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Mikie2times

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  1. I've spent a lot of time in SD this year, as a midwestern native and I fell in love with the place. It's not the California stereotype I was expecting. Loved the vibe, seemed like they could back a sports team. I'm curious what it was like there when the Chargers played. They seem to love the Padres. I'm originally from Detroit area and two things I just can't get over when it comes to running a bad franchise. You had a generational talent in Barry. Then you had a generational talent in Calvin Johnson, with Stafford throwing to him no less and they couldn't do more? That is the depths of depressing. At least during our drought you could say we didn't have the right players. Imagine a team with Stafford and Calvin Johnson and you still can't build enough talent to win? Decent fan base as well. That said, we are a definitive number one. We have fans across the country born from the early 90's who never got off the wagon. Very few fan bases are as loyal and deserving as Buffalo. It will almost be weird when we finally win one. Oddly, I think as a result of all this we have a lot of the fair weather love the last few years but I will take it. It's great seeing us being somewhat of a media darling after 20+ years of being an afterthought.
  2. He was still very good in college. I mean that throw he made in his bowl game on the post route. It was one even now, perhaps he’s the only player on earth can make. Wyoming as a program has a poorly developed passing game. They’re certainly run first. Josh still didn’t grow into his form as a runner until later on.
  3. I certainly think something exists with this, but like many have said, not just one thing. He's only leaving the pocket when he has to, he's throwing more short passes, and dealing with more of a contained rush to offset his scrambling. That is my guess. I don't see lineman flying past him rushing recklessly as much as I used to and he really hasn't had many of his trademark sprint to the last inch of turf and throw a rope down the sideline plays. He's been predominantly in the pocket. Then when you look at his core throwing motion, it shrinks him considerably vs an over the top thrower, but do we care? I certainly don't.
  4. No happy ending after this one..... Bill, how is the weather out there?
  5. Stats guy. His job is to feed the broadcasters relevant tidbits. I did this for a local broadcast team for a year.
  6. Von has a switch. It's almost like he holds his most explosive or confusing moves for key situations in games.
  7. This isn’t the NFL, Wisconsin is expected to compete for Big 10 titles. They have been clearly behind the last few years. It was he right move. As a Big 10 guy, the conference is a lot more interesting when Wisconsin is a a top 10 team.
  8. It's just a bad investment. Well past 30 excellent RB's exist on this earth. Only a couple exist that truly change the game. So you're essentially playing a game of not trying to get a "hit" but trying to get a homerun. Then within that, how long of time do you get with this player if you do get a HR? They decline so rapidly and are so injury prone. It's really not just a bad investment, it's an awful one.
  9. If something like this happens, I think it's Buffalo's way of strengthening it's WR core. Josh has really developed is ability to check down which was something that hurt him bad early on. We did nearly everything to land a pass catching RB and then we drafted one. Results on that one aren't in, but the depth at WR is and it's not where we want to be. He can do a lot of creating of things for us. We will see. I would be in favor of it because I truly think this a super bowl year. The last couple years it felt like we could threaten, this feels year it feels like we are the threat and yes, these type of acquisitions can do a lot to get you over the finish line.
  10. I think a lot of this is stride. If anybody has long legs on here, it's just deceptive to others. Allen has the same thing. It looks like you're pacing it correctly and then that stride just eats you up. Not to mention, stride tends to hurt start times, but that doesn't matter on a go route all that much. I just think these DB's are thinking they have time to turn and run and Gabe is already on top of them.
  11. Our base defense is very much a bend but don't break. In close games late, we turn into damn near a full on prevent. We stop rushing more than a couple. It leaves so many holes. Either from so much time for the QB, broken plays, or just check downs.
