BADOLBILZ
-
Posts
24,179 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Gallery
Profiles
Forums
Events
Posts posted by BADOLBILZ
-
-
TD should have done more to address our O and D-lines in years past, but let's be fair. Calling him dumb for drafting Mike Williams (as Sully does in today's column)is disingenuous. MW and Brian McKinnie were considered the stud can't-miss O-line picks in that draft. The only argument was which one to draft. Turns out neither player reached their potential.
No GM has a crystal ball. If a good player decides to be a fat load after he signs his big contract, there isn't anything you can do, other than cut him. And even then you have to give them a few years to prove they're totally worthless.
Sorry...I won't pin the MW pick on TD.
PTR
McKinnie was the pick. The guy flat out dominated on the field. It wasn't like these guys were 1 and 1A when the college football season ended. At some point Donahoe fell in love with Williams and found justification in picking a RT with a bad knee at #4 when a franchise LT was there.
Last year, the Bills conveniently left copies of a Minnesota newspaper story about disappointment in McKinnie's play out for the Buffalo media to see, in a strange attempt to gloat about having drafted an injury prone Mike Williams who had just that season showed up to camp weighing over 400 lbs., disappeared from camp, got suspended for a day then proceeded to take 4 dreadful weeks to get into playing shape before putting together his first decent season as a NFL RT. Well, 3/4 season at least.
Meanwhile, McKinnie has started 47 straight games(he didn't start his first game). The disappointment in him has been for his not yet reaching the elite status of Pace/Jones/Ogden. Truth of the matter is, the guy has allowed just 1 sack this year and is headed to the Pro Bowl. If he were in the AFC, we are probably talking about whether he is the best LT in the conference right now. McKinnie is getting it done and people won't be discussing whether he should take a paycut or be cut because he makes too much money for his position/performance.
-
Did you watch LT today? Did you see the move in open field where he made the would-be tackler look like a complete fool? Give your head a shake before you make idiotic statements about being the best RB in football.
If Willis would shut his mouth and stop posturing for more off-season $$ and actually run the way he claims he can, he would be a decent back. Right now, I'd rate him barely average despite the fact that no matter what he does, the 'experts' here worship him.
Willis is a very good back, but he isn't the player he was at the U. He is much more of a pounder now. Either way, he's a big time player, but when you don't break long ones, you end up taking a lot more hits. In the long run, I think the injury will probably take 3-4 years off of his career.
-
-
Not to stir things up...but any chance he comes to buffalo next year? Hear me out before you go crazy...
1) The city of Buffalo is similar to green bay. Similar climates and people.
2) JP and Favre seem to have a good relationship, and who better to mentor the kid than his idol.
3) If Favre came back, he would undoubtably want to go to a team on the brink. Our Defense should be solid, he has a ton of weapons on Offense.
Everything seems like its a perfect match. Of course, this is assuming he would leave green bay for another team. I think this situation would be as close to ideal as it could get for all paties involved.
One thing I don't like about Favre is that he has been coddled for so long that he doesn't think he needs to adapt, which in his case would be to play smarter football.
The guy is still a great athlete, thrower, passer. He's much better off physically than Marino/Elway/Kelly were at the same point in their careers, but they actually became BETTER QB's in their mid-30's while Favre just keeps making mistakes you would expect from a guy with 150 less career starts. Don't get me wrong, I'd take him, but he could easily be separating himself from the pack of great QB's of all time right now and he's not getting it done.
I also think his constant retirement talk is baloney. This guy wants to play, he just wants to dictate the terms. He keeps talking about how he's a winner and that he knows he what it takes to win, but the mistakes he keeps making are mental mistakes and it seems maybe he does need someone to keep him in line.
-
Texas isn't a lock to finish undefeated, but they have a QB who can make plays so I would say they would have a better chance against USC than Miami would, so IMO, the best matchup is on track right now. Kyle Wright is the best pro QB prospect Miami has had since the 1980's, but right now he's about useless.
-
I always wanted to post in glee about my team that has nothing to do with this board winning a game that almost nobody here cares about! Go Canes!
