Inigo Montoya
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13 minutes ago, Warcodered said:
Which is what makes the Spain mystery so damn confusing.
Spain had good words for the organization when he left. I think the Bills let him go so he could find a place to be a starter. I'm sure Beane looked for a trade partner but didn't have any luck so they let him go. It was probably what Spain requested. (My guess) I think I saw that the Bengals are going to sign him. He is a starting quality O-lineman in this League, maybe just not good enough to get on the field with our O-Line depth.
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I'm excited to see Feliciano back and hope he will be the much needed spark to get the running game rolling again. There are several articles in the local media right now about him getting back to playing and there was a quote from Feliciano that stood out to me that I think paints the Bills' organization in a very good light.
"I think it's a credit to the coaches and training staff. They didn't rush me back. I was trying to get activated weeks before they did activate me," Feliciano said. "Thankfully they didn't listen to me and kept me safe."
These are the things that induce a free agent to sign with a team. It's a small League and the word gets out. When McDermott preaches a family atmosphere in Buffalo and to come to Buffalo to become the best version of yourself, this statement from Feliciano shows that it's not all just coach speak, but something that the organization really believes in. I read that Feliciano was really lobbying to get back on the field for the Raiders game but the Bills wouldn't let him.
Contrast this situation with the train wreck that is the Jets. Look at how they handled the Kelechi Osemele shoulder injury situation last year. Then how the organization handled the Bell, Darnold, and Becton injuries this year. Night and day difference from how the Bills took care of Feliciano.
It would be easy to make the argument that the Bills had depth on the O-Line and that gave them the luxury of letting Feliciano come along slowly, but I don't believe that was the reason at all. I think the Bills were just looking out for Feliciano because they have good people running this program and they simply were not going to put Feliciano back out there until he was ready. I'm glad that Feliciano recognizes that, and so will everyone else in the locker room. Just one more indication that we have the right people steering the ship in Buffalo.
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When I list the reasons why I'm worried about this team, I don't get to Josh Allen until I'm a good ways down the list. Josh Allen is not the reason we lost the last two games. There are some legitimate concerns going forward in Bills' Nation, Josh isn't one of them.
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I bet the Bears would take Josh Allen straight up for Khalil Mack. Get er done Beane!!! 😇
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It gives me great pleasure to introduce to you the next coach of the New York Jets.... 😁
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9 minutes ago, Georgie said:
14.7 is good,but hardly "incredible "
With today’s game factored in that number is now 16.1 yards per reception which ranks Gabe 17th in the NFL.
I stand by my adjective. 😉
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I really didn't expect this kind of production from him this season. I thought he would be pretty quiet this year and benefit from studying at Wide Receiver University behind Diggs, Brown, and Beasley learning what it takes to be a solid NFL WR. He is making key plays every time his number is called. He doesn't get many targets but he takes advantage of every single one and has been hauling in passes that move the sticks and score TDs.
Through four games he has 8 targets and 8 receptions. For those of you without an abacus handy, that's a 100% catch rate. Two of those catches were TDs. He's on pace for 8 TDs this year, his rookie year, as the team's WR4. He was averaging an incredible 14.7 yards per reception coming into the Raiders' game and that average will go up with his 26 yard TD reception today. A critical play that won't show up on his stats was the route at the end of the Rams game that he drew the flag on. Being aggressive and running the route as hard as he could helped win that game for us.
The big takeaway from me is that the NFL game just doesn't seem too big for him. I think Beane and his scouts really found a late round gem in Davis. He was the 17th WR selected in this year's draft. Crazy. I hope Beane can find the money to keep John Brown after this year. I'd hate to take any weapon away from this offense the way it is clicking right now, but if Brown does move on, I think Gabe is showing that he has the chops to step up and become a legit WR2 with upside in this League.
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Nice write up OP.
My two takeaways we're that we won a road game on the West Coast against a good team when Josh didn't have his best game (still played really solid) and more importantly, it was the first time all year that we saw a spark from the defense. If this defense can start playing just a little bit better and getting some turnovers this Bills team is going to win 12+ games this season.
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That play was executed perfectly. The timing was spot on and McKenzie was already flying when Allen put the ball in his bread basket. I don't think that play can be defended when it is executed like that.
