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As a regular attendee at Titans game over the past decade, I can tell you that it is a normal occurrence for 50% (or more) of the stadium to be rooting for the away team. Last time we played in Nashville, almost the entire upper deck level was Bills fans. Then we took over downtown after the game. I've seen this when the Titans play Green Bay, Pittsburgh, Minnesota, etc. For whatever reason the locals just don't seem to care much about the Titans. So, I don't think anyone will need to "find" the Bills fans per se!
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2 hours ago, ddaryl said:
I don't understand how anybody can be against Frank Gores production and experience for 1 year 2 mil.
I agree. The only thing that matters is the price. $2 million for 1 year is chump change in today's NFL. He is being paid as nothing more than a veteran 3rd back. If he gets cut, so be it. If he has something left, great. But, this is a cheap signing. As long as we don't overpay (which we didn't) then I'm fine with it.
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It's never a bad idea to add (reasonably priced) veteran OL depth.
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I can't understand why people are bitching about signing veteran wide receivers when we have absolutely no depth at the position. These guys (Beasley & Brown) come at a very reasonable price, are proven commodities in the league, and at worst give us options for some different sets on offense. We can still draft a WR (probably will at some point in the draft), but it now is no longer an absolute must. I really like these moves - get some veterans at a position of need without breaking the bank.
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6 minutes ago, DBilz2500 said:
Yea not trying to be a “Debbie downer” it just didn’t really make me burst out laughing. Merry Christmas everyone
Honestly, I had the same reaction. Was "okay," nothing more.
Merry Christmas everyone!
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Peterman could have spiked the ball on every snap and still had a higher QB rating that what he put up over his dubious 1 1/2 year career (truth). I'm still stunned that so many people rush to defend a guy who is statistically among the worst QBs to ever set foot on an NFL field.
As for the race issue, one of the things I love about sports is it is as close as you can come to a true meritocracy in this world. With a few well-publicized exceptions (e.g., Colin Kapernick) if you can play, you'll be on the field. If you can't, you won't. Tyrod wasn't very good so we moved on. I'm a Virginia Tech guy so I was rooting for Tyrod as much an anyone. But, he wasn't/isn't going to get a team to the Super Bowl. Obviously, Nate was a complete disaster. So be it. He had his shot and failed. Such is life.
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1 hour ago, blacklabel said:
Nice post. This pretty much explains why it was 10 games before the kid got a shot. Even the highest rated college OL prospects face a pretty steep learning curve coming into the NFL just because college offenses rarely, if ever, require their OL to put their hand in the dirt. And things in college schemes are so simplified so teams can play at a fast pace. I know over the summer his biggest issue was reading the fronts and executing the correct protections. Only once did the interior OL look like it did earlier in the season and that was the one sack they gave up. Other than that, the OL overall has done a lot better, especially with pass pro and finally last Sunday they opened things up for Shady.
It's one game but I hope the kid continues to improve. After his sophomore and junior years he was talked up as a 2nd-3rd round pick, coaching and scheme changes caused his play to drop in his senior year but the tools are clearly there so here's hoping.
You basically just outed yourself as someone who never watched him play in college. Again, those of us who have season tickets to VT and watched every snap the kid took can tell you that his play did not "drop off" his senior year. He was the highest rated guard in the ACC and didn't allow a single sack. And, the "college guys don't put their hands in the ground" stuff is just nonsense. My sense is Wyatt may not be the sharpest tool in the shed, so learning the pro game may have taken him a bit longer than others. But, the other stuff just isn't true.
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2 hours ago, YoloinOhio said:
Read that he didn’t have a good senior year, bit of a work ethic/laziness issue on field
He got in the coach's doghouse (something off the field or at practice) last season but never showed less than 100% during games. Given that guys are getting kicked off the team and transferring left-and-right this season at Virginia Tech, I'm not sure Wyatt did anything all that serious (i.e., everyone seems to be getting in Coach Fuente's doghouse).
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Nate could do everything but throw the football. ?
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As a Virginia Tech season ticket holder, I can tell you Teller absolutely dominated guys in college. Kid is a nasty run blocker. He plays like you just slapped his mother. He was VT's best offensive lineman by far the past couple of seasons and was arguably the best guard in the ACC over that span. Not sure why he lasted until the 5th round. Glad to see him finally start and do well in his debut.
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What's with all the 2 yard passes? ...down 4 touchdowns late.
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Welp, it doesn't look like we're going to win this one.
