DanInUticaTampa

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I don't. I don't know how making a thread about a player and posting stats implies he will be a "lock as starter." Edwards is clearly the favorite, but I don't see anyone declaring edwards the starter anymore than they are declaring brohm or fitz. I just don't see it. There might be like.... one person somewhere on this board that said it once. But It doesn't seem to be something that many people have seen here. I think you are just interpreting what people are saying wrong.

People have done the same with Brohm and Fitz, so what? All three QBs have stats, rules, and past situaion threads on all three QBs. They are not implying they are a "lock." They are creating conversation as to what would happen if this person is the QB, or arguing which QB would be better. Some of the people who created the edwards threads also created the brohm threads. Are they both "locks?" I mean, look at some of this stuff besides Edwards: Brohm: Brian Brohm believes he is ready to be the Bills starter http://forums.twobillsdrive.com/index.php?showtopic=115402 Brian Brohm Wll Never Have a Better Chance To Start http://forums.twobillsdrive.com/index.php?showtopic=115583 Good recent Brohm interview http://forums.twobillsdrive.com/index.php?showtopic=115377 Fitz Fitzpatrick starting QB!! http://forums.twobillsdrive.com/index.php?showtopic=115479 The 26-27-60 Rule, How to predict QB success http://forums.twobillsdrive.com/index.php?showtopic=115485 Couple thoughts on qb Fitz http://forums.twobillsdrive.com/index.php?showtopic=115490 Granted, a lot of this stuff some people are not declaring one of them is a lock for starter. But it is just about the same as posting Edwards stats and asking the Question: "edwards the next starter?" That is a question. Not declaring edwards to be a "lock."

I don't know of anyone saying he is a "lock" to start. But he is the obvious frontrunner because he has the most experience on the roster as far as starts go....... so it is just speclation out of all 3 guys, edwards has done the most. Granted it isn't much..... but it out of this crop, there isn't much competition. Unless Brohm shows some flash of genius (highly unlikely in the timeframe I think), Edwards is more than likely the starter.

That's what he gets for missing games and giving freddy a chance to claim the starting position/more carries.

I never knew health was a skill. And we have an amazing secondary, but they all tend to leave..... So I guess "staying" is a skill too.

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What about when Schobel was the sack leader of the nfl in 2006 and when the bills had the 2nd best ranked defense in 2003- 2004? Did offenses really go "2nd best defense in the league? PFFFFFt! let's take the week off boys!"

great, 2 basketball threads!

yay! we aint last!

We seem to have some decent depth at the interior line. It is LT I am worried about.

I never was one of those people who feared the bills moving to LA. Moving to toronto now.... there is reason to worry there. But to be honest, I think the channces of the bills staying in buffalo after Ralph passes are higher than their chance of moving. Moving to another city could give the owners "more money." But there is also a risk in losing money while getting a new stadium, building a fan base, etc. It seems like a safer bet to just keep the team where it is where it already makes money and you don't have all the expenses of moving them somewhere else.

I don't think people are saying he is the shooter. At least that isn't what was I was thinking. I was thinking Vick was with bad people he wasn't supposed to be talking to and he was around a shooting, which to me is pretty serious. They went after big ben for being around underage drinking. In the adult world, these things are not hard to avoid. Especially the shooting part.

The raiders oline was head and shoulders above the bills line last year? they had a good run game? Then why were people pissed when we got their starting RT, which is like the key part of the line for the run game? "our starting RT wasn't even good enough to be on the raiders. the raiders!" PS: I wrote that too fast without thinking. I didnt' mean to imply that you were one of the people pissed about Cornell green being the stop-gap starter for us. I don't think you were. I just find is dumb so many people dismiss Green when he is quite capable. The only knock on him for me is his age.

I dunno what you are talking about with the low/high picks. Wood was a 1st rounder and byrd was a second rounder (all higher than the spot Troup was taken) and levritre was a second round pick. Those ARE high picks. And I don't know any teams that almost always hit on their high picks (I am guessing you mean top 3 rounds?) And if high picks are so important, why is troup's success more important than Spillar, who is a first rounder?

So, spillar, Carrington, Easley can be just awesome this year and troup can suck it up and the front office would still suck? I just don't see how the front office can be judged by one pick. They should be judged by the draft class as a whole. Last years draft looks REALLY good right now, even though maybin had a terrible rookie season and is a huge question mark. But with wood, levitre, and byrd, that draft class is lookin mighty good so far. Judging by just one pick sounds kinda silly.

Well, these are the same people (Except Whaley) that picked Byrd in the 2nd round last year, so maybe that indicates somthin? And it wasn't a wierd pick. The main reason he wasn't rated high by the talking heads was because he came from a small school, and they get a lot less exposure. A lot of people thought terrance cody would be better, but in reality, troup was a safer pick because he was in better shape and didn't have the conditioning issues cody had. I think last year's draft was really where things changed and nix came aboard. I don't think their standing with the fans is going to depend on this one pick. Especially if a lot of those other picks workout really well. It depends on how the draft class does as a whole, not what one pick does. Last years draft class was pretty good, but maybin still sucked it up, which was kind of expected. But as a whole (byrd, wood, levitre) were great.

I'm lost. And it is not just because for some reason you decided big text would make it sound better . But I don't see why he has to play well for the whole team to be successful. He aint playing offense or special teams and he aint the only NT on the team. The NT postion is going to be rotational. The bills success doesn't lean all on troup. To be honest, for this whole team to be successful (make the playoffs) it would take a near miricle or some amazing coaching. But there is no way our success is going to be good or bad based on a 2nd rounder who hasn't even played a down yet. You have to actually be a franchise player to be THAT important.

If the chargers could somehow keep both of them happy, it would be quite a trick.

bumped this post to the next page, cause there are some people that just don't get this.

He predicts we improve! hurrah!

in that case, shoulda went after derrick anderson when we had the chance.

I'll be more amazed when the higher picks get signed. At least we are making progress though. As long as they are here for camp, then that will be great.

Yeah, they got Mathews and spoles. I don't think they need an RB anymore than we do.

I really wish the preseason games would be shown down here. Those games should be very telling about some players. Of course, we won't really know about these guys until a few games into the regular season. I would love hardy to have a breakout year, and I think he will improve. With the way things look right now, Nelson looks like he is going to have a breakout year and could even become our 2nd reciever. The guy is tearing up OTAs. Of course, that could all change when the pads are on. Easly would be a nice surprise if he becomes an early bloomer.