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EJ was never fast. He's athletic enough to make a run happen, but he's not a fast/quick guy. He is bigger, he takes long strides, that's about it.
Right, true...but last year he would outrun LB's to the edge and be able to really run once he got going. This year he is not going to outrun defensive ends let alone LB's. It would be great if he can perfect the art of stepping up in the pocket and side-stepping pressure to buy himself time. I just don't see him taking off and running being a threat anymore. Those read-option keepers will be few and far between.
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I don't think you can praise Watkins enough yesterday. It obviously hurts him to even breathe let alone absorb hits to the ribs and contort his body. He is downplaying how much pain he's in but you can see it. Hopefully this injury gets a chance to heal but unfortunately it may linger the whole season.
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I like what I'm seeing from EJ, don't love it. He's managing the game. The Bills are running the ball alot, as advertised. They probably should let him throw more on 1st down. It's tough to mainly ask EJ to throw in obvious passing situations.
So basically I'm thrilled with 2-0 BUT in my opinion EJ is the weakest link (skill player) on an otherwise talented offense. Hopefully he continues to improve especially in the Red Zone with his accuracy.
Also, is it me or is EJ kinda' slow now? He has escapability but he doesn't appear to run fast at all.
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Props all around but wow, Sammy Watkins...give him a game ball. You could tell it probably hurts like h*ll for him to even breathe let alone play, absorb hits and contort his body. He was playing through immense pain you could tell.
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27-16 Bills...
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At the end of the day...Ray punched the lights out of his girlfriend. NO one else did anything. Meanwhile Harbaugh and the Ravens are made to look like idiots for supporting him during a press conference a few weeks ago. The club loses it's best RB of course. The owner has to write a ridiculously detailed letter of apology to PSL and Suite holders. Sponsors are affected and have to drop Rice. The NFL is looking like morons for having given Ray the 2 games suspension...not following through with viewing the video,,,not taking domestic violence more seriously from the start. Now Goodell and his cronies are looking at their jobs on the line due to Ray's punch. Amazing the trickle down effect here.
Personally I wanted Goodell around because i felt he was a supporter of the Bills staying in Buf (being from Jamestown). Now that Pegula is here, it's perfect timing. I don't really care if Goodell stays or goes..but he did not punch any women so I'm not sure why there's such a witch hunt for his firing. He said they (NFL) screwed up and they will change policy and do better. What is he supposed to say now?
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I'm not writing this kid off yet. Let's judge him in the regular season not preseason or practices... He deserves that. As for Chicago this Sunday, EJ cannot have similar games as last years Pittsburgh and Tampa. I mean the guy has got to look competent and get the Bills into the end zone a couple times... I don't want to see that deer in headlights look and bouncing passes or throwing over guys heads on 3rd down. Let's see the new and improved EJ,
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I posted in the Shoutbox, EJ needs to go 1-1 in the first two games. if he goes 0-2 and looks subpar then Orton is going in for San Diego.
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Yes- bubble is officially burst for me too. I went from having visions of 10-6 in mini camp to now thinking 4-12 is a very likely scenario. It's not just preseason games, it's Kiko, Sammy, Kuandjo, EJ, coaching, trench play on O, 3rd-down defense.... all things could be masked by an Elite QB but we are so far away from that.
My "Super Bowl" this year will be having a local person like Pegula buy the team. If that happens i will be on cloud 9 and not worry about this season whatsoever.
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I've lost a lot of confidence in Whaley after that Cyrus Kouandjio 2nd round pick. I don't care if every scout on the staff liked that pick, it was Whaley who had to sign on off on it. That is a monumental swing and a miss with a high 2nd pick. That kid may never play in an NFL game. He's just not good.
A lot of here made another point well before the draft. They should have drafted another QB in the middle rounds to groom (Mettenberger, Murray, etc..). I don't know why on earth they are so stubborn about this? You continue to draft QB's until you find one that can play at a high level. Why is this so hard for the Bills management to grasp?
