mannc
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The great thing about the 2009 posts is they show that the majority of the posters on a Bills fan board knew better than the "professionals" at OBD. And it was not the first time, by a long shot. This is not rocket science. It takes a special strain of incompetence to accomplish what's been done OBD in the past decade.
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The biggest problem with the article is that it confuses two separate points:
1) Ralph is cheap etc.
2) OBD has failed to build the offensive line
Point (1) is debatable and Sully does a poor job of backing up his argument - as others have pointed out, he doesn't bother to list anyone out there that the Bills should go spend money on.
Point (2) is the real meat of the article but unfortunately Sullivan doesn't know how to articulate what is actually his stronger point. He's right that the offensive line is sub-par and has been for some time. What he SHOULD have done was write about how the Bills have perplexingly avoided using first and second day picks on tackles. It's a no-brainer to many of us that Bulaga would've been a better pick than Spiller because then they wouldn't be scrambling to try to overpay a guy like Clabo. Or Veldheer instead of Byrd, etc. etc. There are lots of quality young tackles out there that the Bills have passed over in the first few rounds (including under Nix) in order to take skill guys.
Absolutely! And there is no evidence whatsoever to believe that Nix and Co. will do any better job than Donahoe, Levy, Modrak, et al at addressing this problem. In fact, the evidence is to the contrary. Although obviously it's too early to write off Spiller, it's safe to say that 9th overhall was way too early to pick a 3d down back--or any running back for that matter--especially for a team with such a crying need at both Offensive Tackles. In fact the 2010 draft class as a whole is looking very shakey right now.
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[quote/ He's in his second year at the helm and I for one believe he's doing all the right things. For those of you who still don't get it, we have to start over with him. Give this football man and the outstanding staff he's put together some time to build this team.
What's your evidence for this statement? The scatback he drafted with our no. 1 pick last year, or the d-back he took this year with the second pick? How much production did we get out of last year's entire rookie class? The point of the article is that, for whatever reason, once again the Bills will be going into the season with huge question marks ( at best) at crucial spots on the O-line. It does not bode well.
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Kyle Williams had a good season. Any team would be happy to add him to their roster.
It's just that Ngata, Wilfork, and Seymour had slightly better seasons and are all previously established. I'm sure Williams was close, he just didn't do quite enough.
I have to agree. I really like williams, but there are a lot of great interior D-linemen (on better defenses) that did not make it. One name that comes to mind immediately is Paul Soliai of the Dolphins. That guy is an absolute beast. The phins have been one of the toughest teams to run against this year and he's the main reason. Casey Hampton of the Steelers is another who was left off.
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Why is does. Lol
Also because people compare him to Russel in Oakland. People want a QB like Matt Ryan or Bradford because so far they have looked like solid starters.
Fair or not, the Jamarcus Russell factor will scare a lot of teams away from picking Newton. I agree, though, that Newton is a better athlete and QB than Russell ever was. Perhaps a better comparison would be Vince Young--they are very similar athletes coming out of college. Both also have serious character issues.
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Respectfully disagree. Losman's worst offense was that he wasn't very good...everything else was controlled by the Bills, even having some affect on his results as an NFL QB (Coaching, line, etc.). Maybin can't even get on the field.
To more accurately compare Losman and Maybin, Losman's ineptitude would've had to have rsien to the level of never appearing on the field as a starter and never throwing a TD (in other words, Maybin's 20 games without a start and no sacks).
Hell, as bad as he was as a QB there were still a couple of games that he just plain won for us...no such comparison with Maybin.
There's some surface appeal to that argument, although I can't remember any games that Loseman "just plain won for us". On the other hand, I would argue that the only reason Loseman ever saw the field was a combination of two things: (a) it's impossible to adequately evaluate a QB prospect without actually playing him in a significant number of games, and (b) as a first-round pick, they had to stick him out there at some point. Think about it: Can you name a single first round QB bust who didn't get a chance to start at least a significant portion of his team's games within three years of being drafted? Hell, even the worst QB busts of all time (Heath Schuler, Tim Couch, Ryan Leaf, etc) started many games (if not entire seasons) for the teams that drafted them. Leaf even beat the Bills once, IIRC. At the same time, there are plenty of non-QB busts who never start a game in their career--presumably because the coaches can tell that they suck just from seeing them in exhibition games and practices. The fact that Loseman actually started quite a few games does not mean he was not a disastrous bust.
