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Ennjay

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  1. That was my point though, if we already have a really good young starter, then in that case Cardale becomes trade bait.

    So Cardale becomes our Garofalo, who is the new Matt Cassel. But that only happens if he plays a little and looks good, AND the team wins.

  2. Serious question: what do you do with Cardale?

     

    All you ever hear about him is that he's not ready, which he proved hugely in the Jets game. You also read there's no time during the regular season to develop him because other QB's need the rep's. So when does he get ready?

     

    If you bring back Tyrod, he plays and he's probably here a few more years. Where's the window for Cardale? If he's "not ready," how do you make him the 2nd QB even with EJ gone?

     

    If you don't bring back Tyrod, someone else plays because Cardale's not ready. You pick up a serviceable vet and probably forget about the playoffs.

     

    If you draft Watson at #10 (which appeals to me a lot), there's a better chance of him playing early -- like in 2017 -- than Cardale.

     

    So what's the point of carrying Cardale? What are you supposed to do with him and when?

  3. I'm perfectly fine with McDermott and McCoy. But there won't be any Tyrod trade.

     

    Nobody else will want to pick up his contract. That forces the Bills to either keep him (unlikely) or cut him. When he's cut, anyone can pick him up on a new deal on their own terms without giving anything up. He'll end up with a two-year contract somewhere for less than what Osweiler get.

  4. This whole "control of the 53" issue is a red herring. Rex got the players he wanted -- Tyrod (Rex knew him years ago in Baltimore and claimed he wanted him for the Jets), Darby (Rex needed cover DB's), Harvin, S-Lawson, Ragland, Washington. Whaley didn't call substitutions or rotations for Rex. Rex got the coaches he wanted too, all 479 of them including Roman and Rob Ryan.

     

    Marv didn't tell Polian who to draft. They talked about where the roster was short, like most coaches and GM's.

     

    The Parcells cooking story sounds good but Parcells himself knew he wasn't scouting on Saturdays. What he meant was that he knew best where he needed help, not who was the best player. So if Parcells needed a safety he didn't want someone else drafting Joey Galloway @ WR -- which he was consulted on.

     

    I'm so tired of being fed crap by so-called experts.

  5. Defense

    Yes. And that was a combination of personnel (running out of safeties) and coaching. Rex depended on elite DB's to make his system work and didn't adjust when he had to.

    I voted coaching but defense is my answer if it was there (which may fall back to the Ryan brothers)

    Yes

     

    1. D Coaching - Brother Rob.

     

    3. Corners regressed - Darby, Gilmore and Robey

    Yes again.

     

    Easy.. the D.. reflection of the staff obviously

    Yes three times, and we have a winner.

     

    Everybody gets the blame for dismantling the D.

  6. Take a look at what the last SIX Jets coaches did in their first years (that is, coaching the last guy's players):

     

    1997 9-7 Bill Parcells

     

    2000 9-7 Al Groh

     

    2001 10-6 Herm Edwards Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Raiders) 38–24

     

    2006 10-6 Eric Mangini Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Patriots) 37–16

     

    2009 9-7 Rex Ryan Won Wild Card Playoffs (Bengals) 24–14

    Won Divisional Playoffs (Chargers) 17–14

    Lost Conference Championship (Colts) 30–17

    2015 10-6 Todd Bowles

     

    Three made the playoffs. Parcells took over a 1-15 team. Bowles won 10 games.

     

    My point is only that it's NOT too much to demand improvement and even success in the first year. Continuity can be overrated.

  7. I like the Shaq Lawson pick and I think Whaley knows what he's doing. However, I haven't seen a lot of Clemson and when I did I didn't focus on him. I also saw the ESPN (cheap shot?) video last night of Lawson getting owned by Stanley.

     

    I know he's a lot bigger, but especially since they (whoever "they" are) say they want him to lose weight: someone who knows, please tell me he's not Aaron Maybin.

     

    Or for that matter Erik Flowers.

  8. Today's Tank McNamara (it's a comic strip) brings up a possible Nicknames Hall of Fame. I started thinking of Bills nicknames and I was disappointed how few I came up with that were really good. The only one I liked enough for a HOF was "Cookie" (Chester Carleton Gilchrist).

     

    Can anybody else think of HOF-worthy Bills nicknames? Not "Jimbo" (Kelly) or "Mini-Max" (Anderson). Really good ones.

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