Greg Olsen or Eric Winston?
-
It would be sour grapes if he was not willing to move on from that call. But he simply said he didn't agree, but the he (and the team) had to live with it. Nothing wrong with mentioning what the Pats players said, it simply was to bolster his point.
As for your expectation that players to stand up and be men in defeat, it's a wonderful, idealistic notion -- but far far removed from reality. How many times did "winners" like Thurman Thomas and Jim Kelly say things like "we lost but we're the better team." Certainly that's not taking defeat gracefully, but it's the competitive spirit that brings comments like that out.
Moulds "point" was to distribute blame for his mistake onto the officials. But I am so glad he moved on before he called them out though. I mean, if you gotta' live with it, you might as well complain about it.
My idealistic notion about being a man in defeat is not about giving concilliatory speaches or praising your opponent. It's about acknowledging your part in defeat and then using that disappointment as motivation to get better. You're right, the Bills of the early 1990's didn't do that. They just came back the same, and the result was the same, until which point where they couldn't bully the AFC around anymore.
-
The problem isn't the loss of Williams, it's that they didn't put the proper complementary player in the lineup next to Adams.
Adams is a bigger/better version of Williams, a one-gap penetrating tackle who can make plays against the run and pressure the QB. Ideally, the team would have replaced Williams with a big CHEAPER two gap NT type instead of playing with two left feet like they have been the past year two years. Two very big and powerful left feet, but nonetheless, not a well coordinated pairing as they showed time and again against good running teams that took advantage of their disdain for gap control.
Give the Bills a stout NT, and London Fletcher and Angelo Crowell would actually look like decent LB's and Schobel and Kelsay would actually get a chance to just fly upfield on 3rd down without worrying about who's covering for Flapjack Anderson.
Instead, the Bills DON'T have that player, and so they ask Adams to play two-gap and do the dirty work to pick up the slack for the absolute garbage scrubs they've been marching into the lineup next to him, and he ain't down with it. Either way, it doesn't work, and it's a tricky spot for the coaching staff because Adams defied them last year and turned in a season the Bills haven't seen from a DT since Ted Washington's 1997 contract year.
-
earlier on in the post he did say that. in fact he pointed out what what was said in the quote. maybe you should read the whole thread before jumping on what people say. in fact here is the actual quote of what EM said word for word. Im taking it from the paper right now.
"He called offensive pass interference, so I guess he saw something that I didn't see," Moulds said. "But the officials made the call, and we've got to live with it. I don't think I (pushed off). Even the New Bruschi (We're not worthy!) (We're not worthy!) guys were saying, "We got away with one that time.' It was a crucial point in the game, and at that point I feel like we should be able to play."
where in that quote does he blame the officials?? I see him disappointed in the call because he feels it wasnt right. I would be too cause that kind of contact as dawgg says happens very often. he simply stated hes disappointed in the call, the officials called it and we gotta basically move on. he disagrees with the call but he holds no grudges. this guy wants to win games. if you cant see that i say your not a bills fan. GO BILLS
You're right, he was just SAYING that he didn't push off and that the officials shouldn't have called it. What was I thinking? Can I be a Bills fan again now?
-
First of all, that type of contact happens quite often and more often than not, it gets by with no penalty.
That aside, Moulds was asked after the game what he thought about the penalty and if he felt it was a bad call. His response? He didn't agree with it, but that was the call and he (and the team) must live with it. No disparaging remarks about the officials, no sour grapes. Just stated his opinion -- a far cry from "publicly blaming officials."
If you want to look for a guy who acts like a punk, try Willis McGahee. Classifying Moulds as a punk is a stretch.
I guess you missed the actual quote, because Moulds couldn't leave it where you seem to think he did. Should have, but he just couldn't, because he's a punk. He went on to say that he didn't think he pushed off, when he clearly did. He would go on to try to justify his position by saying the Pats were saying they got away with one. No sour grapes? More like a perfect example of sour grapes.
