IronyAbounds

The Rex apologists are out in force, and the stupidity hurts. His "scheme" worked with a Ray Lewis led Ravens' defense, and it worked for a couple of years with a Jets team that Ryan didn't build, but for the last five years it has been in the bottom half of the league for points allowed, he is a sub .500 head coach, he has flat out lied (promised not to impose his "scheme" on the team if the personnel didn't dictate use of it), been a complete jackass in his selection of captains, filled the roster and coaching staff with rejects from his failed Jets' teams, has had horrible game management, and overall been an absolute douche bag. And why does having a reputation for having players love him signify he is a good head coach? There is no evidence that they have played harder or smarter because the "love" Rex. Sorry, but at some point Rex and his myoptic apologists can't keep blaming everyone else for his failures. 5 straight non-winning seasons speaks volumes, and why shouldn't Rex be held accountable?

Hiring Rex was simply a stupid move that was sold to newbie owners by Brandon, who is completely worthless, and the con man himself, Asshat Ryan. Rex might have salvaged the situation if he had stayed true to his word and not tried to impose a scheme on personnel that were not suited for it. The Bills D under Pettine was ok, but not elite. It was the switch to the 4-3 that resulted in last year's quality defense. The personnel on this team simply aren't suited for Rex's defense, but he is such an ego maniac that he couldn't help himself and he had to impose his system on player unsuited to play it. Remember, this wasn't a case of Rex taking over after a disaster season. Marrone left of his own accord after the first winning season in quite some time. This should not have been a rebuilding year, but now, after scattered ruins remain after Rex's bomb of a first season, the team faces the need for a complete revamp at a time when it has salary cap issues. It is as though Rex was a secret agent sent by Jon Bon Jovi to destroy the Bills as retribution for that clown not getting the Bills.

Yes as to Rex not being HC material - 100%% agree. No, as to having a beer with the guy. He is the quintessential self-absorbed !@#$ who has to be the center of attention, always puffing, always bloviating, always selling something, in his case, himself. I couldn't drink my beer fast enough and get the hell out of the bar if I had to spend time with that asshat.

Let's assume we aren't able to get all of the cancer, what next?

At least Pittsburgh winning made today a tiny bit easier to take, and since I don't like the Steelers, that isn't easy to say.

I'm not as hurt, but a hell of a lot angrier. Williams, Mularky, Jauron, Gailey and Marrone weren't great coaches, although every one of them were better than Asshat Ryan, but at least they weren't blowhards blowing smoke up your ass 24/7 like the clown at the helm now. Ryan proved he was incompetent at NY, which makes his hire doubly vexing. I realize Levy wasn't particularly successful at KC in his first NFL head coaching gig, but KC improved bit by bit, unlike the Jets under Ryan, who had early success then fell into clown status by Ryan's last year. Plus, Levy took some time off before becoming Buffalo's coach, so perhaps he learned something in that time. Ryan, on the other hand, kept blaming others for the Jets' problems and continued his snake oil salesman act and conned the Pegulas into hiring him.

Team stinks, fans get pessimistic, fans' pessimism makes team stink? Don't think so. It's simply bad decision after bad decision, and the hiring of Rex is simply another in a long list of boneheaded decisions.

Why would a Bills' fan give a rat's arse who wins the Super Bowl? The any team but the Cheats is appealing, but honestly, if it ain't Buffalo playing, I simply do not care. In fact, I am pissed that the Super Bowl sucks the oxygen out of the air and all you hear about is the gawd damn Super Bowl. It has become my least favorite day of year, edging out April 15th.

I know it's Rodak, and people like to shoot the messenger, but this article is Exhibit A on why Rex Ryan is just a blowhard con artist who bedazzled the inept owners and front office of the Bills into hiring an incompetent head coach (and one almost universally ridiculed on this Board as the Jets' head coach prior to his hiring by the Bills). The quote about not changing the defense and going with the personnel's strength is perhaps the most obvious example of Rex just blowing smoke (or flat out lying through his teeth). Given his contract, the Bills are stuck with this clown for at least another year or two. Perhaps they will fall to such lows they will get the #1 pick in a bumper year for QBs. That may end up being the only positive out of the Ryan Era.

What about 64 and 65? Would have been great to have had a Lake Erie Super Bowl in 64 - Bills vs. Browns, Cookie vs. Jim Brown.

