BoondckCL
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I dont think blaming TD is a cop out at all. He hired Williams and MM. He made the draft picks. We did not make the playoffs and were 31-49 with him running the show at One Bills Drive. We never finished higher than 3rd in the division either. All of the things you mentioned, free agents, draft classes all are go back to TD and ultimately make him the reason we have not won consistantly.
I would have to agree with you on the whole not a cop out thing, i think i chose the wrong words. What i was really trying for was that TD + MM are on everybodies tongues right now and i think it is just your regular answer now.
Other than that i would have to agree with you. I read an interesting stat somewhere that only the Bills, Texans, and i think the Browns are the only teams in the AFC not to make the playoffs since the turn of the millenium. Or it was something along those lines.
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What about the 2000 draft class.
If you think about it, it was Butler's last year and all of those players that should've been developed and acting as team leaders as of right now are not there. Instead we drafted Erik Flowers with the first pick, Travares Tillman with the second, and so on.
I think that this was a big contributor
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I'm sorry but saying you dont need to draft linemen high and then saying the Bills need to draft Ngata in the first round is a contradiction in my book.
There is a lot of depth at the DT position. Many of the latter DT's have had injury problems or missed a year for some reason, but are excellent players.
Everybody has some success with undrafted free agents, and because of this, it doesnt mean you should wait till the latter rounds just because we got lucky with a pick or 2. You say you can find linemen later, but dont you agree that your chance of hitting on a potential star increases the higher you pick them? It makes no sense to me that you say we shouldnt draft a lineman high because we can find them later. You can find anyone later, but its extremely difficult. The players at the top of the draft are at the top of the draft for a reason.... THEY'RE BETTER
I'll agree its just that i think that with the high pick that it will take to get the more skilled linemen you are taking a higher risk in terms of a salray cap hit. I do agree that they are higher draft picks because of their ability, but you also have to admit that it can be crippling to their development in the long run.
Sorry about the "hooked on phonics" thing, i was in a bad mood or something.
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I have been thinking about this and i was just wondering, what do you think was the key to Buffalo's destruction over the past few years? Don't just say something like Donahoe or any of those cop outs. I was thinking of something like draft classes by the Bills, free agent acquisitions, so on and so forth.
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You don't get the nickname "Duke" by being a pushover. I think if not this year, Preston will be able to move into a starting position on the line depending what we get in free agency.
If we get Bentley or Hartings, i expect Preston to play LG. If not, i think you will see the Bills try him out at center seeing as Trey Teague is more than likely leaving the building.
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May i just say, in case any Bills personel is reading, that i would be more than pleased to go into the locker room and clear out all of the lockers of our tight end corps. They absolutely suck.
But seriously, let me into the locker room with a crowbar and let me just break everything that is breakable in their lockers. Yes that includes the jar that holds all of their manhoods.
Ryan Neufield is a complete waste of time, Mark Campbell had one good game, and Tim Euhus is just injury prone.
Kevin Everett can stay but he's on thin ice as it is. Mainly because i have to ask, what kind of person gets hurt in mini-camp?
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Totally agree Stl Bills. To say Peters got tossed around on running plays is just way off. Peters should have been playing Oline since college. The converted TE stuff is bogus. Yeah, a 328 lb. TE. I don't think so. As for Williams, he was our best run blocker over ANYBODY on the roster, and not as bad in pass pro as some aroundhere made him out to be. In the end, his cap hit was just way too f@#W@$ much. Well, time to change my signiture................
Jason Peters i believe is just as fast as Keyshawn Johnson. Not like that's saying much, but damn that is fast for a 325 pound person.
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It's understandable why Winston's stock is going down, and it was certainly happening before two months ago. In the game against Florida State, Winston absolutely blew! Kyle Wright got hit a record time that night and sacked for some kind of record also. And he is a mobile quarterback. And that was in the beggining of the season.
If you ask me, you need to avoid anyone from Miami (Fl.) Offensive line because that is exactly what it is. Offensive.
In this situation i think you would have to go with "duece" or darryl tapp. If you got Ngata in the first round, then you go offensive line in the second and maybe third depending on who is on the board.
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With the excitement of another season of Buffalo Bills football upon us, and Marv Levy being back, I can't help but getting excited. The potential of the draft is very exciting, but can be a letdown also. The thought of Buffalo getting Ngata is exciting. I have seen many mock drafts having him going to Oakland, San Francisco. The question is, do we trade up, what happens if he goes before Buffalo picks, who else is a first round possibility for a need to be filled position. Marv seems to be high on defense. Should we read anything into that? Who else can Buffalo release to save us some money to get a couple of good free agants?
If Oakland or SF picks up Nagta, than that would mean that someone like Mario Williams - or we can all cross our fingers and hope for d'brickishaw - would fall to the Bills at #8. Not to mention, somebody like Michael Huff is on the board JIC.
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That is logically and pretty probable. Along with of course a replacement of some kind for Lawyer Milloy, seeing as he is nearing the end.
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I know, but the CBA is going to get dealt with mainly because the number of people that are for revenue sharing far out number those that are against it.
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I wasn't implying that TD had to tell you. I think Nate is very good. I actually have to agree with you on most of the things that you have stated.
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I know this was posted a while ago, I was just saying the Patriots would do it as a joke. Kind of playing on the fact that we recycle all of their trash and they find a gold bar in ours.
In reality even Erik Flowers was picked up by the Steelers and Texans and bounced around the league for a few more years. Bottom line is that if you have the first round draft pick label you are going to stay in the league for a while. $#!t, Rob Johnson even got another job that wasn't screwing in light bulbs at some super market.
