Wagon Circler
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Gotta love how great teams look in the off-season.
Best time of year. No injuries and no losses. Optimism rules.
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What specifically did Mitchell do last year VOR?
I see that he sacked Edwards twice and Cleo Lemon once. Yes, very impressive. LOL Oh yeah, forgot one INT against the Bills (Edwards) which was thrown right to him. Great job. We should all applaud him.
So basically he had a heyday v. the Bills and has no verfiable stats other than tackles in any other game. And you think that's "playing exceptionally well?"
I'm sure you'll go off about his intangibles now and how the Giant D unit wouldn't have come together without him or something like that. Or that he ranked 4th on the team in tackles when at WLB he should have ranked 2nd behind Peirce, 3rd at worst given his position, yet he only managed to rank 4th. There were few if any games that he was the primary factor on D in as well. You overrate Mitchell.
As to Jake Long, again, you missed the point entirely. You challenged me as to the notion that the Fins had not improved. I gave you the list. You then proceed to make my point and try to show how Miami hasn't improved although they've done more than we have. So my case has merely been reinforced.
As to Johnson, he was more impressive last year in college than Hardy was and that's all but fact. The only reason why he wasn't ranked much higher in the draft is because he posted only one solid season rather than the two good ones and one outstanding one numbers wise for Hardy. Could he be a flash in the pan? Absolutely. But the fact remains, he beat better DBs and Ds far more frequently as a Sr. in school than Hardy did. What that ends up being worth remains to be seen.
AS someone who lives in Joisy and saw a lot of Giant games last year, I can tell you that Mitchell had an outstanding season, making plays and stopping the run. I was thrilled with his signing. He adds size and savvy.
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And note that last season, due to the lack of push from Triplett and Williams up the middle, Schobel got a LOT of double teams and still managed to get 6.5 sacks. Not a lot, but with the number of double teams he was facing, that's not absolutely terrible. Also, teams typically moved their TE over to help when he face a team's LT. Whoever suggests that Schobel is not double-teamed on every play has no idea how blocking schemes are executed and how you deal with a player who is the only legitimate pass rusher from the outside.
Who are you kidding? Schobel was invisible last season as a rusher. Kelsey is invisible every season. The return of Denney and the kid from VT give me hope though.
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I think opening day will tell us a lot about what kind of team we have, just as it did last year. Seattle is the kind of team... if we are a good team we will beat them. If we're not we won't.
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Jauron is a defensive coach (defensive backs) as well. They spent most of the draft picks and big ticket free agent moves this off-season to re-build the defense.
To summarize the 07 defense, I'd agree that Fewell did a good job with the bad hand he was dealt. The defense came into the season with plenty of inexperience and talent holes and immediate went into the ditch with injuries. I'm hopeful that with a full compliment of players that stay healthy, he'll be able to turn a unit that couldn't stop anybody into a capable defense. Just stepping the D up to "average" would be a huge turnaround.
I've seen others post on this as well, but Turk is a question mark. Jauron has had a dismal record in hiring offensive coordinators, to be honest. Schonert was a jounreyman QB and has been a journeyman QB coach who has skipped like a stone across the pond of the NFL; but, who knows? Hopefully, this time it's charmed. Schonert hasn't been given an major influx of talent as help either. There is Hardy and ...? (Are people serious that Barnes and/or Viti are difference makers?) And now the Lynch legal trouble.
I wonder about all the blame being laid at the feet of Fairchild. I believe a lot of that is deserved, btw. On the other hand, trying to look at it from his perspective: he was given a new offensive line with players that had never played a meaningful down together before, the veteran QB regressed, he had to break in a rookie backfield with both Lynch and Edwards, and the system he wanted to run was a pass-first system that required perfect timing and big-time speed on the outside -- again with a rookie QB and some small, average WRs. A-Train was no Marshall Faulk. I wonder how much Losman's failure, Peerless's injury, and the lack of experience at RB influenced Fairchild.
Fairchild sucked. His playcalling cost us games last year;Denver and Dallas to name 2
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I will hold off until we see how things go in a game situation, but so far he appears to be doing and saying the right things to not be like Fairchild
Yeah that's the point I was making
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The early returns on this guy seem to be favorable. He has taken charge of the offense. He threatened to pull them off the field after a bad practice.
The receivers are saying there a lot of new patterns to learn which is good because the old ones didn't work.
He's going to allow Trent to audible which should take advantage of his high football I.Q.
Supposedly there is a Sam Wyche influence to his offense. Wyche had a cool O with the Bengals.
There is hope for our offense.
He is the TURK.Your thoughts?
