
Straight Hucklebuck
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Wr Overload and what really needs to get done
Straight Hucklebuck replied to NastyNateSoldiers's topic in The Stadium Wall
The Buffalo media and some of our fans need to realize: We are not the Chiefs Mahomes is a full level above Allen The Bills are not the Chiefs The Bills keep coming up short in the Playoffs, not the Chiefs -
Bills draft shows on right now (7-8 pm 4/26)
Straight Hucklebuck replied to Albany,n.y.'s topic in The Stadium Wall
Just go listen to Joe Marino drone on about drafting DTs and LBs and how the Bills offensive weapons are just fine. -
Wr Overload and what really needs to get done
Straight Hucklebuck replied to NastyNateSoldiers's topic in The Stadium Wall
I don’t buy it. This team doesn’t have the firepower to get the job done in the Playoffs. Our roster peaked in 2020, Allen and Diggs vaulted the Bills up the ranks. But after that moment Beane took his eyes off elite offensive talent and started to pour resources into the defense, and as such, the teams performance has plateaued. I don’t want to hear about linebackers, DTs, DE’s, backup TEs to run heavy sets. The Bills need another starting OT to replace Spencer Brown, and they need an elite traits WR because everyone on their roster is 5th, 4th, undrafted, undrafted and 5th round players. Diggs has made himself into a star player, he’s outplayed his draft position. But the Bills are deficient talent wise around Allen. The Bills didn’t go all in to get Brown or Adams (I don’t believe the Chiefs would have traded Hill to the Bills), but we are lacking that caliber of player in the offense. Hopkins would represent that, I just don’t buy offering the Cardinals Ed Oliver and a 5th and having them eat 80% of the salary is realistic at all. -
Wr Overload and what really needs to get done
Straight Hucklebuck replied to NastyNateSoldiers's topic in The Stadium Wall
I know a couple of things. 1. I’m sick of Sal Capaccio running around on every show he goes on saying the Bills really want to run 2-Tight Ends because they’ve brought in OJ Howard, Jacob Hollister, Tyler Kroft and Bobby Hart. The entire league knows those guys are bums, and washouts. Nobody in the league would depend on those players to be the #2Tight End requiring an offensive philosophy shift. Bills/J. Allen doesn’t throw to Tight Ends and you need a viable body as a backup to Knox, that’s it. 2. Mike Schopp and the betting odds for the 2023 Super Bowl and equating the Bills with the Chiefs. The Bills aren’t the Chiefs. The QB isn’t as good, the Coaching Staff isn’t as good. Accept that fact, and once you do you’ll understand that simply copying the Chiefs won’t work. There is a talent gap. The Bills will need to take and make more risks. -
McBean’s draft history and who we draft at 27
Straight Hucklebuck replied to LEBills's topic in The Stadium Wall
Sound logic, thanks for posting. This is an ugly final list though. -
ProFootballTalk's one and only 2023 mock draft
Straight Hucklebuck replied to Sierra Foothills's topic in The Stadium Wall
Yes this is the growing consensus on Johnston, an athlete that doesn't have the hands, polish or production to feel good about. However, wouldn't it be on the Bills coaches to hone what Johnston can do and work him into the offense? He's 6'3" 210 pounds and has some snap on routes underneath. -
The wheel turns for the Pats and their fans
Straight Hucklebuck replied to Inigo Montoya's topic in The Stadium Wall
"Small amount of pleasure" Yeah, I'm enjoying this. All those lists of the most "diehard" fans in pro-sports, now watching them walk-out in the middle of games. Enjoy it Boston. Your team doesn't have a QB, no innovation on the offensive, they haven't had a playmaker up there in 5-years. And besides, the Celtics are title contenders again, and the Bruins are coming off a historic regular season. I think they'll be fine. -
New Nike FUSE jersey template forces some uni changes
Straight Hucklebuck replied to UConn James's topic in The Stadium Wall
I've hated the Bills uniforms since the 2002 switch. The 1990's red helmets, white face masks, red end-zones. That's the Bills. Ever since 2002 its been ugly, gray has worked its way in and out of the jersey, drab dark blue, Bills logo on the back of the jersey, down the pant leg, "Bills" on the front. It's bloated. The red helmets popped. -
DHopkins would cost a 2nd round pick...would you do it?
