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I saw every home game he played in college and he was always this good, although his accuracy seems a little better now. It is not a fluke that the only time Virginia Tech ever made it to the national championship game was when Vick was there.. He never lost a regular season game in college.
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Ah, Merriman... 12th overall pick in 2005 (Maybin was 11th overall in 2009)... Had 6 sacks in his first 4 starts, was a pro bowler and rookie of the year that year. Led the NFL in sacks the next year with 17. And, yet, we still talk about Maybin's potential and quick first step while he sits on the bench and collects his millions...
On another note, Merriman has been hurt for the better part of the past 2.5 seasons. It is not clear whether he is "done" or just hasn't been healthy enough to show that he still has it. I think he is definitely worth a look. I think the injuries, the fact that the Chargers already have good players at OLB, and the off the field stuff (Tila Tequila, etc.) led the Chargers to give up on him. But since the Bills have no talent at OLB and Shawne is still relatively young, I don't see why it would hurt to give him a look.
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That scenario only exists in your sick mind so don't worry bout it. Fun watching ponder and the crimi'noles choke that game away to nc state.
Ponder looks like he's crying : )
The Semenholes certainly pissed that game away.
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When Buddy Nix was introduced & I heard him speak for the first time, I literally laughed out loud. I couldn't believe that someone so hokey could end up as a GM of an NFL franchise. I thought, "Is Ralph going deaf? This guy's not too smart...we're doomed." Then within minutes Buddy confirmed my thought by informing everybody that he's not the smartest guy in the room, and now he's comfirming his own statement with his decisions. So ok...our problem was we didn't have a "football guy" pulling the strings. So now we have a dumb football guy pulling the strings. In two or three years, after we've won a half dozen games or so, if Ralph is still alive, maybe he'll figure it out & hire a smart football guy...but I'm not holding my breath. It's pretty pitiful when our most enjoyable chats on this board are BEFORE Labor Day...when there's hope.
This is just it... it is comical that after a decade of plummeting into obscurity, the fans are being sold on good ol' boy Buddy Nix as the savior. There is a reason the guy is 70+ and never had a GM opportunity prior. Just when you think it can't possibly get any worse... voila!
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Just a guess, but having had Virginia Tech season tickets for almost 20 years (where Ellis played) I can tell you that he is anything but a "character guy." He got in trouble more than once at VT and I sense that this has more to do with something off the field than something on it. But, I could be totally wrong - this is complete conjecture on my part.
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Not to snipe at other fans, but I just don't get why everyone is calling for a QB change, trading Lee, etc. when we have by far the worst defense in the league. We're giving opponents over 200 yards per game on the ground and over 30 points per game over the last month or so. Seriously, we're scoring enough points lately to actually win a game or two with even an average defensive performance. But, letting the 22nd best offense in the league score on 8 of their last 9 possessions? Oof.
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He played a ton yesterday.
He looks like he's wearing roller skates on running plays.
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Can we get rid of Ralph Wilson? If not then I have no answers.
On another note, it does seem that every time we get rid of someone we rejoice for a couple of weeks before realizing the replacement is even worse. With no one able to evaluate talent in the front office (Nix, Modrak, etc.), I just don't see how shuffling the deck will do much. Different clowns, same circus.
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Who decided to covert Chis Kelsay to a LB? Who decided to take a bad 4-3 team and turn it into an abysmal 3-4 team?
No doubt the personnel people suck, but so does George Edwards.
The best fantasy football play this year is any tight end going up against the Bills. Our slow LBs have no ability to cover whatsoever... presumably because 1/2 of them are converted d-ends who are asked to cover instead of rush the passer (which most of these guys were never very good at in the fist place).
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Nice Business First piece about 92 year old Ralph: http://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/blog/the_last_laugh/2010/10/hey_ralph_wilson_nap_time_is_over.html
Based on my own experience - I have a colleague who is 93 and who was once among the most powerful men in America (former bank president, advisor to President Kennedy, etc.) - at 90+ years old, you're simply not capable of running a business like you once could. At that age, even basic activities like walking and talking and eating becomes a chore. The mind is just not as sharp.
