dave mcbride
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Seattle has the cap room to sign both Hutch and Alexander. So we won't get Hutch.
Backus, I love. He should our LT next year. I would love a run at Bentley.
Perhaps...
LT - Backus
LG - 2nd Round Draft Pick
C - Bentley
RG - Villarial
RT - Peters
MW gets cut and we save the 5mil and give it to Bentley.
the problem is that there are *so* many teams with bad offensive lines and lots of cap room: houston and miami come to mind. the bills are going to lose on the attractive destination factor to a lot of these guys.
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usually, good players make bad coaches (and vice versa, some o' the time ...).
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i'm not saying we're doomed (and i'm actually ok with the jauron hire after first being skeptical). i'm just wondering what possible coordinators are out there. to my untrained eye, the pickings are getting pretty slim.
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ted had 47 tackles this year, the most he's had since 2000 (his last year with the bills).
http://www.nfl.com/players/playerpage/4472
he can still bring it.
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you know, i'd be thrilled if we got cottrell. i doubt it'll happen, though.
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all the tried and true names are disappearing quickly -- capers, henderson, haslett, saunders. plus the olsen guy who was allegedly targeted and who worked with jauron. you just know that if heimerdinger gets away from the jets, he's heading straight to kc.
who will be left with? bresnahan and corey? blache and schoop? could it be -- gulp, gulp -- that no coordinators worth their salt want to come to buffalo? say it ain't so!
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great work, jdg.
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This completely undercuts your point. The Redskins hired a guy with a great defensive track record, built off a great system. He comes in and transforms an average defense into world beaters, not by buying talent, but by getting the players to play his "system." Five year ago, the Redskins tried to build a defense based on talent, specifically Champ Baily and Lavar Arrington. This past year the Skins finally got that great defense, but Baily was gone and Lavar on the bench. The only great talent is Taylor, but if you know anything about a Gregg Williams defense, you would know that a head-hunting strong safety is the cornerstone. So, its all about the system.
when williams came here, he imposed a system and it failed. the defense became much better when they obtained the right players.
as for the skins, what's this about them not having talent? shawn springs has been of the best cornerbacks in the league the last 2 seasons, and is playing like he did before the hamstring problems in seattle. he's a surefire elite player. there are a lot of other very good players on that defense as well.
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you really wonder how much he's actually in the loop. he's allegedly great friends with haslett, but haslett didn't even get a sniff. he can't leave the bills except to resign, which may be forcing him to stay.
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I like how everyone casually ignores the rest of the points in regards to the talent on this team and focuses on their subjective opinion that Evans has "great" hands. Independent talent evaluators disagree and many others are still in wait and see mode with Evans. However, you have now anointed him with the best set of hands in Bills history. Excellent.
i said "since bob chandler." who are these "independent evaluators" anyway? guys who judged him coming out of college? i can honestly say that i've yet to meet one knowledgeable bills fan who doesn't think he has sensational hands.
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stop right there. you have no idea what you're talking about. evans has probably the best hands of any bills receiver since bob chandler -- better than butler's, and better than reed's. watch some games instead of reading scouting reports ...
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Quit smoking your crack pipe.........Sherman had better record than JAuron and was even part of Ron Wolf's scouting department. This is just like taking Williams and Mularkey over John Fox and Charlie Weiss........The records speak for themselves. There's a lot of great coaches that didn't go to Yale, such as bill Belicheck and John Fox to name a few. Most people that went to Yale are working on Wall street!!!!!!
quote=Casey D,Jan 23 2006, 07:21 AM]
i agree with your post, but i assure you that in terms of status and academic prestige as an undergraduate institution, wesleyan (belichick's alma mater) is pretty much the equal of yale.
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While watching the Steelers game I saw a team who loves its city.
A Team who loves thier owner. A owner who is loves his coach.
A organization who has seen consistnt success in the NFL.
And as a Bills fan, I have no faith in management. Any decent GM the Bills have had has been run out of town (where they still experienced success).
A team who plays for the name on the back of the Jersy instead of the city or fans they represent.
A team who is more content with saving $$ and filling seats instead of putting the best product on the field.
I'm convinced the Bills of the 90's got lucky. Levy was a lucky hire. Polian and Butler were great GM's who happen to use Buffalo to launch thier career.
Fact is: I doubt Buffalo will ever be a serious contender in the NFL. The people in charge are not as commited to winning like the Rooney's. Just not as classy.
As a fan, I just want to experince the joy of watching a playoff game that means something to me. With Jauron as HC, I doubt I'll get that chance anytime soon
Congrats to the Steelers- especially to thier fans. You do not know or even realize how lucky you have it.
you do realize, you know, that the logic behind your post is based entirely on your perception of the bills in the donohoe era? just checking.
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He's our guy now, so you have to give him a chance. I'll dig him if we win and hate him if we lose. I am not all that happy with it now, but if he brings in Caldwell to run the O and Capers or someone with a lot of credentials to run the D I won't be too displeased. The OC hire here could be critical.
That said, where are all your stats showing how terrible the Bears and Lions defense has been under his tutelage?
i'll have you know, dog, that i posted the very impressive defensive stats of jax between 1995 and 1998 slightly less than a week ago. i'll admit that on the surface that sherman looked like the better coach to me, but what do i know?? i'll just hope for the best and look forward to next year.
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why is this being analyzed??
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It can always be worse. Always.
I for one...don't mind Jauron. Really, I just don't care much. It's Jamuary; the Bills' head coach isn't a concern for me for another seven months or so...and even then, I have family, friends, work, hobbies...basically, a full and satisfying enough life that I won't live or die by who coaches the Bills.
yep - couldn't have said it beter myself.
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i don't know if this is common knowledge but it was news to me. According to a family member who is friends with someone who is a family friend of our former GM - TD is saying that Levy has been working for the Bills since November and has been making personnel decisions. He referred to Levy as a tyrant and that was reason MM decided to resign.
In the end Levy called TD into his office and told him that it would be in his best interest to resign. TD refused and initially told him that he would have to fire him.
As far as credibility issues - i have known of the TD family friend for several years and my relative are both credible sources to me.
Secondly there is another story which may be partially confirmed to bolster the source's credibility.
I had sent a copy of WGR's wickedly funny Teddy Bruschi parody that was made following the ESPN game where Bruschi came back from his stroke to my relative who then forwarded it to TD's family friend who then in turn forwarded it to TD.
TD thought it was extremely funny and played it for the entire team following the Sunday night game. It should be fairly easy enough to confirm whether or not the GR bit was played for the team and therefore validate at least a portion of my story.
whatever. he was a control freak himself, so it's sort of like the pot calling the kettle black if true. anyway, he didn't get it done in half a decade. he has no reason to complain about anything.
On to more important things, what will FFS change
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looks more like gil thorp to me ...