Big Turk
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Yes, let's cut one of the best hitters on our D. We have so many good LB'ers we can afford to get rid of them.
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Not to mention he was one of the highest graded coverage LBs in the NFL by PFF last year successfully defending 83% of passes thrown his way...
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Nothing is going to happen to him. My sons buddy just got busted with a couple of ounces back in the spring and nothing came of it. Judge read him the riot act and tried to scare him a bit, but in the end nothing came of it other than a couple of classes. Not a fine or record of any kind attached to his name.
It's funny seeing everybody get worked up over nothing.
I find it funny they get worked up about weed, but its perfectly fine for doctor's to prescribe medications that are much more dangerous and have side effects that include "death" many times...
Oh how we are so willing to be herded up like cattle, put in a pen and sent up the conveyor belt to the slaughterhouse by Big Pharma and the FDA...
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It's decriminalized in ny too. That still doesn't make it legal. As for the tint that's just an excuse to pull someone over at 2 am. See if they're drunk or not or in this case see if they've got drugs.
I get pulled over for my tints all the time but never have gotten a ticket...its a 13 year old vehicle that I bought 8 years ago in Ohio that came with tints so I don't think they want to go through it for something that would likely get tossed by the judge...
A few times they let me know they were going to search my vehicle and I responded "What's your probable cause?"
They stammered out some nonsense clearly flustered I knew the law and my rights and I told them if they want to get a search warrant they can do so but that's the only way they would be searching my vehicle.
Their response "Well, you certainly know your rights, have a nice day"
No reason for them to search my vehicle, I have a shirt and tie on coming home from work. I have nothing to hide, I don't drink and have never even smoked a cigarette but its the principal...they think they can take advantage of people who don't know their rights and that's just wrong.
Bradham obviously was probable cause to search the vehicle if the officer smelled Marijuana tho, so that really wouldn't apply to him...
My issue is you are supposed to be in Rochester at camp, wtf are you doing in Buffalo at 2am?
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That and that they sucked as a team. Awful on both sides of the trenches and late-vintage Bledsoe was the best they had at QB. Blech.
Umm..weren't their defenses with Fletcher and Spikes near the top of the NFL??
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this is interesting....
most teams attempt 30-40 FG's per season, assuming a 10% dropoff that's 3-4 more FG's missed.
are there any stats to show your points saved by starting field position ?
and speaking of field position, the penalty for a missed 50+ yard FG is pretty severe as the opposing team takes possession at the spot of the FG attempt.
Yes, each yard of the field has an "expected point" output, so the difference between two distances can be found be subtracting one from the other...also keep in mind this helps when change of possession happens because they are punting from further back, allowing us to start with better field position...
I believe PFF or football outsiders did a breakdown on this and are championing the cause that starting field position due to kickoffs is the far more important skill versus FG percentage
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which kicker is better ?
kicker "A" - 90% FG and 30% touchbacks.
kicker "B" - 80% FG and 60% touchbacks
B because the expected points saved over the course of a season due to worse starting field position for the opposition far outweighs the few extra points from FGs...
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last year Lindell FG% was 87.5% kicking mostly OUTDOORS.
there is a pretty good chance who ever replaces him will do worse.
Possibly but that will also likely include a lot more long range attempt and a lot fewer chip shots
Reminds me of a management book I was reading where a company was struggling and the employees insisted it was because management was so concerned with on time deliveries. The consultant was confused until he talked to the owner and he realized why it was a bad thing. Instead of taking on new business that would possibly cause a few shipments to be delayed due to volume, he maintained perfect shipping but kept business down.
Basically how I felt with Lindell the past few years...yes he has a great FG percentage but realistically its because almost all attempts were under 40 yards and he virtually never attempted a 50+ yarder...
Statistics are often misleading
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Who are u??? Chan Gailey??? With all the positional battles we have going on, especially at WR, how can we possibly waste a valuable roster spot on an extra kicker???
In this day and age in NFL with players going down like flies, EVERY spot on roster in crucial.
Why are we assuming Hopkins is going to suck at FGs?
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I've always thought that Trent was not as bad as Jaurons coaching/play-calling made him look.
Yes because running out of bounds late in the game on 4th and 10 instead of throwing a possible interception and ruining your stats is always a better option...
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Ok but you need to score to be able to kickoff and FGs are a big part of that.
Again, statistically speaking there is not much difference in the number of FGs made between the best and average kickers percentage wise...its like you are assuming all FGs are going to missed by Hopkins or something, lol...
No more punting from the 35 with Hopkins
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Statistically better starting field position for our defense due to more touchbacks is worth more over the course of a season than the difference between the best kicker and an average kicker's difference in points from field goals made...
That being said Hopkins seems to have a chance to be both and that's rare...
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I had my first "scope" in '84. I was down for 5-6 weeks. I am not a pro athlete, but 2-3 seems overly optimistic. Anytime they have to get inside your knee, it's serious business. He's going to end up with 3 holes in his knee! It was a slippery slope for me, till 2002 when I had to get a total knee replacement. Certainly not the most fun he'll ever have!
A lot has changed in 30 years...players routinely get these proceducres done following their games heading into the bye week, rest through the bye week and play the week after the bye, missing no time...minimally invasive now, lot faster healing process...
