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Isn't it ironic that we by passed Colt McCoy deep in the draft, but we take some unknown, inexperienced RB that Indy discarded named Colt Simpson. "No offense O.J.".....
Wasn't there a free agent offensive tackle available not too long ago....Levi Jones or something like that? So instead
we draft a small time QB in the 7th round Levi Brown..."No offense Jim"....
Then didn't we just pick up a RB named Mendenhall? Well, yeah I know we did...but isn't the other one the one that
matters? We picked up another unknown!
I also know we picked up some hall of famers! Well actually their college players that went undrafted, but the Bills have
high hopes for some of them. At least their optimistic! Yeah, but the names sure are iconic football names from the past:
Destin Harris...."Darn not Franco"
Sean Allen...... Drats not Marcus
Antonio Coleman...Well not Monte
Bell, Jones, Johnson (at least he's not Rob)...
So after this big splash in free agency and the draft what are your feelings on how much we improved, regressed, or stayed the same????
To me, I like as Robert Frost put it "The Road not taken", but I like that road better than the road we took !!! It's also so ironic that the best player that this franchise has selected in the past five years is at a position that we didn't really need
to improve on in contrast to severe needs at QB and OLT.
Just remember, praise their selections if you want..but mark my work when we struggle this year...we're all going to say..boy they lost some close games...if we just had a better QB and better blocking for the QB we would've won 8 or 9 games at least.
Unfortunately, the sad reality is that when it's all said and done and everyone has spoken their piece...and Donte predicts the playoffs again, and Chan Gailey talks about turning it around like the Dolphins and Jets did...We're still going to be
5 wins and 11 losses until we ADDRESS OUR NEEDS with big boy college players that played against top competition. This little tweener team of little guys from little colleges that can play more than one position including special teams like Spiller..is not what I want my team to be like....You don't see Pittsburgh or Baltimore get manhandled, and you see that quality teams like N.ENG and Indy have the skill positon guys which you need...The Brady's, Moss's, etc....Who do we really have at WR for sure besides Lee Evans?????? Parrish?? yeah right, Hardy? Hardly....Easley? It won't be Easy for the rook! Stevie (I wonder) Johnson? Not so far? Who??? Maybe, we should get the old but better than anything we have on our roster Marvin Harrison if he's not back with Indy!
Core players?? Pozluzny...no Pozinjury is out more than in! Schoebel? Just sold his house! Sounds like that ship has sailed!
Byrd (break...smile..2 more years GONE!) to highest bidder! u say no???? Hmmmm...Pat Williams, Nate Clements, Antwoine Winfield, Sam Cowhart, Jabari Greer, that Leonhart guy whose quite good!....etc....
It starts at the top..and as long as they hire coaches and staff on the cheap and avoid QB's in the first two rounds...they won't ever make it back to the playoffs! I see people predicting great things...that they are building towards..but it's all a
facade. Even when they bring a player along like Peters, they repeatedly have shown that they are not willing to pay what it takes to keep him. That is a fact and history continually repeats itself. The top teams keep most of their superstars..Indy will retire a Colt and Brady will spend several years on the Patriots unless he gets plagued by injuries. Good teams keep their stars, the Bills like the Bisons is a good place to watch some young players develop and if they become a desirable
player move on to a "real" NFL Franchise!!!! I hate to say all this, but it's the way it is and I'm a diehard supporter of da
Bills regardless of the product they put on the field every year. But, I'm not going to call a pile of sh*t a pile of Gold !!!!!
OK, first of all, how is anything you wrote in this post ironic? It's not ironic that we passed on a QB and signed a UDFA RB. That's two seperate and pretty much unrelated things. I don't even know who you're referring to as the best draft pick, but that statement exhibits no irony either.
Next, who cares where they dig up the bottom 20 guys on the training camp roster? i.e. the guys who wont even make the PS. If, as you contend (and are probably right), the Bills do not get more than 4 to 6 wins, why would you want a one year vet starting instead of a young guy who can learn, get better potentially, and most importantly still be on the team in 3 years?
