Jerry Jabber

What crack are you smoking?

I guess that excuse can be used as to why the Bills have royally sucked over the last 9 years (meaning no winning seasons).

I agree with your assessment. I would rather see Goodwin get more time on the field besides being thrown an occasional deep pass.

My honest observation of Graham is that if he isn't wide open (meaning no defenders on him) and if the ball doesn't him hit directly in the hands, then he has been unable to make a play. I know some WR's take some time to develop (Eric Moulds was a late bloomer), but so far I haven't been impressed with him and feel he should be way down on the depth chart until he proves otherwise.

http://www.buffalorumblings.com/2014/2/21/5433138/should-the-bills-replace-tj-graham "T.J was targeted on 58 passing plays, which accounts for 11% of all the quarterback targets (522). T.J. was the fifth receiving option in the pass game, behind Stevie Johnson (150 targets), Robert Woods (85 targets), Scott Chandler (81 targets) and Fred Jackson (65 targets). Of the seven primary receiving targets on the Bills, Graham had the worst catch to target ratio of 39.7%" The article gives a good breakdown of the times Graham was targeted and reaffirms what we already know.

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Yes, really! It's been a pattern for a long time now.

While we all know they're "no **** comments," they're not blatantly apparent to the people at OBD as we keep seeing the same problems year after year.

Unfortunately, our front office has whiffed way too many times in selecting QB's.

I agree Nitro. Having a terrible Offensive line for years is inexcusable. I've always believed in building from the lines out. Your QB has to have enough time in the pocket to go through his reads, as well as having the O-line to open holes in the run game. The Bills have had a tendency of letting their key valuable players walk (such as Winfield and Pat Williams).

FeartheLosing, I agree 100% with you, you nailed everything right on the head.

Key words "he has a shot." I agree that the Bills need TE’s like Gronkowski (minus the injuries) and Graham. Gailey (and the other buffoons before him) wanted TE’s that were good at blocking and opening holes in the run game, but not used that often in the passing game. The Bills have been lacking a tall physical WR since Eric Moulds left that can outmuscle and outleap defenders.

If Moeaki can stay healthy, he has a shot at being a solid contributor (something the Bills have been lacking).

I agree that about the Bills scout's being behind times, especially in regards to TE's. IMO, Chandler is a backup TE at best. While the Bills took a flyer out on Moeaki, I have about the same amount of faith that he will workout just as Merriman did (meaning he'll be injured and barely contribute).

http://www.realfootb...les/bills/15178 "Over the years, the Bills have mainly had below average QB’s as their starters, one solid Wide Receiver (WR), followed by below-average WR’s to round out the group, a mediocre to below average Tight End (TE), good to very good Running Back’s (RBs), followed by one or two good offensive lineman, with the rest being below average. With the Bills drafting EJ Manuel last year and giving him time to develop, they need to give him as many weapons as possible to see if he can truly be the franchise QB." With QB's like Alex Van Pelt, Todd Collins, Rob Johnson, Kelly Holcomb, JP Losman, Trent Edwards, and Ryan Fitzpatrick, it's no wonder why the Bills have been a bad team for so long. I agree with the author that no matter who the Bills QB is, they need to give him multiple weapons on offense, and not the scrubs that they have been over the years (like Josh Reed, Bobby Shaw, Donald Jones, TJ Graham, etc...)

Whether he's gay or straight, it shouldn't matter, just as long as the guy produces on the football field and stays out of trouble. Some people are acting as if he's Bruce Cuskeeoski from San Francisco University (from 3:29-3:49): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_L6IeH6KeaY

Titans D under Schwartz was in the top 10 in passing & rushing. I'm excited about the pick as he could possibly be an upgrade over Pettine.

Thanks for posting that, you made my day!

Sorry, didn't go through all the pages.

"Asked if Pettine is simply going through the motions to gain interview experience, Tim Graham of The Buffalo News tweeted that a source close to the coach said that he wants the job "badly." http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap2000000316219/article/browns-to-interview-mike-pettine-dan-quinn-again

20 years since our last Superbowl, man that's depressing. I really miss those Bills teams of the late 80's-mid 90's. It would be great to finally see playoff games and another AFC Championship game at the Ralph.

