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I honestly think EJ's worse game was the bucs game. it was even worse than the jags. At least with the jags game we had a chance to win later on
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I posted this in the Ragland thread, but I suppose it belongs here...
The rookie injuries are bad luck, but Whaley has been really short-sighted with a lot of moves and these types of injuries shouldn't be so crippling. We never seem to have a back-up plan and have been put in bad situations by a lack of depth. Jeff Tuel started a game at QB. When Kyle Williams and Aaron Williams went down with injury, it was the theme of the season. No one stepped up and dominated in those roles because we had no depth to fill those spots. Our current WR depth is questionable, and I don't know who Whaley could possibly blame for that.
I'm still on the fence with Whaley, but I feel like he needs to be better prepared. Even though he is a great player, the decision to move up to get Watkins looks more like a Detroit Lions move every year. I don't know how a team with no depth can afford to be throwing 1st round picks out the window, and that is a prime example of the nearsightedness I'm referring to.
Well, to be fair I wouldn't expect a backup safety, QB, or WR to ever "dominate." If they dominated a game, they would be starters, not backups.
And the Jeff Tuel thing was before he was GM.
But yeah, lack of depth on this team is pretty bad. Right now it is at its worst at the safety and Oline in my opinion. you could probably argue QB too, but I don't think it is that bad.
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That's what they say about Ragland (who looked horrible In pass coverage in the championship game)
Ragland can't cover, but he can rush the passer. So he does have a purpose on third down which is pressuring QBs. People saying he can only be used on 2 downs don't know his full skillset
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Stevie was the only receiver that had chemistry with Fitztragic. He literally bombed out once he left Buffalo. I think his shelf-life was exactly 4 decent years. Whaley traded him right when there was a little value. I truly don't think he'd still even be on the team this year.
I think it was more of a gailey thing than a fitz thing
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Im surprised to see a buffalo news guy not putting Cassel's name on there. But we know deep down they are hoping cassel gets traded back to buffalo
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it must be the boring part of the off season
but i never knew the pats didnt use numbered jerseys during otas and minicamp. I dont see this being a game changer, but i can see this being needed to monitor certain players
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Getting one of them would be great, especially with woods possibly not returning next year. WR to me isnt such a pressing need this season. We hardly throw the ball, and we already have sammy, woods, clay, and mccoy eating up most of those receptions. there really isn't much room for the ball to be thrown around. But because of injuries, and possibly woods departing, we need some new young WR blood to groom for depth. Easley isn't really a WR as much as a ST guy. plus his injury was.... ya know.
And if I had to pick, I would take cooper.
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They must believe he can cover or cover enough.
His pass rushing abilitly will help keep him on 3rd down. His cover skills appear to be fairly weak, though he has good instincts which can help. But I think on third down they are going to use him to rush the passer
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He's the worst...LaCanfora that is...
And if Whaley keeps trading Draft picks to move up I'm not going to be a happy camper...
I doubt he will do it for cook. Our 4th rounder can't be traded. so our pick at the bottom of the third plus whatever to get a 4th rounder doesn't seem likely. Even if you trade a 4th next year (which we don't have), plus our 5th this year wouldn't be enough.
I think they stay pat in the 4th round. possibly trade up in the 5th if there is someone they really like.
Ragland was worth trading up for imo, even if the picks weren't totally worth what others were doing. he was a first round talent and instantly fixes are run defense
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If LaCanfora said it, it probably wrong. His source keeps giving out wrong info, like Vic's source
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Thank God they didn't get too cute with the pick.
Low risk; solid; like it.
I really had a fear they would outsmart themselves
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clemson is the new FSU!
in all seriousness, I love this pick.
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clemson is the new FSU
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too much talent falling. I think there is opportunity
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The team is dependent on the run
The QB needs time to let vertical patterns develop...plus he can be indecisive at times
The future is uncertain for the team's current LT
Defenses have been putting more emphasis on the pass rush.
At least, you can make a strong argument to justify an OT at 19. LT/RT are closer to being interchangeable than they used to be.
That would be like drafting a kick at 19. You can find a good RT in round 2 or later.
They should pick the BPA. If that happens to be a tackle, then go for it. But if there is a tackle available at 19, it is most likely a player that is good enough to play LT. And mostly likley glens replacement down the road.
We would be a lot better off if BPA when we pick at 19 is a LB or interior Dline. Even a safety. But a RT at 19, sounds like a wasted pick. rounds 2-4 we can get a RT.
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A little shocked by this. I was really expecting this to be an april fools joke. He couldnt have been that old
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Sounds like Myles Jack is Whaley's Sammy of '16. Personally, I think Whaley gives zero !@#$s and would trade up to get him. I wouldn't blame him as long as he was set elsewhere. That doesn't appear to be likely at this time. They need to get quantity out of this draft.
I think it isn't as much love as it was for sammy. I think there is a chance we trade up for him, but it would be something where he drops low enough that trading up won't be too crazy.
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C sounds right thus far. On offense they get a B, lost depth but kept the starting lineup, no upgrades to speak of, but no major holes.
On defense, D. They lost a probowler DE, starting ILB and solid DB depth while failing to address the scheme/Roster misfit with a Rex type ILB or NT or even safety. At present I don't see even a guy they could pencil in as Marios replacement.
Although it's just ridiculous to assess it now as there are talented free agents all over the place still. But if that grades have to come out, it's either a C or an incomplete.
