downunderbill Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 Good post. And like five of those EJ conspiracy theorists remain. There are actual living, breathing human beings who can type complete sentences that believe EJ Manuel is a better QB than Tyrod Taylor right now. My god, this is bigger than a flat earth or chemtrails or fema camps. Pretty sure NASA is involved in keeping EJ of the field somehow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machine gun kelly Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 I think the only reason we get reasonable and decent reports over the last two months is Kim punched editor in chief at BN in the mouth. And i am quite serious. BN bashed the hell out of everyone last year too. You did notice the significant change in tone this year didn't you ? Right after the ultimatum about reporting details of practice. I am very proud of Bills FO for taking a hard line towards the neverending bashing from the local media which spilled into national media. looks at how many semi positive blips come up on PFT about the Bills now , as compared to last year. 3/12 - I noticed the same in more balance. There are still many articles critical of the Bills which is fine, but at least there is some positive reporting out there. I certainly hope this info on TT is not fluff, but real. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chandler#81 Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 3/12 - I noticed the same in more balance. There are still many articles critical of the Bills which is fine, but at least there is some positive reporting out there. I certainly hope this info on TT is not fluff, but real. See? We're so used to jaded commentary, we can't trust good news.. 'Where else would you rather be..' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TUBSTER Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 In the front of his head, above the nose? That's a relief Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdand12 Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 See? We're so used to jaded commentary, we can't trust good news.. 'Where else would you rather be..' It must be a plot to weaken our defenses ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HT02 Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 Honestly this is where I look to the beat reporters and the reports are so far so good. Reading Joe B and Ty Dunne and others raving about Tyrod and how good he looked is very different than what we had to read with EJ. There was such a weird schism on this board where half the people were convinced that there was a real agenda on the reporters end to not let EJ start, instead of just accepting he wasnt any good. I trusted them there and I trust them now. You might be right about the reporters but the quote that started this post was from the QB coach not a reporter, my post was responding to the coach's assessment. But if everyone said TT sucked in OTAs you'd buy it. No I wouldn't buy that either...why would you make that assumption? I have been hopefully optimistic about TT my point was that you need to take all comments from coaches with a grain of salt at this time of year. Good post. And like five of those EJ conspiracy theorists remain. There are actual living, breathing human beings who can type complete sentences that believe EJ Manuel is a better QB than Tyrod Taylor right now. Just be clear I am definitely not one of them, EJ isn't an NFL QB Holy crap, you're the one who is obsessed. What in the world is wrong with waiting until real games to make judgments on a player? No one cared about practice until 5 years ago and sports networks needed to fill airtime in the summer. I do not know one Bills' fan who does not hope Taylor turns into a star QB. But why is it wrong to point out that our offense was to limit the amount of times we passed a game? Or that we beat one team with a winning record and they have a QB lots of Bills fans think is garbage (Fitz)? Or that DCs have a whole season of tape to try and take away Taylor's strengths, which happens to QBs all the time (the Mike Vick effect)? Personally, I can't stand the preseason stuff. I would feel the same way about Taylor if they said he was doing terrible. He is the starter and playing for a monster contract. It doesn't really mean much until Baltimore. Exactly the point I was trying to make with my original post!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heitz Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 FWIW, Kirwan using EA animation to show how Roman is designing plays (or a play in this case) to help Tyrod out: https://realfootballnetwork.com/2016/07/06/xs-os-buffalo-decoy-screen/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hondo in seattle Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 FWIW, Kirwan using EA animation to show how Roman is designing plays (or a play in this case) to help Tyrod out: https://realfootballnetwork.com/2016/07/06/xs-os-buffalo-decoy-screen/ Clearly Roman is a good play designer. Here are a few thoughts about that: * We didn't have a great OL last year. Our linemen did not consistently win their one-on-one battles nor did they create a ton of push in short down situations. Yet we lead the league in rushing last year. Roman's running plays didn't always require dominant linemen. They just required competent execution. * Rex is credited with ruining the D last year, and rightly so. I wonder, though, why he gets so little credit for recruiting Roman and encouraging DW to sign TT. A good HC builds a winning staff and helps build a winning roster. On offense, Rex did that. As HC, Rex is required for both sides of the ball. One side improved, the other side regressed. That's Rex's ambivalent record so far with Buffalo. * I don't think we should make too much about Roman designing a passing attack that works around TT's weaknesses. Every OC tries to create a scheme - and call plays - that utilizes the strengths of their QBs and avoids their shortcomings. Let's hope things between Roman and Tyrod click even more this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdand12 Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 Clearly Roman is a good play designer. Here are a few thoughts about that: * We didn't have a great OL last year. Our linemen did not consistently win their one-on-one battles nor did they create a ton of push in short down situations. Yet we lead the league in rushing last year. Roman's running plays didn't always require dominant linemen. They just required competent execution. * Rex is credited with ruining the D last year, and rightly so. I wonder, though, why he gets so little credit for recruiting Roman and encouraging DW to sign TT. A good HC builds a winning staff and helps build a winning roster. On offense, Rex did that. As HC, Rex is required for both sides of the ball. One side improved, the other side regressed. That's Rex's ambivalent record so far with Buffalo. * I don't think we should make too much about Roman designing a passing attack that works around TT's weaknesses. Every OC tries to create a scheme - and call plays - that utilizes the strengths of their QBs and avoids their shortcomings. Let's hope things between Roman and Tyrod click even more this year. I am not worried about what should be a natural progression in the OC and QBs development. I do not hope for it , i expect it. It started last year ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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