SwampD Posted April 19, 2016 Report Share Posted April 19, 2016 I do. I care. My sense is that the Bills are gonna hafta thread the eye of a needle to get 10 wins this year. Every little bit will count. Having your best player not around for voluntarys is sub-optimal. Wasn't he dinged up almost the entire year? I have no problem if he takes another month or so off to make sure he is completely healed up. I find training 5 months before the season,… (let me say that again, 5 months before the season) to be completely ridiculous bordering on harmful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Aud Smell Posted April 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2016 Wasn't he dinged up almost the entire year? I have no problem if he takes another month or so off to make sure he is completely healed up. I find training 5 months before the season,… (let me say that again, 5 months before the season) to be completely ridiculous bordering on harmful. Hmm. Maybe I'm being talked off the ledge here. Then again, I think it's fairly well established that these guys are more or less working out year round and full bore, absent some injury. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwampD Posted April 20, 2016 Report Share Posted April 20, 2016 Hmm. Maybe I'm being talked off the ledge here. Then again, I think it's fairly well established that these guys are more or less working out year round and full bore, absent some injury. It's definitely well established. I also think it's harmful and have for a long time. I have no problem with guys staying "in shape" (i guess you'd call it) all year, but to train full bore all year long, I think, is harmful, especially if there are minor injuries that are never allowed to fully heal. Bodies break down, and there is only so much wear and tear they can take. There is just no reason to be in game shape in May. Maybe I'm wrong and someone can show me some data that I'm wrong, but I really doubt it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huckleberry Posted April 20, 2016 Report Share Posted April 20, 2016 If I'm Tyrod Taylor I would start questioning my future with this team. With all the rumours floating around about going after the 2nd overall pick and trading him to denver. I would tell my agent to have a word with the gm for sure :p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Aud Smell Posted April 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2016 I wonder whether the Bills sniffing around the 2nd pick is meant, at least in part, to create a point of leverage with Taylor (and/or his agent). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norcal Posted April 20, 2016 Report Share Posted April 20, 2016 Sammy is in town today for workouts If I'm Tyrod Taylor I would start questioning my future with this team. With all the rumours floating around about going after the 2nd overall pick and trading him to denver. I would tell my agent to have a word with the gm for sure :p Whaley is just playing the game, keeping people guessing and his options open. As for TT, he'll get paid if he performs again and if the Bills don't draft a kid who's better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattPie Posted April 20, 2016 Report Share Posted April 20, 2016 Whaley needs new leverage: http://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/news/article-1/Eagles-Acquire-No-2-Pick-From-Browns/0dc948c1-5d70-4725-a361-c34452054855 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted April 20, 2016 Report Share Posted April 20, 2016 (edited) Whaley needs new leverage: http://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/news/article-1/Eagles-Acquire-No-2-Pick-From-Browns/0dc948c1-5d70-4725-a361-c34452054855 Sigh of relief over here. Here's what the Eagles paid: 2016 1st, 2017 1st, 2016 3d, 2016 4th, 2018 2d. Edited April 20, 2016 by Eleven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted April 20, 2016 Report Share Posted April 20, 2016 THESE AREN'T EVEN GREAT QB PROSPECTS :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattPie Posted April 20, 2016 Report Share Posted April 20, 2016 THESE AREN'T EVEN GREAT QB PROSPECTS :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: Maybe they have their eye on a WR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Aud Smell Posted April 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2016 Also: Sammy Watkins is reportedly on site today. Apparently, he missed the prior two days so that he could remain back in Carolina, participate in a free football clinic for under-privileged youth, cut the ribbon on a soup kitchen that he paid to open, finish the molding and painting on the Habitat for Humanity house he was helping out with, and so on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Buffalo Posted April 20, 2016 Report Share Posted April 20, 2016 Bowns trade #2 pick to Igels for #8 and picks per AP wire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubkev Posted April 20, 2016 Report Share Posted April 20, 2016 (edited) This makes me smile. I can't live with the Eagles fans around me being happy. This trade guarantees their misery for another 10 years. Edited April 20, 2016 by ubkev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Aud Smell Posted April 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2016 It really seems collosally stupid to be trading into the top 2 this year. For the Rams, I can see the reasoning. Not so much for the Eagles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueBlueGED