Around the AFC East, Week 2: Buffalo Bills
by MaPatsFan on May 30, 2008 11:33 AM EDT
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PrintOur friendly AFC East bloggers have gone at it again with another series of questions in this, the second installment of Around the AFC East. The answers are getting detailed and thorough so I've decided to split them into 3 separate stories. First up is Brian Galliford from Buffalo Rumblings :
Looking at the Bills' draft choices, it seems like you picked up a gem in Xavier Omon. At round 6 pick 13, he was a steal. Is he the draftee you're happiest with? If not, who is? Conversely, who are you least happy with and why?
Buffalo Rumblings : Omon may end up being a gem, but he's certainly not the draft pick I'm happiest with, and I don't view him as a steal, either - as a Division II product, he was drafted exactly where he was supposed to be drafted. I like the kid's cutting ability and nose for the end zone, but even if he does end up making the active roster, he'll be sitting behind Marshawn Lynch and Fred Jackson on the RB depth chart. He won't see much field time - if any - in '08, barring injury.
The draft pick I'm happiest with is, not surprisingly, CB Leodis McKelvin. Buffalo was absolutely devastated by injury at corner last year (as well as the rest of the roster), and the team didn't have a true #1 corner to begin with. McKelvin has elite athleticism and a knack for the big play; he's got Pro Bowl cornerback written all over him - especially if he can hone his ball skills - and in a division that features some good receivers, most notably Randy Moss, getting that corner was a great move by the team.
I ended up liking all ten of Buffalo's draft picks, but I thought the poorest fit in terms of what the Bills needed offensively was TE Derek Fine. Although he's not likely to see an overwhelming amount of time offensively this season, Fine is the type of tight end that the Bills already had in abundance - short, slow, and a short-area worker. Trent Edwards likes throwing to his tight ends, but the team doesn't have an athlete that can stretch the field vertically at the position. It would have been nice to see the team add that type of threat; Fine is a good pick because of his special teams ability, but he'll never be a go-to guy for Edwards.
I can see Leodis McKelvin being the guy he's happiest with, but it's easy to pick a first round guy as your favorite. It's like me liking Jerod Mayo. No kidding. But, I'll defer to Brian on this one; he knows his team needs. However, I seriously Leodis will be productive and make an impact day one. A rookie lining up against Randy Moss? He's gonna get schooled in a heartbeat. I have doubts he'll be a major impact this year, but 2009 he'll be a weapon to contend with.
As far as Omon, he may not fit right away, but he could be a good choice to provide some depth at RB. You can only run Lynch for so long. And, with Fred Jackson the oldest at 27, there's quite a future for Buffalo at that position.
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As a guest, I will not comment on the obvious, but if a Pats fan wants to discuss why 31 other teams fans have questions about what happened with Spygate etc, let me know where to post.
I disagree with Brian here, probably to my peril. I think McKelvin is a luxury. Even if he is up to speed, the best way to shut off Brady to Moss is to get Brady (or perhaps to have Moss play in a non contract year).
The Bills offense was 31st last year. The only change it made was Hardy. WRs generally suck their first year. For Bills fans who wanted to win this year, I think they will be disappointed.
I watched through the mid 80s though. Waiting for 09 doesnt bother me.
To your peril?
Brian seems like such a nice guy!! ;-) For spygate discussions, I have a number of stories up, but your best bet is to go here. You’re also more than welcomed to create a fanpost. Many of us have moved on, but it’s always good to get a well thought out and articulate opposing point of view. There’s more to learn with that than just being a homer.
The biggest help to the Bills offense...
...was made long before the draft and long before the free agency period. Former Bills Offensive Coordinator (and now Colorado State head coach) Steve Fairchild’s playcalling abilities were beyond abysmal. Fairchild did more damage to the Buffalo offense than any opponent’s defenders ever did. Schoenert is going to be a significant upgrade and I think his addition will mean more to the Bills’ offense than Hardy’s will. Hell, firing Fairchild and replacing him with a half-trained orangutan that says “ook!” all the time would have been an improvement. He simply had no business being a coach at that level of responsibility and perhaps CSU will realize very soon what a horrible, horrible mistake they made in bringing him back.
"I could have conquered Europe, all of it, but I had women in my life." - King Henry II of England
OCs
I still have questions in my mind about the Pats OC, Josh McDaniels. Was the Pats’s offensive success due to Josh or Josh having lots of toys? I hate to admit it, but our past OC Charlie Weis had less to work with and had to be extremely creative. I’m not seeing some of those “trick” plays I was so used to in the Weis era.
Let you know where to post???? How about EVERYWHERE!!!!
What the heck, are you serious? Pick a website, any website. It’s been everywhere, all the time, every station and news outlet, 24-7-almost 365 since it began.
A. Do you have any heretofore unexpressed fresh, new, insightful and educated observations to add than all of the gazillions, from Joe Sixpack to highly paid journalists, who have already spouted out about it?
