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Shawn Nelson at 273? No friggin' way. Put no stock in those listed weights.
GO BILLS!!!
I don't know about that. When I was at camp yesterday I noticed how big he looked compared to other times I've seen him. He looked DE big. Not sure if it's true but I wouldn't doubt it.
On another thread somebody said Dareus is up to 340 or something like that now. I billieve every word of it after seeing him in person. Standing next the Jasper he looks every bit as big. He looks like he ate Maybin for dinner the night before.
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i guess i should have put an emoticon in there...
Sorry. Sometmes I can't figure out who is joking or not about the lobe for Lee and Roscoe on this board.
I was there as well. The long TD was over McKelvin. I remember as I couldn't figure out why CJ Spiller was covering Evans.....until I remembered the number switch.
Thanks BFMD. I didn't know who it was. How would you say Williams looked? Was my description correct? I'm curious if I have rose colored glasses on or if he was as good as I thought he was.
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lee evans and roscoe for deseaon jackson and samuel...
Lol!!!!!
I think you overestimate Both Lee and Roscoes values. Together, they wouldn't be worth Samuel. Desean is in a league on his own. There isn't a single WR on this team that's as good as he is, with a possible exception for Stevie. Where do you get your weed from?
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For what it's worth, today at camp Williams was on the field with the first team most of the day and kept Evans in check for the most part. Lee had a long reception but I don't think he was covered by Williams on that play. Can't remember. Bu for the most part he looked really good out there. He towers over the other corners also. Mark it down, he'll be starting from day one.
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A 6-man front of Carrington, Dareus, Jasper, Troup, Williams, and Edwards. That would be fun to see...
It would be something amazing. Every one of those guys is over 300lbs. With the extra poundage of Dareus, Troupe, Jasper and the others that's another 150-200lbs. So were talking about close to 2,000 lbs of beef. On that line. With guys like Merriman, Moats, and Barnett playing LB and corners like Florance, McGee and McKelvin you have to like our chances to stop that 4th Down.
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Good points. One thing I don't understand is how an O coach like Gailey cannot modify an offense to take advantage of a TE. Any weapon should theoretically add more dynamism to your offense. And given that our OL is not likely to hold blocks for too long, a receiver that can work in the short to medium range should be a very desirable option.
I am not entirely content with our TE production from last year but we can chalk it up to needing said TEs to stay back for blocking. Lets see what the FO does. At least their action from last week (pursuing Clabo) indicate that they are not happy with the state of our OL. As is said, the first step to solving a problem is accepting you have one.
as far as Chan not being able to modify his offense to utilize a TE I think it's more of a point to what his offense is because he doesn't utilize one. I think of it this way. If you don't really utilize the TE as a potential recieving threat the. You are doing a disservice to them when you have one on the field as everyone knows your obviously going to run that play because you have a TE on the field. For years teams haven't used TEs in thier offenses. Look at the Oilers back in the day, I'm not sure they had one on thier roster. But they sure were a potent offense. 4 and 5 WR sets could be coming back full time with this team. Imagine a group like this on the field all at once.
Evans
Johnson
Parrish
Nelson
Spiller
and what if you took Fitz out for a okay and put Brad Smith in at QB. Who do you cover and with who? I'll take Nelson, Spiller, or Parrish one on one with any LB in the league on every play.
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Fully agree. Boss + (at least one) OL will make this a very satisfactory off season and instill hope in my heart after many years. I wonder what the situation is - is he not interested in suitors or are the Bills not interested ?
Probably a little bit of both Chicago. The Bills use David Nelson in that tight end role making some nice plays over the moddle of the field last year. It looks like Chan is more comfortable out of a spread offense and doesn't utilize the TE position as much as MOST people (especially here) want him to. But his offense speaks for itself and always has. I for one am ok with it.
The thing is, if they don't really utilize the TE to make big plays, you end up keeping him in there to block on most plays. And to pay Boss the kind of money he not only wants, but deserves, just to block would be a waste of his talents.
