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Who will rush for more yards today, Fitz or Mr elite speed CJ Spiller?
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Im just enjoying Foghorn Nix and Cooter taking a 6-10 team and 2 years later will have them at 5-11.
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Held em' to a FG, add that to the highlight reel.
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Chargers over/under 200 rushing yards for the game?
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Over under on the number of catches for gates this drive?
3 with one for a TD
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WRs get little separation. Like none most times.
This collection of wrs sure aint Reed, Lofton and Beebe.
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Will this be just our second possession and were in the 2nd quarter?
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Cant cover the TE and cant stop the sweep, Ive seen this horror show before.
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With the Bills, the pick has to be Trent Richardson.
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We always hear about how much the Bills are under the cap, but how much will be left over in the coming years? A few questions that I wonder about:
1. What is the cap number in the coming years?
2. Where are we at next year with Fitz's and Kyle's extensions?
3. Where are we going to be after extending Stevie and giving FJ more?
4. The real key ones coming up real soon are then Levitre, Byrd and Wood and I think everybody here wants to keep all 3 there.
The more you look at what they have to re-sign, the Bills will easily be at or above any minimum, so with this front office, there will always be cap casualties so who are your top 3 next year?
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Burfict is a ILB which isnt our biggest need with Barnett and Sheppard.
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I STILL want to know who the Bills were bidding against to give Kelsay the ridiculous contract they game him?
Who?
Kelsay:12 games, 14 tackles, 1 sack.
Nice.
That's 12 games, not 1 game, 12 games.
You would think the league minimum for a veteran would of been enough to extend Kelsay. Totally agree there was no multi-million dollar market for Kelsay but somehow the Bills showed him the money.
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Yeah let's be clear, the Bills problems on draft day date back to the beginning. That's how you end up with less than 40% winning seasons in your history. . It can't be any clearer than you point out......half of the top picks spent on RB's and DB's is a very large sample of 40 years.
RB is the easiest position in the league to stock with guys who can get the job done. End of story. There is no excuse for drafting 3 of them in the first round over 7 years and ending up with a UDFA starting for you. If the Bills never pick another RB in round 1 they would probably be better off.
It's not easy to find excellent CB's, but if there is one position on defense that can be covered up by strength at other positions, it remains CB.
I know it's an arguable point, but IMO even great CB's don't do much for your run defense. At lot of big plays are made on the perimeter, but those plays are made possible (or prevented) by what happens at the LOS and in the pocket. A great front 7 improves both the pass defense and the run defense.
No, you can't move Spencer Johnson to CB and cover him up. But IMO it's better to have average talent out there than it is to have average talent in the front 7. I'd even argue that it's easier to cover up a CB than a safety. Look at what the Bills did to the Chiefs in week one when Piscatelli had to step in for Eric Berry. You can exploit both run and pass defense in that case. The rub being that safety is probably the second easiest position to fill with quality, essentially the RB of the defense.
As for the QB.........it's the most impactful, most important position on the team. And it's not like they have had good QB play, which might have made them not want to venture their top pick on a QB prospect. They have probably had good QB play in about 20 of their seasons, or essentially, about as many seasons as they have had a winning record.
I have said this many times, the Bills could have used their top pick in the draft on a QB for the past x number of years (let's say 12) and not be any worse than they are now. I have been told such a move have killed their situation with regard to the salary cap? They had to pay all the other mediocre-to-no impact players they have selected so the answer is that it wouldn't have mattered a bit.
They currently have 1 starter (Marcel Dareus) on the team to show for their first pick in any of the last 51 drafts.
I kid, but it's true. CJ and Leodis aren't even starters. The next closest thing they have is Kyle Williams, a fifth round pick which was acquired in trade with Houston for 1996 first round pick Eric Moulds.
If that lack of impact using the Bills methods isn't proof that the draft needs to be treated like an ongoing process......then I don't know what is.
Great post. You're not going to be a physical team by continually drafting backs whether they're corners or runningbacks. Totally agree you can find runningbacks without using a first rounder, its not that hard. Texans-Foster-free agent, Bills-Jackson-free agent, Broncos-McGahee-free agent, Seattle has a 4th and a 5th invested in Lynch, etc.
Just compare the Eagles and Steelers. I dont think the Eagles with Namdi, Samuel and DRC are in anybodys mind a great defense while the Steelers consistently are. The Steelers have Ike Taylor, Gay and Mcfadden at corner, no 1st rounders and no probowls there. But the heat the front 7 generate is the key. Someday the Bills FO may figure this out. Just think of all the great linebackers the Steelers have had over the years; Greg LLoyd, Levon Kirkland, Harrison, Woodley, Timmons, Joey Porter, Kendrell Bell, Kevin Greene, Chad Brown, Farrior, Jason Gildon and on and on. Most of them, not all, were drafted by the Steelers and a lot them in the first 3 rounds. Meanwhile Bills fans are counting the likes of Merrriman, Moats, Batten and DL turned LBs like Kelsay and Johnson. You give most NFL Qbs all day to throw they're going to find somebody open. It's why fans pull their hair out watching prevent defenses with 3 man rushes. While one sack can be the difference between a 30-40 yard completion and a 10 yard loss. One play and a 40-50 yard difference.