I think you hit it that QB is the msot important part of winning in the NFL, but if there wasn't a good one there, why take one? Just for the sake of it?
I'm pretty sure as far as team size goes, that was basically the point of the draft for them. They got a lot bigger. We have the tweeners playing the "tweener" positions now in the 3-4 and got a lot bigger up front on the DL. Maybe it's not yet enough, but it was a hell of a start.
You are one of those people that keeps saying the Bills are cheap. You mentioned 6 guys specifically that we lost. Of those players, I would say we only really missed Big Pat. To a lesser extent you could say that AW and Nasty Nate were tough losses, but we had Nasty Nate when AW left and Nasty Nate left for stupid money that he never played up to. Sam was a great player for us until the injury that basically made him ineffective for the rest of his career. Jabari was a good player that we developed, but nothing special - George Wilson is better. JL is exactly what you said you didn't want earlier in your post - a small guy. He never did anything for us and he was a UDFA when we got him, so no harm in losing him. Not tomention all of the money that they've spent on FAs and even re-signing their own players like Lee.
Finally, I think what you are missing is that in order to sign/keep good football players you have to have them at one point. So the problem might not be so much that we are losing players because we can't keep them, but more like we don't have any players worth keeping, so why spend money re-signing a guy. I don't think that the Bills have had particularly good talent on the team, which is why they haven't been good. I think that's a result of poor drafting for the most part, but also to an extent poor coaching. The reason people are more optimistic is that we have a semi-proven talent guy, a new head coach, and soemthing of a direction that isn't based off the previous regime's schemes, players, ideas of how to play football, but their own.
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To paraphrase Rick Jeannert, "this team is scary bad!"
Hope springs eternal, but if this roster and Bills squad were to have any success, every "if" in the supposition would have to swing in favor of the Bills.
I think the only chance the Bills have to win a few games is early on in the season when their playbook is still something of a mystery to their opponents. Once it's confimed that there's no receiving corp or quarterback worthy of extra study time, the defenders will key on Spiller/Jackson, effectively shutting down the only hope of a spark.
As for defense - what can I say? This scenerio cites a group of 'tweener DE to LB converts for the new 3-4 scheme. That should have our division rivals shaking in their hightops. Combine that along with a very suspect and/or inexperienced front 3 and it spells disaster. And once again, when the offense fails to sustain drives and score points, we'll see a defense quickly getting worn down and sucumbing to injury.
As much as I want to be optimistic about this team, it would take a minor miracle for them to be competative, especially considering the strength of opponents on the schedule.
Maybe we should just skip the season and start talking about the 2011 draft.
Two points:
1. I think success this year is not the same as winning - they can be somewhat successful and not make the playoffs, as long as they look like they have everything together as a coaching staff and some of the players make progress. Also, I fully expect them to be competitive in almost every game this year - I'd be surprised if we lost mroe than two games by at least 20 points each.
2. I think that most of the improvement is going to come in run defense.
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Started looking at what we'll keep this year. Roscoe is out in my book, but Chan may like him, Roosevelt to PS then? Can you justify 5 tackles? This also assumes Schobel is in the mix. I think fitz will be moved to the bears or cut. My thought on the bears is he has experience in the martz system, and they say they want a more vetran backup than the rookies. If one of the tackles can long snap, that allows for roscoe or chad jackson to get into the mix. Or, open up another spot for Harris.