The other thing as you also pointed out, is that he has to want to come here. He's said he wants to stay in NJ so he could be holding out for both the Jets or Giants at this point. Sounds to me when you make a statement like that then you will do whatever it takes to stay in your town. So he might not be talking to any team unless they offer him a huge amount more than the Giants have.
Or maybe there is something wrong with the guy. Don't forget this, not only did his team not want him enough to resign him, there 31 other teams out there that don't think he's worth the money either. But most of us will go the Jerry Sullivan route and just chalk it up to "Ralph is cheap" talk.
I think Nix is making all the right moves so far, I just wanna see how it all works out by the end of the season.
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Hey Dick,
Being just the second year of the Nix/Gailey experiment your points can't really hold much water.
It takes more than 1 season (especially on a bad team inherited by a previously aweful regime) for rookies to become stars. Troupe, Carrington, Spiller, are all unknown at this point and managed to play more and more and better (minus Spiller) by the end of the year last season. By the looks of it, it looks like Troupe is looking good so far in camp.
Dareus was the clear cut #1 pick this year, nobody thought this was a bad pick in media outlets and draft gurus.
Williams was a but of a reach but was who they wanted and in a position of need for this team and so far after just a few days it's looking like he has a lot of fire in his game. Time will tell.
Hairston was rated higher than where we drafted him and could prove to be a good pickup, again, time will tell.
Searcy has already, after just a few days been give. Playing time with the 2nd team and looks to be a good pick.
Jasper is blowing everyone up he lines up against. It's only a matter of time until he gets his shot against the 2nd and 1st team to see if he can handle starting caliber NFL players.
Moats was a good vision on Nix' part last year and Brett Favre can vouch for that. Let's hope he was only playing OLB the last few days until we found another ILB.
That brings me to Barnett. The guy is better than Poz, cheaper than Poz, and has a ring and the leadership skills this young group needs.
Let's not forget about Merriman. Time will tell if he can stay healthy. I don't think there is any doubt from anyone (on this site or not) that if he stays healthy he will be a force like he was in SD.
Edwards was good, Torbor is a backup at best, but with the time he had last year you can't fault Nix for picking up guys just to fill a roster. Sure there were others available but you can't overpay in this game or you end up in situations like the Redskins with players that aren't happy with anything other than thier paychecks.
Let's not forget about not giving in and overpaying for Poz or Whitner while resigning the best CB we had in Florance so far this year. And picking up our replacement for Poz within just a few days.
Yes, your right about Kelsay. Worst move ever! I to this day don't understand why in earth they did that but this is probably the worst decision he's made and one of the only ones that is a fact and can't be proven wrong by the end of this season or the next.
Don't jump ship after just 1 year, it takes time to see how things work out. Not often do teams go from worst to first in a year. The Dolphins of a few years ago was an exception, not the rule.
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Yup taking steroids is just like murdering two people
LOL
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I'm officially out of this debate after it became racist talk. For my exit post I'd like to add this:
1st- you first said that we should cut Lee but then talked about how we ran other talented players out of town (Henry, McGahee, Poz, Lynch), then you said Ralph is cheap and doesn't keep players. It's a little contradicting. I do agree with Lee for the most part but at the same time, if you can't get at least a 4th rounder for him it's not worth it. Your better off keeping him for a few reasons. 1, Roscoe can't stay healthy to save his life. 2, Easley is still unknown and has had an injury bug so far. 3, As much as I really like Nelson and Jones, they need to show an increase in production to put Evans on reserve.
2nd- Henry was dropped from an idiotic coaching staff and to be honest, with reason since McGahee was looking like the 2nd coming of Barry Sanders. Unfortunately he was a jerk and hated the team, city and fans and ran himself out of town. Lynch was just as stupid as he couldn't get past his THUG LIFE past and decided that driving drunk over Canadians (which might not have been so bad, LOL), smoking blunts and carrying guns was more important than worrying about his on the field play. Fact is Plaxico didn't do much more than Lynch but because he wasn't in NY it wasn't as big of an issue.
