First Round Bust

bye week chatter...cuz barnyard animals need to fed: There could more coaching changes than usual ...am impressed with the Bills new coordinators who are young-talented-productive and are praised for their abiliities as far as relating to younger players... so... are they head coaching candidates ? this year or next ?? if so... who would replace them...who is our qb coach...that seems to be path to OC....and who would be next man up for D coord either this year or next... I will hang-up and listen...

yeah the tables were rigged to break easily..so what...give the guys credit for coming out of the studio and into the 716 which a big credit and homage to the Mafia who represented well as usual. Pregame shows are quite boring, the CBS crew felt the vibe and had some genuine enthusiasm and fun Give Air Burleson credit for some lift and hangtime and 67 year old coach Cowher props for the drops. He may have done 1 more table jump than most Bills fans A good time was had by all, well done everybody

Edwards...Bishop...Cine...please...because this is not the same Micah who we know and love and will be 34 in two months...no training camp or practices as well...and most importantly his neck-cervical injury is significant that there is no way we want him to stick his upper body into D Henry and other runners going full-speed into our secondary...safety first...

rationale for this call: 1. angle - bad angle by ref 2. more important - point of emphasis - at the beginning of every season refs are told are told at every level certain point of emphasis, esp player safety, to focus on and it becomes a trigger to make a call on something borderline or that they think they see that they normally would not call....

most are O coaches; Harbaugh was ST (as was Cowher)....like Bills fans a lot of Steeler fans are polarized about their head coach...Tomlin has won a ring and makes the playoffs no matter the qb, but depsite the recent contract extension has not been winning playoff games...McD has the qb, but the obstacle has been KC thanks to no organic pass rush

18 game schedule with 2 bye weeks and super bowl played during the Dead Presidents day holiday weekend (Sunday) Players drafted during current season are exempt from being cut and can be placed on practice squad for entire year for development purposes without loss to other teams, protects-justifies the scouting and development process. If called-up from PS then can exposed to waivers and other teams, etc. NFL sponsorhip of Punt Pass Kick kids compeition during spring and summer with events held before pre-season games which will have a day-long kids and family them and entertainment (NFL alumni, on-field activities, autographs, etc) NFL sponsorship of a national flag football league at various age levels to include kids and adul league with ex-jocks-coaches running coaching seminars and coach clinics with championship games held during the weekend between conference championship game and super bowl.

well said...I just wish a tribute banner to the Braves would be hung from our arena that pays homage to McAdoo, Randy Smith and Coach Jack Ramsey...there are fond memories of fanastic games against the Lakers and Celtics in the old Aud, with Van Miller doing PxP on Tues and Sat nites, then doing post-game, the hustling back to WBEN TV studio to do his 11 PM sports segment..my personal highlight was a DH with the Globetrotters (with Meadlowlark Lemon and Curly Neal) going first then the Braves beating the Pistons and Buffalo Bob Lanier with several of my close childhood friends totally loving it...we also played basketball in suburban Buffalo all winter ling, dribbling the ball no higher than our knee due to the cold and snow and playing at nite under flood-lights, if we werent playing hockey on frozen ponds or tackle football in the snowy street...mom put newspapers on the kitchen floor so we could eat our bologna sandwhiches and kraft macaroni and cheese without taking our boots or skates off...

the Vikes were great in the 70s...under coach Bud Grant..outdoor Metropolitan Stadium in the cold was its own version of frozen tundra..the pre-Tarkenton days of Joe Kapp (another CFL icon like Grant) throwing to Gene Washington handing to Dave Osborne and Bill Brown as RBs behind Tingelhoff and Ron Yary..and the D-line..purple people eaters...was the best in the biz - Page-Eller-Marshall-Larsen-Sutherland..with Dennis Winston at LB and Paul Krause (iNFL all-time nterceptions leader) https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/V/VincTr00.htm - looking for a Bill..scroll down to 51 - Troy Vincent..his last 2 washed-up years with the Bills had 5 picks...sigh...

one way to get my non-sportsfan sister to allow me to watch hockey on the family Maganvox parlor TV was to tell her that Peter Puck was going to be on during the intermission...it was between periods 1-2 and she would think it was every intermission...it worked for awhile

from the daze of my misspent youth...Sundays...1970s football...men like Otto layed the foundation for this game... 1 PM games: watching Joe Namath play in crappy Shea Stdium which looked like a high school field; bad Bills teams with OJ loose over and over....or you could watch the NFC games which in Buffalo featured the Wash Redskins and NYG games before Dallas became "Americas Team" 4 PM: teams like like the Chiefs, Chargers with that passing game, the thug Raiders playing close games over and over with George Blanda kicking game-winning field goals while playing QB at age 40+...games called by grizzled vets like Curt Gowdy and Charlie Jones and the smooth Dick Enbeg (remember Sport Challenge ?) and color analysts no one ever heard of before... Then on to the Wonderful World of Disney amd Mutual of Omaha's Wlld Kingdo...then Sunday nite Sabre home games with Gil and the French Connection...over and over...year after year...

