Albany,n.y.
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TNF: Jets @ Browns (TT vs Darnold)
Albany,n.y. replied to EmotionallyUnstable's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
The Jets played the Bills 2x each year, if anyone knows how to defend him it's an AFC East team. -
Report: Bills Will Work Out OT Matt Tobin
Albany,n.y. replied to 26CornerBlitz's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Buddy is the one who said don't draft a QB until you're ready to retire so they can't fire you if you draft a bust. Then he drafted EJ Manuel and skipped town. -
Football for a Buck: The Story of the USFL
Albany,n.y. replied to 26CornerBlitz's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
I bought the book but I don't plan on reading it until I fly to California in November. -
The Bills Worked Out Eight Players Yesterday
Albany,n.y. replied to 26CornerBlitz's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
This is top secret so don't tell anyone: Petrino & I came in late yesterday evening and worked out for the Bills: Petrino for coach & me for GM. We told them we come as a team like Polian/Levy or it's no deal. -
It's not a mystery at all. The Bills, after getting to know Allen, think he can handle & benefit from learning on the field instead of sitting on the bench watching. I've been watching the NFL for over 50 years and watching the game didn't improve my meager football skills one iota. Allen's best leaning opportunity isn't by sitting & watching, it's by playing. Once they reached that conclusion, McCarron was traded with their full knowledge that the sooner Peterman proved inadequate, Allen would go in there. Now the sit & watch crowd, of which you are a member, can't go on WGR or message boards demanding McCarron starts.
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McDermott- Highest odds to be fired..
Albany,n.y. replied to McBean's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
I'm calling Patricia one & done. He'll last the season, so in order to win, you're going to have to hope there are no in-season firings. Odds are still on Hue when he's told to put in Mayfield & wants to stay with Tyrod. -
McDermott- Highest odds to be fired..
Albany,n.y. replied to McBean's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Is there a way to bet he won't be fired & will be coaching on opening day 2019? -
What if your basic assumption is wrong, and they had no intention of bringing Allen along slowly because after getting to know him they realized he could learn faster by playing, making mistakes, and correcting the mistakes? That's what I believe and if that's the case, there was no mistake trading McCarron. Would they have liked to have sat Allen for the 1st 4 games, probably, but he was going to start by game 5 and beyond. All Peterman's disaster did was move it up a little, definitely not a lot. I thought their intentions were pretty obvious the day they put McCarron in for the final exhibition game with what was basically a For Sale sign on his back. After a lackluster mini-camp & preseason, they didn't have a very high opinion of McCarron and didn't see any value in him playing ahead of Allen-ever. They also were never convinced in Peterman's progress nor did they ever consider Allen a "back-up".
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Did Vontae Davis retire at halftime? Yes, yes he did!
Albany,n.y. replied to YoloinOhio's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Years ago there was the WGR song parody "When will Jauron get fired?" A couple of lines were about a Dolphin pick 6 "Vonte Davis for the score, I can't take it anymore" The 2018 version can say "Vonte Davis out the door, he can't take it anymore" -
[Edited Title] Patrick Mahomes Looks Great
Albany,n.y. replied to Wizard's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
GOAT-Greatest of all Two (games). -
How Safe Are Coach McDermott and GM Beane?
Albany,n.y. replied to BuffaloRush's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
If Allen is a hit, they're here as long as Belichick has been in NE. -
Reasons to sign Tebow
Albany,n.y. replied to The Real Buffalo Joe's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
More suitable for 2 Bison Drive. -
BUZZZZ WRONG. Without the QB, there is no such thing as a rebuild, it's just spinning your wheels. They used 3 picks, only 1 1st rounder to draft the QB, which means they only traded 1 other pick (the 3rd they got for Taylor) to move up to get Edmunds. As I've stated elsewhere, of the last 14 QBs drafted in the 1st round, 10 were acquired by trading up, so what the Bills did is typical for an NFL team in the 21st century. The only QBs not traded up for were by QB in need teams that picked 1,1, 2 & 3 by teams that were not trading down to let another team get a QB they wanted & needed. Even better, over the last 3 years, 10 out of the last 11 1st round QBs were traded up for. Cleveland is the only team that drafted a 1st round QB & didn't trade up, holding onto the #1 pick & drafting Mayfield this year. So 10 GMs are stupid and you're the smart one, right.