The only one I ever thought they made a bad decision about was Henry but our 13 year olds in the area are now safe from being impregnated. It turned out to be the right move in the end.
Like I said, I think Lee is overrated and overpaid but unless you get what you got for Lynch it's worth it to keep him.
I'm out
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Thank you.You seem like one of the only guys on here who actually understands football.This small town mentality around here is killing me.
The thing is, I really like Lee. I've met him many times. Had conversations with him and he is a really good guy. From a football standpoint however, he is just not that good. His only trick is speed and at the wrong side of 30, he doesn't really have that anymore. At least not enough to compensate for his "shortcomings". He's small and short for an NFL WR let alone a starting WR or being advertised as a #1.
I have to look at the attributes of true #1 WR in this league and Lee Only has the speed factor down.
1. Physically overpowering- Andre Johnson, Rodd White, Larry Fitzgerald, T.O.
2. Quickess- Wes Welker, Santonio Holmes, Steve Smith
3. Ability to beat double coverage- Brandon Marshall, Calvin Johnson, Randy Moss
4. Ability to go up and get the ball- OchoCinco, TJ Houshmanzada, Plaxico Burress
5. Blocking ability- Hines Ward, Anquan Boldin
the only thing I'd really give Evans, like I said is speed. And at his age it's only downhill from here on out. We've seen the best production we will ever see out of Evans. Mark it down with a perminant Sharpie.
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IMO he's the 3rd best to ever play the game. Behind Rice and IMO T.O.. Owens is the most complete WR to play the game to date and might only be passed by Andre Johnson when all is said and done.
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I for one (and I might be the only one) believe that Evans is expendable. He hasn't been relevant since Losman left and the only reason why he was good the. Was because he's the only player JPbever threw it to. I'd rather see Johnsn start opposite Easley/Smith/Nelson to be honest. Give the you g guys a chance, we've had Evans on this team for years and it hasn't ever worked enough to make a difference. I agree OP. I'd take a 4th for him if you could get that much at this point but I doubt it. Ocho only got a 5th and he could run circles around Lee.
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Here's my sleeperss for the year:
1. Dareus can't be called a sleeper but he will be considered more dominant than Suh was in his first year. Giving us very high hopes going into next year.
2. Williams will start immediately at either on of the CB spots or Whitners old spot and will move over to start for McGee after another injury plagued season. Williams will look phenominal, and McKelvin will look like an actual starter givi g us hopes that our day 1 drafts of CBs might be over for a few years.
3A. Johnson emerges as a true #1 this year as he catches absolutely everything coming his way. It is obvious that he is a student of the game and it shows that he spent a ton of time on his catching/dropsies from last year. His route running is still stellar.
3B. Nelson has a great year. Putting up similar number to that of Roscoe Parrish and Lee Evans and with the small glimpses of Easley it makes us realize what a real WR Corp should look like. Big tall guys like Johnson, Easley, Smith and Nelson all making Parrish and Evans expendable. I wouldn't be suprised to see a Evans or Parrish trade before the season or during like the Lynch deal last year.
4. Jasper will not only make the team, he will get so e pretty good playing time. Take that with Dareus' great rookie year, it looks like were finally playing in the same league as the rest of the NFL.
5. The LBs all mesh well together. Merriman isn't his old self, but he's going to be improvements above and beyond what we all expected. Barnett will make us all happy we didn't pay 7m a year to Poz. Shephard will see a lot of playing time and give us hope that with another Solid ILB we could look pretty good at the LB position. Moats will show he is a starter and a damn good one opposite Merriman, proving his last season wasn't a fluke and giving us glimpses of what we can have for years to come. Batten will be a solid all around backer filling in at every spot. And I'll say it here, I think Maybin will be somewhat productive. Showing us a few glimpses, not enough to start, but enough to fill in for Merriman and Moats a few times and maybe cover a game or two while they are banged up. Giving us hope for after Merriman is done in 2 years.
