MDH

The Wildcat died a fast, painless death years ago. Nobody is brining in a player - especially a QB - to run it (since the essence of the formation was to snap it to a non-QB.) I think you're talking about the read option. The problem with this is that if you bring in a special package and only run the read option out of it that tips your hand to the D and it becomes pretty easy to stop. The read option has had success lately when it's run out of an offenses base personnel and not a sub package. I think they brought in Tyrod because they feel he's another young QB who might be ready to hit his stride and they want to see what he can do when given an opportunity to start. Imo they've done this smartly brining in a vet who can start if need be but they also have two young guys who might be ready to shine. I'm guessing they'd prefer one of the younger guys to blossom.

Nah, blitzing over and over again is a bad idea with the speed the WRs have. The way to beat them is to stack the box and then drop into zone (or a zone/man) and rush just 4 most of the time. As bad as the OL is four will get pressure often enough and this forces the QB to move the team methodically down field on 10+ play drives. As of this moment the Bills don't have a QB who can has shown the ability to do this on a regular basis.

I'd go with scumbag piece of sh*t.

I like how Brown states that even if Williams put in the work he wouldnt have been able to keep Hogan off the field. Whatever you say Chris. I remeber this story as well but I remeber it saying that Williams wasnt asked by Orton to run the extra drills. I wonder which (if either) is true.

If guilty calling him an idiot is an insult to stupid people...and I mean that litterally. Lots of dumb people make it through their day without dropping a rufee into some woman's drink and then raping her.

So if stating his opinion on a football team makes him "a piece of ****human" what does calling someone a "piece of **** human" when it's totally uncalled for make you?

Or he could actually form an opinion based on the specific move being made. Granted, I don't get the "I love every move the Bills make" crowd just as much as I don't get the "I hate every move the Bills make" crowd.

I predict you're going to get one of those "this topic is already being discussed..." posts followed by the locking of this thread.

Forget a few extra cameras, I want the NFL to use "Hawk-Eye" - the technology that tennis uses to rule if the ball was in or out. Ruby has been testing it for a while now and I read an article a month or so ago saying that this year's Rugby world cup is using the technology. Why can't the NFL try to implement it? At the very least they should be looking into it for goal line use.

A bobsled reference in a non-winter Olympic year. Nicely done.

There are very few of us on this board who can say they've been patient with EJ. You, my friend, are not one of them.

The average American consumer has no idea what is in the cookies and crackers they currently eat but if you told them they were "cricket crackers" they wouldn't touch them. Now, if you said the flour was some unpronounceable word that in scientific terms meant "cricket flour" nobody would be the wiser and they'd happily eat the great tasting healthy food.

What if I fully supported the aliens and their right to annihilate the earth, is that hateful?

Am I the only one where who doesn't care one way or the other? It goes on whichever way it happens to be when I put it on. The world has too many uptight people...

Well, the depth was very good in that it sucked on equal terms with the starters.

Until the Bills show that they can throw the ball successfully teams are going to dare them to do so. They did it last year and you can expect more of the same until one of our QBs can force them to back off.

His knee and his hamstring gave him trouble most of last year. He only missed two games but from most accounts he was hampered by the injuries.

The guy already has a knee issue, so it's not an "any player can get injured" type thing.

Brown is a weakness but Henderson and Williams on the OL are acceptable? Ugh.

While the overall numbers arent bad I do see two potential problems with this signing. One, if Clay cant stay healthy thats a lot of money for a guy who cant stay on the field. His knee problems are a bit concerning. Two, if Clay plays well the way this contract is structured encourages a holdout after year two. We've seen it a thousand times, the moment a guy feels like he isnt getting paid what he's worth it's trouble and players (and agents) tend to conviently forget that their contract was front loaded. Granted, a restructuring next off season could fix problem two but Im wondering what Clay's motivation for restructuring would be when he is already guaranteed a huge payday that year. Dont get me wrong, loke the Bills Clay was the guy I most wanted in FA, but the upfront and guaranteed money could come back to bite them. And before anyone says it, yeah, I realize the Bills needed to find a way of structuring the contract so the Phins couldnt match. However that doesnt mean it wont come back to bite them.

This is the definition off off-season euphoria. People get caught up in some nice signings and now even the weakest part of the team will suddenly perform at a respectable level with little change. While I do expect them to play better with blocking schemes more suited to their skills the OL talent is still nowhere near where it needs to be for a team with a shakey QB situation that is going to bave to repeatedly run the ball vs. 8 man fronts. Even if Henderson makes a giant leap forward this year (a big IF) this team still needs a quality G. If they go into this season with what they currently have they will struggle.

So I finally voted in the poll. I went ahead and voted "yes."

You'll get no argument from me about last year. It was a big backslide. I'll go with the overall track record as opposed to a single year though.

Not to mention 3-4 points per game is quite a bit as is the difference in time of possession and turnovers. But hey, he shouldn't let those things get in the way of a good crusade.