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1 hour ago, YoloinOhio said:
I think they must have been getting a lot of pressure to do this with Herbert and Burrow out there playing so well.
Maybe they always planned to make the change at the bye week?
That's been talked about ad nauseum on the radio down here. Their bye was initially week 11. They were supposed to play the Jest week 10, which depending on their record, was believed that be either Fitz's last or Tua's first start - then the bye and then the Jest again week 12 which would absolutely be Tua's first start.
I understand getting him a couple of snaps and then the "new" bye week to prepare but I don't understand them making the switch when they are 1 game out of a playoff spot.
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1 hour ago, DabillsDaBillsDaBills said:
So Star played every first down, and every first down was a positive defensive play, leading to easier 2nd/3rd downs and being able to sub Star out?
Wow, didn't realize he was even better than Aaron Donald
Actually if he played every 1st and 2nd down that would be 50%
So depending on down and distance - meaning running situations yes he would be in there and playing a little more than half of the snaps.
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Makes no sense to me.
They are 3-3 and their next 3 are Rams, Cardinals and Chargers. If they are going to make the switch they should do it after that stretch, if they out of the playoffs and let him start against Denver. That way he'll have that start and then starts against Jets and Bengals before facing the Chiefs, Pats, Raiders and Bills.
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25 minutes ago, DabillsDaBillsDaBills said:
I was one of the more vocal people in saying that Star was overpaid, and I'll stick to my guns.
There was too much turnover on the D-line this offseason to pinpoint how much of an impact Star had. In addition to Star opting out, we lost J Phillips and Shaq Lawson in free agency.
I thought those three guys would've been easy enough to replace, but here we are.
Star was a hug factor in making those guys better, Edmunds free to run to the ball and defending the run.
Oh and Shaq - through 5 games? 1 sack 3 solo tackles. Phillips after 6 games has 2 sacks and 9 solo tackles. Phillips is roughly on the same pace he was last year. Shaq - half of the amount of sacks and not even half of the solo tackles. Living in SoFla I can guarantee you the conversation has come up repeatedly - why did they pay Lawson what they did and how did Buffalo get so much out of him last year.
Star? He's missed!!
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41 minutes ago, RoyBatty is alive said:
I am ready to call Oliver a bust and small for DT, Hughes is old & a one trick pony, Philips & Murphy sat for valid reason, Espenoza is also small and we might have the worst starting guards in the NFL. Both our trenches are laughable. I am about ready to pack it in on both Edmunds & Ford, they need a couple more years til they are ready.
Oh I can, quite easily. Last night felt like an old Pats-Buf game when Belichek decided not to run up the score, just do enough absent one fluke play, they still when. After mid Q3 we need multiple breaks to get back in the game. There are no 9 point fluke plays in the NFL.
The guards aren't good and the center of the D-line misses Star BADLY!!!
That being said Edmunds was a pro bowl level player last year at 21 years old - a little early to pack it in on young guy who is just entering his 3rd season. No Reid wasn't cutting the Bills a break and not running up the score because he's a nice guy and Belichek never did that either.
As for Epenesa - he's young with no rookie camp, no mini camps, no preseason games and limited training camp but he's not "small". He's 6'6" 260 lbs - the top 5 DEs in sacks so far this season are Garrett 6'4" 270lbs, Graham 6'2" 265lbs, Ogbah 6'4" 275lbs, Ngakoue 6'2" 245lbs and Hendrickson 6'4" 270lbs. That's an average of 6'3" 265lbs. Epenesa isn't small - he's about average
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2 hours ago, YoloinOhio said:
Ford carted off last night -
With all of the injuries to the CBs I wonder if the Bills might kick the tires on Trumaine Johnson. Tramon Williams is available too but he's up there in age. At guard Warford is still out there.
Not and injury but with Star being out and how poor they have been against the run (hope people appreciate what he brings to the defensive line now) I wouldn't mind them taking a look at Dareus either as a space eater.
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50 minutes ago, dave mcbride said:
Different era. Aikman was regarded by pretty much everyone who followed the sport as the most accurate thrower in the league during his prime.
His prime was years were years 4 through 8 and he still had a 79 TD to 52 INT ratio
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42 minutes ago, 2003Contenders said:
Well, Aikman was one of the "Never Joshers" during the pre-draft hype back in 2018, and was very critical of the Bills taking Allen over Rosen. That is one of the reasons that I was really hoping that we would see the Josh of the first 4 games last night, just so that Aikman would have to shut his mouth.
Alas, that was not meant to be as Josh clearly missed on a few passes.
