Big Turk
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Goodwill...err...his appointee...is about about to throw the book at him. Watson will be lucky if ALL he gets is a year.
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/roger-goodell-deshaun-watson-committed-205007908.html
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That was freaking hilarious...this team is full of jokesters that work their asses off
42 minutes ago, NoHuddleKelly12 said:Couldn’t quite place the accent though…😆
That was the West Virginia moonshine accent from the hollers
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20 minutes ago, NickelCity said:
Which is kind of funny since our OLine depth is easily the weakest spot on the roster. I know that I'll be looking at other teams OLine cuts...
Is it? I'm not so sure about that.
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Out for the year...again.
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Diggs
Davis
McKenzie
Shakir
Crowder
Kumerow
I think they might keep 7 if either Austin or Hodges forces themselves on the roster...
If not, I think Crowder might be a surprise cut for either Austin or Hodges although I don't like that move. Crowder albeit hurt a lot is a very good WR in this league. Would not want to see him go somewhere else and put up 700-800 yards.
Stevenson gets stashed on IR
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Kinda crazy how we've gone from all the national heads saying Allen is becoming a superstar but not in Mahomes league yet to Allen is better than Mahomes because he is harder to defend and can do more than Mahomes within a single offseason...
BTW, I agree with the opinions now...Allen might be the most unstoppable QB in NFL history. He does virtually everything well with an elite arm and elite running skills.
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I mean of course things changed...they HAD to.
He got here when they had just made the playoffs after a 17 year drought and after drafting a rookie QB who they hoped would take his game to the next level but didn't know how things would pan out...he played well at times and not well at others, but showed lots of flashes.
Now they are considered the best roster in football, the odds on favorite to Houston the Lombardi Trophy and Allen as the favorite for MVP.
If things DIDN'T change from the time he got here until now then there would be something really wrong.
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8 minutes ago, ddaryl said:
Nothing changed.. Obviously he had his issues with Covid lockdowns and many others did not share his feelings on it to the point they would publicly bring it up.
In other words he lost that team 1st attitude and turned his position with the team and fans into a pulpit, and it did not resonate to the majority.Yeah, I mean every team wanted their played vaccinated because it gave them a competitive advantage. Why work that hard all year round to get one only to give it away over something stupid like that?
He still doesn't seem to get it.
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51 minutes ago, BADOLBILZ said:
The Bills OL was the worst pass blocking unit in the league for much of the season and ultimately finished 29th in pressures allowed..........the final month of the season where the Bills ran Allen like a RB is the only thing that saved them from being dead last.
Poor blocking was the biggest culprit in their stunningly disappointing 7-6 start to the season.
There is no sugar coating it.
Sacks allowed are a stat that the QB himself plays a big part in.........the pressure allowed is not.
Pressures that play into Allen's hands as he avoids many of them, buys time and then makes plays down field as it turns into a backyard play or takes off and runs for 20 yards.
He was also the most effective passer against the blitz last year.
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15 minutes ago, BADOLBILZ said:
The Bills have fielded quite a few bad offenses when they had good defenses during the drought..............playing against a more talented defense than they face on Sundays has never moved the needle for those offenses though. When an OL can't block anyone consistently..........putting them against a Von Miller only compounds the issue. The gains are to be had in places where the difference in talent lined up across from each other is modest. A guy like Quessenberry for instance isn't going to be sharpened by playing against Miller.........Quessenberry lined up against good pass rushers in practice in TN and then allowed the most sacks in the league in games.
None of those teams you mentioned had future first ballot HOFer Josh Allen playing QB.
For as bad as people want to say the OLine was last year, Allen was sacked the same amount as the year before...26 times, in one extra game.
That's a very low number. Like 1.5 per game.
People need to stop overreacting to what they see in training camp when they are intentionally moving players all over the line to cross train for flexibility and see who can play where if they need to reshuffle things during the year or have injury issues.
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35 minutes ago, Alphadawg7 said:
So everyone else gushing about Allen and the offense today and Thad still not impressed and not to his expectations still.
Has anyone ever seen Thad Brown and Nick Wright in the same place at the same time? 🤔
Perhaps he forgets that against every other team the offense will look amazing since our defense is so good?
