buffaloboyinATL Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 A secondary question about that picture... Why is there a ref in the background? Do they have OTAs as well and go to NFL practices to keep their eyes sharp or something? Yes I believe they do, but teams sometimes use their own officials to get them players used to "game time" conditions. As far as Robey, damn that man can jump high! Hopefully it helps him play "taller". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 Heroine: Heroin: PTR LOL, I swear to Gosh I nearly did the same post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San Jose Bills Fan Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 According to Chris Brown's article Tight end touchdowns Of the four touchdowns thrown by Bills quarterbacks Thursday, three of them went to tight ends. Mike Caussin made a quality over the shoulder grab in the left corner of the end zone for a touchdown on a pass from Kolb. Rookie Chris Gragg scored on the same exact play a short time later. He also scored on a quick hitter over the middle on a pass from Manuel for his second scoring play. The question this brings up to me is were these just good plays showing the potential of the TEs, or does the fact that 3 of 4 touchdowns scored by the offense were by TEs show a possible pattern that there is a certain situational vulnerability in Pettine's defensive scheme that needs to be corrected before some smart coaches like Belichick recognize and exploit it in a game situation? :lol: :lol: Yes, any success by the Bills offense is indicative of an exploitable weakness on the defense. More disturbingly, every success by the Bills defense is indicative of an exploitable weakness on the offense. I have a hard time seeing the Bills winning more than 2 games this year. A secondary question about that picture... Why is there a ref in the background? Do they have OTAs as well and go to NFL practices to keep their eyes sharp or something? I thought I'd read that the Bills have had officials at every OTA and minicamp practice this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph W. Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 (edited) I thought I'd read that the Bills have had officials at every OTA and minicamp practice this year. Starting 2013 the NFL started employing full time Officials to be working all year round. Edited June 15, 2013 by EJ3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San Jose Bills Fan Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 Starting 2013 the NFL started employing full time Officials to be working all year round. I've not heard or read this anywhere. Could you link me up? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LynchMob23 Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 SJ here's one link - http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000110332/article/carl-johnson-named-nfls-first-fulltime-game-official Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 http://www.torontosu...-still-deciding Not exactly an endorsement. Spiller left...Spiller right...Freddie up the middle. Hope the D is better. PTR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San Jose Bills Fan Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 (edited) SJ here's one link - http://www.nfl.com/n...e-game-official Thanks LynchMob. According to the story you linked, the new CBA allows for full-time refs and certainly Carl Johnson was the first hired as a full-time game official. I wonder how long before every official is required to become full-time. I don't believe that time has yet come. I'm thinking that there's gonna be a transition period and that it might start with the Referees and maybe the Umpires at first. Just guessing. Edited June 15, 2013 by San Jose Bills Fan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LynchMob23 Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 Thanks LynchMob. According to the story you linked, the new CBA allows for full-time refs and certainly Carl Johnson was the first hired as a full-time game official. I wonder how long before every official is required to become full-time. I don't believe that time has yet come. I'm thinking that there's gonna be a transition period and that it might start with the Referees and maybe the Umpires at first. Just guessing. Some don't want to be full time, because their day jobs pay a ridiculous amount of money - for instance, Hochuli(sp?) has been resistant do to his being an attorney outside of football... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San Jose Bills Fan Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 Some don't want to be full time, because their day jobs pay a ridiculous amount of money - for instance, Hochuli(sp?) has been resistant do to his being an attorney outside of football... Yep. Lil' Wally Coleman runs his family's extremely large dairy operation and many of the officials are professionally accomplished people although PFT did a post months back which noted that a small handful did nothing aside from there NFL employment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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