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Inigo Montoya

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  1. I think I liked it better the “old” way with posters starting threads more organically during and after the game. Appreciate the desire to experiment and improve though ??
  2. It's definitely possible that has something to do with it. I think I remember reading that it was more of a cap situation at the time though. The Seahawks traded Clark about a week after they extended Russell Wilson to that monster $140 million contract.
  3. Sigh... Yeah, I meant Frank Clark At work trying to get in the mix. Thanks fellas, I'll change it. ?
  4. I just don't understand a move like this from Seattle. They had Frank Clark in house who was more productive than Clowney, in the same contract situation as Clowney, and they traded Clark away rather than watch him walk next year and get nothing for him because they didn't have the cap space to extend him. Clowney isn't going to be any cheaper than Clark would have been. I don't think Seattle is in play. I'd be more worried about the Eagles if they are making a serious run at Clowney.
  5. A offense can't double Star, Oliver, and Clowney. I mean, not unless they want to give Hughes a free release into the backfield every snap...
  6. Just one more thing to factor in when deciding which wide receivers make the cut next week... Joe Buscaglia‏Verified account @JoeBuscaglia FollowFollow @JoeBuscaglia More #Bills HC Sean McDermott said that WR Robert Foster has been working through a toe injury that he sustained in the spring workouts. Said he's liked what Foster has done in practice, has made some plays. 10:51 AM - 25 Aug 2019
  7. Great post! Always nice to have a good topic to chew on during the painfully long pre-season besides speculation on who makes the 53. Thanks for all the effort.
  8. From ESPN's David Newton tonight; "Cam Newton's surgically repaired shoulder has been the focus for much of the Carolina Panthers' preseason, but the focus turned to the franchise quarterback's left foot and ankle after a first-quarter sack in Thursday night's preseason game at New England. Team medical staff examined Newton's left foot on the sideline after the sack, his second in three series. The 2015 NFL MVP then walked to the locker room, the team later announcing he would not return." After reading this I remembered a tweet from one of the Panther's beat reporters during the Bills / Panthers game about the Panther's suspect O-Line. John Ellis‏ @OnePantherPlace FollowFollow @OnePantherPlace More Reason they held Cam out was to not get him killed against this front. It wasn’t about pitch count, or analytics. We all knew Cam was going to take a hits. And sure as *****, you saw how the OL looked. They knew they had matchup problems up front and didn’t want to exploit QB1. 5:21 PM - 16 Aug 2019 Looks like Ellis was right on the money. Cam sacked twice in three series tonight against the Pats and knocked out of the game. The Panthers are going nowhere this year if they can't keep Cam upright.
  9. I think McCoy brings more to the team than just his on the field play. He brings veteran leadership, and more importantly, he is a veteran who has fully supported Allen from day one last year which I think helped elevate Allen in his team mate's eyes as well. I think the Allen - Shady relationship is important for Allen. After Beane has said repeatedly that they are not going to cut Shady, I think it would be tough for him to reverse course and cut him now. I think there would be some sideway glances in the locker room and it would undercut Beane's and McDermott's credibility with the team. I fully expect Shady to be on the starting 53 and think the Bills will roll with Shady, Gore, Singletary, and DiMarco. I think the rest of the RB room fails to make the cut. Of those cuts Perry will be the difficult one with his special team ability, but if it comes down to a last spot on the roster and it's either Perry or Darryl Johnson or Perry or McKenzie I think they let Perry walk.
