Alphadawg7
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If Fabrications by Alphadawg is the voice of reason, you need some real help.
Please show me one fabrication...
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Correct me if I'm wrong anyone, but didn't Jon Gruden comment on liking Trent Edwards on the Monday night opener against the Pats.
I think it went like this, "I like this Trent Edwards"
Correct me if I am wrong, Gruden hasnt coached Trent, isnt commenting on how he would run a team, doesnt study film on him as he has never faced him, and his comments have zero reflection of how he would coach a team...
You do realize that he is an ANALYST and professional BROADCASTER now, and his comments literally have no reflection on what he prefers in his own coaching style?
Geezus
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You singled out TE in your post, not just young QB's.
I also called my post an opinion and you basically put words in Jon Grudens mouth that was all conjecture on your part.
First off, talking about Gruden is pointless
Secondly, Gruden himself said he much prefers a vet to a young QB...this is common knowledge
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Except for his first game back against the Chargers where he absolutely torched them with fearless and devastating down field throws. It is beyond absurd to me that after Trent has continually proved time and again that he has all the physical and mental tools to be a great and effective QB that can lead a team to victories that people still want to call for his head after one bad performance.
Look the first two games of the season our O line played unbelievably well and Trent looked like the TRUTH. Then all of a sudden a team manages to exploit us there (where we already knew was our biggest weakness heading into the season) and all of you homers want to blame Trent?? Makes no sense whatsoever.
Trent is a good QB. Don't expect him to be benched, or replaced via trade, free agency or the draft. It IS NOT going to happen. They are going to let this entire team continue developing because there is a lot of potential here and Trent is an integral part of it.
No QB in the history of football has great games every week, and when under the kind of pressure that Trent faced this past week, even the greatest QBs of all time look timid and pedestrian. So why don't you stop with all these brainless and inane arguments.
I am thoroughly convinced that the number 1 problem with the Bills organization is its unbelievably ignorant fan base.
hahahahaha, you are hilarious...torched SD with fearless devastating downfield throws? you are priceless...I assume you mean the same game where Trent had just ONE TD, and a modest 261 yards? Thats your idea of "torch"? And it was against one of the worst D's in the league...hahahaha...I mean seriously dude. Evans didnt even have 100 yards and averaged a poor 11 yards per catch. If you take out his one 20 yarder and he averaged just 9 yards per catch the rest of the game...so how is this "torching with fearless devastating downfield throws?
I love how people like you bring up one or two games and ignore the other 20+ games where he struggled to move the ball and never throws to his WR's...funny how those few games are also against terrible defenses too...
And Trent only looked like the "truth" to you in the first 2 games...most of us saw a gaping problem with our offense in its lack of ability to get the WR's involved, and its clearly on Trents shoulders as WR's keep getting open and he just doesnt fire the ball.
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Good pickup, I think he has some upside
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Saw this on CNNSI.com
http://www.fannation.com/truth_and_rumors/...ick?eref=fromSI
Vick in Buffalo? He can throw the deep ball, and could utilize Evans and TO much better than Edwards.
This isnt a rumor and Vick is not on the trading block...why post it? Its just someone speculating on whether the Eagles should put Vick on trading block given the number of QB's they have and the number of QB needy teams...
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Um, he was actually a phenomenal coach for the Raiders. If not for the tuck rule and the dirtiest play in a big game in the last decade (Tony Siragusa's leap onto a prone Rich Gannon's shoulder in the first quarter of the AFC championship game), he may have gone to two Super Bowls.
People said DJ did a phenomenal job in Chi too and even won coach of the year...whats you opinnion of him?
He had a much bigger body of work in TB and he took a perennial SB contender, dismantled it, and couldnt put it back together ever again. His drafts were terrible, but most importantly, and I mean MOST importantly, his players didnt trust him (as so stated by his former players and the TB front office) When your players dont trust you, you will NOT have much success in football.
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Pure speculation on your part.
Jon Gruden is still young and will only get better with experience in my opinion. All you have to do is listen to the guy talk football to get a true sense of what kind of a football mind he really is and Jon Gruden knows and loves the game of football. We listen to many head coaches in the media and Jon Gruden strikes me as one of the more passionate, intelligent and exciting HC 's in the league, but that's just my personal opinion.
I like Jon Gruden...
