Luka
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Can't argue with a guy that's nearly 6' 5" 250 and runs a 4.5 40 yard dash. Under utilized at Ole Miss which isn't surprising consider Brown and Metcalf and having a subpar QB that wasn't able to read the field. While the laymen here only have his numbers and his couple of highlights from Youtube, I'm willing to bet the all 22 would should a guy who's open more often than not and his athleticism makes him a serious threat after the catch.
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1 minute ago, Troll Toll said:
I created the topic and for the typical team I would agree with you. The difference is that we have Josh Allen. He can literally make any throw on the field from anywhere within ~85 yards. He has more potential as a passer than even Patrick Mahomes. On many teams the QBs don’t have the arms to take advantage of having #1 guys. Allen would maximize a big play receivers’ potential and said receiver would help maximize Josh’s potential. #1 receiver aside, we don’t even have a reliable deep threat like Andy Isabella to take advantage of Allen’s big arm.
He seemed to find Foster deep just fine. And once Foster started catching those deep balls it was exciting to watch.
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With Foster and McKenzie coming on late last year, Zay a work in progress but still showing more glimpses of improvement, the addition of Williams, Beasley, Kroft, Knox and Brown, I don't see how that is anything like starting Peterman last year. They've essentially reworked the entire receiving corps. Regardless of your opinion on the individual players, the moves were certainly made to add weapons for Allen.
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Hakeem Butler, Riley Ridley and Maxx Crosby would be my guesses... if we still had 4th round picks...
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Hopefully the Bills are calling Charles Johnson. Dude was a beast for my team. #TakeAim #AAFChampions
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24 minutes ago, BullBuchanan said:
Yea, I mean look at how many Bruce Smith, Kevin Greene, Julius Peppers, Chris Doleman, Jason taylor and John Randle had. You sure showed me.Well don't make stupid claims that we're one wide receiver away from going to the big one and I won't point it out. Also, pretty much every guy you named was in the playoffs regularly... Megatron not so much. So yea...
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On 3/16/2019 at 12:45 PM, BullBuchanan said:
We need to draft DK Metcalf and we need him to be the next Megatron if we want to get where we want to go.
Yea I mean, look how many rings he had while in Detroit...
Hockenson would be a great pick. Oliver would also be a great pick. Trading down would also be a great idea. For once, the Bills are in a good place after free agency and not scrambling to pick need because of missing out on player X, Y and Z.-
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I'd like to see Ross (Arizona) and Johnson (Orlando) in camp this year. Two good receivers.
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Nah, McBeane has it right. They interviewed Bryce Love at the combine, that's the guy you want.
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Lived in SW Florida for almost a decade so adopted the Bucs so I could talk football with the locals that weren't Bills fans. I've also got a college team (Gators) and an AAF team (Apollos) from Florida but will watch Cuse when they're on also.
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Hockenson, Fant and Harry are all much better options. Leave the athletic freaks for the Raiders. Considering tight end is even weaker for the Bills than wide receiver, my vote goes to Hockenson or Fant at 9.
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My team (Apollos) looked great last night. Fun to see the old ball coach on the sideline again and not coaching for a rival.
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If you love football you come to Buffalo. You bring Buffalo to greatness (or even on the doorstep of) and you're a legend.
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75% of those drop balls are caught, we're talking about Allen having 61% completion percentage and missing the playoffs by a game. Don't think Beane doesn't know this.
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On 1/23/2019 at 5:48 PM, FLFan said:
Well, he was called out by the coach publically, had his snaps dramatically reduced, and was cut. Seems like a pretty strong message to me. ?
We had to rim the fat off that route.
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Just now, dollars 2 donuts said:
The last Super Bowl was a quarter of century ago...more than a whole generation.
No offense to anyone, but if you weren't there...man...you just don't know.
Kelly was ahead of his time. They were running spread, shotgun offense when the league was still all about running the football. And he did it at a time when you could mug the receiver. Think of how successful he'd have been with this eras rules.
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The opposition to this seems really odd to me. Maybe some guys here don't remember watching Kelly. The "K-Gun" worked because Kelly was able to call plays. The only guy I've watched do it as well or better than Kelly is Peyton Manning. And you don't want a guy like that sitting down with our soon to be 2nd year QB?
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8 hours ago, C.Biscuit97 said:
It was McDermott’s draft. Stop.
So you're under the impression that somehow McDermott conducted an entire draft all by himself? It's amazing how clueless people are on this board.
McDermott used Whaley's draft board to make selections. It was Whaley's draft.
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Whaley drafted EJ Manuel. Yes, Mahommes is good but no one was going to take Whaley's word for it even if that's who he wanted at 10. And also, trading arguably a top 5 corner, top 5 MLB and potential top 5 QB doesn't sound like a good deal. It's a team sport. The Bills just don't have the coaching and weapons that KC does, period. So Mahommes' success would not be a sure thing in Buffalo anyways.
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If I were Murray, I'd stick with baseball.
