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Screw Rotoworld's Buffalo Bashing
dave mcbride replied to Inigo Montoya's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Um, it is. Discussion closed! -
Case Keenum traded to Redskins
dave mcbride replied to FluffHead's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
No, his cap hit ain’t big - washington isn’t responsible for the prorated cap hit. The refs won that game for the bills. The OPI called on the colts on their 2-pt conversion was about as phantom as it gets and is hardly ever called. -
Screw Rotoworld's Buffalo Bashing
dave mcbride replied to Inigo Montoya's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Yeah, I spent nearly a week there last May. Great time, and nicer than in the past. My wife and I have a ton of friends there, and now some of our nieces and nephews are moving there. -
Screw Rotoworld's Buffalo Bashing
dave mcbride replied to Inigo Montoya's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
I lived in LA for 8 years. It is one of the world’s great cities. I loved it, but not enough to live the rest of my life there. -
Buffalo Sports Team Naming Concept
dave mcbride replied to JGMcD2's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Ha, and wow! https://www.cnn.com/2015/12/08/africa/kinshasa-cowboys-bills/ -
Buffalo Sports Team Naming Concept
dave mcbride replied to JGMcD2's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
I know you jest, but Buffalo Bill really did participate in a staggering slaughter on the plains in the late 1860s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_Bill. That said, he is one of the more interesting people in American history, and probably the biggest US star of the late 19th century. Most interesting to me, though, is the last entry on the Congo. Do you remember that news video clip from a few years back of a scene in the Congo in which a young guy with a Bills jersey was running alongside a tank? It was some sort of melee, and there was a discussion of it on the board (for the life of me, I can't find it. Damn.). I just figured the guy was wearing a Bills Super Bowl victory jersey given that that gear usually ends up in the poorer countries of the world, but there may be more to it than I thought! -
Why not Eric Weddle for a year?
dave mcbride replied to Seasons1992's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
... but in decline: https://www.baltimorebeatdown.com/2019/3/5/18252353/ravens-cut-s-eric-weddle-nfl-free-agency-news-safety-released-baltimore -
Cardinals tweet their support of Right Josh
dave mcbride replied to YoloinOhio's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
It may simply be the case that the Cardinals told Murray that they're taking him no matter what and that he ended up basically blowing off all of the other interviews because they don't matter. -
Cardinals tweet their support of Right Josh
dave mcbride replied to YoloinOhio's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Gruden might be changing. He is a smart coach despite the fact that I dislike him. This is the new NFL, and he gets to see Mahomes slice and dice him twice a year now up close and personal. -
Cardinals tweet their support of Right Josh
dave mcbride replied to YoloinOhio's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
It is all bs. I would not be shocked at all if Gruden, who is very unscrupulous, saw his former media buddy Casserly as an easy mark and fed him the bs because he wants Murray himself. Who is Matt Millar? Google tells me he is an Australian rules football player who does not live in the US. I am not seeing any NFL-related quotes by anyone of that name when I google it. -
Cardinals tweet their support of Right Josh
dave mcbride replied to YoloinOhio's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
I haven’t seen any, and I’ve looked. All cite Casserly. Here’s Belichick on Casserly: “Who’s been wrong more than Charley Casserly since he left the Redskins? His percentage is like a meteorologist,” Belichick said. “He has no relationship to this team. I’d say less than zero. Based on what? He’s never at a practice, never at a game,” Belichick said before getting into a discussion of sports media practices in general. “At least he put his name on it which is more than a lot of guys. But, like he usually is, he was 100 percent wrong.” https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/01/04/belichick-whos-been-been-wrong-more-than-charlie-casserly/ Also, before the combine Scott McCloughan said he didn’t come across well in SB interviews, but added that he ‘wouldn't be satisfied with any explanation that comes in a 15-minute interview in Indianapolis. "I'd sit him down one-on-one, bring him in the building and throw stuff at him he's not ready for, to see how he responds," McCloughan says.’ McCloughan still thinks he’s the best qb in the draft. https://www.si.com/nfl/2019/02/28/kyler-murray-height-best-quarterback-scot-mccloughan -
Cardinals tweet their support of Right Josh
dave mcbride replied to YoloinOhio's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
I think the issue is that for all intents purposes, Rivers/Brees played (and play) the same basic style, and Aikman/Walsh did the same. Rosen and Murray play wildly different styles and each would fare best in an offense entirely unlike the one the other would fare best in. -
Article for those obsessing about Metcalf
dave mcbride replied to TigerJ's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
I'm not for drafting him, but c'mon -- Johnson was a great player who made the Lions better. He came to a terrible franchise, and they went to the playoffs twice in his time there. They also should have advanced in 2014 if not for absolutely atrocious refereeing in their playoff game vs. Dallas. -
https://www.si.com/nfl/2019/03/05/kyler-murray-no-1-pick-arizona-cardinals-josh-rosen-trade-value-dk-metcalf-body-fat-women-coaches Murray represents where the NFL is going, and what is trickling up from the college ranks. As Daniel Jeremiah, the NFL Network’s draft analyst, put it, “Who are the great young immobile quarterbacks? There really aren’t any of them.” You can point to Tom Brady or Drew Brees or Philip Rivers, but those players are able to excel in today’s NFL because of their minds and their deep knowledge of what is going to happen on each play after years of experience, allowing them to get out of trouble by getting rid of the ball. “With Kyler Murray, you’ve got two chances to be right: The play that they call has a chance to work and the play that he makes has a chance to work,” Jeremiah says.
