Improvements everywhere

[Tatonka]

i am not going to try and pawn this off as my own idea.. i saw this while browsing at the Range.. KeithG posted this idea though.. and i agreed with him completely.

we have made improvements all over the place..

1. lost morris / gained mcgahee.. improvement
2. lost winfield / gained vincent .. improvement or at a minimum a break even
3. hurt moulds / healthy moulds.. improvement
4. GW and coaches / MM and coaches .. improvement, cant be worse
5. pucillo / villarrial .. major improvement
6. lost brown / sullivan, tucker, draft pick .. improvement
7. jennings, teague, and williams under old coaching / same guys with a real OLine coach ... improvement
8. prioleau, reese / wire ... improvement
9. reed second year / reed third year .. likely improvement
10. bledsoe under killdrive / bledsoe under wyche and clements .. improvement (still not great, but better)

and this doesnt inlcude the draft...

we are a better team... keithg hit the nail on the head.

[The Spaz]

I like the theory a lot!

[NC-BILLS44]

I hope he's right on all accounts.

[Patrick76777]

8. prioleau, reese / wire ... improvement

I have questions about this one!

[Tatonka]

if you dont think so.. where do you see him being wrong?

i think the only possible spot that we have not improved, and maybe gotten worse is the FB position.. but that is assuming that shelton cant get the job done.. which he may very well be able to do.

[IHateTheDullphins]

kinda hard to disaggree with that.

[TheGhostofJimKelly]

How about this scenario:

Drafting QB in the first round - Signing Volek and drafting another player (WR,DE,C) that will be playing from day one.


Or how about
Defense with Lebeau - Defense without

[justasportsfan]

Re: Improvements everywhere

Originally posted by Tatonka

we are a better team...

Sounds like a fishfan.

[helmetguy]

We were better the day GW left, and better still when KG wasn't retained. The assessment tonk put up is pretty accurate. I still say, in spite of our 6-10 recird last year, we had MOST of the tools to be competitive. We've got more tools at our disposal now with, presumably, the right guys who know how make the best use of them.

[Jan Reimers]

I agree, except that I don't as yet see an improvement at LG, even though Ruben was not the player he once was.

[mybills]

Keep Teague away from the center position and I'll agree with it too!

[Throne Logic]

Two things I'm concerned about with that list.

#2: Vincent may be a break even or better CB in coverage, but he will never be the open field / crushing tackler that AW was for Buffalo. That set a lot more of the tone on our defense last year than people realize.

#8: We went through this last year. Most people agreed that he doesn not have the speed required by a FS. Why, suddenly, is this no longer an issue? He's a SS, plain and simple. Don't give me that "last game of the season" crap, either. Buffalo was shallacked 31-0 in that game. And, although I agree with Tatonka's assessment that "no one showed up for that game", how can you possibly take that game as an example to say Wire showed enough to warrent moving him into the SS position. I disagree. I like Wire and we need a good FS, so I hope I'm wrong.

[Tatonka]

Originally posted by TheGhostofJimKelly
How about this scenario:

Drafting QB in the first round - Signing Volek and drafting another player (WR,DE,C) that will be playing from day one.


Or how about
Defense with Lebeau - Defense without

that is a good one, ghost.. the loss of lebeau... but i didnt list it because lebeau openly stated that gray called ALL of the plays last year.. so i really dont see that being a huge difference.. if any at all.

Originally posted by justasportsfan
Sounds like a fishfan.

aw, come on man.. you gotta back that statement up.

if you disagree, tell me why.. dont just make a wise ass comment and then hide behind that weak sauce.

[helmetguy]

Another thought:

Provided that McGahee is close to his old form, that gives us an added dimension to the running game-speed to attack outside the tackles. Spreading the D-line laterally, defenses won't be able to overload the middle as they have in the past. Just thought I'd throw that in.

[BAM]

wayyy too early to determine if we're better or not

IMO