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I was thinking the opposite. With the huge amount of cap space, I'd like to see a trade up if they target someone they really like that'll be off the board before we pick in the 2nd round. BPA at 9 is a comfortable position to be in and with guys like Fant and Metcalf probably hovering around a top 10 pick, no sense in passing that up.
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13 hours ago, KOKBILLS said:
To be perfectly honest Josh scared the heck out of me as a prospect...
But there were plenty of reasons...To say I was not a big fan of Wyoming's Offense is an understatement...I watched as many of his College games as I could, and when I did I found myself yelling at the TV like it was a Bills game... "What are they doing!" When they went against bigger schools they were not only out-talented...they were grossly out-coached...So as a prospect this made it SO hard for me to project...
Keep in mind I was the guy who told anyone who would listen that Pat Mahomes was the #1 overall prospect in the 2017 Draft...Mayfield was my QB1 in 2018...So I think I'm at least a decent amateur scout when it comes to QB play...When I watched Mahomes I saw shades of Favre...But I was also able to see the kid throw a million passes in a wide-open Offense that gave me a good overall picture in how he could convert to the NFL...In Mayfield I saw Brees...He also threw a million passes and I was ultra impressed with his uncanny ability to put the ball exactly where it needs to be consistently...When I watched Josh, as an athlete he reminded me of Elway...But outside of a nice moment here and there he was never given the coaching or play calling (IMHO) to show me if it was transferable to the next level...
But that is exactly why I now have so much excitement when it comes to Josh's future...You had this extremely raw kid with these amazing tools...He had by far the least amount of experience vs good competition in College, and again by far the worst Offense and play calling...Then you place him on an NFL team with a terrible Offensive line, poor skill position players, and a running game that can't keep any Defense honest...And the kid still showed progress...He got better...He became a leader...He won over his teammates and the locker room...And he seems to have the right mindset to make a big step in year 2...
So my opinion has definitely changed...I'm cautiously optimistic...Even excited about the future...?
He had the least amount of experience, period. I think he had something like 48% of the snaps that Mayfield had and they came into the league the same year. Then to think we took him, most likely knowing the disadvantage he already faced with so little experience and we doubled down on that by making him compete with the worst QB in NFL history and a 4 year backup to an average QB, taking away the valuable reps he needed.
At his current rate of progress it pains me to think what this year could've been if they just drafted him and named him the starter from day 1. Even more so what we could've seen by the end of the year if he hadn't missed the 5.5 games that he did.-
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So after reading this, I'm convinced that McDermott is going to be successful in year 3. He wants guys that will fight. When people hear him say "character" they think he means choir boys. But what I see is that he wants guys that won't give up, that will put in the work. I think Duke sounds like the epitome of that character that McDermott looks for.
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6 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:
I think the weather for that game, specifically the wind, was also an under-appreciated factor. It was making passing challenging. It may be one reason that Buffalo put an extra check mark against "strong arm" on their pre-draft QB shopping list. Point: Bortles managed to pass for only 75 yards, against a Bills D that was repeatedly (and correctly) ID'd by announcers as "selling out to stop the run".
One might attribute that to "oh, Bortles sucks, he can't pass", except that Bortles passed for 214 yds against the Steelers next week and 273 yds against the Pats in the AFC Champ.
And he looked pretty good doing it, too.
The most significant offense Jax managed in that game was Bortles rushing - he had more than half of Jax rushing yards, 88 of 155 yds. The Bills either couldn't or wouldn't adjust to stop him.
I didn't say that Allen was a one-dimensional player, and I agree he's progressing. But he's not there yet, and his threat from the pocket is limited by both the OL and the WR, as well as the lack of a real run threat not generated by his own legs. Nicely put, JA may not be a one-dimensional player but we are effectively a one-dimensional offense, and that dimension is named "Josh Allen".
Allen is a rookie QB, and he doesn't know what he's seeing or where to go with the ball much of the time, especially against disguised coverages. Go look at the film of the first Chargers game and of the previous week's NE game if you want to see what it would have looked like.
In his first start (ever), against the Chargers, he outplayed Jackson by a wide margin. I don't see how the Bills defense completely laying an egg in the first half of that game falls on Allen. I mean you can have your biases I guess, but all you really have is a first NFL start and a game against the Pats (who aren't the Chargers) as "proof" he would've played poorly. All I saw was a kid who the week before, scored 5 TDs and avenged a loss from earlier in the season against a division rival. I haven't seen Jackson do anything like that and so far the only rookie QB that's better than Allen is Mayfield.
WR situation is like going in with Peterman as starter last year
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Williams was the number 1 receiver in the CFL last year, an extremely pass heavy league. Has had a couple years to mature past his college issues. Is certainly one of those guys that can track and high point a football down the field. Once Foster came back from being cut he was the most productive rookie wide receiver in the NFL over the last 7 games and was good for at least 1 big play per game. And you mentioned Allen making him looking good but he played with Barkley as well and had 3 catches for 105 yards.