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The article doesn't mention WLB. Looking over the roster, apparently Maybin, Ellison, and Harris have been getting the bulk of the reps at that position.
Of course, someone playing WLB has to be at least a capable SLB, because it's not uncommon for teams to shift their TE, when the OLBs don't have enough time to swap places before the snap.
Kawika Mitchell might wind up fitting into the OLB picture somehow as well. Currently he is a backup ILB, but they might decide that he deserves the opportunity to compete for one of the starting OLB spots.
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http://blogs.buffalonews.com/billboard/201...sans-lynch.html
That article adds a new twist to the situation:
Of course, the obvious question is WHY isn't he on the field if he's in town and working out?Lynch gave two interviews in the past two weeks in which he said he'd be showing up with his teammates. He is in town and he has been lifting weights at the Bills facility. But he's not on the field yet. -
Now at pick 28, and none of the teams left in the 1st round would appear to have enough need at RB to have any interest in LynchI agree with you. At this rate, if we can't get any takers for Lynch, just sit tight and we'll get a good player at 41. -
Gee, why might a bar owner want to destroy a tape that shows a bunch of underage people in his bar, as opposed to giving that tape to the police?
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I had seats in 334 for quite a few years. Had to give them up last year. When I first got the seats, I was in row 26, and those seats were good, but a little high up. For example, unless you had really good eyesight, you couldn't read the names on the jerseys. When they renovated the stadium, and reassigned all the seats, I moved down to row 16. Those were great seats. It's actually a much better view than TV, because you're a little higher up and can see more of the field all at once. Also, sitting on that side of the field, you can see everything happening on the Bills bench. Pretty much anywhere between the 30's in the lower 20 rows of the upper deck has a good view of the field, which is why the Bills keep raising the price of those tickets. It went up $10 more to $70 for the upcoming season.Why? Value? Sightlines? I'm in 334 right now (for three years now) and am trying to move down between the 20s.Some people prefer the lower bowl because you're closer to the action, but generally speaking you don't have as good a few of the entire field. To each their own.
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That's not really the same as what he was talking about. 3 DBs on the field and an extra LB in the box is not the same thing as moving a safety down into the box. The safety is presumably faster than the LB, and would generally do a better job of covering receivers in downfield routes.Not true.The 8 in the box defense, where the strong safety essentially moves up to support the run, can be looked at as a 4-4 or a 5-3, depending on the base defense.
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The Bills will probably have a 4-4 package they can use in specific situations. It would be a good fit for down near the goal line, since you don't have as much field to cover. During the Greg Williams era, the Bills sometimes brought in a 4th LB on 2nd and long, because most teams have a strong tendency to run in that down and distance.
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I'm guessing somebody at KFFL was monitoring a Buffalo News chat session.Does anyone have the source? I looked a while and couldn't find it. -
Gailey has already said that Kelsay is going to convert to OLB in the new system.Does this mean the end of Kelsay?*fingers crossed*
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I read in the Buffalo News recently that Gailey confirmed that all of the DEs from last year would be competing for OLB spots in the new system. Can't find the article.
I checked out a few rosters of 3-4 teams, and pretty much all of the DEs are in the 290-300 range. Kyle Williams is undersized for a 3-4 NT, but he's the best fit for NT out of the players on the current roster. IMO he would be a better fit at DE in this scheme. With Williams at NT, Stroud and Spencer Johnson are the logical choices for DE.
Kelsay might be one of the odd men out this season. He doesn't seem to be as good a fit compared to others on the roster. Schobel and Maybin seem like the best fits at OLB. Agree with Poz and Mitchell on the inside. Makes sense to have Ellison be a backup ILB. Bryan Scott will probably also get on the field quite a bit in some quazi-nickel alignments where he replaces one of the ILBs.
When he's healthy, McGee is the best CB on the team. McKelvin will presumably be given every opportunity to earn the other starting spot. At the beginning of training camp last season, Florence was at the top of the nickel depth chart; will probably be the same this season.
Of course, Byrd is the starting FS. Wilson moved ahead of Whitner during last season. Not sure how, if at all, Whitner fits into the team's plans for this season.
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A champion for small-market teams, Wilson has declared that the Bills won't remain in his family after he dies. The team Wilson has owned since its conception 50 years ago won't be passed to his wife, Mary, or his two daughters. Too many issues are involved to keep the team in the family, least of all steep inheritance taxes.
