Big Turk Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 56 minutes ago, arcane said: FWIW, the Bengals also rested starters in that game he won, and it was some of the most atrocious football I watched all year. Did not come away from that game thinking Keenum would win a real game against a real team lol Which is kinda crazy since he took the Vikings to the playoffs and had a pretty good season there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franco_92 Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 16 minutes ago, Big Turk said: Which is kinda crazy since he took the Vikings to the playoffs and had a pretty good season there. Yep. I don't think he's a championship game QB and I don't think he's incapable of winning us one like he looked in the preseason, hopefully we never have to find out either way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Riverside Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 All you’re asking for out of a back up QB is to win your three out of five games that is going to be the same for any team in the league Josh Allen is a unicorn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 4 hours ago, John from Riverside said: All you’re asking for out of a back up QB is to win your three out of five games that is going to be the same for any team in the league Josh Allen is a unicorn I think that’s basically right. On a team with this strong of a roster you’re looking for the backup to go .500. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigAl2526 Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 14 hours ago, JGMcD2 said: We’re 4 deep at DT… teams typically keep 4-5 DT… the majority of teams don’t have 4 DTs as good as our 4 DTs. How are we not deep? Please understand how depth works. You mean we can't have starter quality DTs on the practice squad and not expect other teams to sign them away. I'm crushed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayboy54 Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 17 hours ago, Back2Buff said: Calf injuries do not go away quickly or nicely. Hope its not something that lingers all year. I really don't know about calf injuries, but a cow I knew healed very fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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YattaOkasan Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 9 hours ago, arcane said: FWIW, the Bengals also rested starters in that game he won, and it was some of the most atrocious football I watched all year. Did not come away from that game thinking Keenum would win a real game against a real team lol yeah saw that (you saw Keenum started and beat the Broncos too? you seemed to indicate he only won one game) which is why i included their stats to date particularly Barkley's recent experience. Keenum has only had one year with more ints than TDs whereas Barkley only has one year with more Tds than int (both entered the league in 2013). Overall 78 TD : 48 INT >>>> 11 TD : 22 INT, and thats why i think its sorta laughable to say that Keenum would only win us one more game (again I dont think Barkley even beats Bengals resting their starters), if any. I dont think Barkley would win any games and Keenum has a good shot to go better than 0.500. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Son of a K-Gun Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 McD indicating that Josh is going to play this weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MWK Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 What an idiotic move. They should never play starters in the preseason. And before anyone talks about “rust,” they played starters in the preseason last year and we looked like garbage in the first game. Hopefully nobody gets hurt by this outdated move McDermott is making. 2 2 1 2 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TH3 Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 8 minutes ago, MWK said: What an idiotic move. They should never play starters in the preseason. And before anyone talks about “rust,” they played starters in the preseason last year and we looked like garbage in the first game. Hopefully nobody gets hurt by this outdated move McDermott is making. Now i am concerned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo_Stampede Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 15 minutes ago, MWK said: What an idiotic move. They should never play starters in the preseason. And before anyone talks about “rust,” they played starters in the preseason last year and we looked like garbage in the first game. Hopefully nobody gets hurt by this outdated move McDermott is making. Injuries can happen anywhere. Plenty of injuries happen at practice. Always hope for zero injuries but it’s part of football. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg S Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 22 minutes ago, MWK said: What an idiotic move. They should never play starters in the preseason. And before anyone talks about “rust,” they played starters in the preseason last year and we looked like garbage in the first game. Hopefully nobody gets hurt by this outdated move McDermott is making. Allen and Dorsey communicating in game action probably plays a part. Injuries can happen in any game so you can't worry about stuff like that. If I am McDermott I would tell Josh under no circumstances do you take off and run. Throw the ball away if the play isn't there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ytownblofan Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 25 minutes ago, MWK said: What an idiotic move. They should never play starters in the preseason. And before anyone talks about “rust,” they played starters in the preseason last year and we looked like garbage in the first game. Hopefully nobody gets hurt by this outdated move McDermott is making. I don't love it, but lets not act like the Bills are going to be the only team to play starters.... A lot of teams played their guys week 1 of the preseason 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddaryl Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 24 minutes ago, MWK said: What an idiotic move. They should never play starters in the preseason. And before anyone talks about “rust,” they played starters in the preseason last year and we looked like garbage in the first game. Hopefully nobody gets hurt by this outdated move McDermott is making. Personally I would