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Current Overrated/Underrated Bills players
JohnNord replied to Ethan in Cleveland's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Overrated (by Bills fans): Josh Allen. Look he made some improvement last year and the trajectory seems to be pointing up. But he has a LONG way to go. The amount of excuses that Bills fans will make not to blame Allen is off the charts Dawson Knox - He has shown some tremendous flashes but made some huge mental errors as well. The missed block vs Houston was on him, and it was a killer. He has issues with drops too. Underrated (by Bills fans): Trent Murphy - decent DE that plays the run well. He will never be a monster pass rusher, but remember, there’s a reason why he started over Shaq Lawson. Brian Daboll - not the best OC but not the worst either. He dialed up some good plays last season that weren’t executed well, included many downfield passes which Allen couldn’t connect. TJ Yeldon - Yeldon was a good 3rd down back for Jacksonville and he was effective when he got a chance to play last year in Cincy. The fumble are a huge issue but if he could get that taken care of he’s a good runner and receiver -
Will Epenesa be inactive on Sunday? Interesting scenario
JohnNord replied to YoloinOhio's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Ok but we’re talking 1st or 2nd DE’s. That’s a position that rookies can jump and contribute early. Name a DE that was taken in the 2nd round that was a healthy scratch in his first game? I’m sure there haven’t been many and if you can find a DE that didn’t dress and turned out to be a stud, I’m sure it’s an outlier. I’m concerned that AJ has a low ceiling -
Brian Daboll is on the hotseat starting TOMORROW
JohnNord replied to Penfield45's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
BINGO! Fans love to criticize Daboll but give Allen a free pass. Both have been in Buffalo for 3 seasons, have been given some degree of freedom/autonomy, and have provided with some excellent offensive weapons. I don’t see how you can’t lump them together in terms of offensive success. If the offense is good or bad it will attributed to both of them. -
Will Epenesa be inactive on Sunday? Interesting scenario
JohnNord replied to YoloinOhio's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
I’m sorry - there’s no way around it. When your 2nd round DE, who many thought had a 1st round grade, is not dressed then it’s a disappointment. Im sure there have been examples before, but I can’t remember a time when a high profile DE prospect started the year as a healthy scratch. Not good -
Funny how they removed the Bills logo from his helmet and then basically recreated the Bills logo in the lettering LOL
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Bills release DiMarco, injury settlement
JohnNord replied to PromoTheRobot's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Maybe he was a great leader in the locker room but I really didn’t see him offer much on the field. Even on Special Teams he didn’t seem to standout - including the time he failed to recognize NE’s punt block formation which led to a TD. It was fun watching him try to run a dee route in the playoffs -
Not filling in good. He needs to shave it off
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Yeah these type of subscription services have been real successful marketing tactics for a lot of smaller companies. I guess the appeal is that they make good gifts to people. But personally I never liked the idea.
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Predict the division winner: NFC West
JohnNord replied to YoloinOhio's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Easy choice is San Fran.... but I’ll say Seattle -
Hard pass. I’m just not a fan of these “boxes” that these online companies are trying to push.
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The weird thing about picking Miami to win 10 games this season is that it would seem to contract the plans the organization has for Tua. Many believe Fitzpatrick is the bridge QB and will turns the reigns over to Tua at some point this season. If Miami is 10-6, there’s a good chance that probably doesn’t happen. Not so sure they want him to sit the entire year. But then again, it worked great for Mahomes - so who knows?
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They won’t have an additional RB spot on the roster, so that means if they sign him its Yeldon’s roster spot
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Did The Bills Lose The Most Talent On Cut Day?
JohnNord replied to StHustle's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Did The Bills Lose The Most Talent On Cut Day?
JohnNord replied to StHustle's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
What did Duke in was the playoff loss in Houston. He had a tremendous opportunity coming off a good games versus NYJ. In big moments Duke came up empty including failing to make contested catches twice (1 in the endzone at the end of the half) and dropping another pass toward the end of the game. His calling card was that if he could get his hands on the ball, he could make the catch. His play dictated the opposite. If Duke makes one of those catches, you can easily argue it would be a different game. From that moment on, I think it eliminated any thought that he could be a contributor at WR and the team knew they needed a significant upgrade at WR. I like Duke and hope he catches on with another team as well. I think he has pretty good talent and could contribute on ST’s. I don’t think he’s a starter but can him helping in 4 wide or different passing packages -
Would you let Kelvin Benjamin park your car?
JohnNord replied to Chandler#81's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
I’m shocked that this is actually a news story. Clearly Smith used “parking cars” as a euphemism for being out of the league or not playing in the NFL. Putting this in the headline makes it seems like he’s literally parking cars. The author must be on a pay-per-click deal He also had the TD catch that was ruled incomplete on NE. Pretty sad that’s considered a “highlight” -
Rosen’s not coming to Buffalo. Not happening.
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Sal played this one very straight which makes sense but there are always surprises and he didn’t really account for those.
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Maybe.... he’s someone that could probably get brought back on the PS
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He also had somewhat of a checked past
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So with Cut Day happening on Saturday Any Suprises?
JohnNord replied to MAJBobby's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
it seemed that Smith’s penalties came at the worst possible times -
So with Cut Day happening on Saturday Any Suprises?
JohnNord replied to MAJBobby's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
I think we could be in store for some known players not making the team. It’s all but certain that the rookies will have a spot INT he roster which will give the Bills 5 WR’s + Andre Roberts as WR/KR. I don’t think they keep 6 WR plus Roberts, so that means the following are likely gone: Robert Foster Duke Williams Isaiah McKenzie I don’t these players will be out of work for long. The OL could be interesting as well, if you believe the reports that Daryl Williams and Cody Ford got some work with the 1st Team OL. If people like Ryan Bates can step up as OL swingman, then I think either Brian Winters or TY Nsekhe could be gone. I don’t think they could trade either. I think that Murphy stays and the team tries to sneak Daryl Williams on the PS. I don’t think there’s much value on the trade market and that they are better keeping him in the DL rotation Some other possible cuts that I think could happen: FB Pat DiMarco - I have a feeling the team loves the versatility of a younger Reggie Gilliam. Also they’ve filled a few voids on ST, so they no longer need DiMarco here. RB TJ Yeldon - With Taiwan Jones on the team, I’m not sure there is much space for Yeldon. Yes he can play ST’s but it wasn’t enough to keep him active last year... it might not this year. TE - Jason Croom - Theres just not a spot for him at TE. TE - Lee Smith - less likely but if Williams is playing OT and Ford is inside, Smith on the become less valueable as a blocker. He also wasn’t very last year. QB - Jake Fromm - Logic tells you this doesn’t happen but reports out of camp are that he hasn’t impressed. The team also like Davis Webb Is there a spot for him anymore? Daboll doesn’t use a FB much and this year you’d expect the Bills to run a lot of 3 WR. I know he was valued on Special Teams, but the Bills brought on Taiwan Jones, Tyler Manekevich, and Andre Smith as upgrades. I think there’s a decent chance they move on