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How can we not be all in on Metcalf now?
dave mcbride replied to Hebert19's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
He's definitely not following the TB12 method! -
How can we not be all in on Metcalf now?
dave mcbride replied to Hebert19's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
There is no one way to do it right, but it does seem to be the case that getting early round talent -- whether you drafted them or another team did -- is one of the keys to success. You may have to pay a fair bit in FA for another team's first rounder, but it's typically a pretty safe investment. -
How can we not be all in on Metcalf now?
dave mcbride replied to Hebert19's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
You are arguing like a lawyer. My larger point is that good teams invest in offensive lines, and that really good offensive linemen who consistently produce tend to be early-round investments more often than not. Moreover, 25 percent of the Patriots' last 12 first round picks have been offensive linemen. Rather than repeating, ad nauseum, "Patriots 2018, Patriots 2018, Patriots 2018," why not engage the broader argument and larger context? The top teams in offensive DVOA mostly invested heavily in offensive line: https://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/teamoff2018 . NE did in fact have a first rounder on their o-line in both their 2014 and 2016 SB seasons too. That is correct. -
How can we not be all in on Metcalf now?
dave mcbride replied to Hebert19's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
You are quite wrong in the global sense. See above. -
How can we not be all in on Metcalf now?
dave mcbride replied to Hebert19's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Um ... don't look at just the Pats. Look at the other playoff teams this year (plus Pittsburgh): NO's o-line: 2 first rounders, 1 second rounder, two thirds KC: 2 first rounders, 2 second rounders, and a UDFA LAR: 3 second rounders, 1 sixth rounder, and 1 seventh rounder Chicago: 1 first, 2 seconds, 1 fourth, and 1 seventh Dallas: 2 firsts, 1 second, 1 fourth, and La'el Collins, a first round talent Philly: 2 firsts (they traded a first for Peters), 2 thirds, 1 sixth Seattle: 3 firsts, 1 second, and 1 seventh Baltimore: 1 first, 2 thirds, 1 fourth, and a UDFA Indy: 3 firsts, 1 second, and 1 fourth LAC: 2 firsts, 2 thirds, and a sixth Hou: 1 second, 1 fourth, 1 fifth, 1 sixth, and a UDFA (NOTE: HOUSTON STANDS OUT BECAUSE THEIR LINE WAS AWFUL AND BASICALLY COST THEM A BYE) *Pitt: 2 firsts and 3 UDFAs (*(I'm including them here because a) they had an elite offense, b) are almost always in the playoffs, and c) lost only 6 games) So, basically, you're not correct. -
Cardinals tweet their support of Right Josh
dave mcbride replied to YoloinOhio's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
The thinking I've come across is that if you're going to go all in on Murray, get a backup like Brett Hundley who can play that style of game too (Arizona is reportedly sniffing around Hundley). The last thing you want is two qbs for whom you need to design wildly different offenses. Anyway, Kingsbury is gonna run his system regardless, and Rosen just isn't a fit for it. The best thing that could happen to Rosen might be going to Washington, which runs a pocket passer offense and has a very talented o-line. -
Right. He'll be sitting behind Colt McCoy and be given every opportunity to surpass him.