Bills vs Colts Preseason game thread

[YardRat]

Woo-hoo.

[stuckincincy]

For those who can't watch the game, the CBS Sports and NFL sites have their "Game Watcher" feature - stats, near-real time game progress:

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gametracker/live/NFL_20160813_IND@BUF

http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2016081354/2016/PRE1/colts@bills#menu=gameinfo&tab=preview

[YardRat]

Good pressure by JawBreaker.

[YardRat]

Please cut Goodwin.

[BillsOwnAll]

I don't even wanna see the starters on the field I hate preseason

[BillsImpossible]

Mark Kelso is excellent, love listening to him and Murph.

[YardRat]

They've had Hughes on the strong side the first two series.

[YardRat]

LOL...bringing pressure from Graham and PBrown...better tuck away the 'vanilla defense' comments for this preseason.

[BillsImpossible]

Rob Ryan is sporting a keg belly.

[YardRat]

Tyrod gets one series...smart move.

[YardRat]

Like the way JWilliams hits the hole.

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Nice pass from EJ.

[stuckincincy]

LOL...bringing pressure from Graham and PBrown...better tuck away the 'vanilla defense' comments for this preseason.

That brings back the memories - the crowds here that railed on and on about how they are playing "vanilla" defenses in the preseason so they won't tip their hand.

[YardRat]

Gragg is playing his ass off.

[Mace]

Not a fan of Manuel's box top haircut. It says "I'm soooo yesterday".

[Mace]

They just suggested this is supposed to be a bendy defense. If it is, it will make me nuts.

[BillsImpossible]

So glad to have Brandon Spikes back as a Bill!

[YardRat]

Tyrod 'Toyota' Taylor.

[BillsImpossible]

2 nice plays by Duke Williams.

[TacklingDummy]

EJ is the best QB on the roster.

[TacklingDummy]

Stupid play call there.

[BillsImpossible]

EJ is the best QB on the roster.

Put down the pipe, TD! Cut off!

[BertSquirtgum]

EJ will be starting qb after tiny tyrod gets pummeled sometime this season.

[Mace]

Might just be me, but I think Leonard Hankerson would be a better receiver if his name was Hanker Leonardson.

[Mace]

Rob Ryan is sporting a keg belly.

He's literally always ahead of himself.

[BillsImpossible]

When you look down in the shower and can't see your own penis, that's a problem.

[TacklingDummy]

When you look down in the shower and can't see your own penis, that's a problem.
That's why they make mirrors.

[YardRat]

Well that was embarrassing.

Nice play by Seymour.

[Mace]

Well that was embarrassing.

Nice play by Seymour.

Pretty decent for a guy who had weak ball skills. Maybe the vision correction really did work.

[Skooby]

When you look down in the shower and can't see your own penis, that's a problem.
Dicky doo award.

[stuckincincy]

Good gosh - Chase Coffman is still in the league?

[BillsImpossible]

IK Enemkpali is having a bad day.

[YardRat]

That didn't look good for JawBreaker.

[Mace]

Not to be mean, they might be better off with IK out. I don't think he's any good but they seem insistent on using him. Hope he's ok though.

[BillsImpossible]

Halftime!

Time for some music...

[Novacane]

Rex had a look like it was Tyrod who went down. WTH is his facination with IK? Don't wanna see anyone go down but I really don't see that as a loss.

[stuckincincy]

Halftime!

Time for some music...

How 'bout some Homer 'n Jethro?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRSzXcQDBgM

[TacklingDummy]

More fans at Patriots practice than there is in the stadium.

[Novacane]

Hankerson can start packing his bags.

[TacklingDummy]

Perfect pass by EJ, Hankerein drops his third pass.

[YardRat]

Neither Hankerson or Goodwin should make this team.

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Neither Hankerson or Goodwin should make this team.

[IlluminatusUIUC]

Rex had a look like it was Tyrod who went down. WTH is his facination with IK? Don't wanna see anyone go down but I really don't see that as a loss.