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Two touchdowns scored in almost six games. It's hard to remember the last time we actually got in the end zone, but it was against the Texans several weeks ago.
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3 minutes ago, HappyDays said:
I have never seen so many pass catchers on the field that can't make a contested catch. If they are in tight coverage there is a 0% chance they will win the ball.
My boy Cam Phillips is fantastic at fighting for 50/50 balls. But, he never plays. Because.... Bills.
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No way Peterman gets out of this game with only 2 INTs. I expect at least one more.
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For the life of me I can't figure out why folks assume Daboll isn't a major contributor to the incompetence. The last time Daboll was an NFL OC (Chiefs 2012) they were the only offense this decade to average fewer than 14 points per game. Dead last in the league. This offense is far worse that that one and may smash all records for incompetence. I just don't see how the guy keeps avoiding blame for this ***** show.
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Fellas, it helps if you listen to this while you watch the game...
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2 minutes ago, Boatdrinks said:
He is so limiting as a QB it virtually invites disaster....teams are ready to pounce on D
That's just it. Peterman doesn't have an NFL arm, so DBs will challenge every throw and look for picks.
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It's a cruel joke that Peterman is even still on the roster given he's been an interception machine in every game he's ever played.
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That was pass interference all the way. Still, is anyone surprised that Peterman is his usual self this half? It's a ***** disgrace the guy wasn't cut last year after throwing 5 picks in a half.
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5 hours ago, KW95 said:
You mean the guy who has been below average almost everywhere he has gone?
Sorry, no thanks
Have you seen our offensive coordinator's resume?! ?
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Our current QB coach David Culley has spent the vast majority of his career as a WR coach... so, of course, we hire him as QB coach (even though he's never done it before at the pro level), then draft a raw rookie QB in the first round. Because... Bills.
Trestman (unlike Culley) played QB in college and has spent most of his career as a QB coach and mentor. It'd make sense. Too much sense for a franchise like this.
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19 hours ago, Thurman#1 said:
I'm glad that you want that. I wish it for you if it's your wish.
But that's not what Daboll has done. If he really had sucked, he wouldn't have been hired at Alabama. Or New England. He just wouldn't have.
Offensive success is based on many many different factors. One of them is the OC and the play-calling. Another is the quality of the offensive roster and the QB in particular. Bad rosters can hamstring good OCs. And vice-versa.
But Belichick and Saban are two of the canniest strategists in football. And both hired Daboll. Open your mind to the possibility that a lot of the offensive failure of those teams may have been due to the fact that he was working with truly awful QBs and rosters. Including the one here. If Wood and Incognito had been here, maybe we could have seen a bit better offense. But they're gone and the line is having problems, as is the QBs and the WRs. It isn't hard for teams to figure out where they should place their resources to stop the Bills when the one good position group on the offense is the RBs.
If Daboll isn't here next season, we'll know McDermott agrees with you. That could happen, easily. But it might not. We'll have to see.
To point out the obvious, Alabama has the best talent in the country and pretty much anyone they plug in as offensive coordinator puts up yards and points. They're on their seventh or eighth offensive coordinator under Saban and keep on rolling (pun intended). Honestly, Daboll likely would have been fired at Alabama given the Iron Bowl debacle last year plus getting shut out in the first half of the championship game had Tua Tagovailoa not bailed out the Tide in the second half against Georgia. IMHO, if Belichick thought Daboll was such a brilliant offensive mind he wouldn't have left him at tight end coach over the years. He could have hired him as his own offensive coordinator when the Pats had vacancies at that spot (e.g., when Josh McDaniels left for Denver).
My larger point is rather than saying Daboll should be good because he came from the Pats or Alabama or <insert reason here>, there is 4.5 years of evidence against the guy... not a single shred of actual evidence that Daboll can run a successful offense at the NFL level. Stops in 4 different places with the same terrible results. Everyone defending the guy is just guessing that he might be good. There is no actual data to support that conjecture. If we hired a guy who had run a top-10 offense somewhere else, we could say that we know he can get the job done because we've seen it elsewhere. In this case we have a guy who has failed at every NFL stop and what I'm seeing is evidence that he is a contributor to that failure and not just an innocent victim of circumstances. Yes, our talent, especially at the QB position, is sub-par. But, you don't have an unlimited time to get it right in the NFL. Take what talent you have (e.g., a 10,000 yard running back) and make it happen or be replaced.
Who has played football professionally, or tried out at that level?
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I played 4 years in college at Virginia Tech.... in the marching band. ?