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I don't think he is worth a top 10-20 pick in the draft next year. At least not o owing what we will have at that time in some key positions, as well as the DE position itself with Carrington. Not to mention that we might have Troupe comi g on this year and starting at DT and moving Williams and having Dareus start at DE. We might be wasting a high pick for something we already have. Osi is good, but I just see us as overstocked on the DL now and wouldn't want to chance the progression of Trouoe, Carrington, Dareus, Jasper
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I could see him at one of the safety positions on day one, getting reps at nickle and dime also. Moving into starting CB when McGee gets injured in week 4 or 5.
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Few thoughts and thank you for the post packfan
the things that scare me:
Tweets (we just got rid of Donte, now this)?
The partying and bar hoping with the posse, thug style (we just got rid of Lynch and now this)?
The Injuries (we just got rid of Poz and now this)?
The things I like:
-the leadership, in the locker room and on the field
-the consistancy, yeah he has been injured as of late, I guess I'm just hoping he can stay healthy. Even if he plays sub-Barnett he is still better than Poz
-the fact that he can play in a 3-4 and a 4-3 and has the ability to roam from sideline to sideline, unlike Poz who was ALWAYS 5 yards behind the ballcarrier and took very bad angles in pursuit.
-the on field stuff, celebrations, "splash" during introductions. We need more of this. This team has been so dull at times it's sickening. I want guys who will tell the fans the day before a game that we are not being loud enough, or to get as crazy as possible. We have that with Barnett and Merriman and I think it pumps everyone up from the team all the way to the fans in the upper deck.
Overall, I'll take the things I like. It's basically like we picked up Barnett to be all the bad out of Whitner, Poz, and Lynch all in one guy, but his good points are still better than all of them on thier best days.
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You need to take a look at the early 90's teams that went to the Super Bowl. They were a HUGE collection of ego's and "me-first" types. They didn't earn the nickname "bickering bills" for nothing. To me, the brilliance of Marv Levy was not in his ability to coach but rather in getting a collection of monstrous ego's to work together as a team on Sunday.
That's the brilliance you saw in Marv? Really? Marv was a grown man babysitter for that team. And a BAD one at that. He was great if you were the one being watched, but to the parents, he would have been considered aweful if they knew all the things he let the kids get away with.
We should have and would have won at least one of those Super Bowls if he was even a decent babysitter. I stead he allowed the kids to stay out until 6am the night before thier games, showing up hung over or possibly still drunk and coked out of thier minds.
You praise Marv.... I hated him and I'll continue to blame him for ruining our chances at getting a championship in this town. Those teams were all Polian, much like the Colts of today. And Marv ruined it.
FK MARV!!!
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ROTFLMFAOLOL!!!!!
I love that commercial
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I think more than anything, teams are adapting and becoming more versitle. Bellicheck and many others(Chan Included) realize you have to be able to do many different things and show different fronts on both Offense and Defense. That means more hybrid defenses running both 3/4 and 4/3 in games. It's a matter of changing things on defense to adapt to the teams many offensive fronts that are seen.
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Right but what I'm saying is Joe redskin fan doesn't travel to buffalo in the same volume as a city like San Diego or in my case new Orleans. I'm also saying with a losing decade that travel has diminished even for fans. Especially in bad weather. Also that people do 1-2 day trips instead of 4. Greenbay being the exception of a cold small market football tourism destination, if we are talking outside dollars coming to the city.
I agree with what your saying about warm weather teams. And places like NO, Miami, SD but that us more to the fact that people plan vacations around Bills games and stay in those areas because they are Vacation destinations more than they are football towns. Nobody outside of NO or Saints fans goes to the city because they are a "Great Football Town" I'm not saying they do about Buffalo either. People go to those places because they just happen to be near the beaches and warm weather.
I agree with what your saying on many parts, I just think the Green Bay Packers have no business being in this conversation. I don't think many more make the Pilgramage to Green Bay than people do to Minnasota or Buffalo. The fact is were cold weather teams in small markets. If you were talking about New England you probably see just any many go there as they do in NO or SD and that's because Boston is a large city where people travel to.
