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  1. 6 hours ago, eball said:

     

     

     

    I'm not sure people understand what is meant by "vanilla" defense.  It doesn't mean teams aren't running their own schemes and looks.  It does mean teams are not specifically game planning for what the other team runs.  There's a huge difference.  What was reported by some of the Bills defensive players is that they saw looks from the Browns -- particularly in the running game -- they had not prepared for, which resulted in some of the big plays.

     

    For the 3rd preseason game teams typically do a bit of game planning, as they are really trying to simulate a "normal" week leading up to a regular season game.  Of course, no team is going to show everything during preseason but this is going to be a good, true test for Allen against a better than average Cinci defense.

    I’m aware of the “difference”, I just think the impact is way overblown. Good luck gameplanning for 60+ mph heaters thrown with anticipation. I saw Josh on the tablet between drives, Bills will adjust throughout the game.

  2. Back on the BBMB I remember folks saying the Bills were just playing vanilla defense in preseason and that they would look totally different in the regular season. Time and time again, what we saw in the Regular Season was the same as Preseason. 

     

    I don’t think they could really effectively gameplan for Josh for at least a few weeks or until midseason.  I trust McD regardless of what he decides for the Regular Season, he has earned the benefit of the doubt from me.

  3. So much ESPN brainwash in this thread. Matt Cassell stepped in and was BETTER than Brady in that system, yet was a total scrub on other teams. The system revolves around cheating and on any other team TODAY (let alone past eras) Brady would look like a scrub. Peyton would have at least 10-15 Super Bowls if he played in that system and had the benefit of all that cheating. Any success related to that team under Bellicheck is meaningless.

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  4. If anything, the Track and Field training would help Goodwin’s conditioning. Buffalo messed up by putting him on kick returns, CHOOSING not to put him on the field, and pairing him with QBs like Manuel and Tyrod who both suck as passers and have a knack for hanging their receivers out to dry.

     

    Goodwin didn’t emerge in SF until Jimmy took the reins, which goes to show it was mostly QB play that held him back.

  5. 3 hours ago, ddaryl said:

     

     

    a rookie season. Plenty of WR's struggle their rookie years even ones drafted higher than Zay....... The offseason thing I chalk up to be young dumb and full of cum. We all walked that walk at one time. Let bygones be bygones and see how he does in his sophomore year.

     

    I'm hopeful.. I think he learned some tough lessons and will be better for it myself

    I must have missed that video, I’ll volunteer to be the judge on the veracity of that claim.

  6. I can’t believe there is any negative feedback on Allen. I was a doubter pre-draft, but he already blew away anything we saw from EJ Manuel. The biggest thing that impressed me was his vision and aggressive decision making. When he starts, the days where we watch our QBs refuse to throw past the first down marker will be gone. He understands when to take chances. He had a couple rookie mistakes, but will probably be ready to start by midseason. This kid will really challenge defenses. Teams won’t be able to squat on the line of scrimmage regardless of our receivers.

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  7. Allen was off the charts. He had a couple rookie mistake type of throws, but was mostly very impressive in terms of arm strength, accuracy, ball placement, and decision making aggressiveness. McCarron looks like a serviceable game manager in the meantime. We finally have a QB on the roster who can keep the D on their heels.

  8. 1 hour ago, Ol Dirty B said:

     

    He was whacked by college. Granted mental illness is nothing to joke about that, and maybe it has always been an issue for him.

     

    He just has always came across as someone who was raised poorly to me. Idk if mental illness makes you fondle cart girls at a golf course. But I guess no one is actually responsible for the things they do anymore. We can just chalk it up to mental illness and now they're a sympathetic figure.

     

    I'm not saying your inconsistent, perhaps you felt this way with Dareus or other players.

     

    But I do honestly wonder if he'd be received as a sympathetic figure by Bills fans if her were black. Dareus also has mental health issues in my opinion and instead of support, he got ran out of town and ripped for making the money he did.

     

    A similar sentiment came up when a poster made a thread about if the NFL can make contracts guaranteed due to the head injuries and potential the game has in making life difficult by 30s and 40s.

     

    I was repeatedly told, why should we feel sorry for millionaires just because the billionaires won't pay them more money.

     

    And yet every Ritchie thread their are posters who cast him as a sympathetic figure.

     

     

    Incognito put forth a tremendous effort on the field, was way underpaid,  and did bizarre “not all there” things like accuse someone in a weight room of being a spy, then chasing him around and throwing a dumbbell at him. 

     

    Dareus was lazy on the field, whined about only being offered $90 million from Bills, and made extremely selfish decisions like street racing and nearly killing people and now apparently intentionally spreading STDs.

     

    Richie appears to be legitimately whacked out, while Dareus faced traumatic emotional experiences but still consciously makes extremely selfish choices.

     

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  9. If Allen is good enough to start, ‘18... otherwise ‘17. Allen should be so much better than Tyrod as a passer that this offense will take steps forward despite weaknesses at OL and receiver. If Zay Jones can take a big leap forward we may even have a “good” offense when paired with Allen. Plus, I’m expecting another step forward for the defense.

     

    If McCarron starts I think we’ll be looking at a 7-9 or 6-10 type of season. He is a downgrade from Tyrod. Not a good look for Allen if McCarron starts more than a few games.

     

    I don’t even want to entertain the thought of Peterman starting.

  10. One takeaway from a recent interview with Beane was that they were desperate on draft day not to get stuck with Rosen. 

     

    I wanted Darnold the most, followed by Mayfield. I was initially really disappointed with the Allen pick. Allen has really impressed me since then and I get a sense that he will “belong” in the conversation for best young QB. I just feel that “it” factor... the one Whaley proclaimed for EJ, but which I never felt.

  11. 1 hour ago, Richard Noggin said:

    I'm not sure that's how we should be evaluating news outlets. If it's highly entertaining to a very specific demographic, and laughable/scary to the rest of the populace, that isn't really a marker of high credibility.

    It’s more like one network has some credibility (Fox), another network lost all credibility (CNN), and there is no great option for consuming political news via television.

     

    Both parties pretty much suck and steal from the poor to line their own pockets. The Uniparty...

     

     

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