I know blaming the officials is very popular among avid posters here, but for one I expect the leaders on our football team to be men in defeat. It's called character, something nobody on the Bills or otherwise has accused Eric Moulds of having.
This was not "just give it to them" all over again, this was a correctly called play that just didn't go our way.
Moulds isn't up to the task of being a leader, but he just loves to get in front of that microphone and start speaking for the "veterans". As for McGahee, he may or may not be a punk, but right now he's just a young kid without the perspective of experience. He's also not a team leader and doesn't pretend to be.
-
There was a video replay that showed Moulds running with the DB, then placing both hands on the DB and pushing him away prior to squaring up and catching the ball. Did you not see this?
What does it have to do with leadership? If you hold yourself to a high standard, you don't publicly blame officials for a calling a penalty you legitmately, by rule, committed. You clam-up or sac-up, knowing that acting like a punk sends the message to the team that it's OK to be a unaccountable on the Buffalo Bills.
-
Exactly. I think we pretty much knew this team could be .500 or betterwith Holcomb. He's a decent caretake QB. Of course, the same would have been expected of Bledsoe, if not more. Point of not having either of those two as the starter was to develop a franchise QB and stabilize the organization and put it in position to win a Super Bowl in the near future and consistently compete for one over a long period of time.
-
I'm sick of listening to Eric Moulds cry all the time. It use to be only when he played bad, but now it's even when he does have a good game. I wished he'd be a man and admit he pushed off. He never takes blame for anything, and always calls out another person on the team. I think it's time for him to move on!
I agree completely. For lack of a more succinct term, Moulds is a loser. It's difficult to bring young players up to a level where they demand excellence from themselves when you have a leader who underperforms, then whines and points the finger and is constantly letting everyone know that he could be somewhere else. Lying in the face of video evidence with regard to a critical penalty he committed is just not a good example of leadership. But then again, he drops too many passes and spits in opponents faces when frustrated and would never admit that either. How can a young player look up to a guy like that?
-
I finished work today and I thought, hey this is alright, I can watch the 4:00 games then the Sunday nighter. Then I remembered who is on tonight.
The good news is two episodes of Rome, including Cleopatra getting sacked more than Kelly Holcomb at Gillette. I mean, unless you are a ball burglar, which would you rather see?
SIDEWAYS is also on HBO2 at 8:00, for the ponderous sorts who are looking for a humorous alternative to Willis McGahee running 20 yards parallel to the line for no gain.
And yes, the morbid types could always tune in to ESPN on the off chance that Tedy Bruschi could have another stroke, but why risk it when you know Larry David's father WILL have a stroke while eating a whitefish and capers sandwich and later tell his son that he is adopted on Curb Your Enthusiasm, right after Rome?
Just a few suggested alternatives to watching re-runs(or re-incomplete passes, re-turnovers, re-sacks, re-gashes for a TD, your choice). No offense to Brian Moorman he is a fine punter.
And think, maybe, just maybe a 0 share in the Buffalo market for this game would get ESPN to stop putting this annual slaughter on in prime time every year.
-
Not when it means glorifying crime. Burglary is a serious problem, accounting for more than half of the dvd players, jewelry and silverware stolen each year in the US and New England. Ball Burglars? What's next? The EZC changing their name to the Male Frauds in an attempt to catch Ed Kilgore's eye? I'm beginning to think UConn James is right, this country is circling the drain.
-
These guys used to be the "Ball Handlers" at Bonaventure hoops games back when the Bonnies still took welding certificates. They made Jan Van Breda Cough. They seem to have brought the malaise with them. Apparently nobody told these turd burglars that The King is the official fast food joint of the NFL this year.
-
Don't get me wrong. I like McGahee. I like his confidence and I understand how cockiness/confidence contributes to athletes doing the unbelievable. But I have to wonder what some hall of famers might say of his comments.
Article from Jim Trotter fo the San Diego Tribune:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20...s28jtrottr.html
Who was that article intended to enlighten?
-
They can't afford the contract in the same way they couldn't afford Winfield's offer from Minnie.
