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I love the confidence this kid shows. He flat-out tells you, if I get playing time, I WILL make things happen. Check out his post-game press conference.
Its very early, but I really feel like we have a player here. The speed and quickness off the edge is remarkable, and he's already talking about working on inside counter moves to make himself better. Seems like he has the kind of attitude it takes to find success.
Fingers crossed. How great would it be to find ourselves a top-tier pass rusher?
I like this kid...he has what our D needs, speed and swagger. I wont be surprised to see this kid in the running for defensive rookie of the year.
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I notice that out of an entire post you select one statement to go off on, Did the Bills win those games against Denver and San Diego? Did Trent Edwards play well in those games? Did he have time to throw? Frankly, I don't shiv a git that the other 2 QB's had better stats that day, or that year. Both Rivers and Cutler have better teams and receivers and coaches.
Why not address the other parts of my post?
The Bills are still lacking a decent pass catching tight end, they realize this and tried to trade for Tony Gonzalez, but he turned down the trade. The Bills still lack a good fullback, they try throw the ball on short yardage plays because they don't have a short yardage back.
Do the Bills have anyone even close to the ability of Antonio Gates?
The Bills offensive line has been revamped every year the past 4 years under Jauron, it is no wonder any QB gets gunshy or unloads the ball to the checkdown. This coaching staff doesn't know a good linemen from a bad one, it is why they keep bringing in new players only to drop them the next year.The Chargers were 14-2 not long ago with LT leading the NFL in rushing, that O line is 5x better then Buffalo's
I'm not sure why your on a Trent Edwards witch hunt, he basically pulled out some wins last season against the Raiders, Rams, Jags with come from behind passing plays. If the receivers get open and he has time, TE can be as good as most any QB in the league.
Try not to forget that it is a TEAM game and the TEAM needs to play well to win.
I addressed these in other posts...
1. The Chargers havent had a WR that could have started for the Bills under the Rivers era...V. Jackson is just NOW finally developing into a potential WR, but he has been poor at his route running and dropped to many passes in years past. So bring up Gates if you want, but thats one guy. We have one great weapon too, but you use that as an excuse for Trent.
Did you ever stop and think that Gates has had the seasons he has had because Rivers has been so good and was able to get him the ball? WR's dont throw to themselves and neither do TE's.
And if our QB isnt good enough to win without a stud Tight End, then our QB isnt good enough to play in this league. In fact, the TE position was almost forgotten just 5 yers ago there were only a handful of good TE's in all of football. So if a QB cant succeed because of a TE, then he is doomed period.
2. Our O Line has been up and down, true. But, our O Line OFTEN gave both JP and Trent all kinds of time to throw last year and they still couldnt get the ball out or move the chains. Our O Line is good enough for us to be in the playoffs. Kurt Warner had a worse O Line than us last year and he had a prolific passing season despite having no running game, losing some of his stud WR's to injuries, and no Tight End.
3. Not on a Trent witch hunt, just seems that way because I end up getting into drawn out things with people who make absurd claims about him or same dumbass things like down playing how good Montana was. And a big NEWS flash for you...Trent didnt pull out wins for us in 2 of those comebacks...other units of our team bailed him out when he was struggling (Lynch, Mitchell, ST)
And your claim "If the receivers get open and he has time, TE can be as good as most any QB in the league." is hysterical because just about every game last year you can find wide open recievers that Trent doesnt see depsite having ALL kinds of time and still dumps it off or throws the ball to them WAY too late.
And a big FYI to you: In the NFL, you dont have success passing because you have all day to throw, you have success passing because you take 3 steps back and FIRE...5 steps back and FIRE...7 steps back and FIRE. Asking the O Line to give you all day is an impossible task as the guys on the other side of the ball are highly skilled players paid to disrupt the QB. So if Trent needs a LOT of time in order to be succesful then he will never be succesful.
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On that particular day, He was beaten by the better TEAM. You're the one who thinks it all comes down to one player.