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Well that's nice that you believe that. Have we completely given up on using anything reasonable to back up our posts though? Would buffalos population change on a rate drastically different than green bay under those scenarios?
Anyone else feel like the come here and just read "they are out to get us because that's just how it works" a lot lately?
Going out on a limb (working in travel in new orleans) I'd say it likely has to do with buffalo not being a travel destination too. People make pilgrimages to see lambeau whether or not you are a packer fan. Opposing teams circle games in fun cities as the ones the will travel to and spend 4 days in hotels, restaurants, etc.... Greenbay has the unique situation of being one of those cities people will travel to (even late in the season), a team that is highly competitive so money is spent by their own fan base on merch and trips too, and having a small population to divide all that money over.
Just like our FA threads- people aren't excited about our team or city, so why are we surprised that revenue isn't flowing in from outside of buffalo
If you don't think people travel to Buffalo to see the Bills you are on crack. The fact is that ANY NFL team has big draws outside thier own home town no matter what team you are. I have helped many out of towners purchase tickets to Bills games and come here just for that. I've met people in other countries that say they have come just for Bills games. Had a friend from Australia who says the Bills are probably thier favorite team there and he moved here to Buffalo just because of the home town feel and how crazy the fans were and he wanted to be a part of that. To think anything different about any other team (except maybe Jax) you would be crazy. It's the NFL. It has a draw no matter where you are. Let's not even forget that most people will never get to go to a Packers game In thier lives even if they wanted to because you CANT get tickets for them.
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I'm not at all saying he will be better or good this year at all. But.... I am wondering how he will do with much more beef up front with What will likely be Dareus, Williams and Troupe on the field all at once. And let's not forget some insight from the Stache And Merriman at that position. Like I said, I in no way think he will be better but I am interested to see what happens. I guess I'm just still hoping we can get something out of the kid.
I was told by family members watching the draft that they could hear the following on the broadcast:
When the Bills went on the clock, myself and a group of a couple dozen bills fans, including MRags and MarkVaderr, gathered at the front of the balcony inside Radio City Music Hall. The entire time the bills were on the clock, we carried on a seriously loud chant of O-RAK-PO. When the Bills selected Maybin, our chorus of boos was significantly louder than the chant had ever been...
I've got to admit Devl, I was pretty optimistic and actually pleased we got Maybin. Was never sold on Orakpo just because he was a workout warrior. Boy was I wrong. At least for now. I'm still holding out hope that he will do something. This year is the year that's for sure. Other than Maybin getting drafted though it was a great draft to be at with you guys. Everytime I watch the Blindside I always get a little smile and say "I was there, I got to see that"
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Schoop and Bulldogg just suck.
Bulldogg can't do anything or have any comments or opinins without his butt buddy Schoop giving him permission that it's ok. And Schoop is just a nerdy piece of crap non athlete, never played any sports (except tennis) probably because he was too small and slow and had zero coordination and talent at physical activities and was always picked last at everything. He's bitter for a few reasons, he doesn't like to be here in Buffalo, he culdnt hack it at ESPN radio, and he's not good at any sports. And he became even more bitter after he and his wife lost thier baby (completely understandable) but he should have taken some serious time off after that and it showed IMO. He is much better now actually after the adoption and it shows. But he still doesn't know Jack S#&T about sports and he still thinks he's smarter and funnier than most people and he's not.
And Mike and the rest of the WGR crew, I know you read these boards often, say what you want, but it's all true and you probably think your too good to admit it, but you need to take some criticism and stop talking about dumb things.
Does anyone know if WECK is still on the air? Brad Writer is so much better than these @ssclowns
Banged up after 3 days
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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All teams have injuries. Especily to guys like Easley and Shephard on other teams that you have never heard of. We have high hopes for these guys here in Buff but in the NFL these guys are almost unheard of. Things happen. They are out for a week or so it sounds like. Let's just hope Shephard is keeping in it in the filmroom and playbooks and Easley isn't getting effected mentally.