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sorry weo http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/ravens/ravens-insider/bal-gary-kubiak-not-interested-in-headcoaching-vacancies-20141231-story.html

I'd take in no particular order Hue Jackson, Sumlin, Freeze, Bevell and I could be convinced with a few other offensive minded guys Edit: In addition to Malzahn, who would be my first choice. But I wonder about the oncoming bloodbath of coaching fires. Rivera could be out and he could find himself wanting to be reunited with Cam.

Mike Rodak @mikerodak · 24m24 minutes ago Doug Marrone says he doesn't "condone" what Leodis McKelvin said after game Sunday. Said Bills have respect for Dolphins organization.

surprised Chris Williams wasnt mentioned

Surprised? These are the Bills play call percentages so far this year: Rush Play % 41.15% Pass Play % 58.85% Compare to last year: Pass: 51.08% Rush: 48.92%

Leaving the o line in one on one matchups will allow the D to squat on the quick hitters and tee off on Orton. We saw that with Chan- if there was a penalty or a run for no gain or a drop, the drive would stall. I'm exaggerating somewhat, but they basically had no plays for 3rd and long. The reason screens worked better out of the spread was that they had a more athletic line, and that the d line had their ears pinned back to rush Fitz. If they want to spread it out more frequently, we're gonna see even more hits on Orton. With EJ as the backup, I don't know how often the should really be hanging Orton out to dry. The o line was noticeably better overall against the Vikes (moreso in the run game than pass pro). They did seem gassed at the end. Next week will be a tough test, but hopefully theyll continue to gel and develop.

No prob. Here are some other names to consider for next year: http://www.ubbullrun.com/2014/10/14/6973673/ub-coach-search-playbook

Alex Wood is the Interim Coach

They cleaned up their mess. http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/medical/two-ub-residency-programs-get-out-of-probation-and-earn-accreditation-20140225

:lol: :worthy:

"So this week I get to ride on your shoulders, right?"

Defenses still key on CJ and now that they have a competent QB, that attention Spiller receives will open up stuff for other players. Yeah, Chan got better stats with Spiller, but let's not forget that "creative" offense got stymied on third down all the time because they basically had 3 plays: RB screen, RB draw and a 5 yard pop to the TE or slot WR. I realize the defense often didn't do much to help, but all those Spiller stats still only got them 6 wins with Chan. Yes, I think Hackett should be getting more out of Spiller, but as long as they continue to win games, I'm not going to get too bent out of shape about it. EDIT: And before anyone chimes in; I checked and saw that Chan's 3rd down conversion rates were middle of the pack and have been worse so far with Hackett- I'm gonna go ahead and trust my gut that garbage time might've inflated that stat for Chan and that EJ and last year's QB carousel have deflated it for Hackett. Either way, I don't have time to check the splits now, but the main point remains that the Bills seem trending upward offensively regardless of how Spiller is performing.

his gf tweeted: SW33T JONES ‏@SweetMJones86 1h1 hour ago He's OK ! A bit sore but he is ok !! THANK YOU GOD @TheBillsMafia thank you EVERYONE for the prayers, text, & tweets.

I'm sure that was a joke: http://www.buffalobi...d0-97cd22f444aa

The biggest difference IMO btw Chan and Hackett wrt to the running game is that even tho opposing defenses were squatting on Fitz's short passing game, the defense was still stretched horizontally- so there was more space for the running game. The line still wasnt all that good in pass protection, Fitz just got the ball out quickly. The screen game was more effective too, because the d line pinned their ears back to pass rush against the spread. Against EJ, DCs can stack the box and cheat toward the run bc EJ hasn't shown he beat them through the air on a consistent basis. It's certainly a valid argument to say Hackett could/should scheme more to create space for the run game, but EJ would still be an/the issue because a. he's generally inaccurate on short throws (which also lack velocity- allowing the coverage an extra split second to recover), b. he seems to panic when the first read isn't wide open, and c. he doesn't or can't anticipate when/where receivers will be open. Basically, I think the line is more or less the same, it's just that defenses were playing differently because of EJ. The scheme is limited by EJ, and EJ's execution limits the overall production.

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Not enough polls

C. None of the above

Buffalo Bills ‏@buffalobills 2m2 minutes ago .@RussBrandon: "You'll want to be in your seats early before the Patriots game. I can promise you that." Expected 1st game of Pegula era.

I'm not really talking about them shutting down the running game; I'm talking about them crowding the box, leaving the outside WRs in single coverage or with only one safety deep. I'm not saying they should never run into the teeth of that, but why wouldn't you expect your first round QB to make some deep or intermediate throws with all that space available? The WRs are talented enough. I'll wait for the all-22 to verify, but my beer goggles saw beatable coverage and WRs open or coming open all game.

My mistake- I just re watched it, you're right. EJ should've ate it or looked elsewhere because they were all over that play from the jump. The DB is crashing in on Fred and EJ stared Fred down. So yeah, how can they not make stupid play calls when they're forced to make single read throws for the QB?

Do you think if EJ made a play or two that there would've been more runs called? You're not asking them to run every down, right? Sorry, I'm not trying to turn this into an EJ thread but when the QB makes such a significant impact on the game, it's disingenuous to ignore that when discussing the play calling;

I'm losing some of my patience with Hackett, as I think he can do better. But I still don't think he's outright bad or in over his head or whatever his critics are claiming. I think he's hardly asking anything of EJ and EJ still isn't delivering. I don't know what else he can draw up for a guy who seems to finesse every throw and can't read defenses. And furthermore- I know a lot on here don't like Marrone either, but I'm sure he and Hackett come up with the gameplan together. I'm sure they discuss in-game and halftime adjustments together. Marrone is a rookie HC but he's been around the block. I'm sure they both planned on running the ball more assuming (hoping) EJ could do something to get the Texans to stop crowding the line.

It was a screen. He's supposed to run free and EJ puts the ball over his head. Also. Texans lined up with a single high safety almost the entire game daring EJ to beat them and outside of the Mike Williams bomb, he never did. What's worse is that he hardly ever tried.