Well *someone* has to play outside backer.

[BertSquirtgum]

Rex had a look like it was Tyrod who went down. WTH is his facination with IK? Don't wanna see anyone go down but I really don't see that as a loss.

Maybe he has really nice looking feet?

[BillsImpossible]

Well *someone* has to play outside backer.

Striker.

[BertSquirtgum]

More fans at Patriots practice than there is in the stadium.

Are you really surprised there isn't a lot of people at a preseason game? Especially considering there have been thunderstorms all day and when it was a 90% chance to have thunderstorms during the game. I'm not.

[BillsImpossible]

Beautiful pass by Cardale Jones!

[BillsImpossible]

Horrible pass by Cardale Jones!

[Mace]

Dinsdale !

[YardRat]

Cardale looks pretty poised for a guy getting his first NFL action.

[IlluminatusUIUC]

Cardale looks pretty poised for a guy getting his first NFL action.

The man went to Ohio State, he knows how to play with paid professionals.

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Only the Ryan boys would go Cover 0 in a preseason game lmao

[YardRat]

10 penalties...Woo-hoo.

[Boomstick]

Cardale looks pretty poised for a guy getting his first NFL action.

Exactly. I never watched him play, so I based my expectations on what other on here said, so I imagined he'd look awful. But Tasker said it right, "Jones has looked like something E.J. never has in Buffalo... comfortable"

[Generalissimus Gibby]

Dinsdale !

Hester Prynne's boyfriend?

[IlluminatusUIUC]

I'm not going to ***** because this was a preseason game, but that was outrageous pass interference on the 4th and 3 bomb. The guy made no attempt to look for the ball and just dove straight onto the back of our wideout's legs before the ball got there.

[YardRat]

Toyota time!

[stuckincincy]

Hester Prynne's boyfriend?

I never imagined that there would be a Hawthorne reader in this membership.

You might like this publication - I'm pretty sure it's long out of print - The Romantic Movement in American Writing - by Richard Fogle of Tulane. It was published 1n 1966 by the Odyssey Press of New York. It preceded the ISBN classification system, I suppose, but my copy shows the Library of Congress catalog number as 66-12940.

[IlluminatusUIUC]

Cardale is fun to watch at least, even in preseason

[sahlensguy]

Kellyesque!

[Mace]

Carrrrrrrrrrrrrrrdale.

[YardRat]

That was fun.

[Mace]

I enjoyed it.

[sahlensguy]

Jones looked off Boykins wonderfully on the last TD. Didn't expect that...

[Mace]

Jones looked off Boykins wonderfully on the last TD. Didn't expect that...

I don't know how his game matures or if it does, but you see a big diff in pocket presence/awareness from Manuel to Jones, I think anyway.

[sahlensguy]

I don't know how his game matures or if it does, but you see a big diff in pocket presence/awareness from Manuel to Jones, I think anyway.

Tasker said it best - "Jones has looked like something E.J. never has in Buffalo... comfortable"

[Generalissimus Gibby]

I never imagined that there would be a Hawthorne reader in this membership.

You might like this publication - I'm pretty sure it's long out of print - The Romantic Movement in American Writing - by Richard Fogle of Tulane. It was published 1n 1966 by the Odyssey Press of New York. It preceded the ISBN classification system, I suppose, but my copy shows the Library of Congress catalog number as 66-12940.


Oh wait, that was Dimmesdale, never mind. Actually, it was assigned reading when I was in high school. So I did what any self respecting high school slacker did, I cheated myself out of reading a great work of literature and used cliffnotes and bull****ting to get through. Oh well, about three years ago I read it. Damn good book, it has how unconfessed guilt can destroy us, how hate and unforgiveness are worse vices than adultery. Its a pretty damn kickass book. The Great Gatsby was another book I finally read. Perhaps in the second pre-season game I will employ it in my commentary if there is anything at all like an opening.

[sahlensguy]

I don't know how his game matures or if it does, but you see a big diff in pocket presence/awareness from Manuel to Jones, I think anyway.

