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Sabretooth9
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 05.24.2019

Sep 27 @ 10:24 PM ET
2 games vs jets
2 games vs miami
cinncy
giants
washington
denver with backup
steelers with backup

9 easy games out of 16 for the D though


they will not have 9 easy games this year

- homiedclown


True story. The first game vs a decent qb the eagles. We got crushed. (Eagles were decent last year)
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Sep 27 @ 10:38 PM ET
It makes me want to throw up just typing this but the Raiders just beat the Saints at home so I wouldn’t necessarily assume that’s a win yet either.
- Pegullaville

agreed

until today

Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Sep 27 @ 10:50 PM ET
I think Beane needs to find a big space eater to put in the middle of that D, and that would help immensely. Losing Star hurt.
- Buff36



When's the nfl trade deadline and who eats space on the panthers?

Ed Oliver still on the Bill's ?


And I agree with your take on tremaine. Seems to eager to make the play or is just not good at reading the gaps.
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Sep 27 @ 11:04 PM ET
When's the nfl trade deadline and who eats space on the panthers?

Ed Oliver still on the Bill's ?


And I agree with your take on tremaine. Seems to eager to make the play or is just not good at reading the gaps.

- Boss34

Well Oliver really isn't that type of DT, more of a speed guy, plus think he's playing on a bad leg right know. That's a good ?, don't know when the deadline is.
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Sep 27 @ 11:09 PM ET
Anyone know if Damon Harrison is still unsigned, he could be a decent add, pretty good against the run.
Gr8daygo
Joined: 04.23.2014

Sep 27 @ 11:15 PM ET
Anyone know if Damon Harrison is still unsigned, he could be a decent add, pretty good against the run.
- Buff36


Not sure who might be worth anything to help... might have to come via trade

https://nfltraderumors.co...2020-nfl-free-agent-list/
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Sep 27 @ 11:24 PM ET
Not sure who might be worth anything to help... might have to come via trade

https://nfltraderumors.co...2020-nfl-free-agent-list/

- Gr8daygo

Well Harrison is still out there according to that list, be a phone call I would make if I was Beane.
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Sep 27 @ 11:26 PM ET
Is Wennberg a player that could help if he get's bought out by Columbus.
Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Sep 27 @ 11:29 PM ET
Is Wennberg a player that could help if he get's bought out by Columbus.
- Buff36



Does he play defensive tackle?
Lilroot9
Buffalo Sabres
Location: NY
Joined: 06.18.2012

Sep 27 @ 11:40 PM ET
on the inaccurate label allen was given


1. he had crap wr's in college and the tape was based when wyoming was playing better teams in better conferences


2, he had the worst group of wr's I have ever seen on the bills his rookie season

I mean foster and zay jones, where are they now?


3. you saw him keeping drives alive and moved down the field so many times last year, only to go backwards at the end because of the holding penalty or a sack where he had bledsoe time (drew's last season here when o line sucked and he got sacked too much)


and now diggs clearly was the missing piece, and I do not think they are close to a finished product yet

- homiedclown


So I know, way late, but I watched a scouting video on Allen and it said he was the only rookie to hit a cross bar at 35 yards away in that (pre draft) class. I think he had the skills, just not the footwork, timings, the right coaches around him to slow learn it. They let him do some things his way and changed somethings each year. Normally in the NFL if you are not winning into your 3rd year, look out. But Josh had been winning in the past (even with so/so stats). That gave them the patience / time internally and with fans. Like it has been said, this is just starting to come together for him, for the first time ever! Look out. Some of the passes he is throwing, in years past would have made fans mad, but when they are completed due to timing route / placement, I just laugh. Dude is just figuring out how to be a passer, at the highest level, the NFL. It should be a fun 15 or so years. Hope he can keep growing and improving, but please fix the D, I won’t live through too many more of those weeks! Lol
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Sep 28 @ 12:12 AM ET
Does he play defensive tackle?
- Boss34

Marcel Dareus is out there I believe.
IonSabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I said that months ago, keep up!, FL
Joined: 03.10.2013

Sep 28 @ 7:31 AM ET
It seemed like you were backing flacco and somehow saying allen hasnt been good?

He compared drew lock and tim tebow to OUR guy.

He's made some bad throws in his first 25 nfl games.

There , I said it.

I know your a die hard 36. This is fun. Allen is awesome. Some kid that likes his uncles team is in here talking SH!T about our guy. And completely wrong.

Allen has looked great to me from the moment they called his name. It's gotten better and better.

