dave mcbride

Kirby, like A & M at the end of the third quarter on Sunday, i thought I had this bet won hands down as of Monday. I was actually picking out my hat yesterday. Now I don't know what to believe. He was cut im essence, but is IR a loophole?

#2 defense using DVOA.

Terrific post.

What a ridiculously crazy ending. Rosen threw for 292 yards in the 4th quarter! He had some luck, but he also made all the plays he had to near the end.

Bill -- I agree with you 100 percent about him as a draft pick. Fwiw, though, he did actually have one inarguably great season. Some people here (not most) do seem to be taking pleasure in his failure, while others seem to take pleasure in celebrating their own prognostication skills while dissing other less enlightened fans (not you!). I think it's clear in retrospect that he was a bad pick, but he did have his moments. He wasn't a Maybin or a Mike Williams.

Um ... next time wait until the game ends before pronouncing.

2nd year player, very young (just turned 20), first game of season, decent competition, played well in second half ... i certainly wouldn't read too much into it.

Read what i wrote - better than a lot of "name" teams (maybe florida?) even if not truly elite. SC did in fact put up ~50 points, gain over 520 yards, and win by 18. Not sure why you're bringing an elite team like michigan into the discussion.

Western Michigan went 13-1 last season and gave Wisconsin a tough game in their new year's day bowl game. They finished 15th and are not bad at all. They're better than a lot of "name" teams right now even if not truly elite. Darnold had a solid game too except for the ints - 23/33 for 289 yards (nearly 9 ypa).

Williams looked terrible last season. I have complained about a lot of stuff, but I simply can't get upset about this.

Jauron was a very good defensive coach under Coughlin in Jax. They never became great when he was dc (1995-98), but they got better every year after starting out in 95 as a woeful expansion team.

KD, I think C.B agrees with you. It's the idiots taking pleasure in his failire that are the issue.

Likeable player who had one transcendently great season for the Bills (6.0 ypc), and a lot of yahoo fans taking pleasure in his decline. Nice. You people who are dancing on his grave are pathetic. See above.

Gillislee has so far in his career looked about 50 times better than Williams. And while Darby may not have been a great fit for this D, he is a lot better than Gaines. I expect him to do well in the Schwartz D.

Thanks - I did not know this about Rex and Hogan.

None of the guys who end up being cut will know the Bills' offense, and none will help the team. The best you're looking for is a 14 catch td specialist like Justin Hunter.

The browns' dc drove off ted williams years ago because he was "too fat." Williams is one of the stupidest people in modern nfl history from a strategic (not tactical) sense, esp with regard to team building. He is poisonous. I don't give a damn about hayden, but let's not forget that.

Um ... Sandy Koufax is one of the greatest pitchers of all time, and it's not even remotely arguable. HOF votes are based on career counting stats and five-year peak stats, and koufax's five year peak is about as great as you'll ever see. You're a good poster, but do you know enough about baseball to comment on it? Koufax had a total of 46.6 WAR between 1961 and 1966 (staggeringly great) plus two dominant postseason WS-winning performances and 5 straight ERA titles. Christ, man: Koufax's ERA in 4 world series was 0.95 and he won 2 world series MVPs. More to the point, Koufax did nothing until his seventh season in MLB.

Levitre had an excellent season last year. Your point? He's a good player. The Bills let him leave. He will therefore be discussed. It is what it is.

The issue, I suspect, is that acl injuries are 9 months recovery time max now given the advances in surgery. He is now 13 months removed from surgery. He had a simple acl tear. He is not injury prone or anything like it. It is an injury that the VAST majority of pro athletes recover from in 9-10 months.

But the critique in the OP is objectively wrong.

Umm ... No offense, but you're the one not understanding the cap here. They could cut him with ease.

Just saw this. Good post.

Good piece. I bought everything he said except re Watkins. I am not at all convinced he is injury prone, and he wouldn't have been hard to keep. I have a feeling we'll regret his departure. We shall see.

Meh - whatever. In Schwartz's first season as the Eagles' DC, they finished 4th overall in defensive dvoa. They finished 17th the year before. http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/teamdef