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    Beane’s wizardry yields busts ?

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    Butler, Addison, Jefferson and Klein were nobody's during their career in the NFL.  We spent about $25 mil to bring them to Buffalo.  Not one was ever an All-Pro or Pro Bowl player.  So, you get what you pay for!

    3 minutes ago, MAJBobby said:

    Beane buys the Ingredients that McD wants. 
     

    Meaning soft, quiet (unlike Jordan Phillips) and coach-able players regardless of talent!

    KC-BUF: 5 Things

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    4 minutes ago, dma0034 said:

    This defense needs to sign a DT. As much as I don't like Dareus I would almost welcome it. The Chiefs ran up the middle so many plays and got 5-8 yards.

    I wrote a post about this yesterday and it was kicked off the board.  Something is wrong in the middle f the line.

    Have the Bills gone CHEAP at the Nose Tackle position?

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    21 minutes ago, BillsFan692 said:

    We have a guy named vernon butler on our team?

     

     

    come on man - - his name is in the post!!

    12 minutes ago, Gambit said:

    Your title clearly states whether the Bills were cheap on DTs. They are 4th in spending and used a recent 1st round pick on one. As for quality, well that's a completely different story. 

    AGAIN - Phillips, Jefferson and Oliver are not true NT's. 

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    Have the Bills gone CHEAP at the Nose Tackle position?

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    43 minutes ago, gobills404 said:

    We're 4th in spending at DT

     

    https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/positional/defensive-tackle/

    those 4 guys making up that stat include Quinton Jefferson who is really a DE, Ed Oliver that shouldn't be playing in the middle and Harrison Phillips that has yet shown very little.  Having a lot of guys doesn't mean you have quality players.  Sorry!

     

    38 minutes ago, Virgil said:

    The real question is:  

     

    What’s more effective - McD’s rotation method or the big named player with a price tag?

    someone has to be tough right up the gut!  We don't have that at Nose Tackle!

    Have the Bills gone CHEAP at the Nose Tackle position?

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    The top paid NT's in the NFL make $12 mil plus.  Aaron Donald for the LAR is at $22 mil and DeForest Buckner of the Colts gets $21 mil. 

    Of the top 25 DT's by salary the Bills have only Vernon Butler at #23 at $7.5 mil.  Star is 28th at $6.2 mil.

     

    Maybe we've overlooked this position (NT) by signing a group of never-been players to the DL in the off-season?

    Bills are a Good, Solid NFL Team.

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    2 hours ago, BuffaloBobs said:

     

    This is absolutely worth considering -- our team is far from the only winning team to have uncharacteristic struggles on defense this season.

     

    Baltimore's strong defense almost let a completely depleted Eagles team back into their game today, while the Colts defense that has been one of the strongest this year gave up 27 to the Bengals and put up a stinker against the Jaguars.

    All teams this season are showing D problems.  Was it the short training camps or the fact that D players are rotated around the NFL in free agency?  Nobody wants to pay $10 mil a season for a DL or LB!

    Bills have addressed slippery turf issue

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    13 hours ago, Back the Blue said:

    So they put in new turf before last season, by a local company whose resumé is limited, and they are having problems with it?   Who would have guessed?

     

     

     

    "A Turf" of Williamsville NY has got the bid through the county the last few seasons.  They aren't in any other NFL stadiums or major college programs.  Their claim to fame locally are the Bills, Niagara Falls HS and UB Stadium where the Bulls play.   

    Bills are a Good, Solid NFL Team.

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    8 minutes ago, TroutDog said:


    I’ll argue this: Murphy and Hughes are not terrible. Hughes, in particular, has not been setting the edge, but Murphy has (oh, how the tables have turned!). 
     

    Phillips has been better than good, so has...one of the new guys...Addison (?). Milano is very good and so is Edmunds when he’s not injured. That makes your argument a challenge, from my point of view. 
     

