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On 6/24/2021 at 9:03 AM, colin said:
for security!
said another way: he's an enabler who is willing to look the other way in the pursuit of victory.
haha absolutely, I'd say he walks the line more than most who are just trying to get value out of commodities that are tainted by opinion or otherwise
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On 6/24/2021 at 7:54 AM, AmishRifle said:
I agree with your sentiment.
Who do you see on the starting O-line?
I was thinking about your question and was trying to see how much conflict there was in my head about who I think will be starting and who I hope will be starting, and I'm happy to say its mostly the same. Dion, Morse, and Williams are pretty locked in barring injury so the fierce competition will be at the guard spots with Ford, Lamp, Feliciano as the favorites and everyone else just trying to develop. Ford and Lamp are both 2nd round #38 picks a couple years apart, but I'll give the nod to a healthy Ford, I think Feliciano sticks at the other spot but if he becomes inconsistent or a liability I could see Lamp getting a try there are as well mostly because we know Bills Coaches are willing to give guys a shot but also I get the impression that the staff knows the weakness was the 3 interior spots and are not completely comfortable with Feliciano and Morse as guys they are sure they can rely upon especially in the playoffs.(neither am i, so Lamp I think gets a shot at some point to see if he can be a gamer if he outright loses the tc competition).
In the end meaning starting week 1 > Dion, Feliciano, Morse, Ford, Williams
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I really liked our Oline picks, I think they will develop nicely. Really we need a backup LT/someone to begin to develop behind Dion(in the next year or two) and someone that will takeover the RT spot, hopefully we will end up getting steals in Ford and Lamp with Feliciano backing up the interior or taking over at center for a year or two until we get a youngster to claim the C spot. Continual investment in the OLine should always be mandatory but is more so now with JA.
Our starting line this year will not have taken a single snap together but will all have started at one point or another over the last two years, so im hoping people step up beast up and claim spots early so they can get that gel/communication going.
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player comps are like old school Phil Hansen or like a richard sherman, more modern cam jordan- guys who are more power guys but still explosive, not athletic bendy/speedy guys
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8 hours ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:
Athletic article by Joe B:
Strengths:
Joe points out a couple plays where he excelled as a 3TDT and speculates that may be his future in the NFL. Says he also creates opportunities for teammates on stunts:
Joe B says his strength, balance and power also make him a strong factor in run D
Weaknesses:
Joe B thinks Basham has a stronger chance to become a Year 1 contributor than Rousseau because he is older with more experience, and Joe believes he can play either side at end as well as 3TDT or a hybrid role (what the Bills likely hoped Q would contribute)
Didnt get to read the article(just not paying lol) so thanks for sharing the excerpts, from those I like what was written but I thought we already knew most of this from watching him and college and seeing what his athletic strengths are at the combine?, but its always nice getting more info, so thanks again for posting def excited for Boogs and Rousseau to star in-"How Hughes and the Bills Defense Got Their Groove Back"(executive produced by angela bassett).
He is not athletically necessarily prototypically built like Rousseau but that is not to say he is not athletic, his combo of power and acceleration is excellent and with his build and size he has been coached right in making himself versatile playing DE and DT, he has the size and power to anchor the edge but not be a prototypical 'edge' rusher but he does have excellent pash rush skills from the inside and the work he puts into his technique there shows. Because of his work ethic, skill, power, acceleration/burst, and versatility I was super happy with the pick, he can be a great player/piece within the right scheme and with the right players around him. He's actually more polished from an overall technique standpoint than Rousseau right now, though they clearly have different roles/strengths.
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It depends on where you define regress, ie just numbers or in play which may not necessarily correlate. I think his numbers will be down a little this year but I think his play will continue to improve, his number will go down I think because of a better defense(ours i mean, but other teams will not be sleeping either this year), and an improved run game. However I really like the addition of Sanders and I think Knox will be much more reliable and consistent this year so there will be plenty of opportunity for his numbers to improve too.
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the chiefs do it more than most teams, and id argue that a lot of that comes from Andy Reid- who he is as far as personality and his experiences with his family have given him more perspective than most so he has more empathy, compassion and sympathy for people 'in the struggle' with addiction, poverty, education, etc. so he is more prone to want to give chances as he knows that although the numbers say most in that situation will continue to struggle and fail the only way to pull someone up from a situation like that is to give opportunities to people. There is no cure for addiction/poverty/upbringing but people who have had those struggles and overcome them know that nothing can stop that train but the person themselves but in order for them to do that they have to know that they will not completely be shut out of opportunites because of their past, and in the case where a person is ready to move forward often times the only thing holding them back is that opportunity, no matter how big or small, one person to have hope or belief in them or simply just be willing to give them a shot to move forward and be something more.
