HAMMER07
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Gotta be best player available every damn time. You need FOOTBALL players, regardless of positon in this league. It just doesn't matter if you have a real good player already in place in a position, if there is a can't miss blue chipper available you jump on him. Can't go wrong with best player available. You can go wrong when reaching for a need. Now, if it so happens that the two shall meet, all the better.
GO BILLS!!!
How does your wife feel if she gives you five bucks to go to the store and get baby formula and you come home with Heineken? Or she needs milk and butter but you found "a really lean steak".
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Preston is not a rookie, so there goes that argument.
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Yup, the owners are called OWNers for a reason, if the players don't like it they can hit the bricks. You can be sure there are plenty of quality football players that will gladly work for 500K per season. They know their choices are working at Costco for 30K, maybe a sports gig at a local TV station for 60K a year, some are bright enough to make more, but the majority are not. Salaries in professional sports are well out of whack and continue to climb much faster than necessary.
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It is time for Moulds to move on. Have we won a single playoff game since he has been on the roster? Sam Aiken is ready to step into his slot, time for the youth.
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I agree it hardly seems fair, The Professor will blow them away, poor Belichicken and Saban.
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Ah, ignorrance is truly bliss isn't it?
It's so easy to say, "We need lineman! Me Tarzan, ooh ohh!". But whom?
All you have to do is look at my avatar to see that i'd LOVE to have a lineman. But the bottom line is, Ferguson and Williams won't be there.
So who then all knowing "HAMMER07"? Haloti Ngata? Winston Justice?
Do you know what the drop-off between Ngata and Gabe Watson or Claude Wroten is? Not much. And the latter can be had in the 2nd. And how about the drop off between Winston Justice and Marcus McNeil, Jon Scott, or Max-Jean Gilles? Not much. Same applies here.
And for all you Haloti Ngata fans out there, how many of you have seen him play? I'd say 30% of you at best. You're all just enamored with the fact that we can take the "top-rated DT" in the draft. But i've seen him play when he's healthy (and he's not right now) and let me tell you, he's GREATLY overrated. Geesh, all you had to do was watch Oregon's bowl game to figure that out.
Don't get me wrong, he's good. Maybe better than anything we have right now. But he's not that good.
The bottom line is this: there are only 2 lineman worth taking at 8. The problem being, the rest of the league knows this and D'Brickashaw Ferguson and Mario Williams will be LONG gone (as much as I want them both). So you take Vernon Davis or you take Michael Huff. You still have 3 picks left on Day 1 to load up on lineman. Hell, maybe you trade back into round 1 from round 2 or round 2 from 3. But i'd much rather have Davis and Watson then Ngata.
Ignorant? Tarzan? Look tough guy, it is simple, O-line or D-line, maybe Huff if he lingers. No TE's, no RB's, no skill players period. We haven't seen our 3rd round TE from last year play yet, but I guess he is no good so we should just move on and sign another? If Davis was a devastating blocker the Bills might look at him, but that is not what I am hearing his strength is.
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Are you people new to the Bills? New to football? Here we are with another draft approaching, we have sucked for years because we can't block and you are pineing for the shiney new skill position toy. Draft a TE, are you flippin high? We just took one in the 3rd round last year. I know, I know, "but he is the next great TE, he is a beast, he could help us". It would also help us if we could let our QB stand in the pocket for 3 seconds to find a receiver downfield. Get a clue, seriously, you win the game at the LOS, where we currently suck. O-line or D-line, nothing else!
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I have watched plenty of game day tape over the past two years and just can't get a real feel for Ferguson at the NFL level. I can't get over the nagging feeling that in reality he is nothing more then a John Fina clone.
As the older members of the board remember, Fina was a late first round pick who had good mobility, could handle the quick defensive ends but had trouble getting push against the run and was dominated by the bigger defensive ends.
Now with the swing in the NFL being more and more 3-4 defensive schemes, I have a grave fear that the day of quick offensive tackles will go bye the board as teams start using 285 to 300 lb defensive ends.
Even if D'Brick falls to 8, let somebody else take this guy and trade down.
The other concern with D'Brick is that he is light (295 lbs), slow (5.30 40 time), and has less then avarage strength (watch the number of 225 lb reps at the combine) In I doubt we'll see D'Brick at the combine other then for just a physical and the meetings with teams. If he participates he will be exposed as to what he really is, an average tackle at the NFL level, with no real significant upside due to physical limitations.
In the AFC East, with 4 to 6 "bad weather games" per year, you need power run blocking and offensive line push. These are already defined issues with D'Brick.
The Bills must use their top pick to shore up the run defense. Haloti Ngata is from a player projection, very much a Jamal Williams of San Diego.
Now, please tell me if you are going to use the 8th pick in the draft, would you select John Fina or Jamal Williams.
Myself, I want a quicker version of Jamal Williams to stuff the run and anchor the line for the next 8 to 10 years.
In closing there are many offensive tackles in this draft and fewer quality defensive tackles, so that again really defines the choice the Bills need to make.
As always, questions and comments.
I agree, but chances are we would let Ngata go after his first four year contract. Oh wait, Donahoe is gone, never mind.
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Good point. Tocchet and Gretsky are friends also, I wouldn't want to place a 75K bet on the superbowl if I knew my friend would have to pay it out.
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I can see now when his career comes to an end in Buffalo. Right, wrong or indifferent I just don't see JP being able to be patient and experienced enough to overcome the turbulence that has endured in the couple of years that he has been there. So which reason do you think will undermine him and his career in Buffalo the most?
a) The coaching/administration changes.
b) The pathetic O-Line.
c) The divided team atmosphere.
d) The indecision of making a committment to him.
e) His teammates' abilities and efforts.
f) His ability to play in the NFL this early in his career.
