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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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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.
Were 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.
Were 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.
He was a rookie, and made a rookie mistake. I remember more than one occasion when Jim Kelly did similar, and he was never really a rookie in a Bill's uniform.
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.
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Were 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.
He should not have been in a position to throw that, but he was, and it was a mental rookie mistake. Not a physical error. That TD to Goodwin earlier was a thing of beauty.
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Re: Could Tuel Step Forward & Be Manuels' Backup ?
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).
Re: Could Tuel Step Forward & Be Manuels' Backup ?
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.
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.
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.
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.
Why, 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.
Why, 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.
And yet, Chris Brown who has seem more of both of them this off season thinks Tuel may win the back up job.
Re: Could Tuel Step Forward & Be Manuels' Backup ?
Tool sucks!
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