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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 30 @ 10:23 AM ET
So, is this hilarious watching the dysfunctional group of Bills front-office guys just torch their jobs...it is like watching the Titanic go down (of course that wasn't funny)...it takes awhile, but you know what is coming.
How do you tell T-Pegs what the strategy was this off-season..and all that "planning" out the window in 4 weeks.
Good Lord is this team mismanaged....and now, hey are screwed to fix the sitation at QB through the draft...ay good F's out there at the end ofthe year?

- IonSabres



The Titanic was already sinking the moment they made that trade for Watkins. They went all in on a quarterback that they now have zero confidence can get them to the playoffs.

They can still draft a decent quarterback in the 2nd, 3rd, or even 4th round. The odds are just steeper, and the chances are even more remote that the guy makes an impact right away.
dadeadhead
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I don't want to say Greztky was a dude when I was watching. Mentalorgasm5 , NY
Joined: 07.16.2006

Sep 30 @ 10:25 AM ET
It would be funny if yours was bigger than mine but...
- Buffalo-Sabres



You've never complained before.........
Stripes77
Referee
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Where ever Matt Ellis allows me to be, NY
Joined: 07.30.2012

Sep 30 @ 10:26 AM ET
So, is this hilarious watching the dysfunctional group of Bills front-office guys just torch their jobs...it is like watching the Titanic go down (of course that wasn't funny)...it takes awhile, but you know what is coming.
How do you tell T-Pegs what the strategy was this off-season..and all that "planning" out the window in 4 weeks.
Good Lord is this team mismanaged....and now, hey are screwed to fix the sitation at QB through the draft...ay good F's out there at the end ofthe year?

- IonSabres


The movie Titanic was longer than it took for the actual Titanic to sink...

That being said..."Let's go Bandits"?

The Buffalo Bills are in first place in the AFC East and just benched their starting QB for a guy who lost his starting job to Tim Tebow and Rex Grossman...

The Buffalo Sabres are wrapping up preseason which is good since my wife bought me NHL Gamecenter for my birthday yesterday...

Bills suck, Sabres suck, Bennett sucks, Reinhart sucks, does that about sum it up?

There needs to be a trade or something to discuss ASAP.
Buffalo-Sabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I lost a bet, NY
Joined: 07.05.2007

Sep 30 @ 10:26 AM ET
You've never complained before.........
- dadeadhead



Eh-oh
SABRES 89
Season Ticket Holder
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I'm very Happy to be here. Las Vegas Via Buffalo N.Y.
Joined: 02.17.2007

Sep 30 @ 10:29 AM ET
SportsNet does a horrible job of covering Hockey on Saturday, where is Don Cherry when you need him.
Buffalo-Sabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I lost a bet, NY
Joined: 07.05.2007

Sep 30 @ 10:29 AM ET
The whole QB disaster is perfect timing for Pegula to clean house. Unfortunately current management has set us back so our rebuild that was supposed to start in 2001 can't start until 2016. Sad.
dadeadhead
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I don't want to say Greztky was a dude when I was watching. Mentalorgasm5 , NY
Joined: 07.16.2006

Sep 30 @ 10:30 AM ET
SportsNet does a horrible job of covering Hockey on Saturday, where is Don Cherry when you need him.
- SABRES 89


Start here.

http://www.drapestyle.com...f-zS1ICiV6C1UNhoCjDnw_wcB
IonSabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I said that months ago, keep up!, FL
Joined: 03.10.2013

Sep 30 @ 10:30 AM ET
The Titanic was already sinking the moment they made that trade for Watkins. They went all in on a quarterback that they now have zero confidence can get them to the playoffs.

They can still draft a decent quarterback in the 2nd, 3rd, or even 4th round. The odds are just steeper, and the chances are even more remote that the guy makes an impact right away.

- buffalofan19


Sure, available in rounds after 1 ... but like you say, the odds start to dwindle pretty quickly.

I just looked at the list of FA-QB's for 2015...it isn't pretty.
And since I beleive they have issues at the Guard position, the FA's there aren't so pretty either.
Translation = 2015 is going to completely suck.
HonkFortheGoose
Buffalo Sabres
Location: "___________ stinks."-Sabres89, NY
Joined: 07.26.2008

Sep 30 @ 10:31 AM ET
The movie Titanic was longer than it took for the actual Titanic to sink...

That being said..."Let's go Bandits"?

The Buffalo Bills are in first place in the AFC East and just benched their starting QB for a guy who lost his starting job to Tim Tebow and Rex Grossman...

The Buffalo Sabres are wrapping up preseason which is good since my wife bought me NHL Gamecenter for my birthday yesterday...

Bills suck, Sabres suck, Bennett sucks, Reinhart sucks, does that about sum it up?

