Billy Claude
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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
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These prop bets are where the fixes will occur not the league dictating who will win. All you have to do is get to one guy. Jontay Porter has already been caught in the NBA and its only a matter of time before someone is caught in the NFL.
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18 minutes ago, Ya Digg? said:
Not only that, but it will be brought up again in the future-“remember when Caleb Williams said that thing about Mahomes….”
It's like the Kelvin Benjamin / Gettleman food stealing story. It was clearly fake but it has pretty much become accepted fact.
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On 3/18/2024 at 6:45 PM, BillsFanForever19 said:
https://sports.yahoo.com/report-steelers-traded-kenny-pickett-022955589.html
If this is true, wow. Some balls on this kid. Imagine performing as he had and then telling Mike Tomlin in Week 17 "no, I'm not going to dress if you're making me 3rd string" and then approaching them after signing Russ and saying "I don't want to be a backup to him".
Great kid. You got your wish. You won't be backing up Russell Wilson. You'll be backing up someone where you have even less of a chance to see the field.
I assumed you left put a comma; " Great, kid. You got your wish." not "Great kid. You got your wish."
Kenny Pickett issued an extremely strong non-denial denial of the story about refusing to suit up for the 17th game:
"There was a plan for that game. It went down exactly the way it was planned to go down that entire week. I was coming off the ankle surgery, it is what it is. And like I've been saying, I'm very happy to be here."
It sounds like, my plan was to refused to suit up and that's how it went.
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3 hours ago, CowgirlsFan said:
My thoughts too. I doubt he plays every game.
15 hours ago, papazoid said:that'll work out to about $10 mil per game....lol
The contract is incentive heavy. The gaurantee is only 6.5 milliion. This is why the Jets were (supposedly) surprised that he signed.
https://thejetpress.com/posts/ny-jets-surprised-tyron-smith-contract-details-cheap
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17 minutes ago, f0neguy said:
For years the *Patriots were praised for getting rid of guys one year too early instead of one year too late. I hope Mitch is successful and healthy. But I also think moving on is the right thing to do. Time to get younger.
This is definitely true with all the other cuts. Morse is the only real surprise especially after trading Bates. There were plenty of teams that would have killed for offensive line depth last year and putting someone in with very little experience at center is very risky.
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Interesting that Morse is the only ex-Bill getting immediate interest after the cuts. Clearly he has value around the league. I can see the Bills regretting not having Morse around this year.
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26 minutes ago, SoCal Deek said:
Clarification: In England, teams are relegated because they finish in the bottom three in their league. Likewise teams move up a league if they finish in the Top 3 of the league below. It’s not because of money. With only one true professional football league in America that can’t happen. The closest thing we have here is baseball which has multiple tiers of professional leagues.
Just a further clarification. Violation of the financial rules in English football results in point penalties that may but do not necessarily lead to relegation. For example, this season, Everton was given a 10 point deduction which would put them in 17th place, one point above relegation. It was reduced to a 6 point penalty on appeal which puts them in 16th place, 5 points clear of relegation. Without the penalty they would be in 13th place and out of the relegation discussion.
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15 hours ago, BBFL said:
I’m sure there’s plenty of us Buffalo fans who’d pay that price for Lombardi glory 😂
I know this is a joke but I really hope this is not true. If it is true, some people really need to re-arrange their priorities.
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10 hours ago, LABILLBACKER said:
Well let's see? The league minimum for a 7 yr vet is 1.65....still would've preferred a cheaper drafted qb.
The last two non Allen QBs the Bills drafted are Jake From and Nathan Peterman, so not a great track record.
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Why not a 6 rounder if your team is not too worried about cap space and the Jets pick up most of the salary?
If he looks awful, just cut him. If he looks good in practice you can sign him to a new contract and it won't cost much. If he looks good in games and someone else offers him more that you want to pay, it will help you with the comp pick formula. If he actually looks like a legitimate starting QB, well then you have a QB.
Seems like a reasonable cost for a QB who has been awful but clearly has physical talent and also was in about a bad situation as possible from the QB development stand point.
Of course, this is totally dependent on the Jets picking up most of the salary.
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19 minutes ago, Reks Ryan said:
what about Gregg Williams. Super unlikable person & a very bad head coach
I have to agree on Gregg. I would put Marrone 3rd on the list of least likeable coaches: (1) Gregg Williams (2) Rex Ryan (3) Doug Marrone (4) Mike Mularkey. I would also add Tom Donahoe as least likeable GM.
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13 minutes ago, strive_for_five_guy said:
For anyone with a gambling problem, FanDuel encourages them to call the gambling addiction hotline. 😀Though only after they max out their credit cards.
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I could see them going to a FIFA style lottery to have new divisions every year. You can have the drawing two weeks after the Super Bowl. Imagine the ratings. It would blow the NCAA bracket drawing out of the water and keep the NFL front and center with all the networks/streaming services for another few weeks.
There are advantages. For one thing, you don't have to watch the Jets twice every year.
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3 hours ago, BuffaloBillyG said:
On the other hand, there is something to be said for getting fresh eyes, ideas and concepts into an organization. Let's a team evolve and become less and less predictable.
There should be a fair mix of both IMO.
Isn't that why they hired Al Holcomb? To get outside view? Otherwise I don't know what Holcomb's duties are.
Why does Beane get a pass?
in The Stadium Wall
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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.