YodaMan79

Josh is part of this too. Granted, yesterday was more of a display of futility from the FO and coaching staff, but he has to clean up his game significantly. He's now 1B status behind PM and JB. Still amazing from we've been exposed to. Best comparison I saw last night was to Favre of the 90s. I'm assuming he's being coached up to take what the defense is giving him, but you can't consistently look 20+ yards down the field on 3rd and short, or cough the ball up deep in your own zone routinely. In the previous two years I had confidence he'd do the right thing, make the right call. But this year, from the first Miami game on, I often felt like he was on the verge of something spectacular, or, mind boggling. I'm confident that he'll get himself straightened out, as it doesn't seem to have diva in him at this time. But, they're not doing him no favors with their OL talent assessment.

Someone on the field has to step up and be the leader. A player who's hurt and on the sidelines can't be the person to rally the team. I'm tired of hearing how "emotionally drained" these guys were, from some of you. Everyone has issues in their life, if you stop and reflect we all can say we're emotionally drained. But no one is going to give us the benefit of the doubt on a daily basis. We have to get up and do what we have to, just like they do. Stop making excuses for poor play since October. They haven't passed the "eye test" in months, way before what happened 3 weeks ago.

He got very lucky with the Indy game. For some reason FR made some questionable calls before the half. They were outplayed that game, too.

I'm surprised Seth Payne didn't make the list. He had a pretty long career and was a quality starter. Pretty cool offseason topic and exercise.

No YAC Zach is not an asset this offense should invest in. He's good, but has over inflated stats based on the Eagles offense, and his QB having tunnel vision for a couple of years. He's very frustrating to watch. When he does have open field in front of him, he trips over his own feet, or stumbles. Watching D. Goedert in direct comparison shows his limitations. Let him get overpaid elsewhere. He thinks that he belongs in the Kelce and Kittle conversation. He's at least two tiers below them, possibly more now. 🙄 This is the best description I could find for him: "To put it simply, Zach Ertz is a finesse player. While he looks every bit the part of a big-bodied bruiser, he plays the game more like a 5-foot-10 possession receiver uninterested in fighting for additional yards." https://section215.com/2019/09/18/philadelphia-eagles-zach-ertz-yac/

Very impressive young lady. Hopefully she can be the anti AOC.

Nice comeback season from the kid, he did well, but, I don't want to see another thread comparing him to established All-Pros that have shown up their whole career. I think his inability to come down with that first throw on sidelines is being overlooked. Allen threw a beautiful ball there deep in the zone, and Brown had not a clue where his feet were. A #1 makes that play. What the heck was he doing late in the game with his feet out of bounds before that second sideline ball got to him? Plenty of blame to go around for sure, but it is glaring that besides Singletary we lack true playmaker. So many things were done yesterday to give the game away.

You can't put this on Duke. How many games was he active for this year? It was evident to me more than ever that John Brown is not a #1. Nice player, good season, but not "the guy". A top receiver knows where his feet are and makes both of those catches. The first one was a beautiful throw and he shows no awareness as to where the sideline was. The second one late in the game, why the heck were his feet out before the ball even showed up?

This is it. The analysts and coaches make football out to be on par with physics. Sometimes it's just as simple as exploiting obvious weaknesses and exerting your will and talent upon others. Successful teams make others adapt to their game plan and style of play, not the other way around. This team is built for the run to open up the pass game. This reminds me of the A. Reid Eagle teams post SB appearance in 04, pass 65% of the time against no matter what. Why do the obvious when you're smarter than everyone else? Reid was 4 games above .500 the remainder of his Eagles tenure, after 04. McClappy was witness to all of it. The one thing I don't understand though, is J. Johnson the DC of the time was aggressive. Where is Sean's killer instinct? The fact Singletary was not featured in the game plan is negligent. Even as a rookie he's a minimum 15 touch a game guy.

As Bills fans, we should be happy if Ertz is over targeted. There is a reason he's referred to as "No YAC Zach". As soon as he catches the ball he flops on the ground. They also become really predictable if Wentz is going to lock on to a possession receiver. Accurate post: https://section215.com/2019/09/18/philadelphia-eagles-zach-ertz-yac/ "Of the 1,163 yards Ertz hauled in last season, only 363 came after the catch, the 36th highest mark in the league behind players like Austin Ekeler, Tyler Boyd, and T.J. Yeldon. Again, some of that has to do with the trappings of playing tight end, and specifically being schemes as Wentz’s emergency check down target when under pressure, but after catching that many passes, one would have to assume his yards after the catch would be higher just on volume alone – that’s how averages work, right? Need proof? Look no further than San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle, who racked up the second most YAC (784) in the league on 28 fewer touches. Conversely, on the 2018 season, Ertz had exactly zero catches of over 50 yards and zero over 40 yards. Despite catching 116 balls, Ertz’s longest catch only went for 34 yards"

Sounds great. I would love to have the option on another channel to tune in to just the game without the distraction. Charles Davis pushed me over the edge this past weekend.

