elroy16
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The Allen to Jones clip is definitely this year. You see John Brown #15 out there.
Quote“Everything feels right so far,” Dawkins said. “It feels scary with how right everything feels. It’s only day one, but it feels like week three of camp. Guys are flying around. Guys are talking. Guys know exactly what they’re doing. It feels like everybody knows their role.”
https://www.buffalobills.com/news/top-3-things-to-know-about-day-1-of-bills-training-camp
QuoteBobby Johnson is a great coach. He teaches, he demonstrates, he makes the players pay attention, even laugh. OT Garrett McGhin is giving it his all in the blocking, and he deserves a shot, even at the Practice Squad. Dion Dawkins is impressing, as is Ty Nsekhe. Ducasse has run blocking all over Conor McDermott.
http://billsmafia.com/2019/07/25/astronotes-bills-practice-1/
Very encouraging information about the O-line. The team will only go as far as the O-line and Allen can take them. Hopefully the added talent and new coaching will produce serious dividends.
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6 minutes ago, Rocket94 said:
I still cannot believe how Allen is getting micro analyzed to death. On top of being a rookie, he didn't even play a full season. This may take some time.
I get what you mean, but that's what this board is all about, micro analyzing everything to death.
Oliver is getting hammered in another thread because of a 10 second clip from one practice and a silly incident from college.
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11 minutes ago, ShadyBillsFan said:
LOL I'm too lazy to watch when I get home .... Don't want to watch 2 hours at work ... It cuts into my posting time
I've seen bits and pieces. I'd rather just watch the "meat" of the videos
over the "canned" questions and answers.
Haha, that makes sense. It's tough for me to get that much time at home, but once I started the first, I stayed up pretty late watching the rest. You should take the time, it's almost all meat and potatoes, they're very good.
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8 minutes ago, ShadyBillsFan said:
Which one and whats the time stamp?
Seriously, I'm too lazy to watch hours of Pre Season Hype at this time.
Lol, what an odd sentiment. I'm too lazy to... watch TV.
He has a segment with his workout in the first one, the first half of the episode or so. The second one shows him and his wife at their house. You can scan through them and find it, unless you're too lazy.
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I think the undrafted free agency part was probably the most interesting to me. They seriously went all out for Sills, pretty interesting.
The only bad part is Kyle as narrator. I love the guy, one of my top 5 players of all times, but man, he's not good at that. It sounded like he was reading the material for the first time. No idea if it was his fault or not, maybe they didn't give it to him beforehand.
The only time I've heard worse narration was in whatever Blade Runner cut had Harrison Ford's narration. I lasted about 2 minutes before turning it off.
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And just like in the bad times, McDermott said that a swing into good times can test a relationship, as well.
“I’ve seen head coaches and GM relationships get strained or fractured because of success. All of the sudden it’s because of me or he’s saying it’s because of him,” McDermott said. “That battle for power or the battle for whose ego is bigger, I’ve seen that fracture a relationship. (The relationship is) always under stress, I guess you would say.
“If we can keep the direct line of communication open, I think, although hard, that’s the healthiest way to go about it.”
This part is more important that the dysfunction that can occur when things aren't going well. If they start winning, can they stay on the same page and continue to build the team or will their egos get the best of them?
After reading about and watching a lot of clips of Beane and McDermott, they really do seem like genuine people who will continue to practice what they preach and aren't just putting on a face. If they become successful here and start competing year in and year out, I think they'll be consistent and build their relationship versus letting success deteriorate it.
I think they have the right amount of loyalty and "family" priorities but that they also understand it's a business and tough decision need to be made. Look at how they embraced Pancho Billa. They didn't have to keep in touch with him or include him in the draft, but they did. At the same time, I'm sure firing Crossman, Castillo, and Dennison wasn't fun or part of the plan, but they recognized it had to be done and didn't let the issues fester.
Obviously it can all go south very quickly, but I think we have a very solid pair on our hands.
