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I think he gets a full season unless it is an absolute trainwreck and the team starts 1-9 or something like that.
I don't see a full season in the cards for Sexy Rexy. Too many injuries and no offense.
This isn't about another team. It's about _this_ organization finding new ways to fail every year. Usually we get overcome by injuries, penalties and poor coaching by mid-season. This year, we've firmly established all of these areas by Week 1.
I was reading PFF today....Taylor completed 93% of his passes when he had a clean pocket, and only 25% when he was hurried. Granted those 93% weren't for big yardage, but it goes to show what a difference the OL makes.
I totally agree. Quick slants, bubble screens, motion with quick outs. Button hooks should be there all day with Sammy.
Tyrod......ummmmm.......crap. Never mind. I'm just going to shake my head and cry.
The reports are saying that his foot is not broken and there is nothing they can do about it. He just needs rest. If he can't work through the pain they may have to shut him down as there is no treatment for the issue. That doesnt sound far fetched to me. The team hasn't exactly been transparent with injuries this year (Shaq shoulder issue for example).
The way the article I posted read, it seemed like some over dramatization. My guess, after seeing some of this follow up is that there was just some soreness. That makes perfect sense. The surgery wasn't that long ago. Could be some scar tissue being aggravated after the strenuous workout.
I was up early on Sunday and browsing Twitter, and started remembering 9/11, where I was that day. And it hit me then that at age 29, 9/11 was 15 years ago, and thus half my life ago. And then it hit me that the last time the Bills played a playoff game was nearly 2 years before the twin towers fell.
And then Sammy Watkins of the Giants would have been drafted in the top 3 of FF drafts this year, and we'd be saying WTF can't you get the ball to ODB.
A lot of people were blaming Greg Roman. This off-season there were people worried that Roman could be chosen as a HC somewhere after this year. He took a bad offense and made it respectable last year. There was a lot of hope going into the year that he would build on that. The concern was our defense, and somehow roles reversed. A lot of blame was placed on Rex for this loss (his defense was much improved and gave up 13 damn points). Greg Roman was blamed. Such as comments like this:
But I have a hard time blaming Roman. The guy who made Colin Kaepernick look like a superstar. A guy who took Tyrod and made him a ton of money this off-season. Was it really the playcalling? We think that he just decided to get ultraconservative when the expectation was that the defense would be weak and a lot of points needed to be scored. I have a hard time buying that. Tyrod looked bad. He looked like a guy who was nervous and timid. He wasn't reading the field and was quick to check down. He looked a lot like #3, which is a very scary thought. For a guy who had a pretty good off-season/pre-season, I'm surprised that he looked so bad in week 1. The offensive line was struggling early on, but by the end of the game they had gotten better. But we knew the OL wasn't going to be great as their right side is shaky.
I sure hope so. Tyrod needs to get his head screwed on straight otherwise it doesn't matter. But if Sammy isn't playing or isn't healthy, there is nobody outside that is going to command any respect. They threw the ball to Salas/Goodwin 1 time all game. Woods is a decent, reliable option but no game breaker. They don't utilize Sammy or Clay like they need to. If Sammy goes down, I would expect teams to put 8 in the box and make the Bills find a way to beat them.
McCoy had to work too hard to get what little yardage he did. Early on it seemed that Tyrod was under pressure as soon as the had gotten the ball. By the game's end it felt like he had more time, or they were moving him in the pocket more as the rush seemed to be coming from the interior.
He wasn't pressured on that play posted above.
That was another thing that irked me... Baby Gronk was on the active roster for this game, right? Why keep an FB on the roster if you don't use him? They used a one back shotgun set all game... If you have a fullback active and you OLine is struggling, put him in to help block. (Or have a TE help in pass blocking.)
Hell, I wouldn't mind if they played 6 OL on some passing plays to create time for Taylor. Watkins will get open. If it takes an extra second or two, an OL, at the expense of a 3rd WR or a TE is worth it.
They didn't use Felton much last year. He played a small % of the plays considering he was the highest paid FB in the league. I'm thinking they felt the run game would be fine without Felton since he wasn't used much. Now they're apparently in panic mode. How else do you describe them going out and getting the guy they just cut after a week 1 loss? There was no injury that forced the move.
That's not the greatest analysis. I could pick apart a lot of it, but my favorite is: "If he had made a better pass you can see that Bush has a clear path to the end zone over the middle of the field."
It's amazing how bad he looked. So many people blamed Rex (when the defense gave up 13 points) or Roman. People are quick to blame the wrong people. Much like Whaley getting the blame. We have talent on this team, and once upon a time, Brian Moorman was our best player. But they want Whaley gone. Unreal.
Speaking of shotgun vs. center snap, I noticed a play on one of the first few Bills drives where Tyrod took a snap under center and basically happy-footed his drop. He got no depth whatsoever. I was okay with writing it off to being first quarter jitters, but it wasn't even a rookie mistake....they teach you that in high school. Get your depth. I didn't notice it at all later but he didn't exactly come back with a strong performance afterward.
I loved it. That's why guys like to play for him. He's a polarizing type of guy. Some hate him, some love him. Generally the players like playing for him.
This analysis is horrible. Yes, Tyrod had a terrible game, but it wasn't 100% his fault either. Some of the plays Tyrod is getting blamed for on that blog weren't his fault or weren't 100% his fault. I can almat guarantee that the guy who wrote that has no clue how to read a defense or could even tell you what defense was showing pre-snap.
A big pet peeve of mine these days is people thinking "going through progressions" is equivalent to "finding the open WR." All the best QBs are going to miss wide open WRs if they actually are at the bottom of the progression order.
Ok, point taken. But the point here is that Tyrod locks onto his primary option and waits forever for him to get open instead of recognizing that it isn't going to happen in time and moving to his second or third option. He left a lot of completions and yards on the field.
Oh, I agree totally. I wasn't trying to call you out. Just something that came to mind when reading that article.
The weird thing is he was doing this in preseason and the later half of last year. It's like he took 3 steps backward in that Ravens game.Grigs Allmoon said:
The Jets sacked Dalton 7 times in week 1 -- I don't think Tyrod is going to have enough time for anything tonight regardless of whether he's "regressed" or not.
