The Longer the Lockout Drags on the More it Hurts Teams Like the Bills

[BillsFever21]

With a team depending on many young players, rookies and only entering our second season with a new coach and systems the longer this drags out the more it will hurt teams like us.

The longer the younger and returning players can't get back on the field to continue learning the system the further it puts us behind. Add in the fact our team will depending on a lot of rookies contributing that will set us back even further.

It already takes a while for a rookie to learn the system and get acclimated to the NFL. If this lockout drags on and they can't get into mini camps and lose part or most of training camp it will set them behind even further for this upcoming season.

Veteran teams that have played together for a while and been in the same system won't be affected as much. All they need is some fine tuning to get ready for the season.

Veterans also are experienced on what they need to do to get physically ready for the season where a young player isn't.

We are not a playoff team anyway this season but I fear it will set our young players even further behind the longer they can't start practicing and working out with the team. The NFL needs to get their crap together and get this lockout ended and the new CBA into place.

[bosshogg21]

Re: The Longer the Lockout Drags on the More it Hurts Teams Like the Bills

I hope you don't ever stand out in the open air...a piano might fall on your head. Your posts are doom and gloom.

[BillsFever21]

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It's just called being realistic of the situation. I've heard the same type of comments from others for years but the lack of improvements have still yet to surface.

That's just a realistic opinion from an NFL standpoint. If you don't believe a lack of practicing and learning for a younger team puts them behind the 8-Ball more then a team established with veterans then that's just overdoing it with the rose colored glasses.

Some people look at their team from a realistic and objective point of view and some try to hide and block their teams weaknesses from their expectations and think everything will be just fine.

[TheGhostofJimKelly]

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Did you ever think about either not watching football or changing your affiliation? You seem to take this Bills thing way to serious. Every post you make is basically how crappy it is to be a Buffalo Bill or the fans that follow them. Why don't you try to follow another team for a week and see how it is.

[trapezeus]

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and it could be worse for teams who are built to win right now with high paid vets who are in their primes of their career for maybe 1-2 years. they just drafted assuming the season will go on. if it's cancelled for a year, they might lose who they need.

Brady and manning are at their best for maybe another 3 seasons tops (law of average prediction, maybe they can play 10).

You can cut it both ways.

[better days]

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and it could be worse for teams who are built to win right now with high paid vets who are in their primes of their career for maybe 1-2 years. they just drafted assuming the season will go on. if it's cancelled for a year, they might lose who they need.

Brady and manning are at their best for maybe another 3 seasons tops (law of average prediction, maybe they can play 10).

You can cut it both ways.

Good post except that Brady & Manning while both are still very good are already past their best. They are on the downslope of their careers.

[trapezeus]

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that could be true, but i think they'll get the benefit of the doubt until they totally fall apart. same held true for kelly. he had to totally fall apart in that 96 season until everyone was like, "the guy just doesn't have it."

[justasportsfan]

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hurts everyone thats dependent on rookies especially the panthers

[Dozerdog]

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and it could be worse for teams who are built to win right now with high paid vets who are in their primes of their career for maybe 1-2 years. they just drafted assuming the season will go on. if it's cancelled for a year, they might lose who they need.

Brady and manning are at their best for maybe another 3 seasons tops (law of average prediction, maybe they can play 10).

You can cut it both ways.

A Year off for those guys helps more than it hurts. They can heal up - get rejuvenated

[PTI]

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It hurts the teams with unstable QB situations. Bills have a returning starter who played the last 14 games. It would not hurt the Bills on offense as much as defense. Fitz is a smart guy. Might have easy pickens if no one has a training camp and games start, at least at first.

[OpIv37]

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BF21 is right. I've had similar conversations with other people about this topic.

The good teams are going to stay good, the bad teams are going to stay bad. In addition, we have been unable to use FA to address some of this team's needs.

Every year, we hear about rookies and the improvement of last year's rookies and how that's supposed to help the team. Well, this year, we don't even have that. It's still too soon for an official prediction, but I'd be surprised if we won more than 4-5 games.

[WeAreArthurMoates]

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The only teams it's really going to hurt are the teams with new coaches. The rest is speculation.

[PromoTheRobot]

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As we all know, whatever happens in one year will absolutely happen exactly the same way in the next. That's why the same team wins the Super Bowl every year.

The teams that are in the worst shape are teams with new coaching staffs. But it wouldn't surprise me one bit if coaches are getting playbooks to key players hush-hush.

PTR

[psubills62]

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Every team is going to be sloppy whenever the season starts. The veteran teams will indeed have a better handle on things. The teams that are in the worst position are the ones with new coaches, in my opinion. Then the young teams.

[Extremebillsfan247]

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There are at least 15 other teams in the same boat that the Bills are in. I think the whole argument about the lockout hurting Buffalo more than other teams is exaggerated. It may hamper the process a little bit, but every team in the NFL will have that problem. If anything, I see it as more of an advantage than a disadvantage for this franchise.

We have 2 things working in our favor right now. One, we have a lot of players returning from last year who already are familiar with Gailey's system including at arguably one of the most crucial positions on the field at QB. Second, our coaching staff is still intact with only one move made during the offseason bringing in additional help in Wannstedt.

The only question mark coming into the year will be the play of some rookies who will be asked to fill a starting roll. Most, if not all of them will be on the defensive side. At most, only 3 of those rookies are likely to be forced into that position from day one. Gailey isn't some rookie Coach. He knows what he is doing, and will have this team ready.