OldTimer1960

The dismantling of a once-great defense is complete. Hiring Rex Ryan has set this franchise back to ground zero. There can be no argument to keep Ryan for next year - he MUST go.

Far from the biggest problem with this team, but HOW does Carpenter still have a job?

I was,going to read the linked article - until I realized that it was written by Stephen A Smith. He is the leader in the clubhouse of reporters getting big pay days by being as obnoxious as possible. He is like Jerry Sullivan on steroids.

Why??? Taylor, once again, proved that he can't win with less than an all-time great defense. The Bills' D is so FAR from an all-time great unit, it is laughable. First thing to acknowledge is that Rex can no longer coach defense (his specialty) in the NFL. Yes, they have had a lot of injuries on D, but other teams have put up some semblance of D with lesser personnel. Rex will never be the answer, no matter the personnel. It is time, much to my dismay, to flush this tu*d again and start over. Too bad that we had a very good defense, prior to Ryan's arrival. Sadly, Rex's primary contribution to this team was to go with Tyrod as his QB.

Well, except for destroying the confidence of Cardale who is in NO way ready to play an NFL regular season game. Think 12 of 30 for 125 yards ready, if Cardale starts. Better to throw EJ to the wolves- he clearly won't be here next year.

Tyrod Taylor proved today why he is thr try-hard likable not-good-enough QB. I am not sure that EJ was as bad as Taylor is. Once in a while EJ threw a pass on time without holding the ball and trying to scramble around then throw the ball nowhere near the receiver.

Rex CANNOT be back next year. What would he do, hire his Dad's corpse? He brought in his brother to finish destroying the defense- which he has done VERY well.

It is really time for Taylor to visit the bench for the rest of the season and become a FA at year end.

Disorganized, undisciplined HORRIBLE defense and really bad quarterbacking. These are the results that you expect...

If Rex and Tyrod are here next year, I can watch indifferently next season. Rex has no business coaching in this league as either a head coach or d-coordinator and Taylor has no business as a starting QB. Of the two, I would take Taylor next year without Ryan. A great defense should be able to hold any offense to less than 24 points in just over 3Q. It is a miracle when this defense gets a stop and unthinkable for them to get a turnover.

Turn out the lights... Two things are obvious from today's game: 1. Rex and Rob have put together an embarrassingly bad defense - their specialty! 2. Tyrod Taylor can occasionally complete a pass - when the defense is loaded to stop the run, but he is NOT an NFL starting QB. I root for him, but he is just not good enough to win with. No playoffs again....

Hey, I have NEVER played pro football and I can assure that I have still aged. You are right that he didn't take the physical punishment that he would have had he played, but he still did age.

Rules were different back then. New rules favor the offense much more than they did in Kelly's days. Believe that Kelly's (and Reed's, Lofton's and Thurman's) stats would have been much better if they had played with today's rules.

What reason are you implying? Nearly everyone started out rooting for Taylor the hard working likable underdog, but his shortcomings as a passer are not fully made up for by his ability to make plays with his legs. Undoubtedly, he is exciting, but a good NFL starting QB needs to be able to hit guys in stride on timing routes - throw the ball to a spot and trust your guy to get there - Taylor has not shown that ability nearly enough. We may be watching Taylor again next year, though because there don't appear to be many better options available this offseason.

Yeah baby, the penalties start!

Well, at least the suspense will be over by end of today - they will be out of playoff contention.

Nobody deserved to win that game.

Need one more stop.

Can you feel it coming?

Why did they pass on 3rd down? Gave Cincy an extra 30 seconds

Awful play calling. Ran the ball all the way down the field and then threw 2x from the 2 - WTF?

Why no RB on 2nd and goal at the 2?

There we go! Haven't had a penalty in a while. Normalcy restored!

I think that was 4 straight plays without a penalty!

I thought the same thing - how was that not face masking?