DrDawkinstein Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 Frankly, not having any divas is a major part of why our WRs will suck. No one is confident/cocky/ambitious enough to want to go up and make a play or out-battle a DB for the ball just to put it in their face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLFan Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 Frankly, not having any divas is a major part of why our WRs will suck. No one is confident/cocky/ambitious enough to want to go up and make a play or out-battle a DB for the ball just to put it in their face. And you know this how? I also do not understand how "putting the ball in their face" equates to success. You don't have to behave like an idiot, like OBJ, to be good. Some players just let their play speak for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDawkinstein Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 And you know this how? I also do not understand how "putting the ball in their face" equates to success. You don't have to behave like an idiot, like OBJ, to be good. Some players just let their play speak for them. It's that mentality where pride simply wont let them fail. My description wasnt perfect, was just going for the general concept. Most of the good WRs in history had that pride/showmanship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elite Poster Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 So all the team's leaders were sad to see him go but the guy here for a week decided he was a Diva? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted August 15, 2017 Author Share Posted August 15, 2017 Frankly, not having any divas is a major part of why our WRs will suck. No one is confident/cocky/ambitious enough to want to go up and make a play or out-battle a DB for the ball just to put it in their face.you don't have to be cocky or want to put the ball in a DB's face (which is a penalty) to be confident, ambitious and out-battle a DB for a ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leh-nerd skin-erd Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 The frustrating part of this is his comments seem pretty straightforward, but then we never really know. Maybe he was being sarcastic. Maybe he meant there was no diva mentality when he was physically in the room, but it spirals out of control when he uses the bathroom down the hall. And maybe some of the posters are right, the lack of a diva mentality actually is a negative, meaning you actually need at least one diva-type to generate friction. And maybe he was actually talking about Sammy Watkins, or not about Sammy Watkins, or the room as a whole or individually. What is clear is there is chaos in the WR room at 1bd. Or not. Maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLFan Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 It's that mentality where pride simply wont let them fail. My description wasnt perfect, was just going for the general concept. Most of the good WRs in history had that pride/showmanship. Ok. Understood. Still think it is a bit early to come to that conclusion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 So all the team's leaders were sad to see him go but the guy here for a week decided he was a Diva? Anquan wasn't at all referring to Watkins. He was answering Carucci's question in a post practice scrum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 If Watkins was here, Boldin would be talking about Sammy being one of the best WRs he played with. In terms of WRs, Sammy is about as low key of a diva as there is. You can have the nicest guys in the world but you still need talent. Sammy left most of his Diva stuff to his agent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DriveFor1Outta5 Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 (edited) And you know this how? I also do not understand how "putting the ball in their face" equates to success. You don't have to behave like an idiot, like OBJ, to be good. Some players just let their play speak for them. I'd prefer to put the ball in their hands as opposed to their face. Edited August 15, 2017 by DriveFor1Outta5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
re enlightener Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 sammy was more of a combo of tim brown and lee evans....a guy who pu$$ed out after every catch, and a guy great at catching a deep ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuSeYiN_NYC Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 Boldin just looks good in a Bills uniform... He looks like a small tight end (that sounded weird right? I should add a PAUSE there) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1st Ammendment NoMas Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 And you know this how? I also do not understand how "putting the ball in their face" equates to success. You don't have to behave like an idiot, like OBJ, to be good. Some players just let their play speak for them. Anquan Boldin for one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuSeYiN_NYC Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 Anquan wasn't at all referring to Watkins. He was answering Carucci's question in a post practice scrum. Dude I'm telling you man. People go all over the place with small quotes. It be like talking to a wife. You can be like, hey so i was at work and this customer gave me a 50 dollar tip i was shocked and the wife would respond with, Oh so u think I'm fat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KollegeStudnet Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 When reading about the "diva" part, I began to draw up a picture. Seems fitting, we have a coach/team first blend at WR now. On paper, Boldin, Matthews and Jones are starting to look like a decent group. And you know this how? I also do not understand how "putting the ball in their face" equates to success. You don't have to behave like an idiot, like OBJ, to be good. Some players just let their play speak for them. I still think... What IF... we traded up and selected OBJ instead of Watkins? Imagine the circus we would've had to put up with him just in a Bills uni. Who knows, but it's something to ponder on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 Dude I'm telling you man. People go all over the place with small quotes. It be like talking to a wife. You can be like, hey so i was at work and this customer gave me a 50 dollar tip i was shocked and the wife would respond with, Oh so u think I'm fat? Sounds all too familiar and that's TSW for you. If there's some unattached nonsensical innuendo with no basis in fact, make a thread and watch it explode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dulles Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 Most great WRs in the NFL are prima donnas. This isn't new.That's true, but its occurrence is rare in the preseason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big C Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Love the internet tough guys on here who would be in the hospital if they were on an NFL field for about one play. Boo boo kitty is a board joke. Obviously I would die out there and I have never once pretended to be tough myself, but that doesn't even matter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magox Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Frankly, not having any divas is a major part of why our WRs will suck. No one is confident/cocky/ambitious enough to want to go up and make a play or out-battle a DB for the ball just to put it in their face. So if you aren't a Diva, you aren't confident enough to go out and out-battle a DB?? I've read some interesting commentary, but this is certainly a different take. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transplantbillsfan Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 It was me. Boldin and Sammy where in a very animated discussion on the sideline. Murphy even said so on the radio broadcast. I am not sure though what that discussion was about ever came out. But looking at them it seemed pretty heated at the time Boy... if true that's a really interesting wrinkle here... makes me feel a little better about the trade. Maybe McDermott and Beane are just looking for a particular type of team-first player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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