Don Otreply
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4 minutes ago, HOUSE said:
Beane is moving down , but not for a corner
You did that on purpose...
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27 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said:
The oblique was a known injury but not the extent. It was not reported what exactly was the issue with the oblique and downplayed by Diggs throughout the playoffs
I hear ya, Diggs is a hard guy, that likely hurt every time he cut, leaped, and reached for the ball. We have a strong receiver Corp to say the least, and if Hodgins rises we will be doing even better.
As I think of it, it may be why Diggs did a lot of sliding to avoid direct hits, during the season, might have been going on longer than we knew...
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I thought this was a known injury that Diggs played with in the later part of the season, with him and the rest of our WRs all playing injured is why the short comings in our run game were so pronounced, and prompted Beans comments in the season ending PC, about the run game schemes/blocking etc, this is why I am confident that with our preferred O line guys all healthy at the same time finally, (which didn’t happen last season) and our RBs more keyed in on technique and execution our offense should be firing on all cylinders, especially with our wideouts being healed up as well, it’s going to be an excellent season.
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7 hours ago, dave mcbride said:
I could be wrong. I also suspect that they weren't particularly thrilled with Star last season. But I'm guessing here. I just don't think they want guys who think there's a bigger world out there than football and the team culture that goes with it.
That imo, would show a very dark side to SMs personality, and would in the short and long term tend to drive players away from wanting to hitch their wagons (families) to the Bills train, it would appear to go against all the “we are a family and love one another” talk that SM so readily professes, jmo.
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16 minutes ago, dave mcbride said:
At the end of the day, my sense is that McDermott wants no part of people who opted out. Maybe I'm reading too much into his "cultural mindset" (broadly conceived, if you know what I mean), but that's my sense. I could well be wrong.
I think you’re wrong, the family bond plays a big part in SMs life, and he has a strong conviction in supporting that bond, most guys opted out to protect that very thing, just like Star did.
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On 4/27/2021 at 5:31 PM, John from Riverside said:
My point is that "average" NFL players dont stink......not everyone on your team can be an all pro.....some of them just "do their job and can be upgraded at any time"
*****....there was a time on this board when people actually liked Mongo......sometime before his injury last year that he had to play with perhaps?
Lots never noticed or have forgotten that our preferred O line starting five did not play together last season, but that would take paying attention and having a functioning memory... kinda hard for some to keep track of the tiny stuff like who’s injured or out on the O line..., shakes head, walks away...,
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5 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said:
No Bills related angst except over who the pats get at QB
Valid point, we can hope that Billy’s generally poor drafting continues...,
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Now look up Tua’s ball velocity..., if your looking for some humor... , iirc it’s twenty mph + slower, 😁👍
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Has the angst started to rise anywhere in Bills nation, or are we all quietly confident?
Me, I’m very confident.
Go Bills!!!
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36 minutes ago, jeremy2020 said:
I'll take that bet.
Regardless of circumstances, Darnold was the worst QB in the NFL. I watched their games (and enjoyed it greatly) last season and when he had no pressure on him he seemed confused about who actually played for his team, took a long time to process the field, making sill mental errors like running out of bounds behind the line (multiple times) and was not in command of the offense at all. The *SAME* problems he had in college.
I'm not sure why a guy who had problems in college, continued those problems in the pros is suddenly going to turn it around because he gets the 'good' coaching. On top of that, it's exceedingly rare that a clear top 10 bust (let's say 20th and below for 3 years running) leaves the team that drafted them and then goes on to success elsewhere. There's a reason for that.
Most of his "he's gonna turn it around" hype seems to be from people who are carrying over that Darnold was a highly touted prospect in the draft and haven't watched him in the last two years.
Gase is a control freak buffoon who only ever had success when he was getting Manning coffee, but Darnold was awful. Their offense performed better with the animated corpse of a disinterested Joe Flacco. Both gase and Darnold can be bad at the same time.
I never alluded to Darnold resurrecting his career, I did though point out part of why he did so poorly, ie: Adam Gase..., who is a nutter to put it kindly...
Sam has this upcoming season to save his career, if he doesn’t show a very big step forward he’s pretty much done, he will become a BU QB or be out of the league, jmo.
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7 hours ago, jeremy2020 said:
Jordan Palmer also said Sam Darnold was going to be great.
Two words for ya on that; Adam Gase, it’s like the right and left bower of defeat...
