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Every person who views football for the business that it is, understands why Maybin is doing this. I'm in no way a proponent of the NFL and how overly commercial it is. But, this issue cannot be understood until you accept the fact that it is a business and this is how it goes.
It's just the way number 1s work in the NFL these days. You draft 'em high. They sit out. You hand them a big pile of cash after the guy ahead and behind him signs. Of course he's ahead of one guy who's waiting for him and behind another (Crabtree) he's waiting until signs. It is a really stupid system. Goodell is making a lot changes. Changing something here so these guys can get in and actually be productive and earn their money would be nice for us fans who are ultimately paying these huge salaries. That is unless of course you watch all the games on TV and buy your jerseys from China!
Of course it's also stupid that a guy that has never played a down in the NFL is able to command money way higher than a lot of guys who have been in the NFL for years producing.
But, that's just the way it is.
But, yeah, I wish he'd stop crying and get his you-know-what in camp.
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His teams never do well in the playoffs but his teams are always really good consitantly in the playoffs and winning division titles. Marty builds up teams really well but he for whatever reason he just can't win in the playoffs. But I think we need to just get to the dance first. Plus to Marty won't command too high a salary.
This is a little misleading. He had Cleveland in the AFC Championship 2 or 3 times. You gotta win playoff games to get that far. He also won a few in KC I believe. If Ernest Byner doesn't do "the Fumble" going in for the game tying score late, Marty could have a totally different reputation than he does now. I'm sure Marty didn't tell that guy to fumble on the 3.
If we don't have a winning season this year, hire MS fast before someone else does.
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[*]Roger Staubach (10th round)
If Roger Staubach had gone to a regular college instead of the Naval Academy and had the same college career he probably would have been a first round pick. No one picked him early because he was going to honor his commitment to 4 years in the Navy and no one thought he'd still be able to play after 4 years. Boy, were they wrong.
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The other thing that troubled me in the decison making last night was the 3rd down pass into the end zone by fitz. Maybe it could have been caught, not sure. But to send a guy into the end zone and then stop and hesitate and come back. Come on, the guy was and will always be covered like wet blanket. Can't we come up with something a little more clever to get in the ez than that? I know it was pre season and we don't want to tip out hand ...
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Take the best QB off of free agency. Don't mess with rookies. Take someone proven. Or work a trade for someone good. Then hire Marty Schottenheimer or Dan Reeves. Winning will soon follow, like in 2010 even though it IS hard to win in the NFL.
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So what if you put in your starters versus their 3rd stringers/camp fodder, should be great practise in getting in that quick and easy TD. In soccer the proteams often practise versus amateurs in order to achieve a maximum shootout, build team chemistry whilst having fun. The last drive in the 4th quarter caould have been used easily for that. Then go back into the lockerroom and build a positive vibe out of that.
Hell, just leave Hamdan in and see if he can bring us back. I think we'd had a decent chance. But to put Baker in. Give me freakin' break. He sucks and we all know it. I was ticked. JF took his rookie out after he threw a pick.
While I don't agree that pre season games mean anything and that you should go balls out to win, when your team is coming off back to back to back to back losing seasons, a win or two in pre season could build some confidence. Maybe.
Not sure what putting Baker in buys us.
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If we could customize... I'd buy a Steve johnson and have the back as "Fly Guy"
I'd buy a Lynch and have the back as "HE HATE ME" HE of course being Goodell.
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what is the purpose of playing Matt Baker, who is not making the team? Wouldn't it be better to give extra reps for Fitz or Hamdan in case they are needed in the regular season? I don't understand the purpose of giving reps to guys who are never making the team, while taking them away from backups who need them desperately...
matter2003, this also boggles my mind. Hamdan was doing pretty well there and we get the ball back with a chance to see if he (and the rest of the guys) can lead us in for a go ahead score. Instead we put in Baker, who totally sucks. He's not going to make the team. Let him do what he was hired to do, throw passes to WRs in practice and leave it at that.
Also looked like Fitz could have used some more reps.
I don't get it and I don't like it.
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I thought he was a dead ringer for DJ. Said that to the wife and she said, yeah a little. I thought it was a lot.
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I wish I could believe that, BF.
Offensive starters only in for one series is a horrible sigh, IMHO. Also, IMHO, the reason why they were only in for one series is because that one series they looked LOUSY!
The first team offense looked OK until Trent threw that pick. The throws to T. O. were awesome. The TV guys were saying it was the offensive lineman's fault for not holding them out and giving Trent enough time. But I think Trent had enough time to throw. He just made a bad pass. Hopefully that was an aberration. Like I say, except for the pick, the 1st team offense looked decent.
