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And Washington too..

I disagree. The defense on this team was way too inconsistent for the offense to have overcome...The season went down the toilet, when Williams, Wood and Freddie went on IR and Chan just could not trust CJ. And he is also the 1st QB since Kelly to post back-to-back 3000 yard seasons.....Fitz is kind of guy that needs to be surrounded with talent and he can win. He is not a vocal leader and cannot win games by his own will (Like a Ben). In many ways, he is more like a Brady who needed all that talent on the OL and WR corps to win consistently.

I thought that was Donahoe's kids

The Bills probably have concluded that with the talent they have in Williams and Dareus, they are better of running a traditional 4-3. May be Wannestedt runs a 4-3 rather than a 3-4.....Now the issue is to go and find two starting DEs and depth on the line. Kellen Heard has done himself good for the depth part...Now can they find two good DEs, one in the draft and another in FA? That will also reduce the impact on needing pass rushing OLBs.

Disappointed: 1. The Bills did not make the playoffs for a 12th straight season. Nothing beats that. 2. Disappointed with the horrible coaching on the Defense. 3. Disappointed that David Nelson did not blossom into a true 2nd or 3rd WR (especially after a great finish last year and a hot start this year). 4. Disappointed that Dareus was not a game changer as it was predicted....Dareus has been OK, but not a monster like a Suh. 5. Disappointed that the 2010 Draft class could not get on the field except for Spiller. 6. Disappointed that the Bills won ONE game after starting 5-2....2-10 in the last 12 is horrible.... 7. Disappointed that Wood had a season ending injury again 8. Disappointed that the ST was very average under DeHaven...May it is time for him to hang up.

Your original was "If 6-10 his fault?". A QB gets the accolades when the team wins and takes the criticisms when his team loses. As the other poster mentioned, when you throw 23 INTs (whether the WRs were at fault or not), you are going to take some of that blame...Also as a leader, somehow that spark is missing of leading this team...He is too quiet to be a leader...How else can you explain a Stevie Johnson repeatedly costing the team games and yet Fitz is yet to say a word against Stevie...

Donte Whitner Lee Evans Marshawn Lynch (Would be his 2nd year, since the Seahawks made it last year) Jonathan Scott (2nd year) Others....

We get to play two weak divisions in AFC South and NFC West....

Or run the Wild Cat...It got 4-5 yards every time they ran it at the beginning of the season. Not to forget the absence of Wood in the middle of that OL....Wood was getting consistent push up front....something that allowed Jackson to thrive in the Red zone. And did not have the players to execute it...once Wood, Jackson were gone.

The Bills have to sign Freddie at least for the reason that he doesn't join the Patriots....Belichek will immediately swoop him, if he were ever to become a FA and Freddie will be great in that offense.

I think they should drop the 3-4 (since anyways they play more of 4-3) and have Williams and Dareus be DTs...Then have Kelsay be a DE and stop pretending that he can be a pass rushing OLB....Then draft a blue chip DE for pass rushing...Backup will be Kyle Arrington. And then finally make Wannstedt the DC to run the traditional 4-3.....We have to STOP THE RUN.....This team has no chance if they cannot stop the Run and also not run the ball. It has a game manager @ the QB, not a Drew Brees or Tom Brady

No Thanks. We desperately need a pass rush...A DE or Pass Rushing OLB....We were fine with our WRs at the beginning of the season, especially if Wood and Jackson come back from their injuries..It will open the passing game again.

That is not going to happen. Firstly, Wood was pretty dominant and having him @ center gave Fitz the extra second to throw the ball or provide the holes for Freddy to run. In fact with Wood gone, our season went down the toilet. Wood will be a top FA if the Bills do not re-sign him. He is not going to take a incentive laden contract.

Good Analysis...KC over Denver and Baltimore over Cincy is possible. Rest appears a little more tougher....A #9 pick again?

Add also Fred jackson, Scott Chandler, Eric Wood, Bell, McKelvin to that list.

Him and Stevie DROP too many balls....Shows a lack of concentration...especially at big moments in the game...If you can get a coaching staff to correct that, then yes.

Dave took the Bears and the Dolphins to playoff berths...If you call that "Sucking", I am not sure what you would call with our HCs in the last 12 years.

