Dr. Who
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I know that people like to turn to the cap space argument as soon as Kiko went down again with yet another knee injury
We went for years with losing to "meh" records and carried tons of cap space that we couldnt even spend because we couldnt even lure top free agents to come to our team.......now they decided to spend some of it on a top 5 NFL rb
- People then get upset that a 5th round pick RB comes in and ends up looking like a stud.....like we are even supposed to know this guy is anything but a practice squad player at the time these decisions are being made
- Shady comes in and gets an injury that even young players get....its not season ending.....and the player has shown themself to be extremely durable so it was not a bad bet at the time the trade was made
Stop complaining because the team is trying to improve itself....that is the whole idea
Entirely reasonable analysis. It will be lost on those who would benefit from it most.
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If the last 15 years taught you anything it is to enjoy the good times, because they do not last. I am old enough to remember much of 0-for-the-'70s against Miami, the brief Talkin' Proud resurgence and the really bad mid-'80s. I started college right about when the worm started turning (1987) and I'll tell you, it didn't take long before people who were once just happy to get a win started carping that we didn't win by enough or go 16-0. These were also the people who thought Reich should start over a healthy Jim Kelly (and there were a lot of them), and their kids are probably the ones who called up WGR on Monday morning to complain. I'm not saying I never complained after a win, but I'm glad that I knew enough back then to appreciate what we had. Yeah I worry about the other shoe, but assuming things are REALLY getting good (and I think they are), I plan to enjoy every minute.
We're about the same age. I wholeheartedly endorse these sentiments.
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Yeah, dude. It's exactly like then. Except for the owner, the coaches, the players, and the uniforms, it's exactly the same.
Exactly right. What's the point of that kind of pessimism?
If everything stays the same, might as well not bother watching the games.
The wheel turns for everyone. Those who seem to enjoy putting a black cloud over everyone's sunshine aren't realists, they're . . . not very nice people.
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You are distorting the position I have made. With respect to what Brady did or didn't do after the judge's ruling it is now a dead issue. The stupendously incompetent Roger Goodell in his weird wisdom decided to appeal this decisive ruling against him. In another year or two the next level of appellate judges will again formerly rebuff him.
You believe that Brady was involved in ordering the balls to be inflated below the permissable level. I don't. It's as simple as that. You believe that the inflation levels affected performances and influenced the outcome of the game. I don't. The judge snickered at that notion in court by pointing out that Brady performed better when the balls were at a higher inflation level. You repeatedly stress that he hasn't proved that he is not guilty. I say that he doesn't have to. That's not how things work. He hasn't been proven guilty of anything.
My position on this manufactured issue has been the same from day one to the end of the line. You continue to let this ludicrous issue consume you as if it is a moral crusade. It's not.
As I said in the prior post if you believe that Brady was involved in a transgression that reaches to the level of an immoral act against mankind then go ahead and continue to believe it. You are entitled to your beliefs; you are entitled to your zealotry.
I guess you are equally entitled to priggish smugness and hyperbole.
I suppose the widespread belief that the Pats**** cheat and get more calls is just confirmation bias.
Oh well, we all have crosses to bear.
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If and when the Buffalo Bills crush the Pats**** and knock the stuffing out of Tom Brady, I predict they become America's favorite team.
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Hopefully Taylor plays lights out and stays healthy.
If he struggles a lot or gets injured, I think EJ will leapfrog Cassel and become the starter.
Cassel is the mentor, come in in the middle of the game if the starter is injured figure.
I surmise there is something ambiguous about the 2/3.
If it plays out differently, so be it.
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wow. I didn't say anything about him as a teammate? My initial post I even said how he appears to be a good person. What does one thing have to do with the other?
All you just provided in your post is nothing but fluff and excuses. Rooting for a player to succeed and accepting the reality of the situation are two different things.
1st round QB + Year 3 + relegated to third string behind a no-name QB and a journeyman QB = bust in my eyes.
Okay, I think your eyes are wrong.
One man's reasons are another's excuses and vice versa.
I'm sure you're a fine fellow, though unwise in this case.
Mainly I just felt like expressing some rhetorical spleen.
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LOL. "I have the nerve"..LMAO
Sorry that it's hard to get excited about our 1st Round QB who in year 3 is listed 3rd string on our QB depth chart behind QB's like TT and Cassel. LOL. The nerve of me, indeed.