Montana also had a great team around him with the best receiver to ever play the game in Jerry Rice. Arguably the best ever head coach in Bill Walsh, who invented a great offense that is still used by the vast majority of teams today. Great teams make players look great, Montana didn't fair so well in KC after he left SF, he never made it back to the super bowl without Jerry Rice.
Both Rivers and Cutler have played on better teams then Trent Edwards, better players, better coaches, better schemes.
I'll take Mike Shanahan and Norv Turner over Jauron and his band of morons any day.
OMG...did you just downplay JOE MONTANA as if he was only good because of Rice and Walsh? I was FAR from declaring you to be one of the dumbest posters on here, but after that I dont know what to say anymore. Take it from someone who grew up in Northern California hating the 49ers, Montana is one of the 3 best, if not the best, QB to ever play in the NFL. And he did with a below average arm and below average athletic ability. He was the perfect definition of a pocket passer. His passes were right on the numbers...his WR's were hit in pefect stride...he was one of the smartest QB's to ever play the game...I could go on and on.
If you poll coaches, GM's, scouts, etc, etc...all of them will have Joe in their top 5 all time and most will have him #1. And I assure you they know a hell of a lot more about football than any of us on this board.
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Tell me about it. Has he ever backed up his claims? If not, he's no better than the SKOOBster.
I rarely bring that up cuz I dont expect anyone to believe it, and could care less if they do. But here are the facts:
1. I never have once made any outlandish "insider" claim on here...not once. The only exception was when I mentioned the Bills interest in Matt Cassel where I got blasted by a lot of posters just to have that story confirmed two days later.
2. The only time I have ever offered any info from people I know in NFL circles it was related to fooball analysis, not free agent pick ups or trades.
3. I never post any rumors or "inside" info.
4. Almost all my posts are about football, not speculation, whether you agree with them or not.
So, again, take for what its worth, but I happen to have friends from my college playing days still playing in the NFL, and some that have gone on to coaching staffs, front office, etc. You would be surprised how many friends you make playing college ball...so you can enjoy their perspective, or choose to laugh it off...could care less.
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It doesnt matter if it was first or second teamers being double teamed is the same. My point is why is it that other teams dont care if their #1 guy is double covered and continue to throw his way and the Bills just say "sh*t, they are taking lee away. I guess we better not throw his way".
BTW for the 8 million a year he is being paid, he should be able to beat double teams.
Ok, have you ever played football? Dont mean that offensively, just asking because you are making a very common misconception on how to beat a double team.
When a WR beats a double team that doesnt mean he is running wide open. It means he found a crease in the coverage where the QUARTERBACK was able to sling the ball in. What all these "Evans isnt good enough people" fail miserably to realize is that a QUARTERBACK is actually MORE important to a WR beating a double team than a WR is at the NFL level, ESPECIALLY when dealing with a WR in the mold of Lee Evans, S. Smith, M. Harrision, etc...
The WR is rarely just going to "lose" both defenders. He is going to most often create a crease or window of opportunity for the QB to get the ball to him. That requires the WR and QB to be in tune and recognize where the soft spots on the defense will be. Trent has very often tried to force the ball to Lee because he doesnt throw to the area where Lee will the seperation, he waits until the seperation occurs then fires which is too late and allows the D to close. THis is just Football 101...
There are many times where Lee gets the window and Trent fails to pull the trigger. I think a lot of this has to do with his confidence. Honestly, Trent plays a lot like he questions either his read, ability or arm strength to get the ball to where he wants. Maybe its a combo of all 3, I dont know, but watch someone like Manning, Warner, Favre, McNabb, etc...they throw with conviction and confidence win or lose. Trent seems to hesitate as if he is unsure unless the guy is wide open.
Case example 1:
S. Smith - with a healthy DelHomme he was considered the best WR in football and the one of the most productive in the game. When the QB gets hurt and David Carr comes in, S. Smith is literally a ghost of his former self. The rest of the team is the same EXCPET the QB and all of a sudden S. Smith cant beat double coverages? Come on now, Smith didnt change, the QB did and couldnt get him the ball where he was open, and that went on for the entire season. This is VERY similar to Lee as they are both similar style WR's...
