Utah John
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No way should the Bills sign him. They already have a problem with so much $$$$ tied up in the D line (unless someone wants to suggest letting Dareus go to free up cash for Gillette? No, I didn't think so.)
As for Jerry Hughes, in Indy he was a talented player who couldn't unseat Freeney. No insult there, Freeney was a great player. Indy just gave up on him too soon.
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The news release says GMTM reports directly to the Pegulas, and not to Brandon. That's OK if that's what they want, but it seems that this arrangement could lead to power struggles. Or it could work out just fine if there's clear delineation about which guy does which jobs.
My real fear is that the reason Brandon works so well with the Bills is immersion and commitment to the organization. How will he keep that up and do the same thing with the Sabres? Sounds like burn-out is in his future.
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I saw some clips last year where RGIII couldn't make the simplest throws to wide open receivers just 10 or 15 yards downfield. That isn't a question of his legs or his arm, it's his head. Someone said he was broken, and unless he gets that on straight, he's through.
What a shame. Shanahan should never coach again, and the doctor who cleared RGIII should be fired. A rare and unique talent, so exciting to watch in his rookie year, ruined.
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This is based on player past performance, not on how well a player fits into a team's schemes, how good the coaching is, recovery from injuries, or a thousand other factors that make football so hard to predict and so much fun to argue about.
Boy, I can't wait for training camp to start. Enough with these silly summertime distractions.
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A run-first offense needs a power back and a strong O line. Until I see the evidence that we have either of those, let alone both, I won't believe the Bills are headed to the playoffs. I think both the Jets and Dolphins have D lines that can stuff our O line, and I don't think McCoy is the kind of guy who can make holes on his own. What I see happening is opponents with good D lines needing only 6 in the box to stop the run, so regardless of the talent level of our WRs there will be abundant pass defenders to prevent our QBs from hitting quick routes to escape pressure.
If Kujo and Henderson both pan out, and if the rookie guard is the answer, and if Eric Wood returns to form, and if Cordy Glenn returns to form, then maybe we'll be OK. That's a lot of ifs.
I think Whaley falls in love with certain players and overpays to get them. The Bills gave up way too much to get Sammy Watkins, when there were other options. Why spend so much for Watkins when there were so many other, talented WRs available? Why Shady and not DeMarco Murray, whom Philly signed for a lot less than we're paying Shady, and who is in the same class?
The Bills are like a grocery shopper who decides to buy what's out of season, and pays too much. Buy strawberries when they're in season, and you get good strawberries for cheap. Wait three months and you pay a lot more, and they don't taste as good. The Bills went all in on a QB in the worst possible year for QBs. They paid way too much for a WR who might turn out to be the best WR in that year, or might not, when there were cheaper options available.
The Bills have gotten a lot better at spotting talent, but not so much at evaluating value.
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When I lived in Texas, I didn't care about the local teams, though I hated the arrogance of any team claiming to be America's Team.
When I lived in the Bay Area, I hated both the Raiders (on general principles) and the 49ers (those pretty gold uniforms....come on now, it's supposed to be FOOTBALL).
When I lived in the DC area, I just hated the Skins. Partly because the fans there are so into their team (just like Bills fans) but it wasn't MY team.
Now I live in Utah, and the local team is the Broncos. I've always like the Broncos -- they and the Bills are the only two original AFL teams that never moved or changed their name, and I like loyalty.
Long story short, there isn't a single answer to the poll question.
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Air Force pilots used to say about the F-4, that it proved that given enough thrust, even a brick will fly.
After seeing the Bills defense play so well for Pettine and then Schwartz and presumably Rex's gofer (what's his name, anyway?), I'm thinking the Bills defense proves that with the right players, it doesn't matter that much who the coach is. And if the players insist on screwing up, it also doesn't matter who the coach is. I am remembering clearly Kiko (under Pettine) taking the wrong gap on many run plays, leaving the middle of the field clear for gash runs by the opponent. Was that Pettine's fault, or Kiko's? I also remember Kiko running players down, and making great pass defenses. Was that Pettine's coaching, or Kiko's talent?
Anyway, Pettine is a talented, fairly young coach who wanted to be a HC enough to walk into the Cleveland sewage. The Browns are getting better with him as HC. If he's there 20 years and turns the franchise around, good for him and them.
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Correlation is not causation. There are a lot of men on a team, including the players and coaching staff, and just because a team wins or not when some particular player or coach was playing well or hurt, doesn't mean that that player is the sole reason, or for that matter any significant part of the reason at all.
Would I swap Dareus or Mario for the Rivers of 10 years ago? Maybe, maybe not, depending on whatever else was going on with the team, how the other teams in the AFCE and the rest of the AFC are doing, what the overall salary cap situation is, and so on.
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Both the Jets and the Dolphins have defense lines almost as good as ours, and in some single positions better than our guys. Unless our offensive line has a rebirth of strength and manliness, it won't matter who plays QB, at least for those four games each year.