As an aside, though, for those of you who are old like me and remember Aikman's playing days... he could NOT THROW A WET FOOTBALL. When playing in raining conditions, for whatever reason, he could not get a proper grip on the ball and it would not come out of his hand properly. Maybe he should have taken that into context with last night's game.
Regarding accuracy, it is true that during his era, Troy Aikman was one of the most accurate QBs in the NFL. The Dallas practices were legendary as supposedly the balls on some days would never hit the ground. There are others in more recent years like Brady and Brees who have managed on pinpoint accuracy rather than having elite arm strength. We've seen Josh be deadly accurate, so it's not like he is incapable. I can't sit here and tell you that he will ever be a consistently 65% accurate QB -- that just may never be who he is. But he has so many other things in his arsenal that such a short-coming may not be the end of the world.
And, BTW, Terry Bradshaw was never a 60% completion guy either. A different era, I know, but that is one of the things about Josh Allen, he really is a throwback style QB.
The game last night was billed as Mahomes Against Allen, and Mahomes definitely won the first round. However, one QB had the benefit of RBs who rushed for a combined 300 yards, while the other led his team in rushing. One had very little pressure in his face all night, while the other was constantly besieged by unblocked defenders (and actually did a pretty good job averting the pressure).
Does Josh need to be better? Absolutely. The miss on the pass to a wide open Singletary in the first quarter as well as the miss to Beasley across the middle are passes he has to make -- and either one of those 3rd down completions could very well have resulted in a different outcome to this game.
Thank you for the thoughtful reply - not only because I agree with you fully but also because I'm old like you and remember his playing days clearly. Additionally, Irvin, Harper, Novacek, Smith, Johnston, Williams... all great pass catchers!! They caught just about everything and dropped few.
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Now people are seeing why Star is so valuable.
As to why they look bigger it's simple.
The person standing always looks bigger than the person on their back.
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I wanted to offer an observation about Allen and Aikman. I'm sorry in advance but it exactly what I was thinking last evening while watching the game and was wondering if others thought this too.
Yes, early in the game Aikman talked about Allen's pro day lauding how strong Allen's arm is but later Aikman said, paraphrasing, you can't teach accuracy and Allen isn't and won't be accurate.
That was coming out of the mouth of a HOF QB that played 12 seasons and in only half of those did he have a completion percentage above 60%. Not in any of those 12 did he have a season above 70%.
Allen right now, after two stinkers, one in the rain (rather in a mostly dome like the one Aikman spent all of his home games in) is at 67.1% which still beats Aikman's second best season of 65.3% and only slightly trails Aikman's 1993 season in which he completed 69.1% of his passes.
Additionally, in the last two games Allen completed 63.4% (Tenn) and 51.9% (KC) of his passes. In Aikman's 1993 season he had back to back games in weeks 6 and 7 of 60% completed and 47.4% completed. That season also happened to be Aikman's 5th year in the league and the season in which he completed 69.1%.
Through his first three years Aikman averaged 58.6% completed while throwing 31 TDs vs 38 interceptions. If we add in his rushing TDs it's 34 total TDs vs 38 picks.
Allen in his first 3 years to date? 58.7% completed, 46 passing TDs vs 25 interceptions. Again, if we add in his rushing TDs it's 66 total TDs to 25 picks.
Oh and one more note over his first three seasons Aiken played in and started started 38 games - Allen has played in 34 and started 33 so far. I could breakdown the first 16 games of each vs the second 16 games of each but I don't think that's necessary and it would be only uglier for Aikman.
So for Aikman a HOF QB to dismiss Allen at this point of his career and say he'll never be accurate when the trajectory and timeline Allen is on so far surpasses his own seems absurd to me.
One more note - I'd love to ask Aikman how come when Allen missed a throw it was about his accuracy issues but when Mahomes missed one it was because the ball is slippery and it's tough to throw in the weather?
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Just now, YoloinOhio said:
Hughes and Addison don’t play on the same side
I was just going by how they have them listed on the depth chart.
Zimmer and Cox aren't even on it yet.
I find it hard to believe the UFDA the Bills signed out of Ferris State 4 years ago and cut 4 years ago, signed to the Saints and cut from the Saints after get signed to Montreal's practice squad before getting activated for their last game of the season 3 years ago, signed and waived by the Falcons 2 years ago, signed by the Browns and cut a year ago and then signed again by the Bills in August to be cut in September then added to the PS is suddenly going to be the answer in the middle.
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So the Left side is going to be Johnson and Epenesa while the Right will be Hughes, Addison and Cox Jr?
Then Butler backed up by Zimmer - he all of 6'3" 290 with 4 career tackles?
Through in Milano being out and I don't see how Kelce and Edwards-Helaire or going to have a field day while Mahomes will be able to relax.
Yikes!!!
