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Baker Mayfield Man Crush thread
Bills Fan of St Augustine replied to Big Turk's topic in College Football
Baker who? -
i think I was one of the 4-12ers. I was wrong, but not because I was overly or unjustly negative. Rather a realistic assessment of the talent on the team and the amount of change during the off season. Trading away the cream of the the team on both sides of the ball. Not upgrading the OL. Huge change over in the secondary, although they changed the defense to match the talent they brought in. What I didn't count on was the "process". The players really came together as a team and played hard for their coaches and for each other. This intangible was impossible to predict. For what it's worth, at least I wasn't part of the "Tank" crowd. Happily eating crow for New Year's!
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I have been very critical of Wood for quite a while, since he and Levitre were brought in together. They both were manhandled by bigger stronger DTs which are what we've played against in the AFC East for a decade. For that reason, I was fine with letting Levitre go in FA. Recently, I started asking myself why I am so negative about Wood. I've concluded that as a LG in HS, I was always over matched playing at 185lbs and against guys 250 - 280. I couldn't move guys either but relied on quickness and leverage (low guys wins) to often fight to a stand still. When I got beat, usually from a bull rush, I would cut their legs out and jump up looking for them or another guy asap. I would never get pushed back into the QB! Cutting the legs in the NFL seems to be taboo unless you are a Patriot or Bronco OL. I wonder why that is? It can be very effective and slows down the rush on the next play. Anyway, I need to give the guy some slack and seeing him push cars after a game swings me over to keeping him around. I guess we need another center so Groy can play too but I find it unlikely they both get hurt on the same play. I like Glenn if he is healthy after the off season. Miller is a mystery but could rebound. Ducasse and Mills are awful and I fear RI is heading for the cliff. I'd like to see two OL either in rounds 1-3 or a FA and one drafted. Line play is critical to success at any level of football. 1st pick QB. No trade up, use our pick at 15-18 to take the best QB on the board. I think there will still be a top 5 QB and that the first 5 are all potentially franchise worthy. Time will tell!
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Do the Bills Make the Playoffs?
Bills Fan of St Augustine replied to billsfan2298's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
N.O. spells no - sorry.... -
Alright, who wants a dome?
Bills Fan of St Augustine replied to Roundybout's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
NHL Winter Classic? How many events are there for 70K seats in the winter? -
Alright, who wants a dome?
Bills Fan of St Augustine replied to Roundybout's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
No dome, but no reason for it to be in the middle of the snowbelt either. -
LOL! I've been a fan of the team since the 60s and suffered through far worse times than this year (like the entire 1970s). Tickets to NFL games should not be had for $5. We like to pride ourselves in being hearty fans both during inclement weather and when we are having a down season. Yet today's fan base would rather sit home or when they do go to games, sit on their hands. Still alive for playoffs and the stadium may not be half full? Hated Dolphins coming to town and tix are $15. Yeah pal, I'm just sayin...
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Attendance Sunday?
Bills Fan of St Augustine replied to Bills fan since 87's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
No, not coming in again. I flew in for two games (Jets and Raiders) Kelley club and being out of work, that's my limit. I'll be back next year. If I lived in WNY and could get a ticket for $5 you bet I would go to the game. The pre-game is worth the price of admission alone! Not sure you can blame Pegs, they hired respectable people but have suffered sour results along with the rest of us. Are you insinuating he (they) are a Cleveland ownership scenario? I think not.. -
Attendance Sunday?
Bills Fan of St Augustine replied to Bills fan since 87's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Hey Bills fans - forget the record, embrace the cold and go to the game! You'll have a great time and will never beat the price of admission. Support your team!! -
Still, $4 as the going rate for an NFL game is pretty sad. Supply and demand model where there is little if any demand. If fans won't support the team, maybe they should pack up and head anywhere but Toronto.Portland, OK City, San Antonio, Austin, etc all deserve a team more than Buffalo if the fans won't back their team.
