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I didn't. In fact, I explicitly say that it looks bad for everyone involved.

Immortality is one of the many miracles of Saint Doug.

I also don't want these guys to have any more of an influence on EJ. I'd rather pray that there's an offensive shakeup and EJ comes in fresh, without a terrible loss to the Patriots.

That is a terrible trade. Stick to Madden.

Very interesting argument. Unfortunately, I would argue that Brandon wasn't necessarily that great at carrying out Ralph's wishes. To some degree, sure. I'm sure Ralph, in all seriousness and senility, said "Only Marv Levy can come in here and save us." And then Russ did that. I was carrying out orders, sir! It was a Code Red!

I don't know...does Immult sit next to the designers before their deadline? Does he set up an engineers table right next to the engineers? Did he at one point become a de facto engineer? (I checked, and surprisingly - no he has an MBA from Harvard)

It's not. It's actually really simple to understand. Too simple, in fact. That's why I think Russ Brandon is actually an alien.

I am confused. Maybe you should make your argument a little clearer.

Yeah, he had nothing to do with any personnel decisions. They're chatting about concession prices here, on draft day:

Stop it, you're crazy.

Looks like a designed play there... Look closely at Woods and Watkins, and the way they run their route. Their clearly jamming the defender. Orton passes before Watkins is "open".

You're the only person in the world who thinks that's not on the coaches.

EXACTLY! Was Orton bad? Yes, of course. He's awful and I don't want him as the Bills quarterback at all. Why though, does the coaching staff constantly put him in these situations. It's not like there was a gun to Hackett's head that forced him to have his QB throw behind the LOS on 3rd and 1. There's no way I can believe that because the QB is bad that the coaching staff gets a pass. They need to be better situationally and utilize the strengths of their players. Not throw a weird flat pattern to Hogan on 3rd and 1.

Keep in mind that the "guy" is also Hogan, who is apparently better at targeted screen plays than Watkins this season.

I actually look at that video, and the earlier photo and just scratch my head. Hackett, Orton, the line, everything. It's just not all there, and I don't know why but it just makes me think the whole offense needs a reset button. It can't get much worse in terms of execution. I don't even want to point fingers anymore, none of it looks good.

Right. I didn't at all mean to use badge literally here. On draft day the assistant equipment manager isn't trotting into the draft room. ...wait...what's YOUR point? I'm genuinely confused.

I'm start Is it possible that the Hackett / Orton incompetence is not mutual exclusive?

This 3rd and 1, before the "no punt" looks just as bad for Orton, Hackett, Marrone, The Bills, My parents, and everyone involved:

What exactly is Divinci Code level stuff? You don't believe that he was directly involved in the hiring of Doug Marrone?

So the guy who hired the Syracuse coaching staff, after claiming no stone would be left unturned, is not accountable. Ok, got it.

Here's how I look at it: Russ Brandon still has a badge that gives him access to the locker room, the war room, and all GM meetings. Some of you delusional folk think that this guy is getting his position re-adjusted, and that means he's only going to be in marketing. The guy is a football fan. He loves it. He has access to everything, and has years and years of meddling with it all. Are you telling me that he's just simply going to stop it all and stick to marketing? Come on. He isn't qualified, and his experience tells us his football decisions are poor at best. What's amazing, is that some people are willing to look past that and claim that he's valuable to the team due to his marketing ability. You want to live in this perfect world where he's just going to do marketing and have a separate team accountable to him, and not get CC'd on all the important GM moves. Sorry, it's just not how it works. The guy's the President. They can re-title him all they want, once you're the president they can't take that away from you.

Hi, I'm a Bills fan. I don't care about any of those things, I just want my team to win.

100% agree.

He didn't deserve that second chance. Hope his night out at Encore was worth it.

How about sooner?