BackInDaDay

i think Maybin is a better poser, then painter.

maybe they'll play 'goodbye horses' when Jenner comes out..

so many years.. so many beat downs.. i guess i have 31 teams i'm not fond of.

Marrone and Hackett installed a mechanical passing game that required disciplined route running and the timely delivery of the football. they ran to bring men forward, and open up space for mid-range passes. but the running game was too easily defended by the defensive front 7, and the windows tightened too much for EJ. hell, they eventually became too tight for the veteran Orton to achieve success. Marrone and Hackett's failure wasn't their offensive system, it was their preparation. they obviously did their homework on how the opponent would initially defend them, because more often than not, the offense could move the ball early on in a game. what they lacked was a 60 minute gameplan of how they would force the D to react in ways that they had prepared counter-measures for. with oversized linemen that weren't capable of pulling or getting to second level defenders, and without the creativity of motion or formation to get more men to the poa - the run game was easily adjusted to. add to this the schematically challenged receivers, who often drew defenders into each others' routes, and it would have taken a very good QB to compensate. We still don't have a very good QB, but what we do have is a coordinator that will actually coordinate the offense. Roman brings numbers at you. if you do the expected, and defend a gap with a tackle and a lb, he's going to double team the tackle and kick out your lb with a pulling lineman, te, fb, or h-back. when you adjust by bringing help from the secondary, he'll show you the same formation and throw at the space the safety abandoned.. cat and mouse.. all day.. being prepared for how he'll be defended with multiple options to counter with. his passing game won't be the timed game Marrone and Hackett thought would a rookie could best succeed in.. it will be an option game, where the QB has one or two reads on specific defenders who will either move to where they've been baited to move, or stay where they're expected to stay if they don't take the bait. cat and mouse.. all day. Roman doesn't need a mechanical man to run his O, but he needs a QB who can trust his reads to the point where he develops a feel - or anticipation - of what the read will do. that's when the gameplan comes together, and i think any of the four guys we have are capable of getting comfortable in that offense.

like most here, i'll wait for those investigating the case to make - what they believe - the facts known... but.. first we hear of him, as the OC who's throwing his QB under the bus in Chicago then as the tearful OC who admits his actions now, as the grown man who can't avoid a physical altercation with minors not for nothin, but the guy's got a pretty thin skin - and that doesn't work at any level of the game you guys - who want to buy into the 'building a team of bullies' crap -. that's your thing personally, i'd prefer a team of genuinely tough hombres - not insecure wieners

http://forums.twobillsdrive.com/topic/177473-roman-can-build-an-offense-that-any-of-our-qbs-can-execute/

every D benefits when playing in the other team's end.. so if our O moves the ball, and our STs are sound - Ryan will be as aggressive as he wants to be. with our talent, this may be quite a sight to see.

it's a perfomanced based job.. he's an adult.. what concerns me is that he thinks he's got this team made without the pre-lims.

i think Cassel can succeed in it.. i'm hoping Manuel can star in it

worse thing the league could do to Brady is to keep him on the field against our D. i want him to take his beat down twice this year from us, and maybe two more from the Jets.. and if that dirty bastard Suh wants to stomp him.. have at it. 😀

way to level-set, Dog.. i'm not impressed with the idea of O'Leary as an H-back in the NFL - seems a step slow, and not very athletic - but welcome aboard

power, balance, good speed, plays big downfield.. he's not as tall, but his style reminds me of Dickerson at SMU the geeks in the metrics and analytics department have alredy pushed their desks against their door..

ask the D coordinators in our division - who haven't slept since we signed Harvin - how valuable Watkins is. you can find them in Chicago, lobbying the commish for a rule change that allows 12 defenders.

look, Rex is a great D coordinator, who's put together a professional staff. i think the staff alone is worth two more Ws this season, before you factor in the personnel changes. that said.. he's a self-inflated braggart who has yet to backup his predictions.. unlike Broadway Joe. i like Ryan, but Namath's a legend! and like another legend -Mantle, you gotta wonder what they could have done with healthy knees. i like Rex. i like that he'll never shut up... but i'd love to see him put up.

doomed

make the los the 23 yd line for extra points scored from the opponent's 23 or beyond. otherwise, mark it at the los inside the 23 where the offense scored from. this wouldn't make much impact on picking up the single point, but it would impact how close a team needed to get to score a two point conversion. on defensive PI calls, mark the ball at the lesser of - a) the spot of the infraction, or b) half the distance to the goal. this lessens the consequence for getting a flag deep in your own end.. examples a) - a PI called at the D's 40 yd line on a pass play from the O's 40 would result in a 1st down at the D's 40. example b) a PI called at the D's 5 yd line on a pass play from the D's 40 would result in a 1st down at the D's 20. run a few examples in these in your head.. it works.

yada yada yada... 3 losses in a row.. yada yada yada can old Bills fans get handicapped stickers for our cars?

need? Billy Shaw bpa? OJ Simpson

.. ditto

NFL QB coaches are as useful as MLB batting instructors, and both are less useful than breasts on a bull. you want to help an inexperienced NFL QB? then concentrate on the environment he has to execute in. give him a good O-line, a strong running game, a creative passing game, and decent field position. the closer you get to giving him those - the better he'll play.

reminds me of Tiki Barber's disingenuous 'look at me' crap..

add. a notch for me too! 😀

this.. the kid may see the field as a guard, but he could have a career as a north/south RT who gets occasional help setting the edge until he can fly solo