The Bills first three rounds should be all about finding guys who can bring some heat, we can get corner depth in the 4th and 5th rounds.
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The also signed Manning and Joseph to upgrade their secondary. I agree that things can turn around quickly if you get the right coordinator, stay awake in free agency and address your rush in the draft. Are you listening Buddy and Chan?
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I read people on this board talking about Bowe being a FA next year. The Chiefs are like 30 million under the cap they will sign Bowe, so theres one I dont see hitting the market.
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Mocks I've seen have Floyd in the 1st.
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If he makes it out of the Top 4, I'd be surprised.
This is a WR-deep draft. Get your pass rusher, OT, or NT early.
Right now, I'd go:
1-Courtney Upshaw OLB34 Alabama
2-Zebrie Sanders OT Florida State (although Dontari Poe NT and Brandon Weeden QB tempt me)
3-Brandon Boykin CB Georgia
4-Baker Steinkuhler DE34 Nebraska (although Kellen Moore QB was sitting right there; as was Brandon Lindsey OLB34 Pittsburgh
4-Isaiah Pead RBF Cincinnati (one of the best at picking up the blitz)
5-Chris Owusu WRF Stanford
6-Josh Oglesby OT Wisconsin
7-D'Angelo McCray DT34 Memphis
Do we have a conditional 5th or 6th in 2012 from Seattle as part of the Marshawn trade?
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There is no shot at Blackmon, he'll be gone long before we pick, you guys might as well pine for Luck while your at it.
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What are you talking about? Huh?!?! Did you even look first? You must be thinking about Astrobot's unrealistic mock that has RG3 in the second round. Most mocks that I've seen have RG3 in the TOP 5-15. Some have him in the top 3.
Here ya go:
http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/Peter-Schrager-Midseason-NFL-Mock-Draft-111411
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/nfldraftscout-ChadReuter
http://walterfootball.com/draft2012.php
http://www.newerascouting.com/mock-draft/
YES!
YES!
I'll stand corrected on that because I go to draftek and great blue north. But if you think the same front office that just gave Fitz 60m is going to turn around and draft a QB in round 1 your delusional. And yes I still think we got bigger holes than QB
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Well, the author, Jon Dove, "has completed a scouting training course run by the national football post’s Wes Bunting", so I guess he ought to know.
He also stayed at a Holiday Inn Express.
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The dude said Edwards has done ok, guy doesnt know what he's talking about.
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I don't think RW really works that closely with team business anymore. I'm sure Gailey and Nix get calls here and there, but Jeff Littman is running this team and doing a great job. Financially that is, with 41M in profit during 2010 according to Forbes.
And if Littman has proven anything, lower revenues will equal less spent on players. The Bills never lose on the P&L statement because Littman is protecting himself and the family.
Ralph can't take it with him, so whats the point of 41m profit, his heirs will make out like bandits. The one thing Ive always wondered if a guy Littman gets paid a bonus by how much they make in profit, creating a big incentive not to spend on a winner. I agree with you that Ralph isnt much involved, hell wasnt it a couple of years ago in camp he wasnt sure what the microphone was.
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When Ralph said all he had for the fans 2 years ago is pain, he wasn't kidding.
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I used DraftTek's simulator to make a draft of players from LSU-Alabama-OkSt-Stanford-Oregon, because they know how to win.
1 8 Buffalo Courtney Upshaw OLB34 Alabama
2 40 Buffalo Brandon Weeden QB Oklahoma State
3 72 Cliff Harris CB Oregon
4 103 Barrett Jones OG Alabama
4 112 William Vlachos OC Alabama
5 135 Kenjon Barner RBC Oregon
6 167 Deangelo Peterson TE LSU
7 199 Darron Thomas QB Oregon
I switched the draft order to draft around 8th (taking Miami's place).
I had to take 2 QB's. There were no Top 5 teams in the 7th round except for Thomas.
If I didn't take Weeden, I could substitute another OLB, Nico Johnson at #40, but I consider him a better 4-3 guy. Another #40 pick could be Coby Fleener, the tough, pass catching TE.
Astro
Ive asked this before and never get an answer, dont we have a conditional 5th or 6th in 2012 from Seattle for the Marshawn trade?
Official Bills vs Chargers game thread
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Things are looking up....were not going to get shutout.