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5 minutes ago, Greg S said:
If I remember correctly that KC game was at Arrowhead. At least we get them at home this time. Although homefield doesn't count for much these days.
You are correct sir. That game was played at Arrowhead.
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Let me start with I'm not for trading anything to the Jets for Bell!
However, let's say hypothetically the Jets would take a conditional 6th or 7th round pick for him.
The Bills could add him or the season at the cost of $5.84 million and leave the Jets with a dead cap hit of around $12 million. The way his contract is structured Buffalo could then trade him or release him in the offseason with next to no cap hit.
Again I'm not advocating for this but if it happened not only could the Bill screw the Jets but they could get a solid second back who would want nothing more than to stick it to Gase.
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I didn't want to look ahead but I couldn't help it.
I peeked.
The last time the Bills started 5-0 was 1991 and they beat the Fins, Steelers, Jets, Bucs and Bears while averaging 32 points per game.
The current addition of the Bills is averaging 31 points per game.
The 1991 Bills lost in week 6 to drop to 5-1. They lost on Monday night to the Kansas City Chiefs 33-6
Ironic the Bills, with a win tonight will be 5-0 just like that 1991 team and facing the Chiefs on a Monday night in week 6.
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2 minutes ago, Logic said:
Does anyone know how much the Titans usually make use of their fullback, Khori Blasingame?
I see that he is unlikely to play in this game as he has not yet been activated from the COVID Reserve list.
Do the Titans usually use a lot of 21 and 22 personnel? Could the lack of healthy fullback negatively impact their running game, or is that just wishful thinking on my part?He played 41 snaps on offense so far. That's roughly 18%
Also that's up significantly from last year when he took only 68 snaps or roughly 7% of the offensive snaps on the season.
Over his 6 games last year and 3 this year he hasn't carried the ball once and been targeted with a pass only 6 times.
So if's only 6 targets on 109 snaps and he is in the game you can bet hard on he's in there to block on a running play.
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On 10/3/2020 at 11:18 PM, DJB said:
Love that our FO is always working.
That was Lance's only game he is going to play this year because of Covid.
It's only game he's playing because he said he's going to skip the spring season - his last two years and enter the draft.
I don't blame him. Lots of hype for a guy who completed 50% of his passes, averaged 5 ypa, tossed 2 TDs and 1 Int plus took 3 sacks against the Central Arkansas Bears
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19 minutes ago, FlaFitz1 said:
I have been monitoring the Titans transactions and while they activated Isaiah Wilson, DaQuan Jones and Beau Brinkley they still have 8 on the COVID list. I can't imagine they would be playing tomorrow if they haven't been activated and practiced as of today.
So their depth chart looks something like
QB - Tannehill, Logan Woodside
RB - Henry, Evans, McNichols
WR - AJ Brown Q (he had a full practice yesterday)
WR - Kalif Raymond
WR - Nick Westbrook-Ikhine
TE - Jonnu Smith, Anthony Firkser, Geoff Swaim
LT - Taylor Lewan Q (he was limited in practice yesterday with a shoulder injury), Ty Sambrailo
LG - Rodger Saffold III, Daniel Munyer
C - Ben Jones, Aaron Brewer
RG - Nate Davis, Jamil Douglas
RT - Dennis Kelly, Isaiah Wilson
LDE - Matt Dickerson
NT - DaQuan Jones, Isaiah Mack
RDE - Jack Crawford, Larrell Murchison
WLB - Clowney, Vic Beasley Jr
LILB - Jayon Brown, David Long JR.
RILB - Rashaan Evans, Will Compton, Nick Dzubnar
SLB - Harlod Landry III, Derick Roberson
LCB - Malcolm Butler, Tye Smith, Chris Milton
SS - Kevin Vaccaro, Joshua Kalu
FS - Kevin Byard, Amani Hooker
RCB - Johnathan Joseph, Chris Jackson
That's 20 on offense and 23 on defense plus their 3 regular special teams players.
46 total from their normal 53 - yes they brought some players up from the Practice Squad.
More importantly looking at this "depth chart" should the Bills tee-off on Henry and the run game? That's only 3 WRs from the 53 that started the year and two of the were the 4th and 5th receivers on that 53 while Brown is returning from injury.
Additionally, do you think the Bills should use a healthy dose of Singletary and Moss seeing the Titans are down to basically 1 LDE? Or would you think that the Titan's pass rush will struggle allowing Allen time to survey the field and spread the ball around?
I did a little more digging on the Titans percentage of snaps week 1 and the compared it to the projected starters above depth chart.