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The DTs from last season will become DEs in the 3-4. Stroud, Williams, and S. Johnson all have the size and skill set to be effective DEs in a 3-4.
The Bills have more OLB candidates than they know what to do with. All the DEs from last season, along with all the OLBs, are all competing for those spots.
The Buffalo News had an article today, where Gailey was explaining how they are going to adapt their schemes to fit the personnel they have available.
http://www.buffalonews.com/2010/02/25/9690...ers-to-new.html
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Maybe the funniest part of all of this is the OP didn't even have his stats right.
Butler played in two games in 2006. He didn't start a game that season. He was active but didn't play in 7 other games.
Butler started all 16 games in 2007.
He started 13 games in 2008, and missed 3 due to injury.
He started 2 games in 2009 before being placed on IR.
So he started in 31 games, played in 33 games, and was active for 40 games.
As a general rule, when a starter in his mid 20's, under a multi-year contract worth about $8 million, decides to retire and walk away, most media outlets would consider that newsworthy.
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It depends on the results of the game being played later tonight.- Anybody know who we've got next and when?Seeds 3 and 6-12 have been determined:
3. Russia
6. Canada
7. Slovakia
8. Switzerland
9. Belarus
10. Norway
11. Germany
12. Latvia
Seeds 1-4 get byes, and 5-12 play in the qualifiers with the pairings as you would expect, high to low.
If Finland wins in regulation, they would be #1 and the US #2. The US would probably play Slovakia, assuming there are no upsets in the qualifier round. If Sweden wins, or the Game goes into OT, the US would be the #1 seed and probably play Switzerland.
The qualifiers (which the US gets a bye) are on Tuesday, and the quarterfinals are on Wednesday.
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That OT game really hurt Canada in the standings. That puts them at the #6 seed, which means they'll have to play Russia in the quarterfinals. By comparison, the US will be playing probably either Slovakia or Switzerland in the quarterfinals.
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QFT. And let's give credit where it's due - I've watched plenty of Olympic Hockey where they take commercial breaks while play is going on, because there are no commercial timeouts. At least they're showing all of this game, so far no commercials during the 1st period.Maybe it just comes down to the fact that there are no commercial breaks -
Keep in mind that this is the same network that pre-empted a sudden death OT playoff game so they could show a pregame show for a horse race.
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Thanks. tvguide.com doesn't have Time Warner's channels totally up to date, so they didn't have MSNBCHD in their listings. I had to hunt it down in my channel guide. (718 where I live)I just turned it on and it is in HD on timeWarner -
Coincidentally, a small company I used to work for purchased an HP desktop in the summer of 2006. Someone else I do business with purchased one about a year or so before that.
The immediate problem you have is you don't have enough free space on your C partition. I suggest you delete all your temporary internet files, and change those settings to reduce the amount of space that is used for that.
Also, check your list of installed programs, and delete anything that's installed in the C partition that you don't need, or you can reinstall on another partition.
As a general rule, you want at least 10% free space on all drives/partitions at all times.
Since you have plenty of free disk space, if you want to spend a few coins to speed up the computer, RAM makes the most sense. You could upgrade to 2 Gig for about $50. If you go to HP's web site, you should be able to enter your model number somewhere in the support section and find out exactly what kind of memory your computer uses. Probably 2 memory sticks 1 Gig each, the kind that everybody sells, would work in that computer.
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IMO Tasker was limited to his ST role for most of his career primarily because he was so good at it.Steve Tasker is not really a good example, though your point is well taken.Long time Bills fans remember and know that Steve Tasker finally got his long overdue opportunity to play from scrimmage for the Bills in two of his last NFL seasons, in 1995-96. He played as a slot receiver in 21 games and started 10 of those games.
Tasker was uncoverable as a slot receiver (think Wes Welker...they are the exact same size...25 pounds heavier than Roscoe Parrish BTW...and both are from the Kansas-Oklahoma area) and was used frequently on end arounds from the slot.
Tasker ran precise routes and got in and out of his cuts in the blink of an eye. He also had excellent hands. In those two seasons Tasker had 41 receptions for 627 yards (15.3 ypr) and 6 TDs as the Bills' 3rd/4th receiver. In those two seasons he also rushed the ball 17 times for a 6.5 ypc on the slot receiver end around play.
