
Albany,n.y.
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The best example is Green Bay. They've drafted their last 2 QBs in the 1st round years before they needed them to play. Both times they had a HOF QB with tread left on his tires.
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Chase Claypool's nickname? We need one
Albany,n.y. replied to BringBackFergy's topic in The Stadium Wall
How about Chase Claypool, because, well. it's his name. -
Any insight with Paramount+ and/or SiriusXM for games?
Albany,n.y. replied to WhitewalkerInPhilly's topic in The Stadium Wall
I had Paramount + & dropped it because I have Showtime. I have no idea what a VPN is. As far as I know, Paramount + only lets you stream the games that are locally broadcast. So unless you're frequently out & want to watch your local games on a device, I don't see any value with P+. Peacock is the one that shows exclusive games. As far as SiriusXM. I'm not sure all the games are on the car radio. They are on if you have a home subscription. The problem is the broadcasts are behind the actual action, so if you really wanted to watch on TV & listen on the radio, you'd have to rewind the game on your TV to the point it is on SitiusXM. -
Chris Brown's brother. He sits behind Chris in the booth on gameday and tells him to calm down after a big play. Just like when they were kids growing up together. Doug thinks Chris was their parents ' favorite and constantly says to Chris "Mom always liked you best."
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How would Buffalo perform with Kirk Cousins?
Albany,n.y. replied to Mikie2times's topic in The Stadium Wall
We went through the whole Cousins stuff back in 2018 when he was a FA before we drafted Josh. I was against signing him then because he has always looked a lot better on paper than on the field. He makes too many mistakes at key moments and will never be a consistent winner. The Bills would be barely above .500 if Cousins had signed in 2018 and the McDermott haters would have celebrated the coach's firing years ago. -
Joey Bosa to Bills Trade Proposal (Speculation)
Albany,n.y. replied to Kincaid Kool-Aid's topic in The Stadium Wall
Sounds like some boss at Bleacher Report got on one of his writers to write a story if he wanted to get paid and the employee got PO'd at the boss and decided to get his revenge by turning in the most ridiculous trade rumor he could come up with. -
Jerry West, NBA HOFer and logo on the NBA dies at 86
Albany,n.y. replied to Chandler#81's topic in Off the Wall
Funniest reactions to his death: This man would rather die than see the Celtics win another title Jerry West hated the Boston Celtics so much, he knew they were gonna sweep Dallas, so he chose to die rather than see them win another ring. There’s levels to hating, folks. -
Have you known of anyone that faked their death?
Albany,n.y. replied to Another Fan's topic in Off the Wall
Rumors are he died of AIDS. -
Steelers sign head coach Mike Tomlin to 3-year contract extension
Albany,n.y. replied to dpberr's topic in The Stadium Wall
Come On Man! He had Roethlisberger his entire career & when Ben left after playing too long (it's tough to jettison a HOF QB), they had to pick a QB in a bad QB draft year. 2 years of not solving the QB is hardly QB woes when the rookie replacement failed. QB woes are the years in between going from Kelly to Allen. Really, what could the Steelers have done differently the past few years? The past 4 QB drafts have had pretty slim pickings, especially with the Steelers draft positions. When you figure out how to dial up 1-800-FRANCQB, let us all know, because once an established QB retires, there's no such thing as an easy replacement, especially in recent draft years. -
I'm sure the Chiefs saw this & are now contemplating signing him.
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I grew up in Long Island and my father didn't know how to get Giants or Jets tickets, so I never went to a football game as a kid. Then I went to Fredonia & heard such horror stories of the Rockpile I was afraid to drive my car to the stadium. So I didn't go to a game until Rich Stadium opened. That, plus the fact that we'd all go to the TV set in the lobby area of our dorm on Sundays and watch the Bills hooked me. I eventually lived in the Orchard Park in 1977 & walked to the 1st 2 games, but they were so bad & I wasn't making much, so I'd listen to all the games on my radio (blacked out on TV). I moved back to Buffalo in 1980 for 3 years & went to most home games, and in Dec 1982 I left permanently, 1st going back to LI, then Albany. Once I moved to Albany I started going to a lot of games & from 1991-2006 never missed a home game other than preseasons. I don't go to many games anymore because as you can tell from my story, I'm old. I still watch every game on TV & at places with Sunday Ticket.
