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For the Bills to consider a 3-4 they would need 4 linebackers that are good enough, between injuries to Poz and Kawika, the Bills barely have 2. The Bills DL was not bad last year, I think you keep the system you have in place, tweak it a little and find some depth at LB plus another starter imo.
I completely agree. There are already way too many holes to fill on the roster without creating
more holes by changing the defensive scheme. In addition, DT might be one of the team's
strongest positions and a 3-4 would lessen the need for one of them unless you could for sure
move the other to DE.
As it is, they already need at least:
1 new starting LB with much better depth for the eventual injury to at least one starter.
More help at DE assuming Schobel retires (or maybe is traded to a contender).
OLT - desperate need
QB - desperate need
WR - pretty urgent need if Owens and Reed are not retained
Unfortunately, they probably can't get a LT in FA since they are so hard to come by and maybe
they can find some old haggard bet QB to come in for a year, but one of their high draft choices
must be spent on at least 1 of those positions.
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can we delete this post alredy?
Delete it why? Is it too close to the truth?
Seriously, I am a very long-time fan and I have been through thick and thin with this team. I try to
find the positive in most every move they make. I even tried thinking positively when then re-upped
with Jauron after last season, but this is just a major major reach.
Get upset with me for venting if you like, but I have a right to vent as much as you do to jump on me
about it.
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Really??? Read the post, you replied with nothing. Did I say I liked it or agreed with it? No, it is what it is. I was just wondering what would happen with the QB's and the style offense being as how he has run different styles. Aso, I did not mention anything about the current QB's. please read before you reply.
I was responding to "him and Mike Nolan I wouldn't be too upset".
I would be upset with Chan Gailey and the greatest D-coordinator ever. No way on earth Chan Gailey should have
ever been in the conversation to be a head coach in the NFL again. This is clearly a case of "hmm, nobody wants this
job, who can we get?" "Hey, isn't Chan Gailey out of coaching after getting canned by Georgia Tech? Maybe he'll
do it!"
Really, how did they even come up with his name?
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he is rotting away on pitts bench and i'm telling you he is the real deal!
Another backup QB-wannabe starter. Waste no draft choices on trading for this guy.
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The plan was to float the names of weak candidates to lower expectations and then whomever they hired would look
much better. However, it seems they read the plan wrong and floated the names of great candidates first, then on to
lesser but still recognizable names and then hired a joke.
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I wonder what this move will do for our QB's. He has had many different types of QB's. From run first, ball control passing (Dallas) and spread/Pistol (KC) and spread no-huddle option in College. maybe a guy like tebow or vick? Thigpen put up decent numbers in his KC Offense.
him and Nolan I wouldn't be too upset.
REALLY??? There is no possible explanation for the Chan Gailey hiring other than that the organization is completely
inept and could find no remotely reasonable candidate that would take the job.
This is truly a joke at the same level (or worse) than the Raiders hiring Lane Kiffin, moving him from USC OC
to NFL HC.
It won't do anything for the Bills' current QBs because there isn't a remotely viable starting-calibre NFL QB on the
roster.
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Yes, but he was a terrible head coach in Dallas.
You could probably write the same article about Dick Jauron's prowess as
a defensive assistant. I am sure that you could write it about Dick LeBeau's
career, but he was an all-time bad head coach when he got his shot.
Why Gailey should even get another chance is beyond me.
I am so severely disappointed that I can't even express it in words.
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QB:
Edwards; Fitzy; Brohm - I can't wait to see what earned Brohm a 2nd round pick and Fitzy can be my back up anytime. Edwards is yet another product of poor coaching and coordinating.
RB:
Jackson and Lynch are still two of the better tandums in the league. With a healthy OL, they will be better.
OL: Wood, Levitre, Hangartner, Butler, Bell are not bad IF healthy. Trust me, with more time to gell, they can be a better than average line. Throw in Incognito, Meridith and Scott, we aren't exactly thin.
WR: Evans, Jackson and Hardy. With Owens, Parrish and Reed going, we need to address this position.
TE: Nelson and Shouman are better than average starters. Fine, Stupar need to stay healthy. Big names do not make big players.
DL: Stroud, Williams, Maybin, Schoble (he will be back), Kelsay, Denny and McCargo are not enough. Kelsay, Denny and McCargo are gone. We need to address this position.
CB: McGee, McKelvin, Corner, Florence, Youboty...what more could we ask for?
S: Whitner, Byrd, Wilson, Scott...again, very under appreciated
LB: Mitchell, Poz, Harris, Ellison, Palmer...look for one of the youngsters to step up
QB: You can also turn it around and say "I'm afraid to find out why Brohm - a 2nd round draft pick very recently - wasn't
even on the Packer's active roster".
RB: Agreed that Jackson is good. Lynch is OK, but not worth the problems he causes off-field and is always just a
brain-fart away from being suspended again. I think this position does need to be addressed.
OL: I do agree that the line (if healthy) isn't that bad and has upside. However, I think they do need another viable
LT candidate this offseason. Maybe D. Bell will be the answer. I certainly think he is athletic enough, but he really was
over-matched in the games he played this year. Too bad he got hurt because he could have really benefitted from
more experience.