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23 hours ago, Locomark said:
The NFLPA has to represent all players and that means being on the cautious side of health issues. The consequences of asking the NFLPA to being less cautious on player physical and mental health was seen for many decades and no player should want them to go backward! All employers have the right, it not obligation, to protect their employees. Use the smoker analogy. You can’t smoke in the workplace, so smokers have to go outside. So this Is no different. You can go film the smokers outside the workplace and see which employees smoke and therefore even know who had higher insurance premiums due to it right? So why is this different? You have the right to opt out of a vaccine, but then your employer has the right to hold you to tighter restrictions to protect the other employees around you. The other players don’t have to be held to your standards to protect your anonymity. That’s your choice, you should be able to defend it publicly. You are a public figure who gets questions about every little aspect of your life so this is part of that job unfortunately. I defend Cole and others like him in their right to speak up. However they have no right to determine their employer’s health policies. If they don’t like it they can find a different line of work.
this was basically the long and short of my post too, people can do whatever they want but they also have to acknowledge(at least eventually) that every choice has consequences.
And when people's choices can affect the health/safety/life of others in the workplace, community, school, society, etc. then rules, protocols, sop's, laws, regs, etc. need to be enacted to protect people> ie person drunk sitting on a couch no biggie, person drunk sitting behind the wheel = risk to self and others = laws/regs etc.
people can make all the 'wrong' choices they want but when those choices affect other people and are therefore regulated they dont get to say well those rules/regs/laws don't apply to me> which is essentially what the Beas is doing, he can not get the vax all he wants but he doesn't get to say well nuts to the protocols that are supposed to protect others> and the comment he made about probablities in terms of vaxed people being just as at risk of bringing the virus back to his hotel is a twisted logic.(ie comparing the odds of him or other people making it the nfl and the odds of getting exposed to the virus by persons who are vaxed)
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4 hours ago, PrimeTime101 said:
Can he do this?
IF so I am game!
modern art has come a long way
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1 hour ago, Jauronimo said:
I don't think I do know what you mean. I routinely see fellow members of Bills Mafia pollute this board, facebook, and twitter with truly abhorrent posts on the topics of race and sexuality. Its hardly "woke" to call this out.
Its not a difference of opinion. Words have clear and established meanings. Like normal for instance, "conforming to a standard; usual, typical, or expected." So when a player comes out and becomes the FIRST ACTIVE OPENLY GAY PLAYER IN NFL HISTORY that is anything but normal because its the first time in history that it has ever happened. This event is literally the antithesis of normal. Everything you have posted in this thread is completely incorrect
well then i guess i should elaborate;
Another poster said he was ashamed to share a fanbase with some of the people whose comments said poster did not agree with. One thought that came into my mind is that just because someone share's an interest or love in one area of their lives does not mean that the same will be true in other areas. So i said something similar as in Bills fans' politics,ethics, morals etc. are not monolithic.
Now for my part that probably was not the intention of the original poster(ie to generalize), or that because someone shares a common sense point of view in one area does not mean that they are/should be so 'woke' about other areas.
So when I said, "billsfan dont get me wrong, i roll my eyes at some of the stuff that gets posted, but just because we are all bills fans doesn't mean we are all lol 'woke' cant believe i just used that term but i think ya'll know what i mean"
So I was not trying to get at him about calling out people whose posts he/she considers abhorrent but his/her feelings of seeming surprise/shame that some Bills fans arent 'woke' by which I meant has the skills/thought/intelligence or whatever you want to call it to be able to walk in other people's shoes(empathy) and use that to better understand someone's perspective/feelings/thoughts/emotions so as to apply the golden rule of if you were in their shoes how would you feel about being treated a certain way just because your skin is a different color, or if you love/are attracted to people of the same sex, or whatever the difference is that people who are not 'woke' use to divide, demean, belittle, eliminate, keep down, etc. everyone who is not like them or acceptable to them.