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I will have to defer to others when it comes to zeros like Patulski and Cousineau, but the worst and most costly pick in recent memory was JP Lose-man. Not only did the Bills trade up to get him, surrendering a 1 and a 2, his pathetic play and inability to develop into a decent QB set the franchise back years and cost the team many football games. As bad as Mike Williams was, it's hard to say that he really cost the team football games as opposed to just generally sucking. Same goes for Maybin, I suppose.
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We should have gone for it considering what tom brady did to us right after, but i dont think anyone of us thought the they were going to do that.
Are you serious? How many times do you have to see Brady carve up this defense until you're not surprised by it? Against a great offensive team that you have not beaten in the last 13 tries, you need to take some risks. The Bills will not beat any good teams this year without bold decision-making on fourth down. They also should have gone for it on fourth and two near the end of the first half against Green Bay. They had just scored a TD on a beautiful, long drive and forced GB to punt, three and out. They had then made a few nice first downs and were moving the ball well. They had the ball near midfield, fourth and two, trailing 13-7 on the road against an explosive offense. There was less than a minute left in the half. What's wrong with going for it there? If you make it, you keep the drive alive and get points to end the half, and go into the locker room with momentum. Instead, they punted and never threatened again.
The Bills' talent (especially on offense) is not such that they can beat teams like GB (and QBs like Rogers or Brady) without keeping drives alive with an extra play now and again. Gailey, like Jauron, seems not to understand this, or is just coaching to try to keep the margin of defeat as low as possible. Good coaches realize that in many instances, going for it on 4th and short IS playing the percentages.
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The report indicated the earliest the trade would take place is next Tuesday.
That makes sense. If Lynch does not suit up this weekend, we'll know he's history. Can't imagine they would play him, especially vs. Green Bay, if there was a deal in place or imminent.
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Ridiculous article. Getting to and from the Ralph on gameday is a breeze; there are so many different approaches to the stadium that I've almost never gotten stuck anywhere. The worst, by far, is/was Foxboro. I don't know if it's improved since the new stadium was built, but I went to a Bills game there in the early 90's and it was an absolute nightmare. There was only one road in and out of there and it iterally took 3 hours to get back to Boston after the game.
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Everyone is entitled to their opinions as to who they like to consume or not. However, Sully without regard to whether you like the phrases he uses is pretty much a waste of time as someone who is fortunate to be paid to watch and comment on sports.
From my standpoint as someone who can choose to spend my dollar on a newspaper, one thing I am looking for is the learned opinion of someone who is paid to be a student of the game. I will pay to read a writer who watches a bunch of pre-season games that are not really all that entertaining to me to get their analysis of the rest of the league because even though I am a Bills addict you would have to pay me to watch the rest of the league's pre-season games.
Sully strikes me as a waste of the fact the Buff Snooze pays him to if he wants be an actual student of the game. Instead he offers up the same virtually fact-free opinions based on his review of team stats (and likely a cursory review by him given the obvious "I am better than others who watch pre-season" views he expresses.
Its amazing to me that he flat outs admits he does not watch the other teams and then throws out his virtually fact free opinion that the Bills have the weakest LB crew in football. I can get the same level of research free opinion at the local bar and its even free to get it.
He really is a waste of a paycheck since I really wish the news paid someone who actually spent some time studying and learning about the rest of the league before he offers a broadbrush opinion.
Sully is a waste of a paycheck and is one of the reasons why I cancelled my subscription to the Buffalo News. He is paid to cover the most important sports franchise in Buffalo and simply flat out refuses to add value beyond what I can get for free from my neighbors.
Yeah, so tell us all the things he's been wrong about with regard to the last 10 years of this franchise.
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Chris Watson. I have nothing to say about the guys personality(which seems to be your basis) but the amount of third and longs that were completed courtesy of his horrible coverage makes him my least favorite bill. God! he would get me pissed!
Ahhh, the punt-catcher!
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The whole ESPN 30 for 30 is amazing.
Completely agree. They are really well done. I loved the Ricky Williams episode and particularly enjoyed the one on Allen Iverson. Have not seen the JJ episode.
It was appalling listening to all the ESPN talking heads--especially the Joe Theismann--denouncing Williams as a disgrace to humanity, etc.
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i f@rt in your general direction
That's about the level of response I expected.
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As others have pointed out, we now these three hardened players on the OL. How bout a nickname for this unit? Maybe "Buffalo Rising"?
How about we propose a nickname for posters who find this topic amusing? My suggestion: "Morons"
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Maybe I'm biased in my belief that we need Offensive Linemen, but this is my faavorite pick of the draft.
Agreed. Of all our picks this year, he has the best chance to make it to Canton.
