Alphadawg7
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Moss and Welker BOTH dropped 2 passes each. This happens every game to guys who get targeted often. But guess what? Brady kept going back to them. And they got results. Why? Because they are playmakers, and YOU GIVE PLAYMAKERS THE BALL.
If we cant get the ball to the WR's we will be in deep trouble.
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i think maybin played a decent game, but i was a little saddened by the fact he was pass rushing identicle to schobel. run past the qb and try to get back before the ball is gone.
If Maybin is half as productive as Schobel has been in his career it will have been a very good pick for one.
Two, Schobel was great last night.
Three, DE's almost always go AROUND the tackle, so why you people complain about schobel doing it is beyond me. DE's are smaller and not as strong typically to bull rush a 300lb+ lineman. They use quickness and most often go around the outside becuase it gives them the cleaner route to the QB and keeps them one on one with the tackle. If its there, they will spin inside and Schobel spins inside too...
I swear, its hilarious (especially after last nights game) seeing all the negativity about one of the better DE's in the NFL.
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3) Holy s--t, has anybody ever seen a DE flagged for defensive f$&*$@g holding on a pass, (Denny, 1st quarter)? Wtf kind of defense is that? I nominate Jauron/Fewell to the douchbag hall of fame. Do I have a second?
The coaching staff put a good game plan together tonight overall and this team looking good. Our D was getting to Brady most of the night.
5) Other than his late hit, was Donte Whitner on the field tonight? All kidding aside, please fill me in if he was.He made some really good tackles and even caught the praise of the broadcasters several times...not sure what game you watched...
AGREED6) Not that you should care, but imo Levitre was superb. I saw him get elbowed in the face and not give ground. He is already a huge step up from Dockery; it isn't close. Case closed7) The thing about the no-huddle is that it goes against my grain as a football traditionalist. That said, I would rather have the game in the hands of a smart guy from Stanford than a skeletor nitwit from Yale.You need to adopt to the modern game, you will enjoy it more. "Traditional" style football doesnt exist anymore
8) McKelvin isn't a bad player. He is simply another wasted pick by at least one douchebag.Emotions get the best of you here or what? McKelvin is one of the best KR in the league and a promising young DB still, so how is this a wasted pick?
9) How long I have I been posting here. 11 years? 12 years> I stake my reputation as a poster that Bell is a bag of s--t. He is weak, stupid, and never will be any good. I hope to be wrong, but it is evident. I am calling for Chambers right now.You are off your rocker here with this one. I watched Bell and the O Line all night, and he showed a lot of promise. He made some mental mistakes, but it was his first freaking game, cut him some slack...
10) Trent was very good tonight. People, admit it. If one or two of those dropped were caught, we win.Trent was good, but I wont say very good. He completed a lot of easy throws, which is fine, but he still couldnt get the ball DOWN field, and when you do you score points. I will hand it to Trent, he looked poised and made smart plays, which is good, but we are not going to put enough points up to beat the Saints, Pats, etc by dinking and dunking an entire game. Did you see Bradys two strikes to Watson? We need him to make throws like that. I mean even his 2 TD throws were little dunk throws that Fred and Nelson turned into great after the catch moves to get in the end zone. Welker and Moss combined for as many catches as Trent had throwing attempts...
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I said it all off season and again after Walker was cut...this is a much more talented O Line than last years and they will be better than last years unit by mid season.
Our guys are strong and athletic and loved watching Wood, Hangartner and Levitre out there running down the field taking people out. Even the announcers were talking about how well they played. Bell had a game to be expected from a first time player...he made some mental mistakes, gotten beaten a couple times, but overall his play was pretty strong and Trent often had a lot of time to throw.
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hahahaha...where are all those "schobel must go" peeps now? He was great last night and is still one of the better DE's in the league.
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I said the exact same thing after Dick's first loss with Buffalo, a 21-16 loss at NE in the season open after we lead 16-7 entering the 4th.
This is what happens when you hire a loser as your head coach. You find ways of losing.
The buttom line is that Dick simply does not know how to win close game and therefore neither does his team. This team fold and cracks under pressure every time because their leader doesn't know how to lead!
We have ALL seen this game played before....think Dallas 2 year ago, the Bills simply lose because they have no idea how to win. I am sick of being lead by a loser...fire his @$$ and hire a winner and then things will start to truly turn around.
You have know understanding of football what so ever if you think for one minute we lost becuase DJ was our coach yesterday...
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Our Buffalo 2 defense is too soft for my liking. Gives a qb a chance to slowly move down the field at times with no diffferent looks. Our Ends are too small for th e most part and we never blitz to change things up. Our ends get pushed from one side into lake erie and the other into the atlantic ocean on deep passing plays. Time for some agressive, kick butt dfense already.
Our D roughed Brady up all night...
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Across the board, the experts have been gushing about New England* representing the AFC in the Super Bowl.
