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19 hours ago, Ittakestime said:
Long was one of the worst centers the league has ever seen in NJ. It was so bad. When was the last time you seen Feliciano play center? Bodine was fine last year. People love to trash him in, but I seen a lot of good plays out of him last year.
When the line was healthy in TC, Teller was on the 3rd string and struggled. Bodine even kicked to guard at times because Teller couldn't block anyone. Teller is bad. He was horrid was he played last year and came to camp with that lazy attitude again. Same crappy attitude that hurt him college. This regime won't put up with it.
You may be right where they bring in someone after Aug 31st, but right now, McDermott is the 4th OT. This team will not play around with the Oline. McDermott may not be active, but he will make the 53rd if they don't bring another tackle in later.
TC pretty much tells the entire story. Preseason is actually completely useless. This staff pretty much knows who is making the team. When was the last great performance in preseason where a player got no run in TC that made a difference? Look at O'leary. Guy was probably put up the best stats on team in preseason and was cut.
They aren't Tasker, but they were on the team last year for ST and Alexander was signed for ST.
12?!?! LOL
We really don't disagree on that much.
I think Love, Thompson, Stanford, and M. Alexander can secure their roster spots with good performances tonight. The other 8 spots (6th WR, 4th TE, 8th and 9th OL, 9th DB, punter, 2 more for ST) will take a little more time. But we both agree that McCloud, Sweeney, Bojorquez, and McDermott have inside tracks to 4 of those spots.
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It's amusing and sad to see how much the Democratic establishment, CNN, and MSNBC are out to destroy Tulsi. You can't have a principled candidate who is against regime change wars and crony capitalism. Nope.
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59 minutes ago, Ittakestime said:
Zero percent chance Teller makes it over Bodine. Bodine is better and has position flexibility.
If not McDermott, than who? They need 4 tackles.
I don't know if you haven't been following TC or not, but McCloud, Sweeney, Love, Thompson, and Stanford all have been getting significantly minutes.
Alexander is making it for ST. Probably same case with Marlowe and Pitts.
1. Ridiculous. 0% chance of Teller over Bodine? Really? Bodine is like the fourth string center behind Long and Feliciano. He's awful. Teller still has potential.
2. Some teams only go with 3 tackles on the 53-man roster since 3 tackles are often all that are activated on Sundays. Beane may also go after an Aug 31 cut elsewhere. McDermott's spot is far from secure.
3. Yes, I've been following training camp reasonably close. Getting significant minutes in training camp is a good sign, but there are still 4 preseason games and almost 4 full weeks left before cuts.
4. Most special teams spots are too hard to predict for anybody in early August. And none of the 3 guys you mentioned are Stever Tasker.
The more I think about it, the more I dislike your posts. You make it sound like everything is already resolved, and all that's left for Coach McClappy to figure out is which punter named Cory to keep. If that's the case, why play the preseason games at all and risk injury? The answer is that training camp practice and actual game performance are two very different beasts. I stand by my assessment: 12 of the 53 roster spots are still very much up for grabs.
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2 hours ago, Ittakestime said:
Honestly, there are very few bubble guys on this roster. The roster is more or less set, excluding future injuries.
QB - Allen, Barkley (2)
RB - McCoy, Gore, Singletary (3)
FB - DiMarco (1)
OL - Dawkins, Spain, Morse, Ford, Nysekhe, Long, Feliciano, Bodine, McDermott (9)
WR - Brown, Beasley, Jones, Foster, Roberts, McCloud (6)
TE - Kroft, Knox, Smith, Sweeney (4) (Croom may make it is Kroft starts on PUP).