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Beane & Co. really do look under every rock. We have a rugby player from England and a guy who made his bones catching passes in Canada on our roster. He identified offensive lineman that others teams had let loose and hit on ballers like Feliciano, Nsekhe, and Bates and used them to turn around our O-Line. Beane will seemingly look anywhere if there is a chance that they will find some talent to help fill out this roster. We have one of the best management duos in the League right now with Beane and McDermott.
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Mahomes is the best QB in the League. That being said, I don't know if he has the same level of success if he gets drafted by Buffalo. He stepped into the perfect situation with a stable franchise, an innovative offensive minded coach in Andy Reid, the ability to sit behind Alex Smith and learn all year, lots of weapons around him, and a solid defense. What would he have had in Buffalo? The honest answer is just a defense. Where a QB goes is probably the single biggest factor that determines their future success. It's definitely a fun "what if" to kick around but I don't think Mahomes becomes Mahomes in Buffalo. That trade is all water under the bridge at this point.
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Gase is catching a bunch of crap for putting Becton in the game with an injured shoulder and Becton didn't even last a series before re-injuring the shoulder. That followed the Le"Veon Bell hamstring mismanagement. Gase simply can't put an injured Darnold out there behind that sieve of an O-Line.
From a purely Machiavellian point of view, Gase will think about this situation and realize that he is going to lose the next 5 games no matter who is under center (Cardinals, Chargers, Bills, Chiefs, Patriots) and he is going to be staring at 0-9. If Darnold is hurt and he has to play his backup QB Gase can always say, "Yes, we just lost 9 games in a row, but we played the last 5 games with our backup QB in there. Not my fault."
Gase is the anti-McDermott. Gase will throw everyone around him under the bus to protect his own ass. How many times have we seen that in post game pressers? The only coach in the NFL I dislike more than Adam Gase is Gregg Williams. I'm a Bills fan and I'd ordinarily love to watch the Jets burn to the ground, but Adam Gase and Gregg Williams are such terrible human beings I can't wait to watch both of them get fired. I don't think either of them will ever sniff an NFL job again.
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Just now, TBBills said:
No this isnt Kiko Alonso... sorry.
Kiko who???
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When Josh Allen runs the option, the two options are nunchucks or brass knuckles
When Josh Allen spikes the football, car alarms go off....in China
When Josh Allen breaks the huddle, the huddle meets its deductible
When Josh Allen throws a bomb, the US Air Force gets jealous
When Josh Allen dives for the pylon, the pylon's life flashes before its eyes
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Nice topic OP.
Look at our receiving corps. John Brown 3rd round selection. Stefon Diggs 5th round selection. Cole Beasley undrafted. Gabe Davis 4th rounder.
Not a bad collection of day two and beyond talent.
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5 minutes ago, StHustle said:
Doesn't mean much to play a better 3rd quarter but then collapse in the 4th. Yes we won in the end and have plenty to celebrate but a better 3rd quarter isn't one of them.
We’re going to have to agree to disagree on that. Coming out and playing well in the 3rd quarter is a big deal for this team. It’s been a big problem for this team. If the Bills can stop crawling in a hole during the 3rd quarter of games we are going to end up having a lot fewer 4th quarter nail biters.
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31 minutes ago, Doc Brown said:
Rams actually went for it on 4th and missed. Then they scored four straight touchdowns. You're right in that it was unusual for us to both stop the opponent and score to open the half. However, the rest of the game up until that final drives was a disaster on defense and our offense was stymied a little bit mostly because of Donald.
You're right Doc, I'll edit the post. Thanks. 🍺
31 minutes ago, Doc Brown said:Rams actually went for it on 4th and missed. Did they even punt yesterday? Then they scored four straight touchdowns. You're right in that it was unusual for us to both stop the opponent and score to open the half. However, the rest of the game up until that final drives was a disaster on defense and our offense was stymied a little bit mostly because of Donald.
You always hear about a great player just taking over a game and it happened with Donald this week in the second half. Fortunately we have a baller of our own who was able to respond again when the chips were down.
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The Rams got the ball coming out of the half. On their opening drive the Rams got a single first down and ended up moving the ball 27 yards before failing to convert on a 4th and 4 and turned the ball over on downs. The Bills then got the ball for their first drive of the 3rd quarter and marched down the field and scored a touchdown.
