vincec

You're right. Jauron has a definite philosophy on defense and it shows. Even though I don't agree with it, you can see it from the types of players they acquire and it's moderately effective. On offense, there's no recognizable philosophy. They chance every couple of years. He's not an offensive coordinator so he should've gotten someone with a track record of success and let them run things cart blanche. It didn't happen.

Yes, but he could help in that area if he was able to split carries with Lynch 50-50 as opposed to what is going on now.

Obviously, it's probably hopeless to do anything at this point. There are way too many things wrong to fix in one bye week. I know that it sounds bad, but the best thing is to do just as Jauron says: keep working at it and try to improve over the remaining course of the season. The best that can be hoped for is for players to stay healthy and improve, especially the rookies. I am personally very pessimistic about the off season as well. What really needs to happen is for Wilson to bring in a "football guy" to run the football operations and replace the coaching staff. Unfortunately, the last two times Wilson did that he ended up with Donahoe and Levy and I don' think that he wants to do it again. Who would he bring in that he trusts anyway? It's pretty much hopeless. Go Bills!

I agree. The Bills need to find a way to patch things up with Parrish for the remainder of the season and at least use him in punt return situations. If nothing else, this will allow Jackson to run more plays at RB where he is most useful to the Bills.

Even Belichick bows to the Steelers. Why have the Steelers, with no more money or market size, been so much more successful that the Bills over their history? They have not outspent them. Who are the key guys? And don't say Cowher, because it started before him and continues after he left.

The first troll was kind of funny, but this thread is old.

That's classic. So much for Yahoo's mock draft credibility. Maybe we can draft a CB and convert him to OLB or DT. That would be more in line with Jauron's thinking...

Yup. I can't figure out why his teams are so unlucky regarding the injuries. I mean he likes to play small, inexperienced, "high motor" guys, particularly on the offensive line. It's hard to imagine how these types of players can get hurt or allow QBs to get hurt. Maybe if we get a new strength and conditioning coach...

I'll bet Jim Zorn is available to serve as OC. Now that he's not calling plays anymore he's probably really bored.

My thoughts on the game exactly. Poor clock and game management (at the end of the first half as well)- a Jauron specialty. He has a lot to learn before he moves up to the NFL- and he should probably start as a position coach first to get some experience in the pro game.

He has? It looked last night like the stadium was about 40% full. UB football is not even relevant in Buffalo.

I agree with most of your post. I wouldn't pick on the secondary too much. Most of the passing plays that Houston made were made when Schobel (aka our entire pash rush) went out and Johnson is a tough cover with no pash rush. I'm not going to pick on the offense. They don't have a lot of tools in the box so I don't really know what they can do this season. I want to suggest a couple of points for consideration regarding the defense: 1) The Bills defense is not built to be good against the run. They have small DEs and small LBs. They rely almost completely on the DTs, the MLB and the strong safety to stop the opposing running game. The idea is to play a lot of cover 2, make the opposing team try and grind it out and make a play or two (or even better a turnover) during their drive to stop them. Ideally, Buffalo would have 2 or 3 good rush DEs. Unfortunately, the reality is they only have 1. I don't like it, but when Schobel is healthy and the defense is not too winded because of our inept offense, it works pretty well. Now, in order to be able to sit in cover 2, you need a strong pass rush from your front 4. When Schobel got injured, that ended our ability to rush with 4 men because the rest of our DEs can't rush the passer for crap. This brings me to my second thought... 2) Why did the Bills still play cover 2 with a four man rush when Schobel went out. It reminded me of last season. They should have starting rushing 5 and 6 men to try and get pressure on the QB. If that didn't work (because we don't have any good pass rushing LBs), then rush 3 and cover with 8. I know the defense is beat up and there are rookies everywhere but watching this just killed me.

It's been said in another thread, but the first thing that Wilson needs to do is hire a football exec to help him right the ship. At his age, I really think he needs help. I realize that he tried this with Levy and it turned out to be a fiasco, but it's still the right thing to do.

I'm amazed that people want Ellison out so badly. Who do you plan on playing? Nic Harris? Based on the dozen or so plays he's been out there this season or how well he played today? Or maybe we can move Maybin to LB in the middle of the season? Or option 3, sign another guy off of the construction line like Draft? No thanks. I'd rather have Ellison until we can get someone else in the off season.

The Offensive line needs a lot of work. Right now, IMO, they have only 2 legitimate starting caliber players (Wood and Hangartner) and that's debatable. Not dominant, but legitimate. To compound this, they have no experience playing together and very little chemistry. The tackle positions, which are the most important, are the worst. RT is a joke as they are now on their 4th string player. Even if Butler comes back next year, who says he is any good? This was going to be his first year playing the position. Other players may develop like Levitre and Bell or maybe even someone else, but that remains to be seen. This line is another good draft and a couple years of good coaching away from being a solid group.

I'm not sure I understand what this thread is about. When you have no running game, no pass protection, no TE and rookies/free agents all over the place, it's pretty difficult for any QB to look good... let along a backup in his first year with the team. I guess some people think that Aaron Rogers would be a winner here in Buffalo but this offense needs a lot more than that. It needs at least 2 or 3 more legitimate starters to emerge and 2 or 3 more years of playing together.

In my experience, if you can't run basic stuff then making things more complicated does not usually improve the situation. Usually, it's just the opposite. And with all of the rookies, free agents, etc. starting it's probably downright near impossible to add too much anyway. It's easy for opponents to laugh because the offense is so inept, but the Texans haven't exactly been a dynasty over the last few years (edit: ever) so I'm not sure why anyone would listen to anything that their players have to say.

Well, now that Ellison is hurt we should be seeing more of Nic Harris. I doubt that he will be an improvement though. He isn't any bigger or faster than Ellison and doesn't have his experience.

What have you seen from Maybin that would lead you to want to play as a starter at any position?

Agree.

Just bad luck. The Bills have had plenty of it in the last few years...

McCargo is a bust and absolutely needs to be replaced. Before the season, I had hoped that he would develop into a solid backup/rotational player but he is very weak when he is out there. With Williams out, this is his final chance with the Bills. He will probably get 10-15 plays in this game. He has to make something happen.

Watching these videos and reminiscing is one of the few positives left for us Bills fans. They seem like a shadow from a dream these days.

The fact that the Bills are leading the NFL in interceptions and just held three straight quarterbacks to laughably poor performances.

At this point, I would say we have no OL studs, 2 starting caliber linemen (Wood & Hangartner), 2 backup caliber players (Levitre & Bell) and 1 developmental project (Meredith). There was not way to judge Butler or Scott because they didn't play enough. Next year, players may improve... but they may not.