Who’s stock is up after today’s game? Who’s stock went down?

[BontitaBills]

15 hours ago, notwoz said:

Did Van Pran-Granger play? Anyone notice how he looked?

He looked decent.  Going to be a good player.  

[GunnerBill]

1 minute ago, BontitaBills said:

He looked decent.  Going to be a good player.  

 

He was also at center with the second team for the first time. He has mainly been the third team center so far, last week he got the last series the twos were out there but at guard. 

 

Last night he was at 2nd team center with Alec Anderson at RG. Not sure if that was just a result of Clapp not being healthy or a genuine promotion but interesting nonetheless. SVPG has had a solid 3 pre-season games but the rookie star on the OL had been Tylan Grable. I think he might legit already be our 6th best offensive lineman.

[frostbitmic]

I see people ragging on Andreessen but was there a LB who played better ? ... If so I don't recall seeing them.

 

Ulofoshio - First game action and it looked like it.

Jones - Another meh performance

Morrow and Spector - Crickets ... Pardon me, injured Crickets

 

Maybe they'll play a 5-1-5 base Defense, if not they'll be cutting a D-Lineman better than any of the backup LB's.

[letsgoteam]

1 hour ago, BobbyC81 said:

And us old timers can remember when the preseason was 6 games for a 14 game regular season.  That seems ridiculous now.

6 games, that's wild. Why did they do that?

[MikePJ76]

the thing that stuck out to me was Kingsley jonathan playing all the way to the end.  That could just be a numbers thing with the lineman who were available or it could be the were giving him one last shot to actually do something before they move on.

 

personally I don't think he is worth keeping at this point but they have an issue at end because miller is an old pass rush specialist and solomon is a rookie who will not hold up yet paying a 17+(hopefully) game season.  So they essentially have two ends they have to keep who are never really going to play base downs or are not really built to play the run at this point.

 

That makes me believe they might keep a bigger guy like toohill and put jonathan on the PS.  Maybe a trade or waiver claim there also.  

 

the player I think want to keep in case of emergency but have no room for is Lael Collins.  Probably a practice squad signing.  He can go where he wants but I don't think he will be in demand, he is always hurt.  

 

and of course kicker.  Much like backup qb they have to go find a new one here.  Or they could keep bass because they have the thursday night game right away and after that thursday night game they could bring someone with the extra days to prepare.

 

This team is ready to run the football.  They have an excellent group of running backs and the line and tight ends look excellent to me.

[birdo67]

*Whose

We didn't all go to JFK, you know.

[Big Blitz]

2 hours ago, GunnerBill said:

 

Shavers was not excellent. 

 

He was open every time I saw a ball thrown his way against their 1s.  
 

Sal has him making it

 

 

[Neo]

2 hours ago, Niagara Bill said:

WTF is Bass doing with his life to be so bad. He is a friggin' kicker. Once you get to a certain level how frigging hard can it be to stay good ( not perfect just good) and make millions for 10+ years. Many many have done it. 

4 hours of practice skills and exercise, get smucked in a game once per year, you don't hang with all the Wacko players, the ball boy is your best friend, lots a gals, lots of time on your hands, no press interviews except Tasker, check your bank account, no bandages, no surgery, free shoes, WTF, 

If you cannot handle the easiest job in football, get out, cut his butt, move on.

Other players lose years off their life to play, risk brain disease, suffer life altering injuries, carry an extra 100 lbs, and compete for their job every year. now that is pressure. 

You...just need to be a pro, dedicated, you have the job, you take 3 steps, the target doesn't move, 

 

 

“free shoes” cracked me up.

[GunnerBill]

10 minutes ago, Big Blitz said:

 

He was open every time I saw a ball thrown his way against their 1s.  
 

Sal has him making it

 

 

 

Him making it would be about the lack if legtimate receiver options more than anything he has done.

[Neo]

1 hour ago, letsgoteam said:

6 games, that's wild. Why did they do that?

Because they came to camp 30 pounds over weight smoking cigarettes.

[CSBill]

3 hours ago, BillsFooteball said:

In fairness with his preseason makes were all around the extra point range. Chip shots (some makes had serious slicing if longer distance) Last year ended sour for Bass, he went 5/12 practice this week on kicks  over 40 yards, missed a 51 yarder yesterday. Weather was no issue for these as well. There is reason for concern for anytime bass trots out from 40+ 

 

If he is still on the team, will McDermott even send him out there for anything over 40 yards?