Hey, I liked peterman too

- Boss34


Well, you have amitted to be a homer, and probably not the exact words you mean.
He has been fun to watch, and his game has improved rather remarkably since he started, no doubt. His 4th Qtr comebacks are becoming legend. And moreso, he leads and motivates others to play their best...which is huge!
But great from the start, nope.
And if he didn't poop the bed earlier in many of those games. The 4th Qtr heroics wouldn't be needed.
Still, I'll take him and enjoy the ride.
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

Sep 28 @ 8:12 AM ET
Well, you have amitted to be a homer, and probably not the exact words you mean.
He has been fun to watch, and his game has improved rather remarkably since he started, no doubt. His 4th Qtr comebacks are becoming legend. And moreso, he leads and motivates others to play their best...which is huge!
But great from the start, nope.
And if he didn't poop the bed earlier in many of those games. The 4th Qtr heroics wouldn't be needed.
Still, I'll take him and enjoy the ride.

- IonSabres


I got on the Josh Allen train Day 1 hour 2. And he definitely wasn't great at first. But he was exciting. Now he's both exciting and actually good.
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

Sep 28 @ 8:18 AM ET
Is Wennberg a player that could help if he get's bought out by Columbus.
- Buff36


I think the first round clout proceeds his ability. The kid definitely needs a new system, think he's too soft for a Torts team. In saying that, I don't see the kid as a help to this team.
buffalofan19
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Wonderful things can happen when you sow seeds of distrust in a garden full of (bum)holes
Joined: 07.01.2007

Sep 28 @ 8:24 AM ET
I got on the Josh Allen train Day 1 hour 2. And he definitely wasn't great at first. But he was exciting. Now he's both exciting and actually good.
- TheSabresTaco


I know it's still early, but I have a feeling when evaluating rookie quarterbacks the phrase "Josh Allen had bad analytics" might be the 2nd most uttered next to "Brady was drafted in the 6th round."
kingcong39
Buffalo Sabres
Location: albany, NY
Joined: 02.21.2007

Sep 28 @ 8:28 AM ET
I think the first round clout proceeds his ability. The kid definitely needs a new system, think he's too soft for a Torts team. In saying that, I don't see the kid as a help to this team.
- TheSabresTaco


The buyout details were not what I expected.

https://www.capfriendly.c...ulator/alexander-wennberg
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

Sep 28 @ 8:34 AM ET
The buyout details were not what I expected.

https://www.capfriendly.c...ulator/alexander-wennberg

- kingcong39


Wow that's an easy BO.
jcragcrumple
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Reluctant bridge jumper; 6th round OHL draft pick, YT
Joined: 04.04.2016

Sep 28 @ 8:35 AM ET
I think the first round clout proceeds his ability. The kid definitely needs a new system, think he's too soft for a Torts team. In saying that, I don't see the kid as a help to this team.
- TheSabresTaco


I think his projected contract is 1 year, 1.4m

He's a Larry. Defense good, offense bad. Depending on what you want to do at 3C, he'd be a reasonable option for a year

TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

Sep 28 @ 8:35 AM ET
I know it's still early, but I have a feeling when evaluating rookie quarterbacks the phrase "Josh Allen had bad analytics" might be the 2nd most uttered next to "Brady was drafted in the 6th round."
- buffalofan19


Pull out the Josh Allen Apology Form
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

Sep 28 @ 8:38 AM ET
Mahomes needs 500 yards against the Ravens to keep pace with Joshky
jcragcrumple
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Reluctant bridge jumper; 6th round OHL draft pick, YT
Joined: 04.04.2016

Sep 28 @ 8:40 AM ET
Is Wennberg a player that could help if he get's bought out by Columbus.
- Buff36


If they don't buy him out, offer Okposo and Mitts.

They need center prospects and Okposo is the kind of truculent Larry that Torts would love
kingcong39
Buffalo Sabres
Location: albany, NY
Joined: 02.21.2007

Sep 28 @ 8:49 AM ET
If they don't buy him out, offer Okposo and Mitts.

They need center prospects and Okposo is the kind of truculent Larry that Torts would love

- jcragcrumple


They're buying him out:

https://www.capfriendly.c...ulator/alexander-wennberg
kingcong39
Buffalo Sabres
Location: albany, NY
Joined: 02.21.2007

Sep 28 @ 8:56 AM ET
I think his projected contract is 1 year, 1.4m

He's a Larry. Defense good, offense bad. Depending on what you want to do at 3C, he'd be a reasonable option for a year


- jcragcrumple


This chart includes his 2017-2018 season which is a complete outlier compared to every season he's had before and since. His 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 seasons were mediocre to bad.
Powerslave
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
Joined: 02.10.2011

Sep 28 @ 9:11 AM ET
I think his projected contract is 1 year, 1.4m

He's a Larry. Defense good, offense bad. Depending on what you want to do at 3C, he'd be a reasonable option for a year


- jcragcrumple



His face off stats are not good. If he's taking all the D zone draws like Larry, we are going to be without the puck much more than we are with it.
jcragcrumple
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Reluctant bridge jumper; 6th round OHL draft pick, YT
Joined: 04.04.2016

Sep 28 @ 9:15 AM ET
His face off stats are not good. If he's taking all the D zone draws like Larry, we are going to be without the puck much more than we are with it.
- Powerslave


45.98 compared to 48.2 for Larry. Not sure that's a big enough gulf to worry about
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