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"This Tyrod contract is an embarrassment," Trump said. "The Pegulas have been a disaster for the City of Buffalo. Absolute disaster. If I owned the Bills, our contracts would be much better and they'd be in the Super Bowl."

You had me at wrestler.

Jerry Sullivan takes a dislike in everyone on his first meeting.

Honest slightly off-topic question: does anyone have any insight into why the Buffalo News strated a crusade against the Pegulas? Has he wronged them in someway? Is he too Howard Hughes-like? Or maybe it's the ridiculous media policies during the off-season?

Hopefully it's not the power to embrace nepotism.

Ha ha.

Don't understand the hate for Berman. I always enjoyed him. Well, at least two years ago when I subscribed to cable, which I have happily dropped.

What's the over/under on him not passing?

Nice article, and telling. How the firing went down makes sense given Rex's personality.

"Cowher!" Just mentioned again. You heard it here.

You stop. This is at least a serviceable offense with Taylor and he is at least an above average stopgap. No one is saying (or thinking) he is Montana. Getting rid of him would be literally insane. We'd have to hit a gold mine in free agency or the draft to even have a chance at the playoffs next year. Did you see what this offense is like Sunday without a decent quarterback?

It's a reason. The main reason, IMO, was his steadfastness in force-fitting players to his scheme instead of the other way around. The first year was a hybrid, which was awful. The second year, it seemed, all facets of the defense for many games never seemed to click at once. I do think if given another year, it could've gelled. But three 200-yard rushers, fan ire and so many meltdowns made it a no-brainer to fire him. ... And so off we go, once again, looking at the other shiny rocks across the stream (ooh, look at Lynn, look at Couglin!) with the exact same leadership as three other times before. Will the next rock do better, or just do some things better and some things worse, only to repeat the entire process again in two years if we don't make the playoffs by then? Or is the leadership the main part of the problem?

Please don't call people you don't even know idiots. Just because he didn't live up to your hopes, or was a choice you didn't want, does not make him one. Pure ugliness. It sounds as if Lynn, given his extreme lack of experience at the upper levels of coaching, will be a yes-man to Whaley, hence his position as No. 1 candidate. Let's not forget that the pass game was at the bottom of the NFL heap and that the offense was pretty good last year, too, before we give him too much praise. Sure do hope this GM and owner know what they're doing.

Please stop this. To blame Tyrod for the Raiders debacle is nonsense. And Tyrod threw an awesome game in Seattle. So tiresome.

Mr. Beef Jerky said "OK... This means absolutely nothing." I was responding to that. I also agree with you that it doesn't mean everything. But I get worried when posters say "we need to blow it all up." We have done a lot of good things this year. Blowing it up would negate a lot of that. As most fans are, I'm tired of the constant turnover. We need to find a way to have consistency if were ever going to make the postseason.

Unfortunately that strategy failed miserably for Leveon Bell. I actually find it hard to believe that Rex would allow this to happen twice (thrice). I wouldn't find it hard to believe that in overcompensating for the run, our secondary get smoked by ... Matt Moore 🤢

Wow. I'm not saying Taylor is the guy, or not, but do you think maybe the logic here might need a little work? To recap: we have scored the third highest amount of touchdowns in the entire NFL. Touchdowns are worth points. You win games by scoring points. But that means nothing?

I can't say I agree or disagree, but the one thing that perennially bad teams (Browns, Bills) have is coaching changes every two years and the one thing good teams (Steelers, Pats*, Seahawks) have is coaching consistency. I always think of how much Steelers fans hated Haley. The first two years of this offense were a disaster. He wanted to make Roethlisberger into something he wasn't, fans said. They wanted him fired. Roethlisberger turned into that QB two years later, and have one of the best offenses in the league two years standing. Having said, that, Rex has worn me thin. He took a top 5 D, which now gets rolled on. One week it's the secondary. The next it's front seven. Does he need another year to make this work? Or have we seen the best he can offer? None of you know for sure, unless you're in the huddle. That is the only fact.

God no on Cutler.

Why? What in your mind makes him a good coach, other than because he found a way to use McCoy, unlike his predecessor? We're dead last in the league in passing. Dead last. That's not all Taylor. He comes up with some good run games but I've seen very few complete game plans out of him other than Seattle, which we lost.

Damned if you do, damned if you don't. It's that time of the season. Again.

It is ultimately Rex's defense. But his generals are also to blame. Rex may be calling the shots, but he is not calling the plays. The OP is right; Thurman's name is rarely mentioned (I'd have to think what our DC's name even is) but it should be.

Wouldn't know. I HATE asparagus .

This thread's logic: "I love asparagus. Asparagus is definitely not my favorite vegetable, though." I love asparagus. Asparagus is definitely not my favorite vegetable, though. That guy HATES asparagus.

Rex is our coach and we are planning for the Browns. I'd love it if he stayed. But I'll move on. No real difference between the two. You must be a hard person to please.