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3 minutes ago, Over 29 years of fanhood said:
Same thought. Starting to sound like a really bad idea. Even worse than Kroft idea.
I think he'd be a really valuable addition to the room for a year just like Frank Gore to the RB room this past year. Even if just for the off-field stuff, where he can impart some wisdom on how to take care of your body to last as long as possible in the league, what his routines and fun study habits are, etc. Stuff like that would be way more valuable to Knox and Sweeney from someone like Olsen than a plugger like Lee Smith IMO
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Interesting move here. Remember reading about him in the linked article and he seemed like a real "glue guy"
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2 hours ago, GunnerBill said:
If Jordan Love is a top 15 Quarterback then I think we should give up football.
I've only seen some high-level stuff on Love (I mean honestly has anyone seen a Utah State football game lately?) but it's not unheard of for a team to bank on a raw, toolsy small school QB in the top 10 picks is it? ?
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3 hours ago, aristocrat said:
one of the big reasons people claim to not get the flu shot is they got it one time and still got the flu. it's supposed to lessen the symptoms so you don't die from the flu not stop you from getting it all together.
My kids brought it home from daycare this past April. First time I can remember that I had the actual flu and not just a quick stomach bug.
My normally super energetic 4 year old was a couch potato for a full 3 or 4 days. I only had minor symptoms; fatigue, some chills and a little nausea but I wanted to do absolutely nothing those days. Didn't even want to move. And this was with the shot. I can only imagine how rough the experience is with full-fledged symptoms. 0/10 experience, would not like to have it again
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Browns please take Daboll. Bills please hire Joe Brady
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52 minutes ago, Negan said:
Referee assignments are out for wildcard weekend.
Tony Corrente and his crew will ref the Bills Texans game.
His crew did the Bills Redskins game this year and the Bills Steelers game this year. (Both Wins)
Decent fair ref
Football Zebras actually has the full crew and apparently they mix the crews up for the postseason. So it's Corrente as the ref, but the other guys are all from a couple other crews. Assuming they grade everyone out and then re-assign for the postseason. http://www.footballzebras.com/2019/12/corrente-hussey-cheffers-and-smith-are-wild-card-referees/
44 minutes ago, SlimShady'sGhost said:Playoffs are supposed to be the better Refs.
how does Coleman IV get in? Daddy still have influence?
Assuming there's something like 18 crews to allow for extras, he just has to be in probably the top half at his position to get playoff assignments. Considering how bad some are, it's probably not too hard.
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Third game this season with Corrente it looks like...
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/officials/CorrTo0r.htm
He was last seen in Pittsburgh calling a facemask on Edmunds who grabbed a man by the waist. Also called the Washington game
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7 hours ago, MiltonWaddams said:
This one seems odd to me. Their offense seemed to really gel later in the season.
Came out from a few people on Twitter after the fact it was two-pronged.
#1 is that the QB coach, Schuplinski, is someone the Dolphins wanted to keep in the mix. He was supposed to go to Indy with McDaniels, so they must have been worried that he was going to leave Miami if/when McDaniels gets hired. If they also think he's a good QB coach it would be important for them to keep him on staff for whichever poor soul they take in the draft.
#2 is that there were at least a few voices in the building still unimpressed with O'Shea's ability as an OC and thought he was just a really good position coach.
Still an interesting move
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4 hours ago, NoHuddleKelly12 said:
With little kids in the house is there ever really an “off” work weekend? Just asking for a friend
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My mom doesn't really watch the games, loves having the grandbabies, and my brother lives right around the corner. Guess who's getting two small dinner guests Saturday? ?
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8 hours ago, Pokebball said:
These are the things we don't know and the coaches do
I'm going to disagree to a point. There's really not a route on the tree or a concept that would call for the route Knox ran there. A deep out would have been a much harder cut to the outside, a corner post would have required any type of move toward the inside which didn't happen. There's just no route that looks like what Knox ran that directs you to the front pylon.
I'm not Allen's biggest supporter around here, but he put that ball where the receiver needed to be/was expected to be.
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48 minutes ago, Virgil said:
7 - Allen - This is a hard one for me because he made two of his best throws of the season, but also left 11 points on the field. Allen missed Knox twice for touchdowns. The first one wasn't as easy a throw, but definitely makeable for an NFL starter. His last one would have tied the game and there's no excuse for that miss. He had a couple of misses in the middle of the field that will happen and I'm not too worried about for him. But man, his deep throws! His bomb to Knox was first first lofted deep ball completion of the season and it was at a perfect time. His bomb to Brown was shaded of Jacksonville, but this time he threw before the break and hit Brown perfectly in stride. (Side note: Gilmore got faked out of his shoes on that play for his first TD against him of the season). Allen did a great job not turning the ball over and made some solid runs. He had a beautiful double-clutch, side arm pass to Beasley for a big gain as well. Assuming he doesn't play next week, he will barely eclipse 3k yards this season.
