Mark80
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I'm sorry but I still think these posters saying 7, 8, 9, even 10 wins this year are completely mad. I do like the direction the team is going and am optimistic for the future but to think that it's coming this year is just foolish.
All those posters that praise last year and how we could have won this game or that game on top of what we did win, well, we could have also just as easily lost every game that we did win. How come that is never mentioned?
My hopes, a true playoff push in 2012 and maybe a contender in 2013 or 2014. I'll sure as hell stick it out for as long as it takes though.
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For all the agruements of us winning 4 games last year and that we should/could have won more (Fins, Baltimore, KC, Steelers), we could have just as easily lost all 4 games that we won and should have definitely lost the Bengals game with that start.
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You guys have homer goggles on. There is no way we are winning more than 6 games this year, and anyone who is saying we may get 10 wins is absolutely out of their mind. Give me the under all day long. I would love to be wrong though.
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Hey, at least we're not the Raiders or the Bengals.
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I've heard some whispers around that he may have potential as a TE. I think I'd be more interested in that aspect than him as a QB.
Whoever said the 1st or 2nd round is clearly out of their mind.
Throw in a 5th round bid and see what happens. The risk involved is too big for anything higher.
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youtube.com/watch?v=xcwRp376hFk
The best is the laugh at the very end.
That is tremendous.
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Mark Herzlich was a BEAST before getting cancer and was a sure first round pick. He is now cancer free, give him a year to build his body back up and get back into football shape and you have yourself a great football player.
Absolutely. I can't believe no one drafted him. ACC Defensive player of the year before cancer, not to mention a stand-up guy and someone we could all root for. I was hoping we'd take him 4th round and can't believe we passed him on the 5th, 6th, and 7th too. Crazy.
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Well, two things I guess. 1) Marcell was a great pick and is a beast. 2) With so many teams addressing QB early, there should be fewer teams in the Luck sweepstakes next year.
These teams should not be taking QB's next year in my mind (at least the ones that would draft before or around us). Carolina, Tennessee, Jacksonville, Minn. all took QB's high in the first round. Detroit has Stafford, St. Louis has Bradford and they won't be drafting a QB.
I think the sweepstakes comes down to us, Cincy (even though they got Dalton), San Fran (definitely), Arizona, Oakland, Miami, Washington, Seattle, Denver, K.C., Cleveland. Even some of those may be happy with their QB situations (Denver, K.C., Cleveland). A lot of those teams should be better than us next year. I think we have a real shot at getting him next year and I think our front office agrees so why bother drafting a QB this year?
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Mathews was getting thrown all over the field on that drive.
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I see us beating Denver, Washington, 50/50 on Cincy and 50/50 on one of the Miami games. That yields us 3 wins next year. (Assuming nothing major in the offseason).
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If Matthews is available in the 3rd round I'll be shocked. Don't be surprised if he rises to late 1st and definitely will not get out of the 2nd. I wouldn't mind us taking him with #2. He looked pretty good last night. His brother was thought to be small too but he's worked out pretty well.
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Ray Lewis & Warren Sapp.
The greater point is still true.
The Bills have been completely irrelevant in the Super Bowl era, except for the time the Bills' first round QB took them to 4 straight Super Bowls.
In the entire history of the Buffalo Bills, the Bills have taken 2 Quarterbacks in the first round.
Its time for a 3rd. You can argue up and down what any of the QBs lack, but Andrew Luck, Cam Newton, & Ryan Mallet are all special prospects that all offer something that doesn't come around in every draft. Some more than others.
I haven't watched 1 Mizzou game and it worries me of the dozens of draft nonsense I read McShay is the only one projecting this kid top5. McShay takes money from agents to prop up their clients.
After looking at the defensive talent in the 2011 draft, and there is a ton of talent in rounds 2-4, you can still bolster the defense by taking a first round QB.
I was in the take Fairely\Dareaus camp (Bowers is worrying me a bit, I wanted more in the Bowl game and I don't like he was a recruitment bust for the first two years of being on campus) looking at the list of available defensive players that the Bills can pick up in later rounds the Bills can still build a defensive while taking a QB 1st.
Although if anyone is going to fit into a Defensive team leader it could be Fairely, if he is there at 3 its pretty tempting.
Hurry up April.
Ray Lewis, yes. Good call. I'd argue that Derrick Brooks was the best defensive player on the Bucs that year which is supported by his Defensive MVP award that year (but Sapp was pretty darn good too). But those two are both linebackers, not DE or DT's.
