Bill from NYC
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I was under the impression that he was out indefinitely. IF he is healthy and sits, do you think he figures into our plans next year?
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Hull at OC made a huge difference. I am thinking that the jests would have at least one more loss if not for Mawae (sic).
Oh, and imo, Metz was perhaps the most under-rated Bill of all time.
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While I'm not the only one that's made multiple posts (and wasn't going to say anything in regards to this one) why should I ease up on Tom? He is STILL hounding me for sticking up for Ron Artest and things from six months ago. And you think I should ease up on him?
I planned on it, but in reality I don't think he has any regret at all, the only thing he regrets is that he was the one made to look like a moron this time instead of him doing it to someone else.
Personally, I too was sickened by your stance on Artest, but saw no need to kick you when you were down.
Anyway, I was just throwing a suggestion out there.
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BFII, Tom made a statement that neither you nor I agreed with. He has since expressed his regret. If this is good enough for SDS, I am asking you to at least look at the possibility of letting it die.
I can remember you being on the wrong end of this sort of thing and not liking it.
Enough is enough sometimes, OK Bro?
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How about a Running Back? WM does have the knee history.
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Read the thread again. One poster doesn't totally rule out Miami handing us a top 5 pick in the first round.
There are going to be literally hundreds of "TD Sucks" and "We Got Screwed" posts when and if we get a 5th or a 6th round pick for Travis.
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I admit it. I care. You know what else is wonderful? They convicted the Long Island scumbag, Pelosi.
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Bills 24
bengals 17
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Not yet imo. Wade Phillips was/is a great DC.
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I don't think I'd do it, even for a 1st rounder. Although the angry mob on the board has begun the "kill Travis" chant, everyone seems to have conveniantly forgotten that this guy was the best player on the team up until this year.
Anyone remember last year? Getting 1300 yards after missing a game or two and playing the whole year on a broken leg and bruised ribs?
You think Antowain Smith was something posessed when we played him twice a year? Imagine Travis Henry.
No, he needs to go outside the division and outside of the conference if possible.
Since his impressive 2 year yardage total, Travis not only has done nothing right, he has suffered 2 serious injuries to boot.
This season, he could not block, ran wrong patterns, dropped passes and slid on his ass on crucial plays. First round pick, huh?
Imo, aside from being an incomplete player, he should take Kevin Gilbride to dinner once a week, because he owes much of his yardage to him. Defenders were flying past our OL (unobstructed mind you) trying to kill Bledsoe. Henry would get the handoff, build a head of steam, and was effective in this sense.
If the Bills can grab a 5th or 6th round pick, they would be doing well. Marshall Faulk went for a 2nd and a 5th. Corey Dillon cost a 2nd. These are great back who play a complete game.
A first round pick for Henry? As much as I wish it were true, it is pure fantasy.
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Actually...I dont think that Travis is a lousy football player....far from it...
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One thing that is really sticking out to me is the ability to handle competition......I mean....you want your starting back to take on that challange when a team drafts someone else and say "this is my team and sit your @ss on the bench" with his play....not his mouth
For some reason....Travis needed to have his ego stroked and the bills stroked it for as long as they could...even when he wasn't performing....in the end he was "olay" pass blocking which was something he DIDN"T do last year.....last year when Henry was in a position to do it he would sacrifice his body to absolutely stone a blitzer.......
Something in Henry's mental ability broke long before his physical body was injured...I was sad to see it......but life moves on and now we have Willis
OK. What do you realistically think that the Bills can get for him in terms of a draft pick? Please, do not think as strictly a Bills fan. What do you think TD can get for him?
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Wait and see Bro. He cannot block, remember pass routes, catch the football, and slides on his ass on crucial plays. Oh, and he is banged up with injuries. Do you think that GMs around the league will fail to notice this?
No sense arguing now. Watch and see.
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Travis, imo, was already a done deal. If the Bills can scrape up a 6th round pick for him, he will be traded. If not, he will be cut, and people will be saying that "TD sucks."
Travis Henry is a lousy football player.
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Many praises to you Bill, though my endorsement is certainly not necessary or required. I definitely have enjoyed learning from and disagreeing with your posts over the years.
It really is great to root for a winner and though I was wrong to declare it impossible for the Bills to win with Bledsoe playing as poorly as he has recently, the Bills fortunately have proved me wrong in that they have won going away several times in a row with Bledsoe's performance ranging from good (the TD throw to Evans las week wasa beautiful pass) to downright stinky (100 yds? even in lousy weather against Cleveland this stinks and the 3 pics were putrid). I am happy I was so wrong.
I don't think I was wrong about Bledsoe who I still think is well beyond his best days. I was wrong not paying attention to the factual occurence that a team can simply blow opponents away multiple times even if they're QB doesn't play well or consistently.
The most amazing thing though about this is that I saw myself as being fairly moderate about Bledsoe and a team's ability to win with him, I deemed the original trade to be a good one, but the possibility of being a winner witg him was over.
I think folks who claim an real football knowledge rather than being driven by their own pride would step up now if they truly rooted for the Bills and simply admit they were wrong and it is possible for this team to win with Bledsoe doing whatever Bledsoe can do.
How low the brilliant have fallen dropping back from their worldly pronouncements that the Bills could not win at all with Bledsoe to now feebly claiming he will never win them an SB/
Thanks for the compliment. Your theory about cap allocation to the qb position still has my head spinning. While I am not in full agreement with you on this issue, you have certainly influenced my stance. the ironic thing is that the Bills, taking all things into consideration, might be in a near perfect spot wrt to this.
