Billy Claude
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9 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:
I don't think they are close to being the same case
These NFL teams have recorders which know how long players watch film for...
Kyler Murray watched very little film.. so much so they put it into his contract he had to.. Johnny manziel when they reviewed watched zero film
Josh Allen has statistically became elite in the short game... Impossible to do unless you do a lot of film work
There is a difference between watching film on your upcoming opponent... And watching NFL film in general
His week-to-week opponent doesn't matter as much because he is played so uniquely... What he needs to do is watch tape of how 25 other teams has played him across years
Which he obviously does because he's a world-class quarterback
I have to disagree Not that Allen is not a world class quarterback, that this by itself means he definitely must be watching enough film. I agree that he is probably not watching it at Johnny Manziel level. I hate to always go back to the same point, but teams play Kyler Murray uniquely also. Allen's film watching habits were so poor that his friends in the Bills QB room tease him about it and a very friendly interviewer asks him about it, that must have been pretty noticeable indeed.
I am not aware that he is statistically elite in the short game. I have not looked at the data but it doesn't seem like it from the eye-test, which of course could be wrong. I agree that he definitely looked better in the short game after Brady came in and there were some games where the short game really looked very good.
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30 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:
Listen he certainly can be more dialed in... He's very relaxed at times which is what you want but he's too relaxed at times
When he is focused he is the best in the world ... Remember he's 27.. i have no doubt with maturity he will be the best at 30
OK, then we partially agree then.
I just find his explanations, i.e., excuses, for not watching film cringe-worthy. My test is to put the words into the mouth of Kyler Murray and ask how people would respond to that. Kyler Murray watches film too with his coaches etc.., what Murray was not watching was the stuff they told him to review on his own. If it was that noticeable thatthe others QBs in the Bill's QB room were teasing Allen about it and that McAfee heard about it, Allen must have watched very little film indeed. Hopefully with the ex-gf and Diggs drama gone, it will be easier for Allen to focus.
I feel that all those QBs working out with their receivers stuff is just for show anyway. Even if Allen had wanted to, chances are Diggs wouldn't have shown up and all you would get is questions about why Diggs wasn't there.
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The Bass-o-matic thing was never correct. Bass was never an elite kicker. He was an above average NFL kicker who was good enough for the Bills until last season. Bills opponent kickers have had a higher percentage every year since he has been with the Bills so it is not just weather conditions. Hopefully, it was a nagging injury and he will return to his above average form which is all the Bills need.
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13 hours ago, Buffalo716 said:
Eedy is fucking Frankenstein !
That's why Burns isn't built for the NBA.. he just doesn't have the length
Super poor man's tim Duncan
I don't think he's a top five draft pick... Probably more of a role player in the NBA than a dominant star
Edey is a Super slow Tim Duncan. Zero chance of being a top ten pick, I am guessing early second round.
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4 hours ago, Buffalo716 said:
Completely out of context
Allen said he is played differently than every other QB so film isn't giving him what it does to most
Because he isn't played the same
I am saying if any other qb says this they would get laughed at. I am sure teams don't play Kyler Murray the same way as other qbs either.
If you feel that is reasonable, fine, for me, this is the kind of excuse you expect from a high schooler, not from someone who could and should be an all time great.
I repeat, Allen has very few turnovers in the playoffs. You can't be at the top of your game all the time, but that says if he is prepared and focussed he can be much more consistent.
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30 minutes ago, Mr. WEO said:
Dude just got manhandled by beanpole Zach Eedy
Ok,. I'll bite. Zach Eedy is listed as 7' 4" and 300 lbs and probably weights a little more. Maybe not quite the BMI of a typical NFL interior lineman but how is Eedy a beanpole?
Chet Holmgren is listed as 7' 1" and 209 lbs, Victor Wembanyama is 7'4" and 210 lbs. Those guys are beanpoles.
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4 hours ago, 90sBills said:
I’m not sure if the watching film part is true but there seems to be a lot of smoke about it since last season. What’s clearly accurate is his deficiencies in processing reads and game situational awareness. In short the mental part of being an elite qb. Hoping that he recognizes that and is doing everything he can to improve.Allen specifically said he doesn't want to watch "too much" film. I am sure Kyler Murray feels the same way.