I like to bust on Ralph for letting the team come to this point, but it is not inconceivable that he doesn't even know what the hell is going on any more...
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Is there a well-known source for live streams online?
I usually find most games at ATDHE.net (http://www.atdhe.net/index.html)
I think the stream may be out of the UK?
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Yeah, but this Rah Rah Rah crap is also old. In 1920, or 70 or 80, it didn't cost so much friggin money to unconditionally support a bunch of losers. And no, it wasn't this bad. This is the LONGEST stretch of playoff-less football. So, no, it wasn't worse. They got to get over being so awful back then, a lot quicker, because the playoffs bracketed those awful era's of football in a shorter period of time.
This is fuggin awful, and it costs a minor fortune to pour season ticket money, hotel money, food money, gas money, and rain gear money (how fitting on Sunday) to these losers in the front office running the clown show. It's more expensive than ever to support a team unconditionally these days. They deserve every bit of critcism they get.
Russ Brandon can kiss my ass.
Well said.
A decade of a meddling owner running a team on the cheap with second rate front office personnel and third rate players. This team is on a slow death spiral out of town. I stopped spending money on the Bills when Ralph refused to consider alternatives to putting the team up for auction when he passes.
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This is the last year of no estate tax. Ralphie is bulking up in case he doesn't make the end of the year. Should the estate tax come back next year, and Ralph is still kicking, I would think that he would consider selling off a minority so he can start cashing out with not as much tax implications.
Thank you for posting this. There is an underlying accounting implication to just about all of the Bills moves (or lack thereof) over the past few years. Ralph is and has been clearing as much as he can from the books to (a) make the team as attractive as possible to a potential buyer and (b) allow for the greatest possible financial return to his estate should he pass. As a business might look to clear as many long-term liabilities as possible to prop up its book value prior to being sold, this is what Ralph has been doing. We the fans don't like it, but it is not now nor has it even been about putting money away to go after high priced free agents.
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You're like Deep Voice, but not nearly as funny.
I think it's kind of funny... for now. The wear-out factor isn't too far out on this one though.
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Maybin was credited with 4 tackles today... monster game by his standards! Clearly this guy is worth $18 million over 5 years.
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Who is this Lee Evans guy I keep hearing about?
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Congrats to CJ. First NFL touchdown. Hopefully many more to come!
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The Pats carry a punter? I don't recall ever seeing him.
Zoltan! Wasn't that the name of the villain in Flash Gordon?
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I like the switch to the 3-4, but if we can't get any pass rush and have converted DEs trying to cover speedy tight ends like Hernandez, it will be a long, long year. We're brutal in TE coverage.
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Have we ever stopped Moss or Welker in the past?
Why would we start now?
Ha. Good point. Last year Moss caught 17 and Welker 16 passes against us (across the two games).
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I picked up Aaron Hernandez in my fantasy league just for this match-up against the Bills. I have a feeling we'll be so worried about Moss and Welker than Hernandez will kill us with seam routes.
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From RotoWorld today...
"Roscoe Parrish has replaced Steve Johnson as the Bills' starting flanker in two-receiver sets.
Not that it has a fantasy impact. Bills quarterbacks so are incapable, and Chan Gailey's game plans so inept, that even No. 1 receiver Lee Evans is barely worth consideration as a WR4. Parrish might have a big game at some point, but your guess is as good as ours as to when it might happen."
Ralph has been clearing long term liabilities from the books for the past several years (no stadium naming rights, no big name players with long term contracts, etc.) since he wants to make the team as attractive as possible for a buyer to move to a new city when he passes. So, while the state of the team is sad, the pending move of the team when old man Ralph move on is even sadder.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6G7fZ9kg7U
It is early in the season still, but he appears to be performing.
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What are you smokin? Even with Fitz, it isn't going to be close. Perhaps 27-14.
He's a troll New England fan (check the joined date). Ignore, ignore, ignore.
What has happened to Ed Wang?
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Wang never played guard at Virginia Tech, so he's learning a new position. Actually, his first couple of years at Tech he was a tight end. He had/has a lot of trouble with speed rushers off the edge, so hopefully guard is a better position for him.