Posted April 20, 2016 Report Share Posted April 20, 2016 THESE AREN'T EVEN GREAT QB PROSPECTS :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: That's putting it mildly. They're arguably downright bad QB prospects. Also: Sammy Watkins is reportedly on site today. Apparently, he missed the prior two days so that he could remain back in Carolina, participate in a free football clinic for under-privileged youth, cut the ribbon on a soup kitchen that he paid to open, finish the molding and painting on the Habitat for Humanity house he was helping out with, and so on. I demand you apologize to Mr. Watkins immediately! :p It really seems collosally stupid to be trading into the top 2 this year. For the Rams, I can see the reasoning. Not so much for the Eagles. While I agree it's a bad move for the Eagles, in their defense, their current QB is Sam Bradford (who they just gave oodles of guaranteed money to, but I digress...). Desperate times, desperate measures, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Aud Smell Posted April 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2016 I demand you apologize to Mr. Watkins immediately! :P I hit him up on Instagram. Posted a :09 video clip of a self-flogging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueBlueGED Posted April 20, 2016 Report Share Posted April 20, 2016 I hit him up on Instagram. Posted a :09 video clip of a self-flogging. Upon first seeing "self-fl" I confess I wasn't entirely comfortable with where it could be going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted April 20, 2016 Report Share Posted April 20, 2016 Why not just wait for next year to trade up then? Why are the Eagles so desperate to pull the trigger this year? Hell, they could have just dumped everyone, like they did, and gotten a high enough pick next year for a QB anyways, and then they wouldn't be screwed. Morons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueBlueGED Posted April 20, 2016 Report Share Posted April 20, 2016 (edited) Why not just wait for next year to trade up then? Why are the Eagles so desperate to pull the trigger this year? Hell, they could have just dumped everyone, like they did, and gotten a high enough pick next year for a QB anyways, and then they wouldn't be screwed. Morons.Because they looked at next year's draft and liked this year's QBs that much more. I'm not kidding, that's why they said they just had to make the move now. I almost feel sorry for Eagles fans. Okay okay, I'm really not all too close for feeling sorry for them. Screw Philly sports. Edit: I think this is going to be my go to rebuttal for awhile whenever someone says fans don't know anything because they're not "in the game." Edited April 20, 2016 by TrueBlueGED Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Aud Smell Posted April 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2016 Are the Eagles the franchise that has a smartest-guy-in-the-room non-traditional wingnut running the show? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted April 20, 2016 Report Share Posted April 20, 2016 Because they looked at next year's draft and liked this year's QBs that much more. I'm not kidding, that's why they said they just had to make the move now. I almost feel sorry for Eagles fans. Okay okay, I'm really not all too close for feeling sorry for them. Screw Philly sports. Edit: I think this is going to be my go to rebuttal for awhile whenever someone says fans don't know anything because they're not "in the game." Are they right? Is next year's crop worse? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueBlueGED Posted April 20, 2016 Report Share Posted April 20, 2016 Are they right? Is next year's crop worse? The very notion that they think they know the quality of next year's crop with any degree of certainty is what's hilarious to me. Remember when Matt Barkley was a surefire #1 overall pick? Because I sure do. Then he played another season and got drafted in the 4th round. Ryan Mallett is another who was a preseason top-10 pick, then lasted until the 3rd round, and has ultimately proven to be awful. The Peyton Mannings and Andrew Lucks of the world are the rare exception. The truth is we know next to nothing about next year's QB class. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjag Posted April 21, 2016 Report Share Posted April 21, 2016 Sigh of relief over here. Here's what the Eagles paid: 2016 1st, 2017 1st, 2016 3d, 2016 4th, 2018 2d. That's ludicrous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjag Posted April 23, 2016 Report Share Posted April 23, 2016 This is who I want for the Bills first pick. He could probably be moved elsewhere on the line if TE doesn't work out Baylor tight end LaQuan McGowan would be one of the largest players in NFL history if he is drafted this April. At 6'7" and 405 pounds, nobody on defense will want to get in his way. He runs a 5.41 40-yd dash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkman Posted April 23, 2016 Report Share Posted April 23, 2016 This is who I want for the Bills first pick. He could probably be moved elsewhere on the line if TE doesn't work out Baylor tight end LaQuan McGowan would be one of the largest players in NFL history if he is drafted this April. At 6'7" and 405 pounds, nobody on defense will want to get in his way. He runs a 5.41 40-yd dash The old Mike Jasper ideology. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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