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6 hours ago, eball said:
As I've been saying all along, the Bills knew their chances of truly competing last season were slim and as a result they got a somewhat raw guy like Tremaine a "free" year of starting experience in the NFL. I think it is a mistake to equate some of Edmunds' "struggles" last year (particularly against the run) with the notion that he is not "instinctive" or won't be a top level MLB. The dude was 20 and was tasked with running the defense!
There are some great parallels between Edmunds and Allen, actually. Two raw prospects with oodles of talent who both got "thrown into the fire" last season with mixed results but who showed a lot of promise as the season wore on.
Excited to see what year two brings for both of these guys.
Before the draft last year I wanted a QB first and then a MLB to QB the defense. They swung for the fences on both of the picks and if they both hit 80-90% of their potential, they could both be very, very good for a long time. At first I was a little bit down, we've seen tons of raw prospects come through here at almost every position and we've seen a ton of them bust. I wanted more "NFL ready" players, but so far it's looking good.
7 hours ago, machine gun kelly said:He’s going to be fun to see in year 2 especially with Lorax continuing to mentor him.
I think that even more important to Edmunds' development than Lorax is Bob Babich. Babich coached Briach Urlacher for 9 years and Urlacher chose him to be presenter at his HOF introduction. Sure, Babich wasn't there for the first four years Urlacher was in the league, but he has high praise for him.
Quote“It was tough (to choose) because there are so many good coaches, not just professional but college and high school,” Urlacher told the Tribune. “I spent nine years with Bob, and he knows me better than anybody. We had a great relationship and have a great relationship today.
“He challenged me every single day. One thing I loved is he didn’t treat me different than anyone else. I loved going to work every single day, and while I hated meetings, he made them fun because it was a challenge every single day.
“I called him and told him, and it was cool. He was excited, and I was happy. In my mind, he was the guy to do it, but it was a hard decision because, like I said, I played for some great coaches.”
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Kid making everything look easy.
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Former LSU Tiger Tre’Davious White is always cracking jokes and sporting a smile, but that doesn’t mean that he isn’t a competitor. “I go out and compete no matter who it is,” White told reporters in 2017 when being questioned about his matchup with Rob Gronkowski. “I’m out there too and I’m one of the best doing it; I feel that way and he feels like he’s one of the best doing it, so I’m going to go out and compete.”
White isn’t lying. He is easily one of the best cornerbacks in the NFL. His 2018 season is regarded by many as a down year, but that was really only because he didn’t get his hands on as many balls as he did his rookie season. His interceptions went down from four to two, and his pass deflections had a steep dropoff from 12 in his first season to three last year. But in just about every other statistic, his numbers improved.
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The third-year corner is proud of what he has accomplished but knows that he isn’t a finished product, “I put together two great seasons to start it off,” White told Good Morning Football, “but I’ve still got a ways to go.”
White is a polished player with an upper-tier skill set; he just needs to reduce the number of penalties he takes, improve his tackling, and continue to minimize big plays in order for him to be mentioned as the top corner in the NFL and not just on the Bills.
https://www.cover1.net/tredavious-white-bills/
Very, very good breakdown of White's strengths and weaknesses. Erik breaks down White's footwork, disruption, leverage, ball tracking, tackling, and penalties and includes a bunch of clips.
I highly recommend reading this and watching all of the clips. As someone who never played organized football, the level of detail these types of articles have is very informative.I have to highlight this play (the second one)
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On throws of 20-plus yards over that same period (past two years), Hyde has allowed a single reception from nine targets; three of those targets ended in interceptions, another one ended in a dropped interception and another two resulted in pass breakups — if that doesn’t tell you how much of a difference-maker he’s been for the Bills at the top of the defense, nothing will.
Over two years, teams have only tried to throw deep with Hyde in coverage nine times and have one completed one freaking pass. That is nuts.
What a fantastic free agent signing.
