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    Backup QB?

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    48 minutes ago, VirginiaMike said:

    I like Barkley and he's an average QB at best.  Although I may be ripped here, I'd like to see the Bills give Cam Newton a try.  I think a 1 year deal on a reasonable contract would be a smart investment and works for both Cam & the Bills. 

    For the Bills: With Josh being a QB that runs a fair amount, the chance of injury is higher than many.  Cam gives you a QB with similar skills who can run the same offense.  He also provides a veteran presence in the QB room and might take a 10 million dollar 1 year deal.

    For Cam: The big question for him is health.  Taking a back-up job for a year allows him to get healthier and on a 1 year deal provides him the chance to move somewhere as a starter.  

    your logic is sound, but I don't think Cam (or his agent) would accept a backup job anywhere.

    Bills are 3 pieces away from Super Bowl

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    6 hours ago, Chandler#81 said:

    Love the team, but frankly, the biggest piece from last year was the schedule. Its a missing piece now.

    I respectfully disagree.

     

    We comfortably won our way into the playoffs on that schedule.  We could have won more games but McDermott played conservatively, knowing we had 10+ wins in the bag.  Example: second Patriots game.  We could have won that game, but NE just wanted the win more.  I even think we would have taken more risks and possibly won earlier games if we had a tougher schedule ahead, example Cleveland game.  We won the games we had to win, which mostly weren't that hard, and the rest we were willing to let ride rather than take a big risk on Allen getting hurt again or making an embarrassing mistake.  The Baltimore game is another example of a game we lost because the other side just seemed to want it more.

     

    My first point being:  we didn't need the creampuff schedule last year to make the playoffs.

     

    My second point now: that creampuff schedule HURT us in the playoffs.  Playing tough teams all year is great training for the playoffs.  Playing easy teams is negative training for the playoffs.  I think we were honestly surprised how hard that first game was, after mostly easy games all year.  

     

    I hope this year's schedule is more challenging, as we need the hard play and we need to have some HUNGER going in to the playoffs.  We need to get used to taking risks to win games because we wont win the playoffs with a conservative game plan.  With all due respect to Marv, we have to take a page from BB and learn to approach each and every game as a "must win", and a tougher schedule will force us to do that.

     

     

    What a long way we have come

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    32 minutes ago, LABILLBACKER said:

    It all started with Terry & Kim hiring an excellent HC/GM combo. They came in and immediately instilled an actual culture and organizational process. They built a top 10 defense and had the wisdom to select a very promising qb. The days of Rex, Marrone and Jauron are behind us. Brady is finally gone as NE will now begin to suffer. This division should be ours for many years. And it wouldn't surprise me to see us go to 2-3 SB's in the next 10 years. Buffalo is now becoming attractive to FA's. A whole lot to be optimistic about. 

    agreed, it all starts at the top.  props & thanks to the Pegs!

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    What a long way we have come

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    3 hours ago, Flutie Flakes said:

     

    Yep, I did as well.  Lowest of the low for me was when Vontae Davis quit on us.  We truly have come so far!  GO BILLS!

    Vonte did not bother me at all.  He didn't get it.

     

    Actual low points during my Bills fandom (partial list):

     

    wide right

    Thurman cant find his helmet

    Superbowl XXVII, Kelly carted off field

    Future HoF GM Bill Polian fired for pissing off money man Jeff Littman

    OJ Simpson in a white Bronco; cant find "the real killer"

    Jim Kelly knocked out and retires, Bills QBs are Todd Collins and Alex Van Pelt

    Flutie pulled from playoff game because ... reasons

    Music City Miracle/forward lateral

    Wade Phillips fired for not scapegoating other coaches 

    Greggo

    Mike Mularkey hired out of nowhere because apparently he invents plays on bar napkins

    Marv Levy brought back to be worst GM ever

    Bills lose to Steelers third string in must-win game to advance to playoffs

    Dick Jauron states with a straight face: "winning in the NFL is hard."

