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Marrone has looked like an inexperienced first year NFL head coach to me. He has a long way to go and these days teams don't give you the time to learn on the job. He may work out... at his next coaching stop.

Whose "expectation was a Super Bowl run"? That is ridiculous. Miami hasn't even made the playoffs in 5 seasons and has a second year QB. After a strong start, the expectation was that they would completely tank after the bullying scandal which, besides the locker room turmoil, cost them the left side of their offensive line. Instead Philbin stabilized things and has them one game away from making the playoffs. I think he's done much better than most coaches would've in that situation. And yet, for all that they are one game away from making the playoffs while the Bills with their season sweep and thumping they gave them last week and great draft are on their way to the golf course again.

I am interested in seeing how he Bills defense hangs with the Pats, but the Bills offense and special teams are no where close to the level they need to be at to beat New England on the road. NE 34 Bills 17

Or Joe Philbin. If Miami wins this week and makes the playoffs he could be a coach of the year candidate IMO.

Exactly. It's no coincidence that several guys are having career years on defense: McKelvin, Hughes, M Williams, A Williams, K Williams along with outstanding rookie contributions from Alonso and Robey. Even guys like Lawson and Branch are playing as well as they ever have.

He should though. He has not been very good vs there run and he is certainly not better against it than Branch. So if Branch plays on run downs and Hughes on passing downs, where does that leave Carrington? Depth?

So Fitz played most of his time in Buffalo with no running game and under constant pressure? I guess I need to go back and look at the film. I seem to remember that he was one of the least sacked QBs in the league with one of the most explosive running attacks. I love hove people constantly look for excuses for Fitz in every post they see, even when the thread or the post wasn't about him.

I agree with Sullivan 100%. At this point Lewis is a marginal NFL backup. If the Bills work with him then he may develop into a solid backup in a couple of years. If they want a good backup next season then they should bring in a FA and bump Lewis to #3. Also, a veteran QB on the roster certainly couldn't hurt Manuel's development.

I wonder who could possibly look good: 1) under constant pressure 2) playing with no running game to keep the defense honest 3) with his receivers dropping passes 4) in the freezing rain 5) dealing with the noise of a hostile crowd ?

Jimmy Johnson once said: "I can't be writing what the rules are because my rules vary from player to player... In Dallas we had a linebacker named John Roper who got cut for falling asleep in a meeting. If Troy Aikman fell asleep in a meeting, I'd go over and whisper, `Wake up, Troy.' " I suspect that given the season that Dareus has had he's already gotten a lot of leeway for whatever has been going on.

The continuous see saw between offense and defense has been a Bills storyline for a long time. When is the last time they had both a good offense and a good defense? 2001?

Cut him.

Carrington is important for the teams DE depth. He will get his snaps and he is a better pass rusher than Branch. He can contribute and honestly, with the injury, he will not command a big free agent contract.

I'm surprised at how confident the Dolphins fans (and others) seem to be that this will be an easy Miami victory. Miami is not exactly a perennial powerhouse and this is a road game against a division opponent that beat them in the first meeting, so my money would be on a close, down to the wire type game.

lol. How about Richie Incognito? The whole bullying scandal couldn't have come at a worse time for him heading into free agency. I wonder if anyone picks him up?

Out for tomorrow.

NT - ILB - OG Don't need another OLB, IMO. Hughes and Lawson are pretty strong and you don't draft backups with your first round pick.

I agree that Kevin Kolb looked like crap when he was healthy and got injured at the drop of a hat, so there doesn't appear to be much reason to keep him. However, he is almost certainly through the NFL concussion protocol by now so if the Bills were going to release him or arrive at an injury settlement they would have. To me this means that Kolb and the Bills are at least considering his playing next season, for better or worse.

It really seemed like an indictment of Jack Pardee. If that team had some real leadership from the top they might have done something.

It was a decent article, but this part was seemed a little like an uncalled for cheap shot: "Gordon weighs in. "Nobody wants some kid to get drunk and drown in a !@#$ing puddle, Jesus Christ. But we live in this ****ty city." Buffalo, as the saying goes, is a drinking town with a football problem, so when HBO'sReal Sports wanted to capture drunken revelry for a 2008 segment on binge drinking, they came to Ralph Wilson Stadium. What they filmed — the puking, the staggering lushes swaying their limbs — justified the city's reputation."

You mean the team that has won 3 Super Bowls and made the playoffs just last season?

Hopefully they won't need any excuses next season, but honestly I'm not really optimistic.

Sort of. Not a very vocal guy.

Actually, I'm waiting for some rants by players and/or coaches. It's difficult to stomach that the team appears to take getting its a$$ kicked by a 3-9 team in stride. I guess performances like that are nothing new but at least pretend.

No one play can define a franchise. Maybe you can do one per era. 1960s: Stratton hit on Lincoln 1970s: ? 1980s: Fouts to Ron Smith with 2:00 left in 1981 playoff game beats Super Bowl hopeful Bills. 1990s: Norwood wide right. 2000s: "Music City Miracle" 2010s: ?