DE - Murphy, Hughes, Lawson, Love (4)
DT - Lotulelei, Oliver, Phillips, Phillips (4)
LB - Milano, Edmunds, Alexander, Thompson, Alexander, Stanford (6)
Safety - Poyer, Hyde, Coleman, Marlowe, Neal (5)
CB - White, Wallace, Gaines, Johnson, Johnson, Pitts (6)
ST - Hauschka, Bojorquez, Ferguson (3)
I think the only real bubbles out there right now are Jaquan Johnson and Vosean Joseph. It will be interesting to see if someone can beat out Pitts, but this staff seems to like him.
I would say that there are 41 roster spots set (barring future injuries) and 12 open. Of your list of 53, I'd put the following 12 on the bubble:
Bodine (I'd choose Teller instead)
McDermott
McCloud
Sweeney
Love
Thompson
Stanford
M. Alexander
Marlowe (I'd choose J. Johnson instead)
Gaines (I'd choose C. Lewis instead)
Pitts (I'd choose V. Joseph instead)
Bojorquez
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There's a very real chance that none of our last 4 2019 draft picks make the team, though I'm not sure it is wise to try and sneak LB Joseph and S Johnson onto the PS.
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39 minutes ago, MILFHUNTER#518 said:
Good for him, but it is a damn shame he wouldn't retire as a Bill
You mean the guy who trashed the city of Buffalo on his way to the metropolitan utopia that is Baltimore?
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1 hour ago, Chandler#81 said:
Duh. Why do you think so many of us look forward to this? It’s training camp! Akin to the 1st warm day in Spring. Hope springs eternal.
Reality usually checks in soon enough. Do you honestly think thousands of us would eagerly anticipate Jerry Sullivan’s Daily Camp Notes?
Yes. There are many thousands of bathroom stalls throughout WNY that will run out of toilet paper during these next few weeks.
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55 minutes ago, JerseyBills said:
True but their core players were together for 3-4 years before they got really good and developed that chemistry.
I think there's way more examples of teams with big egos and troubled players crashing and burning than succeeding. Great coaching and leadership is crucial for them , going to be a tough job for a Rookie HC.
They look good on paper but very top heavy imo , not much depth either.
This looks like an accurate statement to me. Analyzing - in chronological order - the 11 starters on offense and 11 starters on defense:
Bill Polian arrived in Buffalo on August 1984, inheriting Jim Ritcher and Darryl Talley.
In 1985, he played a key role in adding Bruce Smith and Andre Reed.
Then in 1986, he hired Marv Levy and added Jim Kelly, Kent Hull, Will Wolford, and Mark Kelso.
In 1987, he added Cornelius Bennett, Shane Conlan, Nate Odomes, and Keith McKeller.
In 1988, he added Thurman Thomas, Howard Ballard, Jeff Wright, and Carlton Bailey.
In 1989, he added James Lofton, Don Beebe, and John Davis.
In 1990, he added James Williams.
In 1991, he added Phil Hansen and Henry Jones.
So what you can clearly see here is that there was a definite core of 16 players in place by 1988, including 4 Hall of Famers and 3 more on the Wall of Fame (plus Tasker). I think 1988 was the point at which the roster simply reached a critical mass in talent. Egos set the team back in 1989, but these locker room issues were resolved by 1990.
By the way: notice the remarkably high level of continuity on the 1990-1993 Super Bowl rosters. Of these 22 starters, only 6 missed a single season during the Super Bowl run (Jones and Hansen in 1990, Wolford and Lofton and Bailey and Conlan in 1993). Polian was eventually fired in February 1993, the modern form of free agency began in March 1993, and the salary cap began in 1994. These three factors, along with the natural aging process on the team's core plus the wear and tear from a more physical style of NFL back then, quickly led to the destruction of our beloved team dynasty. But I digress...
My point (if I even have one) is that chemistry and talent both matter. But in the case of the Super Bowl Bills, the chemistry took longer to build than the talent. In the case of the McBeane Bills, possibly the opposite is happening? The chemistry is coming together fairly quickly, as this article suggests, and pretty much began to take hold as soon as McDermott became head coach. The talent accumulation is coming along slower, but not at all in any abnormal way (see: Buffalo Sabres). I think next season will be our "1988 season" where the talent reaches a critical mass and we become a serious Super Bowl contender. 2020 will be Allen's 3rd season as starting QB, and Beane will have the free agency money and the draft picks to find an elite WR and an elite DE.