There needs to be a trade or something to discuss ASAP.

- Stripes77


The Amerks could be fun to watch this year, if the Sunday Leafs game is any indication.
IonSabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I said that months ago, keep up!, FL
Joined: 03.10.2013

Sep 30 @ 10:34 AM ET
The movie Titanic was longer than it took for the actual Titanic to sink...

That being said..."Let's go Bandits"?

The Buffalo Bills are in first place in the AFC East and just benched their starting QB for a guy who lost his starting job to Tim Tebow and Rex Grossman...

The Buffalo Sabres are wrapping up preseason which is good since my wife bought me NHL Gamecenter for my birthday yesterday...

Bills suck, Sabres suck, Bennett sucks, Reinhart sucks, does that about sum it up?There needs to be a trade or something to discuss ASAP.

- Stripes77



No, Bennett is going to be a good one...as I beleive reinhart will be as welll...love him in the 2C position eventually.
Sabres will be more entertaining to watch this year...I can take another long year as long as they don't screw up the prize at the end.
Bills .... it like the Clinton years, just can't beleive this stuff actually happens...in a $1.4B operation.
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 30 @ 10:34 AM ET
SportsNet does a horrible job of covering Hockey on Saturday, where is Don Cherry when you need him.
- SABRES 89



Comcast Sportsnet or the Canadian channel. Don Cherry will be back with Sportsnet (Canada) when the regular season starts.

Right now, Sportsnet is letting the home teams produce all the games for the preseason. CBC did the same thing with the Kraft Hockeyville game.

It's going to look totally different once the regular season starts:

http://www.newswire.ca/en...a-high-definition-monitor
gerbe75pts
Anaheim Ducks
Location: DRAFT COLE CAUFIELD AT 7!!!, CA
Joined: 09.03.2009

Sep 30 @ 10:35 AM ET
The whole QB disaster is perfect timing for Pegula to clean house. Unfortunately current management has set us back so our rebuild that was supposed to start in 2001 can't start until 2016. Sad.
- Buffalo-Sabres


we don't need a rebuild just a good QB ..

That's it .. One QB away from playoffs
Buffalo-Sabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I lost a bet, NY
Joined: 07.05.2007

Sep 30 @ 10:39 AM ET
we don't need a rebuild just a good QB ..

That's it .. One QB away from playoffs

- gerbe75pts


Wel you have to wait 2 years. And even then most rookies suck anyway. With Kyle Williams and Mario getting older, the current plan will be obsolete. The unfortunate truth is the Bills are where the Sabres were 2 years ago.
HonkFortheGoose
Buffalo Sabres
Location: "___________ stinks."-Sabres89, NY
Joined: 07.26.2008

Sep 30 @ 10:40 AM ET
No, Bennett is going to be a good one...as I beleive reinhart will be as welll...love him in the 2C position eventually.
Sabres will be more entertaining to watch this year...I can take another long year as long as they don't screw up the prize at the end.
Bills .... it like the Clinton years, just can't beleive this stuff actually happens...in a $1.4B operation.

- IonSabres


It's going to be 3-4 years before we can look at Bennett and Reinhart and know if we made the right decision. The reason I think that, is many feel Bennett will end up on the wing. That was the reason I wanted Reinhart. And I think that fact alone will be the deciding factor on whether or not they actually chose the right guy.
Der Kaiser
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I Know Nothink ... NOTHINK!
Joined: 07.27.2007

Sep 30 @ 10:41 AM ET
[quote=dadeadhead]Start here.

http://www.grapestyle.com

Fixed.
dadeadhead
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I don't want to say Greztky was a dude when I was watching. Mentalorgasm5 , NY
Joined: 07.16.2006

Sep 30 @ 11:07 AM ET
It's going to be 3-4 years before we can look at Bennett and Reinhart and know if we made the right decision. The reason I think that, is many feel Bennett will end up on the wing. That was the reason I wanted Reinhart. And I think that fact alone will be the deciding factor on whether or not they actually chose the right guy.
- HonkFortheGoose



He is Doug Gilmour reincarnated even though Doug is still alive.


Get it right!
jaumiller
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Ask not what Matt Ellis can do for you, ask what can you do for Matt Ellis. , NY
Joined: 12.06.2012

Sep 30 @ 11:07 AM ET
The movie Titanic was longer than it took for the actual Titanic to sink...

That being said..."Let's go Bandits"?

The Buffalo Bills are in first place in the AFC East and just benched their starting QB for a guy who lost his starting job to Tim Tebow and Rex Grossman...

The Buffalo Sabres are wrapping up preseason which is good since my wife bought me NHL Gamecenter for my birthday yesterday...