B. Do you have the secret spy tape of the Rams pre-Super Bowl walk through in your possession?
C. Are you part of the conspiracy or the cover-up?
D. How about an intern for Sen. Spector?
If the answer is E. none of the above, then there’s nothing to discuss.
You DID comment on the obvious by the way, regardless of what you said you wouldn’t do, but don’t worry, your high and mightiness has been noted.
Keep the faith!
LOL
somebody’s a bit touchy. I guess if I were a Patsies fan I would have gotten tired of hearing about it a while ago myself.
The time has come for someone to put his foot down. And that foot is me.
Heard 'em all
Patsies, check. Belicheat, check. Chowdah Heads, check. Anything else? How about “The team that embarrassed my team twice on the field in 2007”? Yeah, that has a nice ring to it.
Boy you guys need to lighten up
Patsies is a nickname older then me. From way back in the 70’s & 80’s.
Awfully defensive around here.
The time has come for someone to put his foot down. And that foot is me.
Thanks for the nickname lesson
I have a feeling if I went over to Buffalo Rumblings and started using nicknames with negative connotations, I’d get the same reaction. At any rate, I’d prefer to talk football. Hope to exchange some ideas soon.
Lets start over
I’m friends with a few PATRIOTS fans and I call them the Patsies all the time with no ill intentions.
If you want to talk football answer me this…
Last year the Pats O-Line seemed to get exposed a little towards the end of the year, but the team didn’t do anything to fix it (the i saw anyway) Do you see the O-Line as a concern or are you content with it as is?
The time has come for someone to put his foot down. And that foot is me.
O Line
Good question. I wanted to see them get younger on the O line particularly because Brady sometimes takes his time, as witnessed in the SB. In next year’s draft, I think you’ll find Belichick going after that next; we’ve done some stuff on defense this year, so I’m feeling a little better about that.
Brian
is wrong about our TE’s, a little bit. The Bills signed Teyo Johnson who is a former WR converted to TE by the currently insane Al Davis. I don’t know how Buffalo intends to use Johnson or Derek Fine, but there IS a TE on our roster that is more than athletic enough to stretch defenses. It’s just that Brian doesn’t acknowledge it because, well… it’s Teyo Johnson.
And yeah wow, the fans over here need to pull their heads out of their arses. How does Patsies have a negative connotation? If you get caught cheating don’t you think your nose should be rubbed in the s**t? Maybe not in all of your eyes, but the rest of the non-homer world sees the Patriots’ super dynastic team as tainted, maybe even illegitimate. I mean damn, if you guys hadn’t gotten caught… maybe the Cheatriots would have had some film on the Giants defensive calls, that might have been worth 3-7 points. Hmmm, didn’t they win all of their super bowls by 3-7 points?
But hey, you guys should be peeved at Billicheck (how the hell do you spell his name anyways?), not everybody else.
"I don't agree with a damn thing you say, but I would die for your right to say it."
Don't forget Anderson
Courtney Anderson, is a better, I’ll be it slightly better, version of Johnson.
The time has come for someone to put his foot down. And that foot is me.
Courtney Anderson
is slow as molasses. He’s a slightly taller version of Robert royal. Let’s just hope he has better hands than Royal.
"I don't agree with a damn thing you say, but I would die for your right to say it."
by ForeignArrow on May 31, 2008 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions
ya know...
...in a simple way, it’s kind of like when you were a kid and you brought home a couple of really bad grades or something, and your parents lay into you about it, and keep laying into you even though you’ve been grounded and there’s nothing you can do about it to make it right except not goof off any more when you should be studying. For the rest of the term until the new grades come out, you’re kind of stuck in that bad place listening to them lay into you every time the subject comes up about school or grades or the A’s your brother got and how your cousin got on the honor roll. There’s no getting away from it, except to work hard and bring home the A. The last thing in the world you need is for the neighbors to keep dropping by to comment on your lousy, stinking report card.
S**t won’t smell any better or worse after analyzing it or calling it what it is, and why on earth you want to keep it around to discuss it or point out that it stinks is beyond me.
Keep the faith!
I didnt....
bring it up. I was more so responding the response. And nice try with the analogy, by the way… because the Cheatriots didn’t come home with a bad report card, they got caught cheating on the exams and then said, “I didn’t know I wasn’t supposed to be copying Johnny’s answers!! I must have misread that academic dishonesty thing.” Even now in the midst of the whole thing…. Pats fans are downplaying it. You know, in academia, if they catch you cheating you get expelled. Bill Bellyboy should have been banned from the NFL for life. Pete Rose is banned from the MLB for gambling, how is this any less of an offense? Then Belichick has the gall to play dumb and insult everyone’s intelligence by saying he misinterpreted the rules. So, either he retarded (because he can’t read) or he’s retarded (because he expects people to believe that). Seriously, the slime-ball should be out of football.
It’s just nice to know the Bills don’t have a shady coaching staff. Can anyone ever see Dick Jauron do something like that?
"I don't agree with a damn thing you say, but I would die for your right to say it."
by ForeignArrow on May 31, 2008 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions
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