Case example 2:
R. Moss - when he was Oak he was said to have lost a step and not able to abuse opposing defensive backs like he once was and wasnt explosive enough to beat double coverage anymore. All of a sudden he goes to NE and poof he sets single season recieving records and has the single greatest season by a WR in the history of the NFL. Then last year, without Tom Brady he goes back to having a solid season instead of a great season.
A WR is the only player on the field whos succes is dependent on another player (the QB). A good QB can make bad WR's look better than they are. Case example: Every WR not named T.O. to ever play in Phi under the McNabb era. Donte Stalworth was one of the most dangerous WR in football that year in Philly never to do anything ever again and not a whole lot before. A bad QB can make great WR's look average...
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I haven't read the entire thread....I am curious...who makes this call to fire Turk?
My guess is Ralph makes a final decision - and he may very well have been the guy to initiate the firing.
But my guess is....if it was Ralph who initiated it,....did the HC go to bat for Turk? Did the GM?
Or was this a gangbang where everyone laid down and died an just said "I'm thankful I'm not getting the axe".
Does anyone think there was anyone on the staff that went to bat for Turk to keep him there?
I am pretty sure it was DJ...The head coach almost always has full say over his staff and from the rumors I have heard it was DJ...could be wrong, but thats where I would put my money on
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I started smiling from ear to ear when I saw the breaking news alert on sportscenter this morning
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#1 You make it sound like you have spoken to many NFL GM's with that statement, how many confided to you about Boldin and Johnson?
#2 The Bills didn't have a receiver that makes the top 10, much less the top 5 as much as I like Lee Evans he is rated in the 20-25 range. Now with TO in the lineup lets see how Edwards does, if he has time to throw to him that is.
#3 Just because you haven't read about it doesn't make it false, The Ravens, Jets, Giants are all trying to trade for Marshall, believe it
This is one of many posts I've read recently about the teams chasing after Marshall.
Brandon Marshall rumors migrate to the other New York team
Posted by Mike Florio on September 3, 2009 7:14 AM ET
With the Jets quickly in and then out of the Brandon Marshall trade discussion, the team with which they share a stadium now finds itself in the center of the scuttlebutt.
104.3 The Fan in Denver, one of the Denver-area sports radio stations, has posted on its web site an image of a plane bearing the Giants logo on its tail, at a Denver-area airport.
The easy -- through probably grossly incorrect -- speculation is that the receiver-needy Giants are working out a deal for Marshall and whisking him to New York.
Though we won't rule out anything in the stranger-then-Playmakers NFL, we can't imagine the Giants welcoming into the shop another major knucklehead only months after purging a guy whose story the writers of the shuttered ESPN football melodrama would have rejected as way too unrealistic.
Still, you love rumors. So rumors we give you.
And now we wait for the follow-up report that the Giants aren't pursuing Marshall.
http://www.newsday.com/sports/football/jet...shall-1.1415259
1. For what its worth, I do have some friends in the league from my playing days in college, both in the office and on the field. I talked a lot about Boldin to them beacuse I wanted him (pre T.O. when Boldin was wanting a trade), and just about everyone I talked to felt like he was the third best WR in football for both what he does on and off the field. You cant look at just stats (which he has great ones) but also what the WR does on plays the ball isnt going his way, when they are running the ball, etc. And it doesnt take a rocket scientist to know that just about everyone feels Calvin is a top 5 wideout...
2. Just because we dont have a say top 10 WR by your definition doesnt mean we dont have one of the best WR units in football. First of all, T.O. is still one of the best in football. Second, Evans ranking has slipped because we dont have a QB who can get him the ball. When JP was here, Evans was considered a top 15 and even top 10 by some WR because he was far more productive, and JP SUCKS.
Look at Randy Moss, he was considered washed up and outside the top 20 in Oakland, but then his first year on a team who can get him the ball and he broke single season recieving records. If you put Evans in Phi, AZ, Indy, NE, etc he would be amongst the most productive in football. Another example...3 years ago S. Smith was considered the best WR in football...Delhomme gets hurt the next year and Smith has a mediocre couple of years and now he is not even in some peoples top 10. A WR is nothing without a competent QB...