WR: If Owens goes, this position is really weak (esp. if Reed leaves, too).
TE: I agree that Nelson showed some flashes of being good as a receiver. Schouman and the others do not make
the grade, IMHO. Still, this wouldn't be a high-priority position for me if I were in charge.
DL: I think the Bills are OK at DT, but could use another young DT as Stroud is getting older. I am not as down on
Kelsay as others are. I thought he actually played pretty well this year. Still, they do need another DE.
LB: Poz is really starting to be good and Mitchell is OK, but another starter is definitely needed and good backups for
both inside and outside are needed.
DBs: No complaints.
This team isn't devoid of talent, but it is really lacking at the two most important positions on Offense - QB and LT. Those
also are the two most difficult positions to fill.
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While I think Brohm should be given a chance to compete, but looking at the fact that a 2nd round pick couldn't even
stay on GB's active roster, I'd say that he shouldn't be Plan A going into training camp.
I could be OK with them going to camp with Brohm, Fitzpatrick, some fading veteran and a mid-late round
rookie at QB. Heck, if they want to bring TE in to let him compete, OK too. I don't think that any of them
are the answer, but I'd rather see help brought in to shore up the D and hopefully to find a LT on the OL.
If they can get a LT and build a good-very good D this offseason, they can work on finding a top QB and
some WRs next year.
I think that is the fastest route to competitiveness.
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That is one way to look at it. Another way is to realize that this is a team with no LT and no QB - THE 2 most
important positions on offense. On defense, they were LAST in rushing defense, so something is wrong on
that side, too.
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I'd like to see some quality candidates actually seem interested in interviewing with the team.
Unfortunately, that isn't happening. Yeah, I guess Leslie Frazier did seem interested, but it seems
to be that the Bills are really having to twist Grimm's arm to interview.
Up front, they said that they would talk to the candidates in roughly the order of their preference
and so far no hire. So, from that I conclude that they are on to plan B or plan C at this point.
Not the way to start the "next great era in Bills history" - at least it doesn't look like a good way
to do so.
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I really am not usually this pessimistic, but this is seriously bad.
NOBODY wants this job!
I understand the Bills taking their time - to an extent, but when half of the candidates that you want to
talk to turn down the opportunity to even interview for what would be a promotion and big pay increase,
you have to figure that SOMETHING is very BROKEN.
At this point, whomever they hire will have no credibility from day 1 since he will obviously be a desperation
hire. How will this desperation hire even put together a staff of assistants. Who will want to come work for
the 15th or 16th choice of an organization?
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This is exactly the problem that the Bills have faced in the past when they've "taken their time" to
hire a new head coach.
I wish I could say otherwise, but the Bills will be putzing around for a while longer, hire a compromise
guy to be their HC and he'll put together a weak staff of assistants from what is left on the market. This
has really been the scenario since Wade Phillips left and it looks like it will be the same this time.
This should really not be that complicated.
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... Everyone says there won't be a QB worth the number 9 pick this year, that Clausen and Bradford will be gone, and then nobody else should be taken in the first round. WHY? Especially after wasting the #11 pick on Maybin last year. If the Bills can reach for a defensive end, they can reach out for Colt McCoy or Tim Tebow with the number 9, as far as I'm concerned.
Let's check out the starting QB's for the 8 teams left in the playoffs this year: Chargers: Rivers - Number 4 overall. Jets: Sanchez - Number 5 overall. Colts: Manning - Number 1 overall. Ravens: Flacco - number 18 overall. Cowboys: Romo - undrafted. Vikings: Favre - #33 overall. Saints: Brees - #32 overall. Cardinals: Warner: undrafted.
That makes 6 of the 8 starting playoff quarterbacks drafted within the first 33 picks of their respective drafs. Guys like Romo, Warner and Tom Brady are about as hard to find or end up with on your team when they become great as the Bills have found a playoff spot this century. But of those other 6 guys, none were drafted lower then the very top of the second round.
So I think its' about time to forget all of this "let's get our QB later in the draft" garbage, don't you?
My concern with this argument is that just because other good QBs were drafted in the 1st round doesn't mean that
taking Tebow or McCoy in round 1 guarantees that they will be good. There are TONS of QBs taken high in round 1
that were TERRIBLE in the NFL. Most of those guys had no business being taken that high, but teams were following
the philosophy that they need their franchise QB no mater what so they reached for these guys.
That is BAD drafting. Now, if they truly feel that Tebow or McCoy is going to be a great NFL QB, then they should
probably grab them. But they should not take them just to take a QB in the first round. (I don't think either of those
guys is going to be good in the NFL, but what do I know?)
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Based only on what I've read at SportingNews' WarRoom and ProFootbabllWeekly, Davis is a tremendous
natural talent who is fat and out of shape. He was reportedly benched at some point this season for being
over-weight.
If true, not the kind of player I'd want to hand a $10M signing bonus to and then hope that he shows up
in shape.
Caveat: Some players do mature and "get it". Bruce Smith was also way over-weight when he came out
of college, but when the light went on he became a physical specimen - perhaps one of the best-conditioned
DL of his time.
