Packerland Bills Fan

This game was memorable because it was the only NFL game I ever watched from the sidelines. The Edinboro band performed that day, and they had some special sideline seats set up for them. My handicap friend was helping them with some announcements, and I volunteered to help push his wheelchair. We were so low sometimes you couldn't see the games because the players on the sideline were in the way.

So many Bills fans are absolutely certain Allen is going to be a bust. He could be another Kyle Boller. He could also be another Brett Favre. No one knows right now. A lot of the negative opinions come because some other "expert" said so.

I'd take Darnold over Allen. I also trust Beane.

Glenn might be a more attactive option to a Giants team trying to win one more with Eli. Got to look at what they would want to do.

I can't be optimistic at least until I know who the new GM is. If they get someone who has a connection with McDermott, then I'll be a tad optimistic. Having a GM/coach on the same page will be an improvement. Why gut the whole scouting staff, though? Why not let the new GM decide who to retain and who to replace with his own people? I also can't overlook what Pegula has done to the Sabres. He gutted them too, only two months before the draft, rather than right after. Not real smart. He's going to have to give McDermott an company more patience, because I see the Bills taking a step back before they start moving forward.

Maybin. He had two years of eligibility left and should have stayed in school longer. If we're talking the first rounds overall, then the Whitner/McCargo draft was the worst ever. Taking Whitner over Ngata was compounded by taking McCargo later in round 1. Whitner had been projected to go around 24 on some earlier mocks that year, which is where McCargo was taken. A Ngata/Whitner draft would have been pretty good.

More like TT 2.0. Consider this tidbit on him from CBS Sports: "Compares to: Tyrod Taylor, Buffalo Bills: Watson is taller and slimmer than Taylor but offers similar dual-threat abilities, as well as a history of proving doubters wrong."

I don't think the organization made a mistake by picking EJ. In a weak draft for QB's, taking the one with the highest upside is not a bad way to go. The mistake was putting the team in a position where they almost had to take a QB in round one. My fear is that they haven't learned from this and end up putting the team in the same position this year.

I can't see him as an upgrade. We'd be better off sticking with Tyrod.

I'm too poor to get NFL Sunday Ticket, so I don't see that many complete games anymore. Why was he so bad as DC?

Pettine as a DC only. Now that we've spent the last two years switching D personnel to a 3-4, I hate starting over again. The defense needs discipline more than anything else. Lynn will be the HC somewhere if not in Buffalo.

I just got back from Buffalo Wild Wings where I was watching him. It was only a small sample, but he didn't look real impressive.

All to appease a disgruntled fan base? Winning is what will appease a disgruntled fan base. I don't see how firing Roman now will result in any more wins.

I remember him well. He killed a loaded fantasy football team I had one year.

This article is BS. I can't believe that there are any Bills fans, at least under the age of 50, that are upset that none of our QB's are white. The only thing that matters is if they can play or not.

It could come down to making the playoffs or not as well. It's going to be hard to get 10 wins now.

Money, and a good deal of luck would be required for him to stay. The real question at this point is there a candidate working under him that could be groomed as a successor?

Interesting. Opposite end of the spectrum from the Grantland article. The writer in this article has a good take on Tyrod. How many Bills fans knew much about him until the preseason? Not surprising a lot of national writers are down on the Bills because Tyrod isn't well known to them. I'm not nervous about this team (yet). It's more like 1988 when the team was on the rise.

Exactly! The preseason was going to be all about finding a quarterback. They all played much better than expected. 4-12? No way.

I would put the order as: Taylor Manuel Cassel Taylor ought to be the week 1 starter. He's shown he can throw from the pocket and that he's much more than just a running QB. He makes good decisions and he's accurate. Ryan's here to win a SB, not to just break the playoff drought, so I see him picking the one that gives the best chance of getting the team there. Roman would be able to do the most with Taylor. Taylor just seems like the best choice. EJ ought to be right behind him. He's really gotten his career back on track. He's always had the work ethic, so it's really got to be the coaching staff. The week 1 starter doesn't have to be the week 16 starter. With continued growth over the course of the season, I could see EJ vaulting back on top. Cassel won't lose you games, but to win it all you need more than that. If he starts, next year's #1 probably is one of those QB's. It may cost a 2017 to move up to get one of them. With a number of contracts issues coming up, it would be huge not to have to draft another QB. You've got to go with the higher upside player.

This is tough to measure. According to this ranking of QB's, http://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/nfl/2015/08/17/nfl-starting-quarterback-power-rankings-2015/31849227/he'd have to be around 20 to be in the Alex Smith/Ryan Tannenhill range. The bar isn't very high. But achieving that this year would difficult. Possible, yes, but more likely not.

More than anything else it was the emergence of Preston Brown and Nigel Bradham that made Kiko expendable. The defense was elite without him. I hated to see him go, but it was a case of dealing away from a position of strength.

EJ regressed after getting hurt in the Cleveland game his first year. Let's see if the new coaching staff can get him on track. If they can't then look at QB's like Connor Cook, Cardale Jones of Christian Hackenburg in next year's draft.

I don't think Aaron Kromer would do that a second time. http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/12/12/report-aaron-kromer-apologizes-to-bears-players-for-anonymously-ripping-jay-cutler/ I live in the Chicago area. Bears fans have told me if it was up to them they'd trade Cutler to us for a 7th round pick. They'd even throw in some gift wrapping.

Gilmore seemed like he was going to be really good pick until he got injured last year. I don't understand why he hasn't gotten back to where he was.