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There was a thread for UBs pro day where I mentioned him as a McDermott kind of player due to his wrestling background. I think it hurts him more than anything that he does project as a C/G, interior lineman. Just being a center makes it tough for him to be a rostered backup.

Any former UB guys that get some NFL money is good for the current UB guys and recruiting. I hated playing against short guys because they have a built in leverage advantage but that never seems to work for NFL linemen. He was very good for UB and any pro success he has is well earned. I think we should start feeding the training camp stories into this thread. Anyone 716 related-- UB players or HS players from WNY who are trying to make a roster or practice squad. Steve Carlson/Browns, Jake Dolegala and Mason Schrek/Bengals, Qadree Ollison/Falcons, Anthony Johnson/Bucs, Chuck Harris/Bears, O'Hagan/Giants

O'Hagan tested really poorly (his RAS is <1) but he was an outstanding MAC center. I think he has little value other than center and is considered short for the NFL @ 6'1". I have seen more recent reports on him that were positive but being from LI they might be biased toward him. Being a NYSPHSAA wrestling champ and 4 year starter at UB makes me biased toward him too.

Cover1 with a nice recap of the practice with Greg Tompsett and guest Joe Marino of Locked on Bills. They do a good job of presenting their thoughts considering that they probably do not have any formal communications training. Cover1 with Greg and Joe

There's a stray cat hanging around my back porch. It appears quite young and to have been someone's indoor cat because every time we open the door it tries to rush in. It's beautiful with an overly bushy tail with a touch of white at the tip and looks close to this picture I found on the internet. When i walk around the yard, it follows me everywhere. It was skinny and needed food so of course we have been feeding it as it would be a shame to see it suffer. The trouble is that we already have 3 cats too many inside the house. This cat needs a good home and will likely take to anyone that would be willing to provide it and love them in return for it. I think I'll call it Barkley.

if i recall, he faulted Josh for two throws. The one that came in about a foot too low on a curl to the right side and a curl to the left where Zay took a hit in the back just as the ball got there but managed to hang on. To me the latter looked like a throw Josh made as his 3rd option so of course it was later in the play. Cosell said sometimes that "late" throw will be incomplete because it gives the defender a chance for a pbu. I do not think he commented on the throw near the goal line.

Maybe this is your point? Can it be possible that the Bills start 2 and 2 and Doug Sean would bench E.J. Josh after only 4 games into his 2nd NFL season and less than a full year's worth of starts? I mean there is such a thing as patience and letting a young player figure it out but there is also the coach's reputation to consider in light of his next head coaching job opportunity once he exercizes the out clause in his contract. On the other hand, if Zay hangs on to the ball, Josh goes 7 of 11 for 80+ yards and a TD and I doubt Sean has an out clause.

I have been annoyed by that as well. Two microphones with a siwitch passed around the room might do the trick. Answers without the context of the questions is not as informative as it ought to be. This assumes the media members can be polite and share.

1976. Bills beat the Chiefs 50 to 17 to make them 2 and 2. It was their last win of the year and OJ and Jeff Kinney both rushed for over 100 yards. That was a strange season. A big group of my extended family attended. Back then they rarely showed home games on local TV so I did not realize that the lower bowl was below ground level. We went to the Lakeview Smorgasbord on the way home. It was a very popular place back then with a long line waiting to get in.

Both are interesting stories. Chad's training camp reports seem like a mixed bag but he has a history of showing much better in the games than in practice. I would bet he will run their offense well and look competent doing it. The Ole' Miss fans really took to his competitve fire as he lead them to wins over Bama, LSU and Auburn and a Sugar Bowl win. They do not do those things in one season very often. Tyree is a nice project but observing him over the last 3 years it seemed his competitive fire never burned too brightly. Kelly would give everything he had to make a play work and his teammates responded to his lead. Tyree should have run roughshod over the MAC but there were plenty of times where the Bulls needed a play or two and he couldn't deliver. Imo, Chad was way too slow to learn the difference between "never giving up" and "never backing down" and it has caused much damage to his reputation and career potential. It barely has a pulse and these 4 preseason games will determine whether or not the Colts or any other professional team will be willing to work with him. He is fun to watch when on the field and it would it make a great story if he found any measure of success. Either you believe redemption is possible or don't.

I have been enjoying all the Bills related podcasts the last few months. A lot of their content is inbred in that they all seem to be guests on each others shows. Anyways, the link is to Joe's guest slot on Circling the Wagons and he discusses the reasons for his superlative choices. For the Matt Milano thing he basically says that it was written for The Draft Network audience which is not as aware of how good Milano was last year so he's giving Matt a plug to a more national audience as someone who they should pay more attention to, thus a "breakout player" in a league wide sense. Joe on his Superlative Selections and the O-line

I can think of 4 ints of the "rolling left and throwing down field into coverage" ints last year, Chargers, Packers, Jets 2x. Two better plays to Ivory where he came across the field underneath and had huge empty space to run, Vikings and Dolphins, so that was probably not by accident. They need to work on the scramble more in general because Josh has multiple ways to escape and buy more time (see the link) and his elite arm can get the ball to almost any place on the field. Defenses wil drop coverage somewhere. Josh takes Melvin Ingram for a ride. Josh's first start, a bad play but an early case of "I do not think I have seen an NFL QB do that before."

