GunnerBill

You can definitely "win" with leverage, not sure I'd call it separation though that may be a semantic point.

If Von ends up being a critical piece in a Superbowl team I might change my mind. Until then it isn't close.

Separation comes down to four things: 1. Release - this it the most improvable with coaching. 2. Route running - this is improvable with repetition but there is also an element of natural talent to it too. Some guys just instinctively have the nuance. 3. Explosiveness - improvable with the right strength and conditioning training. 4. Longer speed - the hardest bit to improve. I think Keon can get better as a separator I just don't think that will ever be his best asset. You don't have to be a separator to be a good NFL receiver. But I think you do to be a great one and I'd add to that every great offense needs someone who can separate vertically. That doesn't have to be Keon. It is about balancing the ticket to borrow some political language with what you have playing opposite him at the other outside receiver spot. That has to be a route running technician or a vertical speed guy IMO. What the Bills do at that spot next year: retain Coop? Draft anothet guy? Sign a FA? will be instructive. He definitely does have the bolded. It was another thing I remarked on when I evaluated him in the spring. When FSU used him in the slot and got him free releases and he could dictate the territory he wanted to occupy in a route he was dominant. When he was outside against physical corners who would challenge him off the line he had a tendency to let them pick their spot first and then play off the contact exactly as you describe.

Mario. Not close.

No we don't 😀

Yea I have no idea what Q-tips are. What a bizarre name.

We don't spell coupon with a Q!

Millionth time. Meaning in British English.

For the millionth time I am talking about British English. I accept it has other meanings in American English.

Plus Elam. Obvs.

Because in the same way you were unaware of the origin of "spaz" the overwhelming majority of Brits would be totally unaware that it is a slang word for the female private parts it really is never used in the context anymore. It was 100 odd years ago, that is the etymology, but it isn't now. And the c word as slang for postitute is an American thing. It doesn't have that meaning in British English and never has. Nor do I.

I get that. I said it earlier. I can't retype my whole post every time someone asks me the same question over and over.

That's okay I'm not planning on playing baseball.

I'm in.

I explained it above. It is short for spastic which other than its purest medical meaning is a derogatory term for people with certain disabilities.

It means that in the UK too. It's normally pretty clear which version of the word someone is using.

I agree with the context part. It's pretty clear that Tom did not mean it to be offensive. I don't have a particularly high bar for offensive words when the intention behind them is to offend, particularly vulnerable groups.

Correct. It has no gender connotation at all in the UK. It is just the most severe way of calling someone a jerk. I mean it's still a vulgar word and not one I use very often but it doesn't have the cultural sensitivity it does in the US.

No, from the chat in the GDT and the SB I get it, it doesn't have the same baggage in the US as it does in the UK. But you have to remember the NFL is beamed round the world now. To anyone watching on Sunday night on this side of the pond that word was a "wow did he just say THAT?" moment and so the fact it has caused some fire I don't think is surprising. I'm sure Tom wasn't intending to offend anybody, probably didn't even realise the word has different cultural meanings in other places. Interestingly I used a term on this forum recently, that is perfectly harmless in the UK and a long standing member PM'd me and alerted me to a cultural sensitivity it has in the US. I was grateful to them for doing so.

It is an offensive short form of the word "spastic" which unless it is used in its strictest medical form is considered offensive. Calling someone a "spastic" because they behave erraticly is considered pretty offensive to people eho actually have disabilities.

We discussed this in the SB the other day. In the UK he'd have been fired, instantly. It is pretty much second only to the n word in terms of offensive terms you can't use. I understand it doesn't have the same baggage in the US but honestly it made me very uncomfortable. I mentioned it in the GDT

Yea I'm thinking for the Bills of someone in that Isaiah Oliver to Mike Hughes kinda tier. A guy who has been a starter and if they start they can be passable, but ideally you want as your solid vet on the bench. Let them compete with Elam and a draft pick and may the best man win.

"Gabe upgrade" is probably the more accurate term. But yea I do still think Gabe was a good use of a 4th round pick. The issue wasn't picking Gabe in round four. It was then not picking a receiver in any higher round until four drafts later this spring because you felt you were "good" there.

Yes, I certainly can't verify it. But that rumour certainly got round pretty good.

Yea Pickens isn't a big separation guy. He is plenty fast enough but he doesn't have the best release package and he isn't really a route runner so he ends up having to make a ton of contested catches or at least catches in traffic. He is, however, elite at and around the catch point. His body control, hands and ability to track the football are elite. What you ideally want opposite him is a proper technician of a route runner. I think if the Bills had drafted him when he came out when they still had a season and a half of prime Diggs to play the other side they would have been borderline unplayable.