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I don't follow any other teams closely, but do the Bills really have the injury bug worse than other teams do? I mean, it seems like they do from my standpoint, but I don't really know for sure.
Certainly. And that comes from a decade of atrocious drafts and bad free agent decisions. I do think the last two drafts and two seasons of signings have been pretty good, but it takes time to build depth.
A fantasy #2.
Why sign Moorman or anybody else. Kiko Alonso would probably lead the league in net punting if you let him do it.
He's getting double teamed some and creating fairly consistent pressure. And I don't want to whine, but the guy is being held a TON.
Thought it would be obvious I'd be POd at Ward for intentionally injuring Manuel.
I wasn't sure. Ward wasn't the one who hit Manuel, and I'm sure there are far worse things said on a football field than that. The hit looked pretty clean to me.
OL, DL say those sorts of things back and forth all the time. Nothing to see, IMO...
Marrone said he wanted to see Byrd play a full week of practices at full speed.Aaron Rudnicki said:
I know he said that, but he practiced in full and likely could have helped out there even in just a part-time role.
I'm calling it now... Another 7 or 8 win season to miss out on both the playoffs and a top pick.
That wouldn't crush me. That would mean Manuel was improving. And while this team obviously needs more depth (and a LG), I think the starting talent is starting to look really good. I think the foundation is there. The defense could be elite. The offense has some tremendous young skill players.
Mario Williams has looked great in Pettine's defense. His 7.5 sacks has him tied for the league lead. He is consistently getting double teamed (and held). Offenses have been forced to focus a lot of attention on him allowing guys like Marcell Dareus, Kyle Williams, Kiko Alonso, Jerry Hughes, and Manny Lawson to make plays.dhockster said:
Hard to rebuild when you perpetually suck at keeping free agents around and suck at tanking for a season like the Colts and Chiefs wisely did.
I think it's too early to make that statement. He was thrown into a second half on a short week, trailing, on the road, with WRs #1 and #3 out and RBs #1 and #2 dinged up. He completed 8 of 20 passes... a completion % that wasn't much worse than Manuel, by the way. Tuel did look alright in the preseason, so it wouldn't be outrageous to think that he might have some success during real games. I would like to see what he can do with a full week's worth of preparation and a gameplan geared around his strength (and 1 or 2 of our top receivers back).
That was the absolute upside I can see for him. I expect it is more likely a fantasy WR3.Aaron Rudnicki said:
Not to nitpick, but I believe it was a tie game when Manuel went down. Tuel's first few plays led to the Jackson TD run to make it 24-17 Bills. From then on, it was a 20-0 Cleveland run. IIRC.
Yes, thanks for the correction. By the time Tuel got the ball back after Jackson's 2nd TD, it was tied again and then they were trailing on their next possession.
I've been fearing this since April. I'm not convinced Manuel is the guy... I just don't know of any other QBs that were inaccurate at the college level and then grew into being accurate passers at the pro level. Completing 50% of you passes isn't going to cut it in the NFL.
It would, but not all off-seasons are net-gains. The last couple have been, but this one could be a loss, leaving the rest of the team a bit weaker for next season - especially if they are picking in the bottom half of the round.
His main mechanics issue is actually pretty small and can be corrected. His biggest problem is he tends to keep his weight on his back foot instead of stepping into deep throws and transferring that weight to his front foot. If he takes his time, plants and follows through he's much more accurate.
He actually looked pretty good in preseason with Washington. I was surprised they let him go over Rex Grossman.
There's a reason White's been out of the league for as long as he's been. He's not an NFL caliber passer. Even this preseason, he's barely hitting 50 percent. His best game was in the last one which means vs the Tampa 3rd stringers. Unless we're planning to run a whole lot of read option stuff, I seriously hope he never sees the field for us.
Let's be frank here. Anybody who we bring in at this point is somebody who, by definition, was unable to make an NFL roster. There's nobody out there who's not going to be a liability under center.
