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Can someone explain why Browns catch wasn’t a TD?
JohnNord replied to Southern Bills Fan's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
I’m still trying to figure out how the Allen pass to Kroft was ruled as an INT last week. -
This Defense needs a proper 1 Technique Guy
JohnNord replied to RocCityRoller's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
With Snacks there must be some reason why he is unsigned. I saw that Vincent Taylor was playing with the Browns. Taylor would seriously have been a good candidate for 1 technique. I do wonder if the team makes a move at the trade deadline -
Week 5: Bills at Titans on Tuesday Night Football
JohnNord replied to YoloinOhio's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
I don’t think this game happens. Not next week, anyway -
Josh Allen - week FOUR report card
JohnNord replied to rayray808's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
This was one his most consistent performances. Yes the sack took the Bills out of FG range but in this situation, it ultimately didn’t have and effect on the score -
Barnwell changes his tune. 🎺
JohnNord replied to SlimShady'sSpaceForce's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
This is mostly true. Also the same people who used #FireBrianDaboll are now suggesting that the Bills block any head coaching interviews! IMO what pissed of so many Bills fans isn’t the projections, as much as it was how arrogant and snarky the Barnwell’s of the world were when discussing Allen. -
If he can stay healthy and maintain the average level he was at from 2016-2018, it would be a huge boost. They can line him up on the outside or at slot CB. I do worry about his health/age but As long as he can stay healthy, I think he’ll be better than some are predicting I hope not. It sounds like the Bills would to keep him around
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Hellllllllllllllo Josh Norman BTW This Nick guy is a clown
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Given how the NFC West is playing, 9-7 might win the AFCE! It just shows how it those divisional games are - in particular the 2 versus NE. As far as the rest of the scheduled, I find that teams always lose a few games they should win and a win a few they should lose. It usually evens out
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What did so many of the draft experts miss about Allen?
JohnNord replied to Batman1876's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Most people thought he would never be good because the PFF’s of the world said he wouldn’t be. Allen is a case study why you shouldn’t always take everything the Analytics crowd says as fact I don’t think so. Darnold would be in a great spot in Buffalo and Allen probably isn’t starting anymore in NY. There so much more than goes into the success of a QB prospect outside of their college stats and measurables. So much is dependent on the situation they are drafted in. -
What did so many of the draft experts miss about Allen?
JohnNord replied to Batman1876's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Draft Twitter is a thing! By that I meant the usual PFF crew and sites like the Draft Network etc -
What did so many of the draft experts miss about Allen?
JohnNord replied to Batman1876's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
The name that kept popping up with Allen was Christian Hackenberg. Many of Twitter analysts made the comparison quite a bit -
What did so many of the draft experts miss about Allen?
JohnNord replied to Batman1876's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
To an extent you are right and the analogy between Allen and Darnold is spot on. But IMO where the analytics crowd was wrong was their projections of Josh. Sam Monson claimed Josh would never be a better QB than Baker Mayfield. Also claimed that Josh would never complete higher than 58% of his passes and would need short dump off to do so. To me, it shows a lack of understand in the role that the organization and coaching plays in the development of a prospect. -
What did so many of the draft experts miss about Allen?
JohnNord replied to Batman1876's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
The issue is EVERYONE thinks they can predict success in the NFL. When the truth is - it’s a big crapshoot. There are so many factors that result in the success or failure of a draft pick. As you’ve seen in Moneyball there’s a natural tension between the analytics and old-school scouting crowd over whose method is best. Stats and data vs. measurables and intangibles. With the analytics crew, it’s the classic case of data rich, insight poor. They wanted to be the smartest guys in the room. I believe they tried to project Josh using the same data for other top QB’s without considering the context or understanding how pros develop a prospect. That’s why his metrics rated so poorly compared to the other top guys. So hearing that a prospect that they rated so low, mentioned as a candidate for the top pick, just didn’t compute (pun intended!) As a result they really began to dig their heels and double down on their numbers which said that the odds are unlikely Josh will be a good pro. This led to many snarky tweets to essentially say “see we told you so, he’s really bad.” IMO it goes back to proving that their method is the best. Some of the skepticism on Allen is actually fair based on his less than impressive college numbers. But the bleak projections, that people like Sam Monson made, are just ignorant. It shows he has no idea about the nuance involved with developing a prospect. -
Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah - Possible Milano Replacement
JohnNord replied to H2o's topic in College Football
Wayyyyyy to early to be discussing Milano replacements! -
Football Outsiders DVOA Ratings
JohnNord replied to Coach Tuesday's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Here’s why I don’t like Aaron Schatz and the crew at PFF. This is a clear dig at Bills fans who are slamming Schatz and FO for been completely incorrect on their projection. It’s also an attempt by FO to qualify their initial projection to connect Allen to Fizpatrick. -
Should the Bills bring in Marcel Dareus?
JohnNord replied to PromoTheRobot's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
There’s a very good chance that instead of bringing on a FA, Justin Zimmer could get activated from the PS and could probably see some playing time in the DL rotation. He’s a bigger guy and a decent run stopper -
Interesting? You’ll be sleeping for a while
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I think he’s only going to have a larger role on the offense as the year continues. Given the pending cap situation we could see possibly see Gabe replace John Brown or Cole Beasley in 2021
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He’s gotta be back at practice. I would bet he’s active this week
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Exposed how? It seems like the Rams took advantage of a bigger OL and fo the second level faster