Day Four OTA Notes

[justasportsfan]

Bills quarterback J.P. Losman had his best day of the week Thursday as his accuracy and touch were sharp throughout the practice. Losman had good touch passes on a pair of out patterns to Lee Evans and Josh Reed in which he dropped the ball over or in between defenders.

"We're light years ahead of where were last year at this point in time," said Losman of the offense as a whole. "That's probably the big thing. The confidence is there and everyone is just getting comfortable, critiquing and perfecting all that we worked on last year."

He and Evans hooked up five times during the practice session. They would have also combined for a touchdown had the ball not come out of Losman's hands a bit wobbly on his deep shot attempt to Evans down the left sideline. Evans had beaten Kiwaukee Thomas, but the ball had too much air under it and was intercepted by Ko Simpson. It was Losman's only blemish on the day.

http://www.buffalobills.com/news/news.jsp?news_id=4816

[justasportsfan]

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Schobel not there. Reed drops a pass. JP is intercepted. The Sky is falling!!!!

[TacklingDummy]

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JP being able to torch the Bills defense is just another sign of how horrible the Bills will be on D this year.

Beating up what could be the worst defense in the league doesn't impress me.

[OpIv37]

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Sounds like Nall is shaky- maybe Edwards should get reps with the second team, especially considering what we passed on to get him.

[justasportsfan]

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JP being able to torch the Bills defense is just another sign of how horrible the Bills will be on D this year.

Beating up what could be the worst defense in the league doesn't impress me.

Anyone knows that the O will beat up on the D until the pads come on but you're not anyone. Dummy is special.

[TacklingDummy]

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Sounds like Nall is shaky- maybe Edwards should get reps with the second team, especially considering what we passed on to get him.

11-on-11
Craig Nall and the second unit offense went against the second unit defense to begin team work Thursday. Nall completed his first three passes including a deep touchdown pass to Sam Aiken, who has had a strong week.


7-on-7
Again the spread formations and nickel package sets were a focus. The offense was particularly sharp during this session. Losman was 8-for-9, Nall was 4-4 and Trent Edwards was 3-3 passing during the first series of 7-on-7.

[justasportsfan]

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http://buffalobills.com/blog/index.jsp?blogger_id=1

SAFETY CANDIDATES: Among the safety group the two rookie safeties that I think effectively cover the most ground are rookie free agents Trevor Hooper (Stanford) and Jon Corto (Sacred Heart). Both of them transition well when flipping their hips and they are both strong in the lateral movement category. That's important for a free safety in this system as they are called upon to cover half the field at times. ---

WIRE IS QUICKEST OF LBS: Just watching individual drills closely the past couple of days, it's apparent to me that Coy Wire is the quickest in the linebacking corps. His lateral movement is superior to everyone else's. Granted he's probably the lightest of the bunch which no doubt helps, but you can see it when they're all taking turns doing the same drills.

Wire has been playing mainly strong side LB this first OTA week, but that won't necessarily be his primary position. Wire is playing there because the staff wants him to learn all three LB positions in this system. Every LB on the roster must learn at least 2, but the staff feels Wire has the mental makeup to handle 3. Ideally I'd expect him to be a weak side LB.

The next quickest LBs in this defense after Wire in my opinion are John DiGiorgio and Keith Ellison. Again two of the lighter guys in the group, but don't discount their athleticism. They are quick.

[justasportsfan]

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[Meathead]

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[OpIv37]

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11-on-11
Craig Nall and the second unit offense went against the second unit defense to begin team work Thursday. Nall completed his first three passes including a deep touchdown pass to Sam Aiken, who has had a strong week.


7-on-7
Again the spread formations and nickel package sets were a focus. The offense was particularly sharp during this session. Losman was 8-for-9, Nall was 4-4 and Trent Edwards was 3-3 passing during the first series of 7-on-7.