[No_Matter_What]

2 hours ago, GunnerBill said:

 

He was also at center with the second team for the first time. He has mainly been the third team center so far, last week he got the last series the twos were out there but at guard. 

 

Last night he was at 2nd team center with Alec Anderson at RG. Not sure if that was just a result of Clapp not being healthy or a genuine promotion but interesting nonetheless. SVPG has had a solid 3 pre-season games but the rookie star on the OL had been Tylan Grable. I think he might legit already be our 6th best offensive lineman.

Was Grable playing 2nd team LT or RT or both? If both, where did you like him more?

Edited August 25 by No_Matter_What

[GunnerBill]

12 minutes ago, No_Matter_What said:

Was Grable playing 2nd team LT or RT or both? If both, where did you like him more?

 

He was exclusively left tackle last night. He seems to have displaced Van Demark from that spot.

[Big Turk]

3 hours ago, Niagara Bill said:

WTF is Bass doing with his life to be so bad. He is a friggin' kicker. Once you get to a certain level how frigging hard can it be to stay good ( not perfect just good) and make millions for 10+ years. Many many have done it. 

4 hours of practice skills and exercise, get smucked in a game once per year, you don't hang with all the Wacko players, the ball boy is your best friend, lots a gals, lots of time on your hands, no press interviews except Tasker, check your bank account, no bandages, no surgery, free shoes, WTF, 

If you cannot handle the easiest job in football, get out, cut his butt, move on.

Other players lose years off their life to play, risk brain disease, suffer life altering injuries, carry an extra 100 lbs, and compete for their job every year. now that is pressure. 

You...just need to be a pro, dedicated, you have the job, you take 3 steps, the target doesn't move, 

 

Harder than you think.

 

As someone who played soccer for his whole life and then was a kicker in a few flag and touch football leagues, it's far harder than most people think.

 

It's actually the most technically precise action in an NFL game because from snap to kick is under 1.5 seconds including the catch and put down by the holder.

 

All parts have to be in sync, if even one isn't the whole operation fails.

 

The holder can make quite a big difference based on how he is holding the ball, the angle, etc which then can change the strike point of the kick. Since you are only kicking a very small portion of the ball in comparison to say, a soccer ball, small changes mean big issues over longer distances.

 

And once you start second guessing yourself as a kicker, the amount of technique corrections you can try to do are mind blowing. From how you line up, to the angle you take, to the timing, etc.

 

As someone who has never done it, you wouldn't understand, but I'm trying to at least give you some insights as to why it isn't as easy as you think.

[BigDingus]

How'd Gable Steveson do?

 

I kind of forgot about him, but saw he got 2 tackles. Are they trying him out on defense too now?

[Cash]

2 minutes ago, BigDingus said:

How'd Gable Steveson do?

 

I kind of forgot about him, but saw he got 2 tackles. Are they trying him out on defense too now?

He was always on defense, as a DT. This is the gold medalist wrestler, right? Not the converted rugby player (who is injured). 

[BigDingus]

1 minute ago, Cash said:

He was always on defense, as a DT. This is the gold medalist wrestler, right? Not the converted rugby player (who is injured). 

 

Ah gotcha. I thought he was trying out for OL, but I have only watched preseason highlights so far & haven't ever seen his name brought up. Thanks!

[3rdand12]

6 hours ago, Big Turk said:

Gore for sure but depends on how bad his knee injury is...could go to IR.

 

Bass missed 1 kick this pre-season. Not sure why this keeps being brought up.

 

From missing 1 kick during pre-season? Good Lord, some of you need to get back from the ledge.

Missing in Practice quite a bit was the issue I thought. And he did. 

[3rdand12]

2 hours ago, Big Blitz said:

 

He was open every time I saw a ball thrown his way against their 1s.  
 

Sal has him making it

 

 

Well perhaps  none of them were "excellent " ?

[JohnNord]

14 hours ago, Alphadawg7 said:

 

You know, you may be right.  

 

Admittedly, I had a lot going on during the game with a fantasy draft going on and also my in-laws here, so only caught plays here and there throughout and caught a couple bad ones that maybe I prematurely reacted too harshly on.  I loved his film last week, so came in maybe with too much interest in him this week to where my reaction to a couple bad plays were maybe magnified a bit.  

 

So to be fair to him, I will wait until I get to rewatch it with more focus until I judge this weeks performance.  

 

 

 

I’ve been checking around this morning and it seems like the TD was definitely on him.  He should have have taken the crossing route.  Instead both Joe and Deion Jones jumped the RB.  
 

Outsider of that play I don’t think there were any lowlights.   He played reasonably well for a UDFA