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Obviously the defending Super Bowl Champions are going to get picked first in any national media assessment of the AFC, but here's one media outlet that has Buffalo second in the upcoming season. Take that USA Today and Philisophical Troll.
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Obviously the defending Super Bowl Champions are going to get picked first in any national media assessment of the AFC, but here's one media outlet that has Buffalo second in the upcoming season. Take that USA Today and Philisophical Troll.I've made up my mind. Don't confuse me with the facts.
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"Bledsoe threw 11 of his 28 interceptions in the red zone the past two years."
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Hey, don't take god's name in vain!!Originally posted by CAbills
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Losman had better be nimble, though, because he will be playing behind a line that might not be as effective as a year ago with the free-agent departures of left tackle Jonas Jennings and steady backup Marcus Perry. Four-fifths of the line is set if they can keep Trey Teague at center and free-agent guard Bennie Anderson plays as he did in Pittsburgh.
I think he meant Price and Baltimore. You'd think someone along the journalistic process would catch these mistakes.
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Good things man....good things.Comment
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It's even worse than that: The Bills were dead last in the NFL in red zone passing and red zone conversions!Originally posted by CAbills
A lot of national publications are, understandably, downgrading the Bills' outlook for this season based on the fact that JP Losman is going to be a first year starting QB and can reasonably be expected to make "rookie" mistakes and struggle at time. However, those analysts don't take into consideration the fact that the Bills finished as well as they did last season in spite of the fact that they were 26th in the league in overall passing offense and atrocious in the red zone.
While it is true that Losman may struggle at times this season, it will be hard for him to be much worse in the red zone than Bledsoe, especially with his foot-speed. With teams forced to focus on W.McGahee in the red zone, opportunities will be there for the Bills to run roll-outs and bootlegs in the red zone and for Losman to scramble in passing situations that simply were not there with Bledsoe at QB. As a result, while JP's struggles may keep the Bills from getting to the red zone quite as often, I expect the Bills to be more effective and efficient in the red zone than they were last season. And, as I see it, that will make up for any drop-off in the passing game resulting from Losman struggling, if, indeed, he actually struggles more than Bledsoe did.Those who do not learn from the past are doomed to repeat it. And, thus it was that they surrendered their freedom; not with a bang, but without even a whimper.Comment
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wow, I didn't realize our Special Teams were that good. I mean, yeah, McGee scored a few times, and Moorman rocks, but I thought Lindell really dragged them down.
Ranking 2nd in defense and 2st in special teams . . . Marv would no doubt approve.
I also didn't realize our passing O was so shoddy. Yeah, you can say he had less targets in '04, after losing Price and Jay R. . . . and there were LOTS of dropped balls, but perhaps Losman can't do much worse.
Now we just need to get the kickoffs and FG's figured out . . .
I think the drop-kick is still legal . . . maybe Moorman can take care of FG's, too.
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He wasn't quite as bad as people make him out to beOriginally posted by Charlieguidewow, I didn't realize our Special Teams were that good. I mean, yeah, McGee scored a few times, and Moorman rocks, but I thought Lindell really dragged them down.
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No, they just knew not to bother trying to make a FG outside 40 yards. If the ST don't go on the field, they don't look bad.Originally posted by The_PhilsterHe wasn't quite as bad as people make him out to be
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You know . . . Steve Christie is available . . .
He was once regarded as the best kicker in the NFL, and I'd go out on a limb and say he could still outkick Lindell.The best is yet to come, and the rest is history. -- Oval OpusComment
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funny thing is...he made a couple longer-distance ones that were negated because they called a timeout just before the snapOriginally posted by CharlieguideNo, they just knew not to bother trying to make a FG outside 40 yards. If the ST don't go on the field, they don't look bad.Comment
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I personally don't care for the man. You can say he made some while time outs were kicked, but why can't he make them when they COUNT!!!! Lindell may have had a pretty good year inside the 40, but if you ever watch him kick it, it still is not down the middle, but barley making it threw. He better stup up this year, or its A B see you later. Id take christie over lindell right now anyday. Moorman should take the kicks, damn hit hits the $h!t out of that ball.