Caveat: Sometimes these characterizations/reports on draftees are just plain wrong.
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I don't think that the Bills can really talk with Fox while he is under contract with Carolina. I think that would be
tampering. Now, they could maybe let "intermediaries" get the word out that the Bills want a coach that is "like
John Fox in Carolina". Whether that rumor filtering to Fox would be enough to convince him to quit as Carolina's
coach is a big question. If I were Fox, it wouldn't be enough for me.
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Assuming Eric Wood can return healthy for next year, I think that the only glaring hole is at LT. Now, that is a MAJOR
glaring hole as it is the most important position on the OL. I think Demetrius Bell is quite athletic, but he didn't show
much this year before getting hurt. Maybe another off-season of strength training and technique work will make him
a viable option, but I wouldn't want him to be plan A at LT going into next season.
I think a healthy Brad Butler could be adequate at RT and other options are easier to find at RT (by far) than at LT.
There is the rub. Good LTs don't come along very often and while they might have a shot at the #3 or 4 LT at pick
9 this year, it is a tough thing to use that high of a pick on a player who might never be more than an OK starter
at that important position.
QB is a similar situation where the Bills obviously have a huge problem. Again though, it is unlikely (in my opinion) that
they'll have a shot at a top QB by pick 9 and I'm not sure that I like any of the top QBs this year anyway. If Sam
Bradford is there, is he worth the pick? Do you like ND's Clausen? I'm not particularly sold on either. I'd consider
Tim Tebow in the 2nd round, but not at pick 9.
So, that leaves either settling for someone that is probably not worth a high pick at either of these two important
positions or going another direction with a player that the team feels much better about. I suspect that they will
almost have to go with another position rather than reach for a questionable LT or QB prospect. The D could sure
use another LB and Rolando McClain or Brandon Spikes will probably be available. Another DL (end or T) would
never hurt, either.
I guess that I didn't answer the question, but I think that they'll neither get their LT or QB - at least not in round 1
this year.
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While I don't profess to really know if either guy would be a good head coach, I'd take a pass. I don't think a
1-year DC (McDermott) is what we want to take a shot on. I think Zimmer has kicked around for a long time
with no consideration that I know of as a head coach.
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To my knowledge, Schottenheimer had nothing to do with building the Jets O-Line. I think the cornerstones
(Faneca, D-Brick Ferguson, Mangold) were there before Schottenheimer was.
I can't completely dismiss him, but as a head coach, he wouldn't have the time to spend with a young QB. Skills
developing a certain position don't necessarily translate to head coach. The head coach is more CEO than
a departmental specialist.
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Brian Schottenheimer is the least qualified of the tattered lot of assistants that the Bills will be picking from.
Since Russ Grimm has refused to even interview, I *guess* Leslie Frazier is probably the most accomplished
of the remaining lot. Maybe Ron Rivera *might* be OK.
Assuming Cowher isn't interested and assuming the Bills aren't interested in Billick, the Bills will be training
a rookie head coach next year - complete with the same stupid BS we've witnessed from Jauron, Fewell,
Mularkey etc. Penalties and poor clock management again!
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Correct me if I am wrong but isn't Grimm's team playing this week? Correct me if I am wrong but aren't the only coaches currently on playoff teams that are allowed to go to interviews are the ones whose team has a bye week? And even if wildcard teams assistants are allowed to go to interviews would they even want to? I mean when going for a head coaching interview you have to prepare for what you are going to say and do.
I think that Grimm simply wants to focus on a game plan seeing as that takes hours upon hours to do instead of overloading himself doing/preparing for and interview and formulating a gameplan for a playoff game. There are no coordinators that are going to turn down an interview with the Bills remember there are only 32 head coaching jobs in the NFL.
As I understand it, Grimm could interview at the beginning of next week (after their game), but he turned down
the opportunity.
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I'm thinking that the interviews are being handled like prank calls:
Nix: Hello, do you know where the Bills play?
Recipient: "Buffalo?"
Nix: "I will give you $36,000/year if you would like to coach them"
Recipient: "Uh, no thanks they suck on Madden 2010"
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Wow, I want to be as positive as the previous two posters, but I don't see any legitimate way to
spin this. The Bills' HC job is not desireable.
I think it is time to call Haslett and Trestman. First one to answer their phone wins the job.
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How big of a joke is this theam when Russ Grimm, who depserately wants a head coaching position
turns down an interview?
It looks like the first candidate that will take the Bills' call will be hired and this guy won't take the
call?
It is pretty clear that NOBODY within the NFL respects anything going on here.
Just to be clear, I am a life-long Bills fan and wish I could be optimistic, but when nobody-asst coaches
turn down the opportunity to get a big promotion with your team it isn't a good sign.
5 things Gailey must do to turn things around
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Word! This is the way to build this team. Fix the OL and run, run, run to help the defense stay off the field. They can't
fix everything overnight, so I say find some beaten up vet like Kerry Collins to come in and compete with Fitzpatrick
and take a flyer on a rookie QB no earlier than round 3. Target your franchise QB next year.
Depending on who is available, ideally, I'd like the draft to fall something like:
1. OLT
2. LB
3. Another OL, DE or LB