I knew it was going to be semi difficult for me to articulate correctly what exactly i was trying to say while using the word 'woke' such as I did, so I was hoping to get away with that alone, though I now feel better for having at least made an attempt to elaborate and articulate the meaning of what I was trying to say. Though admittedly I still might have failed.
one person could be a good bills fan, despise racism, is fair and considerate to almost all, but then you find out that said person believes women should only be barefoot pregnant in the kitchen> ie being a bills fan does not mean someone is not a racist or sexist or whatever, they are not mutually exclusive, which was my initial thought and reaction to the other poster
i think maybe i over explained this one for fear of improper communication, i am a bit insecure when it comes to communication as it always seems so clear in my head but then when i try to put it out into the universe i can never seem to get across exactly what i mean
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2 minutes ago, BillsFanForever19 said:
So many comments from so many accounts on this site over the past few days have made me ashamed I share a fan base with some of you.
lol really?
just because we share an interest, we should think the same way?
we're all humans and we all have very unique experiences that shape us and our opinions
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32 minutes ago, BarleyNY said:
Quotes like this are some of my favorite parts of the internet. I’m totally serious. An elite NFL player on a team that played in the last two Super Bowls gets busted for illegally possessing an Uzi. The fifth response is someone (probably very validly) trashing him for his garbage selection of firearms. Truly fantastic. Thank you.
lol very validly
its a good thing for him that justice in this day and age is more about money than anything else, and of course what the internetverse says.
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cant imagine the weight that comes off someones everything when they finally feel comfortable enough to put it out there, im getting secondary feelings of relief for him.
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I actually expect good things from all of these players this year, that is if they want to have a job next year(minus oliver).
I think Oliver will start to be seriously disruptive as I think he will be given less responsibilities and almost solely asked to be in the backfield.
Ford will have to either lock down a guard spot, or play at least consistent enough to be a reliable backup guard.
I think if our OLine can solidify and remain healthy are rushing attack will be much improved and I believe Motor has embraced the pressure and responsibility that comes with being on such a good/competitive team and realizes he has to be focused no matter the situation. I'm not saying he'll be all world, but he will be a reliable/clutch piece that can be called upon when a play needs to be made ala the Pats backs who were never game breakers but ran tough, were elusive receivers and reliable in pass pro.
And Knox just has to become a weapon that can be relied upon which means no more drops ever, on top of that I'd like to see his ball security improve especially right after the catch when he tries to go beast mode, we have enough talent where guys just need to focus on their jobs, if guys can be reliable game in and game out down after down we will be a rough out, and then that extra yardage beast mode stuff can be turned on after the consistency is in place.
Actually I expect a lot out of our younger players
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"That equipment manager is full of *****, my pits don't smell like that!"
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2 minutes ago, Frat-Train said:
Man... This turd won’t flush. Friggen sponge candy...
lol that is literally everyday for me, had my entire large intestine removed, so if i dont chew the bejesus out of everything i eat it just comes out whole
now if that tmi doesnt stop this thread nothing will
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thank god polio and smallpox etc were essentially vaxed out of existence before this time in history, its really quite amazing how angry people get at people who are trying to help them. its also quite amazing how uneducated this country is, besides reading instagram, twitter, and facebook I'm not sure more than a couple million people out of 330million have actually read a book in the last 20 years. I'm all for personal choice and responsibility but when those choices come outside of the home and affect the health, safety and lives of those around people making those choices, laws rules and regulations have to be put in place. For example person sitting on couch drunk no problem, person sitting behind the wheel drunk need law to deter and enforce consequences. And like the Beas says, if your convictions are that strong then you make your decision and face the consequences aka being fined and suspended and if he does that and becomes unavailable and a distraction McBeane would have every right and plenty of incentive to cut him. Again make any decision you want, but there are always consequences and if you don't like what the consequences are you don't get to be a whiny B word and say the rules, laws, and regs are crap and shouldnt apply to 'me' when they are put in place for the better of 'all'.
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On 6/10/2021 at 3:49 PM, YattaOkasan said:
I was super not sold on that move as much as others in the media were. He was retired and moving to a new position. I wouldve bet allegretti was better let alone Duvarney-Tardiff.
i thought of him as good depth when he signed, either way this injury doesnt hurt them unless of course more injuries on the interior start to pile up
2 hours ago, NewEra said:This pick was the most angering. From the 3rd rd on, I was hoping that we’d pick neither Smith or Kenneth Gainwell. I’m glad Gainwell made it to the nfc, but KC getting the biggest “faller” in the draft had me pissed. Bleh 😡
lol i was in the same boat, i really wanted us to draft him
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1 hour ago, machine gun kelly said:
Ok, fair enough.