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Spiller's electric year where he averaged over 6 YPC and seemingly made a huge play every week.
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10 minutes ago, Doc said:
Bust. The 30th pick of the 2019 draft.
If there is any team that can get a CB to live up to his potential it's this one.
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Bills continuing to reward their own who come in work hard and do their jobs
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40 minutes ago, Big Blitz said:
I agree with development here of our DBs - but they've been lucky to have 2 cornerstone safeties to rely on for 5 seasons now. AND an elite CB1 that takes pressure off.
Our DBs after the White injury played against ONE elite offense up until the KC game and got embarrassed in both - the other being Tampa.
We played whatever the hell Carolina lined up with, Atlanta (both at home), the Jets, Patriots twice, and then a third time in the playoffs.
We can say our CB development has been very good - Taron and Wallace being 2 of them. I like Dane, McCloud, and the promise of the rookies.
But we absolutely cannot say that this secondary can hold its own without Tre - right now. Not with the first 7 games we play - no way.
If we go 3-3 going into Green Bay and get White back by then, I legit think I'd take that. The 3 toughest games being at Rams, at KC, and at Baltimore.
BUT if the front 7 is nasty, that's the game changer.
We can always just outscore teams.
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Considering how well they are able to coach up late round picks or UDFAs to come in and not miss a beat(Dane Jackson, Levi Wallace, and Cam Lewis), perhaps they feel they can just coach up the guys they already have there now like they have the past several years?
Apparently their 6th round CB is playing very well at camp...so well he was getting some time with the 1s and was holding his own against Diggs.
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1 hour ago, ScottLaw said:
Can’t disagree with you on some of those CBs and Milano… I think that is a tribute to the defensive system they play in, specifically for the CBS…. That being said, what exactly have Neal, Johnson, and Can Lewis done? Ray Ray McCloud? He’s a scrub.… Davis I think is going to have a break out year but isn’t there yet, but again, I think expectations for Shakir to develop into a top receiver in the league are way too high given the round he was selected and his draft pedigree.
Neal is a core ST player and has a role in the Big Nickel packages and as a CB when needed and has filled in very nicely. Johnson same thing on ST, since our safeties never come off the field he hasn't gotten much of a chance on D. Lewis, I believe started a game for us last year and played well. The point is, none of these players look out of place or that the moment is too big for them when they get their chance they just go in and perform at a high level usually. That's good coaching and a scheme that allows players to slide in and not be overwhelmed, and obviously the players working hard and studying hard to make sure they perform at the level expected.
McCloud is the Steelers punt returner and plays on offense as well at times as the 4th WR I believe.
I don't expect Shakir to develop into a starting WR but he certainly has the potential to and many were shocked he was still on the board as he had a 2nd or 3rd round grade on many boards
50 minutes ago, HappyDays said:Who does Slayton kick off the team? The Bills are fine at WR. If god forbid Diggs or Davis go down for the season we can push to sign OBJ when he's healthy or bring Sanders back. It's crazy to think some other team's castoff is going to replace the production of our top 2 WRs.
I doubt he would displace Austin who by all accounts has performed very well at camp.
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24 minutes ago, ScottLaw said:
Reminds me of the drought days when people thought those late round/undrafted picks would develop into solid starters and then go into list the very few that actually did.😅
By all accounts Shakir looks good in camp, but people are getting way ahead of themselves, I think the expectation should be solid contributor considering he’s got Allen throwing him the ball…. but a Diggs like career is asking A LOT of the guy and setting expectations way too high IMO.
Dane Jackson, Taron Johnson, Matt Milano, Gabe Davis, Siran Neal, Jaquan Johnson, Cam Lewis, Levi Wallace(UDFA), Wyatt Teller(in CLE), Ray Ray McCloud(in PIT)
They have a plethora of players that have developed into very solid players if not starters.
I am sure I am forgetting some.
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5 minutes ago, FireChans said:
Nothing says “WR of the future” than a fifth round pick.
Where do you people get this stuff?
Diggs was a 5th round pick. Clueless.
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4 minutes ago, cdubya said:
Reports have Slayton playing third team snaps in camp and it seems he’s on the outs in New York. He’d be a great fit for what we need here. We’re obviously lacking at outside WR, he’s a proven deep threat, and he’s shown he can produce in this league even with a bad QB throwing to him. I’m not paying much (or ideally anything) but I think he’s at least worth a long look.
