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Scouts' consensus top 3 NFL QB prospects (Darnold, Allen, Rosen) combined for 4 TDs, 4 INTs, 7.1 Y/A. 18 rushes for -30 yards. #ProStyle
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To be fair cheerleaders are not only highly athletic, but also pretty hot. I'd be okay with a team of cheerleaders.
Plus, you know, they're there to cheer you up. Kinda a win-win
:P
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He's a leader in that locker room. You can't undervalue the necessity of leadership on a young team. It takes character to win
Sure. Then construct a roster where your cheerleader is 3rd on the depth chart and you have at least ONE viable running back backup after getting rid of MG and Jwill. Taiwon Jones is a special teamer and Banyard is an old rb who has done jack squat in the league.
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Are Jones and Banyard not viable backups to McCoy? I saw two beat reporters Tweet this weekend that, in truth, there just wasn't that much difference between Williams and those players, in terms of performances at camp and in preseason.
And the fact that Williams was not claimed does, in fact, speak volumes to the fact that he probably just isn't/wasn't that good. Not worth getting agitated over, anyway.
Also, your campaign against Mr. Swolbert is a little weird. He's clearly there to be a leader and a 'teamer. I have no idea what he does and has done to merit the coach's trust in being either of those things, but apparently he's done enough. In addition, if Williams were to have made the team, it would've been Jones or Banyard who were cut -- not Swolbert.
p.s. I love the nickname Swolbert.
Cut anyone of Jones, Banyard, or Tolbert. None of them are better than J. Williams who was a talented back that fell to the 5th because of injury. I liked what I saw from Williams this preseason and he would be the best option to backup McCoy if this team was constructed properly. Again, if J. Williams isn't "that good", WTF is 32 year old fullback/cheerleader Tolbert doing here?
As to what has Tolbert done? He is buddies with Mcdermott from Carolina.
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Williams brought being a somewhat viable backup running back to the table. In my opinion none of the remaining players do.
Correct. The Bills are a running team and to not have a viable backup at running back is poor decision making. Reminds me of the Jauron years where Levy/Jauron would go paper thin at position after position so they could excel at special teams.
And the fact that the Bills initial 3rd string RB was not good enough to get picked up and rostered over other team's backups who had a full camp and offseason with their teams does not get the Bills off the hook. It only speaks to how crappy the Bills are as they are holding on to players such as Tolbert who is far WORSE than a player no one else in the NFL wanted!
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Quintessential post for you.
Detailed recollection of what's happened, with some actual analytical insight added, and with some hogwash tossed in.
Maybe the plan is to fairly bottom out this season. In that event, the plan is in progress.
As for Swolbert, I'm fairly sure the backup tailback is now Banyard. Contending otherwise is the sort of stuff that undermines one's overall point.
The scary thing is I don't think this is deliberate. They are just in over their heads.
With respect to Banyard, it does not matter who is the actual backup as coaches will play whoever they want and Banyard is a nobody. Tolbert has a roster spot and Jwill does not. That is all I need to know as Jwill is a much better option on this roster. What does Tolbert do besides buy into McD's BS?
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Rank incompetence would mean that the FO isn't putting work in, doesn't have a plan.
I think they're working their ###### off, and have a plan.
It remains to be seen whether they're just tilting at windmills with their work, and have a sh1tty plan.
Yes, they have a plan. A terrible one.
Bring back Tyrod Taylor after he failed last year and install a timing based WCO offense for him to run. You know, the basic passes that he can't complete. Trade the WR that does what the QB you brought back does best, throw deep.Sign the QB you are setting up to fail with a contract with more than 8 million in dead cap space starting next year. Take the league's #1 rushing offense and change from man to zone blocking because that is the preference of your buddy Juan. Have Juan bring one of the worst offensive linemen in the NFL and sign him to a 3-year contract because Juan knows him. Trade up for a possession receiver that struggles to get separation because your WR coach knows him. Cut your young cheap #2 RB because he will be replaced by Mike Tolbert, a 32-year-old fullback that knows McDermott and is buddies with him. Hire a GM not based on top credentials but someone Mcdermott was buddies with in Carolina.
McDermott/Beane now have assembled one of the oldest, least talented rosters in the NFL. But that's ok, I am sure that Rick "never called a play" Dennison and McWrestler can outcoach the rest of the NFL with better rosters and personnel. Let's not even talk more about QB which this dinosaur coaching staff thinks of as an afterthought.
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That's kind of the talent pool. Rising stars, experienced failures, experienced winners and, in the Briown's case, a baseball exec. History shows that not one of those groups is more successful then the other. What the Bills did this time was hire a decision maker who wasn't afraid to surround himself with a number of highly qualified support staff. I like the odds.
Well, it's hard to judge guys 3 to 4 positions down from the top on the totem pole. But even if these guys have a few diamonds who says Sean McDermott will listen to them? The moves made so far this offseason do not scream anything but rank incompetence.