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Not always. Joe Montana, a 3rd round draft pick took the 49ers to 4 Superbowls and won all 4. Tom Brady, a 6th round draft pick took the Pats to 4 Superbowls and won 3 (and looks to be on his way to a 5th Superbowl). While the Manning bros were both first round draft picks, combined they went to 3 Superbowls on won two. Granted every Bills fan would love even one Superbowl victory, it's not essential to have a first round QB all the time. For every Manning (Peyton & Eli), and Rivers there are a bunch of Achilies Smith, Jamarcus Russell, Ryan Leaf, Tim Couch, Matt Leinhart, Brady Quinn, JP Losman type QB's out there.
Granted the Bills need a franchise QB and a whole bunch of other positions as well. If the Bills don't get some serious pass rushers that can put constant pressure on Brady, we're never gonna beat the Pats as long as Brady is in a Pats uniform.
Not to point you out personally but to all similar posters in general - I get so sick of people naming the one or two QB's that won Super Bowls that are the exception from the later rounds and listing the 1st round busts as their arguments against QB with the first pick next year. No one ever mentions the 10's or 100's of QB's picked in rounds 2 and beyond that didn't do squat. The only reason they name the 1st rounders is because they actually heard of them and can remember their names. The fact is (and I'm sure someone with way more time to actually count it up could verify) that a first round QB pick has a way better chance of getting to and winning a Superbowl than any other round. Period. Is everyone one going to do it? No, of course not. Are there going to be ones from other rounds to do so? Yes, of course there is. But lets play the percentages, please. In fact, lets draft more than one QB in the draft and increase our chances even more of finding a great one.
In addition, to all those people saying that we need a DT or DE or O-line more than a QB. You're f'n nuts. Please name any single player of any of those positions that has led their teams to superbowls? Have they helped, sure, but truly led a team to one? I can't recall one. QB, on the other hand, is stacked with these types of players. Open your eyes. There is a reason we haven't been anything since the mid 90's (even counting when we had the best D in the league in the late 90's), no stud QB like Jimbo. Done, end of discussion, draft a QB please. Luck, Newton, Mallett, Gabbert, Locker (hesitantly), I don't care but get someone. Thanks for your time.
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Ten years of No.1 picks, 12 total 1's, a lot of them in the top half of the draft has resulted in JP Losman, McCargo, Maybin, McKelvin, Lynch, Spiller, McGahee, Whitner, Evans, Mike Williams, Nate Clements, and Eric Wood. Anybody care to add up the probowls in that group? You can't draft this bad and turn a team around.
Clements did well for us while he was here too. I have a little theory on Spiller though. I think they may be saving him. With the extremely short life span on a running back's career, why waste him on an obvious re-building year? Could it be that they are waiting until they have a better team around him to get him more touches? Just a thought, probably over thinking it and he stinks.
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Actually, before you post, you should look at the statistical projections for growth in the nations population centers combined with current numbers, not the 02 census numbers. There are a number of cities who are quite a bit larger population wise than Buffalo is at this time and they are continuing to grow.
Buffalo on the other hand, continues its exodus of people and the next census may actually shock a good number of people in this area, not only on how many have left, but on the age of those who remain. Sorry man, I was born and raised here myself, but the truth sometimes hurts.
Last population census was 2000. 2002 was economic census for businesses. Next census is this year.
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Has anyone consider that the manner in which this coach search was conducted makes you feel like Buddy Nix was playing the role of Max Bialystock of the Producers movie in that the purpose of this charade was to have fans lose interest, cancel their season tickets, and give the ownership motivation to move? Buffalo was made to look like the "Raiders East" in that nobody wanted to come here and made us the laughing stock of the NFL circle.
The question is... "Was this done intentionally?" Now, I am definitely not a conspiracy hawk but as I observe this entire process where we first shoot for the moon (Shanahan and Cowher), then move on to top coordinators (Brian Schottenheimer, Leslie Frazier, Russ Grimm, Ron Rivera, etc), then on to college coach Jim Harbaugh and all with the exception of Frazier say thanks but no thanks. Even Perry Fewell did not stick around for the final outcome. And we end up with another re-tread in Chan Gailey to demoralize the fan base.
Reading this board and the survey which shows only 23% are in favor (both Truman and George W. Bush had better approval ratings than that) of hiring Chan Gailey. Now, with fans stating they are not renewing their tickets and some fans are done with the team period, does this not seem like a ploy for Ed Roski to take this team to LA? Interesting thought.
Next they are going to sign up Rick Vaughn to be QB, Willy Mays Hays to be WR, and Pedro Cerano to play DE.
They have no need to tank to move the team. He can just do it if he wants.
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This has been hashed over on about 3 other threads.