I love how you write speculation when Gruden himself says he prefers vets to young QB's, hence the stockpile every year in TB. THen you follow it up with a post thats all speculation yourself...lmao
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Ok, we get it. You hate Trent. Well he's the Bills' QB this season so you don't have to watch. It's funny that guys like yourself were silent after the first 2 good games and now after a bad one just pop up again. Go Bills
hahahaha, then you werent on the boards after the first 2 games...I was all over the boards the first 2 games, and was not silent at all on the Trent topic. I said after both the NE and TB games that we MUST get our WR's involved and that until Trent does we wont win many games...
I said his outings were encouraging, but not great. The fact he barely threw to TO and Lee in terms of targets in both games concerned me...and the NO games showed EXACTLY why its a problem.
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If Jon Gruden took over and could not get the results he wanted from TE, then he would do whatever he thinks is necessary.
Trent Edwards is a Jon Gruden type QB though in my opinion, TE's intelligent, accurate and he takes care of the football. Gruden could care less about having a high powered passing attack, he wants to win ball games any way he can, period.
I think Gruden would be licking his chops at the possible potential of the Buffalo Bills from a talent standpoint.
Come on Dog, be realistic here...do you even watch Trent play? He is NOT accurate...sure when he throws 2-7 yards, but he is not a very accurate down the field passer. He has made some throws, but for every good throw down field he throws 2 or 3 bad ones.
Protects the ball? He has more turnovers than TD's in his career. He even fumbled 9 times in 12 games last year...
Gruden could care less about a high powered passing attack? hahahaha, man you know nothing about Gruden...thats exactly what his offense is based on...a high powered passing attack...
I agree, this team has enough talent to be attractive to another coach, but come on with all statements about how great Trent is at things he is not great at...
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Everyone is real high on Jon Gruden coming to Buffalo including myself, Well, Jon Gruden is real high on Trent Edwards and if he becomes HC for the Buffalo Bills TE is not going anywhere soon...
We just revamped our O-line, have another inexperienced and new OC who had 1 week to prepare for the season and a couple of Quacks for a HC and GM/ or whatever he is that let it all happen. Jon Gruden, being the intelligent fella that he is understands as much and could take this football team with the talent it has and turn it into a playoff contender.
Jon Gruden is over rated. After winning the SB with Dungy's team in a game where even Keyshawn said they had a massive advantage as they knew everything Oak was going to do, he went on to run that team in the ground. Never had a back to back winning season after that until his last 2 years where he went 9-7 both years and only made playoffs once, had a worse collapse last year then we did losing four straight to end the season after they were leading the division with 4 games left and missed the playoffs.
Is he an upgrade over DJ, sure, but there are other coaches out there that are better choices.
And more importantly, when how and where is Jon Gruden coming to Buffalo? Are you talking about that BS rumor someone heard about a limo company picking him up at the airport yesterday? I mean how gullible can you be on this board when Gruden was on Monday night football in another state yesterday...
Jon Gruden also hates young QB's, especially ones that play like Trent.
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The Bills had a great offensive game plan for the Patriots, and yet failed badly against the Saints.
They knew Greg Williams was going to bring the heat, and he did...all game long. It bothers me to say it but AVP failed to compensate correctly and adjust with more draws and quick screens. If the DE's are coming full speed then you work to run to the spot they vacated. He is young and learning as he goes, hopefully he will get better.
I'd get TO into the game plan way more then he is,with end arounds, line him up in the slot, play him at tight end, reverse, double reverse, fake reverse. That guy should be touching the ball at least 12- 15 times a game, or more. He is still the best play maker on the Bills roster, not getting TO the ball is plain stupid. Your paying the guy 6 mill a year, let him earn it !!!!
Let me get this straight...We have one of the most prolific pass catching WR's in the history of football, and your idea for him to get more involved is a reverse, double reverse, and fake reverse? Line him up at Tight End too?...wow
Geezus, ever heard of THROWING him the ball?????? Is our QB such a panzy that we have to hand the ball off to our Elite WR's in order for them to touch it?
Why is it every other #1 and #2 WR's in the NFL find ways to get into position to catch passes from their natural position of WR? ITs becuase when they do, their QB throws it to them.
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9 years without a playoff appearance. 13 years without a playoff win.
Some of the most debilitating losses in team history since 2006. HC who has no guts. HC, as Jerry Sullivan points out, is 2-21 against winning teams since 2006.
If you'd like to be optimistic, keep living in fantasy world. Nothing has changed.
2-21 against winning teams...hmmm, who was the starting QB during most that stretch? Could it be he wasnt good enough to get us wins as the starting QB? I only ask because in almost every one of those 21 losses our team was in position to win late in the game, but our combo of JP and Trent played so badly in those losses we couldnt pull it out.
