QB Bills

Thanks. I watch that too. Fred is better. He proved it when Lynch was here. And he hasn't really lost a step, considering what I saw him do this year. Lynch is a really good player. Despite what some say, he hasn't changed his running style or is "trying harder" now that he's in Seattle. He was good here too. It's just that he's now a feature back in a league where some teams, like the Bills, use RB by committee. The stats are going to reflect that. And the one and only time Fred was consistently the feature back, he was leading the league in rushing before he got hurt. Fred is the better blocker and receiver. Their speed is similar. They both get that extra yardage when you think they're going down. Fred is smarter and shiftier. Leadership and other intangibles, there is no contest. Lynch has a cool nickname, was a first round pick and plays on a great team that is hyped by the media. He is supposed to be better than Fred, but he's not. Look beyond the ESPN highlights page. Fred Jackson is criminally underrated in the NFL world. Even amongst many Bills fans. Put him on that Seattle team in the same role and he'd do even better than Lynch.

Fred Jackson is still better than Lynch. That fact hasn't changed since Lynch was drafted. I'd take our WRs over theirs any day of the week. Stevie is better than anyone on Seattle. They have the far superior QB and better coach. That's the difference. Be honest. How much better do you think the Bills could have done with whoever you're thinking of as the OC. Whether its Frank Reich or whoever. Remember who he was working with at QB. Manuel, Lewis, Tuel. Just let that sink in. And then remember, that this team put up almost 500 yards of offense on the Chiefs, and took the Bengals to OT, among other games. I watched the games, just as you did I'm sure. I saw TJ Graham open all season long on go routes, but without a QB who could get him the ball. He's not as bad as everyone here thinks. This season was such a wasted opportunity. They really were just a decent QB from being a good team.

What are you talking about? The original post was about how we are comparable to the Seahawks right now save for a few positions. QB was not mentioned. I said that as of right now, Wilson is a decidedly better QB than Manuel. Not sure where the confusion is.

You might be right. I agree with those who say that this was the most talented Bills team in a while and definitely was capable of making the playoffs this season and maybe even making some noise once there. But they were severely hampered by bad qb play. When you can have good days offensively with Thad Lewis and Jeff tuel as your starting qbs, you know you have some talent on that side of the ball. It just sucks that in what some people consider the ultimate team game, one position can make or break your team almost no matter how good the rest of the squad is.

No, but he's not a good qb right now and not comparable to Russell Wilson as per the op's post.

You declined to mention the two biggest things they have that we don't. A good qb and an unlimited supply of adderall.

Biggest hole is qb but a close second is head coach, imho.

Is that Ike Hilliard in Stevie's twitter profile pic?

Looking forward to seeing Marcus Mariota in 2015.

You mean to say that you dreamt about Peyton Manning joining the Bills and he wasn't even the QB? Man, us fans can't even get our dreams right.

I can barely understand what you're saying. And I'm sure you'd feel the same way if that was your wife or sister.

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/brennan/2003-11-06-brennan_x.htm Ya...real class guy. Stop idolizing athletes, people.

I hate most of the player moves this team makes but that one I was fine with. I doubt they could have gotten much more for him and Fred Jackson was (and still is, imho) the better player.

He's the guy who flexed his bicep after delivering that cheap headshot to Freddie. Him hurting his knee after being juked out of his jockstrap by spiller two weeks ago was one of the highlights of the season for me. Hopefully that led to this.

This is a long thread, and I don't expect you to read it all, so I'll save you some trouble. Nobody here is reasonably suggesting that special teams was the only weak spot and the cause of the 6-10 finish. Everyone can also agree that special teams are not as vital to a teams success as offense and defense. Having said that, its not something that a coach can gloss over either. You hire coaches who control certain parts of your team so having a good X, doesn't mean you are sacrificing a good Y. They are not mutually exclusive. This is why I don't understand some of the posters on here saying, for example, "the offense sucked, how can you blame the special teams?" The problem with the "its only one year, give them some time" mentality is that you can pretty much excuse anything that happened over the 16 games. Its not logical. Just like expecting a proven failure (Crossman) to finally get it in his umpteenth year and help your team. The guy has never shown improvement at any of his previous stops, and really has nothing going for him other than being chums with the head coach. Its easy to say its the players, not the scheme because there's no real way for a fan to prove either case. But looking at it from all angles, it sure appears to be the coaching. But with all of this, I believe the underlying reason why this thread has gone on for 20+ pages is because of what it says about the head coach. We all want him to succeed and be the guy we want him to be, but I'm finding it very hard to feel that way after his first year here. This decision doesn't help that.

Nonsense. Fix the black hole at qb and watch Stevie flourish.

I was hoping that he may have told you something different outside of the press conference. Something like "Obviously, I'm gonna fire Crossman, but I just want to cash in on the free dinner he promised me for hiring him first. Obviously."

Do you have any insight into this from OBD? Is it even true that they have already decided not to get rid of Crossman? If so, any concrete reasons why?

Aside from not calling more designed screen plays or lining up CJ out wide, I was alright with his play calling. Also, he used a bit too much of the shotgun. Its hard to evaluate him with the triple turd sandwich served to him at QB this season.

So essentially what you're saying here, and in your other posts, is that special teams don't really matter. You should apply for a position with the Bills. I think you have exactly what they're looking for.

Anyone have that same all-too-familiar feeling after reading this? That "oh crap, not again" sensation that makes you frown, lower your head and exhale deeply. It happens the same way. New coaching staff/mgmt comes in. You don't know what to think of them but you're skeptical because you've been burned before. But you have hope because it might be different this time. Then one morning, you wake up, and before getting out of bed, you check the TBD forums on your smartphone like you do every morning. You're skimming the topics with one eye closed and something catches your one open glazed eye and any faith you had in the new regime is thrown out the window. "rumour: kelsay re-signing for 4 more years" "adam schefter is reporting the bills are extending dick jauron" "ryan fitzpatrick on verge of signing 59 million dollar contract extension" And today, "Crossman Retained" My first thought is always the same. What would I have to do to eventually become the Bills GM? Go back to school? Intern at OBD? Shovel Ralph's driveway? Because I really feel at that moment in time I could do a better job than these people.

No. If I remember correctly, they finished behind Jax and baltimore, both of whom didn't make it at 9-7 also.

Prediction: Marrone will go down as a worse coach than any of his predecessors over the last decade-plus of futility. This clueless jock is in way over his head.

One of these things is not like the other

Hope they just leave it as is. Also, what's kind of sad is that if they had this extra wild card team the last 14 years, we still never would have made it.