I just re-read the article and I have no idea what I was talking about. Other than one INT to Webster, you're right, Nall was good.

I'm trying to figure out what I read that made me think Nall was struggling but I can't find anything, so I retract my statement.

Although, it would be nice if Edwards could leapfrog Nall on the depth chart.

[mysticsoto]

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I just re-read the article and I have no idea what I was talking about. Other than one INT to Webster, you're right, Nall was good.

I'm trying to figure out what I read that made me think Nall was struggling but I can't find anything, so I retract my statement.

Although, it would be nice if Edwards could leapfrog Nall on the depth chart.

It's part of your gloomy-slanted mind. If you don't see bad news...you make it up internally.

Besides, why would you promote Edwards leapfrogging over Nall...according to you, backup QB isn't even important and you could care less about our depth there...

[OpIv37]

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It's part of your gloomy-slanted mind. If you don't see bad news...you make it up internally.

Besides, why would you promote Edwards leapfrogging over Nall...according to you, backup QB isn't even important and you could care less about our depth there...

wow, this post is ignorant. I'm at work and I'm trying to do about 10 things at once, so I read it too quickly- so what?

Considering we gave up the opportunity to get CB or LB depth for Edwards, it would be nice if he could at least be #2 on the depth chart. And I never said I could care less about depth there- I said CB and LB depth are far more important.

[mysticsoto]

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wow, this post is ignorant. I'm at work and I'm trying to do about 10 things at once, so I read it too quickly- so what?

It's not a "so what"...it goes right to the point of who and how you are...without reading in depth, you automatically assumed something negative about Nall without any justification. Care to tell me how that happens out of the blue??? It's b'cse you're entire mindset starts out with negative thoughts!

Considering we gave up the opportunity to get CB or LB depth for Edwards, it would be nice if he could at least be #2 on the depth chart. And I never said I could care less about depth there- I said CB and LB depth are far more important.

QUIT ****ING SAYING THAT ****.

I already told you that I could care less about backup QB and my previous posts support my assertation.

You guys think I'm just *****ing to ***** because you can't see how dire the situation is through your red and blue colored glasses.

[OpIv37]

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It's not a "so what"...it goes right to the point of who and how you are...without reading in depth, you automatically assumed something negative about Nall without any justification. Care to tell me how that happens out of the blue??? It's b'cse you're entire mindset starts out with negative thoughts!

There was a passage about Nall throwing an interception- I probably saw that and didn't see the other stats. And if I do have negative thoughts about this team, can you really blame me at this point? We've been losing for a better part of a decade and in the past 5 years there have been two failed attempts at rebuilding. Seems to me that any logical person would be at least a little skeptical at this point.

Let me clarify on the QB thing. Few teams have a backup QB that can step in and win- the ones that do are usually teams with good D's and good running games that can compensate. Nall sucks, Edwards has no experience- the point is this team isn't good enough to sustain an injury to our starting QB, so at this point it's somewhat irrelevant who our backup QB is.

Meanwhile, we have no depth at CB or LB and the starters are unproven, meaning there is a better chance for a 3rd round pick to step in and contribute. And even if they're not good enough to start, backup CB or LB is much more likely to see the field because more of them play at a time (2-3 CB's and 2-3 LB's depending on the defensive set). And, it takes longer for QB's to learn the game than for any other position on the field. So, given all of that, it would be much wiser to take care of backup CB or LB BEFORE taking care of backup Qb.

I also made that comment about the backup QB AFTER you claimed I would have been *****ing about not having a back up QB despite no evidence to suggest that. Backup QB is NOT a priority IMO, but since we gave up so much to get one in terms of opportunity cost, he damn well better be up to to the job.

You know, you previously argued that no team has depth all over the field. Well, you seem pretty adament about having a back up QB for someone who's willing to accept a lack of depth.

[justasportsfan]

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I just re-read the article and I have no idea what I was talking about. .

No problem, we're used to it by now.