So at the beginning of the 3rd quarter, the Bills defense stops the Rams and the Bills get the ball back and immediately march down the field and score another TD to go up 28-3. Not the typical 3rd quarter start.
On the next drive the Rams' offense finally put together a great drive and scored on a Goff 1 yard QB sneak, the Rams' first TD of the game with less than 5 minutes left in the 3rd quarter. The score was 28-10 after that, the Bills and Rams essentially traded TDs in the 3rd quarter.
The next Bills possession was the Interception That Wasn't. It happened with 4:20 seconds left in the 3rd quarter and gave the Rams the ball on their own 41, the first time they got the ball with a short field in the game. Three plays later Goff hit Robert Woods on a nice 25 yard catch and run for the TD. The score was now 28-17 and that was the score at the end of the 3rd quarter.
If we look at the entirety of the 3rd quarter the BIlls actually played really well. Without the Interception That Wasn't, I think the Bills enter the 4th quarter with a 28-10 lead. At a minimum, the drive with the Interception That Wasn't would have eaten more clock and we probably would have entered the 4th quarter still up 18 points.
I don't remember the last time the Bills scored a TD on the opening drive in the second half. The Interception That Wasn't completely flipped this game around and allowed the Rams to get momentum, and in an empty stadium in Orchard Park, it was hard for the Bills to get that momentum back.
At worst, without the Interception That Wasn't, the Bills would have ended the 3rd quarter trading TDs with the Rams and going into the 4th quarter still up 18 points.
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The NFCE is clearly the worst division in football this year. Not content to just be this year's most dysfunctional clown show, they seem determined to achieve historic levels of incompetence. The combined records of the Eagles, Redskins, Cowboys, and Giants are 2-9-1. It bares repeating.... 2-9-1.
One of those victories came when the Redskins played the Eagles, and someone had to win, and the other win was because the Atlanta Falcons were too stupid to just fall on an onside kick. The one tie? Today the Eagles and their $128 million QB managed to tie the 0-2 Bengals who are rolling with a rookie QB. Maybe I'm being too tough on the Eagles, after all, they were the only NFCE team that didn't lose Sunday.
They say one of the reasons the NFL has been so successful is because it has managed through the salary cap and other initiatives to maintain parity, and there is no better example of that than the four teams that make up the NFCE in 2020... they all suck.
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It was an incredible throw and a great catch with a horrible pass interference call and a Biblically bad ruling on the INT. I won't fault Allen or Kroft on that play. The refs screwed up twice on that play. Josh was still playing aggressively with the lead trying to put them away, just like everyone on here wants him to. It was a great play and cosmically bad officiating.
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3 minutes ago, Sherlock Holmes said:
I know but how else was I ever going to get to utilize that witty saying
Gotta love a good pun. 😀
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Just now, Sherlock Holmes said:
Seems like you need a big bowl of Kroft Macaroni and Crow
I'm not eating crow, I called it. (Even a broken clock is right twice a day) Kroft stepped up and was Daboll's X factor today. Cheers! 😃
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Just now, SlimShady'sSpaceForce said:
Well OP.
DID HE?
😂
He was the X factor today.
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30 minutes ago, Augie said:
The Saints team who missed a Super Bowl disagree, but that’s the only thing close I can think of.
Agree Augie, that's what I said to my son. The difference is that in the Saints / Rams game there was no review possible for pass interference allowed. In this case they did review the play and STILL called it an INT. Just don't understand it.
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More evidence of Bills being a player friendly organization
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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I'd respectfully disagree TBBills. The entire Bills locker room knows exactly what happened with Spain and Jordan Phillips, and Shaq. If the Bills had screwed any of them over it would damage the family vibe that Beane and McDermott are trying to build at OBD. Being upfront and honest with your employees isn't charity, it's how a successful organization treats its people. I suspect that in McDermott and Beane's minds, that culture of the coaches, management, and the players all being on the same team is worth more to them than an extra 7th round draft pick.
Ask Adrian Peterson about how he was treated by the Redskins when they cut him on September 4th, just six days before the season opener. No warning, no heads up, nothing. That kind of personnel move tells the other guys in the locker room what kind of organization they play for.