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All the guys you listed, except for Orakpo, are 3-4 guys - with Jackson being the only end. Maybin is a 3-4 LBers, so I think the comparison is unfair. But considering Orakpo is a much better pass rusher, and has proven to be a good LBer too, really makes you wonder who the Bills employ as scouts.... as if we didnt have enough evidence of their ineptness already.
True, the Broncos and Chargers are 3-4 teams, but the Redskins, for whom Orakpo plays, are not.
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Same way they figured he was on the field for one snap
How stupid can people (Rotoworld) be? One look at Draft's stat-line alone shows he was AT LEAST on the field for 2 plays. But I guess a sack counts as a tackle.
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This my friend could be a bit of a reach. One extra first fown on the ground could have changed things at NE.
If McKelvin hadn't fumbled against the Patriots, the Bills went 3-and-out, and the Patriots still proceeded to score the go-ahead TD, I would agree with you that one more first down could have sealed the game. And realistically, there are a lot of things that could be blamed for why they lost. As it stood, the Bills had a great chance to close-out the game had McKelvin not fumbled.
Nobody wants the following to be wrong more than I, but imo, Perers on the worst day of his life is better than Bell on the best day of his life. I view Bell as an all or nothing player. He is very agile but inexperienced, reportedly weak (9 reps at the combines), prone to penalties, and already injured.Will he be able to rectify all of the above? I hope so but odds tell us no.
To be fair, Peters didn't start at OT until the 6th game of his 2nd season, and played at RT for the next 16 games until being moved to LT. Bell was also thrust-into the starting role unexpectedly and on the eve of the season, after missing 2 valuable weeks of pre-season. As I said, he hasn't been good, but he wasn't exactly put in a position to succeed. Nevermind the OC switch, which may or may not have been a mistake.
I don't like what happened with Peters last season. He was out of shape, and playing next to a useless, unmotivated Dockery. Your analogy that he might take the money and run like Jennings is sound. I am merely stating that by any stretch of the imagination, Peters is 10x better than anything we have, and fwiw I already prefer Levitre to Dockery.Peters missing all that time and his attitude didn't help matters any, regardless of what went on with Dockery. Speaking of which, Dockery was the only player with whom Peters kept in-touch while he was holding-out. Perhaps both decided to mail-in the season in an attempt to get out of Buffalo? Seems plausible, although I don't know how Dockery is looking in Washington.
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How does Rotoworld figure that he won't help the rush defense much?
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Ralph' wife inherits the team. As his spouse, she is exempt from federal estate taxes. She then sells fractional shares of the team to whomever wishes to by them (maybe even Kelly's mysterious gang of high rollers will come out of the shadows).
(A little late to the party because I missed somehow this thread when it was first posted, but) great idea, doc! Where'd you get it?
I haven't read Ralph's will and neither have any of you. And I'd be willing to bet a substantial amount of money that neither has Larry Felser. Given that Ralph refuses to sell the team before he dies because he (allegedly egotistically) wants to be the only owner while he's alive (another reason why his selling the team to an LA group is bunk), I think it's safe to say that he'd want his wife (Mary Wilson) or daughters (Christy Wilson-Hoffman, and he has another daughter, Dee Dee Wilson, who has nothing to do with the team) to be the next owner(s) and keep the team owned by the Wilson family. That leads me to believe that none of them has an interest in owning the team after he dies and just want their money from it, hence the reason why it likely/reportedly will be sold (it won't be "auctioned-off," that's just Felser-speak) to the highest/best bidder, pending approval by the NFL. And the NFL has final say; just look at Limbaugh's failed attempt at being in the ownership group of the Rams. So if you want to direct your venom some place, direct it at his wife, who holds the key to selling the team in a timely fashion, and less at his daughters, who face huge estate taxes upon inheritance of the team. Putting the team in a trust still requires one of them to run the team, again which none of them have in interest in doing.
As for the team moving, with the economy being the way it is for the foreseeable future, there is realistically only one place where any NFL team could move, because of stadium (read: construction costs and who will foot the bill) issues, and that's LA (and even there, I'll bet cost overruns will threaten that, but we'll see). The team that will most likely move there is the Jags. They can't sell-out a smaller stadium because of severe fan apathy (even when they were winning and making the playoffs), and they're worth the 5th least among NFL teams, although Weaver might be willing to accept less to get the team off his hands and/or to remain a minority owner. The next likely are the Raiders, whose lease in Oakland expires in August of 2011. After that it would be the Chargers, 49'ers, and Vikings, who are looking for new stadiums. The Bills will likely stay where they are with the Ralph continuing to be refurbished, and with more games moving to Toronto, which is still a largely untapped market for them.
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For someone who claims he doesn't really care much for Peters, you sure spend a LOT of time talking about/defending him Thurman. Not unlike a certain someone and team I know.
But my final word on the situation is that Peters showed himself to be unprofessional and incredibly egotistical. At first I supported him because he outplayed his contract and the Bills renegotiated Aaron Schobel's contract after 2 years. However I also said that he NEEDED to show-up to the team before getting his new contract, like Schobel did, and especially given that he'd shredded his groin in the penultimate game of the 2007 season. Not only did he not show up, at all, he wasn't ready to start the season from a conditioning standpoint. Yet the Bills still won games. And when his play supposedly improved later in the season, the Bills started losing games, and he was abused by players like Porter and Abram Elam for game-changing sacks. Then his embarrassing PC with the Eagles revealed what a chump he was and it made the decision to trade him an easy one for the Bills.
Had Peters showed-up over the off-season, or played like a Pro Bowler from the opening snap like Walter Jones did routinely, or shown that he actually gave a damn, he'd still be a Buffalo Bill today. He didn't, and his contract demands were ridiculous, so the Bills shipped him off and got a great deal for him, without tying-up 10% of their salary cap.