of been very dissapointed if we do not play the starters some.... This whole never play starters in pre-season is horsepoop. You don't play them a lot but you let your starters get some reps in. I will ALWAYS be in this camp 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGMcD2 Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 25 minutes ago, MWK said: What an idiotic move. They should never play starters in the preseason. And before anyone talks about “rust,” they played starters in the preseason last year and we looked like garbage in the first game. Hopefully nobody gets hurt by this outdated move McDermott is making. Not exposing guys to the speed of an actual game is actually putting them at more risk for injury... this is a proven fact. You can practice all you want but it's still not the same level of intensity as a game against another opponent - although they do try and simulate that environment as much as possible. Which to the point made by others upthead... you're susceptible to injury in practice as well. 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg S Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 1 minute ago, ddaryl said: Personally I would of been very dissapointed if we do not play the starters some.... This whole never play starters in pre-season is horsepoop. You don't play them a lot but you let your starters get some reps in. I will ALWAYS be in this camp If it were me I would give the starters the first quarter which is probably two series for the both the O and D. After that start bringing in the backups. You are right about playing the starters as even Mahomes played some last week for KC. I don't want them kicking it off in LA without the starters getting some reps in game action. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo_Stampede Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 What’s the difference between maybe 15-20 snaps in a preseason game vs multiple live scrimmages instead? Do you think without preseason they wouldn’t have live hitting scrimmages instead? It’s all conditioning the body. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjag Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 27 minutes ago, MWK said: What an idiotic move. They should never play starters in the preseason. And before anyone talks about “rust,” they played starters in the preseason last year and we looked like garbage in the first game. Hopefully nobody gets hurt by this outdated move McDermott is making. They practice 4 times a week and from I can tell, they are more likely to get hurt in preseason practice than preseason games. Hyde, Poyer, Brown, Crowder, Settle all have some form of ding from practice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sierra Foothills Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 38 minutes ago, MWK said: What an idiotic move. They should never play starters in the preseason. And before anyone talks about “rust,” they played starters in the preseason last year and we looked like garbage in the first game. Hopefully nobody gets hurt by this outdated move McDermott is making. Like so many discussions these days, you're reducing it to a binary equation which it is not. There's a vast range between playing every snap and not playing at all. McDermott is using his vast expertise and experience to make sure he doesn't reach the point of diminishing returns with Josh's snaps. He's going to try to hit the sweet spot. It's a calculated risk where he's going for the obvious benefits but also trying to minimize exposure. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franco_92 Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 45 minutes ago, MWK said: What an idiotic move. They should never play starters in the preseason. And before anyone talks about “rust,” they played starters in the preseason last year and we looked like garbage in the first game. Hopefully nobody gets hurt by this outdated move McDermott is making. I might be misremembering but someone posted a study somewhere that seemed to show the lack of preseason in 2020 caused far more injuries in the first month of the season than is standard when preseason takes place, fwiw 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCBills Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 18 minutes ago, Buffalo_Stampede said: What’s the difference between maybe 15-20 snaps in a preseason game vs multiple live scrimmages instead? Do you think without preseason they wouldn’t have live hitting scrimmages instead? It’s all conditioning the body. If I had to guess, you can somewhat control a practice. i.e. red jersey on the QB. Can't do that in a game. See Jalen Hurts getting rocked out of bounds by a Jets defender. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo_Stampede Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 7 minutes ago, SCBills said: If I had to guess, you can somewhat control a practice. i.e. red jersey on the QB. Can't do that in a game. See Jalen Hurts getting rocked out of bounds by a Jets defender. QB protection is basically the only argument for not playing starters. Honestly I think it makes most sense to play the backup with the starters for obvious reasons. If I were coach that’s how I would run preseason games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott7975 Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 58 minutes ago, arcane said: I might be misremembering but someone posted a study somewhere that seemed to show the lack of preseason in 2020 caused far more injuries in the first month of the season than is standard when preseason takes place, fwiw Yeah that was me. I’d repost it but my area has an outage of internet atm and it’s a pain to do on my phone. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave in Avon Lake now Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 I’m still in a quandary about local market games on NFL Network for preseason. Somehow Cleveland was included as a local market last week and I couldn’t watch the game live. We don’t get Buffalo stations here although I can get WGR radio. Does anyone know another way to get this preseason game since it will be the only one starters will play in? I could have posted as separate topic but figured it’s related to this game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruffalo Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 The pearl clutching that's going on at WGR right now is just ridiculous. They're grown ass men with some of the best sports science doctors/trainers in the entire world. The Bills know what they're doing. 