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we should talk this out. why not? why not let the young ones take their lumps?

I think honestly they should start EJ bring in TT on packages that are not necessarily packages. Let TT sit in the pocket and let EJ break out with Read Options.

If Cassseelll starts we have no True hope. just waiting to fight another day.

Lets get crazy Bills. lets get weird. lets do the unexpected.

Lets freak the other teams out because of " who saw that coming " plays

I think you need to talk yourself down from the ledge a little bit on this. Cassel starting does not, ipso facto, spell doom. Nor does it mean the next in line on the depth chart is washed up.

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After practice, Cassel also noted that he feels much better coming off that foot injury than he did in the spring. The spring was Cassel's first chance to run on grass since breaking his foot. Now he's starting to trust it again, and it's showing on his deeper passes.


"It was a long recovery," Cassel said. "Of course it's going to take some time to get yourself into football shape and get your legs moving and trusting your foot, but I think at this point I'm completely healed and I feel great."




This is good news

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I think you need to talk yourself down from the ledge a little bit on this. Cassel starting does not, ipso facto, spell doom. Nor does it mean the next in line on the depth chart is washed up.

Thanks. I get a little overwound.

 

Interesting advice considering your screen name :thumbsup:

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I agree that this is a final audition for Cassel. If it's a dead heat, Roman would rather have a mobile Tyrod or EJ. If Cassel can't take the job in the next two weeks, I think he's cut and they want to do their due diligence.

when I first read this post, I said, knee jerk reaction,... thennnnn, I said, hey this could be it... let him run with the 1's ; if he doesn't perform then we declare we have nothing with him and we start over with EJ and TT... hmmmm...

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It appears to me that Cassel as or right now has the inside track of being our starting QB with Tyrod as the #2. If EJ doesn't impress the coaches, my guess is that he is the odd man out.

 

Are there any cap savings to dumping EJ?

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It appears to me that Cassel as or right now has the inside track of being our starting QB with Tyrod as the #2. If EJ doesn't impress the coaches, my guess is that he is the odd man out.

 

Are there any cap savings to dumping EJ?

 

 

I thought that Cassel was getting cut? Don't believe there are any cap savings to cutting EJ.

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cassell is the only one that really fits the "game manager" label

manuel is too inconsistent

and taylor is a running QB like a Vick

so if theyre looking for a "game manager" to let the defense win it, cassell is odds on favorite to win the job

Have to agree here. With that being said, when Rex mentioned Michael Vick not being a good fit in Buffalo due to weather do we think Taylor falls into that category?

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It appears to me that Cassel as or right now has the inside track of being our starting QB with Tyrod as the #2. If EJ doesn't impress the coaches, my guess is that he is the odd man out.

 

Are there any cap savings to dumping EJ?

 

absolutely NONE...his entire contract is guaranteed.

 

his dead money if cut is $5.25 mil

 

his cap hit 2015 is $2.4 mil

his cap hit 2016 is $2.8 mil

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Have to agree here. With that being said, when Rex mentioned Michael Vick not being a good fit in Buffalo due to weather do we think Taylor falls into that category?

The opposite. Rex was talking about the fact that Vick has small hands and when the ball gets cold or wet he has a tendency to fumble or give it up on INTs. Taylor has big hands, as does EJ, and Rex doesn't think it would be a problem for them.

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The opposite. Rex was talking about the fact that Vick has small hands and when the ball gets cold or wet he has a tendency to fumble or give it up on INTs. Taylor has big hands, as does EJ, and Rex doesn't think it would be a problem for them.

Kelly thanks for putting it in context. People read one thing and don't understand the whole picture on why Rex said something. Live and die by the soundbite.

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My take on this is that there's very little chance that Cassel gets cut. None of these qbs are good, and they aren't going to get rid of the one vet. Newsflash: the Bills are under the cap and will be when the season starts. Money isn't really an issue.

Dave, not sure if you noticed but something you said in the spring was brought up yesterday by Cassell. He had that he had trouble pushing off his bad foot in the spring and didn't always trust it, but for the first time was feeling 100% now and it's making a difference in his throwing.

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Dave, not sure if you noticed but something you said in the spring was brought up yesterday by Cassell. He had that he had trouble pushing off his bad foot in the spring and didn't always trust it, but for the first time was feeling 100% now and it's making a difference in his throwing.

Didn't see that - thanks! Apparently his injury was worse than people knew (I think I read this in a Carucci piece, but don't quote me on that).

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