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Caleb Williams is off to a rough rookie start
Albany,n.y. replied to 78thealltimegreat's topic in The Stadium Wall
JP had one of the best QB coaches in the league in Sam Wyche & still failed. Then he went to the UFL & was going to be "coached up" by offensive guru Jim Fassel and was still nothing upon his return to the NFL. JP was ruined by JP & nobody else. -
Caleb Williams is off to a rough rookie start
Albany,n.y. replied to 78thealltimegreat's topic in The Stadium Wall
If Williams doesn't work out, it's time for the Bears & Jets to be banned from drafting 1st round QBs. I'll repeat an unpopular belief of mine: Coaches don't ruin QBs, scouts & GMs ruin their teams with bad QB choices. It was never the Bills coaches who ruined EJ & JP, it was bad scouting. They would have been busts with any coach. -
I'm not talking for anyone else but myself. I thought Josh was good in 2018 playing with horrible teammates on offense. I thought Josh was the long-term answer in 2018 because he was elevating the team to victories that most other QBs, especially the QBs of the drought years, couldn't do. I'm never going to be a fan of QB stats. I believe I can evaluate a QB a lot better watching him play than looking at a bunch of stats. I'll repeat what I've said through the years: There's a reason the pros look at film every week. Play on the field tells the story, not the stat sheet. If stats were so great, players & coaches would never spend as much time as they do looking at film. Instead at team meetings the coaches would hand out stat sheets & say "Go get 'em, boys!"
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It's Mangini, he just can't quit the Jets even after all these years. So he goes on other AFC East teams message boards trying to relive the days they called him Mangenius in NY.
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This is your problem: you're buried in stats. Meanwhile, those of us who watched both of them play every week could see a huge difference between Josh & EJ ON THE FIELD. Rookie Josh played behind one of the worst O-lines in team history and maybe had the worst group of WRs too. Robert Foster was the team's best receiver and after 2018 disappeared. Of course ,statistically Josh looked bad, but in the real world, On the field, there was no comparison. EJ would have been lucky to win 2 games with that horrible offense. Josh won half the games he started and finished.
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I can't buy that. I never saw Marrone as jealous of his players. I saw him as a selfish guy who quickly realized EJ wasn't the answer & played Orton because he knew EJ was going to make him look bad & he wanted to look as good as possible, especially since he knew he could bail. As soon as Orton retired Marrone had no intention of sticking around & going down with EJ as his QB. If Marrone had Josh, he would have had a long career as Bills coach, and seeing him in practice every day would have never bailed.
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Josh was not awful in his 1st 6 games. I remember the Bills dominating Minnesota as double-digit underdogs in Josh's 2nd career start. I also saw a lot from his 1st season behind no O-line & making a guy like Robert Foster look like a real NFL WR. As a rookie, I saw glimpses of greatness in rookie Josh that EJ Manuel never showed. Also Josh started 11 games including one he got hurt that Peterman blew, and it was almost miraculous that he willed a bad team to 5 wins in the the 10 games he started & finished. Here's another thing. In 2019 I was so confident in Josh I bet Bills futures before the season and won all my futures bets including the Bills making the playoffs. (You can look it up in the archives). Meanwhile when EJ announced that he was setting up stock in himself, I said I wish I had the money to short his stock after seeing him play. Maybe EJ looked better on paper, but on the field as rookies, Josh towered over EJ.
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https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/atlanta-falcons/news/atlanta-falcons-assistant-gm-passing-father-chargers-aj-smith/0fc26bbc75c1d162265c3ec6 I met him once at the gate at St. Francis High when his son Kyle (now assistant GM in Atlanta) was playing HS football. He showed me his AFC Championship ring. The reason I was at the gate was I used to go to all the Bills home games and my friend whose house I'd stay at was a teacher at St. Francis and enlisted me to work the gate with him at some of the Red Raiders home games. After AJ left to be GM in San Diego my friend had a minor heart attack and AJ heard about it & sent him a get well card from SD. Classy guy.
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Now we know why Bill Belichick didn't get another coaching job.
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That's his real 1st name, but he hated losing so much he dropped the L.
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PFF Trade Grades - Round 1 - Bills B+ and A
Albany,n.y. replied to Slippery Rubber Mats's topic in The Stadium Wall
That's just a formality, they don't go into season 5 on their 5th year option. Only when they've missed significant time like Lamar Jackson is a QB left hanging by an organization that wants him. -
PFF Trade Grades - Round 1 - Bills B+ and A
Albany,n.y. replied to Slippery Rubber Mats's topic in The Stadium Wall
Where do you think the expression "Speed Kills" came from? 😎