Bottom line, I don't see this guy having the intangibles to overcome this kind of start to his career. If you're relying on him to be THE MAN in the near future, or at all, then you better be prepared for some heartache.
Which reason do you attribute for your failure to be able to write a coherent thread title?
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..... with a better record than the new coaches!!! i mean at least he doesn't have a losing record!!!! i love this idea!!!!! taglibue will love it too!!!! i mean if we're throwing good money after bad on another set of losers might as well find some new sources of value!!! WOOOHOOO!!!!!! O-H Y-E-A-H B-A-B-Y!!! OR HOWEVER YOU SAY IT IN EBONICS!!!
Racist Jerk.
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I was maybe a little too angry when the Jauron thing hit the net the other night. I went to the Bills page to let them know I was upset.
I got their response this morning.
Here's the transcript:
From me:
Why would you hire Dick Jauron to do anything? His defenses in Detroit have gotten WORSE every year. He's only been associated with 1 winning team in the past decade.
I have been a fan for nearly 40 years.
Goodbye.
The response:
Thank you for your feedback. We appreciate your support and passion for the Buffalo Bills. We are very excited about the upcoming season and future of the Bills under Coach Dick Jauron. We are confident in Coach Jauron’s ability to lead our team in the right direction and hope to bring you along for the ride. This is an exciting time in Bills history as a new era is being ushered in and with the best fans in the NFL, like you, we are bound to do many great things!
Thank you
Buffalo Bills
Had they not replied would you have any "appreciation" today. Gimme a break, all you want is some attention. You say goodbye, then the Bills send you a canned response so now you are back on the bandwagon? Then you come on here to brag about it? Sad, very sad.
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You know, I cannot remember exactly what happened, but somehow, I recall Marv (while working one of his many post-retirement media gigs) being critical of something Haslett did or said, as a HC in New Orleans, and Haslett retaliating by making some deragatory remark about Levy's age. I could be wrong.
I can also say, Haslett, the player in Buffalo, and Haslett the head coach in New Orleans, are sort of the anti-Levy. I think Haslett would have been a terrible hire. I give Levy credit for not wasting his time on this one. I think Levy is sincere in wanting "good guys" in Buffalo. Haslett may have matured a little since his playing days, but not much.
As a head coach, he was still too quick to fly off the handle and say stupid/irresponsible things. His teams in New Orleans were always marred by discipline problems and in-fighting. I also heard, from a Steeler fan friend of mine, that Haslett was kind of a divisive prescence in the locker room, during his days as the DC in Pittsburgh.
Living nearby, we get a fair amount of Saints coverage in central Texas. Hasletts' post game PC's were often filled with fingerpointing and whining, followed up by apologies. The guy just has a negative aura about him.
Now, I know this is guilt by association, but if you ever have had the (dis)pleasure of listening to Hasletts self-proclaimed "best friend" Fred Smerlas on WHAM, he doesn't help Haslett's cause any. Smerlas, over the last few weeks, was ranting about how Haslett should get the job, but then, in the same breath, slammed the Bills franchise for not "taking care of" its' former players. I guess he forgot about his name going up on the Bills "wall of fame"?
Some of the stuff Smerlas said about Haslett made me turst that he was expressing things Haslett had told him. Smerlas also went on some border-line racist rant about Haslett interviewing with the Lions, but he knew Haslett wouldn't get the job, because Matt Millen had already decided he was going to hire an "unqualified minority" (he said Mike Singletary, he was wrong), because he was "stung" by the PC police criticizing him last time he skipped the minority interviews, and hired Marricui. I had to believe that Haslett had said as much to Smerlas, or why else would he have said it?
I don't know how much of this nonsense Marv Levy or Ralph Wilson heard, but I have to think that Levy was at least aware of the negative feelings that Smerlas had towards him (for cutting him in 1989- Smerlas wrote of it extensively in his book). Maybe Marv felt Haslett was of the same cloth, being self-proclaimed best friends and all.
Who knows? Maybe Haslett still ends up as the Bills DC! His only remaining chance at a HC job is Oakland, where he also coached before. My guess is Haslett will not be working for the Bills any time soon.
Great post, you saved me a lot of time!
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Is it a rug or a cemented comb-over?
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Take the points in both games, my book has them both at +3.5.
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well, that happened nearly 20 years ago, and if marv can't get past that, that's a problem. as for haslett being a scab, if memory serves, marv coached scabs for three games. he probably could have used someone like haslett, because the bills would have made the playoffs if they had done better in their scab games. as it so happens, i veer left in politics and am pro-union. but remember: the nflpa isn't a union -- it's a guild, and the majority of its members are very, very conservative. consequently, i always disassociate professional sports unions from real life issues.
Blah, blah, blah, who cares. Haslett is still a prick, and he never succeeded in NO so why would the Bills want him?
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The refs giving them games and winning most of their games by 3 points. I'll give them last year as being a legit SB win because, outside of the SB, they blew-out their opponents in the playoffs. And it has nothing to do with them being a division rival. I'm a Yanks fan and I admire the way the Sox win the WS. I just hate cheating and biased officiating. And I detest fans who can't admit to it, since it speaks to their character.
You can't be serious, get a grip. There is nothing I hate more than plain ignorance, and you epitomize it. The NFL does not throw games in any team's favor purposely. Bill Belichek is the best coach I have ever seen, he outschemes other coaches and leaves them in his wake. They are the closest thing to a dynasty this league has seen in twenty five years. The Pats are, and have been a great team, they may very well win the SB again as they are peaking at the perfect time. I suppose you think Tom Brady is overrated too, huh? Hating on success is for losers, focus on the positive!
What should the Bills do?
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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I guess he sucks, if you say so.