3. You literally just posted internet rumors (you know the same ones that had signing Vick, Bryant Johnson, Coles, etc) despite official reports saying Den has had no discussions with any teams and dont want to trade Marshall.
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There is a reason why Trent checks down and holds on to the ball. Roscoe Parrish constantly misses the reads on blitzes, watch last years games on DVR (literally impossible).
I am assuming this is sarcasm, because otherwise you are literally blaming our 4th WR for our QB's struggles...that should be on the Trent Excuse thread...
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You're kidding right?
The Bills offensive coordinator stated in the Buffalo news that the passing offense suffered last season because once opposing teams double covered Lee Evans it shut down the passing game, It is the reason they opted to sign TO.
As much as you hate Trent Edwards ( not sure why, did he bang your wife or gf? ) He can't make the blocks and run the routes while trying to throw the ball.
The Bills are still lacking a decent pass catching tight end, they realize this and tried to trade for Tony Gonzalez, but he turned down the trade. The Bills still lack a good fullback, they try throw the ball on short yardage plays because they don't have a short yardage back.
The Bills offensive line has been revamped every year the past 4 years under Jauron, it is no wonder any QB gets gunshy or unloads the ball to the checkdown. This coaching staff doesn't know a good linemen from a bad one, it is why they keep bringing in new players only to drop them the next year.
I'm not sure why your on a Trent Edwards witch hunt, this is the same QB that outplayed Cutler in Denver, and he out played Phillip Rivers in Buffalo, he basically pulled out some wins last season against the Raiders, Rams, Jags with come from behind passing plays. If the receivers get open and he has time, TE can be as good as most any QB in the league.
Try not to forget that it is a TEAM game and the TEAM needs to play well to win.
Anyone who says "He outplayed Rivers and Cutler" loses all credibility right there with anything else you say. One, Opposing QB's are not facing identical defenses, so even comparing the two in a game is absurd. Denver and SD were amongst the worst Defenses in the league last year, which makes it easier for Trent. Second, Trent didnt play Rivers one on one or Cutler one on one...Third Cutler and Rivers have accomplished light years more than Trent has. In fact, Rivers has the second highest QB rating to start a career ALL TIME (only second to Montanna) and Cutler had one of the most productive starts to an NFL career as well all time (and I dont want to hear how they didnt make the playoffs because anyone with a shred of common sense who isnt trying to hype up there boy crush Trent knows it was the defense that kept Den out of the playoffs).
Trent is NOT even in the same league as those two...its like comparing the NFL to the CFL. I am curious, so are you saying every time Montanna had a bad game and the opposing QB had a good game that it means the opposing QB is a better QB than Montanna?
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I can't wait until the regular season starts to see the mods delete all these threads opened during the games.
Why do you care?
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You know this how, do you have anything at all to support something so hilarious.
I answered for him...Kurt Warner and the AZ cardinals.
3 steps back, FIRE...that simple. Kurt picks D's off all the time depsite being pressured all the time. His O line in AZ is well below average and they cant run the ball, yet Kurt is one of the most productive QB's in the league and took AZ to the SB...
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You can have some of the best skilled players in the NFL including a good QB and without a good O-line it doesn't matter does it, like I say it can be simple or it can be to complicated for some to comprehend.
Not true at all...explain the AZ cardinals last year...
A good QB who can take 3 steps and fire can beat any blitz and a bad O Line all day long...Case in point Kurt Warner who may be the slowest QB in football and yet still gets the ball out fast and to his WR's all day depsite having an O line that was worse than ours last year.
A good QB makes a bad O line look solid...the bottom line is that our O Line is good enough to win with and gave Trent and JP all kinds of time to throw last year that was never utilized. Are they the best no O Line, of course not, not even close. But they are good enough to see a lot more production out of the offense.
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DUDE...don't bother quoting relevant stats to Trentative apologists. Let's not ruin blind unfounded optimism with real world performance.
Couldnt have said it better myself...
