MJS Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 Every player on the Bills roster, for the most part, was a standout in college. There is no possible way that Alabama would win with a roster full of guys who are not good enough to play in the NFL. They have some, for sure, but not most of them. Everything is bigger, faster, and more complicated in the NFL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill from NYC Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 1 hour ago, Kirby Jackson said: This ‘Bama team has more talent than any in recent memory too. Not on defense imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seregil42 Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 1 minute ago, Bill from NYC said: This is because the entire team is not draft eligible. A vast majority of Alabama starters are, or will be NFL quality. Alabama currently has 4 wide receivers who (if they stay healthy of course) will probably be clearly superior to any receiver on the Bills and NONE are draft eligible. They consist of 3 sophs and a true freshman. But again, the Bills would defeat them and I guarantee Coach Saban would agree. I've no doubt they are talented receivers and like I said, I don't watch college football, but are they (the sophomores/freshmen) as of right now, physically developed enough to handle a game against NFL players? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJS Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 16 minutes ago, TheElectricCompany said: Last year, they had 12 players that were drafted. In the years prior, it was 10, 7, 7, 8 and 9 At any given time, they have 25-30 "NFL potential" players on the roster. Big difference between NFL potential and starting caliber. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTimeAFLGuy Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 ...well at least Alabama doesn't have a salary cap............. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill from NYC Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 3 minutes ago, seregil42 said: I've no doubt they are talented receivers and like I said, I don't watch college football, but are they (the sophomores/freshmen) as of right now, physically developed enough to handle a game against NFL players? Probably not. This is why I think the Bills would defeat them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 11 minutes ago, matter2003 said: Robert Foster was a star for Bama and in the NFL he is a UDFA...that's the difference...no matter how good the schools only have 7 or 8 players max that will be NFL players...they would get mauled by any NFL Team. He was a backup at Bama actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seregil42 Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 1 minute ago, Bill from NYC said: Probably not. This is why I think the Bills would defeat them. That was my point. There probably is NFL potential, but as of right now, there are not 30+ players that could play on an NFL team. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanC883 Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 at some point, this needs to happen, somehow, to shut up analyst who say stupid things like this. Then the analyst should loose their pay for a day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay_Fixit Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 Analysts? More like, anal lists, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill from NYC Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 1 minute ago, RyanC883 said: at some point, this needs to happen, somehow, to shut up analyst who say stupid things like this. Then the analyst should loose their pay for a day. I would hate to see the college kids put their big payday to risk. They are already doing so week to week without playing pros. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 32 minutes ago, ShadyBillsFan said: Why do people fall for the obvious click bait troll stories? amazing Better question - where is Skydiver?? I guarantee Bama would beat the Bills in an engineering competition. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaBillsFanSince1973 Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 so far they can't beat their own shadow so it would not surprise me if UA whooped them. after all alabamas offense has been a scoring machine the last 3 weeks. 51, 57, 62 obviously the level of talent says they couldn't but if the bills hadn't stunk up the joint the past two weeks this would not even be a discussion, now would it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthNYfan Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 8 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said: Better question - where is Skydiver?? I guarantee Bama would beat the Bills in an engineering competition. I was thinking the same thing. Maybe he wrote the article?? Or Maybe he died from fapping so hard at the article?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeskillitMoorman Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 Usually I would say no chance...but McDermott's conservativeness might actually give Bama a shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachT Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 Living in Canada .. I honestly don't think Bama can beat any CFL team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ol Dirty B Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 3 hours ago, GunnerBill said: Playing as they did the first game and a half there are 4 or 5 college programmes that would give the Bills a game. Playing as they did second half against the Chargers they would beat a college team. People seem to defer to your opinion for some reason. I'm as negative as they come regarding this team, but after that post, I can't understand why anyone would. Am I missing the sarcasm? