CodeMonkey

I don't think the Bills will do this only because Manuel was Whaleys and Marrones first pick, they picked him in the first round, and was the first QB taken. Even showing doubt that they made a mistake would be very hard for them. I think they get the WR(s) and whatever else they feel the offense needs and roll the dice with Manuel.

Both of those sting me more than the music city forward pass.

They may well be getting a 2 for one deal of sorts. I suspect Jon and Jay talk, a lot.

Well this is supposed to be a very good WR draft year. If the Bills shore up that position, get some O-line help, and with some luck land a decent every down RB (Spiller certainly is not one and Fred isn't getting any younger) a lot of the offensive problems could be addressed. The remaining "big ifs" would then be Hackett and of course, Manuel.

That is an excellent analogy. Free throws aren't 1/3 of the points scored, but often they are very important points that can decide games.

No one should be outraged. But it goes to Marrone needing to learn to keep his mouth shut. I would have thought the whole 110% sure Manuel would play the last game would have taught him something. If he had not mentioned accountability there would have not been any fuel for this discussion. When is the last time you saw a 18 page thread (and still growing) about a special teams coach? Come on Doug, wise up man.

It is broke in the sense that the NFL needs more money to pay ever increasing player salaries. This would give them a nice TV revenue boost. Granted it is a short term fix, but it is better than nothing.

I am always confused by this. And it must be me because many feel this way. But why do fans deserve an explanation of anything? The Bills have a product that they put on the field. They market said product how they like, which includes the press conferences and other interviews . Those that like the product, purchase it seasonally. Those that do not like the product for whatever reason, do not. Seems to be a simple and clear arrangement. Where does deserving explanations come into it? And for the record, I'm not happy with the last 14 years either. But its the choice of each of us to purchase the product one Bills drive is selling, or not. Is it not? If ST costs games next season, then Marrone will probably be canned for it. That is a risk he is taking. Explanation or no explanation to the fans, in my opinion. He may well have given such an explanation to Bills FO already, we don't know.

Yes it is a bad idea. It opens the door to fans expecting explanations on every little decision he makes. We aren't talking about who to draft first, we are talking about why he did NOT fire a special teams coach. Micromanagement sucks. Micromanagement by fans of a football head coach sucks more. A head coach enabling micromanagement of himself is borderline insane in my opinion.

And it shouldn't ever happen in my opinion. He is the head coach, Whaley is the GM. We might not agree with the choice, but it's the one that at least for now has been made. Fans can yell and scream all they want. But for a HC to give a public breakdown of why he did not fire one of his reports is just plain crazy.

And I have more faith in 10 years of job history than someone hoping his friend can somehow get better. Also duh. But he is the coach so we will see!

i don't disagree with anything you said except the bolded. Every team that Crossman has worked for has had bad special teams, save for the first year at Detroit and Carolina. Marrone certainly hopes Crossman will somehow turn it around next season in Buffalo. But there is no way in hell he can have any quality information that can make him sure that he will.

Man that really sounds like a good plan. I wonder why they didn't do that?

Wanna bet?

A) I doubt this is a decision the analytics guy would even be involved with. B) Even if he was, he certainly can't fire Crossman himself. Marrone still would have to do it.

Kinda hope it's us. Would make for a good old fashioned TBD civil war. The whole Crossman thing just isn't cutting it. Plus just think of all the fun watching the Buffalo and Rochester animal rights people's heads explode!

Maybe he is putting the TVs back in the weight room.

Now a wild card bye huh. Man those "what if" scenarios were crazy before near the end of the season. Imagine what they will be like now So like in American schools, if it is too hard to make the grade, lower the bar.

Well I wasn't thinking of that continuity, but more of continuity of the coaching staff itself (except for the WR coach which was apparently unavoidable).

So the way I read this, assuming the WR coach was fired due to personal differences with Marrone, no one on the coaching staff was held accountable for this past season. Marrone must see it as growing pains. Or maybe he values continuity more than accountability. In any event I hope he has made good decisions for our sake as well as his.

You are right, most people that do stuff like that don't have the stones to do it to someone who would punch them in the face. They stick to harassing mainly women and children.

What's not to be sure about. It makes Bills fans look like morons, !@#$s, take your pick.

How about starting the season a month earlier.

Short timeframe as well not knowing if there was going to be a game or not. Pretty impressive in that short of a time and with the weather forecast what it is.

Since she is a gold digger and he is an idiot for giving her a ring that cost more than 3/4 of a million dollars, the judge should have given the ring to a disinterested third party ... me!