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Week 17: Giants
- The Giants were already comfortably in the playoffs, they had nothing at stake. They played David Carr at QB for Christ's sake. The Vikings could still barely beat them. It helps when Adrian Peterson is running for 67 yard touchdowns and they're kicking 50-something yard field goals as time expires to beat the Giants' second string.
Week 16: Falcons
-Solid game by Jackson
Week 15: Cards
-It certainly helps your case as a QB when your RB rushes for 165 yards and sets the franchise record for his 9th 100 yard game in one season. It also helps when your WR runs a punt back for an 82 yard touchdown, and the other team's offense is turning the ball over like it's a hot potato.
Week 14: Lions (nuff' said)
- Jackson barely played in this one, and it was against the worst team in NFL history, and oh yeah.. Peterson rushed for over 100 yards again.
Look, the guy can certainly be solid at times. But in Minnesota, he's not the focal point of the offense. He just has to not make mistakes. In Buffalo, we have a no huddle air attack. The QB is the focal point. I really don't want a guy who is struggling to not make mistakes in one offense, coming in to one where he's gotta be the main guy. I would certainly want him on my team to develop, but I wouldn't want him on the field right away and I wouldn't give up a decent draft pick for him.
Week 17 he still palyed a tough defense...
Week 15 - who cares about AP running for 165 yards...you act like a RB rushing for 165 automatically turns the game into an easy day for the QB...not to mention we have one of the best RB tandems in foorball for him here.
By the way, all your points were directed at his record yet you ignore his 8-1 TD ratio and his 116 QB rating all the while passing to one of the worst WR corps in football. You do realize thats only 3 TD's fewer than Trent had all of last year? You also realize that is just one TD shy of equaling ALL of Trents TD production in his career right in less than 4 games?
All of that by using a WR corp significanly less than ours and playing better teams. Lee is way better than Berrian...Reed is better than any other WR on that team not named Berrian...actually, Reed is a better route runner, blocker and has better hands than Berrian, so the only thing Berrian has on him is speed and big play ability.
Besides all that though, the "In Buffalo the QB is the focal point" statement was shocking. Since when is my question? Trent passed for 10 TD's last year in 12.5 games...thats not even one per game. Our running game was what kept us alive last year, not the QB. We have switched to the no huddle to try and get the defense off guard and get Trent back into some quick drops and fire, but he has proven not capable of handling that yet. If we had a competent QB who could move the chains the no huddle would be scrapped.
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Is Brandon Marshall one of the top WR's in the NFL.... YES! Top 5?... YES!
Only Larry Fitzgerald, Andre Johnson, Randy Moss are better and only because Cutler is no longer throwing to him.
Would his presence dramatically improve the Bills passing game...YES!
Is that why the Ravens, Jets and Giants are all trying desperately to trade to get him...YES!
1. Ask any GM in the league and they will agreee Anquan Boldin and Calvin Johnson are better WR's than Marshall too, both on and off the field. Anquan might be the most complete WR in football, and Calvin is just as big, more explosive and a better teammate.
2. His presence would NOT dramatically improve the Bills passing game. We already have one of the Top 5 WR corps in all of football with a QB who can not get them the ball. The funniest thing is that when Randy Moss was in Oakland the fans used to complain about him too...then he goes where someone can pass to his WR's and he sets all kinds of single season records...BAD QB play can make any WR look BAD
3. The Ravens, Jets, and Giants are NOT desperately trying to get him...in fact not a single team has even had discussions with the Broncos and the Broncos are not currently shopping him. The last thing they want to do is have their hand forced and set a bad tone in the locker room as Cutler already whined his way out of Den.
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It's not that Trent can't get them the ball, it's that the receivers aren't either where they are supposed to be, quit on the route or aren't looking for the ball(Parrish, Reed).
hahahaha...you are kidding right? Please explain the plethora of wide open people in routes that Trent doesnt see to check down going back to last season and this preseason...
Not to mention, you can see right there in the game that he doesnt KNOW where to go with the ball, is late on his decisions, and waits to a person is open rather than throw to where he will be once he is open.
