26CornerBlitz Posted August 11, 2015 Posted August 11, 2015 8-11: GREG ROMAN AT BILLS' CAMP ON WGR (15:39)@WGR550 Bills offensive coordinator Greg Roman joins WGR NOWRoman: "Preseason games are great barometers.... we really don't gameplan, but it allows a player to execute under the bright lights"Roman on the QBs "I really like the guys we have on our roster. They have different skill sets but there's things about each I really like"Roman: "I really like our Tight End group. I think they're going to help us win" 8-11: DENNIS THURMAN AT BILLS' CAMP ON WGR (9:19)@WGR550 Dennis Thurman, Bills defensive coordinator, on WGR NOW with Howard and JeremyThurman on the talent on defense: "It has 'elite' written all over it. But you gotta go out and perform"Thurman: "We wanted to take on an offensive mindset or philosophy where offenses have to react to what we do"Thurman on Gilmore: "He's talented. We're going to ask him to do some of the things that (Revis) was asked to do" @BuffaloBillsPR “Charles Clay had shown us he can pretty much do anything.” #Bills OC Greg Roman on @WGR550"The talent we have really lends itself to the system we have." #Bills DC Dennis Thurman on @WGR550
Cash Posted August 11, 2015 Posted August 11, 2015 Good stuff. Thanks for posting! I continue to think that non-Clay TEs will wind up playing more than either Harvin or Woods, and I'm not very psyched about that. But I'm otherwise tentatively optimistic about Roman as OC. Not much to add on the the defensive side, because 1.) we're loaded with talent, 2.) Ryan/Thurman have a long history of success, and 3.) most of our talented personnel played really well in a similar D in 2013. So not a lot to concern oneself with until the season starts.
Kelly the Dog Posted August 11, 2015 Posted August 11, 2015 Listening to Roman makes me believe that Cassell will start at QB opening day. Not necessarily because he has been outplaying or out throwing or more accurate than EJ or Tyrod, but because of the offense they will be running, and decision making that will be Cassell's huge advantage over the other two. They want to spread the ball around, they want the QB to read the defense pre-snap and post-snap and go to the option that the defense has forgotten about on that particular formation and play. Cassell is just better suited to that than EJ or Taylor. It's not set in stone obviously, and if either of the other two outshines Cassell in pure throwing by a clear margin that would give them the edge. But from how Roman described what offense they are going to run, and all the skill players we have and their different strengths, the smart distributor is a better quality right now than strong thrower or better runner.
San-O Posted August 11, 2015 Posted August 11, 2015 Roman "LIKES" the Qb situation so much he can't decide who he wants to start 1st!!!!
26CornerBlitz Posted August 11, 2015 Author Posted August 11, 2015 Listening to Roman makes me believe that Cassell will start at QB opening day. Not necessarily because he has been outplaying or out throwing or more accurate than EJ or Tyrod, but because of the offense they will be running, and decision making that will be Cassell's huge advantage over the other two. They want to spread the ball around, they want the QB to read the defense pre-snap and post-snap and go to the option that the defense has forgotten about on that particular formation and play. Cassell is just better suited to that than EJ or Taylor. It's not set in stone obviously, and if either of the other two outshines Cassell in pure throwing by a clear margin that would give them the edge. But from how Roman described what offense they are going to run, and all the skill players we have and their different strengths, the smart distributor is a better quality right now than strong thrower or better runner. Cassel is going to need to show better than he has in recent seasons with regard to decision making. People assume because he's a vet that he hasn't been prone to making poor reads and poor throws. That has just not been the case.