Just saw the stat about Thurman Thomas being the last person to rush for 100 yards in a half. Can't believe it's been 20 years already since our last AFC Championship game (that's depressing !)

That's Donte Whitner for you.

Sure

I am currently working on my Master's Degree in Information Systems and came across these sections in the course book: “The Boston Red Sox won the World Series in 2004 and 2007. Contributing to their success is their sophisticated recruitment and layoff strategy, which is heavily supported by IT. Winning depends on identifying players with the right talents, knowing how long to keep each player, and developing the right strategy—all of which depend on information, analysis, and intelligence. Extensive and detailed data is available on each player and game. Players’ performance is measured down to every swing, step, or throw taken. Baselines are calculated on every facet of an athlete—height, weight, arm strength, hitting discipline, and mental errors. The Red Sox require players in their farm system to keep a log of their every at-bat.” “Teams need to develop a winning strategy. Sports data needs to be analyzed to compare actual performance of each player against average number of wins. This determines whether or not to pay $10 to $20 million per year to a star pitcher or other player and when to retire a player. Some teams can afford to pay more for players and therefore acquire the best players. Business intelligence (BI) can give every team an edge. BI is a broad category of applications, technologies, and processes for gathering, storing, accessing, and analyzing data to help business users make better decisions. BI helps identify the winning characteristics of “human capital” before the competition finds them. BI does analysis with sabermetrics. Sabermetrics is the mathematical analysis of player batting and pitching performances.” “The term is derived from SABR (Society for American Baseball Research), a community of baseball enthusiasts, and differs from traditional player metrics, such as runs batted in and batting averages. Sabermetricians use measures that accurately reflect a player’s contribution toward achieving a win, such as “runs created.” This statistic counts the number of times a batter gets on base and factors in an added value for the power of a hit (single or home run). The purpose is to determine what the batter does at the plate to create an opportunity for his team to score a run. Sabermetrics can help teams more accurately find minor league prospects likely to succeed in the big leagues.” "The Dallas Mavericks: Using IT for successful play and business. The Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA) expect to fill every seat at every game in their stadium and to maximize sales from concessions and souvenir items.” “To track attendance, the Mavs were the first NBA team to put barcodes on tickets and then scan them.The information encoded in the barcode enabled them to find out whether group sales and community organization giveaways were filling seats or whether those marketing efforts were just wasting tickets.The team’s business managers have found other uses for the attendance information as well. By using forecasting models in a DSS, they more accurately predicted attendance for particular games and demand for beverages, which reduced beverage inventories by 50 percent—reducing inventory costs.” “Each of the 144 luxury suites is equipped with a PC that handles orders for merchandise, food, and beverages.Wireless access from all seats in the arena is available so that fans can place orders directly from their seats. All 840 cash registers at concessions stands, restaurants, stores, and bars use a sophisticated point-of-sale (POS) system. In the big retail store on the ground floor, salespeople using handheld computing devices ring up credit card purchases when lines get too long. During a game, managers can see which concession stands are busy and which can be closed early to cut labor costs. IT also supports the Mavs on the court. The team has 10 assistant coaches, and each has a laptop computer and a handheld computing device. Game films can be streamed over the Web for coaches to view on the road or at home. Another system developed in-house matches game footage with precise, to-the-minute statistics provided for every play of every game by the NBA. Coaches use data from the database to analyze the effectiveness of particular plays and combinations of players in different game situations." "Since 2002, the Mavs have used handheld computers to track the performance of each referee in every one of their games.The coaches look at patterns and trends—for example, to see which referee favors a given team or which one calls more three-second violations—and alert their players.Another system logs different offensive and defensive schemes used against the Mavs. It’s used by coaches to make realtime adjustments based on statistics from previous games." Depending on how much data the Bills are looking at, this could be very beneficial to the Bills in numerous areas, such as player acquisitions (draft/FA), game day situations (for example, if a ceratin player is on the field for the opposite tea, what is the likelihood of it being a pass or run). If the Bills analytical department is as extensive as the Boston Red Sox, then this could pay dividends in years to come.