I know camp is a ways away, but if the season started tomorrow.
outside looking in
QB 3 edwards brohm brown fitz
RB 3 cj lynch fred
WR 5 evans hardy easly naaman johnson roscoe jackson
TE 3 nelson schooman klopfenstien
T 5 bell wang green merideth Ramsey chambers
G 4 levitre wood calloway Howard
C 1 hangardner
k 1 rian
p 1 moorman
DE 4 stroud carington johnson edwards mccargo
NT 3 williams troupe harvey
OLB 5 maybin ellis schobel ellison batten kelsey
MLB 4 davis poz moats mitchell Harris
CB 5 mcgee mckelvin corner yabooty florence lankster
S 5 byrd whitner wilson harris Scott
LS 1
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This makes a lot more sense when I look at it as a quote in the reply window. Anyways, as of today, here is my prediction:
QB(3): Edwards, Brohm, Brown
RB(3): Spiller, Jackson, Lynch
TE (4): Nelson, Schouman, Matthews, Klop
WR (5): Evans, Hardy, Johnson, Parish, Easley
OT (4): Bell, Meredith, Wang, Green
OG (4): Levitre, Wood, Calloway, Chambers
C (1): Hangartner
DE (4): Edwards, Stroud, Carrington, Johnson
NT (2): Williams, Troup
OLB (5): Schobel, Maybin, Kelsey, Batten, Ellis
ILB (5): Poz, Davis, Mitchell, Moats, Eillison
DB (10): McGee, Florence, McKelvin, Corner, Youboty, Whitner, Byrd, Wilson, Scott, Harris/Lankster (one of)
P: Moorman
K: Lindell
LS: Sanborn
- I think they keep 4 TEs and no FB because they'll run out of double-TE sets mostly
- I can't for the life of me see Naaman make it, but do think he winds up on the PS
- I could see Youboty traded before the season starts
- if Brohm doesn't look at least serviceable early, he'll get cut for Fitz (no way Brown goes to PS)
- if Schobel retires, they'll keep 2 LBs not mentioned above (11 total) and 3 TEs
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If you watched the games, do you really need some outside statistic to help you gauge Poz's value?
No, but it helps to put things in perspective.
That being said, I'm not sure what these statistics really mean or how this ranking translates into winning/being good (probably not very well if we are on top of these defensive rankings). I couldn't really tell if they factor in times that these players were beat by the opposing teams, since all the article mentions are the plays made by these players, not those that were missed. There needs to be a way to examine the "impact" differential (meaning the good plays made versus the bad plays/missed plays) of a player with all plays weighted by importance and even eventual outcomes in the game considered. This is the only way to properly judge a player's worth.
This analysis seems to just say that of the positive plays MLBs made, Poz made a higher percentage of them per opportunity, which is essentially meaningless because no one cares and it has no obvious bearing on the win/loss column.
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That's like saying a poke in the eye is better than a kick in the nads.
Although I disagree that Ellis is better. Ellis has demonstrated over time that he doesn't have it and never will. Maybin hasn't proven that yet. He may yet surprise those who doubt him.
What exactly has Ellis demonstrated? He hasn't been on the field as much as Maybin and he's got a year on him!
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Excellent.
Its all falling into place.
*laughs maniacally*
I will say this though, I doubt anything happens for a few months. Ravens have no incentive to move him immediately. They'll wait until a team loses a LT in training camp and use it to drive up their price.
Or they will move him quickly now that the draft is over so they can get soemthing for him, instead of him walking for nothing next year.
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I'd like to know if Edwards and Fitz were given the opportunity to participate and turned it down, or whether they just extended the opportunity to Brohm alone? If it's the latter, then that's a clear indication of who they want to win the job.
Probably more an indication of what they think about Brohm and his current state. The coaches won't even go ove rthe playbook during this camp, so I would think this is his first try-out to see if he can beat out Levi for a spot on the team.
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I think if a sports team ... any sports team, wants a stadium, they should pay for it themselves. Having it paid for or even subsidized by government is a monumental waste of taxpayer money.
The best part about this idea would be that with real estate so cheap in Buffalo, we'd have a major league baseball and basketball team here as well.
Seriously though, I completely agree with this sentiment - teams should have to build their own stadiums without taxpayer assistance.
And Minn is not getting a new stadium for the same reason that the Bills won't move to Toronto anytime soon: the economy. No one will finance a real estate purchase of that amount in this economy and no one will finance stadium construction in this economy. Add to that the fact that nearly every state government is failing or at least pinching pennies and you have a poor situation for big money deals.