He played his role perfectly in 2017, notice I said 8-12 carries max IF HEALTHY! Your reading comprehension skills are on par with your football acumen. We're not talking about a lead back role. He runs hard, period. If you watch Philadelphia games, like you said, I'm not sure what you were seeing. You lost all credibility when you said Blount, so don't try to change the narrative.

Kick the tires, they have nothing to lose. I don't know what you were watching. He played 4 games in a rotation and averaged 4.1 YPC and had 3 TDs in 18. In his last game of the season against Minnesota he played on a torn ACL. They had no idea that he tore it until Monday. He played pretty well in 17, too. I'd say 4.5 YPC for a career is pretty respectable for any RB, let alone one with a bad wheel. But don't let facts get in your way. He's a tough kid that would be best in a rotation with a max of 8-12 carries a game. He'd be a great 4 Qrt closer, if healthy. You think Jay is toast but Blount isn't? Do you even watch football? Anyone perusing just box scores would question your observational skills. You're seriously using his relationship with Gase to make a point? It's pretty transparent that guy is insufferable. The Bills are lucky to face his teams 2 times a year.

If he does have a good day, it'll most likely be similar to his time in college where it's volume and nothing that spectacularly stands out. He's a JAG nothing more.

"Real QB" or not, his son needed to make plays when the opportunity presented itself. Given the number of disappointing drops or catches one should come down with, he came up short more often than a professional should. Did you hear a peep from guys like Hopkins or Fitz when they've had a legitimate gripes at QB for large parts of their career? Real professionals find a way to get it done one way or the other. Good for the front office putting their ego aside and cutting ties, not trying for force a situation where the talent didn't justify it. I'm excited to see guys hungry for a long career try to step up.

If this is the Bills secret weapon, I don't think we'll enjoy the outcome. We have to hope this is a trap game, and that they're smelling themselves a little bit. Unlikely yes, since it's a divisional game. Lets just hope they forget to show up in the first half and can't make up the deficit because the D is on point.

My confidence in the front office is as hight as it's ever been! I'm happy they made this move. I've been calling for his release for a while, had many arguments on here about McCoy's value. Shocking that he has none ?. It was stunning how many members of this board thought he had any, and a low pick was possible in return. This is a move a smart FO executes. They'll push his cap savings into 20 and use it to re-up young guys that deserve an extension off rookie deals. I don't understand the fascination on here of a guy that had one really good season as a Bill?

I was calling for this since last year. Anyone can search my posts, i'm a revisionist! I'm more confident now in this front office than I ever have been. McCoy is not as good a locker room guy nitwits on the board proclaim him to be.

I think you're spot on. He isn't this great locker room/team guy that others proclaim. He's not going to gracefully integrate into a secondary or 3rd line role. He's an alpha, it's a young mans game. Looking at what young RBs have done, I support the young guy getting a bulk of the carries by week 9.

People are hilarious. The same crowd that craps on Peterman for pre-season success gives credit to RB who's running into a vanilla D, and a collection players that won't be playing together when real bullets start flying. I didn't see what you guys did, and that was with the offense focusing on the run game with Allen in, for some reason? He needed to work on his timing on short and intermediate routes. Second day of training camp after OTAs, you should be able to run the ball.

He's also only 24.

I personally would not, being a RB and all (late first). The irony is all the dolts on here that were saying McCoy could fetch a 2 last year and leading into this season, and McCoy couldn't carry Elliot's jock. ****Edit....a first 24-32 yes.

I think all of these guys were definitely 3rd string, which in todays NFL would be PS: Mark Brunnell Trent Green Aaron Brooks Stan Humphries Jeff Blake I think these were all Pro-Bowl picks before it was a complete joke. I guess you can tell the era I came up with as a kid.

Darryl Wren. He was one of the guys that played in the charity basketball games against the teachers in your school. I remember him being really nice and signing everything. John Fina and Phil Hansen were there, too.

Before this group of executives came in, I routinely would tell anyone who'd listen that the average fan the watched college football that had access to an over the counter draft guide and scouting reports would have out performed previous Bills regimes. The fans here (Philadelphia) would laugh and give a cursory nod, but looking back at so many misses from the late 90's to 16 it seems like couldn't have done worse if they tried. And I thought Chip Kelly was bad...