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Note that he said Fitz and Chan are "as safe as they ever were." He never says exactly how safe that is.
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An interesting point. Hopefully that is not safe at all. In San Fran they are upgrading over Smith with a second year QB, in Buffalo, we may be stuck with the worst HC/QB combo in the league.
They gave up a 7th.
Whatever they gave up it is too much. Fitz has PROVEN he cannot get the job done. Time to try something else. What do we have to loose: spot in the playoffs: nope. Draft position: not really. If Jackson plays well, we can take a QB later and get OLB in RD1. If Jackson sucks, we know we need a QB first.
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Good points. It's particularly frustrating watching teams like the Falcons, Colts, etc. turn things around in such quick order, and watching the Bills spin their wheels. Wilson must find a GM who will hold people accountable. If Chanpatrick is back next year that is a signal that Nix is fine with being mediocre
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Wouldn't any head coaches kids get harassed by other kids in school regardless of where they live out of jealousy and normal teenage-childish behavior. Unless its Jacksonville, where most people don't realize there is an NFL team. Now if his kids were getting harassed by adults, that's beyond totally absurd.
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Well...Not to nitpick your post...But that statement makes it tough...
Smith is a decent athlete, but he's a QB 1st and foremost...QB's who complete 70% of their passes in their final College Season usually do pretty well in the NFL...Smith is at 70.2% so far this year...His worst completion % was in 2010 when he completed 64.8% of his passes...He's thrown 93 TD Passes to only 20 INT's in his WV Career...That is pretty amazing...The Kid can sling it...I'd LOVE to have him in Buffalo...
I'd take Smith, but Landry Jones would be my second choice, esp. if he is available in the 2nd round, allowing us to take Jones, the OLB from GA in the first.
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There's been a lot of talk about McClain being lazy and not much of a team player. I google searched his arrest photo and found this http://cdn.bleacherr....jpg?1353114457
Doesn't seem too bothered about being being cuffed and looks like a moron. No thanks
What's he supposed to do, flick off the camera?! He is wearing a nice brooks brothers shirt. Not to many poorly behaved people do that--just an observation. Perhaps he's lazy and not a team player because the RAIDERS are a terrible organization and he wants out!
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Thats easy to say that, but having seen how he calls plays, he clearly believes every word he just said as he hangs his hat on Fitz every game and under uses the true talent on this team...the RB's.
Exactly. The proof is his actions. He not only thinks Fitz is the starter, but the "star" of the offense. He is a game manager at best. The RB's need to see the ball more. Everyone but Chan gets this. If the Bills want to sell any tickets this year for the rest of the games they should fire Chan, start the search for next season, and start TJ.
I posted this elsewhere, but said it somewhat different. A "stud" QB isn't going to solve anything. As long as Gailey is calling in the plays from the sideline and the QB isn't allowed to audible to change them, we're going to see the same result. As long as you give one of the best runners in the NFL only 10-15 carries a game (Spiller) in favor of throwing the ball 40 times, we're going to see the same result. It's easy to blame the player, but sometimes you have to dig deeper to see the real problem.
It's not mutually exclusive. They are both the problem. Also, if the Bills had a QB like Ben Rothlesburger or Peyton Manning that would mask a good deal of Chan's terrible 3rd and 1 pass calls as they could scramble or hit an open receiver instead of over/underthrowing them.
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He didn't have to say anything.
If they asked him about Fitz he should have said that Fitz needs to improve and is working on hard on at getting better.
Fitz is a big boy he can take it but don't feed us a line of BS. If he really does believe it then we are sunk until these guys are out of here.
You hit it 100%. Plus, Chan is not helping himself retain his job or look good to a future team by making such idiotic comments.
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i think the coaching would screw this up, but it would be harder to screw up Dalton and AJ. At least we would have a QB who would not under/over throw during the never ending 3rd and 1 passing plays.
We could also have Kappernick and Green btw.
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Lindell was hitting from that distance in pre-game warmups. There is no reason to think he can't make it from that distance. Chan, like Jauron, has no balls. Contrast that to Bill O' Brien, who went for it on a 4th and 6 vs. Wisconsin and ended up with a TD. You need to take caculated risks. Either go for it or kick a FG, but don't punt it. WEAk.
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He runs the ball less and throws more than Gailey. You guys would hate him here like you hate Gailey. Here in Philly they can't wait until he gets fired and Vick is released.
As I recall a lot of his passes are screens to RB's. I think Spiller would be used much more, perhaps in the way Westbrook was...and Spiller is more talented.