Not only that, but Jones has the confidence to throw the ball on time when needed. EJ seems like he constantly is second guessing his decision to release it, and then a split second later it's too late.

[mdcas22]

Jone's look's like someone learning and enjoying it as he go's. I believe the kid has a chance if he stay's on this path.

[sahlensguy]

Jone's look's like someone learning and enjoying it as he go's. I believe the kid has a chance if he stay's on this path.

The last td pass was something I wanted to see from him - stand in the pocket and deliver on a short cross, never mind that it was in the red zone in traffic. He aced it.

[Mace]

Jone's look's like someone learning and enjoying it as he go's. I believe the kid has a chance if he stay's on this path.

Work in progress. No idea how it turns out. But I'm looking forward to the rest of his preseason.

[stuckincincy]

I don't know how his game matures or if it does, but you see a big diff in pocket presence/awareness from Manuel to Jones, I think anyway.

Playing the Colts in preseason is an irritant. In the last 3 preseasons they were 1 and 11. They lay down to suit their purposes, and you lose fair evaluation of your own players. They are the same outfit that had the NFL schedule more divisional games in the latter part of the season because they emptied the bench when they had a playoff spot sewed up.

[sahlensguy]

Playing the Colts in preseason is an irritant. In the last 3 preseasons they were 1 and 11. They lay down to suit their purposes, and you lose fair evaluation of your own players. They are the same outfit that had the NFL schedule more divisional games in the latter part of the season because they emptied the bench when they had a playoff spot sewed up.

Well they are 2-11 now.

[Mace]

Playing the Colts in preseason is an irritant. In the last 3 preseasons they were 1 and 11. They lay down to suit their purposes, and you lose fair evaluation of your own players. They are the same outfit that had the NFL schedule more divisional games in the latter part of the season because they emptied the bench when they had a playoff spot sewed up.

I wasn't even paying attention to them playing the Colts. It was preseason game 1.

[stuckincincy]

I wasn't even paying attention to them playing the Colts. It was preseason game 1.

Thanks to geographic proximity - (read that as cheap costs for owners) - CIN/IND preseason tilts are common.

..."Indianapolis will close out the preseason with a trip to Cincinnati. The two teams have met in the preseason every year since 2001 and traditionally in the finale. The Bengals hold a 16-8 preseason series record, which includes a 9-6 victory in Indianapolis in 2015."...

http://wane.com/2016/04/07/colts-announce-2016-preseason-schedule/

Take nothing away from a preseason performance against IND. Regardless of it's the 1st or 4th. CIN mostly plays them in the final game because they know how they roll and they know it's the final roster performance.

You learned something today.

[Mace]

Thanks to geographic proximity - (read that as cheap costs for owners), CIN/IND preseason tilts are common.

...Indianapolis will close out the preseason with a trip to Cincinnati. The two teams have met in the preseason every year since 2001 and traditionally in the finale. The Bengals hold a 16-8 preseason series record, which includes a 9-6 victory in Indianapolis in 2015."...

http://wane.com/2016/04/07/colts-announce-2016-preseason-schedule/

Take nothing away from a preseason performance against IND.

Doesn't matter, it was the 1st preseason game. Any bumpkin can notice how a player plays, factor in that it's preseason against 3rd and 4th string and still be happy or sad how a player played.

Do you have too much time on your hands and feel compelled to try and out think yourself or something ?

[stuckincincy]

[QUOTE=Mace;4234856]Doesn't matter, it was the 1st preseason game. Any bumpkin can notice how a player plays, factor in that it's preseason against 3rd and 4th string and still be happy or sad how a player played.

Of course it matters. Don't be foolish.

[Mr. Pink]

Leonard Hankerson's performance really disappointed me.

Thought we might have something on the backend as a dependable guy to get about 30-35 targets and 20 catches.

Don't know where the hands of stone came from as he didn't look like that in Washington when he was allowed to play.