The Red King
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Let's get daring...
1) Edmunds is DROY.
2) AJM is the starting QB unless injured or the Bills are eliminated from playoff contention, at which point Allen will step in.
3) The Bills win one of two games against the Patriots.
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Help is there, he had the opportunity to take it, and instead mocked the idea (and one person offering help) publically on Twitter. So, I see both sides. I can give him a bit of a pass based on mental illness, but can still fault him for rejecting the help so many offered.
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Still the same owner, still the same coach. Really, nothing more any of us can say to sway the others at this point. We all have opinions, time will tell who is right. Regardless, this will be a fun thread to revisit halfway into the season. I hold to my earlier prediction. Cleveland wins six, Buffalo wins nine.
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Nothing new here. D is improved...offense, that comes down to QB, the ultimate ?. I don't think we downgraded. I think AJ will at least be on par with TT. But that's the crux. I don't know for sure, nobody does. Your opinion on past and current QBs make all the difference here. Personally, I see an improved D and an offense at least on-par with last year, and younger faces to boot...so I see a better team. But that's my opinion, nothing more.
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4 hours ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:
Rodak is a paid journalist. You may not like his take, you may not like his depth of research or lack thereof, but that hardly makes him a troll.
No, his bias does that. He is a known Pats fan who takes every opportunity to take shots at the Bills, especially after choking on the crow he was forced to eat last season when he said the Bills season was over before it started. If he ever actually says anything positive about the Bills in an article, you better believe there is just as much negative in there as well.
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27 minutes ago, Kirby Jackson said:
The bold is where we disagree. Less than half of the guys that started on those 1-31 teams are starting now. Every year is a different year and a different team. The 2016 Browns record has absolutely no impact on the 2018 Browns record. In the same manner the 2016 Eagles record has no effect on the 2017 Eagles.
I’m not saying that the Browns are a Super Bowl contender. I think that they win 8 games. I don’t think that the Bills win 8. By 2019 though, both teams have a chance to be threats in their division (if the rookie QBs can play). IMO, the Browns are further along than the Bills though. They are better at OL, QB, WR, pass rush, and LB. The Bills should be better at DB and RB but the Browns are good there as well. The Bills have better coaching and should have a more stout run defense.
Again though, they are a year ahead in their rebuild. They had the cap space and a ton of picks. The Bills had picks but not a lot of cap space. By next year the roster should be pretty stacked.
We'll have to agree to disagree. Time will tell which of us was right. This is going to be a fun thread to revisit halfway into the season. I have never seen anyone, nonetheless so many people, pick an 0-16 team to win 8+ games the following season.
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1 hour ago, Kirby Jackson said:
It’s just a different team. The 2018 Browns look nothing like the 2017 Browns.
QB - They turned Kizer into Tyrod and Baker.
DB - They added Gaines, Randall and Ward.
WR- They have a healthy Gordon and added Landry.
OL- They added Corbett and Hubbard.
RB- They added Hyde and Chubb.
LB- They added Kendricks
They are pretty much better everywhere. Usually when a team goes through a transition phase they improve in some areas and get worse in others. The Browns are better across the board.
Which is another area of concern. You add that many players, it takes time for everyone to gel. That's why I see them as a force in 2019, not 2018. Drastic, one year turnarounds are incredibly rare. I won't pull a Rodak and say it can't happen. All I'm saying is that in my opinion it's all a bit premature, wishful thinking. The Browns are a 1-31 team until they show they're not. People seem ready to christen them a legitimate threat in the AFC already based solely on offseason moves.
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6 minutes ago, grb said:
So much babbling, but it's really not that complicated :
- 2015 : Taylor was on a team with a good (not great) offensive cast. He was a little raw but played well, with a passer rating ranked 7th in the NFL, an average of 8yds an attempt, low interception rate, excellent deep ball, and over 500yds on the ground. If you look at Taylor's games when he actually had Watkins and Woods playing, his numbers become stellar : 63.6% comp. 8.25 ypa 27 td passes. 6 ints in fifteen games over two years. That's his ceiling with good (not elite) offense support coupled with a mediocre to bad defense. People come up with their loonnngggggg lists of TT's crippling flaws, but somehow never explain the simplest of facts : When the Bills put a decent level of talent on the field with Taylor, he played well.