I thought when it happened, and definitely upon seeing a replay, that the first one was on Knox.
IMO the play design was clearly to have Knox running a corner route off the left side of the formation. Allen's throw was to the back of the end zone. Knox ended his route at the front pylon. That's..... Not the right "corner", Dawson
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Just now, Wayne Arnold said:
2020 Home:
Seahawks
Rams
Chiefs
Steelers
Chargers
Patriots
Jets
Dolphins
2020 Away:
San Francisco
Phoenix
Las Vegas
Denver
Nashville or Houston
Boston
East Rutherford
Miami
Yeah this is it based on the current standings, assuming the Bills do end up #2 in the division.
They are likely headed to Nashville 3 years in a row; 2021 is the natural rotation there when they play the entire AFC South, as Jacksonville and Tennessee came here in 2018.
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15 hours ago, atlbillsfan1975 said:
His body language after that kick that bounced in said it all. I have nothing against Stephen and it appears it’s a mental issue not physical one. Hope he gets a couple to pop through and puts this behind him.
It's definitely got to be some sort of mental issue. His kickoffs are still flying the same as last year, but starting with the first Miami game last season his FG kicking has been pretty unreliable.
Last season he missed one in the opener vs Baltimore and then was money through the Jacksonville game. 16/17 for the season to that point. Then 1/2 at Miami, 3/5 vs the Jets, 2/3 at NE and 0/1 vs Miami to finish the season on a 6/11 stretch and 22/28 overall.
15/21 this season puts him at 21/32 (65.6%) since that Miami game. If we want to call the Miami game a normal hiccup and use the cheapshot Jets game as the turning point, that makes it 20/30 and 66.7% which is still....not really good.
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1 hour ago, Uncle Joe said:
So Hauschka is overweight, lazy and smoking pot. Got it.
If that's what you gathered from that I can't help you.
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2 hours ago, Rigotz said:
You obviously don't understand how dead cap works. It would take effect in FUTURE YEARS.
You actually want to cut a guy and give up a $6 million dollar player next year for no reason other than you're impatient and can't wait until off-season?
I understand plenty. They have NO SHORTAGE OF CAP SPACE. Not this year. Not next year. Not for 2021. They can absorb it, full stop. A one time cap hit is something you deal with rather than keeping a guy around who cannot capably perform his job. Look at the dead cap hit they took for Dareus. The end.
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6 hours ago, Dopey said:
I guess it's a moot point now, but there has to be a reason he's on his 5th team this year.
Sometimes it takes a bit for guys to latch on when they're bouncing around as an injury replacement. I know it was a long time ago now, but how many teams (including the Bills) did Shayne Graham kick for before he finally caught on with a team long term and he had a decent length career.
The question is really just "is he better than the guy we have right now" and based on the fact the guy we have right now is missing 1 out of 3 kicks for the last 16 games, it would be hard to find a case where the answer isn't "Yes." I just hope Hauschka doesn't cost this team a (or another) game before the end of this season.
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6 hours ago, billsbackto81 said:
Wow! Hauschka may have missed that FG, but not that badly. The kid doesn't appear handle pressure well but he is young.
I cringe when I see missed 47 yard FGs........
And yet that was the only kick he missed in his time in San Francisco. And if he can't handle pressure how did he hit a 47 yarder as time expired in regulation to force OT in the first place
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54 minutes ago, mannc said:
He's a team captain. Unless he starts missing every kick, he'll be in Buffalo for the rest of the year. His kickoffs are still going through the end-zone almost every time, so his leg does not appear to be shot.
His problem is putting the ball between the goalposts which is a far more important part of his job, and one which he is failing to do 1/3 of the time over the last 16 games.
1 hour ago, Rigotz said:For everyone saying this... WHY would we ever do this?
We would take a 6 million dollar dead cap hit if we cut Hauschka right now.
That would be an incredibly stupid idea. For 6 million dollars you can get a guy like John Brown or Cole Beasley. Do your research.
https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/buffalo-bills/steven-hauschka-5476/
I forgot that the Bills are right against the cap and not able to absorb a dead cap hit for someone who cannot capably perform their job.
