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This guy is extremely fast. I believe he fnished ahead of D'Anthony Thomas last year in the PAC-12 100-meter championships; there is a video of it on youtube somewhere. And he can catch the football, unlike some other field-stretching wide receivers. I expect him to do very well at the combine.
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Got to see some game coverage on ESPN today, and Wow, the blown calls, in favor of the Ravens, were even more prevalent than I thought.
And in fact, they dealt with the two "subjective" fouls (Pass Interference & Holding), which have been called inconsistently FOR YEARS now in the NFL. The latter, in addition to the Bills being such a frustrating team to watch, has driven me away from being a dedicated NFL fan (have had a LOT more free time on Sundays over the past 10 years...lol), because it comes to the point of being like "pro" wrestling to me....from game to game you'll see wildly different interpretations of PI & holding, and how frequent they are called.
Anyways, in last night's game, of course there was the blatant hold (TWO Ravens clearly holding a Niner at the 26-30yard line as Jones goes right by them) on the KO return TD to open the 2nd half. Then on the Niners 4th down play, there was holding ON BOTH SIDES of the field (nice eye Eric Mangini), on both receivers. Of course anyone who watches the game regularly knows that they call holding and/or defensive PI for FAR LESS contact than what you saw on that 4th down play. Then on the Ravens last offensive play (the punter running around in the end zone) TWO Niners are blatantly held as they rush the punter (yes, I know it just would have been a safety anyway, but it's the point of it not being called even though it was so blatant).
It was a good game, but it's a shame that the officiating was so poor, and IMHO, had influence over who won the game.
Disclaimer: I'm not a Niners or Ravens fan....couldn't care less who won.
I agree. These bogus PI calls (and uncalled PIs) have huge impact on the outcome of too many games and the refs consistently get them wrong. I would estimate based on my observations that under 50% of the PI or defensive holding penalties that are called in NFL games were actually penalties. It's impossible to estimate the number of missed PI calls. Someone needs to explain why PI calls are not reviewable. They are frequently no less subjective than any of the calls that are currently reviewable. I don't buy the "it will slow down the game" argument. The game could not be any slower than it already is, and under current rules, a coach can even review the placement of the ball at the end of a play.
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For every Kaepernick/RGIII/Luck, there's two or three Tebows, Gabberts, Lockers, Ponders, Kolbs, Cassels. Too many people look backwards with 20/20 hindsight and talk about how all the "professionals" should have been able to predict who would be great and who would be busts. There's simply no way to predict with unfailing accuracy who will be great and who will be average.
Tom Brady had to endure *six* other QBs being selected before him before New England threw him a bone. That's every single team in the league passing on one of the NFL's best QBs in history.... numerous times. And yet you are ready to burn Buddy Nix in effigy for not selecting Kaepernick when the defense was ranked in the bottom of the NFL for several years.
Fitz was so bad in 2012 (83.3 QB rating) that he was only a few points better than Andrew Luck (76.5). And Fitz didn't have Reggie Wayne to throw to.
Fitz may not be elite status, but to throw him under the bus is just plain stupid. The odds of getting a rookie who will outperform a veteran when the current roster is so devoid of receiving talent seems ludicrous. But flip that same argument to the receivers and the odds of getting a WR who can outperform the others are actually very good. Any GM should look at which position will receive a BIGGER upgrade, WR or QB? And at the moment, the odds favor the WR position.
Flacco did perform wonderfully in the Super Bowl. But it's also pretty evident that Boldin, Jacoby Jones, Dennis Pitta and Torry Smith are talents that make the Bills receivers look like high schoolers. Boldin and Jones could arguably have been the games MVPs. Boldin was a BEAST in that game who made clutch catch after clutch catch to keep the sticks moving.