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I came to this thread for the potential Russ Brandon jokes, but I leave with only a deep disgust towards the sophomoric objectification of this innocent young reporter (for the record, though, I think Maddy Glab is a total cutie). All of the "2/10, would not bang, elbows too pointy" internet neckbeards should probably apologize and welcome her to the Buffalo sports family.
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As others have mentioned, I think we're only an elite pass rushing DE and a backup MLB away from being a legitimate candidate (at least on paper) for #1 defense. Two stats that this defense badly needs to improve on are red zone scoring percentage and sacks. I believe we were near the absolute bottom of the league in each.
But one thing that's very clear is that Sean McDermott knows how to build a defense. Notice how he has spent a first round pick each year for each level of the defense (DB, LB, DL). And the continuity of having Leslie Frazier for a third consecutive season as DC helps immensely. There are going to be a lot of options in free agency next spring to get that elite pass rushing DE, so I do believe that the Bills will end up with the #1 defense next year. I don't know if these guys can ever approach the standards that Frazier's Bears set in the 1980's, but there is certainly the possibility that McDermott is in the midst of building the best defense in franchise history (better than the '64/'74/'80/'88/'99/'03/'14 squads).
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On 7/21/2019 at 9:27 AM, Nick the Greek said:
Syracuse NY is BILLS country! My hometown.
Southwest Connecticut isn’t. It’s Giants / Jets down here.
It should be, but I don't think it is right now. A decade's worth of playoff competitiveness under Beane, McDermott, and Allen should change that.
Ideally what would constitute "geographic Bills territory" would be every county in NY state north of Rockland and Westchester, as well as the Golden Horseshoe of Canada. When I say "ideal" Bills territory, I'm referring as much to cultural and socioeconomic similarities with Buffalo as I am with geographic proximity (yes, I realize that many of you will take issue with the Hudson Valley ever being considered Bills territory). It's a bit of a tragedy that the utter incompetence of this organization during the 21st century has meant that the Patriots, Giants, and Steelers have taken over large swaths of what should have otherwise been our young coming-of-age fanbase. I call it a tragedy because it affects things like stadium funding and the long-term viability of the franchise in Buffalo post-Pegulas (which may very well be many decades away).
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2 hours ago, Paup 1995MVP said:
He doesn't want to play for Gase. Does anybody blame him? Does anyone want to play for that clown? Wow, what were the Jets thinking hiring a coach from a division rival that was fired for doing a lousy job? There had to be a whole lot better to hire from the NFL and College coaching ranks. Glad their management is a joke!
I don't know. Ask the Pegulas.
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9 hours ago, Brian3488 said:
Oh didn't know pressures don't make a difference genius. Watching game play is different then stats, players can make a difference without homers just looking at stats
Yes, I am familiar with QB pressures. I honestly don't recall Yarbrough doing much of that either during the past two seasons, though admittedly perhaps I wasn't watching him nearly as closely as you. All I know is that Yarbrough was recently practicing with the third stringers behind Love and the top three (Hughes, Murphy, Lawson). So I don't think he's doing a good enough job distinguishing himself from among his competitors for the 4th DE spot (Love, Harold, Johnson). If he's as talented as you suggest, then he needs to hurry up and show it.
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20 hours ago, Brian3488 said:
Man where's the Eddie yarbough love. Guy can pass rush
Is that what they're calling 1 career sack after 31 NFL games played these days?
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2 hours ago, LeGOATski said:
She doesn't skip leg day
She skips right leg day, but not left leg day.
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Is McDermott losing control of the team? Instead of mastering their playbooks and staying in shape this offseason, are the players more focused on quixotic careers as fighter pilots or astronauts?
