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First, you have to be good team period. There are good teams that fold in the cold, but I don't remember any bad Bills teams beating a much better team just because of the weather. At least not recently. I did go to the Cowboys game in '84 or some such when Greg Bell broke off his 80 yard TD run to start the game. We held on to win that game against a team we had no business beating due in large part to the evil weather. Still, you need to be generally good before being a good bad weather team. Maybe that's obvious.
Second, we need a group to stay together and go through the winter a couple times. Kelly and Reed might have been used to playing in bad weather, though Jimbo had a few years in Miami and Houston, but Thurman certainly wasn't. Our leading receiver went to school in Kentucky, Spiller went to Clemson, Nelson went to Florida, etc...They'll learn to play in this crap eventually, but they look as uncomfortable as the '81 Chargers in the cold right now. You learn by doing. If we make some FA pickups, I hope they come from teams that can play in this crap. It is something to keep in mind hen drafting. It's a damn good thing Aaron Rodegrs got to freeze for a couple years in Green bay before having to make plays. I wouldn't pass on a sure guy just because he is unaccustomed to bad weather, but I would count on him having a period of adjustment.
I do think we have something going. Today's game showed how far off we are from the beating the Patriots, not how far off we are from putting a playoff team together. It is little consolation to anyone that the Patriots did the same thing to the Jets and Bears, but you have to keep that in mind. Everyone knows we need more on D and a legit tackle. Fitz worried me today because he really doesn't look right in bad weather. I don't think Cam Newton is the answer. I'd give Fitz one more year to see how he progresses.
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Five of the losses have been by less than a touchdown. Six were by more. The Bills have the fourth-worst point differential in the NFL. If you think this is anything other than a really bad team, you are kidding yourself.
I agree that Chan is not in any jeopardy. But that is because he is in his first year and the Bills won't pay two people not to coach. He hasn't actually done anything to earn his position yet.
you're off your rocker. how many cycles have you been through? this is the first time the team has been headed in the right direction in twenty years. chan gailey knows how to coach. you are right that wins and losses are ultimate barometer, but they aren't the only one.
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He is a pompous azz. We wanted to throw snowballs at him.
that's probably why he ditched WNY.
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the only redeeming thing i saw in the game was how fast williams comes out of his stance. he went into the backfield on a few plays but nobody else did anything.
spiller isn't ready for primetime and i think a number 9 running back should be. that being said, i think he'll be weapon down the road. if next year is mediocre, then that pick looks like the dolphins taking ted ginn.
can't fault the patsies for going for it on 4th down. wasn't the ball on the 28 yard line? no real shot at a field goal and a punt would have been odd.
donte's coverage on gronkowski was laughable. it really was. he simply isn't big enough to cover a good TE. not so hot hot with mediocre TEs either.
fitz played poorly. i still like him.
steve johnson needs to catch that 4th and 12 pass. yes he got hit. he still needs to catch it. probably wouldn't have changed the outcome, but the bills had a shot to make it 14-10.
bills-giants superbowl. i had flashbacks. belicheck's D went out and slammed reed on his crossing patterns at every opportunity. it was the time i ever saw reed rattled. the whole bills receiving corp except for roosevelt was rattled today. can't blame nelson though. fitz put him in a terrible position.
this was the first time i've seen gailey outmaneuvered by a defense.
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Very eloquent and ever-so clever. However, it doesn't address the fact that the local fans didn't sell out the stadium. You'd think the game was in Jacksonville or something.
i reckon american christmas spending probably doesn't leave a lot of extra bread for the bills game. i think bills fan's record of support speaks for itself. one non-sellout does not a trend make. if people have the entertainment money to spend on the bills they will. i bet next season sees an increase in season ticket sales.
i am personally amazed that an economically depressed area continually supports the bills to the extent that they do. i'm thankful to everyone who spends their hard-earned bucks on the bills. i live thousands of miles away, watch games for free online, and buy a jersey from the gift shop once in awhile. i'd buy bonds if that idea ever got rolling.
