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Augie. We're almost into March. March! The season's right around the corner, well, over there ... and now we need the defense to score every game. What do you have against Josh Allen? I think all of us should sit down and parse every word, and over-analyze this. I mean, let's be serious. jw Kidding. Kidding? What's their to kid about Kelly. The season is like ... checks calendar ... six freaking months away. And they're going to start voluntary workouts in like 6 more weeks. If this doesn't get addressed as soon as possible -- ASAP, as some like to put it -- then the whole thing's doomed. Absolutely doomed. jw Great. So now the Bills have to bring in a second long-snapper. Watch Beane go out and draft one. He'll probably trade up for him, too, I bet. There goes the season. Another 17-year drought. I can feel it. jw

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Great, now Hauschka's missing extra points. This is getting worse, because I also don't think any team can rely on getting a safety a game. Name me one team that's done that. If this is true, and nothing suggests it isn't because, after all, this is the interweb, McDermott has lost his mind. jw

I personally think it's alarming McDermott failed to say "at least 24 points," because it does a big disservice to Hauschka and plays down his ability to hit field goals. I mean, it's a clear shot at the PK, because McDermott is clearly insinuating that the Bills can only score TDs and can't hit field goals. This is terrible. Just terrible because he's not even paying lip service to his special teams group, which struggled last year, and are now under a new staff. I'd say it's cause for alarm. jw

strangely enough, i use a tape recorder to record players. i use a phone to call people. call me old-fashioned, i guess. jw

Bills were interested in Fitz. He was firm on staying in Tampa jw

this is my only time I'll respond to this: Tyrod was not interested in redoing his deal. his entire salary was on the books for this year. it was immovable. they gained a valuable draft pick. and, in the end, exactly how much better of a record would the Bills have with Taylor running this offense? let's be real. they weren't making the playoffs with Aaron Rodgers behind center. jw I'm leaving this discussion, as I've said my piece. jw

Tim Murray failed in his rebuild and it cost him. Botterill is making far more headway, and so is Housley, who has gone from being on the hotseat to showing he is capable of learning from last season, and deserving a longer leash. jw

keep in mind, the Pegulas have now gone through that with the Sabres, staying the course after watching a team thoroughly under-achieve last year and seeing encouraging returns this year. now, this Bills team this year isn't exactly under-achieving entirely, because this was always going to be a transitional year, and we're seeing the lumps result from it. that said, a case can be made that the offense is not playing up to even modest expectations. this leads to the upcoming offseason and seeing what happens now that the BIlls are fully in a position to start adding talent. can't judge Beane and/or McDermott entirely until that happens. jw

me, too, but it appears some were confused by it. perhaps, i should have typed slower. ? jw

McDermott's philosophy is CBs, for the most part, are interchangeable. That was proven out last year when two guys, including Gaines, filled in for Darby's loss. There was also a belief, from what I remember, that Darby didn't exactly fit the defense. jw

Late to this party, but let's clear up some things. If several members of the media are going to follow this lazy and tired narrative in accusing the Bills if completely mishandling the QB situation, then perhaps they should at least ask a question or two to at least be fair. There was one asked on Tuesday, which is what sparked my thread. And rather than simply following the tired narrative, someone needs to explain to me how else the quarterback situation needed to be handled. One valid point made through the discussion on Twitter was the Bills needed to bring in another quarterback immediately after trading McCarron. Beane has acknowledged that as being a mistake. Otherwise, I've yet to hear any valid rundown on how the quarterback situation has played out since March. And no, don't respond to me about what about Tyrod? That ship sailed because Tyrod refused to restructure his contract; the Bills would be handcuffed under the cap with it; and they got a valuable draft pick out of it that allowed them more room to trade up on draft day. WEO, of course, is trying too hard to over-think things and reading far too much into this as usual. I'm hardly surprised. jw

But his shoe collection. .... jw

Here's a thought. How is it that no one on the Bills staff had any inkling Vontae Davis was considering quitting. Was there no red flag before the start of the season, when Davis suddenly revealed he was still trying to overcome an injury. Was there no red flag during two preseason performance in which Davis couldn't tackle or cover. Was there no red flag from last year in how Davis got into a major dispute with Chuck Pagano which led to the Colts cutting him. Hey, I know there's some kind of nutty narrative in which the national media is questioning the Bills for making some odd decisions. But heck, what do i know. jw

it was a dysfunctional marriage from the beginning with Whaley, in my opinion, deserving 50 percent of the blame. Whaley failed to get entirely on board with the Ryan hiring, because the Pegulas essentially took the decision out of his hands, and there being no clear definition of power between Rex and Whaley. both spent the next two years trying to assert their power over the other. Rex was the one who proposed having Tom Coughlin be hired to take over as football czar, so he could have someone have his back. he's the one who introduced Coughlin to the Pegulas. Whaley and Brandon were against the move for obvious reasons, and eventually, Coughlin backed out. Whaley and members of his staff then spent much of the 2016 season bad-mouthing Rex in the Pegulas' presence, leaked things to select members of the media who were indebted to him, avoided other members of the media, and eventually boasted to friends that he had the authority to fire Rex, and was going to do it. Unfortunately, the Pegulas over-ruled Whaley initially. Ryan was attempting to avoid the same scenario that took place with the Jets, and wound up suffering the same outcome. Whaley won the power struggle but eventually couldn't save himself from the problems he himself created by claiming he wasn't privy to anything going on. Thankfully, the Pegulas saw through the whole thing and made what was ultimately the right decision. jw

i've been reluctant to like all of these posts until i finally summoned up the courage to look up "raconteur." and now that i have, i'm still not sure whether to trust your judgement of character. ? jw

even when i attempt to avoid promo, i am unable to. here i was, off the board for nearly a week. second thread i open, and this sticks out like the proverbial sore thumb of bald audacity. No, he didn't. and as a service to all, let me actually provide you to an actual link of what Twitter considers to be private. https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/personal-information but, of course, people here could have looked that up on their own before firing off a post that has no basis in fact. and you wanna be a Bills reporter. smh jw

promo, of course.

this is good. and true jw

you’re real good at putting down people who aren’t members of this board with your real swell criticisms. when confronted on them, you’re M.O. is to wilt. i’d say i was disappointed in this response, but that would suggest i was expecting something of substance. jw

Hah. Nope, it's the closest to home and a nice easy 3-hour walk, especially when you get there first thing in the morning. i've gotten to know the guys who tee off first thing, and it's become both a weekly social and workout thing for me. jw

if you're so good at it, why don't you give it a shot. you spend a lot of time on this board complaining about how biased and one-sided the reporting is at The Buffalo News, that all they put out are negative stories. well, look in the mirror promo, you are the hypocrite doing exactly the same, but with far less nuance or skill. it's only predictable that you landed on the first page of this thread. i can only imagine how you must have scrambled to open up your computer and pen some real witty retort to pile on and make your voice heard. and all we got was this dud of a response. par for the course. yup, you know sh#t all right. jw

one of my Grover Cleveland golf buddies asked me if I had a prediction yet of the Bills season. "no," i responded. "way too early." flame away, though. jw

What, the ... ? Patriots?

For what it's worth, I believe, and it seems quite evident, Richie wrote that note to The AP on the fly. There was nothing really planned about it. It came as a bit of a surprise after we had exchanged a few texts, including concerns Eric Wood had raised to me. It appears that is what prompted Richie's comments regarding Eric. jw