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3 hours ago, Dopey said:
Sure, I trust this staff isn't dumb enough to give someone money just to boost his confidence. This is a cut throat league. You get paid for production. His 1st year here, he was money(% 88). Last year, the same, til the injury off of a cheap shot. He still kicked at a %78 clip last year with the injury. He was going to be an URFA after this year. Locking up a good kicker at $2 million a year is a good deal. Since the debacle vs. the Browns, he's rebounded to 7/8 in FG attempts. We'll see how the resat of the season plays out.
Back to your question: I think it's ridiculous to think Beane is going to pay someone $2 million a year to make him feel better about himself. That's how you get fired. The goal was to keep a good kicker in the fold at a decent contract, not to boost his confidence. Hindsight aside.
Not sure where we're getting $2 million from. That's lower than even the base salary of his extension. Original deal was 3 years for 8.85 million. Extension was 2 years for 9 million tacked on. Cap hits were 2.6, 3.0 and 3.25 million on the original deal. 3.25 was ripped up with the extension. New cap hits for 2019-2021 are 5.025, 3.05 and 3.175 million.
At the very least he shouldn't make it to the 2020 roster. They can cut him and save 1.8 million which is twice as much as you have to pay a kid to kick at the same 66% clip that he's been at for the last calendar year
3 minutes ago, The Jokeman said:I like this idea.
Sounds great but there's a certain Evil Empire that is looking for yet another kicker right now....why would anyone take a practice squad spot when there's a job available on the 53 somewhere
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13 hours ago, Dopey said:
Maybe there's a reason 2 teams dropped him. He is 5/9 from 40-49 and missed a game winning kick himself. From the "Star needs to go" to the "Shaq sucks" to the "Oliver is a bust" to the "Duke must start" etc., etc. on this board, this staff has proven to be right. If they find a better kicker, fine. Chase is not better, he's just a different name. Could be wrong, but I don't see this happening.
Yes the reason is he was brought in as an injury fill in on both occasions.
Chargers brought him in because Mike Badgley hurt his groin right before week 1, they used their punter in double duty for a few weeks and when Badgley had a setback, they brought McLaughlin in. The Niners then scooped him up when Robbie Gould was injured and released him now that he's healthy.
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29 minutes ago, Rochesterfan said:
I said this in a different thread, but I could see him coming in for the rest of this season as a front office assistant doing self scouting.
I don’t think McDermott wants to change the dynamic of his staff, but I could see them asking Rivera to use his coaching eye to help out with self scouting from an outsider perspective. He wouldn’t have to move local and can look for trends that a coach might see and how to use those trends to show one thing and spring another.I know that Rivera would rather be a HC, but a chance to step back and rebuild and regenerate would be a huge help long term.
This is exactly what I was thinking. He could basically use his experience on he defensive side of the ball and be able to say "Okay so if I were trying to stop your offense, I would do X Y and Z" and as an outsider, maybe Z was a thing the coaching staff might not have considered.
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14 minutes ago, Warcodered said:
Haushka is also at 1/5 for 50+ which I suppose ties McLaughlin whose 1/1
He's losing his consistency but he is not one of the worst kickers in the league we've seen a lot worse.
27th and 28th in FG% the last two seasons, in a league where at least a few teams are churning through multiple kickers a season, so right at the bottom of the barrel for the "every week" guys.
Priorto the cheap shot Jets game last year, he was 17/19. He finished the season at 22/28, or 5/9 down the stretch, and is now 15/21 this season. That's 20/30, or 66.7%, in his last 16 games. That is A LOT of missed kicks.
Hausch-money is gone guys. I don't know if it's mental or the cheap shot messed him up physically but it's probably time to accept that he could be washed.
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15 minutes ago, IgotBILLStopay said:
https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/gamelog/_/id/3150744/chase-mclaughlin
5/9 40-49 yards. I will pass and roll the dice with Haushka since he is not a clear upgrade. Hope the Pats sign him and he misses a few kicks for them.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/11923/stephen-hauschka
for comparison, Haushka is 7/8 at 40-49 yards in a down year
Most of his misses came with the Chargers, in his first few games in the league. I'm still okay with it. With the 49ers he only missed one kick, and that was after he nailed one from 47 to force OT.
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3 minutes ago, SectionC3 said:
The bet here is that he will be a patriot.
Agreed. He should be a Bill but they aren't going to do their brutally struggling (75.5% on FG since the start of last year) veteran like that, despite him being 27th and 28th in FG% the last two years
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Diggs on the block? Rumor is a 2nd rd pick (year old thread)
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Because he wasn't the problem. The poster you quoted just wants him to be. Kitchens was a problem. The awful OL and pass protection was a problem. Baker bailing from the pocket because of the awful protection was a problem. The WR were fine