As for Marrone, i have high hoped for the guy but c'mon. Even i said after the Pittsburgh game to shut Sammy down until Sept. 7th. There was nothing to gain by playing him last night. Just dumb.
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Basically, when i look at the stats of every backup QB in preseason i feel they all show great stats, except for Buffalo. I know that's not really true but it sure seems that way.
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Remember last years preseaon loss at home to Detroit. lots of doom and gloom and they came darn close to beating NE,
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Just heard about some kind of sammy injury. WTF?? my expectations have dropped to about 4-12 now.
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Freeman is like the baseball pitcher that suddenly forgot how to pitch. He was horrible in his last few bits of game action. I would never want that guy here.
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I'd only let EJ play a series or two with the starters. Let him air it out though. We don't need to see him hand off.
Sullivan this morning mentions in the Buff News about Jordan Palmer playing tonight. I disagree with that move. Tuel needs to play 3 Qtrs in this game. He's going to be the main backup QB for now so let the guy get some reps out there now. Palmer can practice but why does he need game reps right now? He's been here 5 minutes. He's not going to be the #2 man for a while if that.
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Don't discount the fact that Moorman is an excellent holder for FG's, hey it matters for something.
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Even though he threw against Tampa's 2nd stringers, i thought EJ had a couple great throws in the 3rd Qtr. The kind of passes I have not seen him complete up to that point. Down the middle of the field, 20+ yds and before the receiver turned around. If he can start having the confidence to make those passes and complete a few per game, I think his overall game will improve tremendously. That's the only shred of hope I can see for EJ right now. It's just hope. Defenses don't respect his downfield game right now so they cheat up and pressure the hell out of him (and he makes poor decisions under pressure). Kelly made great decisions under pressure....so do Brady, Manning, Rodgers and all the elite's of the game.
EJ has to get teams to respect his downfield game.
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and they say preseason doesn't matter..ha. feel bad for Thad but obviously his practices must've been as underwhelming as his games.Still it's tough to cut a guy who won 2 division games for backups that have never won. I guess bottom line is that if EJ doesn't stay healthy and get it done, we are doomed no matter what.
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Just not a fan of EJ. We picked the wrong year to go after our QB, again. Bortles already looks better. Kind of ironic that Kelvin Benjamin and Mike Evans have caught TD's vs. Buffalo....Sammy who is better has nothing. Too bad he doesn't have a stud QB throwing him the ball this year...
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He is just so inacurate. He made two throws on the run which were designed plays and he came nowhere close to his target.
This. He's just not good enough. Even a guy like Nassib is showing a difference from year 1 to year 2 with far fewer games. EJ looks exactly the same as last preseason.
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How about Zach Mettenberger? He put up some nice numbers. Impressive accuracy.
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The UB medical school is very good and it seems to be growing and modernizing at a fast rate. Best of luck.
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Nice write up an clinical analysis and reporting. About the only Bills "reporter" that does anything like this is our own Astrobot and the Mike fella who has a gig at another website.
Just tell us what you see. Keep the axe grinding to a minimum.
After reading the Buffalo media i thought the Bills were totally dominated in all facets of this scrimmage. Good to hear from the other side that was not necessarily the case. Also good to hear that Kouandijo had a couple decent moments to go along with his bad.
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The Redskins and Patriots did the same thing last week. No one died.
Yep. Listening from the Redskins side i only heard positive things about their joint practices with New England. The guys seemed to have enjoyed going against other competition and made for a little more "bringing your A game" to the practice field.
Seems like some whining by Freddie. If players don't like this, I interpret it as not wanting to have to push yourself in practice...which is kinda' lame. I would hope a guy like Fred would buy in,
Game announcers were awful!
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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I did hear the name blunders. Just as bad were how many times the announcer said after a play "3rd down coming up" and it was 4th down, or 2nd down, etc... The guy screwed up which down it was several times. Kinda' sloppy to say the least.