We should have beaten New England* (in Foxboro), without much of an offensive showing, and without our first-round RB/LB's.
What does that say about The Bills? How bout those twits who predicted we go 0-16, 1-15, etc.?
We should have beaten a contender, a team championed by the conventional wisdom.
Do we really expect to lose to Tampa or The Saints?
No.
2-1, here we come.
I dont think we can put enough points up to beat the saints, but I am confident we will beat the Bucs
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McKelvin should have been coached NOT bring the ball out from 5 yards deep. That's a coaching mistake and a big one.
That is not a coaching mistake...you have no idea what he was told to do. First off, bringing the ball out was the RIGHT call because if he takes 6 seconds off the clock the Pats lose a CRITICAL timeout at the 2 minute warning. McKelvin should have gotten out of bounds though and made a bone head INSTINCTIVE move of fighting for more yards.
More importantly, I am almost certain the main reason he brought the ball out of the endzone was because he had no clue if he actually made the reception on the 1 yard and wound up in the end zone because of momentum. It was a close call (and I think he could have downed it legally, but it was close) that is literally IMPOSSIBLE for him to know for sure because his eyes were on the ball at that exact moment when he crossed the goal line making the reception.
So honestly, whether he was told to or not, he literally had NO choice but to run it out as he doesnt know exactly where he caught it because he made the catch in the air as he was falling backwards into the endzone. You can even see him look down on the replay after he gets the ball.
His dumb mistake was not getting down, and that was a young players mistake. But dont blame the coaches for that, it was not their fault and they came in and had this team ready despite all the turmoil recently and coached a pretty good game.
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Yea Tom Brady was Tom Brady. But Trent Edwards was better. His 114 passer rating vs Tom Brady's 98 passer rating agrees. Expect big things this year. The loss hurts - but the silver lining looks pretty good. I'm not saying "we played tough" or "we have heart". I am saying we have a better team than most in the league, and this season will prove it.
Ok, let me see if I got this straight...you said "Tom Brady was Tom Brady" and then in the same sentence said Treat was better? hahahaha, homerism at its finest. So you are saying, Brady was himself, which is one of the best QB's to ever play the game, yet Trent was better? Come on now...
Last nights game is exactly why QB Rating is not a very reliable indicator of QB performance. Sure Trent was solid, but Brady was better. Brady got off to a slow start, but took command of that game in the 4th quarter. Randy Moss and Welker had as many CATCHES as Trent had passing attempts. Brady gets the ball down field and into the end zone, thats what he does. Trent, not so much.
Now, to be fair, in Trents defense he had a lot of dropped passes (although so did Brady in the first half) and penalties kill some drives. But before we can go out and say Trent had a great game he needs to figure out how in the hell to get the ball down the field to the WR's...
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AVP showed a good 1st game calling plays, D looked good until end.
agreed
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Say what you want, Trent took a metric ton of sh-- this pre-season. Sure I'd like to see him take more shots downfield but he managed the game, didn't make any mistakes and played his ass off tonight.
Let's face it, going into Foxboro and winning on a Monday night was a TALL order. I think he redeemed himself tonight.
I will hand it to Edwards, he looked poised tonight, like he had some of that confidence back. He managed the game, but he still cant seem to get our WR's involved which is a big problem if we cant fix that.
All in all though, the offense showed promise, Trent looked solid, and the O Line showed it has a lot of potential. At least a lot of Trents dump offs were by design this time which is why they work because they are screens with athletic blockers. When he was just dumping off last year there was no one to out in front blocking for the RB as it was a check down so it wasnt moving the ball.
Very encouraging start, still work to be done, but at least there is reasons to be optimistic again.
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Bringing it out was the right call, and Bobby April is the best in the biz. McKelvin made the cardinal SIN of trying to fight for yardage. All he needed was to run 6 seconds off and get out of bounds, but he ran right up the middle and fought for yards...big mistake on his part.
Overall, DJ, the playcalling, the defensive scheme all looked good. Unfotunately, McKelvin made a very poor decision to not just get down.
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Bell has to get his first start, so blaming the staff for throwing him out there is stupid...everyone has a first game.
Bells penalties were dumb, but he had some real moments that did look like this kid will be good. It was a his first game and he made young mistakes, so be it. But overall, the line showed a lot of promise and Bell showed a lot of potential. I will say it again, this line will be a lot better than last years by mid season.
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Man, these penalties and dropped passes are really keeping us from seeing what our O can do.
Trent has looked solid so far, except he still cant seem to get the ball to our WR's, but at least a lot of those throws to RB's were by design (screens) and not checkdowns.
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Too bad he has had so many dropped passes and offensive penalties kill the drives or maybe this offense and Trent could have some nice rhythm.
Still dissapointing that we cant get our WR's involved...
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The only Bills Jersey I still own...