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The running game will be in the toilet unless we can find guys that can block. See results from the past 2 years. No improvement from the O-line from last year means our runnning game is still going to suck again.
We're they really that bad last year? I think they finished around the middle of the pack in terms of yards. I think the running game and passing defense are the least of our problems. I think more experience, better coaching, and better play calling are going to make us look better than last year on offense as a whole. It's hard to say what the offense could and couldn't do last year because we had one guy designing the offense, coaching the QBs, and calling plays who had never done any of those things before in the NFL (and only for a year at the college level).
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I agree. Par for the course.
I will say that reading the exchange, I didn't think Leonidas went all that much overboard, and his overall point is well-taken (as was TG's rejoinder of: "don't click on that stuff if you don't like it.")
Why the hell is anyone on here asking the writer about the look of the site? Send an email to editor or webmaster.
Thanks for your thoughts Tim!
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Smokers should have no rights. Zero. Nada. You want to kill yourself? Fine. Do it on your own property until they invent a way to keep your filthy smoke from infiltrating my air.
And while we're at it? Throw your filthy butts in a TRASH CAN, not out your car window or wherever you happen to drop them. It's litter, jackasses.
I smoke occassionally when I drink and do sometimes have one during the Bills games at the stadium. I do hate seeing cigarette butts on the ground anywhere and think people should throw away their trash. I even love the fact that you cannot smoke in bars anymore.
What I don't agree with is this sentiment that smokers are poisoning the air around us and making it unbearable for everyone else. This is complete BS. How many cigarettes do you think it takes to poison the air as much as your SUV does on the way to work? I think it's stupid that people make such a big deal out of second hand smoke at a place where the majority of those going to the event have sat in the middle of a sea on cars - many still running - for a few hours before the game. If it's really a health issue, then why stop at smoking. Maybe the Ralph should be the first stadium in the country that doesn't have parking lots at all - everyone has to take a bus there to make the air cleaner for everyone. They could break up the parking lots and put grass in so everyone could get tailgate ont he grass and make sure no one breathes in any toxins.
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Wow. It must be tough for clean up the city boy to fall so far.
An NFL team trades up to the 1st to get him and it is all downhill from there:
- A DB breaks his leg
- He struggles when he plays
- He loses his job to a glove wearing Mary
- He has to start his own league to get playing time
- He gets traded out of his own league to the Raiders.
How low can he go? At least he lost the scruffy beard.
Well done.
- A DB breaks his leg
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There is a very interesting thing going on amongst this board in regards to Brohm and Meredith. There are many posters on here who are just soooo hung up on how Brohm was claimed from the Packers PS and because of that it is evident he will never amount to anything. Then many of those same people turn around and show support for Meredith, who ironically travelled almost the identical path to get to the Bills.
Both are unproven, both have potential...however, Meredith doesnt get bashed nearly as much, in fact barely at all, for being claimed off the Packers PS while Brohm continuously does in heated posts.
So, why does Brohm provoke so much negative emotion from how he got here and not Meredith?
1. Both were highly rated coming out of college
2. Both slipped (Brohm to the 2nd and Meredith to the 5th)
3. Both didnt develop fast enough to hold onto a roster spot in GB
However, Meredith played a position where GB was greatly lacking in, the OL, and Brohm played a position where GB is top 5 in, QB. And lets be real here, the QB position is pretty much the consensus hardest position to play at the Pro level of just about any team sport and has the steepest learning curve. So, its really pretty normal for a young QB to struggle in his first year or two, especially when you are not getting many reps.
Yet, Meredith some how gets a much bigger pass on how he got here even though he couldnt make the active roster of a team who desperately needed help at his position. I just dont understand the reasoning.
I for one like that we have both young prospects who have great upside with little risk given how cheap we were able to get them. But for some reason, many posters on here insist Brohm is nothing more than a 3rd string QB because "he couldnt beat out a 7th rounder" while Meredith doesnt get that same criticism from many of them even though he couldnt make the active roster as even a reserve on a team that needed at lot of help on the OL.