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On 6/19/2019 at 7:08 AM, Jeetz1231 said:
Honest question, how do you feel about the pick now?
Cautiously optimistic.
He's much further along that I hoped he'd be at this point. I was all for a full season on the bench, but the experience looks like it was good for him. The fear of playing a young QB on a bad team is that you'll "ruin" them, but I think Josh's mental toughness is much too strong for that. I'm obviously not going to bet my house on him becoming a HOFer, but I am very excited for the future of Josh Allen.
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Allen is the only pick the Bills have made where I was legitimately pissed off. I was kind of annoyed with the Spiller pick, but told myself he was going to be a great playmaker, so sold myself on it within a day or two. Most picks, I can talk myself into since I don't pay much attention to college football.
I was so pissed when they drafted Allen. We knew they wanted a QB and I had basically sold myself on all of the QB's except for Allen. I figured Sam would be off the board and thought maybe the pick would be either Baker or Rosen. When Rosen was there at 7 after they traded up, I got my hopes up really high. He was supposed to be the most NFL ready, he's been groomed to be QB for years and years. We just saw a "raw, but crazy gifted" QB turn into nothing in EJ. I wanted a QB that actually looked like a QB, not a project.
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Maybe receivers wasn't the most accurate description, but this evidence says that they didn't value the slot like maybe the Bills will this year.
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6 minutes ago, NoSaint said:
Nor would it be a big deal if they skipped a meeting and workout
Also true.
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2 hours ago, YoloinOhio said:
I guess this would make sense if they actually canceled "1/3 of the minicamp."
I'm sure they still had their meetings and worked out, but instead of a 2 hour practice, they're playing games. No big deal.
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It was an area that head coach Sean McDermott felt was good but could be improved. Getting the incoming rookies acclimated to the daily approach of how things are accomplished at One Bills Drive required a lot of time and investment. Time that the coaching staff didn’t always have at their disposal.
So McDermott, with the assistance of Terry and Kim Pegula, has been able to put together an onboarding program that gets them up to speed quicker and helps them adopt the pro mindset required to succeed more effectively.
Everything from leadership panels, where older players on the roster speak with rookies, or former NFL players are brought in to warn of the potential pitfalls through their own personal stories, Buffalo’s rookies quickly come to understand the requirements if they intend to have a successful NFL career.
“After going through a tough year last year of just onboarding new players, a new approach had to be undertaken,” McDermott said. “I think the best teams, businesses do it well, but I’m not sure everyone does it. We’re all trying to find the competitive advantage.”
After seeing some rookies make some decisions last season that didn’t adhere to the daily growth mindset McDermott preaches, the Bills head coach was determined to put a program in place to get young players to recognize the importance of staying on the right track.
“Some guys would rather go to the mall and buy cool sneakers or the latest addition to their wardrobe instead of being here and watching film,” said McDermott. “That’s real. That’s an example of the challenges we face, to get people to drop all that and adopt the habits that lead to winning.”
“The first piece of that is educating them on getting focused. Dropping the culture that they came from and the standard they were around at the schools they were at and do things our way and adopt our standard,” McDermott said. “Entitlement is huge in our society and a lot of these players come in and think that they’re owed something. That is one of the biggest obstacles in terms of getting them to learn and be coachable. You’ll hear them say, ‘I got it. I got it.’ No, you don’t got it. You’re going to find out you don’t have it and it’s going to cost this person his job if you take that approach.”
Good article. Sounds like they're putting a lot of pressure on the players to start performing early and often. I like it, find the players that want to work and weed out the rest.