Qadree Ollison for Atlanta is one reason to watch. He has a good chance to stick with the Falcons and I do like to follow the progress of guys with a 716 connection. Steven Carlson with the Browns, Jake Dolegala with the Bengals, Kelly with the Colts and all the UB guys give me an extra reason to watch many of these preseason games. I still check on Namaan Roosevelt in the CFL.

I blame Wade for choosing to kick the field goal with so much time still on the clock and after the Bills had just gotten a first down. Maybe he panicked because Rob lost a shoe. No coach sends the FG unit on the field in that situation because you're giving the other team a chance to pull some crazy play from deep in their playbook. Make the kick or not and walk off the field.

You are more enthusiastic than me but I have generally the same notion. The 4th quarter can be brutal but the Jackson/Kelly angle might hold my interest. I'd bet some DB and O-line cuts do make other rosters.

Just ran across this regarding Luck. He is ruled out of this first preseason game by Frank Reich due to lingering calf soreness. https://twitter.com/MySportsUpdate/status/1156221981039190016 More Chad Kelly vs. Tyree Jackson might hold my 4th quarter interest.

Kind of smantics I suppose. If Milano does what he did last year over a full season and gets recognized for it with a Pro Bowl selection, many will say he "brokeout" but regular observers will not be surprised. I guess dark horse is ok. If he clicks with Josh, he could far outproduce the rest of the receiving corp and be an obvious standout. Other more likely candidates could struggle (say Josh w/ TOs) or split time (RBs) to the point where Brown emerges as the offensive MVP.

Josh Allen stiff arm to the turf victim on a QB draw TD? I think that was him and, if so, that's all I know about him.

That home loss week 14 was a strange game. The Bills looked to be the better team for most of it. Darnold hit a 37 yard pass with less than 2 minutes to play, one of two impressive plays all game and then Josh threw his second bad pick of the game. The Jets ST really dominated on KR and the Bills had a FG miss and one blocked. What that means for 2019 probably amounts to very little.

My wife and I were in the Charlotte area when the Bills beat the Packers, 12/14/14. We watched the game at Tavern on the Tracks and had a great time. The president of the Bills Backers chapter explained how Erie county was the #1 source of people relocating to Mecklenberg/Union Counties although he said he was from Chautauqua County, specifically Jamestown. Watching all the people there, many with their families, it struck me that staying close to their team amidst a fervent community of fans in exile was their desperate attempt to stay connected with home. It will be interesting to see how they represent in Spartanburg and at the Panthers preseason game. I'll bet the rest of us notice them. As for my location, there are many Browns and Steelers fans in the Jamestown area. I am told that in the 60's the Browns were the featured NFL game most every week and the Steelers great teams of the 70's created a large following. I'd be interested to know the actual breakdown.

He has a tendency to ask a single question but in paragraph form. It's inherent with someone new to the job trying to establish that they are legitimately qualified to ask it. "I am aware of A, B, C, D, E and F so what effect do you think they have on G?" IMO, as a listener, it can get irritating trying to follow an entire monolog that gets connected to a question at the very end. General rule: the questions asked in an interview should not be longer than the responses.

I dislike the NFL QB rating as a measure of QB play but as a measure of WR or DB play it means alot more to me. For instance, Josh's rating throwing to Robert Foster vs. Kelvin Benjamin. Same QB throwing the ball but such different outcomes. Their love of catch rate in the article is misplaced as it is only a small part of a much bigger picture.

They were a .500 team last year in games Josh started and finished. Do you think an extra win or two is too much to shoot for? Like E-Ball posted, just being an average offense could take them a long way toward a better record.

It's tough for me to imagine Josh playing well within the structure of an offense and what he'd look like doing it. He didn't do that NFL year 1 or at Wyoming (maybe Jr. year?) but he had no choice. He had to make off script plays to extend drives or take a seat. As the team around him improves the question becomes "can he operate within the structure of what's called or is he hardwired to play Hero Ball?" I commented in a different thread that he should play like Bruce Wayne until the Bat Signal goes up. That mindset would be his formula to a successful season/career and that would elevate the play of his teammates. But, he might not be inclined to play that way. Ten is a legitimate target. There is plenty of precedent for QBs getting their team there in NFL year 2. The schedule gives them a chance to stack some wins early and then improve enough during the season to compete at the back end. It's not crazy talk and these kinds of improvements have been occurring with regularity.

Getting in my wayback machine, but wasn't it played at Candlestick when there was still a baseball field cut in the turf? Maybe they played their entire seasons with it that way. I think defenses had problems playing on that field as the footing could be real dicey for reactive coverage or pass rush moves. Almost like playing on a slippery, winter weather field where the offense has the advantage. As the OP rewatched the entire game, did it seem to play that way?