There is some truth to what you are saying here, but you are letting OBD off way too easily. True, Fitz is not the worst QB in th league, and in fact I think we can say he's the least bad Buffalo QB since Bledsoe's first year here, when he was throwing to Peerless Price and Eric Moulds in their prime. And I also understand that Fitz's QB ratings have not been that bad, at times. But if you watch the games, it is impossible to conclude that he is anything other than a mediocre QB who at best will win you 7 games in a 16 game season. He's not John Skelton, or Blaine Gabbert; but he's just good enough to get you beat.
And yes, we know that it's not easy to hit the jackpot on a QB in the draft. We know that not everyone thought Kaepernick or Wilson or Cousins were going to be stars. The problem I have is that Nix did not even bother to try to pick a young QB to compete with Fitz or to groom behind Fitz for a year or two. Totally inexcusable, given the quality choices that were available after the first round of the last few drafts.
And yeah, we also know that the Bills badly needed to upgrade the defensive side of the ball. So where is that defensive upgrade that had to take place instead of investing in a QB of the future? Now we desperately need upgrades on defense, at WR, TE and QB. Believe me, if the Bills had been drafting defenders like Aldon Smith, JJ Watt, and Bobby Wagner, etc, you would not hear nearly as much complaining.
Finally, I can't buy the argument that these other QBs would be playing like crap if they were on the Bills due to their lack of WRs. True, the Bills don't have a deep stable of great WRs, but it's not that bad. There are plenty of teams without a no. 1 wideout as good as Stevie, and lots of teams are stocked with undrafted FA receivers. The fact is, a good QB is going to make everyone on the team, including the defense, better. Imagine how CJ would have done with a QB who actually makes the defense cover more than 10 yards from the line of scrimmage.
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If your referring to roids, it can't be said until he comes out and admits it or fails a test.
Oh, it most definitely can be said before then. If we have learned anything about PEDs, it is "where there is smoke, there is fire".
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I've only seen a few plays by Barkley but it seems to me that he's a very ordinary prospect from a physical/measurables standpoint.
That differs from Marino who everyone knew had immense natural talent for the position.
Barkley's average measurables also means that he needs to have a lot of great intangibles to become a great quarterback. I don't know how well he's stocked in the intangible department.
That's why I'm not sold on Barkley.
I'm not necessarily sold on Barkley, either. However, as of last year at about this time, he was very highly regarded and considered a shoe-in to go in the top 5 of the draft, possibly even before RG III. That tells me he was probably better than an "ordinary prospect from a physical/measurables standpoint." Obviously, he did not have a great year in 2012. I'm suggesting that (1) it could be because of the crappy coaching he was subjected to at USC and (2) Marino is a good example of a guy who thrived in the pros despite a lousy senior year in college and slipping in the draft. I suppose we'll find out more about Barkley's measurables at the combine. He looked really good at times this year (against Oregon, for example) and at times he looked confused and shell-shocked.
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We won't have a chance.
The Bengals are going to be all over this guy.
Are you kidding me? Undersized cornerback from the SEC? Bills will take him no. 8 overall.
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Today I talked with four NFL Scouts and i thought I would share with you what they said about the current quarterback situation. I posted an article, I thought I would share it since the Bills are definitely looking for a quarterback. I thought it was very interesting that Matt Barkley's stock is still there. Not moving down.
http://nomorelinks....s-draft-boards/
I hope you enjoy it, God Bless and Go Bills
It was a long time ago, but I recall that Dan Marino was extremely highly regarded after his Junior year at Pitt, then had a sub-par Senior year and fell to the bottom of the first round. He turned out OK, though. Maybe the same thing will happen to Barkley. I saw USC play a lot this year, and they had a lot of problems, not least of which was horrific coaching from Lane Kiffen and his daddy.
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Jets may end up being the worst team in the league, which may be part of their master plan to get Manziel
Kinda funny that everyone is talking about Manziel like he's a lock to be the first player picked next year, ala Andrew Luck. He's far from a polished, NFL-ready prospect, although that's not to say he won't be any good. Before his senior year, not too many people outside of Waco had heard of RG III, much less considered him a can't miss NFL prospect.