With respect to the over/under at the beginning of the year, what that failed to take into account was the fact that the AFC South and NFC East turned out to be the two most putrid divisions in football, and certainly with respect to the NFC East, that was unexpected. The Bills already have 3 losses against those teams (with 2 games to go), when at most it should be 1. So when the preseason over/under was 8.5, if you factored in what ended up being a pretty easy schedule, at would have been 10.5. Next season the schedule is unlikely to be as easy, so consider 2015 a blown opportunity, with the main blower being the big mouth head coach whose promises have been completely unfulfilled.

And yet, since the bye week the team has been relatively healthy and only gone 3-3 against mostly week opponents (including a loss to NE which was far more injured than the Bills were). There are always some injuries on every team. If the injuries were the reason for the disappointing first part of the year, the second part would be going much better than it is.

Let's go to the tape: This will be his third straight year in the playoffs (out of his 5 years as head coach - this will be Rex's 5th straight not making the playoffs ). This is his second year with at least 12 wins in the regular season (something Rex has yet to achieve). Is Rivera a Lombardi or a Bellicheat? Not likely, but I'd sure take him over Ryan every time.

Soon it will be able to vote, and then the next milestone - the first legal beer!!!! Oh, how our team is growing up so fast.

I don't doubt his talents as a defensive coordinator. It is the complete joke of a head coach that I focus on. Sometimes a good coordinator becomes a good head coach. In Rex's case, it's the Peter Principle on steroids.

I'd ask Ryan to rewatch his presser after his hire and ask him whether he fulfilled the promises he made at that time. Then I'd ask him if he ever tires of blowing smoke up people's arses.

It is precisely this that I find most curious. During last season I don't think you heard an ounce of praise for Ryan; he was generally viewed (correctly I might add) as a clown and all hat and no cattle. Then he gets hired by the Bills and people were ready to, ahem, provide him with a certain type of sexual release typically referred to with two initials. Homerism is a strange phenomenon.

How smart can they be? They fell for Ryan's con job. They have to be the dumbest owners in the NFL.

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The fact that TT is not even in the top 5 of the Bills' problems speaks volumes. He hasn't been great, but he's not the reason the team stinks (hint, think of the initials RR). On this team, that makes him a hero.

I'll take who gives a rat's ass for $1,000 Alex

It's not just one week. It's until next September. It's a long 9 months before the Bills play a game that means anything. I just wonder what the hell they're going to do to convince people to buy season tickets next year. After setting a record for season tickets sales this year, next year will likely set the record for largest percentage decline in season ticket sales.

More than anything McCoy's behavior is emblematic of what's wrong with this team, and what's wrong with the buffoonish blowhard clown of a head coach. Everyone is concerned about making themselves the story, whether it is Douche Bag Ryan (I guarantee this team will make the playoffs, look at my cool truck in Bills' colors, etc.), or Watkins grumbling about not enough touches, or McCoy making this game about him rather than a game that was absolutely necessary for his team to have any shot at the playoffs. Now, just like the 15 seasons before, this team is just playing out the string during the regular season and will watch the playoffs sitting on their respective couches. Ryan is not a leader of men. The players "love" him, but he doesn't garner, and doesn't earn respect, so his teams lose. He's a loser, and an awful choice as head coach. People try and defend him by coming up with excuses why the problems are elsewhere, but I've still never heard what good attributes he has as a head coach. Nothing but crickets when it comes to answering what makes him a good head coach. At this point the answer is clear. He isn't. He stinks and the Bills are stuck with his stench for at least two more years, which translates to at least two more playoff less years.

It's not just the head injuries, you have people who played only in high school needing knee and hip replacements in their early 50s. Once you get to college ball the severity of the hits increases tremendously. All sports to some extent put people at risk of injuries and problems down the road, but football in particular requires many things out of your body that can lead to significant problems in later life. Heads and knees simply are not meant to be rammed by very hard plastic items with great force.

Honestly, I don't think anyone gives the Cowboys much of a chance against the Bills, so that game is pretty irrelevant. Perhaps the media thinks the Bills pretty much suck as well, so two road games, even if they against sucky NFC East teams, are not gimmes for the Bills. The Bills haven't shown the ability to stay focused for three games in a row all year, and given that the Eagles and Redskins both are in the thick of the playoff race, albeit because they are in the sucky NFC East, the games are not going to be a breeze for the Bills.