Don't get me wrong I'm agreeing with you about the wind and the Pats should have switched their gameplan once they saw that the wind was going to stop JA far more effectively than they could especially without Gilmore, but that doesn't bolster my assertion that Belichek will still be a winner and considered one of the best coaches of all time even without Brady lol.
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11 minutes ago, machine gun kelly said:
Sure. I won’t debate that point at all. What I’m saying is in those winds even with Josh Allen’s arm there is still a margin for error as a gust of 50 or so can draw the ball off and you’re snacks can pick it off. Therefore why so worried about the pass.it sounds like you are a pats fan and as the mods say welcome here. My point was if the pats ***** down te run which was suspect in 2020, even though successful in the pass, the pats would’ve forced our passing game meaning more opportunities for the pats. It was a critical error for the pats. I doubt even Favre with that rocket back in the day or elway would’ve had an easy time with that wind. The thing about OP is the wind swirls which makes it even harder like the old Giants stadium.
you may have won that game if you put 8 in the box. You’re team played into our hand. When a level playing field in the second game it wasn’t even close. You can say they had nothing to play for but neither did we when we shut out the jets from a playoff birth when futz was there. Our guys wrecked the jets season. We weren’t making the playoffs finishing 9-7 even with that win.
hahah the pats are not my team, I just respect belichek maybe more than i should in a roundabout way because i hate brady so much, maybe in my head im hoping belichek is better than he actually is just so i can take some credit away from brady, as for the wind i dont doubt it affects the ball a ton even with Allen's cannon however I think letting us run the ball was part of the gameplan wind or no wind because of JA and the success of our passing game.
It's really not that important to debate either way, its all just guessing at this point but I think those who think that belichek will be nothing without brady are mistaken and also that mac jones will pan out for them, do i want that to be the case? absolutely not, i would love it if jones becomes a flop and belichek is shamed out of the nfl in a year or two for being nothing without brady. However as it stands they have one of the best offensive lines, and imo have one of the best defenses in the league so if cam or mac can be marginally effective they should be very competitive.
haha you said i was a pats fan, if you knew me you would know how funny that actually is, I am a homer but I like to think i can be objective with what I actually think and not what i want.
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On 5/25/2021 at 8:08 AM, machine gun kelly said:
Thats partially true. In the first game the winds were avg. 45 mph., so it became a running game for both teams. We ran for over 200 yards, but BB’s problem was he dropped 8 back which was surprising he was that concerned with our passing game in those conditions. If he would’ve pressed on us, we may have lost that game.He was so concerned with shutting down our passing game, he missed it. I was surprised as he typically is much better with strategy. The Pats need a QB to compete. We’ll see if if Jones is the answer.
Ill give you the wind for sure, but I think Bill allowed us to run so that we don't develop a rhythm in the passing game which is important for Josh and it also limits our scoring potential, imo as an offense even if we are running the ball effectively if we arent in rhythm and passing the ball effectively our ppg would decrease, so by allowing us to run the ball and in turn running the ball themsevles they limit our offense and points thus keeping the game closer for that final drive.
I didnt articulate what i was thinking or trying to say very well but I think maybe if Im lucky I got my point across.
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1 hour ago, GunnerBill said:
I think when Mahomes retires he will have multiple Superbowl titles and every major passing record in NFL history. He has already had the best 3 year start to a career ever and I don't see much reason to expect it to slow down.
I'm as big a Bills fan out there, and Josh Allen fits Buffalo perfect, but the only way he becomes better than Mahomes is if he continues to improve from year to year like he did from year 2 to year 3 which of course is possible but most likely unsustainable because once you fix something you've fixed it.
Mahomes is a freak of nature, barring injury he will be the best of all time.(this assumes his coaches stay with him, which I think Reid will, because why wouldn't you, 3 years 1 conference championship loss, two wins and one super bowl ring and maybe two super bowl rings if not for destiny and the nfl lining up for brady). And he has the best offensive line and weapons he has had to date as well as probably the best defense he has had to date.
