Could Tuel Step Forward & Be Manuels' Backup ?
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Originally posted by Night Train View Posthttp://www.buffalobills.com/news/art...-e492ab96b886?
He has an upside. Had an entire off-season to improve and would like to see him as next man in.
Lewis does not have an upside, IMO. Too many turnovers and limited arm. Being a cheerleader carries you only so far. Thanks for beating Miami twice but he was brutal to watch most of the time.
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Originally posted by MST3KBillsfan View PostWere we watching two different Kansas City Chiefs games? Did you not see that pick six he just handed to the Chiefs defender. ****, he and he alone lost that game.
If Tuel can progress and become better than Lewis, overall that's better for the team. Will he? Who knows...just like Manuel, and any other rookie at any other position, he certainly should get more than one season to see if he can contribute.YardRat Wall of Fame
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Tuel is a better passer than Ej IMO if you take Tuels lack of experience into consideration.Last edited by justasportsfan; 06-21-2014, 12:00 PM.
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Re: Could Tuel Step Forward & Be Manuels' Backup ?
Originally posted by MST3KBillsfan View PostWere we watching two different Kansas City Chiefs games? Did you not see that pick six he just handed to the Chiefs defender. ****, he and he alone lost that game."You can't be a real country unless you have beer and an airline - it helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need beer."
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lewis can get you to .500 if your starter is out...he can also play in cold weather.
Tuel is inexperienced and may be learning, but he didn't strike me as having an arm that can deal with late season games. and as such, i'm fine letting another team take him. he also was frail in college and doesn't look like a guy who can take punishment.
The truth is that this is EJ's team. they've brought in no one to really challenge that idea. so we go where EJ goes. if he's on the bench due to injury, we are looking at stop gap help. at best, i think Thad runs it best and most similar to EJ. They both run a convincing read option (thad more so than EJ since he actualy will run with it).
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Tuel is bad and he was bad in college. He has already gotten more chances then 90% of udfas and more then he deserves. This is just carrying on a storied Bills tradition of hyping the 3rd stringer for no earthly reason. Remember when people thought Craig Nall and Gibran Hamdan should start? Good times.
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Originally posted by IlluminatusUIUC View PostTuel is bad and he was bad in college. He has already gotten more chances then 90% of udfas and more then he deserves. This is just carrying on a storied Bills tradition of hyping the 3rd stringer for no earthly reason. Remember when people thought Craig Nall and Gibran Hamdan should start? Good times.
Tuel has a GOOD Strong arm.
He just needs to learn to read defenses.
He would have won the Chiefs game if not for one BAD play.
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Re: Could Tuel Step Forward & Be Manuels' Backup ?
Originally posted by IlluminatusUIUC View PostTuel is bad and he was bad in college. He has already gotten more chances then 90% of udfas and more then he deserves. This is just carrying on a storied Bills tradition of hyping the 3rd stringer for no earthly reason. Remember when people thought Craig Nall and Gibran Hamdan should start? Good times.
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Originally posted by Swiper View PostGo back and look at Tuel's stats last pre-season.
Look up Tuel's regular season stats. 44% completions, 1 TD and 3 INTs...TWO pick-sixes.
The guy almost single-handedly lost BOTH games he played in for the Bills last year...Cleveland and Kansas City. Yeah, yeah...he was a rookie, didn't get the reps, and any other kind of thing you can think of.
Thad Lewis played just as well as Manuel last year, if not a bit better IMO. He showed some grit.
Some idiots were actually talking about Tuel maybe starting over EJ Manuel last year after the preseason. There is just nothing there to suggest Tuel should be the backup over Lewis. In fact, Tuel might end up on the practice squad for all we know. He's a long-shot project, and that's it.Last edited by feldspar; 06-21-2014, 02:40 PM.
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Originally posted by feldspar View PostWhy, is he going to be playing against third-stringers and guys that don't even make teams if Manuel goes down in the regular season?
Look up Tuel's regular season stats. 44% completions, 1 TD and 3 INTs...TWO pick-sixes.
The guy almost single-handedly lost BOTH games he played in for the Bills last year...Cleveland and Kansas City. Yeah, yeah...he was a rookie, didn't get the reps, and any other kind of thing you can think of.
Thad Lewis played just as well as Manuel last year, if not a bit better IMO. He showed some grit.
Some idiots were actually talking about Tuel maybe starting over EJ Manuel last year after the preseason. There is just nothing there to suggest Tuel should be the backup over Lewis. In fact, Tuel might end up on the practice squad for all we know. He's a long-shot project, and that's it.
I guess Chris must be an idiot.
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Tool sucks!"Expect rejection, but expect more to overcome it."
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