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  1. How would Dawkins look next to a better guard?  I just don't see us messing with a guy that's not a problem.  

     

    Agree on the absolute need to address the OL.  I can see the 1st round going to a WR with the OL after that. 1st round reserved for certain positions other than guard (QB, WR, Rush End, Corner).  That puts a WR on a rookie contract that will expire when Diggs is probably done. 

     

    Appreciate your research into the draft class.

     

  2. 2 hours ago, Generic_Bills_Fan said:

    A lot of it is injury related…like everything else this year lol.  It’s pretty normal to be down an offensive linemen but since we were down boettger and bates too, van roten gets forced to play center when Mitch morse gets hurt. We were doing a great job against miamis front 7 before morse went down…it felt like josh had all day to throw the whole first half 
     

    couple that with the fact that there just aren’t many good offensive linemen coming out of college anymore.  

     

  3. 6 hours ago, GunnerBill said:

     

    Firing Frazier would be a serious error. He is one of the best DCs in football.

    Additionally, McDermott isn't powerless to influence the defense either in-game or in general scheme/philosophy. I can't dump on Frazier other that to say it was a bad night for run D. We'll never know, but hopefully there was some kind of old school ass chewing at halftime. 

  4. 21 minutes ago, Success said:

    I was just about to start a "snowballs" thread - but more to just express how friggin' embarrassing that was on national TV.  We're not Philly.

     

    I know it was Saturday & fans were drinking, but that was just dopey behavior.  We were lucky to not get a penalty.

     

    Agree. Makes Buffalo fans look like drunken trash. 

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  5. 17 hours ago, BillsShredder83 said:

    Vaguely remember a story about ice balls thrown at Cox as a kid.

     

    Did we throw em because of the middle finger or was there already hostility. Im 34, remember hating Fins by like 5th grade, but has been since then i actually hated them. Good to have that back ! 🖕 the Fins

    I remember a big sign in the stadium saying, "Marino loves Cox". ❤️ 

     

    Good times.

  6. 7 hours ago, Big Turk said:

    Allen played in Wyoming.

     

    It's less about growing up in cold/snow than it is about playing in it regularly. Anyone can become accustomed to it but it's a lot harder for teams that aren't used to it to get over that mental hurdle of playing in it. 

     

    Sometimes you can see those teams are defeated by the weather before even getting on the field.

    ARMY: Train the way you fight

    NFL Team:  Practice the way you play

     

    If the Bills want a cold weather advantage, they have to practice in it.

  7. 1 hour ago, saundena said:

    I've been watching the game for almost 30 years but admittedly, I'm not a very strong X's and O's fella. 

     

    I know the basics of course and understand at a high level the chess match that is Offense versus Defens; but always find myself watching the ball versus diagnosing and recognizing what is happening before and after the snap. I think having a better understanding of these things and increasing my ability to recognize them in real time will enhance my enjoyment of the game.

     

    Do anybody have recommendations for a really good football X's and O's book that really goes into the details on thing like blocking schemes, coverage packages, how players' talent and physical traits impact personnel groupings and substitutions, etc?

     

    Thanks!

     

    Good post.  I'm the same. 

     

    I started watching some Cover 1 stuff and I had no idea how much I've always missed in terms of X&Os, individual technique, "concepts", etc.  My revelation is that what is happening is happening very quickly.  It's almost like the challenge of watching hockey and learning to not lose sight of the puck.  Cover 1 will break down a few plays and stop after just a few frames to break the plays or individual play into digestible segments.  Without this it's just a blur to me.

     

    The TV coverage is selective and doesn't compare with the All 22.  Replays seem scarce.  We see a player "miss" a tackle when in analysis, it wasn't their assignment to begin with and the guilty party is out of the frame.  Interceptions always look like the QB's fault unless you know where the receiver was supposed to be.  Point being that bombastic claims of failure and incompetence are often un-justified.  Watching the Cover 1 segments has greatly softened my overly critical views on Edmunds.  I've come to really appreciate some of the D-line play.  

     

    The more I understand the game, the more the peripheral stuff like gambling, player celebrities, non-game drama, sports politics, etc. have zero interest to me.

     

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