- 2016/2017 : Each successive year the Bills gave Taylor less to work with. Granted, much of it was injuries; but some was front office priorities. Taylor's passing rating reduced to 17th/18th with one of the worse receiver situations in the league, no deep threat, spotty (at best) pass protection, and a running game which declined from '16 to '17. Given that mess, isn't it amazing the worst quarterback in the entire history of the universe only fell to the middle of the pack? That apparently is his floor. The two QBs immediately under Taylor's rating last season were Matt Ryan and Jameis Winston. Imagine what Taylor could do with the weapons either of them have, huh?
It doesn't matter what receivers he would have had if he never threw to them. He didn't have the best receivers last season, true, but even when they did get open he'd often still fail to throw it. Unless his receiver was 100% open, in the clear, he wouldn't throw to them. It's a fear/limitation I hope he overcomes in his time with Cleveland, as that fear played a large part in his ineffectiveness last season.
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I still love how some people are so quick to buy into a team going from 1-15 to 0-16 suddenly becoming playoff contenders after a few "sexy" off-season acquisitions while still under the same head coach. Isn't this the same thing I've heard about the Browns the last two years? And how did that work out for them? Do you really expect them to go "zero-to-hero"?
Going from zero wins to 4-6 wins would be an accomplishment, a solid season. 7-8 wins would be a stunning turnaround. 9+ would be a miracle. I do see the Browns contending for a playoff spot...the season after this one.
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6 minutes ago, aristocrat said:
it's so stupid cause the nfl gives the guys taxi cards that give them rides if they're drunk. on top of that uber. so many ways to not do it that it blows my mind people still do it.
It's ego. The players know they have options. It's just the typical "What? You think I'm a f'ing lightweight? I can drive!" *crash*
Hell with taxi cards, if I'm an owner I'd install breathalizers in the ignition of every players' car. >.<
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14 minutes ago, JoPar_v2 said:
Ok fair enough we are arguing semantics then at this point. I don’t see that bolded quote as backhanded but I can see it being interpreted that way. Like I said I don’t like Rodak especially either but there has been so much grave dancing recently with the Buffalo News stuff that I think everyone needs to chill a bit. It’s not cool when people lose their jobs simply because you don’t like their opinion.
I f****d with Sully all the time on twitter, for example. Most of my friends have been blocked by Harrington for similar antics. No one actively lobbied for anyone to be fired however. I don’t want a cadre of beat writers and columnists just reinforcing my opinion all the time, especially if I had (which I don’t) homer tendencies. i would rather have professionals do their jobs and challenge my opinions on our teams.
Never said I wanted him to lose his job. We're talking about people making a living here. However, I simply maintain that the man is extremely biased, and what he says has to be taken with a grain of salt, that's all. I don't just want good news, or people pandering to me. The truth though, is that in Rodak's articles on the Bills, there is always as much negative, if not more, then positive. It's more then a trend, it's a constant. I quickly learned to take absolutely nothing he says at face value as a result. Then when he stupidly went out and said the Bills' season was over before it started last year...not presented as an opinion, no "I think..." or "It looks like..." ...nope, the season was most definitely over, any respect I had for him or anything he wrote, went out the window. I remember telling myself, "Man, I really hope the Bills make the playoffs this season so I can use this to smack that smirk off your face!"...and lucky me, exactly that happened. The Bills made him eat his words and look like an absolute tool. I giggle more then I should every time I think about it.
If the man wrote a few positive articles, I wouldn't mind the negatives. But let's be honest, at this point the Bills could go 19-0, win the Super Bowl 52-0, and Rodak would still criticize the Bills for something asinine like putting the second string in too early, or not early enough. It's just who he is...and my point remains, you need to keep that in mind when reading his articles. I said nothing about the man losing his job. Not sure where you got that from.
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If he quit because of Allen, he's an idiot.
...that being said, I don't believe for a moment this was because of Allen. The draft is simply an excuse. He had to have other reasons for wanting out.
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2 hours ago, JoPar_v2 said:
Pardon? So if that’s your take then where’s the backhanded negative from the piece here? Seems pretty straightforward - allen was inaccurate and bad, then tried again and did better.
QuoteAllen's off-the-charts arm strength has been evident in the velocity of the passes he has thrown; the accuracy seems to be a work in progress. -- Mike Rodak
Bolded it for you. Basically, you will never find a Rodak article about the Bills where the positives outweigh the negatives. He's biased, moreso now after looking like a chump for his "over before it started" prophecy. In this case, I was shocked to see an equal mix of pro and con, rare for him.
