OCinBuffalo Posted March 5, 2015 Posted March 5, 2015 (edited) Same Old Bills is dead. Like it or not. Ever since I've been here, and before, we've always heard about the Bills not being aggressive enough in the off-season, draft, trades, etc., and it has aggregated over time into the "Same Old Bills" trope(sorry, yes, trope is over used by pseudo-intellectuals, but it's the right word here). Well, from signing Mario Williams, to trading for Matt Cassle, the one thing you can't say is: this FO lacks aggression. Same Old Bills is now ludicrous. How? Because even if every single move fails, we made huge moves...which, by definition is the polar opposite of "Same Old Bills". The trope has been obliterated. You can't do the opposite of what you had been doing for a decade prior to the last 3 off-seasons in a row now, and call it: "the same". As of this minute, exactly NOBODY is "right" about anything regarding this team. Not fans, not the media. That is, if we are all being honest with ourselves/each other. It falls on every fan to do the right thing: re-evaluate every single opinion we have/have ever had about this team, because this is obviously not the team we've known. Not by a long shot. We've got a lot of work and thinking to do then, don't we? I'm looking forward to it. Everything we have ever said/thought has to change, at least a little now, and that's interesting. We are a long ways from making definitive statements about any aspect of this team(exception: Jason La Canfora is a shameless click whore, especially when it comes to the Bills). I am as excited as I am terrified, and I have no idea how this is going to work yet. Which means: there's me being honest with myself and the rest of you. Example: I have developed serious doubts about whether "ground and pound" offense...is, in fact, what we are going to be running. But, again, I have no idea if I'm on the right track with this. All I have is pieces...and when I look at them, they don't automagically mean "ground and pound". Edited March 5, 2015 by OCinBuffalo
maddenboy Posted March 5, 2015 Posted March 5, 2015 I think "ground and pound" is, in someways, code for "mask the QB's deficiencies." And I dont want to turn this thread into yet, yet, yet, yet another EJ post. (for the love of god). To me, it just means "we'd like to be able to run the ball well, and do it in situations when they know we're going to run." Which is what all 32 teams want. ------- And I agree. This is NOT the same old Bills. When I look at the Jaguars or Raiders or Browns, I see the old Bills. When I look at Whaley, I see the new Bills. And I like it a lot.
GunnerBill Posted March 5, 2015 Posted March 5, 2015 Example: I have developed serious doubts about whether "ground and pound" offense...is, in fact, what we are going to be running. But, again, I have no idea if I'm on the right track with this. All I have is pieces...and when I look at them, they don't automagically mean "ground and pound". Agreed. I tried to make the point in the McCoy trade thread. He is not a ground and pound back. He likes to get outside the tackles and is deadly catching the ball out of the backfield. When you look at the Greg Roman version of "ground and pound" in San Fran it involved almost no designed passes to the running back and the vast majroity of the running was up the middle power running behind the interior o-line and often a full back.
KRT88 Posted March 5, 2015 Posted March 5, 2015 what is truly funny is that people will complain no matter what we did. Personally, not sure I understand the salary cap part of what they did, plus not sure Shaddy fits into the "ground and pound" idea that has been promoted. However the Bills just flipped a LB who was out injured all year last season for one of the most dynamic players in the league. Then they followed it up by getting a QB who has proven he has move a team, not turn the ball over and hopefully help us win. Is Cassels the next Tom Brady? Nope but exactly how do we find that guy? The team hasn't figured that out for 15 years.
maddenboy Posted March 5, 2015 Posted March 5, 2015 its a pretty exciting time to be a Bills fan, that's for sure. And you dont get the feeling that the front-office meddlers, the paperwork guys, have any influence anymore.
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