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1 hour ago, Billsfan1972 said:
And I do...... I am all about the Offense & have stated that. To see them sputter when I think they are so much better is difficult to watch.
Do you watch good offenses & not wonder why the Bills can't play similarly?
How can the Bills be the only team in each of 2017, 2018 &2019 that has not thrown for 300 yards does not make you wonder about the offensive philosophy of this team.
To see them vs. Pitt turtle up 7-3 with 1:50 & 3 timeouts before half celebrate running out the clock as if they just scored a td & then give Pitt the ball back without even trying to get a first down, not once but twice with the game on the line, not tell you how little they try on offense?
You got to cut the young guys some slack and give them some time to develop. We don't know if they're going to develop and as quickly as we want them to, but dang we've got to give them the some time. The strategy I'm seeing McD and Beane using is to recruit what they think is great talent, have them work and develop alongside good but not great veterans to become great contributors on the offense. Allen, Knox, Singletery, Ford, McKenzie, Sweeney, etc. They focused on the defense first, which I agree with. Give the O another year or two.
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8 minutes ago, jrober38 said:
Your point is useless because those guys are afterthoughts in their offense, just like the guys I referenced.
A stretch is saying Seth Roberts is 6'4 when he's actually 6'2 when trying to prove some obscure point.
The Raven's TEs are afterthoughts? I must have missed the couple of games you watched.
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If the Bills beat the Pats, the starters will play the Jets just in case the Fish pull the upset.
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2 minutes ago, SlimShady'sGhost said:
Give me National Coverage at 1 PM and I'm good.
I hate hate hate hate hate hate hate waiting until after 8 PM to watch a game
I'd take a Thursday night game it it fell on a week where I had that Friday off
But 8pm is 6pm for me. I'm cool with that.
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7 hours ago, BillsFanSD said:
Honestly this seems about right to me. The Bills are a good team, but they don't have a lot of high-end star power. They're mostly above-average across the board with no real weak links. You'd kind of expect this team to have a disproportionate number of wins vs. Pro Bowl selections.
The Bills were the only 10 win team with just one selection
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54 minutes ago, jrober38 said:
That's one investment strategy. Another is to take the sure thing and bank the dividends every year.
Do you think the Ravens would have 12 guys in the Pro Bowl if they weren't 12-2 and the leading scoring offense in the NFL?
The Bills were the only 10 win team with only one selection!
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34 minutes ago, Kirby Jackson said:
The only reason that I am bothered by it is that these players often have bonuses and such tied to it. Take a guy like Jordan Phillips for example. He is 2nd in sacks for all DTs. Geno Atkins took a spot that should have gone to Phillips. I don’t know the depth of bonuses in his contract but say he had $250k riding on it. He should be angry.
It’s not so much that I am mad that people are selling the Bills short. I feel bad for the players that have earned this recognition and potentially money. We have some guys that should be there.
I heard on the radio last night that Richard Sherman was getting a $1 mllion dollar bonus this year and a $1 million dollar raise for next year because of his selection. Yesterday was a nice day at work for Mr. Sherman
Another tidbit I heard on this program is that Miami and NYJ were the only two teams without a selection
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30 minutes ago, matter2003 said:
Pro Bowl voting is a popularity contest in many ways with players who don't deserve it getting voted in for years on name recognition alone. Who cares honestly?
Yeah but, Brady didn't make it this year. Gave me some faith in the process.
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3 minutes ago, Joe in Winslow said:
Nope. Winslow Twp, NJ.
One of my favorite pics
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3 minutes ago, Joe in Winslow said:
Here's another point I'd like to make:
There's money downs (3rd/4th)
Money quarters (4th)
and money quarters of the season (4th).
To my untrained eye:
Josh is clutch on 3rd and 4th downs.Clutch in the 4th quarter.
And has been clutch in the final quarter of both his seasons. (as an aside: remember when the concern brigade was screeching that we were going to lose ALL of the games against dallas/balt/schittsburgh and NE? I do. Don't they look a bit foolish at the moment?)
That tells you much of what you need to know about him.
I've been meaning to ask you since joining this board. Does your name reference Winslow AZ? Have you been there? I've driven by a dozen times, always assuming it's more tourist trap than anything else. The Eagles have always been one of my favs and I think I've talked myself into stopping the next time I'm on Route 66. Is it worth the stop?
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I put this here once before. This thread calls for it again...
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1 minute ago, whatdrought said:
1: 67
2: 77
3: 57
4: 54
First half: 144
Second Half: 111
That's intriguing to me.. Really makes me question our Run pass splits.
Not sure where you're getting this info. It's interesting and telling. Is there anyway for you to get Allen's numbers in the 2nd half of the 4th quarter? While I love the 4th quarter drives to win games, I kinda really do hate them for that same reason.
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1 minute ago, C.Biscuit97 said:
Interesting. What’s Allen’s out of curiosity?
I'm guessing Allen's is going to spike up in the last 7 minutes of the 4th quarter
16 minutes ago, jrober38 said:I disagree.
I think Brown is a very good receiver and Beasley is fine in the slot.
Brown is way better than anything the Ravens have.