    Oilers owner Bud Adams flips Bills fans the bird (both hands) on national TV

    Perry Fewell not hired because ... reasons

    Chan Galey has to tell actual Bills fans: "If you dog one of us, you dog all of us."

    Russ Brandon basically in charge after palace coup 

    Bills games in Toronto

    Doug Whaley reaches for EJ Manual, doubles down with Sammy Watkins draft deal

    Doug Marrone hired because Syracuse made the Pinstripe Bowl

    Bills almost bought by Jon Bon Jovi, moved to another country

    Marrone takes the money and runs

    Bills OL coach hits random teenager with folding chair, threatens family

    Rob Ryan hired for no good reason

    London game.  I almost gave up. 

     

    For me the London debacle was the lowest.  We've been working our way up ever since.

     

     

     

    What a long way we have come

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    44 minutes ago, C.Biscuit97 said:

    You know we did sign Mario Williams right?  This whole FAs didn’t want to go to Buffalo stuff is completely overrated.  We didn’t lose because we couldn’t get FAs.  We lost because our QBs sucked.   It’s really not that complicated.

    I was not a Tyrod supporter but they completely screwed up by putting him in a WCO, trading away Sammy a week before the season, and replacing him with Jordan Matthews and Benjamin.  They set him up to fail. 

    Mario came here because we gave him $100 million dollars.  That's $100,000,000.00.  And also deer.

    Did we turn a corner at culture?

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    53 minutes ago, JohnnyGold said:

    From a managers perspective, a "culture" doesn't mean you're only looking for one type of individual. Quite the opposite. 

    You WANT individuals who toe the line, and those who are rough around the edges. You want those who are quiet, and those who are outspoken. You want those who see things one way, and those who have a different perspective. Think of all of the players on a team as crayons in that big Crayola box. 

    The culture IS the big Crayola box. It gets everyone together, in their proper place, with their tips up (pause), so they can be used to the best of their ability.

    Now, some of those crayons are older, worn down, the label is peeling off, and you debate getting a new one and wonder why you have such a worn down crayon at one of your primary colors... like Frank Gore being the red crayon.

    Some, like white crayons, are very rarely used but people swear they're amazing if you use them in the right situation, like on black paper.... like Duke Williams.

    Some crayons just pop off the paper, like the gold crayon, but most people don't make drawings with a lot of gold in them, just like they don't lateral the ball to their teammates while being tackled in the fourth quarter of a playoff game at midfield, and some of those drawings with a lot of gold turn out terrible, but you just know if you can make that drawing work one day you're going to be looking at a masterpiece.

    Some crayons, like the neon ones, look so cool and you're so excited to use them that they snap in half and you need to tape them back together and tread lightly the next time you draw with them and make sure they dont break again, but once you see its fine youre gonna use the ***** out of it because youve been waiting since you bought the box to use it, like Harrison Phillips.

    Diggs? He's like a special kind of crayon. Maybe the kind you dip in water first. We've heard about the crayon box he came from, but we think we have a use for him here. But he's gotta fit into our box (thats what she said.) If he does, awesome. We're going to be making our gold paper wet in his little corner and adding some faux water color to the gold and neon masterpiece. If he doesn't, we throw it out and get a new crayon to replace him, as we realize it doesn't fit in with our vision.

    We're drawing a new picture every week baby, and putting them on display. 

    McD? He's the artiste. He's drawing the picture every week, picking what colors to use and when.

    Before McD?

    We were the dumpy box of crayons at a poor kids preschool. All jumbled up, some REALLY NICE EXPENSIVE crayons, with a lot of broken, cheap ones that look like Crayola knockoffs but are more wax than color. 

    There was no culture, there was no organization. 

    Remember Mario? That was like getting a massive, comically large crayon that costs more than a box of crayons themselves, and should only be used to sign fake novelty checks for laughs. And trying to jam it in our crayon box.

    Crayon box bro. Crayon Box Culture.

    wonder whatever happened to IEATCRAYONZ?

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