    Ok, not enough depth? I’ll buy that. But with the general slant of the NFL towards O, I’d expect this to go on. What that means for future draft picks, etc. is another discussion. 

    agree on D depth - but - money has to be saved to re-sign Josh, Diggs etc.   It is a good team

    My 2 biggest disappointments this year are Edmunds & Oliver

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    5 minutes ago, Agent 91 said:

    Ouch I didn't even know that!

    Unfortunate truth

    Butler, Addison and Jefferson were F/A's that should never have been starting for a good team.  Nothing in their NFL history shows they are difference makers.  Each get around $6 mil/ year and are just hanging on in the NFL.  Sad for the Bills!

    6 minutes ago, Sammy Watkins' Rib said:

    Phillips and Lawson are both badly missed. They were a good duo last year and the vocal leaders of the defense. 

    I have to agree on this. Neither were outstandingly great but as a group they led the Bills in passion! 

    My 2 biggest disappointments this year are Edmunds & Oliver

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    1 minute ago, BillsPride12 said:

    Edmunds has looked absolutely horrible all season and it's clear as day.  I don't think that's the case with Oliver as he has his moments where he can make plays but at the same time he was supposed to be a monster and a gamebreaker but he has really been just average up to this point.  I've been saying for awhile this defense lacks elite talent.  You aren't going to have a top defense in the NFL that can carry you to a championship without at least having one or two elite level players.  

    Very, very true!

    A few thoughts about the Titans game, in no particular order

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    15 minutes ago, Virgil said:

    A series circuit is great when everyone is working together and puts on a great light show.  But when you're totally reliant upon in and one part goes down, the whole thing goes down. 

     

    1 - Tuesday Night Game - Say what you want about COVID rescheduling and if the Titans deserve responsibility, both teams still had to go out any play the game today.  Both teams were missing key players.  Both teams had their normal rhythm thrown off.  But only one team decided to not show up tonight and I have no sympathy for millionaire athletes who don't show up.  Yes, that probably sets the tone for the rest of this.  While I do give credit to the Titans for having a good defensive game plan against us, we also have coaches who's job is to game plan and get their players up for the game.

     

    2 - Mistakes - I was going to call out a few players with their own individual thoughts, but by the time we got to the 3rd quarter, I stopped tracking.  To say we weren't mentally in this game today would be the understatement of a lifetime.  If the false starts weren't enough, every receiver, besides Beasley, found a way to drop a pass.  Roberts took dropping a pass to a new level, and tried to make up for it with some ill-advised kick-off returns.  Neal lost his lane on the huge punt return.  The defense contributed with some really stupid late hits on 3rd down, poor tackling, and other mishaps I'll get to later.  Even Allen was a team player and threw his first real interception of the season, and boy was it a bad one.  For anyone watching the Bills in their first evening prime time game, it'd be very easy for you to think this was the same old Bills.

     

    3 - Allen - While I credit the Titans for running a similar 3 deep coverage and making Allen beat them with small passes downfield, Allen also had quite a bit of time to throw.  The ridiculous amount of drops couldn't have helped his confidence, but that's not something that's really ever shaken him before.  However, come third quarter, you could see that Allen was rattled and making some throws we aren't used to this season.  Not a single throw was attempted more than 20 yards downfield and his interception really was that bad.  I get that Brown was out, who has really become Allen's security blanket, but that's not enough to excuse this offensive performance.

     

    4 - Ten years the waves roll the ships home from the sea,

    Thinkin' well how it may blow in all good company,

    If I tell another what your own lips told to me,

    Let me lay 'neath the roses, till my eyes no longer see.

     

    5 - Rushing attack - While the Titans have made the play action a fundamental part of their offense, our play action is as believable as those tax refund scam callers.  We maybe ran 3 times with Allen under center.  Everything else was out of the pistol or shotgun.  Motor had no head start on the defense nor was called for any outside zone runs.  I'm really starting to get concerned with our rushing offense and I think it's more about Daboll than Motor, especially against a poorly ranked Titans rush defense.  We've got to have some form of rushing attack that opposing teams can respect, and not because Allen is scrambling. 

