Lothar
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...and do you know why no NFL team has run the no huddle that fast in a while? Because the Bills lost 4 consecutive SB's running the no huddle that fast. End of debate. It kills it's own defenders. The Bills used to go 3 and out faster then the defense could suck in two breaths of oxygen on the sidelines. And that was a team loaded with veteran talent on both sides of the ball.
I am completely of the opposite opinion here. We're running this offense because it forces defenses to be simpler, allowing our young OL a chance to gel without facing exotic blitzes. The one disadvantage here is that game 1 is the Pats*. If anyone can throw a wrench into this plan, it's these guys - unfortunately, unless Edwards is successful, we'll be in a heap of trouble as teams mimic the approach they use and the whole hurry up offense experiment may be torpedoed as quickly as it starts. let's hope not for the team's sake.
And the reason the Bills lost Super Bowls is mostly because Levy and Dickerson didn't play to its strength. When you have a high tempo, powerful offense, your defense can't be bend but don't break. Instead, unless you're as talented as the '85 Bears or the Ravens of a few years back, you take all kinds of chances. Lord knows we had playmakers on that defense - we should have built up a big DL and made folks beat us thru the air. Let 'em score if need be. If our defense was like the Falcons the year they made it to the Superbowl - where they gave up lots of passing yards and points but led the league in turnovers, I truly believe we would have won multiple Super Bowls. Ahh, it's all water under the bridge now. thanks for dredging up those memories.
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from Chris Brown's blog ... I thought this was an interesting tidbit:
In the press box I spoke to an AFC scout who was in attendance and he said he has not seen an NFL team run the no huddle that fast, "in a while." It's going to really be interesting to see where this no huddle attack goes from this point forward.
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You're welcome.
F uckinada, I don't even remember what the point was!!!!
Oh yeah..boo hoo Michael Vick. Let's all give him a big virtual bear hug, kiss on the forehead, and integrate him into our whacky new wildcat scheme. Bring him on I say!
As the late John Butler would surely say, "he's a fine yong man".
Lighten up, Francis.
If you feel the need to spew vitriol about your superior belief set, go spout off on the PPP board. You'll fit right in.
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How can you give a review when the pre-season has not started? Been in camp less than 2 weeks.
well, I read it as an offseason review or preseason preview - cut the guy some slack
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Hey Lost,
Nice writeup - I appreciate you taking the time to do this in a cogent fashion and wanted to make sure that informed well written summaries like yours don't get lost in the ether. I think most people agree with your assessment. To me, it comes down to the performance of the offensive tackles. I actually think the interior will hold up fine and worst case, we'd move Butler back to a guard spot. But I'm just waiting to hear some good news from the wings - if Walker and Butler aren't at least adequate (and I think Langston's actually a decent right tackle), this season's on the brink a lot quicker than we thought. I'm not sure if any of the wounded FAs are the right answer but hearing how Denney and Kelsay!? are doing well makes me wonder if our guys can survive against quality DEs and blitzing LBs.
Also, some folks on here keep calling for Chambers to come in at LT. IIRC he only replaced Walker at RT and Walker switched over to the left side when Peters was unavailable. I think maybe our coaches were expecting Bell to take the next step but it sounds like he's a year away. If this is our achilles heel come the regular season, I will once again be disappointed at the way our front office went about their business.
Last year at this time I was guardedly optimistic. I'm pretty ambivalent right now because I don't expect much more than an 8-8 campaign. Cohesion by itself does not equal quality.
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Of all the players in todays pro sports that you have come to hate to hate is Fred Jackson the pro you love to love. He is the pro that proves that a dream can come true he might not be a probowler in the of the NFL but in my eyes he is a all pro.He shows if you work hard and if you want it bad enough you can do it.If the BILLS had a roster filled with Fred Jacksons we would be unbeatable what do you think/
whoa lil buddy - ask Maryann to brew you a cup of decaf next time.
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12 - Maybin
32 - Wood
50 - Levitre
55 - Nelson
60 - Byrd
Cautiously optimistic (fwiw) ...
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dw...100.7dd05b.html
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If the idea is to move this kid to safety then the pick makes sense.......
For the love of god please move up and address tight end bills
apparently ... from Sal M:
You knew they had to do it. They had to pick a defensive back and it was Jairus Byrd of Oregon. He played corner in college but the word is the Bills will look at him as a 205-pound safety. He had 17 interceptions for Oregon so he has hands and he also has some punt return experience.
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Bills drafted Wood to play Guard
http://myespn.go.com/blogs/afceast/0-7-135...play-guard.html
uhh, no they didn't, per Sal M from the D&C):
And now this just in. The brain trust - Russ Brandon, Dick Jauron and Tom Modrak - just addressed the media and they project Wood as a guard, not a center, even though he played center his entire career. Why, I have no idea. He played guard at the Senior Bowl. I guess they’d rather have free agent pickup Geoff Hangartner play center. Interesting.
