machine gun kelly
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They'll carry more RBs this year as they prepare to move on from Spiller and FJ. Spiller will have to produce like in 2012 to get the new contract. More likely he has a decent year, and we insert some of these new guys. FJ has one more year, and I don't see him getting another contract after 2015. He'll retire a Bill. No one else is picking up a 35-36 yr old RB.
Don't get me wrong as FJ is my favorite Bill all the way back to Kelly.
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I've heard rumors that his career has been derailed by some significant drug issues (cocaine). If true, it would explain a lot.
This was a rumor here in town. It's not true as he's been drug tested a ton by the NFL. Now, there are also some rumors here in Tampa, he had some mental health issues. He was rattled by Schiano's staff. I don't think he's our next starter, but rather could be worth a tryout to see if he can make the third spot on the roster. I like Thad and want him to be our #2. He earned that last year splitting games with almost no time to prepare.
For one of the previous posts, Freeman had two good seasons. Not from a winning perspective, but in his TD to INT ratio. He was just on a bad team.
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The LA threat is the best way to get the rest of the teams to upgrade their stadiums. The Bills aren't going anywhere. The Fish aren't moving.
The thing that drives me crazy is how LA couldn't keep two teams there and they were constantly low in attendance, even though there are 4 million people there.
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I say he makes it to 40. He's still a heck of a QB. Once you hit 40, the body does not recover as well. Part of his dip in production was related to his WR. I didn't see him decline, rather he had nobodies to throw to all year, and he even made that work at 12-4.
I'm not a Pats fan, but I respect the guy. I like Kelly's comment about us improving our team. I'd rather beat the guy vs. start winning after he retires. That would be very deflating.
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I'm happy for Frank. He's by no means ready to be a head coach. Just think of Raheem Morris. He was promoted far too early. If he gets experience over the next few years, he probably can progress to becoming a head coach.
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You have no idea how wrong you are, that coming from multiple people in the know and behind the scenes per several articles that have been written about it. They are very scared of f***ing with Cuomo and/or Schumer considering Cuomo is likely a presidential candidate and Schumer a very powerful Senator.
The NFL has a "mob" mentality...they make a ton of money and have some very questionable breaks given to them by Congress. All they want to do is keep making money and be left alone, upsetting as few people in the process as possible who could put a big kink in the money hose, so to speak. There is ZERO chance they do something that could upset someone like Cuomo and/or Schumer, its just not how they operate. Moving the Bills just isn't worth the potential loss of the golden egg.
I haven't read the rest of this thread yet, but your right on the money. What benefit do politicians have of a team in Toronto? None. They have leverage and the owners know it. This is about getting a new stadium, and getting a decent price for the Bills. With a new stadium close to the border they cash in on increased Canadien dollars spent in the US, and increased Regional revenue from people in Rochester.
They do not want Cleveland again. Spending time there for work, it is such an ugly scene with how hated Modell is for selling the team, and moving, even though I understand why he did it.
The owners do not want this to happen again. It is one thing for Jax, San Diego, etc. these are good teams, but they do not have the fan base and traditions like Buffalo. The NFL owners know this point. It is more than Buffalo as they get the regionalization of most of upstate NY, which is still one of the most populated states in the Nation.
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No we haven't!! This team has been bad for 14 years!! Until they start winning games Kiko & Kirk Morrison are the same in my book. I am so sick of hearing how talented they are. They have lost for 14 years! Fire everyone!! Do you really believe that new people, selecting new talent playing against different opponents will really change anything?? The Bills were bad a decade ago so I am sure that they will be bad now.
Thanks Captain Optimism. Here's an idea. Go root for another team. We've all suffered through the same losing seasons, but to be so negative every summer just is depressing. For now, I believe we are in the right direction.
Why would you ever hate a team, coaching, front office, and still pay such close attention to them. It makes no sense.
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With whom exactly?
Freeman was beyond terrible last year, for two different teams. Christian Ponder is better than Freeman. So is Curtis Painter. Put that in perspective
Freeman was bad last year in Tampa under OC, Mike Sullivan. It was the wrong scheme for this team. Sullivan was a Giants guy who relies on a dominant offensive line, and move the ball in big chunks with deep passes. The previous OC was Greg Olsen. He is now at the Raiders, with more of a West Coast offensive. Freeman was very successful in this system with low turnovers, and a decent TD / INT percentages.