Bills suck, Sabres suck, Bennett sucks, Reinhart sucks, does that about sum it up?

There needs to be a trade or something to discuss ASAP.

- Stripes77

Honestly the whole tebow thing was in my opinion the coach trying to keep people happy. He never worked out in Denver either...
IonSabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I said that months ago, keep up!, FL
Joined: 03.10.2013

Sep 30 @ 11:07 AM ET
we don't need a rebuild just a good QB ..

That's it .. One QB away from playoffs

- gerbe75pts


Dude our Offensive Guards are a complete waste ... best thing to improve a QB = great O-Line tht can 1) enable the run (take pressure off the QB .. i.e. pass when it is advantegous, not when it is required and expected), 2) pass protect to give an extra second for the QB to go through hs reads to find the open guy.

you don't have that and we don't yet ... then the QB play suffers as we have seen.
dadeadhead
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I don't want to say Greztky was a dude when I was watching. Mentalorgasm5 , NY
Joined: 07.16.2006

Sep 30 @ 11:10 AM ET
Dude our Offensive Guards are a complete waste ... best thing to improve a QB = great O-Line tht can 1) enable the run (take pressure off the QB .. i.e. pass when it is advantegous, not when it is required and expected), 2) pass protect to give an extra second for the QB to go through hs reads to find the open guy.

you don't have that and we don't yet ... then the QB play suffers as we have seen.

- IonSabres



Maybe they were afraid Detroit's defense was gonna put EJ on a stretcher so they're making Orton the sacrificial lamb....
IonSabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I said that months ago, keep up!, FL
Joined: 03.10.2013

Sep 30 @ 11:12 AM ET
It's going to be 3-4 years before we can look at Bennett and Reinhart and know if we made the right decision. The reason I think that, is many feel Bennett will end up on the wing. That was the reason I wanted Reinhart. And I think that fact alone will be the deciding factor on whether or not they actually chose the right guy.
- HonkFortheGoose


I'm good with Reinhart.
Here's the thing though...I don't see him as a #1C...and we will have a plethora of 2C's available to us over the next couple of years with all the youngins they have in the stable...and Ennis...on one hand that is great, trade bait to land other positions of need...since C's are genrally more valuable. On the other, we could have used a #1 Winger.
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 30 @ 11:16 AM ET
Dude our Offensive Guards are a complete waste ... best thing to improve a QB = great O-Line tht can 1) enable the run (take pressure off the QB .. i.e. pass when it is advantegous, not when it is required and expected), 2) pass protect to give an extra second for the QB to go through hs reads to find the open guy.

you don't have that and we don't yet ... then the QB play suffers as we have seen.

- IonSabres



Great QB's tend to make offensive lines look better than they are, especially in today's NFL which is an incredibly pass-happy league.
IonSabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I said that months ago, keep up!, FL
Joined: 03.10.2013

Sep 30 @ 11:25 AM ET
Great QB's tend to make offensive lines look better than they are, especially in today's NFL which is an incredibly pass-happy league.
- buffalofan19


And the Bills are going to get this Great QB when? Even yo have said they are screwed in that regard for awhle.

So, how do you make an Average QB play above average game in and game out? See my last post.
Very similar to, how do yo make the CB's look better, by pressuring the QB to make decision faster than he wants/is capbale of.

I realize it goes both ways on each side of the ball...the point is the Bills don't have a Great QB and aren't likely to get one anytime soon...Plan B then has to kick in.
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 30 @ 11:27 AM ET
Dude our Offensive Guards are a complete waste ... best thing to improve a QB = great O-Line tht can 1) enable the run (take pressure off the QB .. i.e. pass when it is advantegous, not when it is required and expected), 2) pass protect to give an extra second for the QB to go through hs reads to find the open guy.

you don't have that and we don't yet ... then the QB play suffers as we have seen.

- IonSabres


I pointed this out yesterday, but both video and word of mouth seem to suggest that Manuel is incapable of making a read beyond his first anyway. Watt did get to Manuel often, but there were times that Manuel did have time to throw the ball, and he simply missed. There were plenty of open receivers that he just threw a bad ball to, and open receivers he simply didn't throw to at all because he never looked their way.
dadeadhead
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I don't want to say Greztky was a dude when I was watching. Mentalorgasm5 , NY
Joined: 07.16.2006

Sep 30 @ 11:27 AM ET
Footballbuzz is a different site.
IonSabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I said that months ago, keep up!, FL
Joined: 03.10.2013

Sep 30 @ 11:28 AM ET
And we ALL saw it coming, except for the misfits in the front office.
Unbelieveably piss poor planning, they don't have a Plan B...they went all in with EJ ... bad decision, they need now to be held Accountible.
All this positioning to save their jobs is laughable at best.
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