Jump to content

First Round Bust

Community Member
  • Posts

    1,120
  • Joined

Posts posted by First Round Bust

  1. in this case the inadvertent whistle was blown during play so it cannot be un-done and not subject to further (video) review..Maxx Crosby said best..deal with and move on and we had a lot of chances to make plays...not the best work by a playoff crew I give you that...

     

    In baseball the umps do have the rule and right "to make things right...in volleyball there is reiplay it and the re-do...in basketball there is video review.

    • Like (+1) 1
  2. 3 hours ago, MAJBobby said:

    I think the NFL rules Bills cannot stop it. Coordinator positions open for Dorsey cannot he blocked 

    I would think Dorsey is a strong internal candidate, if not the favorite (at least for internal candidates) for the OC if Daboll leaves same as Washington (DL coach and former DC of Panthers) if Frazier leaves (and gets us two 3rd rounders)....having a succession plan in place is highly likely....

  3. 14 hours ago, Utah John said:

    He'll coach until they pry the hoodie from his cold dead fingers.

     

    He has nothing else in his life and there's nothing else he'd rather do.  As I asked rhetorically a couple of days ago, what would he do if he did retire?  Start a book club?

    1. could start his own clothing line, call it Hoodie and do the runway model thing, or 2.  just watch Fox News and fascinate about unrealistic conspiracies and B word about the government

  4. 29 minutes ago, No Place To Hyde said:

    He's around 50 wins away from topping Shula as the all time winningest coach. He's HUGE on the history of the NFL. Even if it would seem he wouldn't care less I believe he stays until he breaks that mark.

    exactly, his father was the coach at Navy, his sons are coaches, his family has the largest collection of football books in the world and has donated it to the Naval academy (or the library of congress)...my friend who is Boston sports fanatic and long-time Pats season-ticket holder figures coach will be around to break the record for sure than after who knows, that could be the end or tries to become the oldest coach in NFL history as well...depends of what motivates him... and history sure does

    • Thank you (+1) 1
  5. yes cuz denver almost did and would have if they had not fumbled deep in KC territory which resulted in a TD return by the KC defense and was the difference in a close game...further had Den won Bills and KC would have been tied in standing and Bills win tiebreaker based on head-to-head play - but alas...but possible not likely

  6.  

    first time seeing this for me, on that nite I was home plate ump doing a HS game and was direcretely checking cell phone between innings...when the pick was announced I was not exactly happy as I ignorantly did a group think and fell in line with the critical pundits who questioned accuracy, lackluster Wyo season, etc...

     

    will it be Josh Rosen or Josh Allen....this is one of the top ten moments in team history...the birth of a franchise qb...

     

    He only had two offers

    those  Wyo highlights look similar to his Bills

    Mel Kiper was nothing but positive - he's Randy Johnson, he's a big-time talent, he's a difference maker

    Wyo was 15-33 in the 4 years prior to Josh and 16-9 - 4 losses by 3 points in his two seasons...agains similar story to his Bills seasons....

     

     

     


    t

     

     

    • Like (+1) 8
    • Awesome! (+1) 13
    • Thank you (+1) 7
  7. 8 minutes ago, billsfan1959 said:

     

    Oh, Mark....

     

    GIF by SB Nation

    these ex-jocks got to talk for 3 hours have to find things to say, which makes the great analysts like Madden, Ache-man ?  Romo ? the Manning bros all that much greater given the ability to entertain a lot of intelligent, emotional, demanding,football fans

    2 minutes ago, Utah John said:

    On the second INT, Beasley was jammed by a defensive player 9 or 10 yards beyond the LOS.  He didn't break the route off, he was blocked illegally.  When Josh released the ball it still looked like Beasley was going to get into the hole in the defense the play was designed to attack. What the announcers just couldn't bring themselves to say is that the defense committed illegal contact more than 5 yards downfield.

     

    The first INT was an egregious mistake by Josh.  Not mentioned during the broadcast was that this was Josh's second INT in the red zone in his entire career.  He didn't have any in the previous three years, and he has two this year.

    our receivers were too close together on that play - so something went fundamentally wrong

    you are right on about the contact on Beasley, should that have been a penalty - defensive holding - contact beyond 5 yards

     

    • Like (+1) 1
    • Agree 1
  8. some off-day fodder to keep the barnyard animals fed from todays BN:

     

    Diggs is close to making a sizeable bonus for 100 catches - needs 6 - adds $$ to both remaining years of contract - extension candy date 4 sir....

