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    Name a random Bills player and one thing you remember about them

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    1 hour ago, hondo in seattle said:

    BOGO: Two random players in the same story: Min Max Anderson and the incomparable Preston Ridlehuber.  

     

    When I was 10, the tv announcers reported that OJ's backup, Mini Max Anderson, was taken out of the game because he had broken some teeth and swallowed his tongue after being hit so hard that his facemask broke.

     

    I asked my mom if it was even possible to swallow a tongue.  When she said 'yes,' for years I suffered a deep and irrational fear of swallowing my own.  

     

    With both OJ and Mini Max out with injuries, third-stringer Preston Ridlehuber came in.  Ridlehuber's main claim to fame was scoring the winning touchdown for the Raiders the previous season on a fumble return with 33 seconds left.  But no one in TV Land witnessed the greatest play of Ridlehuber's otherwise dismal career because the broadcast had been preempted by the television presentation of "Heidi."  

     

    In Buffalo, the Ridlehuber magic struck one last time.  Late in the game with both his quick and exciting backs hurt, Coach Rauch drew up a halfback option in the dirt on a third-and-short situation.  It was supposed to be a short pass to the TE but Ridlehuber heaved a pass downfield to Haven Moses for a 45-yard TD to win the game.  Ridlehuber never touched a football again.  


    Great story!  Apparently his normal jersey 37 was ripped during the game too, so he had to wear 31, which ended up being retired by the franchise until 1991.  Never knew that.

     

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_Ridlehuber

    Did we do enough? I think we are getting there.

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    8 minutes ago, newcam2012 said:

    I keep asking myself we did the guy drop so far?  He feel for a reason. Many were saying he's a good run blocker and a poor pass blocker. Hopefully, he can contribute this season. Hard to get overly excited about a rookie playing in a Bills win now mentality. 

     

    Reminds me of the Cody Ford situation. We will see how he play. 


    It’s a fair question.  I don’t claim to be an NFL talent evaluator myself, so hopefully Torrence proves a lot of teams wrong for passing on him.

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    Did McDermott want to take over the play calling because of the difference in defense?

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    10 hours ago, Tipster19 said:

    It seems to me that the defense is much different from last year’s. The 2023 defense appears built more on speed than the previous. The addition of Leonard, the speed of Dorian Williams and the re-signing of Oliver makes this defense a whole bunch faster, equating to getting to the QB quicker and more often. 
     

    McDermott knowing or realizing this he may have wanted to be credited with spearheading a defense like this, one that suddenly gain an uptick in turnovers and sacks, would make his image a bit more shiny. 

     

    No.  Re-signing Oliver does not make the team any faster than before.  The additions of Williams and Leonard both happened after he decided he was taking over play-calling.  And who knows how much Williams will even get on the field over the other LBs on the team.

    NFL Head Coaches who also were their teams defensive play callers:

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    10 hours ago, Chaos said:

    The only ones I could find.  But there might be others. 

    https://www.panthers.com/news/ron-rivera-among-growing-list-of-head-coaches-calling-plays
     

    Looks like Ron Rivera did, Vic Mangio, Dan Quinn, so some others to add to the list in your original post.  I found it interesting that Rivera actually took over to give Eric Washington time to grow and eventually learn how to call plays.

    Diggs NOT at mandatory minicamp, McDermott "very concerned" DAY 2 UPDATE: He's back

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    5 minutes ago, BuffaloBillyG said:

    Ok for those joining late I will provide a recap of all information known from all sources. 

     

    Last year before the Bengals game Josh Allen cheated on his long time girlfriend with a barmaid. Knocked her up. Then had a confrontation with his ex at 3am the night before the Bengals playoff game leading to a poor performance (on the field not in the bedroom).

     

    Diggs was angered by this because he's a competitive guy. Around the same time Allen allegedly slept with (and impregnated) one of Stef's friends wives. Then went on to have some down time with one of Stef's ex's. 

     

    MEANWHILE: Diggs feels like he has no say in the offense and wishes Ken Dorsey would stop being mean and get him the ball more. He's also cheesed off that the Bills didn't do enough to help him and take the pressure off him while also being offended that the Bills flirted with bringing in DHop...who Im sure didn't sign here because our QB can't keep his putter in his pants.

     

    After the season everyone went their separate ways for 5 months. But they had conversations. Of course they also didn't speak at all. Stef did photo shoots. Allen was on the red carpet sleeping with movie stars and playing golf. Von was rehabbing and making statements of grandeur about Beane signing every player that made an all pro team since 1994.

     

    Also happening at the same time Chad Hall took a lateral move to Jacksonville because he was passed over for promotion and Diggs didn't like that. Unconfirmed is if Hall took the position to keep his wife as far away from Allen's unchecked Talley whacker as possible. 

     

    It all boils over yesterday when Diggs reported to the team with the intent to practice...yet somehow left before practice. I believe McDermott said something about being "very concerned" that out out of control sex freak of a QB was targeting his wife next(citation needed). 

     

    Also, no one saw these issues coming. Except for Jerry Sullivan who was clued into the issues before they even happened by Ryan Fitzpatrick. And 95% of the board has no clue what "cap" means in modern slang.

    You forgot to mention that Ryan Fitzpatrick went to Harvard 😇

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    Leslie Frazier visits with 3 teams

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    13 hours ago, JerseyBills said:

    Ya I think McD got in Beanes ear and said enough is enough and that he has the confidence he can take this D to another level, with full control.  Which is hard considering how good they been but we all know they fell short in many big games

     

    Even looking at Fraziers demeanor,  he rarely or never shows emotion or intensity and that showed through the years, even though they were a great unit.

     

    McD will bring that intensity 


    Given Frazier’s aspirations to become a HC again, I’ve been wondering whether he’s been half-distracted come playoff time because he’s also trying to land a HC gig at the same time.  Could be wrong about that, but maybe McD’s been thinking something similar and that’s why he’s ready to take more control versus someone else coming in and doing the same thing in the playoffs.

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    Patriots disciplined for violating offseason rules

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    58 minutes ago, Nuncha said:

    The league didn't want the "goat" to be exposed.

    I was being a little tongue in cheek, as I totally agree with your take.  When the Pats were winning Super Bowls, the last thing the league would want is for a crowned Super Bowl champ to be deemed a fraud.  The league had a lot of incentive to turn a blind eye and downplay anything the Pats were doing against the rules at that point, because it would bring into question the entire integrity of the NFL.  Now that the Pats aren’t winning, it makes one wonder if the league is quicker to punish them for their violations of rules. 

    Bills have #4 toughest strength of schedule (ALL AFC East teams in top 5)

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    3 hours ago, GunnerBill said:

     

    Ha, maybe. I still think the Bills will win the game. But I think the Jags will be our toughest home assignment given the circumstances.

    I agree with you that Jags will be tough. Lawrence will be entering his third NFL season now and getting a weapon in Calvin Ridley.  And Etienne will be second season removed from his injury.  
     

    On the question posed by the OP, I’d prefer an easier to middle of the pack schedule, whatever ultimately would increase our chances to earn the bye.  Unfortunately, I think we have our work cut out for ourselves this year.

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