You think that but the Bills don't. They feel Shakir is going to be fine there.
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17 minutes ago, ScottLaw said:
The two back to back playoff games against KC do IMO.
If I am not mistaken didn't he go for it on fourth down early in both games and they both ended in TDs rather than punts or FGs? For sure he did in at least one.
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Super in depth and informative...
How well Dorsey handles the intricacies within the plays that help get players open and are week to week specific will go a long way to how well we do under him offensively.
I mean the floor is that we are merely good, but the ceiling is that we are exceptional.
On 8/4/2022 at 4:43 PM, ScottLaw said:My point was about McDermott being a mostly conservative offensive coach…. He’s had his moments where the aggression is there and it’s paid off big time for him(@New England, first drive of game against KC)… but he still goes back to his comfort zone of being conservative and putting too much faith in his defense as evidence by the 2nd/3rd quarter of that divisional game.
Analytics does not bear that out.
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We are the better team every week no matter who we play as long as Allen is healthy. I honestly don't care about it. Go handle your business.
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57 minutes ago, jwhit34 said:
At first I resisted clicking on Jerry Sullivan's latest article, "Josh Allen offers hope that makes Bills fans unburdened by past scars." But I did, and am glad I did. I have been reading his work for decades and like many here at TBD have and so many times just shake my head after reading his columns. He's a good writer but there's something missing in his work.
Today I think I found it: He doesn't get it. For as long as he has lived and worked in the area, he really doesn't understand the community.
Case in point: the following excerpt from the column:
That’s it. Once you have the franchise quarterback, all things are possible. Allen has allowed Bills fans to rise above the old fatalism. Sure, the loss to the Chiefs added another chapter to the chronicle of woe. But if anything, it made people more certain Allen would eventually win the big one, and maybe more than one.
It beats the alternative — trying to convince themselves that a dysfunctional organization with a parade of flawed quarterbacks might actually shock the world and make a title run, when it became yet another heroic run to 7-9 or 6-10.
Anyone who grew up during that 17-year drought must feel envious of those kids in the Allen jerseys today. They probably want to grab them by the collar and say, ‘You have no idea how good you have it! I suffered through Losman and Manuel and Edwards and Taylor and the bad Bledsoe, and Fitz at his worst.’
The bolded sentence is what he doesn't understand about us and Buffalo. Us older Bills fans are not "envious of those kids in the Allen jerseys today". We love seeing "those kids in the Allen jerseys today". Buffalonians stay in Buffalo because they love the area, love the people, and despite the challenges the area has had economically, weather, etc., part of that is our bond and our perpetual optimism makes that bond even stronger. Parents stay in the area and raise their kids in Buffalo because they think it's a great place to be and think their kids will have it even better than they did, and they want that for their kids.
And that goes for the Bills and their fans. I am so excited for the next generation to experience hopefully a great run by this current iteration of the Bills, and how cool it will be for all those kids with Allen jerseys. Zero envy.
I spent the first half of my life in Buffalo and then moved to Rochester when I got married, and I love Rochester but Buffalo was, is and always will be special to me. It will always be a part of me, helped make me who I am today. The biggest thing I miss are the people. Almost 35 years later I still have my season tickets and love going to the games. I can't wait to one day celebrate a Super Bowl win with our kids, one who is a Bills fanatic.
After all these years, it is too bad that Sullivan has not captured maybe the key component of what makes this community and Bills fans tick, and I find that as the missing piece in his writing.
I agree with a lot of your statement...he is an outsider that tries to fit in but doesn't know how.
I was born in 75 so I was lucky enough to miss most of the futility of the 70s and witness the rise of the Kelly era team in my teens so I have good memories of them.
I think this era in Bills history will be better than that one when it's all said and done...Allen is going to be a first ballot HOFer and is far more talented than Kelly.
I also don't see Beane going all hot head and getting himself fired halfway into it.
Judge Sue Robinson recommends 6 game suspension for Watson; NFL will appeal
in The Stadium Wall
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No. Not by a longshot
Which will likely be thrown out of court quickly.
Yes he can be. I believe Gordon was suspended indefinitely at one point