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  • The King
    Without me it's just Awe so
    • Jun 2004
    • 42380
    #1

    10 Things You Should Know - Preston Brown

    Sorry for the delay on this one. My wife had a baby this week.

    10 Things You Should Know – Preston Brown
    http://www.billszone.com/?p=1775





    1. Preston Brown played high school football for the Northwest Knights in Colerain Township, OH. Brown played LB and FB.
    2. Brown originally committed to Cincinnati before switching to Louisville. He was considered a three-star recruit coming out of high school.
    3. During his senior year Preston led the Cardinals in tackles, and finished 2ndin sacks and forced fumbles to Marcus Smith who was selected 26th overall in this years draft.
    4. Brown was originally projected as a 5th round pick, it was his individual team meetings that helped him move up the draft boards.
    5. While Brown was the 4th Cardinal selected in this year’s draft, he’s also the first LB drafted from Louisville since 2006 and the highest selected since 1980.
    6. Brown faced Syracuse three times with Doug Marrone as the head coach. Preston won two out of the three meetings. Syracuse ended a nine game winning streak for Louisville who was ranked 11th in 2012.
    7. That 2012 Louisville (22) team went on to face Florida (4) in the Sugar Bowl. The Cardinals pulled off a major upset winning that game 33-23. Brown racked up 13 tackles in that game.
    8. Brown has had the same training partner since he was a kid. His father, Mike Brown. Mike was the captain of the 1984 Ball State Football team.
    9. Brown played in the 2014 East West Shrine game for Coach Jerry Glanville. Fellow draftee and Bills teammate Ross Cockrell was on that team as well.
    10. Brown recalls his favorite play during his career as a Cardinal was a 48 yard fumble recovery for a touchdown. A notable second was a 37 yard run on a fake punt.
    I remember that one fateful day when Coach took me aside. I knew what was coming. "You don't have to tell me," I said. "I'm off the team, aren't I?"
    "Well," said Coach, "you never were really ON the team. You made that uniform you're wearing out of rags and towels, and your helmet is a toy space helmet.
    You show up at practice and then either steal the ball and make us chase you to get it back, or you try to tackle people at inappropriate times."
    It was all     true what he was saying. And yet, I thought something is brewing inside the head of this Coach.
    He sees something in me, some kind of raw talent that he can     mold. But that's when I felt the handcuffs go on.


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  • Fletch
    Registered User
    • May 2007
    • 3166
    #2
    Re: 10 Things You Should Know - Preston Brown

    Doesn't sound very good against the pass.

    In 4 seasons, 3 of them starting, he has only 7 sacks and 1 INT, the latter not even having been during his Sr. season.

    Could be why the pub on him at nfl.com is this;

    Bottom Line


    Aggressive, high-collision 'Mike' linebacker best paired with a demanding position coach who will extract the most from him. Could be most ideally suited as a two-down thumper vs. the run.

    Spikes is a 2-down thumper vs. the run too. Not sure how many 2-down thumper LBs a team needs. Those guys are more role-players than 3-down starting types. We need 3-down LBs and ones that have proven that they can defend v. the pass. Right now we have one, Kiko.

    Who's effectively going to play on 3rd-downs besides Kiko on a regular basis? It's not going to be Spikes or Brown apparently.

    I wonder how Gaines is doing. I have a hunch that he'll make the roster and end up with a starting spot. He's underrated IMO. I could be way off, but he quietly played very well at Miami on a crap D with a crap DC.
    Last edited by Fletch; 06-19-2014, 12:48 PM.
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    Post #46

    Originally posted by Yasgur's Farm
    (Moderator) My name's Max Yasgur, and I approve of this post.
    Originally Posted by pmoon6
    The idea that you "won't settle" presumes that you have some kind of control. Delusional thinking at best for a supposed fan of a spectators' sport. Your way to deal with it is to constantly ***** and denigrate any move, any result concerning the team even if it's positive because you don't want your whittle feewings hurt again. It's a protection mechanism.

    You shroud your childish approach in a vale of pompous, intellectual garbage in an attempt to look smart and "real". You over-analyze even minute points and manipulate statistics to fit your negative view of the team. Again, to feel good about yourself and to protect from getting hurt.

    Of course, the criticisms are obviously from someone who has no understanding of the team concept or what it takes to excel at athletics.

    The true "realist" understands that they have no control of what happens on the field or behind the closed doors at One Bills' Drive, so they do the prudent thing for a spectator. They enjoy the games on Sunday with family and friends, cheer for their team and realize that it's just entertainment.
    ------

    "I was an integral part in the drafting process of EJ Manuel," Whaley said Thursday on NFL Network's Total Access. "I was the person that handled the draft process and setting up the board."

    "We are committed. I want you to believe me when I say that," Whaley said of building around the second-year quarterback, per The Buffalo News. "I always tell you guys that I'll never say never because I don't want to paint myself in a corner, but when I do say something, I do it and I mean it and I try to fulfill it."

    "We believe the addition of Sammy is going to be instant impact, not only to our quarterback, but to what our offensive coordinator can come up with game-plan wise and how defenses attack us," Whaley said.

    Whaley on EJ Manuel: "We think we got a gem in this guy." (2:30)

    "And as Mark says, if in three years maybe he's not [our quarterback of the future], then I'll be sitting there saying 'hey guys', .... anybody got a job for me?" - Doug Whaley

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    • feldspar
      Registered User
      • Mar 2007
      • 13620
      #3
      Re: 10 Things You Should Know - Preston Brown

      Originally posted by Fletch View Post
      Not sure how many 2-down thumper LBs a team needs.
      The Bills probably need a couple, as they have been notoriously poor against the run for a long time.

