T master Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 OK lets just continue on the path we have been going down this year , lets just get rid of all or most of the old guys & let the youth movement be complete top to bottom !! After what we saw yesterday & what we know of Kolbs past CUT HIM , Brad Smith has been a whipping boy on here for a long time because of his contract & lack of proper use CUT HIM , right there we are saving money & that is what a winning team such as the Pats would do.. This one won't get any raved revues but if Fred J doesn't show much & these other young RB's that have been brought in show like the one kid (can't remember his name) did last week then save some more cash & cut or better yet trade Fred again something a proven winner like the Pats have done in the past & will do in the future to have a team that has had 10 + years with 10 wins seasons . Sometimes change sucks & can even hurt a bit like it would to see our beloved RB Freddy J go to another team but if thats what it takes to be a winner then so be it !! I am tired of losing & being the butt end of all conversation that is NFL so LETS GO BILLS take this youth thing & run with it till we can't run no more !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dayman Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 No real reason to cut Kolb imo. No reason to start him, no reason to cut him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybee Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 (edited) Love how these guys say..."hey lets cut everybody" and expect to have a better team. LOL !! Edited August 17, 2013 by jaybee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEra Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Cut Fred or trade Fred? And have who as our #2? Choice? Brown? Gaskins? These guys may be playing ok in TC, but they pale in comparison to Fred's ability. He does it all. Maybe not as well as he did 2 years ago, bit he's still extremely valuable. Cutting/trading the vocal team leader on our offense is a bad move IMO. I'd be sick if it happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronin Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Love how these guys say..."hey lets cut everybody" and expect to have a better team. LOL !! LOL Even funnier is that the cut targets change from w2w. Everyone's talking up Easley, but I wouldn't be suprised if he gets cut, at all. There's also a massive overreaction to the preseason, as is often the case league wide. Different teams approach preseason differently. Starting players are on record saying that they don't give 100% and merely try to get off the field without getting injured. But naturally when we play them they're all trying to do their best. This team has had something to prove for over a decade now. One of the problems with our team is that they tend to pour all their emotions into early success. Each year in recent history they come out of the gates swinging at the home opener. We're 4-1 in home openers the last five years, hardly representative of our overall performance. It's one thing to get all jacked up for six weeks, it's quite another, as some fans are brutally reminded come October every season, to get all jacked up for 17 weeks during the regular season. As to preseason, different teams approach it differently since they're in different spots. Denver and Baltimore are going to approach it differently than Buffalo and Jax will. Some coaches simply want to see how their guys to be evaluated play in mano-a-mano situations and prefer the more "vanilla" stuff as people call it, that's often why they do it in preseason, or at least part of the reason. Beating the hell outta some team's second teams with your first teams is meaningless as is beating a team that isn't trying, for any reason. Everyone's getting excited about the preseason success, but what does it say when Choice outplays Spiller, clearly the preseason doesn't mean as much as some would like it to. Having said that there have been a few positives this preseason, like Manuel's play over Kolb's. Barring catastophy in some way Manuel will get the start now, which may make season palatable and is good for the future. We're obviously not seeing this speed/deep-ball game that the staff has been raving about though, which raises questions there. This team's going to have to play 17 weeks of regular season ball, let's hope they don't lose all the wind out of their sails in Sept.., ... again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybee Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Very true TaskerGhost. Bryan Scott said something that was interesting though and I'm paraphrasing but it was something to the effect of by playing well now it is laying a foundation of confidence in the team, even though its just pre-season. The strong performance, albeit against 2nd /3rd stringers in many cases still builds confidence and helps the team believe in itself. Who knows? But this is as interesting of a season, win or lose...that we will experience in quite some time. Really looking forward to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronin Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 (edited) Very true TaskerGhost. Bryan Scott said something that was interesting though and I'm paraphrasing but it was something to the effect of by playing well now it is laying a foundation of confidence in the team, even though its just pre-season. The strong performance, albeit against 2nd /3rd stringers in many cases still builds confidence and helps the team believe in itself. Who knows? But this is as interesting of a season, win or lose...that we will experience in quite some time. Really looking forward to it. We've had that "confidence" for five seasons now. Remember how everyone was putting them in the playoffs just two seasons ago in 2011 under Gailey and how everyone was raving that Gailey finally had it all together when they started 3-0, 4-1, and 5-2? Bill Cowher boldly proclaimed after week 3 that the Bills were going to the Super Bowl. It doesn't get anymore "confident" than that, beating NE as one of their first three victories, etc. Emotion is something that must be paced, that's why teams overlook weaker teams when they have a biggie on their schedules the following week. That's why teams come out gangbusters one week and play the complete opposite the following. At the end of the day it all comes down to how well a team's players play against their counterparts whether they all whooped up or not. Confidence is one thing, having the emotional juice as the primary ingredient to fuel that confidence from August through December is quite another. No team has those kind of emotional resources, it's just human. Edited August 17, 2013 by TaskersGhost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BuffaloBill Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Knowing that injuries are a part of the game depth matters a lot. By the end of the season nearly every starter will miss some game time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozymandius Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 I would cut Kolb if it saves money. If EJ gets injured, wouldn't you rather have Tuel play anyway? If answer is yes, cut Kolb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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