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Bills are what they are....in the lower 1/3rd of the league....and that includes players and coaching staff. The fault lies on all of them....we have had some crappy coaching, crappy game time decisions, crappy in-game decisions and crappy in-game Executions.

If the Bills had built enough depth, they make the playoffs last year after staring 5-1. There was no backup help once Wood, Williams went down. The run defense stayed back at #30 after Williams exit and Fitz starting throwing more picks once Wood and Jackson were shelved for the season. We do not have a Franchise QB who can overcome injuries to his key players.

He just went and had some guy take some pictures that absolutely keeps Gilbride in fits!!!!

Agreed..See the same that I posted in another thread... Year: QBs picked before Bills Pick : QBs picked after Bills pick (in 1st Round) 2012: Luck, Griffin Tannehill | Weeden 2011: Newton | Locker, Gabbert, Ponder 2010: Bradford, | Tebow 2009: Stafford, Sanchez | Freeman 2008: Ryan | Flacco 2007: Russell | Brady Quinn 2006: Young | Leinart, Cutler 2005: Smith | Rodgers, Campbell 2004: Manning, Rivers, Rothelisberger, | Losman I will stop here... The bottom line is the QBs that have been picked after the Bills pick in the 1st round have all been crap except for Flacco, Rodgers and Cutler...We definitely should have picked up Cutler when we had the chance, but that is the year Marv and Dick blew it up.. Of course, the situation was also that the Bills still hadn't given Losman a decent chance to start. The same with Rodgers. Rest of those years, the QBs that are franchise QBs in Manning, Rivers, Rothelisberger, Ryan, Stafford and Newton were all long gone. Remember these players were also drafted in an era where besides doling out many draft picks, the team also had to sign them to 30-50M guaranteed contracts....The Bills were in no position to do that.

Year: QBs picked before Bills Pick : QBs picked after Bills pick (in 1st Round) 2012: Luck, Griffin Tannehill | Weeden 2011: Newton | Locker, Gabbert, Ponder 2010: Bradford, | Tebow 2009: Stafford, Sanchez | Freeman 2008: Ryan | Flacco 2007: Russell | Brady Quinn 2006: Young | Leinart, Cutler 2005: Smith | Rodgers, Campbell 2004: Manning, Rivers, Rothelisberger, | Losman I will stop here... The bottom line is the QBs that have been picked after the Bills pick in the 1st round have all been crap except for Flacco, Rodgers and Cutler...We definitely should have picked up Cutler when we had the chance, but that is the year Marv and Dick blew it up.. Of course, the situation was also that the Bills still hadn't given Losman a decent chance to start. The same with Rodgers. Rest of those years, the QBs that are franchise QBs in Manning, Rivers, Rothelisberger, Ryan, Stafford and Newton were all long gone. Remember these players were also drafted in an era where besides doling out many draft picks, the team also had to sign them to 30-50M guaranteed contracts....The Bills were in no position to do that. The closest miss was not getting Rothelisberger....We were hoodwinked by the Steelers by fate...

And that is a direct reflection on Fitz's biggest weakness....Consistency. !!

I say pass. The guy is an icon in the Washington area and even if he signs, his mind will always be back in Virginia. We will just overpay for a TE who has his heart elsewhere.

Except that if we have a season that needs to draft a QB, Chan is unlikely to be the HC.

he was released by the Patriots today

I would like Lee to first fix Fitz before worrying about Tavaris!

Technically, they have spent 3 First Round picks on QBs in the last decade.... One for the Drew Bledsoe Trade One for the draft pick for J.P Losman and One for the trade. They have also spent 1st round picks on RBs exclusively in McGahee, Lynch and Spiller and have got nothing out of any of them except for some stupid low round draft picks.

Agreed that Ben will always keep them in the division title hunt. Except that they have lost quite a bit of talent on the defensive side this offseason. This is definitely going to be a tough year for them.

Decastro out 3-5 months and Mike Adams is struggling to get on the playing field. http://www.sbnation.com/2012/8/26/3270289/david-decastro-injury-status-update?sct=nfl_t2_a8

And even Donahoe's first draft was awesome with starters in Clements, Schoebel, Travis Henry, Ron Edwards, Jonas Jennings....Even his scrubs like Brandon Spoon, Tony Driver and Jimmy Williams played in the NFL for a few seasons...and we bitched about Donahoe.... Nix and Gailey have a lot riding on this season.

Armchair GMs... Troup was the last prototype DT available and he was not getting past anyone beyond the 2nd round. When you have the worst run defense in football the previous season, you are expected to make that invested on a starting caliber DT. The same goes with Carrington. The Bills needed DEs to generate Pass rush and they were looking for one to plane DE in the 3-4 and his size fit. It is unfortunate that we had a scrub like Edwards running the 3-4 and not being able to put a situational pass rusher on the field at the right time.

Fitz had multiple choices last season to throw to a speedy Spiller and missed those chances. I hope he has really improved this year..It would be fun to send Spiller, Graham, Johnson, Jones and Nelson out in the 5 receiver set!

A 7th Rounder?? Naah....The dude has two INTs in his entire HS/NCAA/NFL career.....and in a space of 20 seconds.....How about that!!

I agree...I think the Bills missed the opportunity to trade for Keith Rivers (who was traded to the NY Giants by the Bengals).....He would have been better than the scrubs that we have (besides Barnett).

Wasn't this the game where the Bills decided to run a no-huddle offense and really blew up on their face and one of the Steelers defensive player told after the game that may be the Bills should huddle to let the clock run out!!!! Ouch!

That!

The onside kick and recovery in the Comeback game was a great play...Steve drilled it so well and Pike recovers! And even the Bills offense did not know about it as Reich would describe it later....

Rich Gannon has been a refreshing change the past few years. Pretty insightful as opposed to some of the ex-QB-wannabe broadcasters... How come there is no Steve Tasker doing Bills games?

Disagree. Merriman helped other Veteran players to sign with Buffalo like Barnett. He gave credibility to the franchise with his presence and honest attempt to come back. Unfortunately, he couldn't make the transition. Good luck to him.

I understand what you say. Unfortunately, no one else wanted the Bills Job 2-seasons ago, in spite of Mr. Wilson willing to open up his check book.

Other obvious misfires: 1. Retaining Edwards as DC (or hiring him in the 1st place) 2. Toying with Levitre at LT and Center 3. Horrible 2nd half adjustments on game day. 4. Non-use of Brad Smith for an entire season after paying him a 15M contract 5. Inability to find that 2nd WR after Donald Jones went down (Kept claiming that his scheme doesn't need a real 2nd WR) And to strengthen your argument....Wade Phillips took over a horrible Houston defense and turned it into a top-5 defense...Mario played 5 games and had 5 sacks and after Mario departed, they still did not miss a beat. You really need an experienced DC to run the 3-4 and Edwards cannot even hold his JockStrap to a Phillips or Capers...We could have had Romeo Crennel last year, but Gailey refused to fire Edwards...and we continued to have a mediocre run defense.