They only lost 2 starters. shouldnt be that hard to replace mario's and nigels production from last year, since their production was really low. They can really fit those holes in the draft. But I am sure they will try to plug some other stuff in with some bargain players soon. price on a lot of these players is still too high
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Not a player, but Lou Saban seemed like quite the character. Way before my time, but he would probably be a lot of fun. Same with Kemp. Really, any of the big names before the 90s bills would be enjoyable for me. As much as I love the 90s guys, I pretty much feel like I know all their life stories by now, I doubt this show would give me anything I haven't seen or heard before.
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so we have about 10.6 mil in space. signing both these guys give us no space at all. i'm curious if this means kw is gone so we can open up more space? i wonder if they try to do glenn's deal in a way that lowers the hit this year and it goes high next year like suhs?
There is speculation that they are working out long term deals for both Glenn and Gilmore to give cap relief.
I dont see us getting both guards. but it is a nice idea. Oline is pretty important for what we want to do
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There's an argument to be made. If Mario had played (been allowed to play?) as well as he did the season prior, how would this play out? And, how much would he be worth?
It is tough to talk hypotheticals. Being strapped for cash either way, it would be tough to afford him. And if there was any draft class that was easy to draft his replacement, this would be the draft since it is really deep for the defensive line. We can probably get a decent player to replace him in round 2.
I think even with swartz, they would have cut him unless he took a pay cut at 8-9 mill a year, which I don't think he would go for.
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It's not way premature in my view.
It wasn't just the overall defense regressing as the 2015 Buffalo Bills were the 2nd worst team in the NFL in penalties. The team that was worst fired their HC. What stays in my mind was the 7 first downs the Bills defense gave the NY Giants offense among others.
The defensive play calls coming in late!
Player substitutions coming in late! and so much so that the slower teams would hurry to the line to catch the Bills not ready.
Defensive players jumping around on the line so that when the ball was snapped they would be out of position.
Special teams went into the toilet this past year in every aspect.So many penalties on the offense too. In general, the team overall was undisciplined for a lot of the season. The 2015 Bills played their best against this HC's former team for revenge. Now will that revenge factor keep going?
The only bright spots were from the new OC hire and the offensive players. Most notably Tyrod Taylor at QB who was the polar opposite of Geno Smith in not turning the ball over like Geno did to kill his Jets team. A very complex run scheme that didn't require the players to scratch their heads and say WTF or they didn't understand the complex offense, complain about how they were being used. Save Sammy, who spoke up and started seeing more targets.
Somehow Rex Ryan managed to ruin the Jets team he inherited that he went to the AFC championship 2x his first two years. Then he ruined that rookie QB in Mark Sanchez who took those teams to the playoffs. And another rookie QB in Geno Smith went 8-8 his first year and then became a turnover machine his next going 3-10 his next year. I kind of shudder to think of what will happen to Tyrod this year under Ryan.
This current HC proclaimed playoffs! He proclaimed the #4 defense with this much talent was nothing and that he would do better, he didn't! Ask the Jets fans about all the broken promises.
Good head coaches generally come into a team and make them better...not worse! All I see is delaying the inevitable.
Regarding the special teams, they had the exact same coaches they had the year before.
Like I said, problems with the defense shouldn't carry over into the next season. Rex Ryan was coaching top defenses even before his jets days. Based on his history, he has only been outside the top ten in defense one before last year. To think his defense wont be good this year you would have to ignore his entire history and just base an opinion on last year which is absurd.
And Rex Ryan ruined Mark Sanchez? I don't think Sanchez had any value other than a body to hand the ball off to people. I dont think many people would argue that sanchez failed because of rex, and same with Geno.
The Penalties are probably the biggest issue from last year that may carry over into this season. That is one thing they didn't really have an answer for and I don't like the chances of them fixing that issue.
Condemning a coach after 1 season is ridiculous and an over reaction.
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Don't be silly, Cat, no one desires RR to be thought of as a failure. By some metrics, he in fact did fail last year - he said we were going to the playoffs, we didn't. He said #4 D was disappointing with the players he had, the D did worse. Anyone who points these things out, but is a true-blue Bills Fan, would like nothing else than to be proven wrong next year. I feel fairly certain we would all line up with a cheerful prance and a SEG for our personal helping of Crow Pie.
Maybe a better choice of words would be condemning Rex Ryan a failure. It is obvious Rex Ryan didn't meet expectations regarding the win/loss record and restarted a defense that made it regress. But saying he is a failure after one season is way premature.
There are plenty of bad things to say about Rex's work in buffalo. But what about the good? When Rex was hired, the joke was Rex is a great defensive coach, but he can't get a good offense going and can't develop a QB worth anything. So he comes to buffalo, and he probably ends up getting one of the best offenses he has had as a HC, and arguably a good QB with a good OC.
Rex over came his biggest weakness that everyone said he couldn't do regarding the offense. No one questioned his defensive mind before the season started. Yeah, this was a season worth forgeting as far as defense goes. But looking at his history, it would be very unusual for his defense to be outside the top ten in consecutive years. Im thinking we see a much better defense next year. Anyone that doesn't think the defense will be great next year is solely basing their opinion off of last season alone and not Ryan's whole body of work.
Ryan wasn't a top choice for me for HC. But people saying that it is a done deal that he has failed and should be ousted are being ridiculous and over reacting
12-28: Media Day - Anthony Lynn's Presser as HC
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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While I agree that there is something not right and a very sketchy about whaley, I don't think he wants Lynn as the next HC like a lot of us were thinking. listening to this press conference, I don't think Lynn wants to be here and I am just not seeing a lot of support from the front office publicly for him. I think our HC comes from the outside.