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Yes. If the price is right pick him up. He is better than the other DE we have opposite Mario. He could rotate with Moore. He is still a very productive player and has 5.5 sacks so far this season. Get a new DC and this D line could be serious trouble with him, Mario, Anderson coming back, and Moore at the ends, with Kelsay and Dearus in the middle. With the right scheme someone should be free. Draft Jones from GA or Mingo from LSU in RD1, Jones in RD2, and that's a good start to fixing the QB, LB problem. Then draft another LB/QB in round 3 and 4.
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Yes. If the price is right pick him up. He is better than the other DE we have opposite Mario. He could rotate with Moore. He is still a very productive player and has 5.5 sacks so far this season. Get a new DC and this D line could be serious trouble with him, Mario, Anderson coming back, and Moore at the ends, with Kelsay and Dearus in the middle. With the right scheme someone should be free. Draft Jones from GA or Mingo from LSU in RD1, Jones in RD2, and that's a good start to fixing the QB, LB problem. Then draft another LB/QB in round 3 and 4.
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why the rash of PED suspensions...4 or so this week already???
I was wondering the same thing. Test results come back at the same time??
A bunch of arrogant millionaires who think they can "gain an edge" by juicing...I'm all for suspending them.
Can someone send a memo to OBD to replace Fitz' Flintstones Vitamin in the morning with a PED...maybe we can get him suspended (off the field) for the next four games.
That's good stuff!
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Brady IS Brady in part because the Bills are the Bills. If Buffalo had a decent team, maybe it's a Pittsburgh-Baltimore rivalry rather than a Globetrotters-Generals one.
Exactly.
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Normally I support a boycott fully. Lots of NY Mets fans have stayed away and I think it might be working, to some degree.
But the Bills are a different animal and the region needs to show that whore Goodell that WNY is a viable market for NFL football and a few empty games might tip the scale in favor of moving the team.
Unfortunately, this is the truth. We are attendance hostages until new ownership comes in with a plan. I live in Pittsburgh and would love to be able to see all the games, but I can't blame people for staying home when the weather is bad and the team is even worse. The Bills without a doubt have the best fans in the NFL. No other team would sell out this many games on a yearly basis after so many years of futility. Hopefully Wilson sells the team (wishful thinking, I know. I also want Bob (thanks for) Nutting to sell the Pirates. Neither will happen).
I haven't bought a ticket to a game in nearly 30 years, and I haven't bought any merchandise in almost as long. The franchise still sucks. You got a Plan B?
You didn't buy anything during the 1990's when they went to 4 straight super bowls. Odd that your so "anti-Bills" yet post on a board. Perhaps you meant last 18 years?
Sorry but going proves nothing. I have three games left and won't waste my time after wasting my money. This fallacy that going proves this region is legit has one fatal flaw... It's not a viable region. Economically it continues to decline and any new jobs are largely back office, low paying jobs. Population continues to decline and, a double whammy, continues to age. The NFL stadium exeprience is a young, relatively young person's event. The older crowd, and I don't blame them, isn't up for the BS in the stands.
Let's be honest about what Buffalo is. Let's also be honest about what the NFL is... A sport with owners more focused on growing the game (see profit at all costs) than making what it has better. Bigger is better to them and that means getting teams in large markets when possible (like an ownership change for example) and putting expansion teams in stupid places (London) just
For the sake of short term gains rather than long term sustainability.
My feeling, some because of contacts I have in local govt, the rest from my realistic understanding of what Buffalo is and isn't and how that doesn't fit the NFL ideal, tells me this team is gone. The lease is dragging because of the high costs of improvements and the lack of a long term commitment by the team. Last I heard the improvements were being scaled way back to mainly necessary repairs and minimal game day improvements. All that leads to is the realization that the county isn't willing to go all in, as they've suggested in the past, because of concerns over this owner's commitment and willingness to mke some assurances.
So not only am I to going, im not returning next season. Choose as you will, but don't think for one second that your attendance means anything.
This is totally and utterly false. The Bills do have a viable market. Say what you will about Russ Brandon's football knowledge (approaching 0), but he can market. Around 44% of Bills attendance comes from Southern ON. If you count Southern ON and the Buffalo metro region going east to Rochester, you have a top 10 city population wise. There is also enough money if you lure some CA companies to buy boxes, etc. The problem with the Buffalo economy will not be fixed until people in Albany start caring about WNY, CNY, and the rest of Upstate. That will never happen as they continue to levy taxes that destroy businesses in upstate. That said, the "Bills" still have a viable market for the reasons stated above. Attendance therefore does matter to prove its continued viability. Also, the Bills need a dome. The days where people want to go to a game to freeze are mostly gone. Attendance would be way up with a retractable-dome.