  10. 1. Allen looked good on the short to mid range throws that have been his bugaboo. Nice to see some improvement there. He went 9-11 with his two incompletes a throw away and a drop. Don't know if he could have given a better performance tonight. 2. Cole Beasley is going to be my late round Fantasy Football league steal at wide receiver. He is going undrafted in most leagues. Expect to see a lot of the Josh and Cole Show this season and a completion rate for Allen north of 60% as a result. Having a real slot receiving threat adds an element to our offense that was completely missing last season. Daboll is going to have fun playing with his new toy. 3. This defense is for real. I don't want to hear about it's just preseason or Cam didn't play or Luck didn't play. This unit is going to ball all year and take a lot of pressure off the offense. Isn't that what they call "complimentary football"? The Bills D just shut down the Panthers tonight. 4. I don't know who the hell McBeane cuts. Do we keep an extra O-lineman or a WR or a LB or a DE. What a fantastic problem to have. This roster from top to bottom is a competitive NFL quality roster. We are going to cut more than a few good players to get to 53. Kudos to Beane, its the kind of problem that good franchises have. 5. Glad to see the Duke getting his hands on the ball. This one is an extension of #4 above. Without an injury, does he have a path onto the final 53? No one else is high pointing balls in the end zone. Which WR do you cut to make room for him? Can he do enough in the next two preseason games to really make a run at the roster? It's going to be fun to watch. McKenzie has really come on too. All around solid performance from the wide receiver room tonight. 6. Christian Wade. There is no reason I should get so excited about this guy, but I can't help it. When he gets the ball he runs like there is a velociraptor chasing him. The guy is a beast. What do you do with him? Don't know how this International Program works. I hope we can stash him on the practice squad. 7. Our kicking game looks like trash and it is something that will cost this team games unless we can get it figured out. Fast. How many games last year did the Chargers lose off the foot of their field goal kicker? We have a double whammy when you look at our punters. Right now it looks like our kicking game is the biggest weakness on our team and it may end up being a huge liability. 8. Our pass rush looked better tonight. Nice to see Murphy get in the box score. It will be fun that first game they put Hughes, Murphy, and Oliver on the field at the same time and turn them lose. 9. Mitch Morse still riding the pine. Not a good situation for the Bills O-Line to have our starting center out of the lineup. We need to get him back into the saddle asap. Feliciano can fill in but he doesn't bring what Morse does. At this point I doubt he sees a single preseason snap. I think the best we can hope for now is a Week 1 return. 10. Most importantly, we survived another pre season game without a significant injury. Prayers out to Cam Lewis for a speedy recovery. Hopefully we can stay lucky on the injury front. To win in this league you need a little bit of skill and a little bit of luck. Let's hope the luck continues to hold.
  11. The Bears OC is irrelevant, Nagy runs the Bears offense, that’s why he was hired as head coach. The Bears fired John Fox as head coach and brought in Nagy to coach Trubisky because they thought he could get more out of Trubisky, and he did. It’s Nagy who turned around Trubisky. If Allen plays great this year is McDermott getting the credit? No, McDermott is a defensive coach, Daboll will get the credit. We can revisit this after the season and see who is on target here.
  12. Dude, please? If Allen does a Trubisky this year you don’t think Daboll gets props for it? The prevailing wisdom is that Allen isn’t going to take a big step this year. They say Allen’s problem is accuracy and you can’t fix accuracy. People around the league who make a living doing football know it was a miracle the Bills won six games last year with the talent they had to work with on offense. A large part of that was Daboll changing things on the fly to get the most out of an offense so bereft of talent last year that only three of the eleven starters are back this year. Let me repeat that. Only three starters on offense are back from last year. Three. Daboll has a solid reputation in this league. If Allen leads the Bills into the playoffs this season, Daboll will be a hot name for a head coaching position. If the Bills make the playoffs we’ll just have to revisit this thread at the end of the season. Dude.
  13. The bottom line is that if Allen takes a big step forward this season then Daboll will be a head coach next year. Daboll will become that most rarified of NFL coaching unicorns, "A Quarterback Whisperer" Any team heading into the draft looking to draft a QB or a team with a young QB who is not developing like they hoped will be calling Daboll's agent for an interview. Look at two of the last head coaching hires, Adam Gase, fresh off a pile of steaming dog crap in Miami, and Kliff Kingsbury who had a losing record as a college coach. Why did they get an NFL job? Because they are Quarterback Whisperers. Peyton Manning went to bat for Gase and the Jets brought him in to work with Darnold. Kingsbury helped develop Keenum, Manziel, Mayfield, and Mahomes. Thats why the Cardinals hired him. What was Jared Goff's career outlook before Sean McVay got to the Rams? Exactly. If Allen becomes a successful QB this year, Dabs is gone. Book it.
  14. December 24, 2018 https://thepowersweep.com/blog/brian-daboll-packers-head-coach-candidate December 7, 2018 https://billswire.usatoday.com/2018/12/07/buffalo-bills-offensive-coordinator-brian-daboll-mentioned-for-head-coach-coaching-gigs-doug-marrone-green-bay-packers-jacksonville-jaguars/ These articles came out after last season with the Bills finishing with a record of 6-10. If we make the playoffs this year and Allen takes a step forward, I think Daboll will almost certainly be a serous candidate for head coaching positions, especially for teams that are looking to draft a quarterback in the first round.