The one game for the Vikings is not fair to him. He was there less than 10 days, and put in far too early and Frasier should be blamed for that one as he was desperate to save his job. I'm not an apologist for Freeman, but I live here in Tampa and watched some promising talent in Freeman. Now on the opposite side Schiano rode Freeman like a donkey, and his head was rattled. I don't know if he can gain his confidence back after losing it. It's too bad as he is without a doubt better than Tuel, and still young. I like Thad so I would love to bring Freeman in at the minimum. If he gets his head on straight, and has half a season to develop, could be very effective in Hackett's scheme. That would be a nice stable of QB's, and Marrone has nothing to worry about placing Tuel on the PS. Trust me Doug, after watching Tuel in the KC game and others, how he single handedly lost that game, no one is picking him up. It's too bad as I believe Hackett called a perfect game, but he wouldn't control the crappy game Tuel played.
Bottom line is pick him up.
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I think all players should change their first name to Bill
And their last to Williams.
Whoops, I didn't read the whole thread. Looks like someone beat me to it.
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This has to be one of the dumbest threads I've read in awhile. Not everyone, just the original post. It's like the other posts where people think this is Madden football.
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Joel has been running the team since 2006. The other brothers each have different roles in the franchise. There is no plan to sell the team. Malcom had a stroke years ago and has been in a wheelchair for a few years.
He hasn't gone to games, or had any other involvement in the team. No active players have even met him. This is juxtaposed to him having close relationships with the older guys like Sapp, Brooks, Barber, etc.
He was a great owner for his first 6 years. The knock on him was he put tons of money and investments into the team until they won the SB in 2002. He then bought Manchester United, the richest franchise in the world of any sport. Afterwards, Tampa fans were mad at the Glazers as they went vastly under the cap, and hired questionable coaches after they fired Gruden.
The knock on Gruden is he was in a pissing contest with Rich McKay, and they fired McKay. McKay was an excellent GM, comparable to Polian. Bruce Allen was weak and a mouthpiece for Gruden. He kept picking up old guys to win now that we're past their prime. He went 11-5, then 5-11 for a few years. When fired, they made bad choices.
Now they are on track with a good GM, and excellent coaching staff.
The reason I know this is I live in Tampa and they are my second favorite team. The Glazers are a good ownership family and now that they have to spend 88% to the cap due to the new CBA, they are trying to win again. I believe they will make the playoffs this year.
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300, 600, 1,200 is hardly stellar. Even the 900+ yards he got last year is miserable. You can look at YPC all you want. But it doesn't mean anything if your not putting up solid yards in the end. Even 1,200 yards is barely a good season. Break that up into yards per game and tell me if that's really good. Think about it in fantasy standards if you think that'll help. But CJ has produced the following averaged per game.
2010: 17.69 yards per game with 0 TDs
2011: 35.06 yards per game with .25 TDs
2012: 77.75 yards per game with .38 TDs
2013: 58.31 yards per game with .13 TDs
Hardly stellar. If you had that in a fantasy back, he would be your 3rd or 4th option. Solid backs produce no matter what offense they are in. No matter who they're offensive coordinators are.
This is deceiving as FJ also had over 900 yards. I believe this thread should be more on FJ. He is patient, hits the hole well, always falls forward, and most importantly has great balance. Under this massive line, watch out for FJ to have a breakout season. Spiller will only have a good year if he can bounce out in the spread offense, or with pitches. I disagree our line is too big, and not athletic enough to get him on the outside. Just look at the tape of last year how quick Glenn moves for a big man.
Also, kuandjio is young and if I remember correctly had a decent 40 time for a tackle. Our two new RB's and FJ will be used more up the middle.
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I'll be surprised if TJ isn't cut/traded.
You can't trade someone who stinks. Lead hands.
Watkins will turn out to be awesome in time, but may need to get used to the NFL in speed, size, etc. I'm guessing Mike Williams will have a breakout year for us. I've watched him for 4 years, and he will drive us down the field.
As far as catches, I'm betting Woods.
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this is the most boring thread of the year
rookie contracts are effectively preset
Exactly, the new CBA makes these contracts academic. They are probably wrangling over some minor details. I'm sure it will be done by the end of June.
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We improved this off season, and don't underestimate the additional coaches brought in to help this young team. I see EJ improving this year, but I don't expect him to be Aaron Rodgers. We'll win on defense, a prominent running game with a better line, and a serviceable passing game.
If we can just get to 15th in passing, #1 in the run, and a top 5 defense, that would be my preference.
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I'm guessing you only get to preview 10 free stories per month on the Buffalo News, and then you have to subscribe. I solved it by using my laptop, and my I-Pad to review 20 stories. I hope that helps.
The jury is out for me on Trump. He's a bloviating, but a sharp business man. I don't see him moving the team. The TV revenue that will be increasing dramatically assures any owner of making good money in the neighborhood of 30-40 mil. Now and increasing in two years. You can be assured this TR Night experiment with CBS this year will go out to bid, and next year will be on one of the four major networks for the entire season.
Trump will love the spotlight of being an NFL owner, but I don't see him in the day to day operations. My guess is this is just publicity and he has no sincere interest in actually putting up a competitive bid.