I mean, really think about it...it would be like you comparing the computer you had in 1984 to one today and saying it would take "x" amount of time to do something on it because its kind of slow...
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I was listening to ESPN.. they are stating that they are taking precautions with EJ. They are going to drain the knee and he should be ok! I agree to not start him this weekend and plus the starters do not play the 4th game of the season! I'm feeling he will be ok!
Good to hear if true!!
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MRI revealed need for procedure. Any doctors out there know "minor" reasons for this? Is this much worse and bills not telling yet? I'm so worried about this.
Well if its a scope it really is minor...guys get these done after the game before their bye week and are back on.the field after the bye without missing a game...
Without knowing exactly what needs to be done its hard to say tho, usually a minor procedure is a scope tho
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Luckily said its minor, meaning likely a scope which some guys have been back in under two weeks from...hopefully he is a quick healer...
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The reality of last nights game was that Ponder didn't throw a single pass without having a Bills defender in his face. When you can put that kind of pressure on a QB it has a cumulative effect. The clock in his head starts to speed up and the result is bad decisions and bad throws.
The fact that a certain QB in our division HATES to get hit and hates having people in his face makes the prospects of this season that much more promising.
It's kind of like in that Steven Seagal movie where he writes on the mirror "Anticipation of Death is worse than death itself"...
Well, in some cases the anticipation of pressure may be worse than the actual pressure itself...even if they actually have the time, they are anticipating a rush and a defender to be in their face and hurry their throws...
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Hopefully a product of 30 guys that have no chance of making the roster, and another 15 that likely won't get more than 10 snaps in the season being mixed into the group still. Normally getting your starting 11 (plus a couple rotational guys) set and playing full time helps to clean up a lot.
Not really, they had 9 in the first half when the starters were mostly in...
By fake penalty I mean, penaltys that shouldn't have been called.
I said fake penalty because I couldn't put my tongue on what to classify it as.
You mean "phantom" penalties I think, lol
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Partly true, but its not like we gameplanned either...in an interview with John Murphy earlier in the week Pettine said they are using nowhere close to their whole complement of defensive pressures in the preseason...
I can't wait til we get to see how Pettine plays the chess game with opposing coordinators...
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I hear you but respectfully disagree. Gotta agree with Beerball and GG this time - finally for once we're going into the season with some confidence, even if it's overconfidence. It's so much better than the opposite, which we've seen around here for years. Gailey and Jauron used to whine about what the other teams were doing to unfairly terrorize them during the preseason. It was such chickensh--. And it set the tone for the regular season when their teams played not to lose, like cowards. Good riddance to the Losers' Mentality and I feel bad for Vikings fans. We've been there.
I agree too...its hard to effectively do much of anything with some of these overload blitzes he is bringing other than trying to throw hot very quickly...
I mean when you are rushing three guys from one side of the formation and they only have one guy to block, leaving two offensive lineman on the other side standing there with nothing to do because there is noone to block, what can they do?
Throw hot or hope to hell our guys trip...no way possibly to shift that far over with a line...would have to keep backs and TE in otherwise and shift them over and basically take them out of the play...plus Mario Williams on a back or TE is a huge mismatch...
That's what I see the biggest advantage of this defense...creating huge mismatches...putting the tackle up against a DT and forcing a back or TE to block our best pass rushers
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Passblocking is passbloblocking whether the other team's defense blitzes or not. If your scheme is to generate pressure with blitzes and you have all new coaches/personnel how else do you evaluate them???
It should have come as no surprise, Pettine has repeatedly said whether in.a practice, scrimmage, or any type of game setting it didn't matter...we are coming after the QB with pressure any time they are out there...
On the flip side, what could be better for the Bills offense? After playing against our D in practice most other teams are going to be simple to play against
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EJ has looked better in practices, training camp and games and in many cases so has Tuel...
Not sure what else needs to be said...EJ has clearly and resoundingly outplayed Kolb to this point all things considered...
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After toady's game if he isn't something is really wrong with the coaching staff and they need to get their eyes examined...hasn't even been close, IMHO
Hang on, there was value in signing Kolb even if he gets cut. It helped mask thier draft day intentions and provided competition for any rookie QB they drafted.
Yes, it also hedged in case someone took EJ ahead of them and they waited til next year to draft a QB...Kolb would have been a 1 year stop gap in that instance
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Someone posted a thread a week or so ago asking to describe the Bills D in one word...well after tonight's game, my one word would be:
ABUSIVE
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I would temper the enthusiasm just a bit. I think our D looks better because Indy and Minny did not game plan for such an attacking defense. But I hope I'm wrong. Nothing would make me happier than seeing Tom Brady looking out his earhole every time he passes.
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Brady did not have a lot of good days against the Jets D...
he had some but he looked pretty ordinary a lot of times against them...
Ricky Bell...2 Carries, 6 Yards...very very good read...
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Just came across this piece by Jeff Pearlman...very well written and interesting...
I vaguely remember him, I was only 7 years old at the time and had just started watching football...
Great read, thought I would share with this as many of you probably remember him better than I do...
http://www.sbnation.com/longform/2013/8/20/4636066/ricky-bell-profile-san-diego-chargers-tampa-bay-buccaneers