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MartyBall4Buffalo

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  1. Will never happen ... he would be too much of a distraction.

     

    Sincerely,

    T.O.

     

    Yeah completely comparable situations. One is vilified by the media, for anything under the sun, but is otherwise a guy who stays out of trouble, and doesn't run illegal operations, and didn't serve time in jail. Statistically one of the best player at his position for years. The other was beloved by the media for unknown reasons, did run an illegal operation, and served time in jail. Statistically one of the worst players at his position since he came into the league.

  2. i'd settle for just seeing the opposition QBs getting hustled even if we weren't getting many actual sacks..

     

    it was very frustrating to see the other team's QB open up the picnic basket and have a dainty little tea party waiting for receivers to open up

     

    I'm begining to think people are actually under valuing sacks. Just because our pass rush is led by The Upstate Sad Sack bunch, it's still one of if not the most important aspect to defensive football. Put a team in deep down and distances, force hurried throws leading to turnovers, or force fumbles. It's been frustrating to watch this group for several years even when they were considered "good" by some people. The constant completions on 3rd down the never ending long drives given up by this defense were horrible to watch. We had what I'd consider boring defense. We couldnt rush the quarterback if kawika mitchell was given a free lane, and a statue was standing back there. He'd probably find a way to whiff. I dred the thought of schobel not being up to form, and having to go through another year of kelsay/denney. The reluctance to try to find talent for the front 7 is madding. Playoff, or superbowl caliber teams consistently add to their front 7's. The Bills draft cornerbacks. It just doesn't make sense :thumbdown:

  3. I like the fact they drafted Maybin, but that was literally the only move to address the weakest area of our defense in the front 7. He's 20 years old, extremely raw and will probably be 2-3 years before he becomes the impact player we need at the position. More should've been done to add to the depth of this group. It seems foolish to rely on Maybin and Chris Ellis to mature, and 3 30+ year old dends only 1 of whom is actually any good.

  4. agreed. upgrade over ellison, but not by as much as we would all hope for.

     

    i can see it now. Young OLB in His Prime gets cut by one of the worst teams in the NFL, leads Bills to Super Bowl... :lol:

     

    not a game changer people...

     

    Game changer?... no best option available to us?.... pretty much. He's better than june, keiaho as well. The only option that would've been better was a healthy Angelo Crowell.

  5. The reason a guy like him is cut is scheme and his ability to play in Spagnolo's Defense. It's not a knock on his ability, but the good coaches bring in personal to fit their system, or find a way to tailor their system to their player's strengths. This is what parcells does, bellicheck does, marty does... it is NOT what Jauron does - he just takes good players and hopes they can translate into success in his scheme. I know thats harsh but its the best means to explain FO signing guys like larry tripplet and letting a guy like pat williams go.

    http://www.footballtimes.org/Article.asp?ID=167

     

    By the time Jauron got here in 2006 Pat Williams was long gone. Fat Pat's last year in Buffalo was 2004. It's quite the stretch to say that was of Jaurons doing. That falls squarely on the shoulders of Tom Donahoe/Mularkey and Ralph Wilson. It was the dumbest move of this past decade. I dunno what happened to Jauron, but how you forget the only time you've been succesful as a head coach is when you had guys like Ted Washington and Keith Traylor escapes all logic. As far as Pisa goes yeah he'd be playing with different responsibilities, but if the choices are him or watching another year of Keith Ellison. I'd rather go with the unknown quantity.

  6. Dan Marino is one of the best QB's ever,Phillip Rivers is like Trent Dilfer.They both wont even be remembered years from now.

     

    :rolleyes:

     

    Trent Dilfer could only dream about the statistical season Rivers just had. Phillip Rivers is quickly establishing himself as one of the best qb's in the league, and a leader for his football team. Trent Dilfer never hit 3000 yards and only threw for 20 tds twice in his career. Rivers has hit 3k+ 3 years in a row with 22,21 and 34 tds respectively.

     

    Now compare Rivers to Drew Brees this past season.