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58 minutes ago, bearstobills said:
Two words....Albert Einstein
No theory of relativity, he's just a cut-rate university professor
Off topic, but actuallllly .... Albert Einstein made amazing scientific accomplshments totally independent of the theory of relativity. For example, his Nobel Prize was not for the theory of relativity which was still somewhat controversial at the time. Einstein would not have, in any way, been a cut-rate university professor even if he never thought about relativity.
OK, back to football.
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47 minutes ago, junior said:
Where did you see that?
Last off-season there was a very similar thread after a "story" from Jason Whitlock about the Diggs-Allen relationship. I understand that Jason Whitlock is not very reliable and I am certainly not saying Whitlock was correct but it definitely counts as a whisper. We had essentially the same thread last off-season and that didn't come out of a vacuum.
As stated upthread, I don't begrudge him taking a few months off and having a little fun to recover mind and body. I am much more concerned about how little film he watched which was confirmed on the McAfee show. McAfee asked Allen about it, which means that Allen not watching much film is a well known fact around the NFL. There was also a story that the backup QBs (Case Keenum and Matt Barkley) used to tease Allen about how little flim he watches. These would also count as whispers.
Before people come back with but he explains that "I don't watch a lot of film because teams play me differently", IMHO, that is a pure BS excuse.
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34 minutes ago, Brand J said:
I think he fears paralysis by analysis and would much rather try to figure it out in real time. It’s no secret why he averages nearly 3 seconds to throw the ball, he’s not always sure where he’s going with it presnap. But like others have said, even if Josh isn’t obsessive about football to the point he lives in the film and weight room, he still has played well enough in the playoffs for the team to win it all. It’s those around him that have let him down. Where would he be if he put in all that extra work? Conventional wisdom says he’d be even better, but he seems to know what’s best for his process, so it’s not necessarily a given that he’d be absolutely better.
I feel the "paralysis by analysis" is just an excuse. Similarly to the "I would get psyched out if I study too much". There are students who study too much but none of them are the ones who study too much are the ones who worry that they would get psyched out by it.
To me, the fact that Allen throws very few interceptions in the playoffs is an indication of what he can be when he is well prepared. You can't be at the top of your game all the time but you can be more consistent. Last season there were two or three times where DBs specificly said that they baited Allen into throwing interceptions. This should not happen (certainly not more than once) if you are prepared as well as you should be.
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Of course Allen is relieved. If you ever worked with or managed a toxic colleague, it's a breath of fresh air when they are gone even if they were a high performer.
The question of whether the Bills are a better team is another story but at least it will be more fun to go to work.
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36 minutes ago, DabillsDaBillsDaBills said:
Has there been even a whisper of resentment towards Josh Allen other than from Diggs?
And I will stress the word whisper as Diggs has never said anything negative about Allen in public.
Of those 2 guys only 1 of them spends every February and March tweeting cryptic ***** intended to stir up drama.
Of those 2 guys only 1 of them skipped voluntary OTAs in 2023 and had the head coach "very concerned".
This isn't a new topic, of course their were whispers. There were whispers last off season also, where people on this board fell over themselves defending Allen.
I myself have no problem with Allen taking a few months off. I am much more concerned that he doesn't like to watch film to the point that the other QBs in the room tease him about it and no, the " teams play me differently excuse" is the kind of BS you expect from your high school kid about why they didn't study.
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11 minutes ago, Ya Digg? said:
So DeCosta is an interesting name you bring up. I feel people around here generally see him as a good GM, but he’s had a lot of misses on draft picks. They have been throwing draft pick after draft pick at wide receivers in the first three rounds ever since they drafted Lamar-have any of them been a huge hit?
I feel that De Costa still gets a bump reputation wise from the glow of Ozzie Newsome. The wide receivers may be limited by Jackson but Marquise Brown hasn't looked great in Arizona either.
