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Should have never given out a 100 million dollar contract to a DT in the first place. Especially a lazy one who is prone to making horrible decisions. Like how Bills fans are delusional yet you are making up scenarios where Watkins would have been an All Pro this year if he had just stayed with the Bills. The reality is this, Watkins is exactly who he is a decent wide out and Dareus isnt worth 100 million dollars.
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Dareus traded to Jacksonville!
thenorthremembers replied to HappyDays's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
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More “painful” layoffs coming for espn
thenorthremembers replied to YoloinOhio's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Dont love the channel but still watch College Gameday for a bit every Saturday morning. I think they do a hell of a job with shows like SC Featured and 30 for 30. Their programming changed a lot with the errosion of journalism as a whole. Shows like the Sports Reporters, Outside the Lines, Sunday Morning Conversation and even those Make a Wish type features they did on SC had a lot of content in short spans of time. Now you get hours of programming where no one says anything remotely thoughtful, just quick takes that make headlines but have no lasting power outside of scandal. They made a huge mistake where they went from focusing on the story to focusing on what someone thinks of the story. -
Schopp: Taylor is better than you think.
thenorthremembers replied to JM2009's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
I agree Tyrod is better than the WGR whiner line gives him credit for, but writing an article like this ignores the fact that many Bills fans are already aware that Tyrod is probably a good bridge quarterback for a rookie to learn behind. Should the Bills keep Tyrod next year as their starter, yes they probably should. But it should in no way keep them from drafting someone who could potentially be better than th 19th or 20th best starting quarterback option. His win % was exactly 50% at the start of this year, thats fine for a backup, lets see where it stands at the end of the year. Holds the ball longer than any quarterback in the league (3.14 seconds) thats an eternity in the NFL Takes too many sacks waiting for the wide open option His scrambling ability makes up for his lack on antcipatory skills in the passing game, but lets not kid ourselves because he had a great game last week, he is downright horrid to watch at times. -
I am not sure if it was hesitance or what but Grier should have been in the conversation weeks ago. The big questions on him should be lack of size and game experience. Otherwise he has everything you should love in a Quarterback. High winning pct at both schools, high completion %, nice TD to INT ratio, and it comes across on tape as well. The odd thing for me, and I imagine it’s the media appointing him as the next exciting thing, but anything I read from Scouts and the National Media is that Mayfield is too small to be considered a 1st round pick but now Grier who is only an inch taller and much lighter is starting to be in that conversation?
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I watch the first half every week. Have no issue with the games at all. My exact thoughts. Watching him throw his fits made me think of McDermott's much talked about clapping.
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Two things on the Kiko hit: 1) Whether he could have stopped himself or not, he led with his forearm. Had he done it to Tyrod everyone here would have said 100% dirty play. 2) No reason to show the replay as much as they did. It was a vicious hit and the result was incredibly tough to watch. I am by no means against playing physical and I think the NFL has gone way too far in the manner in which they call penalties to protect Quarterbacks. However, they come across as fools when they enact those rules and then allow a replay to be shown in what was an overly repetitive manner when Flacco was clearly very hurt. On the Dolphins in general: They deserve every loss they rack up this year. I don’t think I’ve seen a dirtier team outside of maybe the Bengals. You want your team to be aggressive, but they are just flat out ugly. Starting with their eye rolling, head tossing, sarcasm filled head coach down to Suh and Landry they are about as classless as it comes in the NFL. Don’t need a team full of choir boys but watching them last night made me very happy to have McProcess. I don’t know how anyone can watch Gase on the sidelines and think that’s a leader of men.
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Agree, agree, agree. He has been a tall, strong armed disaster. He needs to stay in school.
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The Sammy thing has been on my mind so I wanted to go back and look at a few things to see what the reality of the "Sammy Situation" is/was. 37 receivers were drafted between 2014 and 2016. Statistically (Catch %, Rec/GM, Yrds/GM, TD/GM, Avg) they stack up like this 25/37 (67%)- Statistically worse than Sammy 8/37- (22%) Statistically better than Sammy 4/37- (11%) Statistically comparable to Sammy The tough part about the analysis for both Sammy, and in the same sense the Bills organization is that of the 12 players who were better than or equal to Sammy’s production 7 or (7/12) 58% of them came from his draft class (15 players picked after Sammy). Which means Whaley picked a player at number four who would up being worse or equal to (7/15) 47% of the players drafted at his same position. When you look at the overall statistical analysis Sammy compares favorably to players like Kelvin Benjamin, Sterling Shepard, Tyreek Hill and Jordan Matthews. Anyone who expects Sammy to breakout as elite in his fourth season isn’t playing the odds well, everyone needs to stop looking at Sammy as a wait until next week guy, and start seeing him for what he is, a second tier player who was picked too early in a draft that makes him look worse than he actually is. However, this should also be seen as further proof that our front office is seeing things in a clear manner. Argue it all you want, they got a comparable player and a draft pick in return for a player who overvalues his own worth and would have been impossible to sign at the rate he has earned.