The Bills have their share of roster question marks and paying a large contract and cap space for one player won't help the big picture IMO.
His leaving could land them a mid 3rd round pick in compensation depending on other FA signings.
They can afford it, the cap is expected to be around $100M per season in two years and rising. He's precisely the type of player a team should invest in.
-
-
-
I think you are dead on correct and have been saying so for a while now...And it's not necesarily just Pat, rathers it's what Pat/Sam gave you in the Middle on Base Downs...
The Bills could have found a way to Re-Sign Pat. The truth is they believed they had the talent in House to replace him...Needless to say they were mistaken...
The Bills prowess in run defense was greatly exaggerated. When they played NE with Corey Dillon, KC with Priest Holmes or Pittsburgh with anyone, they not only were controlled, but absolutely dominated. That doesn't happen to a great defense. Pat Williams is no doubt missed against bad teams like the Raiders, but having two one-gap DT's like Williams and Adams wasn't what this team needed going forward. It badly needed a big NT type alongside Adams to free up the other 3 lineman. If they had filled that void, it would have greatly covered up the shortcomings of the LB's and safeties.
-
Watching Tim Anderson play reminds me of the time the entire Cambodian midget wrestling federation wrassled that lion. Mularkey finally admitted that personnel changes may be the next move. What's Cortez Kennedy doing these days?
-
I'm a 'Canes fan, watched a lot of Everett, he is a workout warrior but not very instinctive or athletic and was not at all good in the passing game. Good TE's seem to have an innate ability to find the soft spots in zone coverage, never saw that out of Everett. I hope I'm wrong but the league is loaded with TE's who come into the league with raw talent and not a lot of experience in the passing game, and most turn out to be grunts like Jason Dunn.
-
The last Oakland drive was the cumulation of a very frustrating day by the Bills. They just flat out quit. No pride, no competative fire, no will. Not surprising since their head coach quit on them. Refusing to attempt even a single throw downfield, giving the ball to a back who hasn't carried all year on 4th and goal, running out the clock with 35 seconds left in the half, getting the ball to Willis a scant 19 times, a game plan that Sherlock Holmes would have trouble finding, etc., etc., etc. Mularkey quit being a head coach weeks ago, the only surprise is that the team didn't quit on him earlier. He has lost this team.
There is a difference between being pounded into submission and quitting. I didn't see anything from that defense in the last drive that they hadn't been doing all game. They just stink. They are old and tired up the middle.
TD has done some bad things but...
in The Stadium Wall Archives
Posted
Williams gets hurt because he's unathletic and overweight. Injuries are a huge issue with Williams. Durability is critical for offensive lineman, moreso than any other position except QB. To be worth a damn,they have to be on the field. If you throw out this wasted season, he still has had a laundry list of injuries to his lower body and even suffered a bad concussion after being toppled in pass protection.
Williams played well down the stretch last year, and was a dominant run blocker. But he is still barely adequate in pass protection. Translation: when healthy, he's a right tackle or guard. I am not the biggest TD basher, but I refuse to write this one off. The Bills already had an injury prone right tackle in Jonas Jennings, and Williams has yet to play at the level Jennings played at RT. Williams had a weight problem and a knee that concerned a lot of teams. This wasn't taking a gamble late in the first round or early second round, this was a prime pick. TD got cute and we got The Big Excuse.
In fairness, real fairness, I will give TD credit for picking up Gandy. He's been a bargain and if the team were playing better defensively he would be gettiing more credit. Also, TD was wise to get an athlete like Peters. But we need to see more of that.
He tends to leave positions undermanned, and we need to be the ones picking up a Gerard Warren when we lose PW, or picking up Terry Glenn from Green Bay when we dealt Peerless Price. I think it's an arrogance on TD's part that he believes he can just repeatedly jam lesser talented players into positions vacated by key players. IMO, this is the third season he's killed by whiffing on readily available veteran talent. First was when he passed on Sam Adams in 2002. Then when we didn't replace Price in 2003 and this season when they didn't replace Pat Williams.