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Had a nice pbu and then a great read/reaction on a bubble screen on back to back plays. On the latter he was sprinting toward the playside before the snap and beat the blockers to the spot. I hate seeing bubble screens go for 7 to 12+ and thought that was a great play.

Something rather strange about Tyrod that makes me question what his game is all about. He actually attempts a pass on less than half his dropbacks. That's rather odd. I think it's happened twice now and I don't know what to make of it. I view him through the Mike Vick lens. He has a similar build and athletic skill set but is much more accurate and aware. The only time he exposed himself to injury was on the 24th yard of a 3rd and 23 play in a game they were trailing. These are good signs.

I'd like to know how different Mike Pettine's defense was than this one. My gut reaction reaction is that he may have brought pressure more often but I doubt that it was that much different in scheme, depth or terminology from what he ran under Rex for the NYJs.

Well, Leodis is getting some paractice time at safety so maybe there was some meat to the to that conversation Henderson had with John Murphy back then. I think Leodis has always had a hard time tracking the ball when looking over his shoulder, his left one in particular. This would tend to happen more when in chase mode along the defensive left sideline. He might be a real ball hawk in the middle of the field where he can see the ball come out and run to a point. He made a great pick in that spot against the Texans last year. http://www.buffalobills.com/video/videos/Cant-Miss-Play-Leaping-Leodis-McKelvin/c7163b8e-b5cc-49ad-b69d-582c6b78b9cd

This is the best evidence of how much Doug Whaley was involved in picking EJ. I for one do not think EJ is done, either here or elsewhere. The way Tyrod plays it is probably better than 50/50 that EJ plays meaningful football again this year. I've seen plenty of bad QB play/offensive football this year and not many teams that came from 24 down to take the lead. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI2TFbCiI08

EJ saw the defender late but lowered his shoulder to protect himself. Defenders rarely (never?) take a shot that low near the sidelines unless they have an agenda.

The age of social media has rewritten many of the rules. I suppose the crap EJ has taken on his twitter is just normal fan banter too. It's not always wise to actively defend yourself when attacked but it is usually a totally understandable response. None of the fans I know would make death threats, burn up a lawn or criticize a player for taking his daughter to Disney World during a bye week. I'll call out these so called "fans." They are an embarassment.

The receiver went down, Robey was still up and the Jags sideline went crazy begging for a call. The side judge closest to their bench but in no position to actually have seen any contact if it had existed, caved to the pressure and threw his flag. Ouch. So much for the Bills attempt to pick themselves off the canvas. The CFL has replay review of PI, both calls and no calls. I think they do alright with it. It's one of the biggest holes in NFL's replay review system as these are amongst the most critical penalties called or not called and the old, fat refs running down the field are often in horrible position to see the play.

Yeah, I noticed that. Nice to think he learned something during his time here.

Bills have two against the Jets and can take care of business against them. As for the rest of the Jets schedule, I am enjoying watching Fitz do his thing. The man cried as he hugged his teammates on locker cleanout day after the 2012 season. He wanted it pretty bad and knew his time here was over as was Gailey's. He's played better for the Titans, Texans and Jets. http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-films-sound-efx/0ap3000000562801/Sound-FX-Ryan-Fitzpatrick I would love to see him do that against the Pats.

EJ has now compiled a TQBR of 50+ in 9 of his 15 starts. This is actually a high success rate of competent play. Most QBs with his level of experience do not break 50%.

I took it a different way. It seemed like Henderson was shocked that JM brought it up. Almost as if he were revealing classified info. JM said he didn't "hear" it anywhere, just was specualting as were some fans. Henderson said something about keeping that talk low key. Maybe he was messing with Murphy.

I will state that I hate any argument based on the NFL's passer rating. If statistics are like bikinis as stated by Aaron Levenstein, the NFL's NFL Passer rating is a retro fashion, one piece suit of QB stats. It is not only missing vital insight but it can be misleading as well. Some things missed: 1) QB runs for first downs and TDs which obviously is a plus for EJ and a huge plus for Tyrod. 2) QBs that avoid sacks or minimize the yardage lost to them, often by throwing an incomplete pass or sensing pressure and moving forward. 3) QB that lead scoring drives that are capped by a short yardage score by a RB. 4) QBs that can protect the ball at all times, whether in the pocket or out. QB fumbles are huge game changers, moreso than ints. Some ints are like punts or offer no advantage to the other team but a QB fumble lost rarely is . 5) The game context of when attempts, completions, TDs and Ints occur. The NFL passer rating can hide many flaws. Kyle Orton is the type of QB that benefits most from it.