Straight Hucklebuck replied to Rubes's topic in The Stadium Wall
Look historically at the Bills second round picks. Pick #59 in a draft our own GM has said is weak, for a top shelf WR, albeit on the back 9? -
Wr Overload and what really needs to get done
Straight Hucklebuck replied to NastyNateSoldiers's topic in The Stadium Wall
Strange obsession? Matt did you watch the Bills play offense from 2006-2018? Commonly, no QB, trying to run the ball and play ball control, scoring 20 points per game. ”popgun” offense and zero offensive star players. So you watch the Super Bowl and conclude defense still wins Championships? Well if that’s the case, the Bills agree with you because they’ve done everything they can to bring back everyone on that unit and they get Von Miller back. We’ll see. -
Wr Overload and what really needs to get done
Straight Hucklebuck replied to NastyNateSoldiers's topic in The Stadium Wall
These guys copy and paste the same show every day. Somehow the Cardinals moving up 7-slots, eating 2/3rds of Hopkins money is a realistic idea because Jimmy Johnson made a chart in 1989, followed, of course, by more betting lines and prop bets. Those two are all over the map throwing up ridiculous scenarios. -
Beane vs Whaley vs Donahoe Drafting
Straight Hucklebuck replied to Mikie2times's topic in The Stadium Wall
I'm glad there is more access now then there was back then. Every year in the Ralph years it was a story about how a successful draft pick was someone that the Bills loved, but passed over for a bust. Whaley tried this with Mahomes, when he was making the rounds on podcasts saying him and his staff loved him, but Pegula or McDermott didn't want a QB. I never believed many of these stories, Donahoe, Modrak, Levy, Brandon, Nix, Whaley always were going to pick stars, but ended up with Whitner over Ngata. -
Will DeAndre Hopkins be available this offseason?
Straight Hucklebuck replied to NeverOutNick's topic in The Stadium Wall
I just don't see a path on how the Bills afford him? Spotrac shows $6M in cap space, and -$17M in cap space in 2024. Unless, we start cutting or trading some of the bigger contracts on the team? Morse? Tre' White? -
Beane vs Whaley vs Donahoe Drafting
Straight Hucklebuck replied to Mikie2times's topic in The Stadium Wall
But now it's back to Beane because McDermott trusts him more? Beane just talked about how this works yesterday. -
Beane vs Whaley vs Donahoe Drafting
Straight Hucklebuck replied to Mikie2times's topic in The Stadium Wall
I gave Beane plenty of credit in my original post. So no, I don't think Beane is better than ordinary in terms of drafting prowess. -
Beane vs Whaley vs Donahoe Drafting
Straight Hucklebuck replied to Mikie2times's topic in The Stadium Wall
Yes, I understand that Hyde and Poyer weren't draft picks. I included them because they commonly get credited to Beane working behind the scenes. I don't believe McDermott telling was Whaley who to select. Sure he passes along what his staff wants in a player for the given system, but I don't buy that a Defensive Coordinator and first year Head Coach who had been in the building for 4-months was also hand selecting players that he personally scouted, that Whaley and his scouts were puppets. Because if we're saying that the 2017 Draft showed that McDermott knew to pick Tre, Dawkins, Milano, then why hasn't there been more draft hits after 2018 1st Round? That's 6-years ago now. -
Josh Britt unverified Breakup rumour
Straight Hucklebuck replied to loveorhatembillsfan4life's topic in Off the Wall
The Bills luck is unfortunate. Because they have their best QB ever, at the same time an even better one is in Kansas City, and 5-6 other AFC Teams have their best QB in Franchise History. -
Josh Britt unverified Breakup rumour
Straight Hucklebuck replied to loveorhatembillsfan4life's topic in Off the Wall
Allen of course also gave the obligatory "there is nothing to do outside in Buffalo, or recreationally" blast. Have to make sure to get that in there from time to time. -
Beane vs Whaley vs Donahoe Drafting
Straight Hucklebuck replied to Mikie2times's topic in The Stadium Wall
For sure, Beane has had to lean on free agency heavily to supplement the roster and it worked - getting Brown and Beasley really kick-started the Bills passing revival and understanding that more talent at WR makes a difference. However, Ed Oliver over Jeff Simmons and Dexter Lawrence sticks out here. Cody Ford over DK Metcalf. The complete whiff on Zack Moss. Terrell Bernard seems to be heading down that path. Outside of Allen, the best draft pick Beane has made is Edmunds. The team is outstanding compared to what it had become in the later-Ralph years. And Beane secured Diggs, never giving up on the idea. But I agree that his drafting is ordinary and now you're competing in the finest margins. -
Beane vs Whaley vs Donahoe Drafting
Straight Hucklebuck replied to Mikie2times's topic in The Stadium Wall
No because Beane wasn't in Buffalo for the 2017 NFL Draft. Whaley and his Scouting Staff was here for 2017. He gets White, Dawkins, Hyde and Poyer. Beane was not here yet, and there was an interview when Whaley left in which McDermott said that it was Whaley's staff that ran Free Agency and the Draft that year. Beane does not get credit for those players. -
Kiper and McShay mock draft ???????????????????
Straight Hucklebuck replied to BeastMode54's topic in The Stadium Wall
Why would they take Simpson at #27 when Campbell is available well into the 2nd?