A first round qb who was drafted as a project, with an incompetent head coach, a first year coordinator, and no qb coach his rookie year.
This is the first year EJ has had truly good NFL coaching and he has demonstrably improved. He has also been a consummate teammate, never whining or sulking and consistently working to improve. He is hardly a bust. The fact that you cannot properly contextualize the situation and show contempt towards an honorable person in what is actually a hopeful situation reveals the quality of your mind and character.
The laughter of fools is the praise of the wise.
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Again: you have to be proud of EJ for stepping up and
sticking it to Leroifighting to keep his roster spot.LOL, good one.
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This is just tremendously informative and interesting.
I hope you don't mind. I'm going to copy paste this at BBMB.
I'll be clear you are the author.
There is a dearth of this kind of informed posting over there.
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I agree with 1billsfan on EJ.
Gracious post, Bill. I wish that level of civility was more common.
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Vic Carucci @viccarucci 17m17 minutes ago
Expectation of multiple #NFL personnel people is the #Bills will cut Matt Cassel & keep EJ Manuel, who has strong support from Doug Whaley. -
Tyrod : 40 yard dash = 4.51 s , Vertical Jump = 37.5 in, Broad Jump = 126 in, 3 cone drill = 6.78 s, 20 yard shuttle = 4.09s
EJ : 40 yard dash = 4.65 s , Vertical Jump = 34.0 in, Broad Jump = 118 in, 3 cone drill = 7.98 s, 20 yard shuttle = 4.21s
Those are some big differences in speed and agility between the two.
EJ is more of the Ben Roethlisberger type athleticism.
He's still lightyears more fit to keep a similar offense to what TT will run than Molasses in January Cassel.
Aside from that, EJ has potential. He improved dramatically during the course of the pre-season.
Only the foolish are blind to this and overtly or snidely imply that EJ should be cut or traded.
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How is that BS? He lost out on the job to a guy who has thrown less than 40 career passes. What he said is factually correct.
Alright, but if Tyrod had not played exceptionally well, EJ would have won the competition and most everyone would have been pleased with his marked improvement.
It may be a matter of semantics, but I think it's better to say Taylor won rather than EJ lost. I think this is more accurate because EJ's performance in the pre-season games was exemplary. He could not have played much better.
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I'll just drop this thought here, as it has no other real place. It was gratifying to see EJ respond to not getting the starting gig the way he has---and the way I expected him to: Professional and Hopeful. It's odd to think many wanted the Bills to get Ryan Mallet--who still has done nothing in the NFL and looks to be, in most ways, worse than EJ. Mallet responded to being passed over for the #2 slot by complaining publicly, then "oversleeping" and missing practice the next day. I'd be mighty mad if that QB was still on a team I rooted for.
EJ had nothing to do with when he was drafted. (I was okay with the pick, btw.)
All he has done is work hard and now we discover with competent coaching an improved qb.
He responded with grace to the Tyrod choice and the kind of commitment to renewed effort that is admirable.
And yet some refuse to credit his improved play and hint that he is not the best choice to keep if we are only keeping 2 qbs.
I surmise and hope that OBD is not as foolish and intransigent as those who continue to badmouth or snidely dismiss EJ.
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I think Rex and Roman already decided on and designed a lot of plays around TT. I don't think anyone saw EJ coming and they don't want to bother changing anything.
Well, Roman is supposed to be adaptable, isn't he?
I would start EJ and use a package of plays with TT.
Probably won't work out that way, but that's the smart play, imo.
Anyway, I'm out for tonight. Keep fighting the good fight . . .
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I'm not emotionally invested with any of the quarterbacks, apparently you are. My conclusion is based on the consistency of the QBs, T.T in my view has shown a continuous and consistent progession of what he can do. And although EJ has been showing some improvement, he has not been consistent.
Don't take it personal, it's just my opinion.
I think the implication that if OBD keeps two qbs, EJ isn't one of them is a foolish decision.
I doubt Whaley would be on board with that after this pre-season.
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If 7 - 8, 170 yds, 2 TDS doesn't help your case, really nothing will.
I'd like to know the rationale. I say it's more groupthink.
If it isn't, too bad for us. EJ is going to be a good player for someone, I think.
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I sincerely doubt the coaches and decision makers are going to put nearly as much stock in a few preseason downs as much as many here believe. They will most likely look at the entirety of the body of work that they have seen from these players, see who has progressed during that time period but more importantly see who has been the most consistent.
