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He was definitely solid at Duke and put up consistently good numbers. I don't think he's got much of a future in the NFL as more than a backup, but he's certainly a more viable starter than Jeff Tuel at this point. Lewis has been in the Bills system since week 4 of preseason...Bills traded a backup LB to Detroit for Lewis after Kevin Kolb suffered what may well be a career-ending concussion.
He can move a little in the pocket, but read-option isn't his game. Ran a 4.84 at the combine.
I like that he plays for an offensive-minded head coach and that he excelled in college, not just with his arm, but with brains and decision making. I also like the offense playmakers around him when they are healthy. A lot of them aren't now, however.
does not compute.
Ha, you're right, I've got Geno Smith on the brain. Also, Lewis played Pittsburgh last year. Waking up.
If you are worried about how dinking and dunking will affect Stevie and Woods, you really wouldn't see too much variance from the games with Manuel as Manuel has done pretty much the same through the first 5 games.
He is absolutely a read-option QB. He seems to be much better with his legs than his arm. Vid below is the only extended action he got in preseason, edited for just his pass/run plays. This was only 2-3 days after he signed with Buffalo, so he was learning on the fly.
No, he's not. I watched him play 4 years at Duke. That was not his game. His rushing totals by year were:
Did you watch the video? Most plays he ran were read-option.
That video is not exactly reassuring.Resident A said:
So by you putting that out there, I'm sure the fantasy gods will channel their inner Jim Kelly this weekend and he goes for 300/3.
Only because at this point it'd just be an even bigger screwjob by costing them a higher draft pick.
I don't fault the Bills' decision making process on the QBs they brought in (other than maybe the Manuel pick itself). They brought in a veteran that had shown some talent with Kolb - who actually looked pretty good in the preseason until the concussion. Tuel also looked good enough in the preseason to the point where they had to keep him on the roster (that wasn't necessarily a bad problem to have). And Kolb's injury occurred so late in the preseason that adding another veteran QB at that point would have been problematic not only because he was never going to have time to adequately learn the system, but also because that would have meant another active roster spot - something the Bills didn't have with the huge number of other preseason injuries they were dealing with.
I was at that game. It was a joke from the start. Matt Leinart started and got basically booed off the field against the Lions 1/2 defenses, and Lewis played mostly against the 3s and 4s.
Licking my chops with the Bengals D. This guy is terribly inaccurate. The Bengals strength is their front 7 so that doesn't bode well for the Bills being able to grind it out on the ground.
FWIW the line is down to 6 as of this morning. I doubt the $ that came in on the Bills was square/public $. +7.5-8 was a big sharp play for sure.
I don't necessarily disagree but the Bills have faced nothing but stout 7's in every game so far.
