even if his appearance in last year's AFCCG was a big part of why we lost.
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Lotta lame commentary in this thread. No one can dispute Milano's injury history. The Bills were hoping to get more out of him in the last year of his current deal. And they still might. Or they might not. But we don't need to whine about it and pretend like it's some kind of personal or organizational failure. It's the Just World Fallacy, that somehow all bad things are the fault of the person(s) who they happen to (because good things happen to good people LOL).
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2 hours ago, ColoradoBills said:
Also, RB screens and swing passes. Tua is not a running threat, they should spy on Achane. He leads in targets and receptions.
You take away Tua's safety valve and good things happen for the D.
I want nothing more than for the Bills to INSIST that Achane is ALWAYS blanketed and then always hit HARD when the ball does unfortunately (for him) end up in his hands. He is the lynchpin to that offense imho. Get physical with him on every possible snap.
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5 hours ago, Billsatlastin2018 said:
And the POS trash product from OBD for those games, was the same POS trash product that played in Orchard Park… for the lost years of this Millennium.
Having the 2025 franchise visit is an entirely different question. Still, a number of Ontario laws, particularly around tailgating would need to change.
in the end, they should have got a franchise decades ago and the rivalry would be intense.
I'd certainly have no difficulty rooting against a Toronto team!
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5 minutes ago, billsfan714 said:
Im not seeing the speed from Jeanty and Hampton who was another first rounder.
Hampton has a little bit of Trent Richardson to his game. Which means he's a heavy, strong, fast (but not quick) specimen but lacks the lateral agility and short area burst to win consistently against NFL pursuit.
Jeanty has more wiggle/better feet and a more complete skillset than either imho.
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27 minutes ago, Billsatlastin2018 said:
I spent yesterday at the upstairs ballrooms of Seneca Niagara Casino with my Sis and 1000 Bills fans. The Casino put on the dog, inviting all of these fans to the equivalent of a huge tailgate- all the Usual Suspect foods and Open Bar… gratis! Quite a little partay, with 90% of the attendees bedecked in all manner of Bills gear.What is eerie about what you have said here, is that after the first 10 points were celebrated, more quiet confidence, then open disinterest became the order of the day, as the result seemed the type of fait accompli, seen only a very, very few times during the Allen years.
Of course, people were happy, but this was not the Miracle Ravens nail biting comeback. Rather, it was a methodical, beatdown, a boring, run out the clock whipping… and on to Miami!
15 minutes ago, Shaw66 said:That's amazing. A great way to watch the Bills, and the perty fizzles because the game is a non-event.
We switched to the radio broadcast sometime after Tyrod replaced Fields, as we drove down to East Aurora to catch the final night of Borderland. The game script cooperated nicely with our plans for the day.
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1 hour ago, HIT BY SPIKES said:
That was NOT a test run.
Toronto does NOT want the Bills.
They want their own team.
If you need to believe that was truly a "test run", have at it.
It was an opportunity to see another team play in their temporary facility.
I was there.
it was crap.
Always seemed like a dead vibe on the broadcast...something to do with fan distance from the field AND a contingency of disinterested attendees or neutral fans in random NFL jerseys. Is that accurate?
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Didn't Kelce throw a sideline tantrum due to poor execution by his teammates, and THEN muff an absolutely crucial goal line catch into a devastating INT?
Mmm that's delicious.
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Just now, DapperCam said:
He hasn't played great anyway so far this season. Wish we had a little bit better depth there. I'm guessing Buffalo Joe is now the full time starter until Shaq Thompson is healthy. Next man up!
You think Andreesen leaps past Williams, Milano's obvious understudy, who already replaced Milano on the field last week? Instead the Bills will field 2 MLBs against a team that likes to get defensive 2nd levels on the move laterally and then attack the gaps and windows between and behind those downhill-minded defenders?
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Just now, Mojo44 said:
OK, this is a shoot from the hip uninformed opinion based on a few plays I’ve seen tonight. But Jeanty at number six? Really! Am I missing something?
That might be a formidable Chargers defense? Or at least was until the end of the 1st Q tonight?
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2 minutes ago, PonyBoy said:
Joe Theismann disagrees 🫣
So does Napoleon McCallum
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18 minutes ago, Ya Digg? said:
Knox can do things athletically that Hawes can’t do. He’s faster, he is a better route runner, we have all seen Knox make some incredible plays. Even with the drops he has Josh’s trust which is huge
Can he/is he still this superior athlete? I can still see some build-up speed at times, but he seems a little heavier-footed and less flexible than back in his Angry Runs early days.
Week 3, Fish v. Bills, PREDICT THE SCORE!
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Miami could spring a few explosive plays against a banged-up, NOT super fast Bills D. I expect the group of Achane, Washington, Waddle, and/or Hill to produce several 20+ yard plays, with enough annoying little misdirections and draws and screens and slants mixed in to keep us more frustrated than we'd like to be. Turnovers, yet again, will be YUGE.
Bigger picture for me is that the Bills offense should absolutely dictate to the Dolphins D. If Allen and Co. can aggressively stack scoring drives, then our defense's job gets simpler by the possession. Might even be able to inspire some quit on the visiting sideline.