     

    Phillip Rivers and Drew Brees had the same # of tds. Except Rivers did it in 158 less pass attempts than it took Brees. I don't see why people like to rag Rivers the guy is a fantastic quarterback and fun to watch. I hope we eventually have a qb who can be that good.

  7. If you consider 2-1/2 sacks in 22 games as a Bill to be good pass rushing, you're going to love Chris Ellis.

     

     

    You realize rookie d-ends take time right? Even arguably the best defensive end in the league Justin Tuck had 1 sack in his first 20 games. It took Strahan until his 5th year in the nfl to break the double digit sack barrier, accumlating just 18 sacks in his first 70 games. It's the rare dend that tunes up sacks right out of the gate. Ellis like most college dends came in undersized and not strong at the point of attack. He was a good college player who has nfl potential, whether or not he realizes that is on him. It's far to early to throw him under the bus. I hope you're not unrealistic when it comes to aaron maybin odds are its gonna be 2-3 years before he starts to do anything.

  8. Move the slow guy outside and the fast guy inside? <_<

     

    this is the bills we're talking about, so it's quite possible they think that way. The sad part of it is. Neither digorgio nor poz are good in coverage, and nothing was done to address the need for lbs. The front 7 is still the biggest hole on this team. From the dts/ends and lb's all of it could use upgrades and depth yet.

  9. I have noticed a trend over the past few season's concerning our team and it's productivity. Our defense always seems to come out and play stellar except a few occasions and they force a punt or a turnover and then our offense will go out. A lot of the times they will be out for like a minute or 2 and go 3 and out. I honestly feel our defense is great and i know you can say pass rushing and stuff like that. But honestly i always felt that if it wasn;t for the way our defense played the games would have been a lot more like those prime time games against the patriots where we are losing so bad brady gets to sit out the entire second half. I think that if ou offense can come out and do the job this year our defense is gonna be one of the best.

     

    Go back and watch last season as miami/nyj/pats all had 90 yard 8 minute drives that completely killed any chance of us winning games against them. Good defenses don't do that. This was not and is questionable if it is yet a good defense. More should've been done to address the front 7. Aaron Maybin is extremely raw, and while I appreciate the Bills trying to address the need for a defensive end, the fact is they're relying on this same group of sad sacks, and a very thin dt rotation devoid of premiere talent. Our corners are the only above average group on the defense, and our safeties are ok, with no play making ability. This is still the same defense that gave up 50+ pts to the patriots. The same group that gave up long time consuming drives, and owned by Tyler Thigpen and a Herm Edwards offense.

  10. It's too bad we gave our 1st round pick to Jacksonville for Rob Johnson. We could've had Fred Taylor and not worried about drafting Travis "Dime bags-r-us" Henry & Willis "Trash" McGahee.

     

    Fred Taylor the pillar of health. Not exactly the best example of what "could've been"

  11. So what is he like a bad gift to football? Is that why he's called bad santa? No understanding of the game, and ya don't want him on the team? God just like the bills to get another crappy offensive linemen, so typical! :flirt:

  12. How many trades have they made? 50? I'm sure there's a smart method behind the madness, but my god.

     

    Next years draft is stacked with premiere defensive talent now armed with 2 2nd rd picks next year. I fully expect ne will go full throttle looking to trade up for someone like Taylor Mays or heaven forbid Carlos Dunlap. I know they have wilfork and now Ron Brace, but there's also the Man Mountain Cody coming out next year as well

  13. Chris Kelsay is not a run stopper. Infact he's quite terrible at that. He makes a habit of getting being out of position on off tackle runs, and is weak at the point. He's also not a pass rusher, and should be replaced in the lineup. Denney is better against the run, and that's not really saying much

  14. With Schobel Denney and Kelsay all that 30+ years of age it's time to start looking to the future. We flat out need more speed off the edge, and while maybin is a nice start, sidbury would bolster our pass rush potential even more. A team as lousy with outside pressure as the Bills can't afford to sit on their hands patting themselves on the back over 1 guy, who odds are wont have a chance to start till the 2010 season.

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