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Kromer's problem is that he hit the kid. He was in Florida, so he should have shot him.
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I got to meet him while in high school. I was on our school's It's Academic team, and Mr Miller was the host. What a nice, kind, gracious man. I'll never forget him. And that voice. I don't know what it was that made it so nice to listen to. Just the right amount of enthusiasm to reflect what he knew the fans were feeling, but still a little professionally detached. He was obviously a Bills fan (and was a Bills employee while doing the games, I think) but I never heard him criticizing the refs for screwing the Bills.
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1. OJ Simpson
2. Cookie Gilchrist
3. Thurman Thomas
4. Tom Day
5. Mike Stratton
6. Billy Shaw7. Elbert Dubenion
8. Andre Reed
9. Jim Kelly
10. Bruce Smith
Not really in any order. It's tough to limit to 10. I wanted to bring in some of the long-ago players, the ones who actually won a championship or two.
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God I hope this guy doesn't start or even make the team.
After watching that Von Miller clip, I'm sure Cassel, Manuel, and Taylor share your view.
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My only concern with bringing in another young OT is that Kujo and Henderson and then Battle would all be coming up for contract renewals at about the same time. OTs are well paid and if all three are good the total price will be difficult to work under the salary cap.
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Littman was the problem for the past 20 years.
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I say, nay. Banners should represent positive achievements, not a failure in an opportunity lost.
The Bills have banners and signs at RWS about their AFC championships, and that's appropriate. They could just as well have put up banners saying they were SB finalists, but that would be ridiculous.
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If Woodson goes on the first ballot, I won't be upset or surprised. He deserves it. But, Thurman Thomas wasn't a first ballot HOFer. Woodson is a great player who will get into the HOF but Thomas's example shows sometimes even great players have to wait.
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What secondary?
Considering the players NE lost, they're now calling it the "tertiary".
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If Tuel was going anywhere else, I'd say fine, let's see what the kid can do now that he's getting better coaching than he had here.
Now, though, he's back to incompetent whiz kids.
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Unless Ray Rice can guard or QB, why are we even having this discussion?
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What I hope all this means is that Roman has enough creativity, and the players have enough talent, that the Bills won't be so darned predictable this year. They don't have to keep running the same plays regardless of the skills of the opposing defense. They don't have to run the same plays, game after game.
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There are some plausible scenarios where Brown makes the team. First, someone else gets hurt. Second, someone else (Fred Jackson) loses a step or a couple of steps, and the Bills decide to retire him with all due ceremonies and honors.
The point is that it's great to be deep enough at the skill positions (except QB) where a single injury doesn't cripple the team. Even if Brown gets cut this year, having him last year as an insurance policy paid off. And if either scenario above occurs, he could stick around and be a valuable member of the team.
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It was a good trade at the time. CJ was hurt a lot over the years, and Freddie could have gotten ancient all at once, so we needed a good feature RB. Brown looked good, too, especially considering he was running behind Larry Darryl and Darryl.
So we gave up a fourth rounder, which is pretty high for a non-star RB. There aren't that many open spots on the roster this year anyway. We might have been able to draft another guard or tackle, but we weren't going to get a game-changer. I think the deal made sense then and still does, even if Brown doesn't play another down in a Bills jersey.
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It's hard to see that team with a winning record this year. Tank mode for the 49ers? Is there a superstar coming up in the 2016 draft, that collapsing this year would justify? Indianapolis did it (maybe not intentionally) to get Luck. And in the NFL, there's no draft lottery, not like the NHL.
EJ as Evaluated by FSU fans - Caution: pretty brutal
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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I don't know whether EJ has the potential to develop into a good starting QB. I assume the Bills brass thought he did when he was drafted, but all teams have swings and misses on draft day, so maybe they were wrong.
There has been a reasonable point of view that EJ got screwed up by the previous coaching regime. There was an article on TBD a couple weeks ago about how a rookie HC killed a young QB by bad play calling. Maybe that's right and maybe it isn't. I know EJ looked god-awful last year in the Houston game, and Marrone was forced to bench him or lose the support of the team. The other guys looked around and said that was a game they should have won but for EJ's screw-ups. (Also, I realize JJ Watt is an incredible athlete, but EJ is supposed to be one too, so why couldn't EJ run down JJ after that interception? But I digress.)
However that reasonable point of view holds less water this year. The Bills finally have competent coaches and they don't seem able to bring EJ's production up. EJ seems to be locking himself into the 3rd string job, which probably means no job at all given his salary.
Maybe, given time to develop, EJ's accuracy and field awareness will improve. But, the Bills are built to win this year. A lot of players are in their prime, and there are only a few young guys who are expected to develop over the next 2-3 years. I don't think the Bills are inclined to let EJ do OJT while Dareus watches and decides whether to re-sign here, for example.
The biggest mistake was going into the draft the year they picked EJ, determined to take a QB. For whatever reason, there weren't good options available. Nix's final act was a loser.