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Steve Fairchild and Dick Jauron. I'll accept cash or check.
Jauron sounds ready to open it up this season.
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If Lynch
1) Cops a deal
2) Settles with the girl
3) Makes some sort of public apology
All will be forgiven
Throw in a couple of 100 yard games.
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Marshawn made his own bed here. He's antagonized the victim (and the police for that matter) by handling this in an adversary fashion. Had he treated this as an accident (even a day or two after the incident) it might be resolved sooner and simpler. There is insurance on the vehicle which covers liability for property damage and personal injury. If he and his agent were smart, he would likely carry an umbrella policy for additional liability above and beyond the vehicle insurance (as does the dealership that owns the car I am sure). He could have filled out reports, apologized privately and publically, dealt with the misdemeanor charge for leaving the scene and let the process take care of itself. The injuries to the victim don't add up to a huge settlement, not one that would reach 7 figures, so the insurance would likely resolve this. He'd pay a fine for the misdemeanor and the harshest penalty would probably come from the league, likely a short suspension. If He had done this, then he's not the villian he is now becoming. If someone else was driving, then he and that person should have come forward in the same fashion.
Instead, he's turning this into a very expensive circus. He's motivated the victim to "take him to the cleaners" along with the DA and the commissioner, and his public perception once very good, will take a severe blow here. His lawyer, knowing that the police knew who's vehicle was involved, should have looked at this whole thing and advised his client to let the insurance companies resolve the accident. The path he is now on was easily predicted and the cost IMO will be higher doing it "his way".
Sure, handling this openly and honestly may not have kept the victim from suing - but every other party that will judge him and punish him (and/or the driver of the car) for this incident (the public, the NFL, the Bills and the courts) would be doing so under much better circumstances.
You forget one thing . He was probably drunk at thetime. He risked trying to get away with it versus the damage to his rep. from a drunk driving charge.
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I think Christian Gaddis was driving. Lynch is showing Bills loyalty.
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It makes sense that the hit and run has to be more severe or every drunk (M. Lynch) would just flee the scene.
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OK, so Peters is the best, Dockery's great, Walker's excellent, and Fowler and Butler are decent.
Trent exhibited tremendous poise last season.
Lynch was a beast!
So then why couldn't we move the ball better than 30 or so other teams last year?
Anyone
FAIRCHILD
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RIP to a great Bills Fan.
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It's the power of the chroise!
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They were starting because we had no other options. I loved the way Greer and McGee played but they are not exactly elite. Overall, our secondary wasn't very good and didn't have a lot of size. McKelvin is a little bigger than those too and has shut down some real good receiver prospects in college (Calvin Johnson for instance). The best thing about the move is that we took what was once a weakness and made it into a strength. This is a passing league now.
Somebody should have told Fairchild!
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We have two of the best return men in the league. Can't see him being more than the primary back-up to them, in addition to his starting corner duties.
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Trust the Mayock. He said he didn't have a first round grade on any receiver in the draft. Everyone said he was crazt and look what happened!
I do agree we've had almost as hard a time replacing Hull as we have Kelly.
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If this kid had gone to Georgia, he would have been a second rounder. I expect him to get carries by mid-season.
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As a resident of N.J., I watched a lot of Giant games last year. Mitchell was very solid all season and showed big play ability. I was thrilled when the Bills got him. I also do not believe they overpaid. You never know how these things will work out but I believe this signing really upgraded our defense. We went from a very mediocre linebacker core to Poz, Kawika and Crowell. I'm EXCITED!
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Latest word out of One Bills Drive is that the Bills will be unveiling the Double Nickel package this year- Ten cornerbacks (and Dante Whitner).
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Viti may turn out to be great. But is starting camp hoping an UDFA is the man really the way to go?
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Why Not Hamdan?
You are a nut case dude.
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What the f#$k is OBD dong with the fullback position? No name free agent, no name draft pick. Do they really think the soldier fullback is the answer? I don't think the answer is currently on the roster.
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The only time what the experts have to say counts is in July. We just have to get it done on the field. I expect our D to be much improved. Basically five new starters. Poz could have 150 tackles this year. I like what Fewell did last year. Some innovative things.
As to the offense, who knows? New co-ordinator and we honestly don't know if the QB can get us in the end zone consistently.But it almost has to be better than last year, doesn't it?
One thing I have to say is that I am NOT ready to call Lynch a star. He so far is in the Henry- McGahee mold: a nice runner but not what I thought we were getting when we drafted him. There were times when I thought Jackson was better. Lynch must have more long runs for the Bills to take the next step Schonert MUST open up the offense, maybe even a little no-huddle to keep us awake when the bills have the ball.