BuffOrange

For once I agree with Promo. I haven't gone back and looked at the last decade, but it seemed like during the Jauron years at least, we did better in the 1st and last games (when future gas pumpers are playing most of the game) and looked horrible in the middle 2 games where starters actually play. People always tried to downplay it and say we were playing vanilla or whatever, but I never thought it was a good sign that our starters were obviously physically inferior. I still think anyone is crazy to think this isn't a sub .500 team, but perhaps they could at least be mildly entertaining.

This is completely true (just as people on message boards everywhere do). He is correct that NFL coaches are laughably pathetic at 4th down decision making though.

Far be it for me to defend Ralph, but I do feel he is more incompetent than dumb. They were too stupid to realize Jabari Greer could play CB, so they drafted McKelvin. They could've traded down in that draft and used the saved $ not spent on the 11th pick to pay Greer. They could've said goodbye to worthless dead weight like Chris Kelsay and re-signed Fat Pat. Note that there was a time when presented with similar cost benefit analysis, the Bills generally made better either/or decisions (lets re-sign Eric Moulds and let Marcellus Wiley walk, for example). Good players leave teams via FA - it doesn't just happen to us. People here in Philly complain about the same thing, but unlike the Bills they know when to pull the plug, and they know which players on their team suck, and they draft better replacements.

Who cares about facts though?

So now we're changing the argument from attempts/game to gameplanning and length of pass attempts? Here are the other bottom rush defenses and where they ranked vs. the pass per Football Outsiders: 32. Rams - 29th 31. Chiefs - 19th 30. Browns - 28th 29. Saints - 9th 28. Bucs - 23rd 26. Titans - 25th 25. Raiders - 26th Definitely a direct correlation.

He does talk a lot for essentially an 8-8 team that was gift-wrapped a playoff spot. I can't imagine how annoying he would be if he were to ever actually win something. I'll give him this much - they are the most talked about team in NY/NJ for the first time in my lifetime.

This is correct. Football Outsiders also adjusts for attempts with per play efficiency stats - they ranked the Bills pass defense 3rd behind the Jets and Carolina.

All kidding aside that really is the reason the Oscar's exist. I watched the 1995 MTV Movie awards ~50 times because I had a huge crush on co-cost Courtney Cox. [On a sidenote it was a pretty sick year for movies - Pulp Fiction, Dumb & Dumber]. Anyway, I haven't really watched any award show since I don't think. Can't imagine caring less about anything really.

Kelsay has been a solid rusher from the end spot though. Wait, he has?

No Brian Griesie, Tommy Frazier, Charlie Ward, Rick Mirrer? Cherrypick much? What did Manning win?

If you say so it must be true.

Gotta love token defensive NYY fan. How many games does chemistry without talent win? If payroll doesn't matter why do they spend so much? Who else can afford to keep all those players? GTFO

No. As mentioned a few posts up, Football Outsiders came up with a variation several years ago.

It's not good.

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Again I don't really disagree so not totally sure what you're arguing. I don't think it's really fair to preemptively declare him a 2nd fiddle should they win the championship as if Wade is unquestionably better due to having been handed a ring by some of the worst 1sided officiating in sports history in the Mavericks series (I did not even have a rooting interest). But I do agree, not all ships are created equal and one in Cleveland certainly would have meant more. Baseball is a lot like poker in a lot of ways.

Very well said.

300 million or 3 million, he crushed a ton of game winning hits in the postseason last year. I don't totally disagree on Manning but it's really missing the point. The great majority of sports fans believe the whole clutch concept exists more than it does - and those who believe such only bring it up when it's convenient for them. So they explain it by making up junk like "Kobe is in a better place in his personal life now than he was 4 years ago". Indeed either that or he has better teammates now.

I'd like to thank espn for brainwashing every fan into believing in this laughable magical clutch gene. Basically he is like every other great athlete in the history of the world before they won a title. Peyton Manning version 2005. Arod 2008. Maybe the Cavs just suck really bad like the Lakers did when they didn't have Shaq or Gasol. Incredibly those years were the prime of Kobe's career, but yet they either missed the playoffs or lost in the 1st round. Of course when you somehow win 60 games with that garbage supporting cast instead of 45 - you're actually punished for it, because then you "underperformed/choked" in the postseason!

Post less.

Oh yah I forgot about Payton - he was awful then.

Except Malone was like 50 and Kobe was about 15? This team will win it all barring injury. Poor Cleveland.

I understand that but don't a lot of teams have better 3rd stringers than Lalime?

Why is it so hard to upgrade that spot?

As typical with his stuff I agree & disagree so much: What a dumbass.