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He gets plenty of criticism, especially the last two years. However, we should ask how many NFL GMs have clearly done a better job than Beane. I feel there is only two obvious ones and a bunch who are on a similar level
1. Brett Veach - Chiefs (obviously)
2. Howie Roseman -- Eagles: Two Super Bowls with two different QBs and two different coaches but the team fell apart at the end of last year and they might be in a bit of trouble if it turns out Jalen Hurts is not the guy.
On same level (in no particular order)
3. Eric DeCosta -- Ravens --- always has good drafts but one wonders how high their ceiling is with Lamar Jackson.
4. Brian Gutekunst -- Packers --- nice job transitioning from Rogers to Love.
5. John Lynch -- 49ers -- two super bowls in the weaker NFC. However one has to wonder how much is luck and the extra draft picks the 49ers have gotten, considering how many complete busts he has had in the first round (Solomon Thomas, Reuben Foster, Trey Lance, Javon Kinlaw). Beane never made a mistake anywhere close to the disastrous trade up for Trey Lance.
6. Wes Snead -- Rams -- one Super Bowl victory but mortgaged the future for it.
7. Duke Tobin -- Bengals -- got to one Super Bowl but has not been able to protect Joe Burrow and was extremely lucky to get that Super Bowl.
Off to a good start but not yet proven:
8. Nick Caserio -- Texans -- masterful job rebuilding the Texans and still has a lot of draft capital.
9. Brad Holmes -- Lions -- only two years on the job so far so will need to see sustained success.
I don't know if the OP thinks Beane should be fired but you certainly aren't getting any of these guys to come to Buffalo.
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7 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:
Again I don't think he necessarily is a great head coach
Some guys are better off as assistants.. but in that role he is a very good football coach
I agree, though I would qualify that to say he "was" a very good defensive coordinator. I doubt that he would be very good now.
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1 hour ago, Buffalo716 said:
You literally have that much blind hatred for his stint in buffalo that you disagree that at one point he was one of the best defensive minds in the world?
There is not one person in NFL circles who would say late 90s early 2000 rex Ryan was not a top defensive mind
He was ahead of the game and his system and the numbers they put up show it
His time in Buffalo has nothing to do about how good he was when his head was in the game in his early days
He wasn't a good head coach in Buffalo...... But he was a tremendously good football coach at one point in his life
His Oklahoma Sooners defense was very good before he went to Baltimore .. the Sooners were terrible his only year there.. and he inherited a defense that gave up 30 points a game and was one of the worst in the country... His 1 year his defense kept Oklahoma in games... And was the best part of the team
He definitely started getting full of himself in New York City and that is when he was done
He obviously was a joke in Buffalo @GunnerBill
He certainly did not suck his way up the coaching ranks he's always maxed out talent before he stopped caring
His was an excellent (or at least very good) DC and a good, if overrated, head coach his first two years with the Jets. However, the New York media treated him as a god and the hubris got to him. He spend the rest of his time in NYC and Buffalo doing the funny press conferences and trying to win power struggles with the various GMs instead of actually coaching or adjusting his strategy his players or to the changing game.
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9 minutes ago, SoTier said:
Yes!
He was a crappy HC who got lucky a couple of times and managed to get a few playoff wins. In his 6 seasons with the Jests, he had only 2 winning seasons. His offenses were god awful even with a young QB drafted in the top 5. He did NOTHING to develop Mark Sanchez, so why would anyone think that he could take a raw young QB like Allen and do anything with him?
After his failure with the Jests, he mismanaged and miscoached the Bills for almost 2 seasons before being fired, leaving a talent-depleted team for McDermott. Ryan was a step up from Dick Jauron (easily one of the worst HCs in the NFL in this century), but probably a down-grade from Gailey and Marrone who had significantly less talent to work with.
This one is for all you Ryan fans out there ...
Well stated. Rex is my least favourite Bills coach.
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5 minutes ago, CaptnCoke11 said:
My guess is he’ll be the swing tackle
Ok. Still seems like a lot of money for a guy who was out all last year and hasn't been any good for three years.
