dpberr

Just say no to Cal players. Outside of ML, I was big on Cam Jordan last year and he's got 28 tackles and 0 sacks for New Orleans. In hindsight, glad the Bills weren't forced to draft him. More evidence to not allow Senior Bowl performance influence your drafting choices.

If you have linebackers that can neutralize their TE duo, the Pats are quite beatable. It's just that very few defenses have a linebacker corps that can defend against TWO exceptional pass catching TEs on the field at the same time.

I'd like him to come back. I don't care what Ralph pays him so long as SJ signs the contract. He's a cog in the machine that should be retained. When he beat Revis like he did, he made a believer out of me. I hope the Bills get him some help at WR2.

Pete: He's had more than one mistake. Booze seems to always be around. It's a trend. I don't think it is coincidence. While he does do good works and perhaps isn't a half bad individual outside his habits, I still wouldn't pay him FA money to come here based on those habits and his lack of productivity. I think the Bills can do better.

I'll pass. Not a terribly productive player outside that anomaly of a season in 2007 with Cleveland. Also appears to have a problem with booze. I just don't see that, age, injuries and lack of productivity making for a sound investment and roster spot.

I am glad that there is a smoking ban. The NFL would do its fans a favor by banning alcohol in stadiums too.

You keep both next year for sure. I'd rather we beat the hell out of teams using FJ and CJS with Corey McIntyre leading the way. Keep AND acquire new talent. Can't do just one and expect to get anywhere.

Does a "new" GM mean a new coach?

It's general manager canon not to invest in running backs over the age of 30. Nobody does it. I think the Bills will offer Fred a short term extension with a pay raise and lots of incentives, but I don't think any general manager in the NFL is going to offer him a long term deal that he's probably looking for. He's John McClaned. Wrong place (age 30+) and wrong time (broken leg and team's success to draft RBs late in the draft and they perform) to be at the top of his professional career.

I think Coughlin and/or Reid are fired should their teams fail to make the playoffs. The subplot to the Eagles is that there was a considerable power struggle between Jim Washburn and Juan Castillo over the defense that Andy Reid apparently did not get himself involved in until the Miami game where the use of the Wide-9 defense was largely scrapped for more of a Jim Johnson blitz scheme with Castillo having more decision making power rather than Washburn. There's a lot of internal strife in the Eagles organization and the playoffs are the only saving grace for Reid as head coach. Never mind the fan base wants him gone three days ago. As for Coughlin, how much longer are the Giants owners going to be patient with now the inevitable team collapse that comes every year and just squeezing into the playoffs? The team seems stuck in the same story every year.

"That guy's married and gayer than the 1890s." Hilarious. Absolutely love it. Literally LOL'ed. (LOL?)

The team should run a different "themed" offense every game. That'd be very cool to watch, and impossible to get game tape on. Week One, you run the Wishbone. Week Two, Air Coryell. Week Three, Run and Shoot, Week Four, West Coast offense, etc.

I agree promoting Wannstedt to HC is less (way less) than an inspiring move, but it provides some sort of coaching continuity. Bring in a whole new head coach and staff, and then you start overhauling the roster. Again.

Should he lose nine straight games, unfortunately yes, he has to go. Should he break the streak or win both games, he stays. As bad a choice as it looks and probably is, you promote Wannstedt to Head Coach if he's fired.

The Bills need to retain and assemble talent as cogs in a performing machine. Considering the game continually shifts more to rotational play, there is no B-team anymore. It's now A-1 and A-2 teams, and continuity does matter in team sports. I don't see Merriman and Parrish as stars but I do see them as useful parts in the Bills machine. Our successful teams in the 90s had lots of good cogs to go along with the two or three great ones.

+1. And they should find Corey McIntyre too.

How many coaches don't get fired after losing nine games in a row? Presuming we lose against Denver and New England.

I gave him a D. I think he's 1 for 2 on the draft. I really like the SEC heavy 2011 draft. I think the Lee Evans trade was a positive. Lynch also had to go. However, he earns the D by: 1. Not making the call to fire Edwards last year; 2. The Terrell Troup selection, despite knowledge he had back issues; 3. Not obtaining real OLBs, even if they are marginal. Putting 300 lb. linemen out there all year at that position is inexcusable. 4. Not obtaining a top notch TE through either draft.

Anybody think Gailey stands a greater than 50% chance of getting fired if the Bills lose out? Perhaps somebody knows this, but who's the last coach (if there ever was one) that kept their job after losing nine games in a row to end a season?

I think it's hard to predict what the Rams will do. They will have a new coach in place. I think they need offensive line, cornerback or WR talent over another high draft pick QB. They could pick Kalil and move Smith to Guard. Or draft Blackmon as a weapon for Bradford. The Vikings and Colts are historically bad on defense, and could use playmakers there more than a franchise QB. Their defenses stop less people than the Bills.

Oh, I don't think there's any guarantee those guys last that long.

I'm probably in the minority, but I think the playcalling on both sides of the ball is the #1 contributor to this epic collapse. The Bills got figured out by the Bengals game and Gailey never adjusted the plan. You factor in injuries, and that lack of adjustment multiplies the punishment by ten. I think the offensive playcalling is putting an awful lot on Fitzpatrick's plate. To run Gailey's offense, yes, you do need a Troy Aikman or Peyton Manning. They are probably the only caliber of QB capable of doing it for an entire season. That's not a defense of Fitzpatrick, but today was another demonstration of Gailey's infatuation with the pass. The defense knows this, so any Bills QB will be throwing into a defensive ripsaw knowing exactly what they are going to see. Gailey's predictability doomed him in Dallas and at Georgia Tech. This game is about constant week to week adjustment to what your adversary is throwing at you. The best coaches and assistants in the NFL are brilliant at adjusting to the opposing team. Gailey might be an offensive genius but that genius only goes as far as to the point somebody gets some tape on the team. I'd rather have somebody that adapts better to changing conditions and personnel. What bothers me is that Gailey won't be fired despite this collapse. The Bills will start off 2012 with a fast start because he'll spend the summer tinkering with the plan and it'll catch teams early on off guard. However, midway through the season, when teams have tape, we'll be ripe for a collapse yet again. I really don't want to see the Bills with yet another head coach and staff for 2012. However, should the team lose out, Gailey has to go. There has to be accountability.

I used to be on the Chan Gailey bandwagon. After today, no more. I'm tired of abandoning the run when it works. I'm tired of seeing a man enamored with his game plan, with refusal to adjust it to conditions and personnel. I'm tired of this lousy coaching staff he put together. I'm tired of this season.

You do realize Jeff Fisher was head coach for 17 years, and was 5-6 in the playoffs, with a SB loss? As head coach, he didn't guide the team to the playoffs for the first five years of his coaching career. You willing to give Fisher nearly two decades? Willing to wait five years? That's the thing about Cowher and Fisher. They were there for the NFL equivalent of "forever", and despite generally competent front offices, still had teams that underperformed. I doubt Bills fans are going to be that patient. My confidence in Gailey is certainly less today than it was at the beginning of the season, but I wouldn't want to replace him with Jeff Fisher.

#1: Maurkice Pouncey #2 Rob Gronkowski #3 Jacoby Ford