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Not everyone is polorized. I'm quite the opposite. TT was the ultimate baseline. He never took a risk. Ever. Not taking risks kept him from losing game through mistakes, but kept him from winning games with big plays. He was able to do enough to get us to the playoffs, and not enough to win a playoff game where the opposing team scored just 10 points. TT elevates bad teams and drags good teams down. Last season the Bills finally outgrew him. However, the 1-31 Browns are the perfect team for him. He can elevate them to mediocrity, and by the time the Browns outgrow him, their rookie should be ready to go.
That lack of risk-taking did catch up to him, though. When time is almost expired and you need a comeback, a winning drive, well...you have to bite the bullet and take chances. TT couldn't, or wouldn't, and that's why his 4th quarter comeback numbers are so terrible.
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2 hours ago, JoPar_v2 said:
The very blurb that is the subject of this thread proves you wrong chief. He had a positive opinion of Allen’s final drive in practice.
Just proves you don’t read Rodak’s stuff anymore and don’t know what you’re talking about.
*cough*
QuoteAnytime he writes something that even looks positive, there is always a backhanded negative in there.
...just proves you didn't read my stuff and don't know what you're talking about.
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3 hours ago, CountDorkula said:
Bills Fans when Rodak writes a negative review - He's a Pats fan he knows nothing, hes a hack.
Bills fans when Rodak writes something positive - Crickets.
Allen is a work in progress. I dont know how anyone could say any different at this point in time.
Crickets because Rodak doesn't write anything positive about the Bills. Anytime he writes something that even looks positive, there is always a backhanded negative in there. And we don't say he's a hack, we say he's extremely biased against the Bills. I still giggle a little when I think about how the Bills exposed him as a chump last season.
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The point I was trying to make is more a rebuttal of people that think the Bills' playoff birth was more of luck then skill, that Buffalo did not earn/deserve a playoff spot and only (key word) made it because they got lucky. There's always some luck involved, I just take offense at people who dismiss the Bills' efforts and instead claim it was all the work of the magical Dalton-fairy that somehow elevated a 4-12 team into the playoffs.
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TT was far, far from a nightmare on defensive coordinators. I can see the war room now.
"How do we stop Tyrod?"
"Stack the box, put eleven men, two cheerleaders and an assistant coach in there. Take away the run game and the short passing game."
"But what if Tyrod takes advantage of that and burns us by throwing deep?"
*room erupts in laughter*
"Stack the box. Moving on..."
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It will be fun to revisit this thread at, say, the half-way point of the season. ?
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12 minutes ago, oldmanfan said:
How about just letting the kid play for a while?
Let the kid play, and judge him based on his actual performance? What is this madness you're spouting?!? ?
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Rodak hates the Bills, even moreso now that they made him look like an absolute fool last season after a preseason article of his where after big trades he stated "The Bills season is over before it started."
So, in cases like this, consider the source. In Rodak's case the source is a blathering idiot with a strong bias against the Bills and a new chip on his shoulders after the Bills exposed him as such last season by ending the drought. Over before it started indeed. Tool.
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17 minutes ago, C.Biscuit97 said:
Allen missed more games than Rosen in college. And not one of his teammates have said one word negative about him.
Personally,, I think things worked out great for Rosen. Near home, playing for a pretty well run franchise. I also think Fitzgerald will be a great mentor for him. But Allen and Rosen will be forever linked here. Hopefully, McBeane (who’s offensive evaluations have been shaky at best so far) made the right choice.
Keep in mind it doesn't have to be one or the other. It's not a shell game where we know there is only one good QB in the draft. It's quite possible Rosen does wonderful in Arizona, and Allen does remarkable in Buffalo.
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Pfft, it wasn't politics. Everyone knows the reason Josh Rosen fell...
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58 minutes ago, Bills Fan of Maryland said:
No. AFC Championship game against The Raidas...What could be more perfect?
Loved that game, but that was outside the stated year range. ^.^
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Something brewing with the Patriots?
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Regarding Gronk, a soldier can still kill a man with a combat knife or his bare hands, should someone knock the gun out of his hands. I still like my chances a lot better if the soldier doesn't have the gun. Saying the Pats can still win without Gronk is akin to saying a soldier can kill without a gun. Yes, technically true, but a hell of a lot harder to pull off.