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No. Not with the talent on this team. A good O-line, a good D-line, perhaps one of the top 3 RB's in the game, a top 10 WR. Most coaches would find a way to make the playoffs w/ this team. Yes, our QB is not great, and we need an upgrade, but he's good enough to make the playoffs if he was given the role of "game manager" rather than Joe Montana, who Chan apparently thinks he is. The LB's are not good, ok, terrible, but with our D-line, Gilmore and Byrd the defense should be able to compensate and get to 10-6. That would have been the only "slightly-successful" season.
No.
Nix/Gailey took over this team 3 years ago, which is plenty of time to turn around a team. In the years prior to them taking over, we were 7-9 three times in a row, followed by a 6-10 season that was accomplished partially with an interim coach.
This year's schedule - compared to most other seasons - is a cakewalk. So far, we have played 4 games against teams with a winning record and still have a record of 4-7. The only winning team we have coming up on our schedule is Seattle.
This team is not making progress, and a decent argument can be made that they are moving backwards.
Well said. They are moving backwards quickly. Look at the Colts loss. That team has a ROOKIE QB, and basically blew itself up last year. Lost one of the best QB's in NFL history, the HC, the new HC, most of their offense and are still going to make the playoffs. Good coaching makes a HUGE difference. If we had BA this team would be playoff bound.
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SF wouldn't trade Kaepernick for our 1st....
If they would, we should do it.
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If he comes out, what's the downside of Aaron Murray: no arm, no instincts, no size? He's highly successful in the SEC, which should mean something. Or will he simply be gone before we get there?
I like Murray. Didn't he just break Mannings SEC TD record? (I'm seriously asking, someone told me this, not sure if true).
I would like:
RD1: Murry, or Landry Jones (assuming Gino Smith is gone, and I like those two more than Barkley).
RD2: top LB available. Jarvus Jones from GA, or top safety available (Vaccaro from Texas). The better "impact" player between the two.
RD3: repeat RD2.
RD4: repeat RD2.
RD5: another QB (Nassib, McGloin).
RD6: Matui from PSU (injury prone, but if he shakes that great LB pickup late in draft)
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If Whaley takes over he will hire somone from Pitt or that has connections to Pitt.
Bruce Arians, Ray Horton, are possibilitys
Arians would be a great hire. Had good offenses at PIT, and has done a fantastic job w/ Indy this year.
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It is hard to come to grips that this experiment with Chan Gailey is flawed after 3 long & tiring years. Here are my exhibits:
1. He's won just two games against divisional opponents under his command. Seems to be il-prepared strategically against the top two head coaches in our division.
2. He continues to snatch defeat from the grasp of victory...with his play calling at crucial moments in the game. The games won this year besides KC have been nail biters because of his decision during the game...
3. He hasn't realize that the opponents defensive strategy is to make Fitz the focal point of the offense but he continues to be blind to the fact. And he continues to not understand why the defensive fronts, shows heavy run patterns to make fitz audible to the pass or worst empty the backfield (think in basketball leaving the self-check guy always being left open on the court) making the QB the play-maker instead of the RB's.
4. He's now something like 10 games worst than D. Juaron at this time in his coaching tenure with the Bills. And I don't see any improvement in any shape & fashion with any phase of the team...there should be some progression after 3 years & I don't see it.
What do you guys think?
He also has better players than Jauron had, but can't figure out what to do w/ them or how to use them. He is TERRIBLE.
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yea i dont think you can compare the 2. polian has created teams that reached 6 superbowls, buddy 0 its as simple as that.
This basically says it all. Winning is really the only thing that matters. And those drafts looked pretty good to me. Were there some misses, yes. But he got impact players on the non-misses. Here, we are lucky to get role players on the non-misses. The only impact player is Spiller, whose value is mitigated by Nix's hiring and refusal to fire Chan Gailey who can't seem to figure out he's the best player on our offense. (along w/ SJ, but SJ is cramped by the "QB" we have).
The argument that Nix had no QBs to choose from is also disappearing.
Last year, it was clear he whiffed by not taking Andy Dalton for Aaron Williams.
This year, we watched him pass on Russell Wilson for TJ Graham.
Over the last 2 weeks, we have also witnessed Colin Kaepernick show what he can do.
