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Sad to see the Chargers go, but it's a rare city that is financially better off with an NFL team. You can effectively build around an NBA, NHL, MLB or even a MLS team these days, but the short schedule and extremely limited cross purpose functions of an NFL stadium makes sure that any city backing an NFL team is doing it as a charitable act. I think there is some true value to having a local identity established by an NFL in the rare Buffalo's Green Bay's of the world....but that was never SD.

"Doug and I just threw Russ over the falls and inked Tyrod's option."

Take a good look at your future if the Bills are dumb enough to dump Tyrod. He isn't perfect but there's no one on their roster who isn't FAR worse. He's an average QB who the Bills have an opportunity to lock down for an average salary. The choice is binary, stick it out with him or hit reset and get ready for 3-4 years of total misery, barring a Dak Prescott / Tom Brady miracle.

Straight into the dumpster. That's where this team will go. I feel like I'm taking crazy pills. The team would be in the playoffs this year with even an average defense. So the logic around here for so many is to dump Tyrod and start over....going with NO ONE. Even the rosiest fantasies involve striking gold in a BAD QB draft or Tony Romo? Come on. As the deadspin article that just ran points out, Tyrod is more of a known commodity than the Jimmy G's and other awful pipe dreams fans here seem to cling to. Tyrod's a good QB. Denver won with just a good QB last year. KC may win it all with just a good QB this year. Buffalo has a lot of talent on the roster, and dumping a good QB to chase a hypothetical better one means this team is going down the crapper if they dump Tyrod.

I REALLY hope this is the thinking. It terrifies me that the front office may be as reactionary as the fans these days and want to toss Tyrod to the curb with no better option. Tyrod and even an average D would be in the playoffs this year. How do so many people seem to miss this?

AMEN!!!!!!!!!

Fans at TSW don't care. They want Taylor gone too. Big picture thinking isn't what people do here. Sadly it's that grotesque lack of foresight that dooms OBD too.

I'm somewhat shocked by the clamoring to dump Tyrod. Even picking up his full contract, Tyrod would seem like a relative deal at this point. In a league were Chase Daniels makes $7M, Brock Oswhiler makes $17M a year and guys like Bradford are being traded for 1st Round draft picks....Tyrod's contract will pay him an average of $16M a year....really it's a contract for $27M next year and $14M a year there after. Do people here who want Tyrod gone think there aren't multiple teams who would eagerly pay that much for Tyrod in a FA market with only one other possible starter, who's old and almost dead (Romo). Does the fact that there is literally no better option available not scare the anti- Tyrod crowd? It's like Ron Burgundy jumping into the bear pit. If Tyrod gets cut and signs a $17M a year deal with the Jets, Browns, Bears, Niners etc...will people not immediately regret the decision?

I see Gilmore's agent is busy posting today.

Gilmore proves he's still the most overrated CB in the NFL. There are bad contract years, there are horrible contract years, and then there's Gilmore this year. The only thing that keeps me from throwing my remote through the TV every week when he gives up massive plays and points is remembering how much money that chump is costing himself. If Whaley even answers a call from Gilmore's agent this offseason he should be fired on the spot.

NIN, Every Day Is Exactly The Same "I believe I can see the future Cause I repeat the same routines" https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ysFxrPNjvNA

BENCH Gilmore. Every week this guy gives up an easy TD. I have never seen a guy fold so bad in a contract year.

Gilmore is weak and a joke against the run and against big WRs. Luckily he'll pay for this nonsense this offseason.

Very good idea. Pats assitant coaches have always done well when given HC opportunities outside of New England. Oh.......wait, they've all failed? Well then this is a horrible idea.

I looked at this two different ways. Before the game when this broke I was shocked and figured this was a boneheaded move. After the game watching how the D played etc, I began to think this was a rationally calculated move. Rex has this team believing in him, his system, and themselves. Last year he let cancerous guys like Mario (and Dareus) infect the rest of the team and destroy the team culture. This year Rex has got the momentum and they decided to cut a poor performer to keep things going the right direction. Williams showed a lot of promise and may blossom elsewhere, but as long as the team is pulling one direction behind Rex I'm not going to question cutting an underperformed / new potential locker room cancer.

Picking on a 6'7" 285 pound OT is FAR different than beating the heck out of a 125 pound woman.

This is nonsense. Pegula is a billionaire who doesn't have to do anything he doesn't want to. Pegula and Kim will own the Bills long after Goddell is goodbye. Pegula is doing ALL the right things to keep the Bills in Buffalo. An old but functional stadium is the best profit center an NFL team can have in a small market. A new stadium is the anchor that sinks a small market team with giant payments it can't afford. Pegula knows the only way the Bills continue to make great money is for them to play in what is in essence a virtually free stadium. He has that now, and IF things break just right he might be able to get a similar deal in the future with the City picking up the vast majority of the tab on a new stadium as well.

I really hope Whaley stays, he's been the best at drafting talent this team has had in decades.

You must not have seen Cassel play football this year. If you had this statement would be seen as insane.

Whaley pulled 2 good starters at critical positions and one backup who'd start for a lot of teams out of a draft he had no first round pick (his fault I know). He signed a guy who has a shot of being a long term solution for the Bills at QB (first since Kelly) brought in a great TE, and vastly upgraded another starting position OG, on the cheap with incognito. Then he basically recouped his one big mistake of the offseason by turfing Cassel for a pick. I know he's a popular target for people on this board to tee off on, but has any GM done a better job this year?

A loss tonight and it's all over....unless of course the Bills pull a real switch and lose tonight but win next Monday.

I was all ready to come eat crow for all my Cassel bashing, but then he totally bailed me out. He sucked worse than EJ and gave me the best told you so moment at a party. A room full of cowboy fans, 4th and 8 with the game in the balance I told everyone Cassel would throw it short to an RB who had zero chance of the first. On cue the ball was snapped and Cassel did exactly this. EJ sucks because he's mistake prone. He's the guy in the bar who hits on EVERY girl and as a result has a 1 for 50 ratio, while Cassel is the gutless chicken who never asks a single girl and always goes home a loser.

So are we supposed to back away from the ledge to make room for EJ to take his swan dive? Or just get a better running start for our collective header as fans? Lose to the Jags - season is over.

If the Bills lose to the Jags in London the season is OVER. This team won't win 8 games if they can't beat an AWFUL Jags team in London.

+1. I'm fairly certain Rex and the Bills would be 4-1 vs that schedule too. Not saying I'm not pissed at how bad the team has looked...especially a defense that has been very healthy compared to the offense, but the Bills lost to a Giants team they should have beat and two undefeated teams that were healthy and just aren't as good as.