Trent Edwards...(believe it or not)
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He's gone, let it go...
FYI: It doesnt hurt that the O Line he is on now is way better, the running and passing game are also way better. An average OL player will look solid in that offense.
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I dont expect a win tonight, not with all the changes to the Offense last minute, but I hope Trent at least shows some signs of improvement tonight. Its pretty likely that he is going to get a lot of chances to throw it tonight because I expect NE to come out throwing and put some points up.
What I hope to see out of him:
Commitment - Too often in preseason he seemed hesitant and therefore late on his throws. He needs to start to trust his reads and have the confidence to commit and fire that ball out.
Spread the ball around - He far too often locks on to his hot route and fails to see his other options open and winds up going to the check down. I am hoping having TO and Evans on the field together will get him over the hump with this. I hope to see Nelson involved too, could be huge for Trent.
Confidence - He needs to command the field and more importantly the Huddle. I really think this is where TO can really help Trent and give him some swagger.
Pocket Presence - He needs to be more mobile in the pocket and feel the pressure, especially with a young developng O Line...he has never been good at this as he tends to hold the ball too long.
Anticipation - I want to see him get rid of the ball as the WR breaks, not after he breaks.
I hope he has a great game, win or lose, his confidence really needs it from what it looked like in Pre Season. Some people say I hate him because I am critical of his game, but I dont. I would love nothing more than for Trent to have a great year and be the QB some think he already is. Just because I am more critical about his past play doesnt mean I dont want him to succeed.
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If you consider 10 posts about Cutler a witchhunt, then I don't know what more to say about that. I don't see whats ironic about it at all, 10 posts compared to 2000 posts, hardly a fair comparison. Do you see the difference?
2000 posts? LMAO Magox at how you love to exaggerate...and if you think you have only posted 10 posts on your crusade of Cutler to prop up Trent you are high as a kite. You have posted hundreds (and thats no exaggeration), in fact, it was the main topic for almost a month a while back.
If you are going to label me "on a crusade" because I am critical of Trents flaws and discuss them in threads other people create, then what exactly are you on? Not only do you bash Cutler at every opportunity, but you also start threads on it...you are on as much of a crusade as anyone my friend...
FYI: In regards to your comeback post to Bandit, you counter Bandits comment about how Trent has poor "outings" against good teams with Cutler has a poor "record" against good teams...Records and outings are two completely different things. Cutler's win/loss record against good teams has more to do with his defense not being able to stop a high school offense then his production. When we lose to good teams Trent's averages are less than 200 yards passing and almost a 2 to 1 turnover to TD ratio...in other words, we lose because of bad games by Trent...
And thats just facts...check the books. In almost every single loss with Trent at the helm, we were in a winnable situation despite him having very poor outings...just average outings might have gotten us a lot of those losses back. Den didnt lose often because of Cutler...most of their losses came because the D couldnt hold the opponents to under 21 points (which is a modest request in the NFL).
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My opinion is that Crabtree is unbelievably STUPID. He will NEVER make up for that missed year.
Yup...he isnt going to make up this lost year...more imortantly he just severly hurt his chances of getting 3 big contracts in his career like Fitzgerald has set himself up for...
What a tool...I hope we dont draft him.
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Johnson, Florence, Lankster, Palmer, Chambers, Fine, Ellis.
After the preseason Lankster had I am suprised he is inactive...Johnson and Ellis are a little bit of a surprise too
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Is that because he now has a solid DT in Haynesworth in front of him to let him make a play on the ball carrier. His game dwindled when Pat Williams was let go...
What? He has been the heart and sould of the Skins D since he got there and led them in tackles every year in Was, not to mention has bene amongst league leaders in Tackles...in fact, he has done this his entire career despite mostly not playing with great DT's a lot of his career...
This makes no sense to say it was because of Haynesworth who didnt play like a $100 million player today...
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You think the Bears will make the playoffs? The Vikes will run away with the division, so that means wildcard. Do you see them beating-out the losers of the NFC East or South?
Well you dont have to win the division to make the playoffs, but I also dont think the Vikes are a lock to win the division in the first place...
Moss & Welker had 12 catches EACH
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Lets be real here...we were ahead because Schobel prematurely ended a Pats drive by intercepting the ball and scoring a TD and the Pats also missed a FG. Its not like we controlled the game from an offensive point of view. In fact, that Schobel play could have very well been a 10 or 14 point turnaround if the Pats would have scored on that drive.
So using the score to justify the offensive play is not really fair. We didnt sustain many drives. I know we had a couple dropped passes for first downs, but other than those throws there werent many other ones thrown long enough to be first downs. A lot of the passes were short of the first down marker by a lot and require a run after the catch to get it. Playing like that will not have us up 11 late in the game, it will more often have us down 11 late in the game...
Bottom line, we need to find a way to get the ball down field or our offense will be average at best and we will struggle to win all year.