Maybe they both fail, maybe they develop...who knows...but I just dont get the uneven reception of them getting a shot as they both offer a lot of upside at positions of great need on this team.
I agree that both of these players have untapped (or preceived) potential. I think the sentiment that you are alluding to is kind of similar to how fans feel about Edwards and Whitner. The bottom line is that people see what they want to in a player - where one person might say Brohm is the worst because he couldn't beat out a 7th rounder for a roster spot, another might say he was never given a fair chance to play or something. The same could be said about Meredith. With Edwards and Whitner one person might say they both had their chances and can't cut it, another might say that the previous coaching staff was useless and those two players might still get better with better football organization in place.
No one really looks at these players objectively - the fans can't because all they have is basically subjective information on the players.
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How can our offense exploit their defense? Two very strong one-on-one corners and a first round pick that was the best cover corner drafted. They put these guys on an island and put nine in the box.
Running against nine in the box is tough and passing against their corners might be pretty tough too.
Good special teams coach and special teams in general.
Good offensive line. Addition of Holmes adds speed to receiving corp.
I don't want to roll over here by any means but man they look tough.
I think the best way to match up against their defense is with two players already on the roster being productive: Spiller and Nelson. They seem to have all the main offensive targets locked down, but can they cover the TE (off the line or out of the slot) and can they stop the dumps (and hopefully the long runs that follow) to the RB? I think it might be telling that the Pats revamped their TE position this offseason (even though it was badly needed).
The only hope I see matching up our defense to their offense is if Sanchez plays like he did last year during the regular season. If he gets significantly better than last year, we'll have a tough time stopping that team.
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Let's look at it another way, in terms of experience, and in terms of who is replacing who.
DE: From Kelsay to Dwan Edwards?. This has to be a positive. Edwards has 3 - 4 experience at the position and is an upgrade from Kelsay. Kelsay, though, was strong against the run, he just couldn't rush the passer particularly well. However, he most likely got more sacks than Edwards will. In five years, Edwards has 2.0 total sacks, one of which was last year. Kelsay has 22.0 in seven years, five of which came last year. Clearly we lose out completely in sacks, but should get a bit better at defending the run. A positive, but not a huge one due to losing the sacks.
Other DE: Schobel to Marcus Stroud/Carrington. This is a major step back in both ways. Stroud has no experience in the 3 - 4. Carrington, though strong, is a rookie. Therefore there's no way to be sure he can actually play the position. I'm guessing that perhaps he can, but lit's only a guess. And clearly he's NOT going to bring anything even vaguely close to the sacks that Schobel brought. Completel inexperience and relative inability to get sacks. This is a major negative, not surprising as Schobel was our best defensive player last year in the front seven.
NT: Stroud or Kyle Williams (I'm saying it was Kyle Williams as a 1 - tackle is a bit more similar to NT) to Troup on running downs and Kyle Williams on passing downs. A clear negative. Troup has no pro experience whatsoever. And it usually takes defensive linemen and defensive tackles a year or two at least to get NFL strong and to get used to the position and the pounding and the much longer season. The passing game comparison is obviously a tie ... both will be Kyle Williams against the pass. Williams has eight sacks in 4 years, 4 of which he got last sesason. On the upside, he should be fresher playing less. On the up side, he will be playing a position he is less physically suited for. I call this a wash. Against the run, though, Last year's Kyle Williams was simply much better than the rookie Troup is likely to be. Looking down the road a couple of years and if Nix made a good pick, Troup should be much better. Not as a rookie. Not even close.
ROLB: Chris Draft to who? Schobel looks more and more like he's retiring. But if he isn't, he will be playing a position he has zero experience at. We can all hope that Maybin or Moats or Batten or Coleman or somebody plays well. That's all it will be is hope. These guys are either rookies or guys with no experience at the position whatsoever. This is a clear move downwards. Not that Draft was great, but he wasn't a weakness last year at all, and this year the only thing we have to replace him is pure hope.