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i'm looking for Barwin or Cook
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Regarding Florence - I see from Two Bills Drive
He started 46 games last 4 seasons. He also had 10 interceptions in his last 3 years at SD. Also he only started 8 games last year. It appears to me he is a good pick up for the cost.
15 games played - couldn't crack the starting lineup for a somewhat depleted Jags secondary - plus locker room problems from paying someone too much who was essentially a backup ... gee, you think that might happen here?
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/jaguars/2009-02-11-porter-cut_N.htm?csp=34
The Jacksonville Jaguars essentially acknowledged two failed free agent acquisitions Wednesday by releasing receiver Jerry Porter and cornerback Drayton Florence. The Jaguars paid more than $23 million for Porter and Florence to step into starting roles last year, but both failed to make an impact on the field and may have been even less impressive in the locker room. Teammates privately blamed them for chemistry issues that plagued Jacksonville (5-11) all season.
"In going through our personnel evaluations and roster analysis we are making decisions that we believe will help improve our team for the 2009 season and beyond," Jaguars general manager Gene Smith said.
Florence signed a six-year, $36 million deal with about $12 million guaranteed. He also got $1 million in salary last season, but couldn't win a starting job. He spent most of the season playing in nickel and dime situations, and giving that much money to a backup raised eyebrows around the locker room.
"Obviously, I endorsed them or we wouldn't have done them, so I'm not going to go back and second guess what was done," team owner Wayne Weaver said last month. "We just have to learn from our mistakes and move on."
Weaver parted ways with personnel chief James "Shack" Harris in December, partly because of the two failed free agent signings. Cutting them will save the club about $8.3 million in salary in 2009. Florence was scheduled to make $1.9 million in base salary with a $2.5 million roster bonus. Porter was due to make $1.9 million in base salary with a $2 million roster bonus.
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I'm usually more optimistic but consider me completely underwhelmed.
Fitzgerald - An awful choice for a backup QB. If anything we desperately need someone with experience who can help guide Edwards when he has his 3-4 defense panic attacks.
Florence - 6+million? For what? 15 games started, 3 passes defensed, 0 INTs. This seems like a Kelsay signing all over again - sign a mediocre backup to above average pay. Please, even the Jaguars considered him woeful this past year.
Hangardner - I actually like this move but not if we also lose Preston - we're back to zero depth and a questionable interior again.
I guess if we get Coles and Kendall or Walters and lock up Peters and Jackson, I'll see forward progress. But right now, net-net, we are treading water while our competition pulls further ahead.
I know as fans we generally over-value whoever we sign and that seems to be the case with these mostly 3rd tier free agents. My only solace now is Jauron can't survive another losing season but who knows what that outcome will bring in the future.
2010 or bust!
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Peppers has been stating he is frustrated playing in a 4-3 scheme and wants to move to a 3-4. If anything, I think the other teams in our division are far more likely to pursue him than we are.
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ugggh!
3:21 [Comment From Mark]
Derrick Dockery has had a lousy year in pass protection. How long was his contract?
3:22 Chris Brown: 7 years.
3:22 [Comment From Shaun]
Why didn't they run it?
3:22 Chris Brown: I don't know.
3:23 [Comment From thrasher77]
That was awful playcalling., Would that have come from Turk or Jauron?
3:23 Chris Brown: I've given up trying to guess
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one of the members of the Ambiguously Gay duo from the SNL skits - full of vigor and yet, completely clueless.
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did you watch the first 4 games? his play has done a complete 180 since the consussion
Actually it's because we've started playing flexible 3-4 defenses like everyone in our division. What I'm frustrated about is the reversion to obviousness with regard to running the ball - I mean you can see 9 pats up on the line every time we call a running play - I still want to see us run out of the spread formation cause the OL seems so limited in its skill right now.
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At the espn coaches poll site they had our Total D at #7 and our Total Offensive rank at #2. That was shocking. Anyone know offhand what those ranks were last year near the midway point of the season.
That is a significant turnaround anyway you cut it.
Was that a poll? Statistically here's what the numbers say:
Offense:
ppg - 10th
ypg - 17th
3rd down % - 15th
1st downs pg - 21st
t.o.poss. - 12th
Defense:
ppg - 10th
ypg - 10th
3rd down % - 4th
1st downs pg - 12th
Special Teams:
kickoffs net - 15th
punt net - 9th
kickoff ret - 13th
punt ret - 2nd
Overall, as Tim Graham says, we've become a very balanced team. And despite the huge production from ST in game 1, we've settled into the middle of the pack. By all rights we should be about a middle of the road to slightly better than average team. I think the other factors here are we are a very disciplined team (ranking 2nd in fewest penalties) and the fact that we have an emerging leader at QB who can win close games in the 4th quarter. We are by no means dominant but we are certainly evolving into one of the better teams in the league.