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This may be the dumbest post of the year, for me. And it's pretty late in the year. I think it's a winner.
dumbest post of the year? good lord, that would take some doing. i mean, yes, this one is pretty dumb, but is it the dumbest? it might be.
can anyone remember a dumber one? perhaps one relating to the poorly utilized skill set of maybin or TE's enduring viability? how the season was over because we cut that chad jackson?
just to add my two cents, spiller obviously has explosive ability. he'll figure it out soon and the bills will have a weapon and a half. maybin should be a roadie for dj jazzy jeff.
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If it was a home game we could've asked the Jills to prance around barefoot and Rex would be so enamored he would blow all his calls.
he'd blow all his what now?
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classic inconclusive replay. i agree it looked like a trap, but it wasn't clear enough to overturn the call on the field. i thought gailey was going to challenge, but i'm glad he didn't.
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i've been watching the bloody bills since chuck knox. i know there are plenty on here who go farther back. outside of the kelly no huddle days, this is the best offensive scheme i have seen. ground chuck was boring as hell and, like marty ball, never got it done in the big game.
the rest of the 80's was forgettable. then you had one of the best offenses i've seen in the nfl. then a bit of flutie being clever. then rj. then eight games of good bledsoe. that is about it as far as the offense goes.
i'm not saying this offense is anywhere close to the k-gun, but it works and it will work even better with more playmakers. they move the chains and make plays on third down. it is still a weekly revelation after so many horrid years of qb play to watch fitz. gailey did that in a year. he is the best coach we have had in a very long time.
of course defense and special teams are the other parts of the equation. there is certainly room criticize gailey there, but there the lack of talent is harder to hide. i think we see some new linebackers next year and an effective unit from the get go.
we finished decently last year and that didn't turn out to mean much. i have a different feeling about this year. our qb position is settled. maybe we draft a guy, maybe we don't. but there will certainly be continuity on offense next year and with improved d, we'll be a contender from the start. hard to beat NE, but we're right there with the jets and the dolphins.
good job mr. gailey.
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must disagree on corner. he was getting beat by bess a lot. otherwise, great game and coherent thoughts!
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timmy looks like a gamer, but he can't play qb. he didn't look good at all. maybe he could be a TE.
and he is the last guy i'd want to hanging around the sideline. people who can't keep their superstitions to themselves irritate the hell out of me. i rarely try to convert people to zorostrianism.
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so... wait... am I getting this? you're sayin you dig his show.
In all honesty though, living and working in Hong Kong, I was surprised to get a call the other day from my dad in Phoenix talking about how stoked he was that Fitz was on the show... 2 bills in a matter of months, he couldn't believe it.
a hong kong guy eh? i live in taiwan. mondays are hell. getting up at 2 a.m. is rough, but it has been worth it more often than not this year. hong kong rocks. if you are ever looking for a cool lounge bar check out salon no. 5 in central.
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you guys are too het up over a mediocre guard with a bad history. he was cut by the rams. the rams. don't think anyone was giving up a 3rd for the guy. it might have been nice to have him around. it might not have been. again, not a big deal. have a ball with the remainder of this scintillating discussion.
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is he a guy you're going to count on? who knows how things went in the locker room. maybe the guy was a prick. maybe there was great fear that he would be a prick. maybe he was easily replaceable with less risky prospects. he is a mediocre interior lineman. not bad. not great. a history of volatility. not a big deal in general.
logical reasoning without sufficient information is akin to onanism. we are saddled with philosophy as an academic discipline because greeks lacked sufficient scientific information.
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His game plan = petition Roger Goodell to grant franchises to Coastal Carolina, University of Indiana, and Temple.
If you want to achieve a whole new level of pissed off, read this CBS sports draft preview on Maybin.
Some choice bits:
I'm not a hater and I don't feel like there's no chance this kid could ever succeed in the league. I've defended his upside before. But it strikes me that the ONLY way he could possibly have succeeded in the NFL, coming out as early as he did and at this age, was to go to a franchise with a lot of true defensive leaders with a record of success. I'm talking about guys who would to treat him like the kid he is, and treat him like someone who has a lot to learn. I can't stand Ray Lewis, but we all know that Maybin wouldn't challenge or shrug off Lewis the way he can a coach. Aside from giving him a lot of money that he didn't have to earn, the Bills probably did him no favors by bringing him to this franchise, and by making him a highly touted first rounder instead of a second-rounder with something to prove.