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Also Metz, to springboard off an observation made earlier in the thread (or maybe it was a different one), there are numerous draft picks in Bills history where you just knew it was a questionable pick at best.
I can remember very few instances where these questionable picks ended up working out; where the Bills were right and the general public was wrong.
I'm trying to think of just one and I can't.
Many times, I tried getting on board with the picks and tried talking myself into liking them. But it seems every time my skepticism was borne out.
You know, I could not agree more. I firmly believe that the Bills would be better off today if their draft picks over the past ten years had been made by some well-informed fan who simply followed a lot of the pre-draft publications, or if the picks had been based upon a poll of the participants on this board. Sure, there would have been some duds, but we also would not have had to put up with Lil' Donte, Loss-man, McCargo, Torrell Troup, or TJ Graham, to name just a few. And of course Ralph could have saved himself some $$. On the other hand, I am old enough to remember 1985, when most of Bills Nation badly wanted the team to use the first pick in the draft on Doug Flutie. Instead, the Bills picked a talented but raw defensive lineman from Virginia Tech.
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While good in theory - I really don't see anyone trying to move up in this draft. The difference in talent level between 8 and 16 isn't very much. There's still a lot of time for teams to fall in love with guys. But I see this draft being harder to trade down than most of them. And it's not an easy venture to begin with.
I agree. More likely that the Rams would entertain our 1st (8 overall) for their 22 overall, plus their second. I'd probably still do that trade if I were the Bills, but it would depend how things shake out on draft day. There is a looong way to go, and trades like this typically don't happen until draft day. This would enable the Bills to grab a QB, LB and a TE or WR in the top 46 picks. I like it.
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From Peter King's MMQB this AM:
Baalke knew the Bills weren't going to take Kaepernick or Dalton at 34, and he figured Cincy would take Dalton at 35.
Peter King reported leading up to the 2011 draft that Buffalo was a "black hole" of information. Unlike teams that attempt to use subterfuge, the Bills buttoned up completely that year.
Yet, how did SF and presumably other teams needing a QB know the Bills would not take either Kaepernick or Dalton?
He called Buddy and asked him who he was going to draft.
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What are your thoughts about the Honey Badger? I saw a mock draft that had the Bills taking him in the 5th or 6th round.
He's an undersized DB from the SEC. I can see the Bills taking him in the first or second round.
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I'm comfortable with Sanchez staying on the Jets as well.
Nice spin. I think we all know it was Wannstedt's vanilla defense; let's see what Pettine does with those players Buddy acquired.
OK, it was a cheap shot.
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That's awesome. Couldn't have happened to a better organization.
Don't look now, but the Bills are in a similar situation with Fitz. The only difference is that Sanchez has shown he can win games, at least under certain circumstances. He certainly carved up Buddy's defense the first week of the season.
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"Better #'s" is too general a test. Would he be a winning qb? A qb that takes his team to playoffs ? Take his team to a coin toss of getting to super bowl ? No, no I don't believe fitz would.
Look at the highlights from smith: I see a guy with a much better arm, better mechanics, better footwork, can run a more up tempo offense, faster when he takes off running , and more presence on the field
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXX9mJAW--Q&feature=youtube_gdata_player
One thing on smith id like to see a stronger arm down field , but still its better than fitz. But the list of flawless QBs is extremely small.
At end of day, The takeaway about SF defense, harbaugh with QBs and smith, should be a focus on building a dominant defense, a coach that can get the best out of QBs, and a QB that can win with the setup. Smith has shown he can, and IMO its obvious his skills are superior to fitz, who IMO wouldn't be sucessful on the 9ers.
I agree with this. I also agree with those who say it's unlikely we will find a franchise QB in this draft. As I understand Fitz's contract situation, though, the Billls are probably less able to afford Smith than the 49ers are, since cutting Fitz apparently would not result in much savings. Something has to be done, though. I just cannot watch another season of Fitz; would much rather see a 3d round rookie or even T-jax.