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Brevity sweetie; brevity.
Women have a reputation for talking too much. This does not make your gender look any better.
Ummm I don't think Pyrite Gal is a gal, Crayonz ... see Dik Smub
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Arizona has a solid D? Is your definition of solid "not being within six yards of a receiver, allowing a quarterback to throw six easy touchdown passes?" I'm not much into predictions...I don't know if the Cardinals are going to score 3 or 33, or if we're going to score 0 or 50. But I would not call their D solid either way.
Be careful - even with the debaucle against the Jets, I believe they're ranked 9th in ypg which is a pretty reasonable stat. I read interviews with one of the Cards corners saying that they were all trying to cover for each other when their strong safety went down - it looked like a complete mess with guys running wide open. I definitely don't think that game was typical. You look at their defensive roster and it's not bad - they have quality players all over the place (Karlos Dansby, Antrel Rolle as a backup CB, Dockett at DT) - personally I think the one advantage we have against most other teams we play against now is better coaching adjustments. We haven't had that since Wade was the DC here.
I believe this game could go either way and if Boldin plays, I don't think we match up without McGee. Otherwise, an away game against an explosive offense and an embarrased defense playing at home, I'll only like our chances if we somehow manage to stay within a FG at the start of the 4th.
Pass rush, pass rush, pass rush.
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The sun doesn't come out unless there's something to Monday Morning QB around here.
yes because posts that aren't only happy-happy-joy-joy after a win can really mess up an addled brain. Hey I loved the way we won but this was simply a comment on a poor performance by a perceived strength of the team. Lindell was certainly clutch at the end and had one good kickoff but not recognizing the overall failings in coverage and decision-making is vacuous.
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Perhaps this can be read as a positive thread about our offense and defense because it used to be the only way we win a game was dominating this aspect of the game. But I do think maybe all that "we have the best special teams unit" talk went to the heads of the young kids. We got severely outplayed in the Raider game and maybe came close to even at best against Jacksonville. I love Bobby April but this was really a poor performance all the way around, from coverage to penalties to decision making. Especially since field position dictated the whole tone of the first half. I had thought Moorman was the AFC's best punter in years past but perhaps I really haven't given Lechler as much credit as he deserves. And while I love the way Lindell handles pressure, the fat one is probably a better kicker overall.
Against the more formidable teams in the league, we're gonna need this unit's A game.
It's been a long time since I've said we won a game despite our special teams performance so I'll take it as a glass half full sign.
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Lost in the haze of winning our first three games is the huge turnaround on 3rd down defense. Look up nfl.com stats and you'll see us at 18% which is a wee bit better than the Ravens. Admittedly we haven't played an injury-free passing powerhouse yet, but going from 50%+ whatever to where we lead the league is pretty telling. I'm thinking the 3-headed monster of Stroud, Mitchell and Poz seem the biggest reason for allowing our secondary to actually showcase their talents.
As an aside, it figures as soon as I credit Ko for not giving up a long pass in his time as a Bill, we give up a big play to the Raiders - though this was less of a long pass than a catch and run with a breakdown in coverage, not sure who was at fault on that one.
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I only bring this topic up because he's been bashed in the past by some of the more astute minds on this board. But when I think back to his rookie season where he was ordained the starter at free safety, I remember one stat that stood out to me in a mediocre year was the Bills gave up the fewest long passes in the league (not sure what qualified as a long pass - may be 30+ yards or something similar.) And I do remember that Ko was never beaten deep. I think with a more aggressive pass rush and Whitner's progression, you'll see either the same fear of throwing deep or more interceptions by Simpson. I'm sure as we start playing against better receivers, we'll find out if this same stat holds but I'm putting my money on Ko - except when we play Moss, but now there's no Brady so who knows?
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Senior editor over on the Jaguars.com site was asked about Edwards and this was his response:
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Fred from Buffalo, NY
What do you think of Trent Edwards as a quarterback?
Vic: I was wildly impressed. His pocket presence is fantastic. I saw some Tom Brady in him. The Bills may be on the verge of an extended run of good football.
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How can you help but smile?
no-huddle tempo
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Good question, Simon. I saw your comment on the game thread and wondered how different the K-Gun was. I think more than anything it requires some incredibly fit linemen - pretty sure the fact we practice it all the time makes it easier. Two other points: as far as the tiredness issue, I have to think that the DL will also lose their push and after a long day of beating on each other, it may help the offense a bit more, especially on pass plays when we primarily use 3-step drops. Secondly, as far as the total amount of time in a set position, I don't think it's that different - the no-huddle gets plays off within 15 or so seconds with the line usually being set for 5-8 seconds. Other than the slower pace, isn't it about the same for a regular huddle offense? Or am I misjudging?