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Urbik is a Whaley guy. He was picked up from Pittsburgh. And he played well his first season before regressing the past two seasons. Why not keep CJ Also possibly Gray is gone? I can't see Rex keeping a Kickoff specialist and a Kicker.

Or any Marketing guy in America.

And this is exactly why I hate the media over the past 10-15 years...Mort was so protective of Tom Donahoe and yet TD never received another Front Office Job. Same goes for Schefter. Why can't these folks be honest with their opinions.

And Whitner made the Pro Bowl!

ANd people were happy with the same struggles from Orton in the last quarter of the season! Yikes!

Completely agree. The Steelers don't make the post season without the play of Ben, which allowed Bell to have a great season. The Colts don't make the playoffs with their no-name defense without the stellar play of Luck. The Ravens don't make the playoffs without their QBs play late in the season. The only team that was weak on QB play this season was the Cardinals and they are more of an exception than the norm.

Another thought is that Gailey forced the issue by wanting a "Scat Back" and picking Spiller in the 1st round. Between Spiller, Lynch and Freddie, Lynch was going to be the odd man out. The biggest mistake Buddy did was in drafting Spiller.

as the long snapper. Another Bills castoff. The magician.

Really? You expect Mike to be a OC to a rookie HC

And so did Green Bay. They were closer to getting Lynch, but didn't want to give more than a sixth (I believe)

If they are going the FA QB route, the QB position will suck up a significant amount of dollars whether it is Cutler or Bradford.

But that was only because we had pretty significant pressure from the front 4.

+1. I think it was more of Whaley having an option to find an even better HC than about bad mouthing Marrone. The guy (Marrone) after all produced the first winning season for the BIlls in almost 10 seasons. That is a pretty big achievement for these underachievers.

Rex's defense is predicated on disguised blitzes. In order to run that scheme effectively, they need a extremely talented secondar. Rex was successful when Revis played along with Cromartie. Do the Bills have equivalent backfield to execute his schemes successfully. Gilmore and Leodis are OK cornerbacks, nothing remotely close to Revis and Cromartie. Pettine had a good defense here because he had Byrd in Center Field and Kiko at the MLB position. In spite of that it was the 28th worst running game. Schwartz fixed the run-stopping and played some solid defense. How can Rex coach this team to its strength. I almost feel he might try to fit a square peg into a round hole.

and that there are 3 good teams in the AFC North. If the Bills go the WC route, they have to compete with KC, SD, CIN, PIT and BAL

We don't need another big FA WR. We have invested 2 1st Rd and a 2nd Rd pick at that position. You have let those two players develop. What we need a big time TE. Chandler is good in the middle of the field, but has no separation in the end zone.

That would be Dick LeBeaus. Schwartz will go to DC as the DC

It was the curse of Stevie Johnson !!!

In spite of what Pettine did, his bills defense was still ranked 28th in the league against the Run. Schwartz came in and fixed that. Don't underestimate his influence on this defense.

The Pats lose OC every year to go on to be HCs. So many on that pipeline, Weiss, Mangini, Crennel etc

When there is only 32 such opening, every NFL HC job is an attractive gig!!!!

Not to rewrite history; When the Bills were hiring their HC two seasons ago, Marrone was considered a front-runner along with Chip Kelly. The Bills were challenged to make a big-time hire and they did that with Marrone. Obviously, the HC candidates like Marrone had the leverage with the bills urgency to hire a big-time coach. I am sure that 4M was the poison pill added to that contract to ensure that a "name" coach was hired. The Bills did just that. I don't think Brandon would have normally done it, but that was going to be his first HC hire.

I think Rex has been a better head coach than Schwartz was in Detroit. Rex did take two of his teams to the AFC Championship game.

Every teams feel that way when their team misses the playoffs. Garbage for one is a treasure for others.

I believe Wilson did not favor MNF as the Bills have a lot more regional fans than other teams.