  12. You know how no matter what happened against New England, it always felt like if you left even 30 seconds on the clock it was a 50/50 proposition at best? Well, we are 0-7 since last year in games decided by 7 points or less. It stands to reason we will be involved in those games in the playoffs. We have been talking about regression and it evening out, but at some point, you really start to wonder if this team just doesn't know how to win these kind of games. At the least, what are the odds of his going 2-0 or something like that come playoff time in such situations? So while I understand that we had our 7th string in many spots, that we doubled them in yards and first downs, and all of this is likely evidence to not worry at all because we win this game 9 out of 10 times. I am a bit concerned, because we have lost games you win 9 out of 10 times at a bit of a concerning rate, especially given our aspirations.
  13. We almost give up on spreading teams out and throwing the ball or allowing Josh to be Josh. It's all predesigned to get one yard. Run your offense. History has shown the odds of us failing at trying to get one yard are probably higher than the odds of us failing trying to get 10+ yards.
  14. 49 out of 53 inactive players with 8 or more pro bowls are in the HOF. I know that was sort of the running joke with Brown, how he always seemed to end up in the Pro Bowl, as quality nominees dwindle and reality slips away, things like individual accolades start to play a big role in this. It would actually surprise me if Brown didn't make it at this point. We will see.
  15. Our defense is designed to stop an offense that wants to go over the top. We play a ton of two high safety. They haven't shown they can force teams out of that look. We are a bad matchup for them to try and stretch the field against. They have not shown the ability to stop Josh and for those that were awake at the end of the game for the Allen interview, it seemed pretty obvious he was looking forward to this one. He said something like "we know who we have next week" in a more serious tone than we typically get from Josh. He has embraced the rivalry from the start and this is the most heralded chapter in the rivalry since he was drafted if you look at impact for both teams. It's going to be fun and I think Josh and the team as a whole wants to make sure no divisional rivals think they're making up any ground on us.
  16. Yes, but what we saw against Baltimore, all man. Try playing us man. Teams just stopped last year and it created a lot of issues for us until we showed we could threaten with the rush as well. Which Josh contributes a heck of a lot with. Tua is not a statue, but they have not established a running game and they will see two high safeties all game against Buffalo. Is Tua patient enough to get 5-8 yards a play? Is he good enough to avoid mistakes when doing so? I don't think that is the case. It doesn't mean Miami isn't a threat. The WR's they have are the best tandem in the NFL, one is a generational talent, and the speed they bring is stunning. That said, we run a defense specifically designed to defend what they do best.
  17. With Russ it's that whole broken play style that made him. He is legitimately one of the best run to throw QB's in NFL history (I think our guy already is better in this area, which for him is just one area of his game). That said, this is really all Russ has ever been. In his 30's now, that style is not going to age well.
  18. Is this a causation/correlation issue? Teams that are ahead run the ball more. Is this stat more reflective of that or a type of strategy within the game? This has been talked about for a very long time. I just think it’s more of causation issue nowadays. Good teams pass. That seems pretty clear from an observational standpoint.
  19. It felt like late last year that the officials were starting to give Josh the benefit of the doubt. Which is really hard given how physical he is. I don't know that it extended to the rest of the team, but Josh seemed to get a few close ones late last year that we might not have gotten in the past.
  20. I have a van with no windows if you need ice cream
  21. I'm a full timer. My take is the Rams are at somewhat peak value, just given the previous SB. A poor ATS record follows previous SB champions. Which should scream play on Buffalo, that said, we are favorites. I would venture to say, without looking, a road team playing AT the defending SB champion week 1 has been a favorite probably 1-2 times in the last 25 years. It's almost inconceivable. Bills are at peak market value without having exactly established that position. They have been slower to optimize over the past few years. I just see no value in a betting this game as a Bills fan and would much rather enjoy the game and lay my action elsewhere.
  22. I will concede it’s a stretch to label his draft drop as a result of this. I will also say it’s a stretch that everybody knew or that even the Bills knew. I will also say this thread, congratulating how the Bills handled this, is also stretchy. We just don’t know enough. This thread should have never been created.
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