....lybob Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 my panic freakout moves QB- Josh Freeman is a free agent pick him up put Tuel on the PS, cut Lewis- OG- pick up Incognito and trade next years 2nd round pick for Alex Boone - starting OL Glenn, Boone,Wood, Incognito, Henderson- backup Urbik, Hairston, Richardson, Kouandijo Base offense - it should be Watkins, Woods Williams, Spiller, Chandler - spread offense is where Spiller excelled with Chan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machine gun kelly Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 This reminds me of the scene from Animal House with Kevin Bacon. "remain calm, all is well!". I wish I knew how to attach you tube files from my I-Pad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsoldier54 Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 It is becoming clearer every day that Whaley/Marrone once again made a huge (and IMO unfathomable) miscalculation by allowing this franchise to enter yet another NFL season without a viable no. 2 QB when there are very serious question marks about the anointed starter. (I maintain that the best solution would have been to use a 4th round or later pick on a QB in last April's draft, but it's too late for that now, if course.). So the question is, do the Bills try to add another QB to the roster now? If so, who would you have them acquire and how much would it cost? How much would you be willing to pay? I believe it is not too early to panic about the QB position. It appears that none of the three QB on the roster or even Dixon from the practice squad are any good at all. All have played poorly this pre-season and there is no reason to believe that any of them will be able to suddenly flip a switch once the season starts and all of a sudden play better. They need to add not one, but two QB's somehow and find someone who can at least be adequate at the position. Right now, all are epically bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gumby Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 I think the only ones who are panicked are those that thought the Bills would do something this year. The people who saw a 6-10 team aren't worried. It's the same ol' same ol'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rico Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 No, now is not the time to panic. Week 1 is still two weeks away, and even after that, this is still a year of transition....plenty of time for all the underachievers (on the field, on the sidelines, & in the front office) to prove that they deserve to stay under the new ownership. If they fail to do so & the new ownership still keeps them? That's when it's time to panic, for nothing will have changed. Until then, I'm just kicking back & watching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Doug Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 It's interesting how each preseason the Bills have sucked, we are told each and every time "it's just preseason, wait until the regular season". Every year. And how do the cards eventually fall? 6 win seasons. I think people are still under the impression (we saw during the SB years) that the preseason is meaningless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hondo in seattle Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Preseason is never the time to panic. We all remember Levy, Kelly and company going 0-4 in preseason in 1990. In fact, I don't believe the Bills ever had a winning preseason record during the SB years. Preseason is a time for vanilla offenses, vanilla defenses and talent evaluation. Not for panic. When Trent Green injured himself in a preseason game in 1999, Rams fans began to worry. Worry turned to panic when they turned the team over to a former stockboy with a 47.2 QB rating in his limited NFL action. And thus began "The Greatest Show on Turf" - which produced a victory in SB XXXIV. So I wait until we start screwing up in real games before I panic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdand12 Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Panic? Why not?? It appears to be all the rage! http://q.usatoday.co...lin-kaepernick/ I feel much better. Thank you N G ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincec Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Only in Buffalo does the panic button get abused with regard to the backup QB. I suspect that the real panic is about the starting QB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly the Dog Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 It's interesting how each preseason the Bills have sucked, we are told each and every time "it's just preseason, wait until the regular season". Every year. And how do the cards eventually fall? 6 win seasons. I think people are still under the impression (we saw during the SB years) that the preseason is meaningless. Actually, the reason we sucked all these years is because we had inferior quarterbacking and inferior coaching and a decent roster with only one or maybe no star players on it. Sometimes we looked pretty good in preseason. Sometimes we started the season looking pretty good after a lousy preseason. There is endless evidence of good teams playing poorly in preseason and bad teams playing well in preseason. We have a better team this year. We have a presently very erratic quarterback. We have suspect coaching. But I still don't think that how we play in preseason as a team has much to do how we will look when the regular season starts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdand12 Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 I suspect that the real panic is about the starting QB. I would consider that the heart of the matter Nice perspective, always needed. I do want to say that I root for EVERY player on this team every game. My opinions never impact that. I think most of us feel the same way. The issue we all have is not experiencing any on the field success for so many years makes us even more anxious to see progress, and when we don't see it (like yesterday), it's human nature to unload our opinions. I know it's preseason and there is perspective to be respected, however, all of us saw what happened and from what I saw, there is reason to be very concerned about this team this year. good post TX . I am concerned but hardly deflated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mannc Posted August 24, 2014 Author Share Posted August 24, 2014 (edited) Actually, the reason we sucked all these years is because we had inferior quarterbacking and inferior coaching and a decent roster with only one or maybe no star players on it. Sometimes we looked pretty good in preseason. Sometimes we started the season looking pretty good after a lousy preseason. There is endless evidence of good teams playing poorly in preseason and bad teams playing well in preseason. We have a better team this year. We have a presently very erratic quarterback. We have suspect coaching. But I still don't think that how we play in preseason as a team has much to do how we will look when the regular season starts. And yet players get cut or benched every year based on how they perform in the preseason, so it must mean something, especially for unproven players like the ones we are discussing here. I suspect that the real panic is about the starting QB. Certainly there would be far less concern about the backup position if we had a proven starter with a history of making it through the season in one piece. Edited August 24, 2014 by mannc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly the Dog Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 And yet players get cut or benched every year based on how they perform in the preseason, so it must mean something, especially for unproven players like the ones we are discussing here. Not really. Because coaches don't think of these games or what they see like fans do. Coaches want to see if guys can win their battles one on one, if they can execute their assignments (which we don't know what they are), if they use the techniques they were taught in practice in the games against other players, if they can communicate with their teammates in the middle of a game, etc. it's a completely different set of criterion. And they can get the answers, win or lose, play well or play bad as a team, from watching live and more so watching tape after the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeMonkey Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 It is becoming clearer every day that Whaley/Marrone once again made a huge (and IMO unfathomable) miscalculation by allowing this franchise to enter yet another NFL season without a viable no. 2 QB when there are very serious question marks about the anointed starter. (I maintain that the best solution would have been to use a 4th round or later pick on a QB in last April's draft, but it's too late for that now, if course.). So the question is, do the Bills try to add another QB to the roster now? If so, who would you have them acquire and how much would it cost? How much would you be willing to pay? Panic over a #2 QB? You are a lightweight. There are people here panicking over the #1 QB! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Over 29 years of fanhood Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 After watching this team fail to earn a post season berth for 14 years we reserve panic for a loss in the third preseason game of year 15? Riiiiiight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohiostyle Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Somewhere over on Eagles forum.... "Think we could trade Barkley for Tuel, he looked pretty good this pre-season?" Somewhere over on Dolphins forum.... "Think we could pick up Thad Lewis, he looked pretty good beating us twice last year?" Somewhere over on Skins forum.... "We need to trade Cousins or RG3 and get something for the draft, we have too many holes to fill". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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