That being said, we need a change at HC too, but our QB (both trent and JP) have literally been as big of a factor, if not bigger, in almost all those losses.
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My guess is if DJ gets canned Bobby April takes over until the season is finished.(April goes 7-9)
Being as we continue to take our failing coaching staff and hiring from within, who knows, maybe Bobby April stays HC for 3 more years of 7-9
So hey, don't worry, be happy, our marketing Director/ GM has it covered.
lmao...you have said in other posts how April should be HC, now you mock him as a HC...priceless.
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And the correct answer is a whopping 6 times on the TD question...
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I know it is just a number and there are many here who have more interest in winning then enjoyable football, but it is a telling stat for a team that has a losing record.
Sure the Giants didn't need to throw for 300 yesterday to beat TB, and some games we really did not big offensive #'s, but wouldn't it be nice to watch a fun exciting offensive team. How much fun would it be to score 34 points a game on offense on a regular basis?
I watch football to be entertained and we have not seen many games we truly would call entertaining in a while.
Do you know how many 300 yard games Trent has passed for in college and pros combined?
Answer = ONE, and it was early in his college career at Stanford...
This kid hasnt been a playmaker since high school.
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This question is directed to those of you at the game yesterday. The protection wasn't very great yesterday but i've been sitting around baffled. How do you have TWO dynamic #1 playmaking WR's and have a hard time getting the ball?
So if you were there, can anyone shed any light as to whether they weren't getting open or if Trent just didn't get the ball to them?
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They have the look of the 2008 Bills.
^^^What he said^^^
They should be 2-1 anyway, but a fluke once in a decade play in week 1 stole the win...
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3 people removed from the source of the rumor, yet that didn't stop you from posting it. Nice work.
Do you honestly believe that a coach of Gruden's caliber is going to sign on with a team 3 weeks into a season without being able to assemble his own staff or have the off season to plan?
While I dont give much substance to the rumor, I will answer your question.
Absolutely Gruden would be interested in this team right now...we have a ton of talent, young talent, and more importantly, a lot of offensive weapons. He would have a great foundation to work with and could see an opportunity to become a very relevant team in the next couple of seasons.
He would get a free pass this year, meaning he could tinker all he wants with no remorse in order to go into next season with a clear direction on what he wanted to do.
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or catch balls that hit him in the hands
Yes he dropped 3 passes thus far, but so what. Moss and Welker dropped 4 in just the game against us. The differnece is Brady proceeded to throw a combined 28 times to Moss and Welker in that very same game. He gives them WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYY more opportunities to make plays.
TO had 4 bad throws to him yesterday...just FOUR, and they were all bad throws. T.O. has a proven track record of being one of the most productive WR's ever in the NFL while leading the NFL in drops. WHY? Because his QB's still throw him the dam ball!!!!
Lee Evans barely has any targets too...wow, how is this so hard to understand. I mean we are the worst team in the league at using our WR's and have been every day since Trent took the reigns!
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Yep those plays! It's a rare QB that never has to move outside the pocket. It happens deal with it. Too bad we don't have a veteran QB that can handle that sort of thing like a Mark Sanchez.
lol...great point
Trent is at best a game manager. He doesnt have the guts, moxy, or balls to move the chains in this league. He is the most conservative player in football.
Just watching Sanchez, you can instantly see the difference of a young QB with the swagger and confidence to make all the throws. Sanchez is going to be a very good QB in this league, and I said so before the draft that he will be the best QB to come out of this draft.
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ok then, how are any of the QBs who got picked this year from the 3rd round on doing this season?
Brady is the anomaly, not the norm.
#1 pick does still count for something.
Yeah it counts in the bank account which = playing time when you make that much money...QB's making much less sit most the time as rookies...
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As he's running for his life you mean, as the whole O-line is getting blown off the line of scrimmage.
Good QB's still find a way to get the ball out to his WR's...Trent doesnt even make the attempt...
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I want to know why most every team you watch makes throws to wide open receivers several times a game. Yet, our 2 guys are never, never wide open. It seems our CBs are always 5-10 yards away when ball is thrown and their CBs are always in blanket coverage. Every week, every team.
Because Trent wont throw to them unless they are wide open...
A winning idea
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lmao...When neither Lee Evans nor TO have more than 10 catches after 3 games and they are both on your team, then you have big problems...
But, with your rose colored glasses I am sure you still think Trent is better than Jim Kelly as you previously have stated...