Yes it is Jim Kelly's Nephew.
Yes, he is officially from Buffalo Now. He just transferred to St. Joes.
When he signed up for PPK, he was living in PA. Therefore he was probably in the Eagles area when he was competing.
So therefore he wore the Eagles Jersey.
Looks like he transfered here because got booted off his PA H.S. team and suspended on it the year before. I wonder what's up with that?
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Sometimes un-answered prayers are for the best? Now Cowher etal turning us down might be the best thing as our best option might be Frazier.
We have a better overall secondary than the Vikes, can you immagine what we can be like if we can get a front 7 anything like the Vikings have with Frazier also calling the plays? We could end up with the best defense in the NFL!!!
If frazier can bring in Al Saunders as the OC and Nix can finally find us a franchise QB....whew!
So all we need is a secondary better then the Vikings, a front 7 like the vikings, a franchise Quarterback and a good play caller. Sounds pretty easy to me. Can't believe it's taken 15+ years to figure that one out. For some reason, I think that's a recipe that every single team in the league knows and is striving for.
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Maybe the worst, I agree.
ESPN Monday Night's crew, on the other hand, may be the best ever. Certainly the best current.
EDIT: I should add that NBC's Sunday Night team is close to the worst ever. Collinsworth is intolerable.
Collinsworth is so bad that I even have to turn off the volume when I'm playing Madden.
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Because they have a young team,a great defense,awesome coaching top to bottom,they will only get better and dont be surprised if they represent the afc in the super bowl.The only reason I am on this board is because I injured myself and am out of work a couple weeks,usually I have a life and better things to do than this sh@#! Alot of you 40 year old virgins need to get a life and get outside,get a little sun on that pasty white skin!
Even reactionary to being called "reactionary"!
It's pretty clear that the NFC East is the best division in football with the AFC North, AFC South, and NFC North all probably better than the AFC East as well. But it is all purely subjective.
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The truth is that any LT, in the top 10 or not, will require a significant learning curve (as all Rookies do) and if we (as fans) are looking for immediate improvement on Offense, then a FA LT is probably the best bet. Now, if we're willing to give the new coaching staff two to three years to develop a much improved Offense, then a rookie LT is a great value to have.
The problem with LT's in free agency is that if they were that good they would not hit FA, the team they were on would keep them....unless you're the Bills where you let a Pro Bowl LT out of your hands. I know a lot of people think it was good that Peters left, but I think that's crap and from what I saw of him this year he looked pretty darn good. We should have cut the check.
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Torn ACL doesn't hurt that bad. Not nearly as bad as a sprained ankle. It just feels weird because you can't lock your leg straight (there's no stopping point) and it buckles easily.
I just think he knew he was done and was disappointed, which is to be expected.
It may not hurt too bad when it happens but it hurts like hell for the next week or so when it is swollen and you can't even bend your leg. There is no way he would play even with a brace if it's an ACL tear. It would give out every time he put pressure on it. You should know that if your tore both of yours.
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There HAS TO BE a series of good to great drafts for the foreseeable future. I not talking servicable players (we've got those already), we need the future Pro Bowlers! Look at the Colts, Patriots, Chargers etal and the thread that runs through all of those organizations is the drafting of truly great players. Do the Bills have any truly great players? I'd say the jury is out because Lee Evans (as an example), is only as good as his O-line and QB and stable of running backs and his willingness to strive to be great. IS HE? No, in my opinion, and he is running out of time to prove me wrong!! The league is about its players, and Buffalo needs a vast improvement in talent, period!!
Cots - Manning
Patriots - Brady
Chargers - Rivers
Saints - Brees
Packers - Rodgers
Vikings - Favre
Steelers - Big Ben
Eagles - McNabb
Cowboys - Romo
Can anyone see any other team winning a Super Bowl this year? Why, it's all about the quarterback. We need to get LUCKY, yes LUCKY and get a quarterback that turns into one of these guys. No matter how great of a talent evaluater you are, you just never know until they get on the field. I think we're due for some luck.
Bills will be a turn-around team
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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The optimism on this site is entertaining to say the least. No one can site a professional opinion that states we will be anything close to a .500 team yet yahoo's on here are calling for 7-8-9-10 wins. Apparently Bill's fans know more about football than everyone else.
To say that we are going to win (1) against the Jets/Patriots and win against the Dallas, KC, and the Giants is simply laughable. We may squeek out one or two of those games, but it's just as likely that we lose one, two, three, or four against the Skins, Fins, Titans, Oakland, Tenn, and Denver. We are a 3-6 win team this year, end of story.