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I only disagree with the following:
1. Keeping Yeldon over Perry. For your RB#4 on the depth chart, you're going to want to keep a special teams ace over a mediocre third-down specialist who underachieved and was accused of having a bad attitude while in Jacksonville.
2. Keeping Love over Darryl Johnson. In a 4-way battle for the fourth DE spot between Love, Johnson, Yarbrough, and Harold, I'm going with the guy who has the most upside as a pass-rushing force.
3. Thompson over Stanford. You need a backup MLB on your roster. Without Stanford, we don't really have one. The preseason waiver wire is another option here.
4. Gaines over Pitts. This is my surprise cut right here. I have White and Kevin Johnson as the starters, Taron Johnson as the nickel, and Wallace as an excellent CB#4. For your fifth CB, I'm looking at special teams abilities as much as CB depth. Gaines has also been plagued with injuries for four straight seasons now, and McDermott is big on "availability," so he could be cut if he can't distinguish himself enough in preseason.
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3 hours ago, Rocky Landing said:
Now that OTAs and minicamp are over:
LT- Dawkins
LG- Spain
C- Morse
RG- Long
RT- Nsekhe
Depth:
Ford- T
Teller- G
Feliciano- G/C
Waddle- T
But, I still have this sinking feeling that Ducasse will still be on this team, and maybe even starting...
I think you nailed it (minus the fear of Ducasse staying). That's the safest, most veteran starting 5 to begin the season. Ford and Teller have the raw talent to become starters this season, but they'll have to earn it. Feliciano and Waddle are solid backups.
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6 hours ago, Socal-805 said:
Well, Nsekhe is already 33 years old. Not sure I understand why the Bills gave him that huge 2 year contract.
$14.5 million and $7.7 million guaranteed.
Two obvious reasons:
1. They weren't sure how the draft would play out and couldn't assume they would be able to draft Ford or any other decent RT.
2. Cap space isnt even remotely an issue this season or next.
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6 minutes ago, Dr Doom said:
I can't wait until he is gone.
Your user name is apt.
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19 minutes ago, Happy Gilmore said:
Hoping Cody Ford can win the RT job. If Dawkins is a lock at LT, that means Ngeski may not be quite what they thought. Still seems very early to make this determination.
Or maybe Dawkins is everything they thought and more!
I'd like to see Daboll experiment with a Dawkins - Long - Morse - Teller - Ford line for a sustained period of time and see what happens. I believe this is the most physically talented OL we can throw out there and also among the youngest with the most long-term potential.
I'd also like to see the Bills try rolling with 10 OL on the roster. An entire backup line of Nsekhe - Spain - Bodine - Feliciano - Waddle would be the envy of the league! The utmost priority should be protecting Allen, even at the expense of a 7th WR or a 7th LB.
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58 minutes ago, zow2 said:
Lol. Jacksonville. Seriously?!? too funny
Don't underestimate the passion and loyalty of those tarps. They've been there since day 1, every Sunday, since 1995, enduring the harsh fall Florida weather, quietly biding their time.
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36 minutes ago, dpberr said:
A lot of people underestimate A) how terrible Juan Castillo was as a coach and B) how that terribleness impacted the offensive line and the coordination between units.
True, and it wasn't just the OL that sucked. The WR's, TE's, and the QB rotation of Peterman/Anderson/off-the-street Barkley/rookie Allen also did the running game no favors. McCoy is among the 30 greatest RB's to have ever played the game of football. I'm betting on him having an excellent bounce-back season in a drastically improved offense. And I'd like to see Singletary play 1 full quarter of preseason NFL football first before we discuss dumping a future Hall of Fame RB for him. And keeping Yeldon over McCoy? LMAO...
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Chris Wade - muffs the handoff, but my God, what explosiveness
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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If he keeps this up over the next few weeks, we may not be able to store him safely on the practice squad.