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Teams will not shift coverage away from Evans until they are burned by someone else consistently. As a rookie, Hardy may or may become effective on the field, since he has shown an inability to got off the line and to get separation. Until he makes big plays for long yardage or TDs, teams will not show him any more respect than the Bills other WRs.

heard it discussed several times

hopefully it will that make him smarter and thus able to run to the right hole and pick up the blitz

unless he has to move to LT, if Peters continues his holdout or gets injured (more likely due to his holdout)

Not sure how any other conclsuion if possbile. Instead of 3 players, they got JP. Looks like he cost them 3 picks to me.

When speaking statistically, many things get lost in the numbers. One of the biggest is the generation of yards after the catch. The ability of the offense to convert 3rd downs and stay ont the field is dependant on the QB delivering the ball to the receiver is a position to turn upfield for more yardage. A QB can get credit for a reception which results in a high completion percentage, while not helping his YAC. Low passes, high passes, button hooks thrown off target all can be caught - but do not threaten the defense. When a QB is not trusted to throw to a moving WR on crossing pattern, slant or seam pattern, the offense becomes extremely hamstrung. From what I saw of Trent, he was able to deliver the ball to his receivers in motion where they could turn upfield. He was also able to utilize the left, right and middle of the field. He still needs to work on reading defenses, however, he has shown the ability to deliver the ball where it needs to be.

They may not actively conduct hit and run pedestrians. However, the bigger message is that Marshawn made out by avoiding responsibilty - and everyone else should do it too because it works.

The biggest distraction may be when Peters gets injured due to his missing the enitre off-season workout program.

yeah - but they are not very long posts

The ONE thing you give credit to Trent for is actually 3 things, which all by themselves is probably good enough without further improvement for a .500 record. This is much more than 20% of what a QB needs to be successful in the NFL. 1. pre-snap read He has shown the ability to identify the defense shown pre-snap and to recognize which WR will be the best to exploit the coverage. Does not lock onto 1 WR. 2. post-snap read - After the snap, he is able to recognize what the defense is actually doing and to confirm that his pre-snap read was proper. Remains to be seen if he will be able to identify various stunts and tricks while under heavy pressure, but experience will help greatly in this regard. 3. hit WR in stride to generate yards after catch This is a huge plus which allows those short passes to become threats to turn into long gainers and 1st downs. No defesne is scared of an offense which is limted to throwing come backs and hitches due to the inaccuracy of its QB. This skill will allow the Bills to incorporate the seam pass to the TE and the slant pass back in to the offense.

However, both of these posts contain bona fide info instead of stream of consciousness blubbering with no real focus

As like Marv,Jauron is a very good motivator. Even with all the injuries last year, the team showed up every week. Also like Marv, he is must too loyal and trusting of his coordinators. This works great if the OC and DC are producing. But he should have mandated that Fairchild change his playcalling or take the duties away last year after Fairchild proved inept. If Marv had fired Walt Corey, the Bills would have won a SuperBowl or 2.

Neither QB threw enough TDs. Most of this problem was from Fairchild not attacking the endzone and actually trying to throw TDs. From some of blurbs from camp, it sounded like Turk was throwing to the endzone from outside the 20 - which is wher them majority of passiong TDs are generated. The defense is not bunched together and the offesnes can still run most patterns.

More important than Jauron are his cooridnators. Fewell has shown to be flexible and not absolutely married to a strict cover-2. He should produce as long as the DT and LB plays to expectations -Straud needs to stay on the field. The big question is whether the Turk will be strong enough to run a balanced offense and not get hamstrung by Jauron. Jauron may set the tone, but he sure let Fairchild run his own show last year.

gotta agree that TD panicked after Detroit stole his boy Joey H.

wrong stud DT

just like out stud DT that we gave up 2 picks for.

Bills could have signed any number of free agent WRs to generate some offensive production. they still haven't plugged the middle to stop the run and push the pocket. cross your fingers that Straud does not get injured or suspended

and then the coach gets fired and you start all over again with the new coach's favorite players and schemes

Tommie Harris or Vince Wilfork would have been preferrable at #13. Let's not even discuss the waste of resources to trade up for JP

caution - this is a standard reply big part of being terrible has been their very weak OL - caused by spending only 3 picks on the OL in the top 4 rounds over the last 10 years (44 picks) Many of the picks not spent on the OL were spent on DBs -who may have been successful- but were then not retained. Bills need to use their high picks on long term fixtures of the team

I guess the point is - if you are going to bring players with character problems onto your teams who could cause major embarassment or worse - they better perform to an extremely high level on the field to justify the risk. Remains to be seen with Lynch Hardy is not even signed yet.

nobody knew what scheme they were running last year, including the players. with McNally gone, hopefully Kugler will be able to focus on the basics and implement a drive blockig scheme which favors the large bodies on the line. Maybe the surgery Fowler just had will correct an injuyr that hampered his play far more than was let on. But without any adequate backups, he had to suck it up and play hurt last yeawr. Good thing they addressed the OL depth this year.

The unspoken problem with the run game is that Lynch runs to the wrong hole making the line look bad

your math is bad new owners will borrow $500 mil at a minimum to buy the team, probably much more. 10% interest only on $500k is $50 mil per year which wipes out that tidy $30 mil profit Ralph was enjoying. And this does not include debt service on paying down the principal. The Toronto joint venture is the only way to tap into the big corporate money necessary to compete in the NFL.