      They have guys that can rotate in against the pass.

      Stopping the run has been this defense's biggest weakness by far. Linebackers play a huge role in that.

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      • The last buffalo fan
        I told the pet store guy "How else am I supposed to get the mouse out of my ass?"
        • Sep 2004
        • 18204
        #4
        Re: 10 Things You Should Know - Preston Brown

        Congrats to the Queen and to you, Mr. King!
        The Mexican & too!!

        - Adriano & Emiliano, the next Villa & Zapata. Viva Mexico, cabrones!!! -

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        • Fletch
          Registered User
          • May 2007
          • 3166
          #5
          Re: 10 Things You Should Know - Preston Brown

          Originally posted by feldspar View Post
          The Bills probably need a couple, as they have been notoriously poor against the run for a long time.

          They have guys that can rotate in against the pass.

          Stopping the run has been this defense's biggest weakness by far. Linebackers play a huge role in that.
          Linebackers play a huge role in pass D too. Perhaps an even bigger one, especially since the NFL is all about passing these days.

          Our pass D hasn't been good either. It's overrated now because of last season, but we didn't beat one team with a good passing game.

          We poured all of our resources into logging sacks, had a weak schedule when it came to playing top passing teams, and traded pass D for rush D. The schedule tightens up significantly this season in that regard, and we should see a regression in D that everyone's going to falsely blame entirely on Schwartz and on Pettine leaving.

          Either way, there is such a thing as 3-down LBs, just seems that people here in Buffalo don't know what they are. They're all over the league though. I see no need, short of poor planning and player management, to not be able to field three of them. One of the problems with our management/front-office/Whaley is that we keep changing our defensive systems. 4-3 to 3-4, to hybrid, back to 4-3, every couple of seasons. Part of it is competent coaching too, something we haven't seen here in years.

          I don't see why we should have to cash out in pass D just to bolster a horrific rushing D that couldn't stop a drain last season. IMO if Spikes and Brown both start, given the loss of Byrd (yeah, I know I know, we won't miss a beat with Searcy in there) I think that our pass D is going to be a huge issue.

          As it is, we've allowed 25 to 30 passing TDs in each of the last four seasons, I don't see that changing. It may get worse statistically given that we play a whole bunch of top passing teams this season. Last season we had the benefit, statistically, of not having had to play many top passing teams, despite the fact that we couldn't beat one passing team ranked in the top-half, but this season we play five teams that ranked among the top-6 in passing last season, and two more games against the Pats with Brady now having had a season to gel with his young WRs.

          I can easily see us finishing near the bottom in passing TDs allowed and by allowing 30+ this season. We'll see.
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          Post #46

          Originally posted by Yasgur's Farm
          (Moderator) My name's Max Yasgur, and I approve of this post.
          Originally Posted by pmoon6
          The idea that you "won't settle" presumes that you have some kind of control. Delusional thinking at best for a supposed fan of a spectators' sport. Your way to deal with it is to constantly ***** and denigrate any move, any result concerning the team even if it's positive because you don't want your whittle feewings hurt again. It's a protection mechanism.

          You shroud your childish approach in a vale of pompous, intellectual garbage in an attempt to look smart and "real". You over-analyze even minute points and manipulate statistics to fit your negative view of the team. Again, to feel good about yourself and to protect from getting hurt.

          Of course, the criticisms are obviously from someone who has no understanding of the team concept or what it takes to excel at athletics.

          The true "realist" understands that they have no control of what happens on the field or behind the closed doors at One Bills' Drive, so they do the prudent thing for a spectator. They enjoy the games on Sunday with family and friends, cheer for their team and realize that it's just entertainment.
          ------

          "I was an integral part in the drafting process of EJ Manuel," Whaley said Thursday on NFL Network's Total Access. "I was the person that handled the draft process and setting up the board."

          "We are committed. I want you to believe me when I say that," Whaley said of building around the second-year quarterback, per The Buffalo News. "I always tell you guys that I'll never say never because I don't want to paint myself in a corner, but when I do say something, I do it and I mean it and I try to fulfill it."

          "We believe the addition of Sammy is going to be instant impact, not only to our quarterback, but to what our offensive coordinator can come up with game-plan wise and how defenses attack us," Whaley said.

          Whaley on EJ Manuel: "We think we got a gem in this guy." (2:30)

          "And as Mark says, if in three years maybe he's not [our quarterback of the future], then I'll be sitting there saying 'hey guys', .... anybody got a job for me?" - Doug Whaley

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          • Pinkerton Security
            Pinkerton's son
            • Feb 2006
            • 6003
            #6
            Re: 10 Things You Should Know - Preston Brown

            Originally posted by feldspar View Post
            The Bills probably need a couple, as they have been notoriously poor against the run for a long time.

            They have guys that can rotate in against the pass.

            Stopping the run has been this defense's biggest weakness by far. Linebackers play a huge role in that.
            seriously. anyone complaining about us picking up 2 run stuffing LBs is insane. We were SOOOOOOOO bad against the run last year, and the year before that, and the year before that..


            all I have to say is Lagarette Blount had like 400 all purpose yards against us last year. Nuff said

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