RILB: Marcus Stroud to Posluszny. We lose one position (RDT) in the line and gain one in the linebackers. Therefore Poz replaces Stroud. I call this a wash. Both are strong players. It could even be a slight upgrade because Stroud, playing injured last year, wasn't his usual terrific self. We lose about 60 pounds of beef on this trade, but I think this is a wash.
LILB: Kawika Mitchell to Kawika Mitchell/Andra Davis. I'm going to call this one a very slight upgrade, though it's really probably a wash. Davis is a journeyman and Kawika is Kawika, a solid vet playing a new position in a new scheme. But Davis at least has 3 - 4 experience, and that should be a help.
LOLB: Bryan Scott/ Keith Ellison to who? Bryan Scott? Chris Ellis? Keith Ellison? Nic Harris? Ashlee Palmer? This is a negative. Ellison wasn't very physical, but he was smart and got to the places he was supposed to be. He was also decent at coverage. Scott was much better than any of us had a right to expect. He was better than Ellison, IMHO. The new guys are either guys who have never been NFL-quality starters or they're rookies or wannabes. How would Ellis handle covering running backs? Most of last year's guys are simply too small to successfully play 3-4 OLB.
Two positives, four negatives and one wash. This year's defense simply isn't going to be as good. Looking down the road, you definitely can see signs of light, but this year ... forget about it.
Let's look at one more thing, the most important positions in each defense.
In the 4 - 3 variant we mostly played last year, the Tampa Two, the most important positions are RDE (Schobel last year) because he is the primary pass rusher, and MLB (Poz), because he must be fast enough to sprint backwards and cover the deep middle on pass plays and must also be a hammer on the run. We had those positions covered quite well. Schobel consistently got pressure and Poz also handled his responsibilities. Schobel was no Freeney and Poz was no Urlacher, but both were very solid and productive.
In the 3 - 4, the two most important positions are NT because he is the primary weapon against the run, eating up blockers and plugging the middle, and ROLB, because he is the primary pass rusher and must be freakily athletic. Playing these two most important positions, we are going to have Torrell Troup, a rookie at NT. That does not look good, it just doesn't. And at ROLB, we have nobody. We will be letting a bunch of wannnabes and neverbeens fight it out and hope one of them turns into DeMarcus Ware. Not likely.
This is where the argument that we'll have a good front seven this year really falls down. How? With a rookie at one of the most important positions and without knowing who will be at the other one?
A few years down the road, maybe. But this year? Get real.
I think you made this more complicated than it has to be. There is only one real switch in the actualy players on the field (three if you count the two headed monsters of Andre Davis/Kawika Mitchell and Williams/Troup). The starting front 7 was (at the beginning of the year):
DE: Schobel
DT: Stroud
DT: Williams
DE: Kelsey
OLB: Mitchell
MLB: Poz
OLB: Ellison
And it will be:
DE: Stroud
NT: Williams/Troupe
DE: Edwards
OLB: Maybin
ILB: Davis/Mitchell
ILB: Poz
OLB: Schobel
So really the only change to the front 7 from the beginning of last year is that we swapped out Ellison for Edwards. I think the better way to look at this move is that there are really 3 positions in play in the front 7 now: 1. OLB, 2. ILB, 3. DL. The previous DEs are now OLBs, the previous DTs are now DLs, and the previous LBs are now ILBs. Basically we just got bigger.
I do agree with your point however about most of them playing new positions in the 3-4 with new responsibilities. But I don't think this is going to be the Miami Dolphins 3-4 right out of the gate. They are still going to show 4-2 looks in nickel obvious passing downs because they have the players to do that effectively. So I don't think there is going to be that much of a learning curve with these guys. They'll ask them to do what they can.
The biggest concerns seem to be the OLBs (our former undersized DEs) covering the flats. I personally don't think it's going to be that bad with Maybin and Schobel. Maybin is definitely athletic enough to cover the flat and schobel did it a lot when GW and Dick Lebeau were here (always hated when on third and long, they'd rush 5 five guys and drop our best pass rusher - Schobel - into coverage in the short underneath area).