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In the nightmare scenario that Fred were to become a Boston Patriot, Hoodie would save him for December and unleash a well rested Fred for the end of season and Playoffs.
Ok, I just threw up in my mouth on that thought. It's a good point though given Belicheck is very comfortable picking up people for a year at the end of their career.
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Actually, if Dwight Freeney is released he would be the best stop gap two year option, ideal for the wide 9
Now that I wouldn't mind for a low price. He's not washed up yet, and would do well with the rest of the guys.
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Jordan's a bust, and Graham is often injured. Pass.
Whaley did not get a DE nor a TE. In the draft as there was not one at the right value. People would be just as mad if we picked up a bust.
It's not Madden so we improved as much as possible with the picks we had available and through the draft. I'm sure we'll keep searching for UDFA, but that's it.
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I agree with 98% of this. Jackson is the best RB on the Bills and the Captain of that offense. He literally won the game against Carolina last year by not catching a 2 yard pass to him by EJ which would have ran about 15 seconds off the clock if not more. But what worries me is the Goal line situation. Tuel should have never passed on third down, but Fred couldn't punch it in from the 1 yard line twice. Fred is my favorite player, I don't see him slowing down, his intelligence for the game is above most, but he struggles on the goal line IMO. Cheers
Which is why we picked up Dixon in the off season.
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I agree. Schumer can make a lot of noise with senate inquiries on various issues with the NFL including the concussion issues, the anti- trust, the fact the NFL is stipulated as a non-profit, and so on.
The nightmare for me is an owner buys the team, NYS does not build a stadium claiming they have no money, but simply upgrades the Ralph, and the new owner sits and waits 10 years and sells it to another owner making a ton of money as the TV money is climbing rapidly, and we lose the Bills in 2023.
That is why NYS has to build a stadium. A new stadium will be linked to a 30 year iron clad lease. Then we will have our beloved Bills for the rest of my life.
How many upstate tax dollars have paid for infrastructure improvements in NYC? I don't live there anymore, but just remember my dad my whole life complaining how his tax dollars get funneled to downstate. It's time we get that billion dollar stadium, then a few hundred more million offer 10 years improving the infrastructure of Niagara Falls.
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Lipstick on a pig. I have great memories from 80's and 90's but go to any modern stadium and you won't want to watch the Bills play a home game. Bathrooms are disgusting. There is no room to walk. Food is average. Even in the Jim Kelly club the beef on weck was cold. Very disappointing. Beer selection could be better.
Guys please go to a new venue and see what you are missing. Tear down the Ralph. Build a 64,000 seat stadium on the waterfront and raise the ticket prices 25%. Add high quality food and beverage items. I'm not saying every other stadium is better but Seattle and Arizona offered much better experiences. I'm going to Bears-Bills but I don't expect it will be much better than RW.
Worst stadium ever though was Metrodome. The concourses could not have allowed more than 5 people side by side. Actually was a bit scary.
I love the tradition of the Ralph, but these comments are correct. I flew up with the boys for the home opener from FL, and I was reminded of how bad the food, and old the stadium has become. I had a great time, and loved the people, but compared to going to games in other stadiums, Buffalonians probably just don't know what they are missing. I love my Bills, and if you read the article this morning about the lack of interest in moving to LA. One point made is Ohio paid for all of their major stadiums since 1994. The Bengals, Browns, and so on.
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The simple answer to your original question is it's May. I'm glad Whaley has a number of bodies in there to make sure we get the right two lines in there. Let them fight it out, and we have an extra pre-season to get a better look at each player. I think we also get an extra week for training camp to prepare for the Hall of Fame Game.
In Whaley I bellieve.
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A bunch of bleeding heart liberals. Almost every Seator was a democrat basically pandering to one of their demographics. I hope Snyder sticks to his guns and says "NO"?
Bruce Allen prepared a response indicating when the name was founded there were some Indian Nations consulted, and they came up with the logo and name as a matter of pride and unity amongst all Indian Tribes. I have yet to hear one leader of any of the Indian Nations come out in protest. To the contrary, I've heard enough tribal leader who have jumped on NFL radio as guests, and absolutely do not want the name changed. The reasoning was interesting as they said so much of the Indian culture is fading away from the mainstream and it concerns them.
They don't want names like the Redskins, Chiefs, Seminoles, etc going away.
SB Nation: NFL's best linebacker corps: Bills, 49ers lead the way
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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How can anyone rate our LB corp as elite when we haven't played a down yet? You can make some of the positive assertions in our RB's as we rated 2nd in the NFL. last year. Meanwhile, as much as I like Kiko, we were horrible against the run.
I believe we improved over last year in talent, but they have not gelled yet, and we'll see if Spikes can defend against the pass. I would not compare these guys though to SF. Those guys are the best in the NFL.