3 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott7975 Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Dave in Avon Lake now said: I’m still in a quandary about local market games on NFL Network for preseason. Somehow Cleveland was included as a local market last week and I couldn’t watch the game live. We don’t get Buffalo stations here although I can get WGR radio. Does anyone know another way to get this preseason game since it will be the only one starters will play in? I could have posted as separate topic but figured it’s related to this game. Does a VPN work? If it does you can just use a VPN to set your IP address to a buffalo location and the app would think you are in market. Some apps recognize a VPN and dont let you use them unless you shut the VPN off though. You might be able to use VPN and then watch it through paramount+? Not sure The whole thing is stupid anyhow. Just let us pay for a service and watch whatever game we want. Why is this even a thing? Edited August 18, 2022 by Scott7975 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son of a K-Gun Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 9 minutes ago, Dave in Avon Lake now said: I’m still in a quandary about local market games on NFL Network for preseason. Somehow Cleveland was included as a local market last week and I couldn’t watch the game live. We don’t get Buffalo stations here although I can get WGR radio. Does anyone know another way to get this preseason game since it will be the only one starters will play in? I could have posted as separate topic but figured it’s related to this game. NFL+ free preview? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted August 18, 2022 Author Share Posted August 18, 2022 1 hour ago, Buffalo_Stampede said: What’s the difference between maybe 15-20 snaps in a preseason game vs multiple live scrimmages instead? Do you think without preseason they wouldn’t have live hitting scrimmages instead? It’s all conditioning the body. This is why Allen is playing 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FilthyBeast Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 2 hours ago, MWK said: What an idiotic move. They should never play starters in the preseason. And before anyone talks about “rust,” they played starters in the preseason last year and we looked like garbage in the first game. Hopefully nobody gets hurt by this outdated move McDermott is making. I'm a big McD critic, but this is the right move and this team needs to be ready given how difficult the first half of the schedule is. KC started Mahomes last week and Brady has always played in most preseason games as well. Can't afford to come out sloppy, overconfident and not ready like we did against the mediocre steelers team last year. Defending champs on the road and favorites to possibly repeat is a whole other animal. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeGOATski Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 1 hour ago, arcane said: I might be misremembering but someone posted a study somewhere that seemed to show the lack of preseason in 2020 caused far more injuries in the first month of the season than is standard when preseason takes place, fwiw Yep. The concerns are unfounded, scared mentality BS. 2 hours ago, JGMcD2 said: Not exposing guys to the speed of an actual game is actually putting them at more risk for injury... this is a proven fact. Playing scared makes you more susceptible to injury, as well. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayboy54 Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 42 minutes ago, Bruffalo said: The pearl clutching that's going on at WGR right now is just ridiculous. They're grown ass men with some of the best sports science doctors/trainers in the entire world. The Bills know what they're doing. WGR sucks walnuts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbs Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 I just want to see Cook, Shakir, and Hodgins with Josh and an oline of mostly starters. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted August 18, 2022 Author Share Posted August 18, 2022 59 minutes ago, Bruffalo said: The pearl clutching that's going on at WGR right now is just ridiculous. They're grown ass men with some of the best sports science doctors/trainers in the entire world. The Bills know what they're doing. I don’t even understand why they are surprised or expected anything different. The starters (except Diggs who was recovering from the oblique) played a half in preseason game 2 last year as well. And we have a new OC. Not sure why anyone would expect McDermott to change it up. 4 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiltonWaddams Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 30 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said: I don’t even understand why they are surprised or expected anything different. The starters (except Diggs who was recovering from the oblique) played a half in preseason game 2 last year as well. And we have a new OC. Not sure why anyone would expect McDermott to change it up. We all know why they are talking this up. Everyone loves an argument and there exists an element of the fanbase on each side of this fence…as wrong as one side is. Bubble wrap isn’t good for kids and it’s definitely not good for football players. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solomon Grundy Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 35 minutes ago, mbs said: I just want to see Cook, Shakir, and Hodgins with Josh and an oline of mostly starters. Sprinkle in a little Singletary. I’m curious to see if he’s progressing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBonhamRocks Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 I get the reasons for playing them, but do think the starters, especially Allen, should sit. Knock the rust off and iron out any lingering communication issues in the 1st quarter against the Rams if need be. Sure, injuries can happen anytime, but that does not mean playing them isn’t risking a lot. Last thing a team with Super Bowl aspirations needs is a significant injury or heaven forbid losing a key player for the season before it starts. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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