     

    6 - Norman - Hailed as one of the defensive heroes last week, Norman was anything but this week.  On the first touchdown of the game, Norman didn't even seem to be aware he was in on the play as he made zero attempt on the ball.  I'm not sure if Angry Runs includes plays called back on penalty, but I'm sure Norman hopes not.  Norman played like a guy who had to settle for a one year deal and missed the first three games. Opposite of Tre and being able to play more zone, I'm sure Norman can be a helpful part of the team, but he wasn't ready for AJ Brown at all today. 

     

    7 - Taron - I debated talking about multiple defensive backs, but Taron Johnson also got abused tonight  On a 3rd and long, he got absolutely abused on a route and the look on his face afterwards said it all.  He was badly beaten on a few plays and overall showed that DB has to be a priority in FA or in the draft.  There's no reason our defensive backs should overall be this bad without Tre, especially when the Titans were without their #2 and 3 receivers. 

     

    8 - Defense - The best way to prevent Allen from showing his 4th quarter magic (that probably wasn't going to happen tonight), is to not let Allen see the field in the 4th quarter.  We not only allowed a rushing TD to Tannehill, but also a 20 yard rush later in the 4th quarter.  When we did send pressure, it was up the middle and had no affect on Tannehill's passes.  We made him look competent, and you know how hard that is to do.  Oliver non-existent again.  Yes, we also gave them great field position on a few plays, but our defense did nothing to make Tannehill uncomfortable.  We didn't generate a single turnover gave up 42 points to the Titans.  Yes, we got BLOWN OUT by the Titans.  Take away the short field for two of those touchdowns, there's still 21 points out there and our complete inability to get them off the field in the 4th.

     

    9 - Edmunds - Unless he absolutely loses a game for us or turns it around, this is the last week I'm going to talk about Edmunds.  I don't know the extent of his injury, but Edmunds is not playing anywhere near up to his potential.  He had one good 3rd down break up pass, but that's about it today.  He fell off of multiple tackles and was terrible in coverage.  On one play in particular, Edmunds was covering the middle of the short field and had no offensive Titans anywhere near him besides Brown, whom he proceeds to make a catch within a few yards of him and doesn't react at all.  If I'm being to hard on the kid, let me know.  But when is the last time his name was mentioned in a positive or dominating way.

     

    10 - McD/Espenesa - On 3rd and 7, Espenesa jumped Offside on a hard count by Tannehill.  While that was par for the course tonight, the reaction wasn't.  Unless I've missed it, I've never seen McD pull a player off the field for a mistake and it goes to overall show how bad tonight was.  If McClappy and captain positive himself had a moment like that on camera, then that's all you need to know.  I also found it interesting that McD called a timeout when down 35-16 instead of letting the game end.  I take that to mean he's trying to prove a point about not giving up and executing correctly going forward.  However, in giving up two more touchdowns afterwards, I don't think that message landed.  I would love to be a fly on the wall in that locker room and hope the beating is worthy of this performance.  The streak of not getting blown out is also over.

     

    LVP - It's hard to pick one person in this pit of misery, but Roberts has to get it or me.  The fumble at the end of the game wasn't going to change anything, but add in the early interception, the poor return choices, and drops....Congrats Andre.  You earned it!

     

     

    One of the unwritten rules is to not post one of these so close to the end of the game and let things simmer.  However, it's Tuesday, I'm tired, and this wasn't a game.  Also, ***** you Vrabel and Tannehill for the last touchdown pass.  That's a dick move and you know it.  Titans climbed up the list of hated teams with this game and entire mess. 

     

    4-1 with the Chiefs coming up.  We need to get healthy quick.

     

    Go Bills

    The Bills defense has looked awful all year.  Regardless of missing White & Milano they are slow and poor tacklers. NO PASS RUSH!

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