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T. White a Top Ten CB?
Bills Fan of St Augustine replied to hondo in seattle's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Great pick after trading down. Solid all year. Best yet to come I hope so! -
Naw - he did not single handedly cost us the SD game. It wasn't even Peterman alone. TT would have been killed by SD as their D simply destroyed our right side OL. TT may have scrambled some and likely wouldn't have thrown as many picks, but even a Joe Montana/Tom Brady clone would have lost that game too.
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Should Al Franken resign
Bills Fan of St Augustine replied to /dev/null's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
Guy was trying to be funny and aped for a pic. He was touching a flack jacket not reaching under her camisole. Poor taste to be sure, but hardly worthy of the attention it has drawn. Trump was trying to be funny on Howard Stern catering to the Stern mentally juvenile audience. The guys like Harvey (our own Buffalo guy) and Bill Clinton and Moore and Conyers who took advantage of their positions of power to abuse women are better targets for the current frenzy of vitriol. There is a certain level of sanctimonious BS here too. Men have been doing this for years, this is nothing new. The "casting couch" has been around for a very long time and there are many women and probably a few men who were quite willing to "sleep their way to the top". Happens in corporations too. This isn't always daddy's little girl who was taken advantage of by the guy in power. It has been an accepted part of our culture for a long time. Men are usually expected to be the aggressor and "hit on" the women. Often, they like it. Where and when and in what context is the issue. I am happy this is getting called out, but there is another equally repugnant side that needs to be discussed as well. -
What do you fix first? OL or QB?
Bills Fan of St Augustine replied to Canadian Bills Fan's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
I can't believe anyone is saying, thinking or believing our OL is pretty good. We have one maybe two serviceable OLman. Mills and our RG whether it is Vlad or Miller are beyond bad. Wood is bottom half at C. I like RI but he's not played as well this year. Dawkins seems to be the real deal and Glenn has been good in the past, but must really be hurting to miss so much time. So draft one of the top 4-5 QBs in this draft and pray they live through the evolution of the OL. What happened to Peterman in SD was a travesty. His mistake was trying to make something happen with zero chance of success. After we get the QB, go heavy on OL and DL please! -
Should we try to trade Shaq?
Bills Fan of St Augustine replied to GreggTX's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Maybe the guy who leads the league in stupid ass penalties? I'd give Shaq another year and see what happens.He has been stout against the run considering how young he is. Some push up the middle would be nice from somebody. -
Trading down in the draft?
Bills Fan of St Augustine replied to The Now Moment's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
I have to believe they are coming out. If they do, there are 5-6 guys who can go in the 1st round. I'd be happy using one pick on any of them. I don't know enough about any of them to justify giving away the farm to move into the top 3 in the draft. Hopefully the scouts have a clue. -
Should we try to trade Shaq?
Bills Fan of St Augustine replied to GreggTX's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Trading down in the draft?
Bills Fan of St Augustine replied to The Now Moment's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
I just think we need too much at other positions to spend picks to move up. People are arguing whether Darnold, Rosen, Jackson, Allen or other are the top QBs. I'd be fine with any of them but prefer Darnold and Allen. There is still good talent to be had when we pick again. No need to move up. I think Giants take Rosen. We'll see. -
Trading down in the draft?
Bills Fan of St Augustine replied to The Now Moment's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
I definitely think we use one of our 1st round picks on the best QB available. I think we have our pick of either the third or fourth QB picked in this draft depending whether we lose out or not. I say use it and pick the best available. Hopefully, Darnold or Allen is still there. If they are gone then maybe pass and take a DL and then QB with the KC pick. After that it has to be OL and LB. -
Everybody is right in this one. Our QBs suck as do the WRs we are playing due to injury. Holmes and Thompson shouldn't be on an NFL roster. But we are close to being an elite team. All we need to do is draft 3 OL, 2 DL, 2 LBs, one speed receiver, a franchise QB, and a partridge in a pear tree. We're only half a team away!