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I wish Wannstedt coached on the sidelines during games so that I could see how he interacts with the defense. It would be interesting to see his reactions and his players' reactions when they are playing as bad as we've seen.Maybe the fact he coaches from the booth says alot more about him than we realize.

Kelly wouldn't sign with this organization initially because of the losing tradition that was here. Polian had to convince him that this organization was committed to winning before he signed. Kelly does hate losing. I wonder, if Kelly is involved, might Bill Polian also be in the conversation?

You make a great point about what teams need to do to try and stop Spiller. Spiller is so good,defenses have to load the box and move safties up. If the Bills had a quarterback that defenses respected, Spiller might be even better than he already is. Fitz rarely makes a defense pay for overplaying the run. It probably explains why Gailey has not used Spiller as much as he should. He sees what defenses are doing and wants to exploit them. He sees the opportunities to make big plays on defenses that overplay the run. What he doesn't seem to want to admit, is that his quarterback cannot do it. I think if this team had a Peyton Manning running the offense, it would be hard to stop them. The offensive line, when not injured, is plenty good enough. Maybe the recievers need an upgrade, but it seems obvous that the real weakness is quarterback.

I just hope Fitzgerald makes it as an alternate

I'm not intrigued by any coach who thinks Tebow can be great

Yes they inherited a mess, but they have maintained this mess. If it was a mess when they came in, how can you say a poorer record is a good job? To me, it translates to still pretty messy. Was your cable service out on Sunday? Did you not see the monstrosity they call a football team get demolished by Seattle? I do agree with you however that they might as well keep things as they are. If Ralph fires Nix and Gailey, he will only hire another Jauren or Mularkey. Who knows who would be the new GM, but rest assured he would be another guy no one else would want and is a yes man. Nothing changes for this team until new ownership is in place.

Why can't you just come out and admit your Pats cheated? Does it make you sleep better at night if you argue that others cheated too? Because other cyclists cheated maybe Lance Armstrong shoul be allowed to keep all his titles. Explain to us in your infinite knowledge why the tapes were destroyed so quickly. Why did they know the Rams red zone offense in that superbowl? I believe they won by a field goal. Do you think they win that game without that knowledge? Their titles are tainted.

The Patriots cheated, were caught, and the league destroyed any evidence related to the cheating.They were given a punishment and the league told them not to do it again. I love the way these patriot fans argue that if the cheating was so bad, why are they so good now? Why would the fact that they are good now have any effect on the fact that they cheated? Yes they are good now, but how many superbowls have they won since they were caught? Does anyone really believe they win all of those three superbowls without cheating? Would they even have gotten to the superbowl without cheating? Also, in my experience, once a cheater, always a cheater. I doubt that the Patriots have stopped cheating. Heck, Belacheat probably cheated when the Giants beat the Bills in superbowl XXV. All those superbowls should have been taken from them just as Lance Armstrong was stripped of his titles. Belacheat should have been banned for life also. This is way worse that BountyGate. It ruins the integrity of the game. No wonder they wanted all the evidence destroyed so fast.

linebackers

They didn't figure the Bills would run Spiller in the first half? They decided to key on him in the secon half? LOL. This IS a game of adjustments and coaching. And good coaches adjust. Miami adjusted, the Bills did not. Good coaches don't take their best offensive weapon out on third down and run the third string running back in a wild cat formation. They don't take their best offensive weapon out of the game inside the ten yard line with little time on the clock. They don't call a play to the rookie reciever who he himself admits needs work and by Stevie Johnson's own admission has not even run in practice on a crucial play that decided the game in New England

I believe his second interception in Arizona set up the game winning field goal

I'm not going to say he almost lost the game but I will say he made some dubious play calls in the first half. Third and one and he used Choice in the wild cat. Third and one and he goes empty backfield. It's easy to be critical after the plays don't work, but I was questioning the plays before the ball was snapped. I didn't like the calls. I also did not like the clock management at the end of the first half. This may not be Chan's fault though. In the second half I thouhgt Miami adjusted well to what the Bills were doing in the first half but The Bills did not adjust. Miami brought more heat and maybe the Bils could have done a better job adjusting and making them pay.

It's definately easier to keep the talent you have than to try and replace it. Nix has done a good job retaining the talent he has but one has to wonder how much the Mario Williams contract has made signing current players more difficult.

I would think if a man was so drunk he had to be ejected from the game, one might argue that the police should have been called. It's certainly a shame this happened.

A top 10 D changes the Bill's record for sure. Both New England Games and the Tennessee game were very winable with a strong defense This defense needs linebackers in the worst way. Their linebackers are not making enough plays. Fitz had a fantastic game against the Pats last week, except for the dreaded last play. Even though Gailey should not have called that play, Fitz should have known better and gone to a different reciever. A horrible decision. I have to say though, with a top 10 defense the Bills win that game and it doesn't come down to that play.

ditto

This time it was written by Jim Donalson of the Providence Journal

The Bills are a laughing stock. http://blogs.providencejournal.com/sports/patriots/2012/11/patriots-have-back-to-back-bye-weeks.html

I think Sean Patton is a distant relative of General George Patton. Might be worth a shot.

Johnny put down the crack pipe

It's not that Ralph has never made changes. Look at the last 12 years. The problem is when he makes them, they always seem to be the wrong ones. He hires the wrong people. When the team needs a quality football guy , he hires retreads and yesmen. He has opened the pocketbooks and paid free agents. What he just doesn't seem to understand, or doesn't want to, is that an NFL team needs quality people making good football decisions.

I give you credit for rewatching the game. My stomach isn't strong enough to put myself through that.

I think Shanahan should not say that out loud. He's an idiot for saying it. People in Washington pay to see a team compete to win, not to see a glorified evaluation process.What kind of a message does that send to the players if the head coach has already quit? Shanahan should know better. Maybe he's the one who will be evaluated and fired. And as far as the Bills are concerned, of course they should not tank on purpose. Who is this quarterback we should tank for?

Do you really think getting rid of the current staff will make a difference? They will only hire another retread reject that noboby else would hire. Nothing changes untill new ownership is in place. They might as well just keep the current misfits and rebuild with new ownership. I only hope that rebuild will be here in Buffalo.