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Not a big fan of stats but he was in the top half of the league in accuracy..ranking #12..and the top 4 had 1, 3, 3, and 1 kicks total respectively
Field Goal Kickers Overall 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Player Team G M A Pct Blk LG M A Pct M A Pct M A Pct M A Pct M A Pct Wes Welker MIA 14 1 1 100.0 0 29 0 0 0 1 1 100.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bill Gramatica MIA 1 3 3 100.0 0 30 0 0 0 2 2 100.0 1 1 100.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Matt Bryant MIA 3 3 3 100.0 0 47 0 0 0 1 1 100.0 0 0 0 2 2 100.0 0 0 0 Todd Sauerbrun CAR 16 1 1 100.0 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Adam Vinatieri NE 16 31 33 93.9 0 48 0 0 0 13 13 100.0 7 7 100.0 11 12 91.7 0 1 0 Josh Brown SEA 16 23 25 92.0 0 54 1 1 100.0 7 7 100.0 8 9 88.9 6 7 85.7 1 1 100.0 Matt Stover BAL 16 29 32 90.6 1 50 2 2 100.0 9 9 100.0 7 8 87.5 9 10 90.0 2 3 66.7 Sebastian Janikowski OAK 16 25 28 89.3 0 52 1 1 100.0 7 7 100.0 7 8 87.5 8 10 80.0 2 2 100.0 Shayne Graham CIN 16 27 31 87.1 0 53 0 0 0 7 7 100.0 10 12 83.3 7 8 87.5 3 4 75.0 John Kasay CAR 14 19 22 86.4 1 54 0 0 0 11 11 100.0 4 4 100.0 1 2 50.0 3 5 60.0 Ryan Longwell GB 16 24 28 85.7 0 53 0 0 0 8 8 100.0 8 9 88.9 6 8 75.0 2 3 66.7 Rian Lindell BUF 16 24 28 85.7 0 43 0 0 0 13 14 92.9 10 11 90.9 1 3 33.3 0 0 0 Jason Hanson DET 16 24 28 85.7 0 48 0 0 0 9 9 100.0 10 11 90.9 5 8 62.5 0 0 0 Jason Elam DEN 16 29 34 85.3 1 52 0 0 0 10 10 100.0 7 8 87.5 9 12 75.0 3 4 75.0 Jeff Reed PIT 16 28 33 84.8 0 51 1 1 100.0 8 9 88.9 12 13 92.3 5 8 62.5 2 2 100.0 David Akers PHI 16 27 32 84.4 0 51 0 0 0 4 4 100.0 6 7 85.7 15 18 83.3 2 3 66.7 Jeff Chandler WAS 3 5 6 83.3 0 49 0 0 0 4 4 100.0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0 0 1 0 Phil Dawson CLE 16 24 29 82.8 0 50 0 0 0 11 11 100.0 6 8 75.0 6 9 66.7 1 1 100.0 Doug Brien NYJ 16 24 29 82.8 1 53 0 0 0 9 10 90.0 4 6 66.7 10 11 90.9 1 2 50.0 Morten Andersen MIN 16 18 22 81.8 0 48 1 1 100.0 8 8 100.0 5 7 71.4 4 6 66.7 0 0 0 Todd Peterson SF 16 18 22 81.8 0 51 1 1 100.0 3 3 100.0 7 8 87.5 5 6 83.3 2 4 50.0 John Carney NO 16 22 27 81.5 1 53 0 0 0 3 3 100.0 12 15 80.0 5 6 83.3 2 3 66.7 Mike Vanderjagt IND 15 20 25 80.0 0 47 0 0 0 6 6 100.0 9 11 81.8 5 7 71.4 0 1 0 Jay Taylor TB 5 4 5 80.0 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 66.7 1 1 100.0 1 1 100.0 Nate Kaeding SD 16 20 25 80.0 0 53 1 1 100.0 9 11 81.8 2 2 100.0 5 6 83.3 3 5 60.0 Jeff Wilkins STL 16 19 24 79.2 0 53 0 0 0 7 7 100.0 5 6 83.3 3 6 50.0 4 5 80.0 Steve Christie NYG 16 22 28 78.6 2 53 1 1 100.0 8 8 100.0 6 8 75.0 4 7 57.1 3 4 75.0 Jay Feely ATL 16 18 23 78.3 0 47 1 1 100.0 7 7 100.0 7 9 77.8 3 6 50.0 0 0 0 Josh Scobee JAC 16 24 31 77.4 0 53 0 0 0 10 10 100.0 8 11 72.7 5 7 71.4 1 3 33.3 Gary Anderson TEN 15 17 22 77.3 3 45 0 0 0 4 5 80.0 4 4 100.0 9 12 75.0 0 1 0 Billy Cundiff DAL 16 20 26 76.9 0 49 1 1 100.0 6 6 100.0 4 4 100.0 9 13 69.2 0 2 0 Neil Rackers ARI 16 22 29 75.9 0 55 0 0 0 6 6 100.0 5 7 71.4 6 7 85.7 5 9 55.6 Olindo Mare MIA 11 12 16 75.0 0 51 0 0 0 1 2 50.0 6 7 85.7 3 4 75.0 2 3 66.7 Lawrence Tynes KC 16 17 23 73.9 1 50 0 0 0 5 5 100.0 7 8 87.5 3 6 50.0 2 4 50.0 John Hall WAS 8 8 11 72.7 0 46 1 1 100.0 3 3 100.0 3 3 100.0 1 3 33.3 0 1 0 Kris Brown HOU 16 17 24 70.8 2 50 0 0 0 7 7 100.0 3 5 60.0 6 9 66.7 1 3 33.3 Paul Edinger CHI 16 15 24 62.5 1 53 0 0 0 6 7 85.7 2 5 40.0 4 7 57.1 3 5 60.0 Ola Kimrin WAS 5 6 10 60.0 0 41 0 0 0 3 3 100.0 2 3 66.7 1 3 33.3 0 1 0 Martin Gramatica TB 11 11 19 57.9 1 53 0 0 0 6 7 85.7 3 6 50.0 1 5 20.0 1 1 100.0 Aaron Elling TEN 1 1 2 50.0 0 22 0 0 0 1 1 100.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Craig Hentrich TEN 16 1 3 33.3 1 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 33.3 Comment
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