While I will always welcome newcomers to TBD, it certainly is always great to read the postings of "old timers" such as you.
Thanks again for the kind words.
GO BILLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Watch tapes of Jim Brown. I never saw him play, but from what I have seen on film, he is by far the best runner ever, and he knocked people into next week with his stiff arm.
As for comparisons between WM and Travis, please! Willis has faster hands, AND he is running faster. He is also just as strong, if not stronger.
It amazes me how Drew has so many detractors and Henry has so many fans on this board. The records indicate that Henry was a major portion of the problem with the Buffalo Bills football team.
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Can you friggin imagine????
You know, when I sat in the first row at the ariz. game, I also noticed that he never got in Gray's face. It was clear who was the boss. Gray was relatively subdued and in control. TK was pacing around, shouting things at not just the def. linemen, but at the lbs and dbs as well. NOBODY made faces, nor gave him any static, not at all.
Yeah, put him at or near the top of my list of people that I would like to have a beer with, along with BiB, and many others on this board.
TK is one bad mf.
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turtle-neck, with no jacket!
At the Arizona game, I sat in the first row behind him. He wore a short-sleeved shirt....again, no coat. Remember the nasty weather?
I know little to nothing about his coaching abilities, but this man sets an example. This man is as tough a human being as I have ever seen in football. Imo, he is playing a major role in making the Buffalo Bills football team a group of tough guys. He is also becoming something of a cult hero, at least from where I sit.
GO TK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!GO BILLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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We certainly should not forget how badly this team played when they went 0-4 and 1-5 because remembering this is a big part of what makes this turnaround a turnaround and makes this so much fun.
What I'm also not forgetting is that many posters on TSW seemed to assert that they knew a lot more about football than us other foolish posters and even stranger that they knew a lot more about football than TD, MM and the Bills braintrust who are paid way too much money to spend too much timing thinking about how to win this boy's game.
I'm as happy as anyone to admit that I was flatout wrong for having lost faith in the Bills ability to make a playoff run, It still looks pretty doubtful that they will make it to the playoffs as in addition to winning out (a difficult thing to do in itself) they will have depend upon too many other opponents doing complete el foldos to get there.
Nevertheless, I am pleased amidst the difficult times of the first half of the season, I had my doubtsad failings, but at least I did not invest in to total non-football thinking of some posters on TSW who stated that it was simply a stone cold lock that this team would never win with Bledsoe at the helm, that TD made obviously silly draft picks which would never work and actually seemed to delight in mocking out the bad accomplishments of this team rather than suggesting how to make it better (outside of suggesting some insane cuts),
Folks know who they are. It would be interesting to track the number of posts they made in the bad times and their declining number as the team performs better after their sage wisdom was totally ignored.
Are folks who gave football "advice" while we were not producing strong enough to now stand-up and say that the Bills huge increase in productivity came about at the same time as their advice (or stone-cold perscriptions) regarding issues like cutting Vincent, moving MW to LG, or cutting Bledsoe yesterday were totally ignored?
I will happily take my lumps. I did not think that McNally could make a good unit from an OL that gave up more than 100 sacks in 2 years.
That said, what this man has done is incredible. Tucker is imo playing very well at LG. How amazing is that? Teague (who imo was a lousy center) is improving as we speak. Big Mike looks as if he wants to play football, and they lost little when Price was inserted.
Despite my years of criticism (which imo was quite valid), all I ever wanted was for the Buffalo Bills to be a football team that was able to block opposing football teams. You saw the game yesterday and the Arizona game. The climate makes the basic need to block even more pronounced.
I just hope that TD continues to draft big guys for the OL. We need another corner, and could use another running back.
All in all, the future looks bright imo, and I am happy to be mistaken about Mr. McNally.
GO BILLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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The bus has been running more on the outside rather than between the tackles..That is where he has had his success lately. Our run defense on
the outside has been pretty average as Shoebel has been repeatedly beaten.
I think Cinci will do exactly that....try to run it to the outside with Rudi.
BTW, Troy Polamalu has been playing outstanding in Pitts defensive backfield
and is probably the best Safety playing today (probbably better than Ed Reed).
The guy is a monster...I get to see the Pit games on TV and he is for real.
Thanks for the info about the safety. I didn't know that.
As far as Bettis running to the outside on Schobel, I would like to see him try. AS is not the best DE in the league, but he is certainly one of the fastest, and he has Fletcher, Spikes and Milloy to help him out.
Hey, maybe I have my rose colored glasses on, but I think that the Bills, if healthy, will beat the steelers. Right now, my concern is cincy on the road.
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Are we for real? Certainly. Here's why...
Does anybody doubt if Pitt is "for real?" Of course not. Yet, they have a rookie qb, and imo, that alone makes him vulnerable. Yes, he has looked very good, but I would like to see how he feels after Big Sam rolls over him, and Scobel hits him at full speed. Or how about Milloy or Vincent kicking his ass on a blitz?
The "Bus" is tough no doubt, but so are our DTs, and penetrating lbs.
In summary, our defense matches up well against their offense.
On the other side of the ball, it is a different story. It will be up to our OL, which gets better each week. Are Moulds and Evans afraid of the Pitt corners? I highly doubt it. If our OL can afford Drew ample time (an yes, he does need a lot) and open some holes for Willis, then the Bills can and will beat the steelers at home.
Imo, NE is the dominant team in the NFL, but let's wait and see how they hold up.
Ryan Denney at TE.
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Gone? Why? His game has improved, he is a good situational DE and his salary is relatively low.