And again there is no game this year where Peters' presence would have made a difference. While Bell hasn't been good, the plays have been there and Trent has failed to capitalize on them. And the ST's, as noted, have directly led to 2 losses. On the flip side, the Eagles needed Peters against the Raiders, and he pulled-up lame. Although reportedly he could have gone back in the game "if they really needed him."
This situation reminds me of when the Bills let Jonas Jennings walk (for nothing). More than a few people here whined about what a mistake the Bills made. We'll see if this situation proves to be any different.
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Maybin SHOULD be playing LB'er. The Bills have, and have had, a need there, and they have Ellis, who has been inactivate every weekend, who they could play at DE. And if you notice, most of the rookie college DE's are playing LB this year, like Orakpo, Ayers, English, etc. The notable exception is 3rd overall pick Tyson Jackson, who has started 5 of his 6 games, and hasn't registered a sack or more than a handful of tackles. And he was a Scott Pioli pick.
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Doubt all you want. Anyone who doesn't realize that LT play directly affects QB play isn't getting the whole picture.
It didn't have much affect last year. Or the year before, when he was arguably playing at a Pro Bowl level. Why would this year be any different?
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I can only imagine how many posts Thurman would have about Jason Peters if he did like him.
And I also don't know why we're still talking about Peters. The Bills should be 4-2, if not for some idiotic ST's gaffes, while I doubt Peters would have made Trent play any better.
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Best move they made was dumping their loser QB and getting all those high draft picks + a winner QB in return. Too bad the Bills couldn't have done the same thing with J.P.
Maybe they'll get it right with Trent.
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Until we get that third option, I really do think the lesser of two evils is voting everyone out of office every election, so they don't have time to do anything really stupid.
That's what I plan on doing. And it's amazing that they feel the need to blow-up the system and cost the taxpayers (truly) trillions of dollars to (truly) insure 7M people, who probably won't even (still) go to the doctor or take proper care of themselves anyway.
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We'll have a better idea where the problem(s) lie once we see Fitz, who had a full week to prepare and practice, start. And the offense should get plenty of chances because Delhomme is a turnover machine. If I were Fewell, I'd stack the box every play and force Delhomme to beat them.
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Gotta love the trash-talking after you get beat. Not that he's that far off base or anything, but the next logical question is, "So, you lost to a team that runs a pop-warner offense, what does that say about your play and the rest of the defense?" These ego-manical asses have to prop themselves up when they get embarassed instead of just taking it as a learning experience or something to build off of.
Bingo. It reminds me of the saying "when you win, say little. When you lose, say even less."
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I always thought Valerie Bertinelli was good looking...right up to the moment I saw her and Eddie Van Halen on the cover of some magazine and couldn't tell them apart.
LOL! I saw VB on TV the other day and turned to my wife and said "you know how they say spouses end up looking like eachother? Well she still looks like Eddie!"
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Is Witherspoon a good LB? And Jones won't help the Redskins.
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Who said anything about making Thomas play better?
The example is meant for the other Pats players who might question the Pats way.
That makes more sense.
And I didn't realize that Thomas will have pocketed $24M at the end of this season from the Patriots.
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The issue with Thomas is he was outspoken about his dissatisfaction with the trading of Seymour. Problem is Thomas isn't in position to be making such complaints. Especially not publicly as he did. So, he's being punished now by BB during a time in the schedule where its most convenient.
Yes, because making an example of him is a great way to get him to play better than he has the past 2 years.
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It does look like they're doing something, based on all the moves they've made in the last 24 hours ... but I don't think it's for Roscoe.
Speculation is that it's for Shawne Merriman. And Adalius Thomas is rumored to be part of the trade.
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Yeah, Thomas has been a pretty big disappointment for the Pats the past 2 seasons.
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I do believe he and Parker are now demanding a 'stance' bonus every time he lines up at the LOS, and is holding out until the Eagles agree.
More like a "will play hurt" bonus. I can't believe he said that he'd "have" to go in if Dunlap wasn't healthy.
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I saw the highlight of the sack/concussion on Trent and didn't notice Bell doing anything but holding-off his man, while Fine whiffs on his block of Pace and Harris comes bearing down. Maybe it was after the play was (essentially) over.
And interesting to hear the commentary from Sanders and Mariucci saying Evans has been open all year.
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There is no contradiction at all. The Packers OL has been struggling. Look it up. They did like him. They drafted him and they signed him to their practice squad. The Bills made a claim for him and the Packers decided they did not like him enough to put him on the regular roster. The contradiction is that Meredith was highly coveted by dozens of NFL teams and the Bills pulled some "extraordinary piece of front office work" to acquire him.
Who cares what the Packers think of Meredith? Are they infallible when it comes to OL decisions?
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You know who else is licking their chops? Jairus Byrd. Delhomme should be good for 4-5 INTs on Sunday.
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nope, not in that case. I have watched it 20 times and not once does it look like a catch. No control until out of bounds, but nice try.
That's your (wrong) opinion. But you're entitled to it.
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The Bills tried to improve the protection by jettisoning Dockery and Fowler/Preston and getting better players (Wood and Hangartner) in their positions, and by drafting the top-rated OG (Levitre). Also, Butler was playing well at RT before getting injured. They also added a top WR threat in TO to help Trent out. Paying Peters $10M/year after what he pulled last year, only to see him sit-out a good portion of the game like he did against Oakland wouldn't have helped anyone. And again his absence hasn't changed the team's W-L record.
LOL! Trent had happy feet and was playing like crap after that 5-1 start last year, again when Peters allegedly was rounding-into Pro Bowl form.