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Marshawn pushes Ref: Predictions
thenorthremembers replied to BringBackFergy's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
No ivory tower at all. I've made plenty of mistakes in my life, things I'd wish I'd never done. And believe me; I’ve been called out on those mistakes. I believe everyone deserves a chance to be redeemed. The issue I have with Marshawn is he shows time and time again that he has zero remorse despite positioning himself as a leader of his community. I don’t think encouraging poor behavior, especially among people who put themselves in a position to be a role model is a good way to encourage younger kids who may look up to the person. It goes beyond being an athlete, and to a larger problem where men don’t understand the massive responsibility they have in society. But whatever is clever I guess. He will be hilarious until he is not, and then he will be another sad story. -
Marshawn pushes Ref: Predictions
thenorthremembers replied to BringBackFergy's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Its not nothing, but you also have to consider who is giving the time and money. Time spent is a wonderful thing, but its not only about quantity its about quality as well. If he puts himself in the position of a community leader he needs to recognize his responsibility as one. In that sense he has been an absolute failure. Couldn't care less about that. Grown men, need to act like grown men. -
Marshawn pushes Ref: Predictions
thenorthremembers replied to BringBackFergy's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
There is nothing posiitve about the guy from a football standpoint. May have been worth the headaches when he could play football but even then he was doing stupid low class things like bringing his own bottles of alcohol to bars. Some people see him as this loveable buffon, but that act wears thin quickly. I cannot stand how he is hailed like a hero in the Oakland area. Granted he gives time and money to the community, but what would go a lot further would for him to be a responsible man kids can look up to and shape their lives after. Instead they get someone hailed as a hero who fails to respect any authority, swears on live television, and hits on married women for the world to see. Sorry but the guy is a clown and the NFL will be better when his "I am doing the world a favor by being here" attitude is gone. -
I've seen you say this a couple time, that Rosen's footwork is great and he has a quick release. I have tried amazingly hard to come around on him, watched him on TV, watched eight games of every throw film and what I keep coming back to is a guy who isnt overally athletic, who holds the ball too long, has trouble with accuracy on medium to long throws, and consistenly throws off his back foot. Still think he is in the top tier of players coming out this year but I am having a really hard time selling myself on him for the Bills.
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Stephon Gilmore is Trending
thenorthremembers replied to Max Fischer's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Maybe I am wrong, but I dont think you're remembering this correctly. HIs first year was with Chan, then he had two years with Marone and two with Rex. He was always a poor tackler. His last year with Marone was mediocre, same with his first with Rex. He has decent ball skills but has always made huge mental errors and isnt near physical enough. -
With the 2018 class coming to Earth a bit, a few names to consider during the next few months are Nick Stevens from Colorado State Ryan Finley from North Carolina State and kind of a super sleeper who probably stays in school another year Justice Hansen from Arkansas State. Logan Woodside from Toledo is a guy who has never seemed to enter the conversation of draftable Quarterbacks but seems like his stats have always been on the upside. Again, not guys I've spent a lot of time watching but will invest some time into over the next few weeks. Not sure if anyone here has seen much of them?
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And Allen is a mid rounder by arm talent alone. Keep hearing the Carson Wentz comparison because he is from a smaller school, difference being Wentz was a winner at said school. Allen routinely finds ways to throw up all over himself. When his game starts to go south on tape watch out.
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Box score analysis or not, four years into his career Sammy is who his stats say he is. I keep hearing about him having Elite Talent, guess what its the NFL everyone in the league has elite talent or they wouldnt be there. He will be on his third team in two years at the begining of next year, not many elite guys have that said about them.
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Look at this list of names of QBs who are starting
thenorthremembers replied to Kaenon's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
The Bills offense is unwatchable. First year Ive enjoyed College more than the NFL and honestly have found myself enjoying other NFL games more than the Bills. Been a weird year for sure. -
Makes sense. If he stays Mason Rudolph has to be considered the best prospect left. Falk and Browning are starting to show their limitations. Finley from NC State may be a late riser.
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I can see why Darnold would go back, a red shirt Sophomore, hasnt graduated etc. But with all the heartburn Rosen has about being in school and also being a graduate what keeps him there if he is alreadly the number one prospect? The class is coming to Earth fast, like it always seems to do. You and Ive discussed it but I cant get on board with Rosen.