I would have like to see them in for another series or two though. Oh well, we still got 4 more of these. It'll get better.
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Eh, pre-season rarely psyches me up. The HOF weekend has excited me, I'll admit, but I can't trick my mind. It knows the reality: meaningful football for the bills doesn't start for 38 days.
This is the way the Type Aers out there think.
For me, pre season is cool. It's a slow build until reg season starts. Savor it. Watch the rookies and guys fighting for a spot on the team. Examine Fitz and Hamdan under a microscope when they play. Trent too. TO. ML. FJ. Omon? K. Mitchell. Stroud. The new OL. Everybody. It's gonna be GREAT. I'm ready.
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to this comparison of teams. I'd also rather be 7-9 for the 4th year running than to go 18-0 and then 18-1 I'd take 18-1 over 7-9 for the fourth straight year all day long. And all night too for that matter.
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That being said, when the real bullets start flying during the regular season at poor Vince Young (if he ever manages to start) he will fold like an umbrella.
I don't know. I'm not writing this kid off yet. I wish he was our second string. Hell, I wish he was our first string.
I still think he'll be a decent player in this league. He could even be the winning SB QB this year. Collins take 'em all the way to the AFC Championship and go out with some injury and he comes in and they win the SB. Could happen. Tennessee's gonna have a good team this year. If that RB hadn't gotten hurt against SD I think it was they would have clobbered 'em and maybe gone to the SB themselves.
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I do like that the Bills, after more than a decade of neglect, addressed the o-line in the early rounds. Gotta love that.
Bills drafted Mike Williams with their #1 pick in 2002. 7 years is less than a decade. Maybe 7 years of neglect?
But you're right, we could definitely use some OL help.
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Jeff George anyone? He's 41, but he's still in good shape and still has an awesome arm. Definitely not a leader, but can he be any worse than Fitz? I doubt it. Comments?
Screw Jeff George.
Hamdan should be number 2 if Fitz really sucks. I reserve judgement until I see him pre season. No doubt he will play a lot. But Hamdan can play. He was MVP of NFL Europa in like 2005 I think it was.
Kurt Warner and Brad Johnson also both were NFL Eruropa MVP and both went on to win Super Bowls. Not saying that Hamdan would too, but just saying that's not something that should be discounted too much.
I'm hoping he gets some real playing time in pre season too when he can pass and not just hand off all the time.
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ORDER A PIZZA DUDE.
In Jim Kelly's last season we went to training camp in Fredonia. After wards we went to the KFC down the street to get lunch. One of the players came in in his practice jersey and orderd up some chow. I thought, don't they serve food over there? Guess the Bills' food sucked too.
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Cool. Got my TIVO set up. I'm a big time Hamdan fan. If he ever gets on the field, Trent and Fitz' days in Buffalo are numbered.
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Thanks. Good interview. Said some very nice things about Bruce and Ralph and not so nice thing about TO. I hope he's dead wrong on this one and I think he will be. But time will tell.
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I think Twitter is silly. Who cares what these guys think about the food. I don't feel sorry for them, so just shut up and do what you're paid to do. Play football.
I see no way of stopping this locomotive though. Goodell would be wise to just get the F out of the way or he'll come out looking like a fool.
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Championship
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Dang I missed this. I was using Mozilla and the player wouldn't come up. I tried IE later and it worked because it was too late, the show was over. Is "the Coach" on a regular show? I know he was a few years ago. I talked to him once after game to say that I thought Alex Van Pelt may be a better choice at QB than Clod Tollins.
Please let us know if he's going to be on again and I'll try to listen to it. I don't always agree with him, but he is funny.
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Jackson
Especially if we're 2-1 or 3-0. Don't rock the boat.
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An Asian elephant. How that fits into Florida is beyond me.
Yeah and everyone knows there's a lot of bears in Illinois and lions in Michigan, right? And, Buffalo Bill lived in Colorado, so who are we to talk?
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IMO we should go back to the 90's superbowl era royal blue... Those were the best ever!
FUGGIN' A
The Jim Kelley/Doug /Flutie era suits were the best. Not really sure why they changed away from that.
That said, the current blue and now white throwbacks are better than the new suits ushered in with Blue Dreadslow.
Play-by-play analysis of the first drive
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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It's Dead Eye Dick's philosophy and thus Perry's too. Don't give up the big play. Bend but don't break. Keep everything in front of you. It's hard to win in the NFL. You like to win (new one I picked up from post game interview).