     

    Diggs is six receptions away from reaching 100 for the season.

    Besides being an attractive number, hitting the 100 threshold would mean bonus money for the Buffalo Bills star receiver.

    Diggs would get a $750,000 bonus added to his base salary for 2022 and an additional $800,000 added to his base pay for 2023 if he gets to 100 catches. That would follow the increases to his 2021, '22 and '23 salaries that he earned last season for exceeding 100 catches and 1,375 receiving yards. 

    Diggs ranks 11th in the NFL in receptions with 94, and he’s eighth in receiving yards with 1,144. He’s tied for seventh in touchdown catches with nine.

    The 28-year-old has two years left on his contract after this season. His base salary is scheduled to be $11.7 million in 2022, not counting the 100-catch incentive, according to the sports financial website Spotrac.com. He will count $17.5 million against the salary cap in 2022, or $18.27 million if he hits 100 catches.

    In other words, Diggs’ cap hit is very large regardless of whether he gets six catches Sunday. The size of his cap hit in 2023 is $17.2 million.

    Those figures, plus the fact the Bills will be relatively tight against the cap in 2022, make Diggs a candidate for a contract extension before the start of next season. That would allow the Bills to give Diggs more cash the next several years but also lower his base salaries and significantly lower his cap hit for 2022.

    The Bills currently have the seventh least amount of space for 2022, at $9 million, according to Spotrac.

    The Bills already restructured Diggs’ contract once, in July, converting base salary into bonus money and creating $8 million in cap space for 2021, when almost every team was facing a cap crunch. Diggs' base salary for this season is $990,000. 

    Diggs led the NFL in 2020 in both catches (127) and yards (1,535). His yardage total this year already is the second best of his seven-year career. His catch total is third best. He had 102 catches in 2018 for Minnesota.

    • Like (+1) 3
    • Haha (+1) 1
    • Thank you (+1) 1
  9. from the BN - Jim Kubiak  - football savant - weekly qb analysis

     

    here is the conclusion portion of the article...only the first pick was on Josh - says pick #2 was on Beasley breaking-off his route incorrectly - #3 was the spy LB timing his leap perfectly

    says daboll running Josh is like the wildcat plus one extra blocker and Bills pin the edge and pull schemes worked very well esp in RZ

     

    The Bills rushed the football for 233 yards and dominated the time of possession an astounding 36:07 to 23:53 for the Falcons. It was a great game plan by Daboll to utilize Allen with quarterback crack sweeps and quarterback counter concepts. The Falcons’ defense was daring the Bills to run the football and were in position to take away the passing game receiver bubbles and RPOs.

    The Bills’ ability to change personnel and block down on defensive linemen while pulling around the perimeter was very impressive and resulted in much needed relief for Allen, who had suffered a couple of bad-luck interceptions and three dropped passes.

    It was a cool, calm and physical approach by the Buffalo offensive line, Singletary, Allen and Moss to methodically pound the football and wear down the Falcons defensively.

    This was also a great example of how a quarterback’s statistics can be misleading. Allen really made only one poor decision in the game, his first interception. Beyond that, he was smart with the football.

    His performance grade of 92.15% is an "A" in a playoff-clinching moment, even if his quarterback rating of 17.0 was the worst mark in his career. The video review revealed a tough and gritty performance from a franchise quarterback who values winning above all else, because in the end that is all that matters.

     

    So Mark Sanchez can officially go effe himself over his criticality of Josh's play

     

    • Like (+1) 8
    • Agree 1
    • Thank you (+1) 7
  10. from the BN (Mionday PM)

     

    am glad to hear Bates is D2D - knee

    Frazier says has taken no calls as of yet regarding HC

    FWIW...Addison leads the team with 5 sacks - Bills have 33 - given up 27 - Josh 26 - Diggs once when he was tacked behind LoS trying to pass - team is 4th in league in flags

     

    Buffalo Bills got the “all clear” in regards to additions to the NFL’s reserve/Covid-19 list Monday.

    Given the way cases are exploding locally and nationally, that’s great news.

    The Bills continue to have their full roster available to them, with no players or coaches on the league’s Covid list, coach Sean McDermott said Monday. That includes special teams coordinator Heath Farwell and defensive line coach Eric Washington, who cleared the league’s protocols late last week and were able to coach in Sunday’s 29-15 victory over the Atlanta Falcons at Highmark Stadium.