I agree that he missed on a large number of QB's. Part of me thinks he could draft Joe Montana and Peyton Manning and it wouldn't matter with Chan calling the plays. They MUST draft a QB in the 1st and another one in a later round this year.
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It will most likely be Chan.
:wallbash: No other team in the NFL would bring him back for another season of futility. Here are some candidates in case Ralph actually fires Chan who I think we could get: Bruce Arieans. With the Colts head coach coming back next year, Arieans has proven himself worthy of a HC job with what he has done w/ the Steelers as OC and the mess in Indy this year. Would love to see him turn the Bills around.
Bill O'Brien: IF he is looking to land an NFL job, a chance to coach twice a year against the Patriots may be intriguing to him. Also another head coach (at the college level) who came into a terrible situation and had success.
Billick: wanted the job before. Should have gotten it before. Perhaps this time he will.
COACHES I WOULD LOVE who we won't get:
Either Kelly (Chip or Brian...they are not related btw)
Bill O'Brien
Gruden
The plan is already in place with the GM situation. Ralph will not bring Polian back. It was a bitter divorce when the two split before. Doug Whaley will be the next Bills GM, but no idea whom the coach will be. I am a Notre Dame homer through and through, tbh, and would love to see us reach out to Bob Diaco. The Irish defense is one of the best in the land with some solid upper classmen, but an extremely young seconday. Every game this year Diaco has made the right calls and halftime adjustments to keep the Irish in games to be able to make a comeback or hold a lead. He is aggressive and creative with his blitz packages. One of the quick rising coaches in the football world because the Irish would never have made it to the BCS Championship without himat the helm of that defense.
Brian Kelly!! The ND Defense is sick though, but I'm not sure taking a college coordinator is the right approach. Perhaps O'Brien leaves PSU, and Diaco goes there. Or he goes to Auburn, or Arkansas, I just don't see a coordinator to NFL jump. But if there was one, he'd be a good one to get.
OK first we must accept the Bills suck and no coaches want to coach here. We got laughed at by coordinators and college coaches last time we were looking for a coach. We basically settled on Gailey bc we couldn't get anyone else to come here.
So, we need to find a guy who will never get an opportunity elsewhere. That basically limits us to schitty coaches with a bad stigma. I don't think any OC or DC will want to risk there careers in Buffalo, so to me that means we go to coaches who have been an HC before and bring them here for a second chance.
Now lets think about our team. We have two stud running backs and a good young OL. We should have a good physical DL. Our QB sucks and is at best a bad game manager. So in conclusion, if we are going to build a team from what we have, we should bring in a run oriented HC who has had success with big bodies on the DL.
LUCKILY FOR US - there is a coach who fits that mold to a T. - TOM CABLE!! Its just crazy enough to work guys, here me out.
- He alledgedly beat his two ex wives, so no team will prob ever hire him as a HC again.
- He took a very very bad Oakland Raiders team to an 8-8 record in 2010, his last one as HC of that team. BUT - he was 6-0 in the division. If we ever want to make the playoffs, we will need to beat the Patsies.
- He is an OL guru, his teams constantly were tops in the league in rushing, 2nd best in the NFL in 2010.
- with our OL and running backs, we would lead the NFL in rushing.
- A running team would help our defense.
- His defenses got good pressure from their DLs, which we all know is the way to beat the Patsies.
- Again, he was 6-0 in his division in 2010.
Tom Cable is currently the OL coach in Seattle. Seattle's running game has been great under him.
Now, my vote for DC would be Mike Singletary. I love Singletary and I think he is perfect as a DC. He is currently only a LB coach in Minn. He may be a bit out of his element as a HC, however, If Singletary was HC and Cable was OC, that would be great too.
Its crazy but honestly, we aren't going to get a coach here that makes sense. No coach in his right mind would coach this sorry excuse for an NFL franchise, which is why Tom Cable is the perfect canidate.
Your analysis is correct that we may need a guy looking for a 2nd chance. Cable or Billick??
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Landry is the only one worth drafting this year, next year we can grab some more.
Saw Nassib yesterday and he's not an NFL QB. McGloin surprised me though and would make a quality backup.
McGloin suprised me also this year. I think that's because PSU has the guy the Bills should get if he is looking at the NFL: Bill O'Brien. I agree that Landry is the best prospect, but Nassib will be a backup quality NFL QB with potential. He owns several Syracuse passing records if I'm not mistaken.
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He plays well, esp. since the defensive coaching staff is so bad.
Jags game has disaster written all over it
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Chan, have you hijacked C.Biscuit97's profile?!?!?!