good stats and chat...I look at this a bit differently without the benefit of the Diggs, Davis skill-set 1. Our O got too predictable last mid-season with Diggs the alpha option which drew the best defender, rolling double coverage, etc - add his loss of speed, the pattern predictability etc...interesting to see the Brady updated playbook and weekly gameplan as there seems to be more diversity (other than the go patterns ?) and more focus on shorter throws into single coverage for our bigger WRs to win a catch in tight coverage and break tackles against smaller corners, blocking is a must to help the run game, so lets see the route trees, spacing and comfort levels...I dont expect jet sweeps, but WR screens to a bigger-body WR makes sense 2. As well how does Josh adapt to this as far as reads and ball placements - despite the top arm in the game, his long ball throws have been erratic, compare to Stroud who places soft loft-air-touch on his long throws...quicker releases-throws from Josh to beat the rush and blitz is good thing. Injuries, depth and special teams - some of these guys will be kept or promoted for that over the course of the long season

Q. why is Brady interested in an ownership stake in the Raiders A. I am tired of owning the Colts and Bills... now has 8 rings since Giselle gave her back to him

double down...best I can tell no position on the team will carry two rookies on the active roster, that is keeper draft choices not exposed to being cut-waved...you want one on the active roster and PS ? then I think we can find somethug come the Sept big cut, serves the same purpose but saves draft capital ? More concerned with who is going to return kicks and punts, not sure that specialist is on the roster and I dont think they trust a rook to do that.

he meant Clay Chasepool perhaps...

RG3 parents are retired Army enlisted...guy had a bum career due in part to significant inuries in college and pro...that which does not kill us makes us stronger

route trees are usually limited in college to go, curls and post routes...I was surprised by this pick but considering nobody moved-up to get the top 3-4 WRs the cost must have been extremely plus the Bills had their choices or the rest of the pack of receivers...he does have strenghts - catch radius, good hands, will win jump/contested balls and this is something Diggs was in decline....its still early, there will be veteran cuts and we get more cap space come June to sign picks and possibly add a vet receiver that we can afford such as: https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/free-agents/_/year/2024/status/available/position/wr/type/ufa/sort/contract_value

trading back from pick 28 to say 40 (second round) the gain is 160 points which is third round pick 86 (2/3 of down the third round) our two 4ths put together equal a move up to near the 4 th round but still in the fourth round and adding the fifth to that does not move that much either...its that missing third rounder that is now a fourth that hurts as that differnece is 72 points...those points alone would enable a move from pick 28 to 24; or those 72 points alone is valued at pick 111a mid-4th rounder https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=nfl+draft+pick+value+chart&fr=mcafee&type=E210US739G0&imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fi2.wp.com%2Fwww.draftblaster.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F10%2Ftrade-value-chart.jpg%3Fresize%3D856%2C915#id=6&iurl=https%3A%2F%2Fi2.wp.com%2Fwww.draftblaster.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F10%2Ftrade-value-chart.jpg%3Fresize%3D856%2C915&action=click

hoping for the best outcome which would be a run of qbs like Penix Jr (wash) and JJM (Mich) and OL and edge studs push the second tier of WRs further down the first round...but that creates a pent-up demand for WRs and likely more trade-down competition plus I dont want KC to get their hands on a WR in the first-round as well and they are not a trade partner (see Mahomes, Patrick). co-related... This AM WGR mentioned that Beane is the only GM not to take a WR within the first 100 picks of his draft and that he has taken the most RBs within the first 100 as well (Singletray, Moss, Cook)...the WR avoidance undestandable because of Gabe Davis most likely as Beano wasnt about to use a high pick to be a 3rd stringer....this is the year and damn we needed that 3rd round comp pick...

a pro athlete who weighs 295 could put on 10-12pounds easily-healthily over the course of 30 days by drinking a gallon of milk (mixed with protein after a workouts) after 6 PM every nite...kids do this at my gym every summer to bulk up for football season at the high school and college level...btw how much does Ed Oliver weigh, quickness counts as well, no ?

1, a surprise - John Butler vet coach was let go - he posted his accomplishments on social media - weird vibe all around- reading into,,,I should be the DC and if not do I really wanna be here... 2, Kair Elam - social media post about Butler - "No comment"...source WGR radio this morning

true dat...he is from Hamptn-VA Beach area and was a top regional recruit, originally leaning to staying in state to attend UVA, but he said his dream school was always Carolina, not just spurning a Virigna school but going to an ACC rival pissed a lot of people off....he likley went to play basketnall as well: https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/awards/men/rsci-recruit-rankings-1998.html even tho he did not pan-out to be a star he did make the NFL and hung-around for several season, returning kicks amongst receiving duties...I guess he comes from the Sean Payton-Drew Brees coaching tree Brady, who went to a VA school as well (W&M) and played reciever, likely hired someone who helped him break into the NFL as well; albeit with some credentials. Best case sceanrio: suddenly younger coaches in their 30s are getting HC jobs so if Bills have a great offensive season and Brady gets HC, Curry could become OC...if Josh approves...

Happy for coach Frazier as he is good man...happier that he has moved on as his plannig-schemes and gameday decisions are old-stale and he owns some-most of the 13 seconds debacle which has wrecked the credibility of the head coach with the fanbase..

I hope they do as Babich has interviewed with the Giants and now Dolphins about their open DC positions...as vet DCs Martindale and Fagio got their walking papers after 2 and 1 year respectively)...

some surprise plays are needed...apparently so are acting lessons... over the decafes...fake punts, screen passes (other than Chan Gailey era) and draw plays have rarely been executed well in Bills history I give Daboll credit for running the most trick plays and tackle eligible passes in team history. Longest gain from scrimmage yesterday for Bills was 15 yards...chiefs has several - 8 I believe how about a bomb or two...not just a show-me-one.... with a max protect blocking scheme.

Deep down...did you really expect anything else other than this torture ? or 3rd string linebackers give it up as vet D line underperforms