I think they'll do well on defense this year and I fully expect them to be in the top 20 defenses.
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This is a very frustrating line of thought that so many fans get caught up in.
Each player's performance rises, falls, or plateaus based upon their own unique circumstances. How can you say a line with 2 rookies, a young LT, a new coaching staff and philosophy will be just as bad as it was under different circumstances? It doesn't make any sense.
No one wants your fancy words and logic SDS. It complicates things too much for people - they can't break it down into easily digestible pieces of thought that fit nicely in their short attention spans. Much easier to take any critical thought out of the process. It's like they're talking about football machines, not people.
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He has lost it twice already how many more times does he have to lose it? Brohm is the guy the administration keeps mentioning. They also mention a strong arm and good decision making skills, neither of which Edwards has.
I have to really ask, are you related. I am serious here because anyone with just a general interest of the Bills knows this kid doesn't have it. Did you not hear the boos when he hit the field last and the cheers when he got hurt and left the field? The majority of money paying fans dont' want to see him again and this front office does need to sell tickets.
Brohm will be the starter, it is his job to lose and I just dont' see that happening.
I think Fitzy has a better shot to start week one than Brohm and I think he'll get cut in the preseason. Brohm could definitely see the field this year and could even start some games, but I don't see him winning the job in camp. For all of the crap Edwards takes - for both his real shortcomings and his precieved shortcomings - at least he was never cut. Brohm might be a better player down the road or even right now, but if that is the case, that only lends credibility to the idea that there is something really wrong with him preventing him taking hold of a starting job or even a roster spot (in GB).
It sounds like your saying that the guy who twice fell apart when he got his chance is going to lose his job to the guy who thrice fell apart before he even got his chance (two camps in GB and a PT with Buffalo). He's going to have to do something to make the team before he is the starter.
I personally don't give a crap who starts as long as they are the best player in camp and preseason and continue it through the real games.
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That was an impressive trait for us as we looked for big, fast receivers. [General Manager] Buddy [Nix] and I both believe in having [on] the outside the biggest guys you can get out there to play that position."
This Statement by Gailey pretty much says Evans is not their guy! Maybe he will be playing the slot
Saw that too and was wondering the same thing. My thought was that this probably stems from Gailey's much heard montra: "You don't needs stars to win in the NFL." Not to say Lee is or isn't a star. It's more about how I think Gailey looks at filling positions on the team.
If he is true to saying that he doesn't need star players, then instead you need effective players. You need guys to fill roles and then make sure the roles come together to get some semblance of an attack together. Having tall, physical WRs on the outside means that those guys are bigger targets to throw to and should have a wider range to catch passes than a smalelr guy. Also the jump ball factor. Having those guys gives the QB an option on every pass because with competent play-calling and decent technique on the part of the outside WRs, they should always be open for an under 10 yard route, because of the hopeful height advantage over most corners. It makes sense in that it seemingly creates mismatches - the smaller CBs have to defend bigger WRs, while the larger LBs/safeties have to cover our smaller guys in the slot.
I don't think this means the end of Lee however for two reasons: First of all I think Gailey/Nix/etc are taking a very practical approach to the roster. They are going to play the best players and taylor the schemes to fit what the players can do. Because of this, I think he'll still be the starter. I'm also pretty sure that we've seen the end of no pre-snap motion and Lee lining up exclusively on the outside. I could see them playing a lot of 2 WR sets, with both WRs on one side (Lee in the slot) and possibly a TE (Nelson) or RB (Spiller) on the other side of the formation on the outside.
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+1 to both of you guys. Legalize it and tax so you can reduce the influence of the drug cartels along the border while giving a cash crop to the farmers.
The only sports that should test for weed are any sports with guns or motor vehicles.
I disagree. It can be a preformance enhancer, despite what everyone says. What about competitive eating contests?