8 minutes ago, MAJBobby said:Why? Ever ask yourself why ever WHy the bills telegraphed every sneak was over the LG now starting C.
So why not keep him at tackle? Or are you saying Morse stank because they didn't run QB sneaks thru him? Obviously not Morse's strong suit but it's major revisionist history if people are saying he stank last season.
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2 minutes ago, billsfan89 said:
I think Collins is more so a depth addition. I think they likely view Collins as the David Edwards role last year. A depth o-line player who can play both guard spots or RT and come in as a 6th offensive linemen in jumbo packages. I am all for helping out the depth. Outside of Van Denmark who in limited action showed to be a solid swing tackle the depth was Alex Anderson (an unproven prospect) and Clapp (a marginal backup). Not sure if Collins is making a huge difference but if his medicals are clear you can do worse?
I know it is "up to" 6.5 million but doesn't that mean he will at least get a long look at starting?
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13 minutes ago, uticaclub said:
More talented? We had a huge influx of talent in 2017; nailed the draft, Poyer & Hyde, and Shady was healthy.
Sammy Watkins, Robert Woods, Stephon Gilmore, Ronald Darby. Mario Williams for at least one year. All gone before the first preseason game.
Rex never developed any player with the Bills. Poyer and Hyde were unproven backups. I doubt very much they would have been as good with Rex.
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36 minutes ago, uticaclub said:
Most advanced statistics indicate that the teams in 2015 and 2016 were better than the 2017 playoff team. It would be exciting to see Rex coach Josh.
Really?
The reason they had good advanced statistics is because they were much more talented then the 2017 team. The reason they underperformed was an unprepared, disorganized, lazy, nepotism riddled, and generally awful coaching staff.
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Best OL in years and the Bills are going to replace three positions?
Why not just keep Morse?
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3 hours ago, Beck Water said:
I put a bunch of time into transcribing the Cosell interview on OBL.
Fundamentally, Cosell's take seems to be that he was not (what Cosell calls) a #1 WR in terms of Cold Hard Football Facts driven by watching tape at this time, and was not going to be able to live up to his contract with the Bills.
And Cosell's take is, that's what other teams see when they value him in a trade -a 30+, declining possession receiver.
There may have been stuff that happened within the building that was a factor, but I think it would be a naive take to view his social media posts as pivotal or even significant contributions to the decision to trade him. Stuff like being a Captain but huffing out of the building after a playoff loss and refusing to talk to the media, may have contributed. Stuff we don't know about, may very well have contributed.
Now if I were Diggs, I'd be sleeping with a transcript of what Cosell said under my pillow and reading it before every workout and every game, letting it fire me up and seeing what I could do to make him munch his words.Weren't you the want that posted that Diggs was screaming insults at Allen at halftime of games? If that was not a one or two time occurence and Allen couldn't take care of it himself man to man, then the Bills had to either trade Diggs or Allen and clearly they weren't going to trade Allen.
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24 minutes ago, GASabresIUFan said:
I guess Draft Kings got wind of the deal before the media did.
I hope you didn't make the Diggs staying in Buffalo bet. More proof why I don't gamble.
I don't think DraftKing got wind of it. More likely it was someone in the know telling their friends, and all of them making big bets on Diggs leaving. It was all insider trading
Does Josh Allen still work as hard in the offseason?
in The Stadium Wall
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I am not saying Allen is not a elite QB. He 100% is, I feel he is the second best QB in the league. I can't regard Burrows as second best since he misses a third of the games and is hobbling and ineffective for another third.
What I don't understand is the concept of (A) Allen being pretty much perfect as he is (which you are not saying), or (B) somehow, if he tries to improve on the things he is not good it, it would kill his game.
I guess I don't know what short game statistics you are talking about. To me, statistically elite in the short game would mean getting the ball out quickly and hitting receivers in stride so that they have good YAC. Both of those have never been Allen's strong points and I see very little evidence that it is getting a lot better, except for a game or two here and there. Ok. maybe qualify it a litte, it did look a litte better under Brady though I would need to see more games before we can say anything.