Sisyphean Bills

My evaluation on Clausen yesterday: the kid is optically challenged. He's either blind or needs to see an eye doctor. He did the college Joe stare down on his primary and threw repeatedly into double and triple coverage with other receivers completely uncovered. Other than that, he's a viable franchise QB, perhaps.

Ompf. You may be on to something there...

The return of Dan Henning?

I was watching the game, and he had some nice runs. When I wrote "today", I didn't mean for the season. And, in the spirit of the thread, I was focusing on good plays.

I posed that question in the thread last week, but I don't think anyone answered it...

I don't believe it would've made any difference. My point is that if they had done their homework, these two guys should not have been close. The bottom line results speak plainly to this. A professional scout needs to do much more than watch 5 minutes of youtube highlights. I don't put all the blame on him either; but, I'm certainly not going to completely absolve him primarily because he is still an employee either. He's clearly been a part of the circus any way you slice it. The results since he has been here are mostly misses and plenty of outright head scratchers. Part of the problem is that the same scouting department has been asked to identify talent for systems that are changed more frequently than some posters change their boxer shorts, I'm sure. Marketing and a fear of confrontation having their sway as well.

On the other hand, Modrak did put together a draft board that graded Ngata and McCargo identically.

The Bills shouldn't stop looking for a franchise QB. Fitzpantsdown is having a good season, but...

I quoted the part that I was commenting on. Sorry if that confused you, tough guy.

Not sold on this argument. First, somebody has to play the games. So, you have to put somebody out there. If you are consistently drafting busts in the first few rounds, then by necessity you must play some later round players and UDFAs. Second, it's not generally the case that these late rounders and UDFAs are All-Pros that dominate their positions and keep an above average 1st rounder on the bench with their play. It's more the case that they play because the Kiper hyped bust is just a terrible football player. The Bills have hit on and developed some bargains though. Jason Peters, Kyle Williams, maybe Stevie Johnson, which is a stroke in their favor and some nice work by past/current coaches. It's not a unique accomplishment, but at least they've done something right with a few of these guys.

Agreed, Steve, on the footwork. It's getting better, but it still needs a lot of work. He's also not very strong and can get driven straight back to the QB. For a 7th rounder who has played so little organized football in his life and who has missed a lot of time with injuries, he has come a long way. But, he's still a liability out there as the better DEs can beat him anyway they want really. The saddest thing is that it is completely true that he isn't the worst OL starting for this team. Given the context of Gailey's comment, perhaps it is dawning on him that not addressing the OL with anything more than Cornell Green and counting on some badly injured players to bounce right back even while missing big chucks of practice time wasn't the best plan.

No worries wrt being the next Maybe Maybinot. Spiller has already done more than Maybin.

Well, it wasn't a scouting problem apparently.

Female caning? Obviously, because he is a fan. Just because he is a fan with expectations doesn't mean he isn't a fan.

No worries. We have a plan.

The sad comedy is that Modrak is deemed untouchable, apparently because the owner feels his evaluations have been mismanaged by others such as Donahoe and Jauron. That seems to be a common theme in the front office, everyone is doing a super job so long as they aren't the guy put forward as the human shield. Note to Buddy: that means you, so be careful where you take your naps.

Jimmy Clausen needs some glasses, btw.

I was thinking the same thing after I hit "add reply", frankly. Belichick doesn't usually spend his time on great athletes who can't handle the mental load he demands out of his players.

Maybe when he said "see it for what it was", he meant see a lot of bad players on both sides making mental mistakes, being out of position, using lame technique, which led to a terrible, amateurish turnover spectacle with plenty of chances for the officials to get face time.

Marshawn Lynch is looking like an All-Pro today.

Somehow, I get this sense that if McKelvin had been drafted by Bill Belichick, he'd be an All-World shutdown corner at this point. Maybe not, I suppose, but ... ugh.

Maybin didn't even register an assist. Levitre, Bell, Roosevelt, and Jones each had more tackles than Maybin.

Even Murph and Kelso sort of grudgingly admitted he should have laid out for that bomb... and that's the homer announcers.

Turnover on the 1 yard line. What a cluster.