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He was a 2nd year player who was injury prone in college and when you get a player who was injured before and then gets injured again, his confidence in his ability to stay healthy can deteriorate quickly.
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I'm keeping my reply to QBs drafted in the 1st three rounds. One could argue that these guys rotted on the bench & were ruined by not playing them & it would be just as ridiculous as saying that playing a rookie QB can ruin him. All these players were dropped by the team that drafted them after they sat as rookies & beyond. Obviously, I don't believe you can ruin a QB by playing him, it's just an excuse used by fans & others when their team's QB busts because he should never have been drafted in the 1st place. If there was a vote who the worst coach in the NFL is, I think the record speaks for itself & Hue Jackson would win in a landslide. So what did the NFL's worst coach do? He went out and traded for a veteran QB before the draft and named the guy the starter no matter what his rookie looked like upon arrival in Cleveland. If Hue Jackson is an advocate of sitting a rookie QB, how good an idea can it possibly be. Guys who rotted on the vine Davis Webb-just last year the Giants drafted him in the 3rd round. When Eli got benched they went to Geno Smith instead of him. That zapped his confidence beyond repair & the Giants cut him before he could ever play a game because staying on the bench ruined him. Christian Hackenberg-The Jets mothballed him for 2 seasons. By the end of 2 seasons, all that time on the bench had scarred him beyond repair. Not even the mighty Jon Gruden could fix the guy. Brock Osweiler-Imagine how many Pro Bowls this guy would have been in if he hadn't been ruined by sitting behind Peyton Manning as a youngster? He withered and lost all confidence comparing himself to a future Hall of Famer. Every time Peyton threw a TD pass, Osweiler's doubts about his own abilities multiplied. Sitting behind a star like Manning ruined his confidence in himself. Ryan Mallett-Here's another player ruined by sitting behind a future HOFer. Every game Brady won, almost singlehandedly, destroyed Ryan Mallett's confidence. Brian Brohm-Sitting behind future HOFer Aaron Rodgers zapped his confidence so badly that he was cut & put on the practice squad in his sophomore year. Thinking he could resurrect this broken man, the Bills "stole" him off GB's practice squad, but just one year of watching Rodgers play had ruined him beyond repair. Kevin O'Comnell-Another one of Tom Brady's victims. Finally-Just think of the career JP Losman would have had if he hadn't broken his leg or had Drew Bledsoe to sit behind as a rookie. That year behind Bledsoe destroyed the can't miss Losman. I could go on & on with this ridiculous list, just as advocates that you can ruin a QB can make their own lists. Playing QB in the NFL is tough. A guy either has it or he doesn't, no matter when he 1st goes into the action as a starting QB.
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I would bring in a veteran, cut Peterman & re-sign him to the practice squad.
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Who Is the Worst Starting QB in Bills History (NFL)?
Albany,n.y. replied to Gugny's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Gary Marangi, set futility records that still stand today. It doesn't matter that he came in because of an injury, he was #2 for multiple seasons and was proven to never have deserved to be #2. Never played another NFL down after starting. -
Judging Beane’s decisions so far
Albany,n.y. replied to simpleman's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
No, it's you who doesn't understand the modern NFL. In today's game a GM trades UP for his QB, just look at the actions of multiple GMs, who know a lot more than you do. Here's the reality of how teams acquire their QBs these days: In the past 5 years there have been 14 QBs drafted in the 1st round. Of those 14 QBs only 4 were drafted by a team that didn't move up in the draft to take them. Those 4 were 2 #1 overall & a #2 & #3 where the teams had no intention of trading the pick. The other 10 were all acquired via a trade up. 6 years ago the Bills did the opposite & traded down to get their QB, we all know how that went. So when the Bills traded up for Allen, they were finally joining the modern NFL where you do whatever is necessary to get the QB you want. We won't know for sure if this worked out, but I trust Beane a lot more to be a current GM than the antiquated ideas of Buddy Nix & his protégé, Doug Whaley. As a result of teams no longer waiting for a QB to fall to their spot in the draft, of the 32 teams, 24 have either a starter or soon to be starter who was a 1st rounder. To see how difficult it is to find your man in the later rounds of the draft, here's a look at the projected starters (this includes all teams that drafted a 1st round QB this year who they expect to be starting no later than next season).Starters or soon to be starter. I count Allen as a soon to be a starter. 1st round :232nd round: 43rd round: 14th round: 26th round: 1 Undrafted 1