I've come to understand that Brown and Beasley are fine smurfs
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9 minutes ago, jrober38 said:
I don't view the Ravens as being significantly more talented than the Bills.
Our defense is better than theirs.
Our offensive personnel isn't a lot worse. They're better at tight end and have two premiere linemen, but I think we have better receivers.
Significant is a squishy word. I don't think the Bills defense is significantly better than the Ravens
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4 minutes ago, aristocrat said:
overall the ravens have a better core, and group of rbs.
This isn't at all debatable. it's kinda silly to argue otherwise, right?
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5 minutes ago, jrober38 said:
That's one investment strategy. Another is to take the sure thing and bank the dividends every year.
Do you think the Ravens would have 12 guys in the Pro Bowl if they weren't 12-2 and the leading scoring offense in the NFL?
One investment strategy is short-term. The other is long-term.
I think you missed my point about collective talent, perhaps intentionally.
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Observation - I appreciate all of the comparisons of Josh to the best of the best. I consider that a very good thing. That's the kind of team I think McD and Beane want to build.
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1 minute ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:
Um....if you've watched the Ravens play, they never take their foot off the gas. The Ravens will be ahead and Lamar will still be slinging it.
The point is valid, though, either way right? Game plan for the Raven's offense is to always play like they're behind. McD's game plan couldn't be further from this strategy than it is.
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40 minutes ago, jrober38 said:
Should I add you to the list?
Are you another who wouldn't trade away Josh Allen for Lamar Jackson?
I didn't misrepresent anything.
You seem to think Allen is a better player than Lamar Jackson and have gone to great lengths to make up excuses for why you think that's true.
Jackson is a better passer and a better runner than Allen. It makes zero sense to think we wouldn't be scoring more points with a better QB under centre.
Let's try this explanation for you. Think about buying a QB similar to buying a stock or other security. The theory is to buy low and sell high. An investor wants the greatest return on their investment. What you're wanting to do here is to buy a QB at their high and sell a QB that most all of the experts say is a QB with a high ceiling, or in other words has a significant opportunity for a better ROI than the QB already at or close to the high.
Your question, would you trade straight across, is a silly hypothetical to begin with. That's not how this would work. The Bills would have to pay for the higher QB at that higher value, and therefore give up the potential ROI. Business men and women do not do that. The Pegulas and Beanes are making what they consider to be the best ROI for the organization.
Additionally, you can't consider one player, in your case the QB, without looking at the other assets around that one player. You have to consider the synergy created by when you surround good players with other good players (you know, the 2+2=5 dynamic). The Bills put one guy on the pro bowl. The Ravens put 12. I think this considerations discounts your argument most significantly.
Just a few thoughts for you to consider.
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19 minutes ago, thebandit27 said:
Wake up man.
2 years into Brady's career you'd have traded him for Favre...and you'd have been proven an idiot for doing so.
When you've got a kid that looks like he can win long-term, you don't trade him away, you build around him.
That you miss the forest for the trees on every Allen-related discussion is not a surprise. You're waaaaaaaay too invested in being right about him. A bit of friendly advice: let it go. Your evaluation was wrong. You can move on and gain back a lot of credibility if you stop trying so hard to plead your case.
So Allen makes the list of alternates. Hmmm. Six on the list and six alternates. Other's believe Allen is top 20. Or hell, top 12.
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3 minutes ago, jrober38 said:
You guys are such homers.
Our offense is horrible.
You all act like Allen is setting the world on fire.
I'm not sure you understand that the offense is as the coaching staff have crafted it. There was a reason that the offense has 9 new starters this year. The offense isn't Allen. The offense is McD and Daboll.
Last year's offense was horrible. This year's offense is much improved. This year's offense needs to continue to grow and improve.
Patience grasshopper!
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27 minutes ago, jrober38 said:
Yes. There are at least 20 QBs in the NFL right now who would be leading this offense to the same or better productivity than Allen has done so far.
We all have belly buttons and you have the right to yours.
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23 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:
I have never heard Josh say in a press conference "I need to get better at making quick decisions." Can you point at a presser where this is said, and when?
He says I need to do a better job finding completions, or sometimes I need to take easier throws. That's not the same thing.
Our coaches say "he needs to take what the defense gives him" sometimes.
The difference is the former implies he isn't making quick reads. The latter can imply he is reading the routes in a specific order and/or giving preference to certain routes that take longer to develop.
I've heard him say he's got to improve so to slow the game down for him.
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24 minutes ago, transplantbillsfan said:
You're wrong
Josh started his career having to climb out of a hole, a hole that is very tough and takes a long time to clime out of, proving his doubters wrong. The kid is further along than I could have imagined. His stock is going up, not down. Not everyone is willing to "buy" yet. Increasing numbers are. The doubters might still end up being right, but they are the minority now. Hopefully Josh keeps improving. I trust he will.
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Improving the O right now.
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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I think it was very intentional. I called it when the O came onto the field. I told my buddy it wasn't even going to be run, run, pass, punt but rather run, run run, punt. We can all look back and say, dang the conservative play calling worked, but that is so very hard to swallow as it's happening.
Except for that TD pass to Kroft. The best part of that, to me, is that it came right after Collinsworth said that the 3rd down call was going to be pretty conservative. LOL