    The good news didn’t stop there, either.

    McDermott said guard Ryan Bates, who was hurt late in the fourth quarter, is day to day with a knee injury. The same goes for wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders, who sat out the win over the Falcons.

    That would seemingly give them a chance to return to the lineup for the regular season finale Sunday against the New York Jets, depending on how things go in practice.

    Bates kept his spot in the starting lineup against the Falcons after originally stepping into the lineup when both Jon Feliciano and Cody Ford were out in Week 16 with Covid.

    “He played well the week before,” offensive coordinator Brian Daboll matter-of-factly said when asked why Bates continued to start. “He’s a guy that has done everything well since he’s been here. He got an opportunity last week, did a good job with it, and played another good game this week for us. So, he’s a guy that really knows all our spots, but he earned it.”

     

    PS - kale is good too

    • Like (+1) 5
    • Awesome! (+1) 1
    • Thank you (+1) 7
  11. image.thumb.png.eb6c3f3fbda241892d00a4ee9fd520ef.png

     

    per Sal C

    a 5% drop in completions, less yards per game with 5 more picks thrown with several deflections at the line becoming ints.

    only sacked 26 times is a credit to him, Burrow has been sacked double that !

    running more, but not in red zone,  as overall rush yards are way up with less TDs...its not been as good as last year or has it ?

     

     

    • Like (+1) 1
    • Thank you (+1) 2
  12. good analysis and hopeful that the schemes and play-calling are improving, as in no more Jax games !

     

    As mentioned our opponent has a vote in our success or failure, and the Falcons front four is below average, so have to wonder why we did not commit to more runs in the first half esp when Josh was struggling...i know he made a lot of alert calls at the line not sure if he was checking into or out of run calls..there also was a 4Q RPO where he gave to 19 and then pulled ii out almost as if 19 handed it back to Josh..almost a red zone fumble...

  13. 1 hour ago, RunTheBall said:

     

    You can’t seriously be putting Baker Mayfield’s name in the same sentence as Brett Favre can you? Favre was a 4th quarter hero, Baker SUCKS in the 4th and from behind, one of the worst in the league.  Name his big games, he’s got maybe 5 tops. He’s a near bust as a number one pick and the Browns are still going to swallow and ridiculously overpay him.

     

    All you clowns who are still sucking on the “we could have had Mahomes” teat need to STFU. Mahomes is great, Allen is Buffalo. The guy is a better version of Jim Kelly and I LOVE me some Jimbo. When he’s done he’s going to be the greatest QB in franchise history - book it. 

     

    It’s easy to judge in retrospect, but there is ZERO question that McD made the right call on passing up on Mahomes and we ended up with the best QB for Buffalo in Allen. Oh and oh yeah, an All Pro CB in Tre White in addition.

    yeah is going to get paid and overpaid, like a ton of others..and he is 1-0 versus Josh Allen btw

    browns made the playoffs with him for the first time in ever, and remain a good team in the hunt, he is playing hurt and even tho playing hurt and threw 4 picks last week they lost by 2 points to the packers on the road...he  also doesnt have a good WR crop to work, OBJ did not work out, they run the ball well but he is a limited pocket passer with no RPO and athleticism other than being a gun-slinger

  14. So Your question is - based on performance and or a re-draft - should Josh have been the first pick taken ?  Yes, si, oui, da...

     

    I admit being disappointed that evening when I heard the Bills drafted Josh as I bought into the accuracy issue;  the U of Wyoming is not big time competition and his stats junior to senior were subpar; this kid is a reach after all the trading-up we did, etc, etc.

     

    The reigning first pick  - Baker 0- is a pocket qb who has and will have plenty of big games - reminds me of favre - pocket passer, limited mobility, gun-slinger - plays behind an outstanding line but not the best receiving corp ?

     

    The best of the rest - Nelson - love this guy but a hall-of-fame guard versus hall-of-game qb ?  

     

     

  15. I would be more interested if there was some kind of feeder-development program with the NFL so that there would be some kind of Bills linkage

    would be good to have a spring development league for UDFA, players previously cut, injured reserve returnees, etc plus coaching opportunities for NFL assistants

    But where would a Buffalo-based team play if cant swing a deal at the Bills stadium or UB ?

    • Like (+1) 1
×
×
  • Create New...