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I'm close to being done with this but the people Beane brought in would not have done the if McDermott was in charge. Guys left contenders to come here. They are here because they believe it was a wise career move. I'm betting on them being right.
Right now they are just guys. Who among them is that great? None of them were any more qualified than Whaley who was considered rising star when the Bills hired him.
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So who is it, Beane or McDermott
It is Mcdermott. Beane is his assistant.
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No, this is what you do when you want to turn things around from the Animal House atmosphere that surrounded the team. You lay a foundation, then you bring in the young guys.
That is exactly what this "rock star" front office is doing. They will have at least 6 foundational pieces added next year and they don't want to bring them into a situation without a foundation.
Sounds like Dick Jauron 2.0. I actually got a tear of nostalgia at the draft when I saw the Bills were drafting undersized Cover 2 linebackers again!
I hear what you are saying Tom. And it is tough to criticize the new head coach before he has coached a game. The problem is the Pegulas made McDermott the coach AND GM. The moves we are seeing from the draft to FA all look like coach moves, not the moves of a savvy GM.
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It has to be some combination of dumping Whaley's guys and half-tanking, right? Because there is no way that some of the guys who made this team are better than some of the guys they cut.
Is Miller still not starting over Ducasse?
I really think we need to talk about Vlad Ducasse
When teams rebuild they keep the younger, cheaper talent and move on from older players who won't be around when the team improves.
Bills let two young talented running backs go and have replaced them with 2 older fullbacks.
This move is either utter incompetence or politics where Mcdermott wants a friends and family program over building up the talent on the football team.
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You need to work and earn your spot on this team. Now J. Williams go home, you lost to Tolbert (somehow, don't ask me). Brandon Reilly? cya. We need that spot for the worst OL to ever suit up for the Buffalo Bills franchise, Vlad Ducasse.
Beane is trying to create an offense with over the hill fullbacks and mediocre slot receivers. But Tolbert is one of Mcdermott's boys.
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Bills have cut Jonathan Williams. Building a team, not acquiring talent. Maybe Tolbert can give a rah rah locker room speech.
Replying to @JoshNorrisWhenever you can keep Mike Tolbert for his age 32 season over Jonathan Williams, you have to do it.
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Josh Allen is just another overhyped "pro style" QB brought to you by backwards looking scouts. If the Bills drafted him high he would be a disaster. Looks like Tarzan, plays like Jane.
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Colts acquire Jacoby Brisset. Very nice move, I like Brisset more than anyone on the Bills at QB.
He struggled against us last year but I believe his hand was injured.
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I don't look at it in a vacuum. I look at it as the only logical decision once the mistake was made. Cutting their losses.
And that's my point.
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Is your quibble the initial decision not to extend him or the subsequent decision to trade him? Upthread, you're complaining about the *trade*. The trade was eminently sensible given the prior decision not to extend. If your problem is with the decision not to extend, that's different, and it's a considerably more reasonable position.
The decision not to extend.
But you can't look at the trade in a vacuum because the Bills created the problem themselves by losing control of one of their primary assets.
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I thought it was worse than that. I remember reading some rumor/article saying Pegula was prepared to make Vanek the highest paid player in the league which I believe at the time would have meant they would have needed to beat Malkin and his $9.5 million or something along those lines. Either way we dodged a huge bullet on that one. Thank you GMTM.
Wow. Didn't Pegula also want to keep Miller?
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How the ###### is Ducasse not cut yet?
If there's any actual piece of evidence that McDermott and Beane suck at this point, it's that this dude is still around and kept getting snaps with the 1s. Worst OL I've ever seen in my life.
Fat Ass Ducasse is so bad and anyone that watches the Bills knows that because he was a turnstile on the Jets every time we played them. Jets fans were screaming for him to get cut too.
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As good as the first unit was, the second was lacking.
I'd consider tweaking it by handing Reinhart's role on unit one to Moulson and building the second unit around Sam.
Maybe Sam on the right half-wall, Pommers opposite him and Beaulieu at the point?
Antipin seemed to play the Okposo slot in the KHL so maybe him there and that leaves Kane down low?
First unit shouldn't drop off much and it might add some trade value to Moulson.
The second might have some potential.
Last year Jack drove power play 1 and Kane was power play 2. Interesting to see if that changes as you said Reinhart could be a candidate if they wanted to improve PP2.
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So, Mahomes, then?
Bills had Sammy for 2017, 2018 and they still had the franchise tag. So Mahomes, Trubisky this year. Or Rosen, Darnold in 2018. Again, what Sammy wanted was irrelevant. Bills gave up their control of the player.
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We literally don't need Duchene. Reinhart out scored him last year. We can't find a center spot for Sam who's 5 years younger and cost controlled.
This.
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I think this is right. Can't keep pace with last year, but it's a good power play unit.
Anything less than top 5 with Jack Eichel, ROR, and Risto is a disappointment.
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Not sure when it was taken. For me, Darnold and Rosen were worth talking about. How Josh Allen is talked about as a high first pick still boggles my mind. Then again, Blake Bortles and Blaine Gabbert were also drafted high.