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4 hours ago, HOUSE said:
Bruce would be asking for a billion dollars ...lol
The Bills need to clone him ASAP, the Pegs have the coin to do it...
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25 minutes ago, Royale with Cheese said:
So he's no Andre 3000?
But who is? And what a wardrobe to boot...
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If he has “Iffy hands” that is a fail on the #1 skill a receiver or P/k returner is supposed to have already mastered, just sayin...
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3 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:
I mean the numbers actually bear it out that there is a greater chance of success at the top of the draft. Drafting isn't an exact science and Beane might extract fantastic value at #30 from a guy that others have passed over but most of the guys the mockers have going high will be most of the guys that do go high and the hit rate on them when we look back in 5 years time will almost certainly be higher than the hit rate for guys taken 20-30. As for mocks having no value to Brandon Beane.... well the truth is he uses them. Whether they will do it this year sitting at #30 with so many variables in front I'm not sure but in the past they have run mock drafts among the scouting staff to do scenario planning for what might unfold.
I hear what you’re saying, but does it not fall into the obvious category that better players will be higher selections, and have greater odds of success? Of course Beane uses hypotheticals to organize his methods, that makes obvious sense, but Beane doesn’t share his in work methods with others outside of his circle. What I was referencing is the endless number of talking heads nonstop steam of hypothetical draft scenarios, that in very short order becomes the worthless Babel that it is.
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Like Ethan said, it far easier to limit a QBs potential than to make great strides in improving them. ( Gase & Darnold) It appears there are coaches that do not know how to best use and build around a QBs more prevalent skills, and instead force the use of schemes regardless of a scheme suiting the skill set of their QB, I suspect that there would be less overt failures of QBs if coaches had better skills themselves, jmo.
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3 minutes ago, DrDawkinstein said:
Funny! But...
Rumors are that the Pats and Carolina already have something in place to get the Pats up to #8.
Gilmore would definitely not mind going him to the Carolina area.
Could see him being fine with going there. Could see the Panthers happy to bring him in. Just sayin.
Could be, but rumors this time of year tend to not pan out,
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I hear you IM, but like BPA, 1st round grades are quite subjective, every teams situation is driven by a different set of Needs.
That and the pundits/mock drafters are wrong the vast majority of the time, so what they project is of little value to a smart GM, this year Beane is gonna gut punch the league, and they won’t see it coming, it’s gonna be fun to watch it happen, jmo. -
1 hour ago, Mr. WEO said:
What?? Newton was one of the dual threat QBs every to come out of college and you say Allen was only being compared to Newton....for their passing games?? Come on! Everyone redraft was commenting on his athleticism and his ability to scramble and run. Even low level buffalo rumblings Madde the obvious observation: " his tape is full of examples of Allen bullying his way for a first down."
Yikes, nuance is not one of your super powers it would appear..., it’s no longer worth explaining...we see this differently and that will have to do, till another thread,
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4 minutes ago, jamiezzz said:
Why would anyone in the top 10 want Gilmore, and his contract. I'd assume they would be a bit far away from a super bowl to take him.
Oh, but just think how much Gilmore will enjoy playing for a loser team...
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15 minutes ago, ScottLaw said:
He may not be a back up....
Could be, but he was never the first choice last season, it was injuries to others that got him playing time, not out playing the starters, but as I said, ya can’t have enough good O line guys, cause ya never know...,
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I always hope other teams screw up their draft selections, but that’s just me I guess...
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Good, I think he will get better from working on his technique and execution..., good quality back up signing! Just can’t have enough good O line guys.
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1 hour ago, BillsFan130 said:
Well with all die you respect you said I was "pessimistic ".
Just because I don't have blind optimism about everything and I critique players on this team doesn't mean I'm pessimistic.
When did blind optimism get mentioned? Except by you, your choice of verbiage says you’re pessimistic about Singletary, I ‘m talking about one guy, if you go back to my first post I said he could get better, and you and others said he can’t, that would be pessimistic would it not?? I’m thinking he can get back to his first year performance, especially with the emphasis Beane put on the run game in his season ending PC , it’s not that big a stretch if you give it some thought..., let’s just agree to disagree, I’ve got dinner calling, sea scallops wrapped in bacon, you know the food of the blind optimist, 😁👍
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Happy Draft Day!!!
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Beane is Omni present....