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I too was initially dismayed with picking a RB in round 1, but consider two things: I have not heard anyone suggest that Spiller was anything other than the best player on the board at the time, and I can't think of another guy at a position of greater need that I would have had them pick in that slot. My only criticism of the pick is that they did not trade down; I'm sure they had offers.
I don't ever like picking a RB in the first half of round 1. They are just too easy to find in later rounds or even as UFAs (see F Jackson). On the other hand, rookie RBs tend to contribute right away and have a pretty low bust factor. (Even Marshawn was not really a bust; he just wasn't worthy of the 12th overall pick.). The question with Spiller is whether he will be another Reggie Bush or another Chris Johnson. We'll see.
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bye bye marshawn
Funny, I remember being almost equally impressed and excited after watching the highlights of a certain Univ. of California RB about three years ago.
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Twitter: "Filed to ESPN: Bills and Browns have contacted the Rams about trading for the No. 33 pick. Jimmy Clausen, Colt McCoy in play. #nfldraft"
And Sirius seems to think that McCoy will end up in Cleveland and Clausen in Buffalo! I'd take it...
Why does this team always panic and over-think every draft? There will be a very good player available at a position of need at 41. Hang tight.
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The perennial good teams understand the value of a higher pick in the draft...There is never a guarantee just because a player is taken higher that he will pan out, but overall the odds are better indicator of success statistically than a lower pick. Sure there are many examples of players taken lower and many busts taken in the top 10...I'm just saying overall
your odds of landing a franchise player are increased. Also picking higher gives you more of a talent pool to choose from and an opportunity to draft a player you covet. I understand that we have holes to plug all over the field and need depth, but the problem with our team hasn't been having "enough" players.....it's been having "Quality" players. As an organization the Bills have been a team of mediocrity at best and have many marginal players who start, but would only
be backups on your better teams. For example: I know this is a no-brainer (at least to me), but if you could go back to
when Peyton Manning, Jim Kelly, John Elway and many other stars were drafted and in order to change the history books
and have your team select that player....Wouldn't you'd be willing to give up the 24, 37, 55, and 70th pick in the draft for
that same opportunity to get one of these franchise QB's ??? I would in a heartbeat!!! So, if the Bills covet a player (and Buddy Nix mentioned in his interview that he wants a franchise player who can make a difference right away!) that the
Bills War Room thinks will be a franchise player....then I want the QUALITY player everytime!
As long as the Bills do their homework this time...and avoid drafting a red flag player, a player with a criminal history, injury prone, a tweener, a player that is quite undersized like Maybin, or projected to be a MAJOR reach like Maybin when
B. Orakapo was in their laps for the taking..If they avoid these mistakes..then I'm convinced you go with the talent..that includes moving back into the first if necessary to get both the QB and the OLT that they "should" want!!! Move up, or stay Pat...but don't move down!!
What nonsense. The Patriots, to name just one example, have made a living by trading down in the draft to get more picks. They understand that the draft is a crapshoot; no matter how good you think you are at evaluating talent, the more picks you have, the better your chances of success. This goes double for drafting a "franchise" quarterback, a position at which there is close zero correlation between where the player is picked and ultimate success in the NFL. Very few teams who have paid to move up in the draft have benefitted--and the Bills have been burned every single time they've done it, with the possible exception of last year, when they moved up to the second to select Levitre. I would love it if, just this once, they moved down instead of up. Far too many holes to file and it is unlikely there will be a certifiable future pro bowler available at No. 9.
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Dan Snyder is good at spending money, but that hasn't exactly translated into results on the field.
Yep. I predict that Shanahan continues that Redskin "tradition". He was fired in Denver for a reason. I'm very happy the Bills did not win this sweepstakes.
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Defending Ralph? Hardly! I wish he would sell the team, providing he found a buyer who would keep the team in WNY.
I was simply giving my opinion of Jerry.
I didn't accuse you of defending Ralph. I accused you of trashing Sullivan because he has the guts and independence to call a turd a turd.
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It's always easy to find his article by looking just at the title. "The bills should do this....."
or "The bills are wrong about this..."
Last I checked, that's what the News pays him to do. I guess you would prefer a homer who cheers on Ralphie's every godawful move.
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Not hard to be right when you criticize every move of a team that hasnt made the playoffs in 10 years,
True, but that doesn't make him any less right. I really don't understand the hostility toward Sullivan in these parts. He's been calling BS on Ralphie and his boys for the last decade, and I think the only time he's been wrong was when he was caught up in the exuberance of last year's 4-0 mirage.
Round 1, Pick 11: AARON MAYBIN, DE, Penn State
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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This is my favorite of the 2009 posts. Yes, I know the poster is being sarcastic . . . at least I hope he is.