Week 1
Tannehill - 100%
Henry - 61%
Brown - 66%
Raymond - 22%
Westbrook-Ikhine - 0%
Smith - 73%
Lewan - 86%
Saffold - 100%
Jones - 100%
Davis - 100%
Kelly - 100%
Dickerson - 36%
Jones - 61%
Crawford - 22%
Clowney - 80%
Brown - 100%
Evans - 22%
Landry - 97%
Butler - 95%
Vaccaro - 100%
Byard - 100%
Joseph - 75%
Again - while their O-line is intact - those receivers should be shut down making the Titans one dimensional on offense. If the Bills can get out to a big enough lead it could force Tennessee to abandon the run and put the game in the hands of Tannehill and what is for the most part and inexperienced WR group. Defensively their back half is solid but with some strong runs taking advantage of their front 3 mixed with a healthy dose of play action there is no reason the Bills can't eat clock.
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I have been monitoring the Titans transactions and while they activated Isaiah Wilson, DaQuan Jones and Beau Brinkley they still have 8 on the COVID list. I can't imagine they would be playing tomorrow if they haven't been activated and practiced as of today.
So their depth chart looks something like
QB - Tannehill, Logan Woodside
RB - Henry, Evans, McNichols
WR - AJ Brown Q (he had a full practice yesterday)
WR - Kalif Raymond
WR - Nick Westbrook-Ikhine
TE - Jonnu Smith, Anthony Firkser, Geoff Swaim
LT - Taylor Lewan Q (he was limited in practice yesterday with a shoulder injury), Ty Sambrailo
LG - Rodger Saffold III, Daniel Munyer
C - Ben Jones, Aaron Brewer
RG - Nate Davis, Jamil Douglas
RT - Dennis Kelly, Isaiah Wilson
LDE - Matt Dickerson
NT - DaQuan Jones, Isaiah Mack
RDE - Jack Crawford, Larrell Murchison
WLB - Clowney, Vic Beasley Jr
LILB - Jayon Brown, David Long JR.
RILB - Rashaan Evans, Will Compton, Nick Dzubnar
SLB - Harlod Landry III, Derick Roberson
LCB - Malcolm Butler, Tye Smith, Chris Milton
SS - Kevin Vaccaro, Joshua Kalu
FS - Kevin Byard, Amani Hooker
RCB - Johnathan Joseph, Chris Jackson
That's 20 on offense and 23 on defense plus their 3 regular special teams players.
46 total from their normal 53 - yes they brought some players up from the Practice Squad.
More importantly looking at this "depth chart" should the Bills tee-off on Henry and the run game? That's only 3 WRs from the 53 that started the year and two of the were the 4th and 5th receivers on that 53 while Brown is returning from injury.
Additionally, do you think the Bills should use a healthy dose of Singletary and Moss seeing the Titans are down to basically 1 LDE? Or would you think that the Titan's pass rush will struggle allowing Allen time to survey the field and spread the ball around?
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Instead of practicing they will be forced to sit in their respective meeting rooms for one full day watching nothing the Robert Kraft "massage" tape on loop.
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16 minutes ago, Greg S said:
If the Chiefs game is played Sunday then it becomes CBS #1 game and its not even close. I would guess 4:25 start which will be broadcast to the entire country with Romo and Nance calling it. Just my guess.
I would think they would have to make up for Fox losing the Thursday game - that would mean either the 4:25 game opposite GB and TB - which is the only late game that day or perhaps Sunday night on Fox opposite NBC showing the Rams and San Fran
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I was told the game will be nationally broadcast at 7pm on CBS - has anyone else heard this or can anyone confirm that?
Additionally, if they move the KC game to Sunday I was told it will be a late game. Does that mean TV?
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I doubt the League will move the Thursday game to Saturday.
First they already sold that TV time and the sponsors would not be happy. Thursday Night Football is a big money maker for the league.
Secondly, a Saturday game would be completely out of the question because they couldn't televise it. The Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961 exempts the NFL broadcasting rights from antitrust laws. That act forbids the NFL to broadcast games on Friday nights and Saturdays from the 2nd Friday in September through the 2nd Saturday in December.
I can't figure out why some supposed football pundits even floated that idea.
The only options would be a forfeit, moving the game to week 18 (which would most likely mean adding two weeks in between week 17 and the start of the wild card round) or having the Chiefs play the Bills on Sunday instead of the Raiders and the Titans face the Raiders on Thursday (which would be logistically next to impossible at this point.
Looking at the options the most likely would seem to either make the Titans play on Sunday as scheduled with no practice ahead and the facility closed until that day or a forfeit, which I would hate to see.
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Josh Allen up for FedEx Air Player of the week.
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Am I the only one that thinks it would be cool if the Fed-Ex Air Player of the Week (Allen) was facing off against the Fed-Ex Ground Player of the Week (Murray)?