My guess is as of a few weeks ago they were leaning towards Cassel and that it probably has switched on over to T.T
In my view the other main thing that they are looking at is do they want to go with two or three QBs. If they go with two, my hunch tells me they go with the perceived more consistent option, which probably would be Cassel.
So if they go with two, you think they're going to go TT and Meh?
And cut EJ? Cassel brings what?
Consistent pop gun arm and soporific offense.
Nice call.
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JFC, if you need the Hubble telescope to determine if MAYBE a microfiber of a fingernail tip COULD have POSSIBLY touched the football, than it really doesn't count as a "tipped pass". Tone it down a notch, EJ fanboys. He had a great game with one shltty 4th down pass. Deal with it.
Nice, the derisive "fanboy." So is it okay if I call you a "hater?"
Who is making a big deal out of an incomplete pass?
It's being focused on because that was the only thing those who dislike EJ can find to gripe about.
The man went 7 - 8, 170 yards, 2 TDS.
EJ's arm will stretch the field, stop the defense from stacking eight in a box; the whole run game will flourish.
EJ is buying time, stepping up into the pocket. In the game, when it counts, he's been damn accurate.
No opportunity for hack journalists to sneer about hospitality tents.
You deal with it.
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My guess is the media focuses on that one bad pass though.
And the usual lot here.
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What is ABC?
Anyone but Cassel.
I think that's a safe bet right about now.
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First, comparing EJ to Richardson is like comparing apples to watermelons. EJ was a 1st round pick at QB, and Richardson was a 5th round pick at OG. Young QB's are going to have bad games, and its from those bad games that they learn, grow, and develop.
EJ was a known project at QB, and was supposed to ride the bench his first season until vet QB Kevin Kolb ended his career by tripping on a rubber mat!! EJ was from a very successful one read system in college, and any coach with a normal brain should understand the kid needs much more learning time then someone from a pro style college offense! Then not having a veteran QB on the roster for 2013 was almost as stupid as not having a QB coach with three young QB's on the roster. One rookie 1st rounder, one rookie undrafted, one player with a whole two games of experience all being led by an OC with no previous coordinator experience at the NFL level. His sole NFL coaching experience was one season as offensive quality control coach.
EJ didn't start looking bad until the coaches changed the game plan for the Chargers & Houston games. EJ was 2-0 last year until his coaches went pass crazy, and then stopped running the ball after those first two games. Last years offense 579 passes vs 402 rushes while having the 26th offense in yards. Most games last year the coaches were forcing the QB to throw around 40 times, and ran the ball around 20 times. Think about that for a min, as most RB's by themselves usually need around 20 carries to get into a decent rhythm. LeSean McCoy usually had some really good games when given the ball 20 plus times.
Speaking of that Fred Jackson was 7 for 33= 4.7 YPC avg against Houston, and yet only saw the ball 7 times. Spiller went 15 for 60 which was still 4.0 YPC avg, and yet the coaches had the inexperienced 2nd year QB throw 44 times that game.
I've read that Leroi stated that EJ was a disaster in that Houston game. EJ was under constant pressure all game, and JJ Watt had a career high nine hits on EJ that game. What the real disaster was in that game was the game plan, and offensive line! Oh BTW that 5th round pick at OG was starting for that game, and was benched for Urbik not long after. At that particular time the Bills were fielding the very worst offensive line in the entire NFL. Five dropped passes by the receivers, and multiple penalties by the O line didn't help in that game. The final score of that game was only 17-23, and the Bills were in that game until the very end.
That Houston game was a game the Bills could have won with a better game plan. The Bills had the better RB's, and defense.
I have no idea what this current coaching staff is thinking in terms of the QB for this season. Starting Matt Cassel might be the safer choice if all you are aiming for is a winning season, and that prospect is somewhat iffy considering Cassel's injury history along with some really bad seasons at KC.Lets not forget that at the end a healthy Cassel was benched in favor of Brady Quinn.
Taylor looks to be an exciting play maker, and should be so until any injury to his wheels forces him to be strictly a pocket passer...then what?
I would think that further trying to develop that #1 pick at QB with only 14 games under his belt should be the primary concern here, and hopefully it is!
A well-reasoned, thoughtful post. It will, of course, only provoke the smug trolls to answer with pithy, snide retorts.
Kiko vs. Shady
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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You complain about a previous poster's attitude and then post this condescending scat.
GTH.