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick the Greek Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 The Bills would obliterate Bama. The 0-16 Browns would destroy Bama. It wouldn’t be close. I’d be afraid for the Bamas players safety. The NFL has a huge payroll and they can pay the best college players tons of money. Bama can offer scholarships. It would get ugly fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 37 minutes ago, RyanC883 said: at some point, this needs to happen, somehow, to shut up analyst who say stupid things like this. Then the analyst should loose their pay for a day. all part of the fun of conjecture as sports fans couldn't live without it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Jackson Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 37 minutes ago, seregil42 said: I've no doubt they are talented receivers and like I said, I don't watch college football, but are they (the sophomores/freshmen) as of right now, physically developed enough to handle a game against NFL players? That’s why I have the Bills beating them. If you could have every guy on both rosters at age 25 it may be different. That was what I was getting at. The Bills guys and any NFL guys are further along physically than 95% of college players. There are rare exceptions (like Leonard Fournette was). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisiskeith12 Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, ShadyBillsFan said: Why do people fall for the obvious click bait troll stories? amazing For real, Alabama's PR machine pushes this story every year. Last year it was the Browns. Source: https://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2016/12/cj_mosley_answers_the_question.html It's a storyline revisited every year Alabama starts off hot by playing no-name, non-SEC teams. Everyone needs to calm down. ? Edited September 19, 2018 by thisiskeith12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26TrapDraw Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, GunnerBill said: It's a good job you can't get relegated to CFB..... you guys aren't big on relegation over there are you? The Bills would be a Serie B team in Italy by now ? Edited September 19, 2018 by BeefCurtns 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BisonMan Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 This is a joke. Today, there are a total of about 53 players from Alabama across all rosters in the NFL: http://www.espn.com/nfl/college This is taking into account all players from every year still young enough to play in the league. This likely spans upwards of 10-12 years of Alabama players. Take a look at that list and tell me how many STARTERS in the NFL are there. Sure, there are some solid players and a few stars but you couldn't field an entire starting roster with that list. Every RB on that list is an NFL backup but they dominated in college. The sole QB on that list was cut by the Bills because he couldn't beat out Peterman (AJ McCarron). It's easy to claim that every player on a current college roster is going to be a superstar or that their QB is a "generation talent". The reality is that across time, this is obviously not true. Also, looking at drafts of NFL teams, players drafted beyond the 3rd round rarely make the starting lineup. Across an entire draft only around 30-35 players end up as starters in the NFL. There is no chance the starters from a single college team could field an NFL caliber starting lineup. Every NFL team would crush the best college team in the country. My 2 cents. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 10 minutes ago, BisonMan said: This is a joke. Today, there are a total of about 53 players from Alabama across all rosters in the NFL: http://www.espn.com/nfl/college This is taking into account all players from every year still young enough to play in the league. This likely spans upwards of 10-12 years of Alabama players. Take a look at that list and tell me how many STARTERS in the NFL are there. Sure, there are some solid players and a few stars but you couldn't field an entire starting roster with that list. Every RB on that list is an NFL backup but they dominated in college. The sole QB on that list was cut by the Bills because he couldn't beat out Peterman (AJ McCarron). It's easy to claim that every player on a current college roster is going to be a superstar or that their QB is a "generation talent". The reality is that across time, this is obviously not true. Also, looking at drafts of NFL teams, players drafted beyond the 3rd round rarely make the starting lineup. Across an entire draft only around 30-35 players end up as starters in the NFL. There is no chance the starters from a single college team could field an NFL caliber starting lineup. Every NFL team would crush the best college team in the country. My 2 cents. i can't even imagine what ubermanly anger oozes behind the eyes of a man who has fought the odds of two-a-days to make a pro team, he wants to maintain that paycheck a few of the college kids would get off the plain and declare they are going to kick the behinds of old losers tomorrow they'd have to bring body bags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffalostu2 Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 Don't we have two Bama starters from their team last year that are at the bottom of the lineup and on the practice squad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 9 minutes ago, buffalostu2 said: Don't we have two Bama starters from their team last year that are at the bottom of the lineup and on the practice squad? a Bama rinky-dink tinker-toy option QB with an arm that can't go past 20 yards accurately is going to take down NFL secondaries? Bama WRs are going to get separation from a pro secondary? are these people out of their minds?