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Brohm has some upside but every time he has stepped on an NFL field he has the deer in the headlights look. The game just looks like it is too fast for him. Trent on the other hand, the game is not too fast for him, it's too physical. I hope the game slows down for Brohm and he wins the job. Trent is just so frustrating to watch when he's playing like a kitty
It's another instance of "this guy's arm, this guy's brain, this guy's brith place and now we have a starting QB" type of things.
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The draft process is all about scrutiny. Heavy, heavy, under the microscope, all skeletons out of the closet, scrutiny. If a team is considering investing a valuable draft pick and several millions of dollars in you, they can ask whatever the hell they want. No one says you have to agree to the interview, no one is making you attend, no one is making you answer.
Offensive? Yes. But these teams are dotting all their "i's" and crossing all their "t's". They want to make the best investment they can. They don't want a player they pick to wash out or wind up suspended. They want him to have a long, productive and exciting career.
It's the dirty side of the business, but it's a necessary evil.
Not true. The article was correct in stating that no other industry in this country and probably half of the third world would even consider asking this type of question. And don't say that football is different because of the money. That's BS. Some players make a large amount of money, but there are a lot of professions that pay a lot of money aside from the NFL. I would also argue that the pressure in the NFL does not compare at all to the pressure faced by a CEO, investment banker, or laywer. It's archaic and comeone like Gerhart should sue the team that asked him that question on the basis that it would help to provide equal treatment of prospective players in the future. This is the act of a guy who doesn't have enough brains to come up with a more clever way to figure out the mental toughness of a player.
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Congrats on the new show.
As other psoters have said, I think you should get the best guests on the show you can. Leading up to the season, you could bring on guests knowledgeable about the other teams in the division and anyone else who could give you a more general view of the Bills and what they need to do to compete this year. Duing the season then maybe focus on people who write/talk/etc in the market of the team we are going to play that week.
The ebst would be to focus on the Bills and what they are doing. As faras this goes, the tone that I find most agreeable on talk radio is one of causious optimism - center right. You need to point out the flaws and call them out at times, but you need to avoid falling into the pit of just bashing everything the team does and getting down on the whole situation we have here - or using that as an excuse. Point out the flaws, say what you think needs to be done to fix them, and try to understand what the Bills are doing on their end and relay that to the listeners. People want to know why the Bills are doing what they are doing (or get more information on it at least) and then make their own judgements on those actions - not have you tell them that everything is hopeless and the people working for the Bills are idiots.
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Drink the cool-aide dipsheet. Every Year around this time you have Hope. Every year around this time you rationalize the great picks.. The reality of it is that every year that we do not address our REAL BASIC NEEDS is another lost season. I'll make it simple for you since you obviously don't know sheet about FBALL. It all starts with the Offensive Line, Period end of story. Without an Offensive line you could have Joe Montana, Jerry Rice and OJ Simpson and your team will still suck. This team continues to pander to those in the sales department and the need to sell tickets. I'll waive my consulting fee.
I agree with you that the offensive line is important, but is it quality players who have futures you want, or do you just want warm bodies there? From your analysis, I can tell you know as much as I do about college football and the players (which is zip aside from what the talking heads say), so how can you make a claim that any player at those positions who were available when we picked were going to be: 1. worth the pick; or 2. become a starter in the NFL.
Also, I think you could make a better agruement that everything in football starts with the QB and nowhere else. If that's the case, again, do you want warm bodies there or someone with a real chance to play. If you can't get a guy with talent who you think will be a good player, then should you force the issue (as it seems we've been doing for a while - Whitner, M Williams, JP Losman, Lynch, Maybin, Flowers) or should you just take the player you feel is going to be the best NFL players over the course of their careers?
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All humor intended...administrators...sounds a little like a caste system, eh?
It's just another example of the goddamn bourgeoisie getting us down.
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I actually really liked the Nix hire. Especially after I read about him a little and heard him talk. Why wouldn't you be excited about Spiller? He should be a play-making machine.