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42 minutes ago, thebandit27 said:
Correct.
https://www.wkbw.com/sports/bills/joe-b-7-observations-from-2019-buffalo-bills-minicamp-day-one
"After the running backs were stuffed on 2nd-and-3 and 3rd-and-3 respectively, Allen somehow zipped a pass between the outstretched hands of the defensive linemen and into the hands of the quick slanting John Brown, which picked up the first down and extended the drive. On the next set of downs, Allen found Dawson Knox to cut the distance in half on second down, but rookie running back Devin Singletary fell down as the intended receiver to force another fourth down. "
A poster complains about short area accuracy with the evidence being an article they read. In said article, turns out the evidence is inaccurate, while at the same time, the sentence before actually shows the opposite of what the poster was trying to say.
Fantastic.
I imagine this might be where the frustration came from with Ethan. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
QuoteHowever, once the Bills got to the goal line, the offense ground to a halt. The defense thwarted a short throw to Singletary at the line of scrimmage, and then Allen overthrew both Sweeney on an out route on second down and then again to rookie tight end Dawson Knox on a third-down fade route, forcing the offense to settle for a field goal. So there was some good and some bad here from Allen, but there were no signs of panicking in the pocket as we saw last week during OTAs. While it wasn't quite like his performance during the second week of OTAs, I think this was a solid base to work from for the final two days of minicamp.
I get it, you want him to be perfect. Hopefully he'll get there.
Sorry if I offended you Ethan.
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These should be really good. Looks like we'll get more in depth looks into the draft, the new facilities, and hopefully a lot more.
I hope we see a bunch of behind the scenes footage of Oliver and the draft.
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Josh's arm strength is ridiculous. Look at how easy he makes this throw.
The throws around 1:45 since the embedded video doesn't keep that information.
https://youtu.be/OTBLE79ZW8Y?t=107
He made a 40 yard throw look like he was lobbing the ball to someone 10 yards away.
All-22 here:
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This is how I imagine the OP while writing this post.
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This got a little bit long, please forgive me.
Great interview. I love when they get into more gritty details like the grip, shotgun stance, pre-snap routine, etc.
That's a wild story about the Houston game. I can't imagine how frustrating that was to go from, oh... I think I got it, to jacked up elbow in a blink of an eye. I can't believe Simms didn't probe about that a little bit more. Maybe he did and they just didn't show it. With that in mind, I'm super jealous of the camera man, I would have loved to see their entire interaction.
Sal was on with Schopp and the Bulldog and they talked about how his numbers to the right of the field were noticeably worse than to the left. What do you know, while talking about his stance from the shotgun, he mentioned how his old stance led him to be too open when throwing right and he'd lose accuracy. I really think this staff does a great job of self evaluating.
This might sound minor, but I really appreciate Josh's ability to be critical of himself. When talking about the Chargers game, he mentions how he said the wrong word for protections and it screwed up the offense and it was all his fault. It's obvious it was his fault, but I've run into too many people in my life who cannot admit when they are wrong. It's so annoying and I still haven't figured out what it says about a person who refused to take responsibility for their mistakes, but I'm happy Allen isn't like that.
I thought his "new" mindset was interesting and he dropped an interesting note about the option routes. Going short to long at times should help keep the sticks moving. I noticed some nice short crossers in the OTA videos where he hit guys in stride. The most interesting part was when he mentioned the number of option routes they run and how important their body language is. Below is Zay's quote about Josh.
QuoteHe told me, ‘Instead of doing it that way, do it this way so I’m able to see your body language when you’re coming out (of your break) and I can put it on you.’
Josh's comments give us more context into exactly what Zay was talking about. If Josh and the receivers can get on the same page on the option routes, that should really help them move the chains.
Simms', "I had a pretty good arm. You can tell? Good." was kind of hilarious. He sounds like a little kid talking to someone he looks up to.
tldr: awesome interview and I love Josh Allen
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On 5/26/2019 at 8:04 PM, Captain Murica said:
You missed the most important one...
Meanwhile at Dolphins camp...
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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I'm so confused by this. Wasn't Rosen the most "pro-ready" QB coming out that draft? Wasn't he groomed to be an NFL QB from an early age, going to camps and what not?
I mean, I guess it's on the coaches he had in the past, but it just seems weird.