Kelly the Dog Posted August 11, 2015 Posted August 11, 2015 Cassel is going to need to show better than he has in recent seasons with regard to decision making. People assume because he's a vet that he hasn't been prone to making poor reads and poor throws. That has just not been the case. Well first of all, he hasn't been on a team with all of these weapons. Most of the time he has had a good skill set he has played pretty well. Not great but good enough for what we need. Secondly, that is not EJ's strength as of now, and we don't know about Tyrod even though he is a smart guy. That was never thought to be one of his strengths people talk about. Just because Cassell wasn't lighting it up on the scoreboard and stat sheet doesn't mean he didn't know where to go with the ball and GENERALLY making good decisions. Usually only coaches know the true answer to that question because of the play call and what all other 10 players did.
26CornerBlitz Posted August 11, 2015 Author Posted August 11, 2015 Well first of all, he hasn't been on a team with all of these weapons. Most of the time he has had a good skill set he has played pretty well. Not great but good enough for what we need. Secondly, that is not EJ's strength as of now, and we don't know about Tyrod even though he is a smart guy. That was never thought to be one of his strengths people talk about. Just because Cassell wasn't lighting it up on the scoreboard and stat sheet doesn't mean he didn't know where to go with the ball and GENERALLY making good decisions. Usually only coaches know the true answer to that question because of the play call and what all other 10 players did. The proof will be in the pudding beginning on Friday night. It's all conjecture at this point in the proceedings. We will indeed find out.
Kelly the Dog Posted August 11, 2015 Posted August 11, 2015 The proof will be in the pudding beginning on Friday night. It's all conjecture at this point in the proceedings. We will indeed find out. I think we will find out only in the regular season. Because they won't gameplan and use their real offense it will only show so much. I don't think either Cassell lighting it up (unlikely) or being rather pedestrian (highly more likely) will have much bearing on how he will look, good or bad, in the regular season. They are still installing the offense, too.
26CornerBlitz Posted August 11, 2015 Author Posted August 11, 2015 I think we will find out only in the regular season. Because they won't gameplan and use their real offense it will only show so much. I don't think either Cassell lighting it up (unlikely) or being rather pedestrian (highly more likely) will have much bearing on how he will look, good or bad, in the regular season. They are still installing the offense, too. Good points. It still remains to be seen how well he can function in Roman's offense and whether he can deter defenses from stacking the box to thwart the Bills' run game. I'm skeptical.
I'm Spartacus Posted August 11, 2015 Posted August 11, 2015 Kelly, sounds like you and Roman are golf buddies on his off days!
Kelly the Dog Posted August 11, 2015 Posted August 11, 2015 Kelly, sounds like you and Roman are golf buddies on his off days! You're Spartacus! If anyone is golfing with the Romans it is you! I know perhaps you fought against the Roman Republic a couple thousand years ago but i figured by now you could agree to disagree over 18 holes.
quinnearlysghost88 Posted August 11, 2015 Posted August 11, 2015 The proof will be in the pudding beginning on Friday night. It's all conjecture at this point in the proceedings. We will indeed find out. How quickly you forgot. No matter what happens Friday the bad will be dismissed with and the good will be tempered with #vanilladefense #notusingtheentireplaybook
I'm Spartacus Posted August 11, 2015 Posted August 11, 2015 You're Spartacus! If anyone is golfing with the Romans it is you! I know perhaps you fought against the Roman Republic a couple thousand years ago but i figured by now you could agree to disagree over 18 holes. You said "hole"! Yes, I b-slapped the Romans, but they ended up nailing me to the goal post.
Kelly the Dog Posted August 11, 2015 Posted August 11, 2015 You said "hole"! Yes, I b-slapped the Romans, but they ended up nailing me to the goal post. :D How's it going for you now, Spartacus?
BobbyC81 Posted August 11, 2015 Posted August 11, 2015 I think we will find out only in the regular season. Because they won't gameplan and use their real offense it will only show so much. I don't think either Cassell lighting it up (unlikely) or being rather pedestrian (highly more likely) will have much bearing on how he will look, good or bad, in the regular season. They are still installing the offense, too. I don't understand why they don't game plan. Wouldn't it be a good evaluating factor in how each QB carries out the game plan?
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