I can't write off a guy who's 22, but it doesn't seem like the light is going to come on for him unless he really wants it to... especially in Buffalo. Even then, a sizable chapter has been written in the book on Maybin. Teams know this. Here's hoping otherwise.
yes indeed. cbs has to come to work in the draft room. maybin is (much more likely than not, as in betting my firstborn likely) going to remain in ebon fields. if he played baseball, he'd be riding the pine in batavia.
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maybin is amazing. 'shackle his game'? he has a game? there is some tried and true maybin path to success that is being hindered? too much mtv and dora the explorer for that guy.
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Hmm...
1997 SL Rams: 5-11
1998 SL Rams: 4-12
1999 SL Rams: 13-3
The Rams have been bad for quite some time and continue to be bad. I'll further add that Vermeil was hired in 1997; it took him 3 years to get to the SB. But, you could perhaps argue they got lucky as heck in signing Kurt Warner (a complete nobody). Warner made that team more than anything else as witnessed by their lack of success before and after his tenure.
1999 Ravens: 6-10
1999 Ravens: 8-8
2000 Ravens: 12-4
I'd hardly call 8-8 a bad team. Furthermore, Billick took over in 1999. So, wouldn't that be a 2 year rebuild.
1999 NE Pats* - 9-7
1999 NE Pats* - 8-8
2000 NE Pats* - 5-11
2001 NE Pats* - 11-5
Seems like they were a pretty average team for the 3 years prior to their SB win. Also, BB was named the HC before the 2000 season. Again, at best, I think you can call that a 2 year turn around. Finally, the Pats* were in the SB after the '96 season. So, that's only 5 years between SB appearances. How bad of a team could that 2000 team have really been?
2005 NYG - 11-5
2006 NYG - 8-8
2007 NYG - 10-6
So, how bad of a team were the Giants before their SB run? They had won their division just 2 years earlier. Then, in their down year, they still went 8-8.
At best you've gotten 2 - 2 year turn arounds; 1 - 3 year rebuild; and the Giants who were pretty good and arguably underachieving prior. But, even in those cases I think it's safe to say those teams had far more players in place than the 2009 Bills. The Bills haven't made the playoffs in a decade because they're a really bad team.. not a team with several great players and just missing the final few pieces. Face it, rebuilding the Bills is far closer to rebuilding the Lions or the Cardinals than it is a perennially good/decent team. We're in the middle of a decade of losing, not a few years removed from having a playoff team.
very good post. i am looking for an improved team next year (maybe wildcard) and a real contender in two years that is built to last.
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listening to nfl announcers mangle and randomly throw together words makes me appreciate vin scully all the more.
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All it is is it would be cool for the Bills to have the first Chinaman playing in the NFL angle. Nice PR move Bills.
dude, chinaman is not the preferred nomenclature. asian-american, please.
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you guys live in a big government hell hole. it is hard to even know what is legal these days in the u.s. they make up and enforce laws at random. i'd be paranoid if i ran a website.
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i also fail to see how a qb is an immediate 2nd round need. i've been watching this game for a long time. some qbs have it, some don't. fitz has it. reading defenses is probably well over half the battle in the nfl. fitz does that as well any qb we've had since flutie. flutie had far less tools than fitz. he is not jim kelly, but he is a legit qb. we need line backers and help on the lines. qb can wait.
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for the sake of accuracy, this quote is off: They gave journeymen backups (Todd Collins, Alex Van Pelt, Kelly Holcomb) shots. They gave a Canadian League hero and breakfast-cereal entrepreneur (Doug Flutie) a try. They traded a first-round pick to acquire a promising backup (Rob Johnson). They traded a first-round pick to acquire a proven star (Drew Bledsoe). They used a pick in the first round (J.P. Losman) and third round (Trent Edwards) on college hotshots.
Todd Collins, although soon to be a journeyman backup, was acquired as a college hotshot in the 2nd round.
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When are mock drafts ever right?
never! pro football weekly does ok in their final mock, but until then it is throwing darts. my least favorite TBD time of the year is post-season pre-draft.
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don't think they were prepared for the noise and they certainly had no answer for d-line filled with pro bowlers. mckelvin might have the talent to be a 'on the island' cb, but he isn't one right now. the linebackers are woeful as a group, the d-line is average. no news there. gailey can't stop the stupid turnovers though.
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