Never NEVER Give-up

34 or 43? Who cares!! Please just find us some guys that can stop the run and get off the field after 3rd down!!

See, Eric Moulds

I agree we need 2 new QB's in addition to Fitz - and let them battle for the job. I'm thinking the Bills agree and will have Fitz, Tavaris Jackson and a draft pick - unless they see another FA that they can get or if the Eagles release Vick - but I'm wondering if the Chip Kelly/ Eagles want to keep him now. FA's - slim pickins - TJ looks like the best of the lot. (No way Flacco makes it to FA - otherwise I'd be OK with picking him up! ) Joe Flacco (BAL), Jason Campbell (CHI), Tarvaris Jackson (BUF), Matt Moore (MIA), Drew Stanton (IND), Seneca Wallace (FA)

Of Course!!

I would LOVE it if they hired Madden!!!! (sarcasm)

Maybe Callahan was panicked - after all Gruden was coaching the Raiders the year before and was now with the Bucs - maybe Callahan thought/knew Gruden had some insight into the Raider attack so he felt he had to change the gameplan. This also lends a plausible explanation as to why their starting All-Pro Center, Barrett Robbins, went AWOL the night before the game - Mike Golic said Robbins pleaded with Callahan not to change the gameplan because he wouldn't be have enough ttime to install new line calls for the offensive line. Very intriguing.

You can look at it that way or be a realist - Lewis was getting out in front of an issue - even though there was no criminal trial, he would have been sued (civil trial). By "paying off" or in legal terms, "settling" with the family/s of the deceased, he minimized the amount paid and the publicity surrounding the tragedy. And I too, get a little tired of RAY-RAY-RAY when there is talk of the Ravens - but it sure beats the BRADY-BRADY-BRADY circle jerk we've been subject to since he replaced Bledsoe! This SB is looking very interesting. Two solid teams, no gimmicks like the Pat's no huddle - just buckle-up and get it on! Yeah, we'll need to hear about Ray's last game, Kappernicks 10th game being a SB and Bro Bowl too - but they always have to talk about something for 2 weeks. Again - at least it's not the Pat's, Brady & Belechick. It's funny how no one wanted to see the Bills in 4 SB's, but I never hear talk about how boring it is to see the Pat's every year!

Oh stop being so rational! This is a message board, man!!

It wasn't but a few short years ago that we were laughing at the Pats. We were riding high with Kelly & Levy and they were falling all over themselves. Now they have Brady & Belechick and they are ruling the roost. It's a QB league and when we find one, we'll be back - but it's a lot easier said than done. I really admire (& am jealous of) what Wash did last year - going after RGIII - Now they are set at QB (if he's not killed) for 10 yrs. The Bills need to ID their guy and go after him - it'll cost a lot, but they need to go get him and then shore up the LB corps.

Get a hold of yourself, man!! Act like you've been there before - and you have!! The Ravens won SB35 - in 2000. So quitcher cryin!!! We were crushed losing 4 in a row - but never acted like this nancy. . . . . with all due apologies to the girls named Nancy out there . . .

It doesn't happen anymore. Knox had guts and reading the excerpt above was news to me - and refreshing! He WANTED the challenge! He knew if he turned the sad-sack Bills around, it would be a major accomplishment. Today's 'name' coaches won't take on a job unless they know they have a great QB on the roster or unless they're lined up to draft one at the top of round 1. They know it's very difficult to win without a great QB and many are afraid to tarnish their reputations on a team without one. See Cowher, Shanahan, etc. What's Cowher waiting for anyway? Another coupe of years and he'll have to beg for a job (probably not - but it SHOULD be that way).

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/8835043/pro-football-hall-fame-finalists-michael-strahan-warren-sapp-many

Gone fishin!!

This!! We have no LB's worth a darn. Barnett is a good 3rd man IF you had 2 other good LB's!! Switching to a 34 would mean we need even more LB's. Let's walk before we run!! I'd prefer we stay in a base 43 and add wrinkles. To have a 34 you need a Ted Washington (remember those days!?!?) to eat up space on the interior. Dareus and K-Williams are penetrators, best suited to an attacking 43, but everyone looks bad in this defense when the LB's don't make plays.

Completely agree - Levitre and Byrd aren't going anywhere!

http://www.cnycentral.com/sports/story.aspx?id=844364

Looking at the Syracuse-area articles on OBD - there's one that says that Jerry Sullivan confirmed the hire with Russ Brandon via text messages. Knowing JS works for the Bflo News, one would think he'd mention it in HIS OWN PAPER!!!

THIS!!

HANG ON RON RIVERA!!!

Once Belechick learns how to defend him, he'll trade him to Bflo!!

Similar sentiments here. He's a class act and I wish him nothing but the best. And having been unemployed myself, I always feel for people in similar circumstances - but in Chan's case, he won't be poor, he still has a year or 2 on his contract at about $1MM per year - he'll be OK and I hope he catches on somewhere!!

At $10/hr? If I wasn't working I'd pitch-in!

Very interesting conversation! Here's my 2 cents . . . Pass Interference - leave the rule as it, but call it like it's written. If the ball is not catachable - as determined by the zebra huddle after the play, then pick up the flag or and this would be a new rule - call it illegal contact - 5 yds, automatic 1st down. Challenging PI Calls - won't work because it needs to cut both ways - the offense would also need to be able to challenge non-calls of PI. Games would take 5 hours! Face Mask - Player Safety was the reason for eliminating the 5 yd incidental call. 15 yds is and should be the rule Tuck Rule - if it hasn't been eliminated, it should be. If the QB drops the ball - it's a fumble. When a QB cocks his arm to throw and the ball slips out and his arm/empty hand go forward - that's a fumble - as it should be. The tuck rule is complicated and defies reason. If the ball is dropped - it's a fumble. Intent to throw forward or lateral - they should change this to remove intent (like they did on the face mask penalty). It's too hard for Ref's to guage intent. If the QB releases the ball after a throwing motion and it falls to the ground - it is either an incomplete forward pass or if it lands behind the imaginary line from which the ball was released, it's a lateral and a free ball ( or similar to a fumble). Was anyone thinking Home Run Throwback when Mario caused Tannehill to throw the ball sideways?!?!?! LOL

Everyone seems to be forgetting that Philly's Offensive Line sucks and it's that unit that got him killed this year. I think he may end up being the best short term solution. Even if they get him, the Bills still need to draft the QB of the future.

Key to Patriots success??? How about hiring a decent defensive coach and then falling backasswards into a 7th round gangly QB who turns out to be one of the best QB's the NFL has ever seen? I think that's how they did it!! If someone copies this method, it'll be the 1st time.