As to the more than $1 million a year, i would have to say that he won't get it the first year but he'll have some kind of incentive in his contract that will give him more money. I don't think he is too worried about that anyway.
I don't think Mike Williams is going to starve to death with the small amounts of money he was seen bording a flight from Buffalo to Houston with.
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I believe the Bills will cut either Lawyer Milloy or Sam Adams depending on what comes to them in the draft, and more importantly Free Agency.
I know that Jeff Posey has been good in coverage for the Bills but does anybody know what he is supposed to make this year?
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If anything Adams would be cut on June 1st. As of right now the Bills don't have much at DT and they need Adams as an inusrance policy until they pick someone up in the draft or on the open market.
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I would prefer if Ferguson slipped up more mainly because he has the most athletic talent out of the o-linemen.
If he doesn't slip up, i would seriously hope that Ngata will slip up.
I think it is almost guarunteed that we get one of them
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I thought he was going to restructure. Oh well, i guess things work out better this way.
$20 says the Patriots pick him up and turn him into a Pro Bowler.
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i cant even take you seriously because you contradict yourself so many times in that last post, it might as well be in chinese. I think John Kerry just gave up his title of the flip flopper to you.
You start your post with "Let me just say once more that it is not important to draft linemen high in the draft"
Your middle is "I'm not saying it is a bad idea to draft o-line a d-line early on draft day, as a matter of fact i think it is pivitol to do so."
And your last sentence is "Once again i think Buffalo should go with Ngata in the first round but also make a mental note of what i have said."
The main point of my post - for those of us who are hooked on phonics - is that it is not a necessity to draft linemen high, seeing as Buffalo has had success in the past with undrafted free agents, low draft picks, and so on. Examples: Kent Hull, Howard Ballard, and Jason Peters to name a few. But it is always a good thing to keep in mind. Especially in Buffalo's current situation.
The other point that i was trying to make was that linemen don't always work out when they are drafted in the first round (Examples: Mike Williams, Bryant McKinnie, and Jordan Gross) mainly because of their size which limits them to their growth as a player (If you don't think linemen need good footwork, you need to put down the Madden controller and watch real football).
And my final sentence about drafting Ngata, it is the only real move Buffalo has to make besides trading down. But based on the lack of depth at DT in this draft, Ngata is probably the best choice for the Bills' position in the draft and the best choice in terms of filling needs
The initial argument was that you had to draft linemen high in order to have success in the NFL.
I don't call that contradiction.
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I wasn't trying to argue i was just trying to say that Nate Clements is a little above mediocre, and i was just using examples of his bad playing to prove my point. I didn't mean to offend anybody but it is my firm belief that i need to see something out of him this year before i accept his status in the league as anything other than the Bills Digest/ Tom Donahoe hype.
Maybe you weren't reading before hand but i agreed with the move.
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The fact that you have Ferguson falling that low is hard to believe, but if he did fall that low, i'm not sure SF would take him for sure. Don't forget that they did just lure Jonas Jennings out there last season with the way $12 million in signing bonus smells.
Do you think that they are ready to toss in the towel on Jennings now, or do you think that SF thinks that they just got unlucky when he got hurt?
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Let's see in the first game against Miami Chambers had 60 yards and Nate forced a game clenching fumble against Ronnie Brown. Oh I know, you're talking about the 2nd game when on 2nd down Nate slapped the ball out of his hands and looked to be a game winning play?
Of course many forget on 4th down Jabari Greer was covering Chambers and was called for pass interference and also gave up the game winning TD.
Say what you want about Nate's play all day but with the game on the line Nate made a play that would have won the game (inpart this is why he's referred to as a playmaker). Conversely a player who would have been favored as his replacement failed and could be goated for the "player that lost us the game".
What about an excuse for the poor play on Jimmy Smith in the opening game of last year at the end of the opening drive?
Time is running out, Jacksonville is marching down the field and just need one big play to put themselves in scoring position. Leftwich tosses it deep down the left sideline where Nate Clements is man up with Jimmy Smith. All he has to do is make the play.
WHAT DO YOU DO TOM?
Knock it down!
I wish he had, that ball was hung up in the air like a fishing line being cast into the water. Clements goes up to try and pick it off and instead of making the easy play, Smith catches it and Jacksonville ultimately wins the game in a big part to Nate's poor decision making on that play.
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Sorry for the last blog and the broken English, it's late and i have been awake for more than 18 hours. Just pick through it, i think you can figure out what i am saying. It's not in Chinese or anything.
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Let me just say once more that it is not important to draft linemen high in the draft. It is nice to have high draft picks on your line but not a neccessity. For example, Howard Ballard was drafted by the Bills in 1988 with a pick in what i believe was the 10th round. I think he worked out fairly well.
Linemen of either side of the ball it is important to get the players that can play, but a guy like Pat Williams was an undrafted free agent out of Texas A&M in 1997, I don't know who was the top DT that year. Do you? And by the way, how is Ryan Sims doing in KC?
I'm not saying it is a bad idea to draft o-line a d-line early on draft day, as a matter of fact i think it is pivitol to do so. But just because the guy has the title of a first round pick does not mean he is going to live up to that title. New England has a great coaching staff, and that staff is able to work with players and work the system around the players they have, not mold the players into what they want for their system. For another example, look at Denver's d-line, all former "busts" from Cleveland, but they go to Denver and miraculously they are all getting signed to extentions. Once again i think Buffalo should go with Ngata in the first round but also make a mental note of what i have said.
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I think Bledsoe was/is good, but he's predictable. The only thing you had to do to stop Bledsoe was bring pressure up the middle to prevent him from stepping up in the pocket and patting the ball. If he could do those two things, he was one of the most dangerous deep ball throwers in the league.