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That's what I thought at first.

Depressing. Didn't think my view on Wanny could sink any lower. Chan definitely needs a bad cop foil. Hates the blitz. Poor play calling in the second half. And now, according to the reporter, unimaginative, not inspirational, ineffectual, bad teller of stories and a poor user of props. Wonder what his bright spots are.

For a guy with great hindsight, you have bad insight. In all seriousness, my mind, and I think most fans' minds, still isn't made up on him. And I still think he can be great. And I wasn't expecting 58 sacks. Fifty maybe. For the zillionth time, his comments, and the situation surrounding the surgery, was weird. Nonetheless, look forward to seeing him on the field Sunday. The 50 thing was a joke btw. thx for the explanation.

[yawn] There was drama, and mystery, and bad PR, surrounding Mario's surgery from the get-go. It's a legitimate question/concern for a Bills fan to have. Besides, Mario was supposed to be the second coming of Bruce Smith. No one outside of Buffalo Nation knows who Levitre is.

Thanks for the translation. As for the other part: Player is the highest paid defensive player of all time. Team gets fined for not reporting the injury. Player seems to go off without permission to get surgery. Player, according to ESPN, texts FO about it. Coach says he has no clue what's going on. All player says is junk n stuff. Then says team knew about it. Disagree with your analysis. And I have nothing against him, and I imagine every fan--even those whose bashed him--hopes the surgery works.

Makes sense. When I think of surgery, I think of something more serious (and invasive). Thanks for the share.

Yeah, I got surgery to help with pressure. I got x to fix y. Not rocket science, even for an atlete. The reporters were pressing him for a reason. If you really don't think this episode wasn't bizarre, don't know what to say.

Capt. Hindsight: Medical terms are one thing football players are usually adept at.

Does anyone know, or have an educated guess, what actually went down here--from a medical and PR perspective? Mario says this: "I just had it cleaned up. I mean from whatever I injured earlier on in the year. There was a bunch of junk and stuff that was in there. That's the reason why I couldn't have motion and couldn't really use it... I couldn't tell you exactly the terminology of that. I mean they cleaned it up. I wasn't awake, so I don't know. It is what it is, basically just cleaning it out." Just "cleaned up?" "Junk and stuff?" WTF is that? Makes as much as sense as Wanny's repeated use of the phrase "not fitting it up." You have an $98 million wrist, and don't know (or you're not saying) what the procedure was? And you text the front office about it? And, supposedly, they knew, but that's not what the previous stories implied. Further, the Buffalo staff weren't able to clean out some junk? (And stuff). Whole thing is bizarre from this fan's viewpoint.

Yet another way to look at it, or spin it, is the "Bills (are) among the best post-bye" as BuffaloBills.com's recent headlined blared.

Guy was running for his life behind that leaky O line.

I was a Gailey fan. Rapidly losing faith in his ability to run this entire team, offense included. Seems like he's lost all control. Hope that was just a bad (string of) press conference and not indicative of his role on this team. Gailey's starting to remind me of Sgt. Schultz.

This emotional D gave me -6 points on my fantasy team.

Because it's epically bad PR. His drive is already under question, his impact save one or two games has been non existent. This mystery "procedure" seems contrived. Mystery always breeds more talk than facts. Hands-down better to give the details. On your other point, his wrist is injured. People know where his wrist is. The specifics of the injury doesn't help opponents injure it even more. His journey to the Jauron Side?

He's a situational quarterback killer. Don't understand why it matters if he plays on the line or five yards behind it, because he's not a coverage guy.

I hear he has one of those new transportable cellular telephones. Rad!

Why do I keep coming back here? I get mad every time. Wanny couldn't stop my flag football team's offense. These players, M. Williams especially, are not playing with any ferocity. That is coaching. You don't blitz, even when your D line isn't doing the job. That is mind-numbingly bad coaching. You've been grossly outschemed in four games. You're a joke, this entire D is a joke, and you appear in way over your head. If this guy isn't roaming the sidelines, riling up the players, and calling blitzes, or at least getting pressure on the QB by the Texans game, he deserves to be fired and run out of town. I think eight games is enough of a metric.

As a UGA grad, I would love for the Bills to draft him. Think he has the tools to be good in the NFL. Was brilliant Saturday against Kentucky. Have seen three games this season, and he's been better in each one. Accuracy, poise and leadership seem pro caliber. Good arm. Doesn't telegraph his throws. Offensive scheme, to my eye, appears to be pro-style. At least compared to Kentucky.

If your monsters aren't doing anything, and this highly-paid group clearly isn't, then it's time to bring in more monsters with a blitz once in a Blue Moon. You just don't do the same thing and hope results. With all due respect, it is the scheme. This team was bewildered by the no-huddle the first two drives for crying out loud. There were gaps larger than the Red Sea for Johnson to stroll through. No pressure on the killer last drive. That is coaching.

This game, as well as the three blow-outs, was on the DC. But it's too early to fire him. The bye is next week. This team has the talent to play well. If he doesn't have this D playing respectable football by the Pats game, I say you have to fire hm. This is just embarrassing. Fitz played a decent game yesterday, one INT aside, and he's not playing badly enough overall to be benched for Wilson or Thigpen. Some call that a lateral move at best, I call it backward. Gailey called a good game; he deserves until the end of the year to right the ship.

Make this stop...please.

The highest score ever was 73 points by the Bears in 1940. If the Texans scored that, would Wanny get fired?

Like one poster's Borg Defense. Others: The Colander Defense. The Irrelevants. Wanny's Wannabes

...make we wanna get the procedure in the Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind so I can erase my addiction to this hapless team.

If arsenic is found in his Metamucil, the cops know where to look first...