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Put me squarely on top of the EJ Manuel "bash" wagon. Sorry. This guy has to be able to hit receivers downfield to show me that he is a top flight QB. Through his first few starts he's played no better than an average backup QB. He's not raising the level of play of anyone around him. It's not an easy position obviously. Look at Green Bay without Rodgers...they are an average team now. The QB means everything.
Don't start telling me about the Carolina game. EJ threw and INT and had a strip fumble in the 4th Qtr in crunch time. Luckliy we got a PI penalty in that game late after dinking and dunking down the field.
I was a big Mike Glennon fan last fall and was pumping him up to be our QB pick. I felt like a fool that he went in the 3rd round and looked to be a project. Turns out he could be better than EJ a few games in to their careers. We'll see.
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0-4 in the blue pants this season. Ugh. That's my favorite uniform combo but it ain't working.
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That reeks of Marrone trying to keep him confident. Anyone watching could see EJ was less than mediocre.
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If EJ underthrows Goodwin or Graham on a bomb, he's gonna get his ass chewed out by Marrone on the sidelines. Coach made that clear in his morning interview. They can't underthrow those guys and it's been happening too much.
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I said the day we hired him he reminds me of a younger Parcells. Hope he's here for the next 20 years and wins multiple titles. I think he's the guy!
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It's pretty damning that Goodwin has made a couple sweet TD receptions on bombs (using his speed!) in far fewer NFL games than TJ.......and i honestly don't recall TJ making any.
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Oliver is a Ray Rice and MoJo combo. I'd love to see him on the Bills! They often have practice in the Bills fieldhouse so the staff must know him well.
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I don't think Bills can justify taking an LB that high based on other needs. As a Buckeye fan I watched him destroy our very good OL anbd outrun two 4.3 guys on a pick 6 in week one so I am sold, but think he'll be gone by the time LB is addressed.
I agree. I'd like them to get Mack, i think that would awesome but they won't take a LB in round 1.
If not Mack, I'd like to see Buffalo grab Oliver or maybe Neutz at some point. It would be great to see one of these NFL talents stay in the area.
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Why didn't McCarthy challenge that reception? It looked good.
See Bears, November 4, 2013
And that was a perfect demonstration of how you run the ball from the 1. I hope Hackett is watching.
Spread em out, create space
Yep. San Diego may want to take notes too.
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The Jets won with very pedestrian passing yesterday and Tampa almost shocked Seattle with sub 200 passing yardage. The key with a good defense is not having your QB make game killing turnovers! KC is doing a fantastic job of winning games like this. It's frustrating that Buffalo is wasting some excellent rushing games and defensive games bevause our QB's are making game altering mistakes..
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I just read on ESPN that UB LB Khalil Mack is rated the 12 best player in the country. Never heard of the dude let alone seem him play.
Not sure how you can never have heard of the guy...unless someone doesn't watch or read about college football. Mack is well known nationally now.
Really looking forward to this game tomorrow night. Tuesday night is such a boring sports night. It will be good to see UB and Buffalo getting some national airtime. That game will be shown in every sports bar around the country and that's your only Vegas college action that night.... Lot's of football junkies will be watching...
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Signed FB Evan Rodriguez
I remember watching this guy when he was at Temple playing UB. I recall thinking he was a pretty good Tight End (i think that was his position there?).
http://blogs.buffalobills.com/2013/11/04/a-closer-look-at-bills-new-fb-rodriguez/
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Dude gets banged up a lot but at least he's a quick healer. They gotta start him as long as he shows a good handle on things in practice and can zip the ball and get out of harms way. I used to think "how they do in practice" means squat for starting players but in EJ's case, if he's throwing crappy in practice then no use starting him. If he looks OK, get him out there.
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If Tuel didn't throw that horrible pick six, i'd feel like i owe Jeff Tuel a big time apology. I was ripping on him last week. That one play erased so much good though. Clearly the guy came out and played better than i could ever have imagined. I can see why Marrone and Hackett felt pretty good about him. He should have had 24 completions if those drops are caught....and who knows, some drives would not have stalled.
That Pick six though, ugh! if only the Bills had played this game as conservative as KC and took their chances winning a 10-9 type game. In the end they probably asked Tuel to throw too much even with a solid running attack.
I'm not a Tuel fan but this thread title to release him is stupid. He showed enough to be a backup QB potential down the road.
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Anyone on this board who can defend TJ Graham's overall game and who continues to tout his potential...should be banned from this board. Just to highlight the obvious, he is poor at tracking the ball in the air, can't time his jumps properly, doesn't seem to get separation for a "speedester", doesn't catch the ball with his hands- let's it bounce off his body, obviously didn't protect the ball yesterday when he did catch it to cause the final crushing blow to the game. It seems like 50% of the passes to him end up in a disaster?!? ugh. Terrible football player.
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KC's strategy today reminded me of an NHL team playing the trap. They just waited for Tuel and the bungling receivers to make critical errors. And boy they didn't disappoint. KC was smart. They played conservative knowing we would hand them points eventually. Ugh.
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San Diego made similar bone head calls to blow their game
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TJ simply cant track the ball in the air or catch with his hands. Bad combo
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I do have faith that Marrone isn't loyal enough to Tuel to let him cost games. If Tuel stinks up the joint early, expect QB #2 on Sunday to get some action as well.
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I'll say 12 for 26, 118 yds, 0 td's, 1 int, 4 sacks, 1 fumble Bills run well and hang tough but lose something like 24-13. Hopefully he goes to Chandler early and often. If Lewis plays my prediction would be completely different.
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Pocket presence is actually supposed to be Tuel's strength, according to a lot of the pre-draft scouting reports.
When there were real men running at him from the Cleveland Browns, not peer group guys from the Pac-12....he looked like my 12 year old nephew out there in the pocket. I'm just scared to see him start a very meaningful game like this.
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Tuel leading the Bills to victory over the 8-0 Chiefs...even if he only throws 12 passes...would be the biggest upset in years. There's just no way, KC would let the Bills running game beat them. They'd make the kid throw downfield and he looked like a poor mans Trent Edwards in preseason with almost no pocket presence to boot.
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Great, from a 20+ point blowout loss to a Win now that Thad will play. Yahoo!!
I still think his illness (reportedly the flu) was more the reason he sat out 2 days of practice....
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too beat up to compete this week. Bills will look like s__t on national TV yet again. boy this gets old. root for the defense and special teams. That is all we have this week. Anyone see Kellen Clemens stink it up Monday night? that is what you will get Sunday. Just need to be quiet when the offense is on the field and go nuts the rest of the time.
Yep, but hidden behind the Monday Night score is the fact that a nothing Rams team outgained Seattle in total yardage 339 to 135. No one would have predicted that. They sacked Wilson 7 times. The determining factor in the game? Wilson only threw for a net of 91 yards but 2 TD's. Clemens threw zero TD's and 2 INT's. Protect the ball!
I still believe in EJ Manuel
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I'm fine with giving EJ the final 6 games. Hopefully he can stay healthy and take every snap. If he continues to look like a mediocre backup QB (which he does in my opinion), then the Bills have to seriously address this in the offseason...possibly draft another QB and make it a competition.
I am starting to see why Geno was looked at as a possible #1 overall pick last fall and EJ was not in the discussion. Geno sees the field and is a bit of a gunslinger. When he throws those intermediate and deep passes into coverage, he's actually fairly accurate. The Jets are living with his mistake and INT's but he's learning. I'd rather have that than a guy who can't throw downfield or who throws short passes with limited accuracy. That fade to Stevie was hideous. Too many of his sideline passes and fades give the receiver absolutely no chance.