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 58 minutes ago, Ol Dirty B said: People seem to defer to your opinion for some reason. I'm as negative as they come regarding this team, but after that post, I can't understand why anyone would. Am I missing the sarcasm? It isn't sarcasm as such but it was tongue in cheek. I agree an NFL team beats a college team every time. Week 1 the Bills were not an NFL team. The rest was exaggeration for effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 10 minutes ago, GunnerBill said: It isn't sarcasm as such but it was tongue in cheek. I agree an NFL team beats a college team every time. Week 1 the Bills were not an NFL team. The rest was exaggeration for effect. those Bills went through TC, those Bills collected checks for that effort and all but one wanted to continue past week two Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PIZ Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 4 hours ago, nucci said: Not a chance. Any NFL team would destroy the best college team This will always be true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troll Toll Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 Here is the easiest example why this take is completely wrong... Nathan Peterman beat the same Clemson team that beat Alabama in the National Championship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prickly Pete Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 It's poppycock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy10 Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 What would Aaron Murray know about the NFL: https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MurrAa00.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 10 minutes ago, Lurker said: What would Aaron Murray know about the NFL: https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MurrAa00.htm let me know when the next Bama QB can make a decent ripple in the ocean of NFL history, been waiting since...... Richard Todd? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1ManRaid Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 Even the worst NFL teams year to year are built of an All-Star selection from college. Every single one of them, even the backups on said worst team, was a good productive player in college. Now they have had years of additional skills development, strength training, etc. This brings the average player level far above even the best college team. A regular series of worst NFL team vs best college team would be like the Harlem Globetrotters just freaking clowning all over the Senators or whoever it is they play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 11 minutes ago, 1ManRaid said: Even the worst NFL teams year to year are built of an All-Star selection from college. Every single one of them, even the backups on said worst team, was a good productive player in college. Now they have had years of additional skills development, strength training, etc. This brings the average player level far above even the best college team. A regular series of worst NFL team vs best college team would be like the Harlem Globetrotters just freaking clowning all over the Senators or whoever it is they play. for every team and position on D in the NFL, outside of a few immortals and a few scrubs, everyone in between is a superb and extremely talent man and the best in the world at his very rare spot and will almost kill you to retain it, some might just kill you players can be on total dog teams their career and still be known as the best, grew up watching Lem Barney and Roger Wehrli's careers and enshrinements Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 3 hours ago, matter2003 said: Robert Foster was a star for Bama... We know. Others keep reminding us here at TBD-TSW. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreboding Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 So dumb, the Bills would destroy them. Not close at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill from NYC Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 2 hours ago, thisiskeith12 said: For real, Alabama's PR machine pushes this story every year. Last year it was the Browns. Source: https://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2016/12/cj_mosley_answers_the_question.html It's a storyline revisited every year Alabama starts off hot by playing no-name, non-SEC teams. Everyone needs to calm down. ? They start every season playing against a non-conference team, this is true. Usually, the team is ranked. Mississippi was a conference game and Texas A&M is also a conference game. They start off hot because they are generally great. Looking at what I am seeing in the Big 10 (7 losses last week), Alabama's schedule is as difficult at most other top teams. 12 minutes ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said: We know. Others keep reminding us here at TBD-TSW. ? Foster barely played at Alabama. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoBills808 Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 6 hours ago, GunnerBill said: Playing as they did the first game and a half there are 4 or 5 college programmes that would give the Bills a game. Playing as they did second half against the Chargers they would beat a college team. There are ZERO college teams that would stand a chance against an NFL team, any given year, period. Doesn't matter which college or which pro team. Alabama has maybe 7-12 NFL caliber players in a given season, whereas a pro team has all 53 spots filled with...NFL football players. It's the most ridiculous take in sports and it happens yearly for no apparent reason other than to highlight some people's staggering lack of both football and common sense. You're talking about an entire roster of grown men, professional athletes in their physical and mental peak, playing against mostly 18-20 year old boys, a VERY select few of whom may be good enough to play professionally. It's nonsense. 5 hours ago, Kirby Jackson said: This is the part we disagree with. Pretty much all Alabama players are this. That’s why they are there. The roster is littered with 4 and 5 star players. Only the best players in the country go there. They don’t have to go through a draft. They pick the best guys and then chase them. Many of them are young so that’s the big difference. There are 30 plus guys on Alabama that belong in the NFL. That MAY be more than the Bills roster. There are certainly more future pro-bowlers on Alabama than the Bills and they have the edge at QB (although both may be good pros). With that being said the Bills still won by 2 scores. This is all wrong imo. There are 53 guys on the Bills roster that belong in the NFL. Alabama has maybe 15. There are certainly NOT more future pro-bowlers on a college team than an NFL team (pro bowl a weird metric btw). I think the whole premise of this argument is completely off base. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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