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$8.5MM for a backup QB seems pretty rich. I can't see them paying that price or any other team willing to part with a draft pick and paying that sum when they can get him in FA for less money. I expect he'll get his wish and be released.
They might wait a year to restructure K'nick, but it won't be any longer than that. I wouldn't be surprised if that happened this off-season, especially if they win on Sunday.
I believe under the new collective bargaining agreement, the 49ers cannot re-structure Kaepernick's contract, even if they wanted to, until the end of NEXT season.
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After watching (some of) the TrainWreck Bowl, just say NO to any QB at #8. Gotta go D with either a DE or LB.
Dion Jordan
Barkevious Mingo
Damontre Moore
At least one of them should be there.
I agree. Seems like a bad year to desperately need a QB. On the other hand, there will probably be a few good ones available to a patient (and smart) team in the middle rounds.
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hindsight is 20-20. There is a no given that a AJ Green, Julio Jones or Aldon smith would have succeeded here. Heck, even a Mario Williams had a piss-poor average season. It is not just the players...It is the coaching staff, building the winning mentality.
If that's the case, then we should just give up because no one can ever know anything, and we can never pass judgment on any GM because different players who we could have taken (and who have been wildly successful on other teams) might have sucked here. The only thing we do know is that after three years of Buddy running this team it is still a bad team with a dreadful defense and no QB.
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Really???
Why would they cut him? Why wouldn't they trade him?
Fitz is on a $8,885,000 per year contract.
Surely some team in the league will perceive a QB who's team was 4 points away from the SB last year & who had a 104.1 QBR this year.......who only is going to cost $7.5M, to be worth trading a 7th round draft pick for.
You are correct. Someone will offer a draft pick for him and if it's not high enough, SF will just keep him. He is apparently a very good teammate. And as someone pointed out, Kaepernick makes less than $1 million/year.
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Q: How do you know when you've lost an argument?
A: When the only response you have left looks something like this:
Don't you have algebra homework to do? School on Monday comes faster than you think. And given your prior posts, you make a great case for longer school days.
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So every GM who hs whiffed on some players is a buffoon. So the GM's who let Urbik go, Pears go and who thought Cordy Glenn was a guard....what are they? JJ Watt could be the next Roid bust and Dareus could have a huge year next year. You probably thought Eric Moulds was a bust because his first two years were awful. You can't just cherry pick the bad without crediting him with the good. We are strong in the trenches thanks to Buddy. He's being phased out so quit the bile.
Not sure if all the GMs you mention are buffoons but this one sure is. And hearing him interviewed on the radio cements my opinion of him. (By the way, I doubt the GMs who cut Urbik and Pears are losing much sleep over those moves. Despite the clamor here, the Bills' o-line is very far from elite--it is merely better than it was when it was putrid a couple years ago.)
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Hey genius, a better coach turned around the team with mostly the same personnel and QB they had in 2010.
So says you. I'm pretty sure there was a substantial influx of new talent to go along with the new and improved coaching.
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Oh Christ --- are you kidding me? San Fran was one game away from the SB without Kaepernick at QB. What the Hell, it's okay to be a hater of the GM and QB but pick a made-up argument that can't be debunked so easily.
Hey Genius, in 2010, the 49ers went 6-10 in the weakest division in football and fired their head coach. So they must have had a few other holes to fill when they drafted Kaepernick in the 2011 draft. Next time, please pick an argument that can't be debunked so easily.
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you not looking at the holes this roster had....again the only reason he ended up in San Fran was they don't have the lack of talent Buffalo does- so they take a flyer on Kaepernick if it doesntr work no one cares or remembers. Not fair
Rubbish. Take a look at what the 49ers' record was the year before they drafted Kaepernick. They had been a bad team for a long time.
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