And one more request...please explain how you know that the WR's arent where they are supposed to be because that statement is literally impossible to make without a 2009 Buffalo Bills playbook...
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I finally sat down and watched the Buffalo Pittsburgh game all the way through. The offensive line is not doing the job, and at least at this moment is crippling every other element of the offensive game. Losing Peters, not drafting an offensive lineman as a first choice are the worst decisions the bills have made in years, and that includes a lot of bad decisions.
It is a wonder Edwards LIVED through that game. TO and Evans could have been open downfield, but TE would have been lying on his back long before he got a chance to throw. I was buying the argument of many that it was TE...but it ain't so. I have to LAUGH that we think bringing in another RECEIVER will help. Randy Moss, Jerry Rice and Andre Reed won't help if the quarterback doesn't have time to throw. Jim Kelly would be on his ass with this line. Joe Montana would be on his ass with this line. Unless we see better play from the o-line i'm seeing four wins as a major achievement.
The line is important, and it has had it struggles sure, but the idea that its been so bad its crippled the offense is exaggerating for one. There are plenty of QB's in this league that could move the ball with this line. First of all, the line has given Trent plenty of time to throw a lot this preseason. Second, with all these weapons and quick short routes, it should be a 3 step drop and throw...Trent holds the ball WAY too long for the drop he is taking because he does not know how to read a defense and isnt quick at progressing through his reads.
What people fail to understand is that there is lots of ways to deal with a struggling line but Trent isnt capable of it yet. For example, go watch the AZ game against us last year (or any AZ game for that matter) and you will see what a team does with a below average line a good QB. A very quick 3 step drop and FIRE, and walla you have Warner picking the Defense apart on short crossing routes all day long (this is also how you beat the blitz)...Trent cant seem to FIRE anything...he drops back and HOLDS then tries to check down...
The O Line has been good enough to score more than 3 points all preseason by the starting unit...Trent has not
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I'm sorry, but if Jackson couldn't find success with an offense like they have in Minnesota, what makes you think he's going to be any better in Buffalo? Just another everyone else's grass is greener than what we have in Buffalo.
What Offense exactly in Minnesota? Outside of the running game, the only real weapon is their TE and he is good not great. For a QB you need more than a running game. They have had one of the worst WR corps in the league since they traded Moss and we have one of the best.
Berrian is good but isnt a good route runner and drops too many balls. Befinitely not suited to carry the team. Favre may make them better because he is good enough to work with what hes got, but a young QB is never going to develop any consistency with that sorry bunch of WR's...
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We currently have one of the most talented WR corps in football going into this year, but stats wont show that becuase we dont have anyone to get TO and Evans the ball...Marshall doesnt change that.
I say package Roscoe and Reed with that 3rd round pick and go get us a QB who can use all these weapons. Owens, Evans, Johnson and Hardy as a 4 wideout corp looks pretty good...add in Nelson and our pass catching RB's to that and a competent QB will have a Pro Bowl year...
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I vote to add TE gets hurt and misses game(s)
done as well as TO meltdown
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at least Edwards' play shut him up about Edwards being so good. Now all he really has is "the crusade continues..."
Exactly, and FYI those quotes in your sig are hilarious, especially the one by Dog14787
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I am not saying anything 1 way or the other, but I find it interesting that our Starting Offense after tomorrow's game may have gone the entire Preseason without playing 1 series together.
Sure, most were there in the Hall of Fame Game, but Butler was still missing from the lineup. T.O. hasn't been there every game since and after tomorrow, it looks like the entire offense would not have played 1 series together the entire Preseason. Based on what Jauron has been saying, it looks like many, if not all starters will not be playing much, if at all.
It may be nothing in the grand scheme of things, but for this team with all the new parts, especially on offense, not having 1 series together, it is definitely worth noting.
True, the problem is are starting unit rarely seems to be on the field. We always have some WR hurt, OL hurt, QB hurt, etc...the guys not hurt need to step it up when we are missing guys.
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Regardless of what they say, I think the No huddle is dead. They need to huddle up just to help the defense.
Yeah, I think the No Huddle and Turk might be a 2 for 1 too...
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