  15. If the Bills end up in the post season this year I think there is a pretty good chance we end up losing one or both of our coordinators next off season. Frazier hasn't had a head coaching gig since 2011-13 with the Vikings. If we put a top three defense on the field this year, which I believe is certainly possible, I think he will become a hot commodity in the league. The Rooney Rule would help get his foot in the door for interviews where he would have a chance to impress. He has a long coaching resume and I expect he will get another chance to be a head coach before he retires. I think Daboll would be in even higher demand if we see Allen continue to develop and if this offense takes a big step forward this season. An offensive minded coach from Belichick's coaching tree, and one who has shown he can take a raw QB prospect and help develop him, would be even more sought after in the market. Success brings challenges too and one of them is holding on to your good position coaches and offensive and defensive coordinators. That constant coaching turnover is one of the things that has made the New England run all the more impressive. I wouldn't mind the Bills having to deal with that problem for the next twenty years or so. I expect the Bills to make the playoffs this year. If they do, I think the odds of having both Frazier and Daboll back for the start of the 2020 season is less than 50%.
  16. Speaking as a fellow "ginger" and bald guy who has no pigment, at all, in his entire body, McDermott is just keeping himself out of the Burn Unit at the local trauma center. I would wear a burqa with a sombrero when I go outside in the summer if I could. You look great Sean! Don't let the haters get you down, rock on my bald albino brother!!!
  17. Of all the people for Oliver to draw in his first NFL game, he gets Nelson who was an All Pro LG in his rookie season and is probably the best LG in the game right now. I thought Oliver played well. One would think that Nelson would be able to handle the rookie Oliver in his first NFL start without any help. The fact that the All Pro LG needed some help double teaming Oliver seems proof enough that Oliver has some game. All I know is that if Oliver demands a double team, and Star demands a double team, the rest of that D-line and the linebackers are going to feast this year.
  18. Two Bills Drive has filled a huge void in my life since I killed the Six Fingered Man.
  19. Other things ScottLaw is not currently buying... 1. The earth is round 2. The internal combustion engine 3. The moon landing 4. Penicillin 5. Velcro
  20. Oliver was getting double teamed frequently during the game. If Star gets doubled as well, that is going to leave the linebackers free to shoot gaps and blow up plays at the line or in the backfield. I think Alexander, Edmunds, and Milano are going to feast this year. I agree, the defense looks scary good.
  21. Does this "Stallion" guy have six fingers on his right hand???
  22. Very encouraged by the O-line play. I imagine it will look even better with Morse in there. Ducasse and Bodine are not long for the roster. Both Long and Feliciano can play center in a pinch and both looked solid tonight. I think Teller is looking good and I think they will end up keeping Teller and cutting an extra player at another position to provide a little extra O-line security. O-line was clearly the teams biggest weakness last year and it looks like McBeane did what they had to do to address it which bodes well for Josh and the entire offense. If we can get one more touchdown per game out of our offense, and if our defense continues to play at this level, we are going to the playoffs this season.
  23. I agree, it doesn't look like severe frostbite, what is does look like is that he has damaged the thickened, callused skin that we all have on the bottom of our feet. The skin is blistered, the equivalent of a 2nd degree burn. All of that damaged skin is going to have to come off. You can see where some of it has already come off revealing new soft skin beneath. All of the skin that looks yellow is going to have to come off and that is going to take some time. If he plays football now I think he is at risk of splitting the skin where the "new" skin butts up against the thickened, injured skin. If he splits the skin on the bottom of his foot he is going to be out of commission even longer. I think he misses regular season games over this. Don't be surprised if he ends up on the PUP list to start the season.
  24. The problem with AB's feet is actually frostbite. It's now being reported that he walked into one of the new cryotherapy chambers without the proper foot wear on and got frostbite. https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/antonio-browns-feet-are-reportedly-not-blistered-but-frostbitten-from-a-cryotherapy-machine/ The irony is delicious. He won't come to Buffalo, the "Siberia of the NFL" to play. Instead he goes to sunny California and gets frostbite in the middle of the summer. What a dumb ass... ? 632f009b780b6102c5fc0fa516fce455Frostbite.webp
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