It is clear to those who saw him play from scrimmage that Marv made a mistake in restricting Tasker to special teams coverage duty only. Not only that but Marv didn't allow Tasker to return punts during his career, only relenting for the final three years of their careers (Tasker and Levy both retired after the 1997 season). Tasker averaged 10.5 yards per punt return over his last three years which were the only years he was ever used as a punt returner.
Considering how effective an offensive weapon Tasker was in the 3 years before his retirement, it's a damn shame he never got any offensive or special teams touches in his first 8 seasons with the Bills when he was in his athletic prime.
Jim Kelly has said that he thought Tasker could have been a Pro Bowl WR if he played there his entire career.
Tasker was a damn good football player, period.
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As others mentioned, one reason these players may have been cut was to give them a better chance at catching on with another team.
Palmer is a bit of a surprise. I thought he played really well on ST toward the end of last season, and he was playing well enough at LB to get on the field in some situations. Maybe the coaches thought he was a bad fit for the new system. Also keep in mind there's a major roster logjam at OLB. Possibly as many as 10 players on the current roster would be on that depth chart if camp opened today.
Wendling got cut because he can't play S at all. He got on the field a little bit late in the week 4 Miami game. I went back and watched that, and he was just brutal. He was so bad the next time the Bills had to deal with S depth issues, they had Nic Harris practice there, so they could use him instead of Wendling. That's a sure-fire way to get yourself cut. If you are so bad at your position they have players at other positions taking practice reps in front of you, then you probably don't deserve your roster spot.
If the coaches decided they never expect Jenkins to develop into a WR that will get anything resembling regular playing time, then it makes sense to cut him too.
Someone suggested that Marcus Smith could have played NT in the 3-4. I looked up his measurements, and he's something like 6-3 295. So he appears to be too small for NT. Based on what I read, Smith, McGhee, and Phillip were all basically roster fodder that suffered season-ending injuries in training camp last season.
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Looking over a few rosters of other 3-4 teams, most of the DEs are somewhere in the 280-300 range.
Denny might be able to put that much weight on his frame; I doubt if any of the other DEs can.
Schobel and Maybin appear to be good fits at OLB, the rest of the DE on the roster are kind of in limbo.
As others have mentioned, most of the DTs on the roster are better suited to DE than NT in a 3-4. The Bills will probably have to pick up a pair of NTs either in the draft or FA.
Pos and Mitchell appear to be the leading candidates for the ILB jobs, leaving a glut of players competing for the OLB spots:
Schobel, Maybin, and possibly other DEs curerntly on the roster, Ellison, Harris, Palmer all competing for probably 4 roster spots total. Maybe Ellison becomes a backup ILB who contributes mostly on ST.
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As others have stated in this read, you can't expect to hire a "real" OC when the HC has said he will be calling the plays. This position is more like an "Assistant OC". It involves more responsibility than a position coach, but not as much as a typical coordinator. Since Modkins has more than 5 years experience working with Gailey, it's an obvious choice. In some ways, it reminds me of when Gregg Williams hired Jerry Grey to be his DC.
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http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4822872
According to that article, the judges appeared to be skeptical of the NFL's argument.
Parish as second receiver
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IMO Parrish is simply too small to be a full time #2 WR. He's listed as 5'9 178. I wouldn't be surprised if he was substantially smaller than that.
Last season, I noticed on occasion that Josh Reed was an effective blocker as the slot WR on running plays. Roscoe wouldn't be able to provide that, but he creates other matchup problems. In particular, he's so quick that you pretty much have to line up a DB across from him. (if you're playing man coverage) From an OC perspective, it's always a good start when you can dictate to the other team what personnel they need to put on the field, and/or what defensive schemes they're limited to.
Here's a simplistic example of some of the things you might be able to do matchup-wise. Let's assume it's 3rd down and the Bills are playing a team that plays a 3-4. The Bills line up Evans on the left, #2WR on the right, Parrish in the slot on the right, and Spiller and Jackson or Lynch in the backfield. Most of the time, the defense will take a LB off the field (in this instance, since it's 3rd down, probably one of the ILBs) and put a nickel back on Parrish. If they don't do this, you pretty much know that they're playing zone, because a LB couldn't cover Parrish 1-1. On most 3-4 teams, the most effective blitzer is the WOLB. So you motion Spiller out to the left, and the WOLB pretty much has to go with him, because there isn't anybody else "in the neighborhood". You've managed to greatly reduce the defense's ability to blitz simply with a combination of personnel/motion.