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2020 Our Year For Sure

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  1. This is good news that the Bills have rectified what I thought was a mistake. The second half of the Carolina game showed that Geisinger has no business whatsoever playing center and if Fowler went down the Bills season would be over. Moving both guys out of their natural position was silly, aprticularly when you're moving hte more talented player away from the more important position. I hope they are done with that experiment.

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    You should take a look at the following post, because with the information we have at this point it appears to be an accurate (and understandable) explanation:

     

    they will only dress 7 OL for games, which means 1 "inside" backup (C + G) and 1 "outside" backup (T).  Since they knew Preston knows the center role they have been working him at guard to prepare him to be that "inside" backup.

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    It looks like they weren't actually moving Preston away from the center position, just giving him some reps at guard.

  2. Rueben was the most overrate player in Bills history, I dont care how many pro bowls he got voted too. Everytime I watched him i would cringe. I know I will be lambsated for this but i dont care, he had everyone fooled.

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    I agree completely, and I have no idea how he got into pro bowls year after year. He'd get hit with false starts and holding calls all the time, and overall was an above average offensive lineman. He got the reputation as an all-pro player and I guess nobody bothered to check up on his play, and instead he kept getting into pro bowls and keeping that reputation.

  3. "We probably won't see much of Kelly this week because we need to see more of Craig," said Jauron in reference to Saturday's preseason game with Cleveland. "Between J.P. and Craig they'll probably take most if not all of this game."

     

    Jauron said nothing should be read into Nall's increased workload for preseason game number three concerning the backup quarterback job.

     

    "You can read something into that," said Jauron. "But from my point of view you shouldn't."

    Link to the story here.

     

    Jauron also went on to say nothing has changed on the depth chart and that JP is still the frontrunner. I think this is a good move as Losman gets his reps in and gets more comfortable, tuning up for the season opener. I think he's more of a frontrunner than Jauron lets on to be honest, and the first half will be about getting Losman more time with the first unit. The second half will be about Nall showing the coaching staff he can hold down the backup job, in my own opinion.

     

    No need for Holcomb to get any time, we know what we've got there. He can have the 4th quarter of the last game to stay sharp.

  4. Crowell?  He's virtually a lock to start at WLB.  I think that Hunter is going to push Haggan off the roster.  I also think that Watson will make it at MLB and Ezekiel will be put on the PS, and Stamer will make it at backup WLB.

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    Right, I agree with all of that. I was merely saying that if after about 5-6 regular season games Crowell isn't playing the way most of us expect him to play, than Hunter should get a look in his place if he can play the weak side.

  5. Wendell Hunter just continues to make plays and stand out, both in games and practices. He's establishing that after 5-6 games, if we aren't getting much out of Crowell, he deserves to get his shot as a starter. Assuming he can play that side, that is.

     

     

    I wonder who wins the 7th spot?

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    I'm thinking its going to have to be Jerman, who has almost by default become our main backup tackle.

  6. He does four things very well, he runs good routes, he has good hands, he has very good speed and he's very good after the catch. There aren't a ton of #2's who are as good at him at those things, which are four of the top 6-7 things you need out of a WR.

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    That's all well, but are these not the very same things that Lee Evans does best? We're better served to have someone on the other side to compliment Evans' style and produce in different situations (such as 3rd and 6) than Evans, not someone whose going to be an Evans clone. The decision comes down to Reed and Aiken in my humble opinion, take your pick. I say we start with Reed, giving him one more shot, and see if he and Losman can regain the chemistry they had last year, and if Reed can get his head out of the clouds and stop dropping passes. If Reed can't pull himself together, then I look to Aiken. The last thing I want to see is Price, Roscoe or Davis on the other side, doing the same stuff Evans does.

  7. I personally wouldn't want Price as our number 2, just because he's too similar to Evans. With Evans as our top man, I'd like to see a steady possession/third down receiver on the other side, and despite his poor preseason I'd give the job to Josh Reed in the hopes that he can get his head together and emerge into a legit starter.

     

    When Losman was in there last year, the two of them developed alot of chemistry, and Reed was Losman's primary 3rd down guy when he needed the first. I have hope that Reed can pull himself together and be the compliment for Evans that we need. If after a few games I'm not getting what I want from Reed, I'd start roatating Aiken into his spot from time to time to see if we can get some production there.

     

    Starting Price, Davis or Parrish in that spot is a mistake, because none of them know how to work underneath. We'd have to throw 30+ yards every passing play. :blush:

  8. I think there's little doubt in any of the coaches' minds that JP is the starter. Because of Nall's injury, we just haven't seen enough of him and he hasn't had enough time in this offense to seriously consider him to start opening day. Even if he plays the whole 1st half of the 3rd and 4th preseason games and plays well with the starting offense against starting defenses, in my mind it still wouldn't be enough to hand him the job over Losman.

     

    However, I do think he should start and play the whole 1st half of the next game, for the purpose of deciding whether he's ready for the backup role. I suspect he'd show more than Holcomb has shown us this preseason and win the backup job right there. And, in these days, rarely do starters take every snap in a season, so in the backup role Nall will eventually get his shot.

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