I was struck by the amount they paid for the Bills. Billionaires don't get to be that way by overpaying above and beyond the market value set by other bidders by $300,000,000. Then, Mary Wilson formed the foundation from the most of the proceeds and it's now being used to fund community development in and around Buffalo and Detroit. So maybe they looked at it as a good will overpayment to help endow the foundation.

Sure. But a preference for what? QB #2 job description: 1) Study the gameplan and work practice reps behind the #1. 2) Enter the game as a substitute for #1 sand run the offense after having had minimal practice reps during the week. 3) Start any of the games that the #1 is unable to.

During the spring there was a thread here about Ryan Tannehill that went along the lines of who'd we want to see as the Bills QB, him or EJ. Tannehill never impressed vs. the Bills, didn't show much clutch play especially late in the season and now has the big contract. I said that I really wanted to see EJ play in this offense for these coaches because I thought this situation is more suited to bringing the best out of him.

You have to realize that TV coverage will almost always give us a better look at these plays than the officials get calling them live. There is no other way to make calls other than how they "look." Umpriing a stolen base attempt at second base from behind home plate, you make a call based on whether the ball was there in time and whether the ball is caught and the glove is down before the runner reaches the bag. Don't tell the umpire that the tag was actually missed because it is impossible to see if a tag is actually applied from that angle. I am surprised at how poorly the wording is for the horse collar rule. There should be language about pulling the runner down from behind while striking the back of their legs. That's the dangerous play it is intended to prevent so why not word it that way. The Titans did this to Tyrod and the Bills did not do so to Mariota.

Travel anywhere in the other 49 and tell someone that you are from New York. All of them will assume you mean the city. Kind of irritating in a way. This is more subtle evidence that Rex is an intelligent, observant man who has picked up the sensitivities of our region rather quickly.

Once he beats the RT, he becomes the fastest moving player in that clip. He also had a very good game against the Bills last year. I think much of Kyle Orton's difficult day was the result of Mack. Also, as happens often, the o-lineman that gets toasted becomes the most likely to recover the fumble because he is the first to know that his QB is going to be road kill.

Thanks for the serious reply. The best of the smart ass replies was the one about the wings but they certainly can add something extra to the conversation.

When Rex was going over the history of how he developed an interest in Tyrod Taylor he mentioned that he had gotten positive reviews from guys like Ed Reed and Ray Lewis. What was most interesting to me was the one he got from Cam Cameron after Cam had left the Ravens. Rex said he COULDN'T share what that opinion was which left me to wonder why. Since Flacco was not very good much of the 2012 regular season which probably lead to Cam's firing, I think his opinion may be along the lines of "Tyrod is better than Flacco and if it were my call, he'd have been the starter." NFL coaches are adverse to having their names attached to opinions like that because it could bite them in the butt down the road. Often we hear opinions with unnamed sources, whereas, in this case, we know the source but not the opinion.

But, I heard from multiple, well-informed, expert analysts that the Bills had the worst QB situation in the entire NFL. So this just can't be true. I also heard that Darby was a 4th round talent that could not play the ball and that the Bills were screwed because they did not have a 1st round pick to leverage to draft a QB.

Christian Ponder? There is evidence to suggest that the Bills liked him in the draft.

I particulaly liked the descriptions of the blocking miscues and the "Surrender Cobra" term. I hadn't that one before. I think I'll search the term and see if it had been used before. Fairly new but maybe common to the college game.

Maybe this will get moved because it is Bills related only because Chad is related to Jim, but this is the funniest breakdown of a play I have ever seen. It's from the Mississippi vs. 'Bama game. I think I laughed out loud 5 times reading this and thought it was worth a share. http://www.redcuprebellion.com/2015/9/23/9372921/ole-miss-touchdown-alabama-chad-kelly-quincy-adeboyejo-tip-6