I love Josh but hes just not quite at that level, can he get there? it'll be fun to watch him work toward it and hopefully McBeane can continue to surround him with the absolute best they can get.
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11 hours ago, Shaw66 said:
Thanks, and thanks for the summary. It's been an interesting thread, and you pulled it together nicely.
I learned a lot talking to people in these threads. Obviously, McDermott isn't telling us what he's thinking, but we can figure some of it out just by talking about what we see on the field and the kinds of personnel choices he and Beane make. The one-tech discussion and the second corner back discussions, particularly.
I agree about learning a lot on here, one way or another haha- but seriously though I find it interesting to try and get in the heads of the coaches and gm's and see what works and what doesn't but of course in the end we are guessing but we definitely have a lot of info to base our guesses on so the in between makes it more interesting.
The one tech and cornerback discussions as you so rightly point out are perfect examples this season, where media types and people on the board had both as presumptive needs and in the case of cornerback seemingly big need, but the coaches dont agree so does pass rush solve any problems we might have had and/or Levi is super consistent and they are confident in the development of other guys like Dane.
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On 5/8/2021 at 5:11 AM, just1hugheser said:
There is really only one formula that has ever worked to win a super bowl when a team doesn't have a premier QB;
And that was to have a game manager who didn't turn the ball over-could distribute the ball to playmakers -has that or at least some of that 'clutchiness'/'poise' to complete a couple 3rd and longish when necessary(5-15yards) in the second half/when teams load the box.
And to protect said QB the team had to have a dominant OLine which in turn led to a generally clean pocket and a solid if not punishing running game.(The Pats current OLine looks like who'd you'd gather up if you needed to create a human battering ram).
And said team of course also had to have a dominant defense/special teams, already have a solid core with Gilmore, Guy, Winovich, Hightower, Jackson, Jones,McCourty, Duggar Then they went and added Van Noy, Judon, Mills, Godchaux, plus they have or added a couple guys who are solid/improving or are just good depth.
They will have a top 5-10 defense especially with Billy being all pissed off. (Oh and nabbed one of the best DT's in Barmore and got a good one in Perkins too, and I liked McGrone coming out this year too, dont much about Bledsoe)
And said team also generally had a very good coaching staff from top to bottom, which of course the Pats have had since Billy first arrived as he has always known the importance of getting the best of the best at every coaching position(most underrated imo was Dante Scarnecchia(thankfully retired, unfort they did bring back Patricia who will always be a better coordinator than head coach)).
They have pretty much all the elements and really their offense is setup very nicely for any QB but in particular Cam and anybody coming out of college. For Cam they can use designed runs and rpo's and of course play action and with their personnel alone they can allow their QBs to have better options throwing in the middle of the field.(The last 2 being positive for any QB obviously but also more so for rookies or game managers).
With Mac Jones they lose the running ability but they gain the ability to attack the entire field through the air and in time I believe a better understanding of the defense and how to use the offense to manipulate each defense.
In my opinion its gonna be a hotly contested AFC east especially if Tua starts to play in any way how many people thought he could coming out the Fins have a solid team too. And I think the Jets finally have a coaching staff now they'll have to find out if they have their QB.
People underestimating Belichek(they were 7-9 with a terrible roster, and they ran all over us needing a last second fumble from Cam to barely hold onto the win, and JA in that game was 11/18 for 154 and an int so Belichek still knows hows to gameplan when it matters) will be surprised and people underestimating mac jones will be surprised. and dont tell me about the game in dec. when the game didnt matter to the pats.
Eric Wood interviews Joe Staley (trained Bills rookie Spencer Brown among others)
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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There are other things to consider; which guard spots to put Feliciano and Ford depending on training camp and preseason they each could end up on either side.
-Will the Bills continue to use more zone or power schemes-the interior 3 fare better in a power scheme while the tackles in a zone scheme- it would be better for a spread offense like ours to use more zone out of shotgun but is not a deal breaker by any stretch, I believe Breida is the bridge here as his speed allows outside zone to work while Motor and Moss have the power for inside power schemed plays.
-What do we have in Lamp?
-Can Brown be the swing tackle backup or push Williams or netiher?
-Can Morse stay healthy and is Feliciano is primary backup or a guy like Bates or Anderson?
https://thebuffalofanatics.com/2021-buffalo-bills-offensive-line/
https://www.profootballnetwork.com/buffalo-bills-depth-chart/