The biggest FA that they would need to sign is Stevie Johnson. After that they need a OLB and another WR.

Not as per Poz. He himself quoted that in his press conference as the reason to play for the Jaguars. I agree that they have not had roster depth. On the other hand do you want to overpay for Poz and Whitner like they did for Kelsay...After all he was signed to big contracts before his current contract expired. Why should the Bills pay for non-contributing players. Actually, they had done that with almost everyone starting from Peerless Price to Lee Evans. The only one that was good that got away without any compensation were Pat Williams, Winfield, overrated Clements, and Jabari Greer. Of course, how they used those draft picks is another story!

It is not the number of people who went on IR, but rather WHO went on the IR. Eric Wood was the Anchor and heart-and-soul of this OL. When he was playing Center, he was constantly taking on two defenders, allowed a RB or WR to be open and also giving the extra split second for Fitzpatrick to make his pass. That extra second is a huge difference in the NFL. When Kyle Williams was in the middle along with Dareus, it was much harder to run against them in the middle than when he was not there. Once Kyle was gone, the DL went on a spiral and the defense suffered really badly. It is not that Wood and Williams are All-Pros...However, they were MVPs on the two sides of the ball for this team. Once both went down, their season went down the drain. Third: Consistency on the OL....While Bell did not go on IR, he has missed a significant amount of snaps. Once Bell and Wood went down, the OL could never get in sync and the INTs and SACKS started raising. This problem solely lies on the shoulders of the coaching staff for not having the remaining team be ready. That is what the good teams do. When they say good teams have the depth, it means the backups are well coached to take up starter job on injury. Sadly we have not found the replacements for Wood or Williams. Moving Urbik or Levitre does not solve the problems because it creates a hole in the spot they occupied. The packers became a super bowl contender only after signing Dom Capers as their DC. Before that their defense could not hold anyone's jock. Bottom line:: It is not just about players...All these players have come through the NCAA grind and were stars on their respective college football teams. They all have talent. The onus lies on the Coaching staff to put these guys in the right place to succeed. Sadly this coaching staff has done nothing of that sort. Texans, with the same level of talent went from 31st ranked defense to a Top-3 defense...Why? They hired the best 3-4 DC in Wade Phillips. The 49ers - Same talent...but a different coaching staff....Fighting for Top Seed in the NFC... The Bills have peddled horrible OC and DCs and to make it worse expect these rookie coordinators to covert players to new scheme instead of playing to the strength of the players drafted. Look at the Bills DC post the Phillips Era Jerry Gray, Perry Fewell, George Edwards.... The only year they had great success was when they had Kevin Gilbride as a OC and he played to the strength of his football team which was throwing to Moulds and Peerless Price. Steve Fairchild, Schonert, Alex Van Pelt, Modkins all have sucked, because they have no experience running an NFL program.

Actually I hope he can bring in better coaches faster!

You almost make it sound that the 49ers drafted Crabtree, Willis, Gore and Staley this year and somehow also drafted and signed FA for their suddenly solid OL. Give credit to the only thing that was different for them from last season, namely a NEW Coaching Staff. The OP is completely right...Unless this team can invest in a good coaching staff (and I mean an entire staff) the talent is never going to be able to shine. Bring on a Jeff Fisher and this team will make the playoff's next season with this same crew. Sure...But that is not same as 11-3 and also it will not get them into the playoffs.

You mean Trent Edwards is back in Buffalo! He is failing, because his coach will not run a balanced offense, doesn't have a OL that can protect and give him time to throw and the weather is poor.

Belichek and the Cheatriots will immediately jump on him and Freddie will play for them for minimum Vet as long as he has a chance to go to the post season and also win a super bowl. That is the way it goes.

Worse than Kelsay? Isn't Bell a UFA. Unless the Bills give him the franchise tag, he is as good as gone. The Bills need a pass rushing DE sorely and if there is one in the point where they draft, they got to take one. Fitz was good when he had good protection in the first 7 weeks. In fact I believe he was only sacked once during that time. Also, if Freddie comes back from injury and they can find a good FA WR as their #2 WR, the offense can resurrect (provided of course they can sign Stevie Johnson to a FA contract). Wilson may not be completely healed. When he is out there, he was playing @ probowl level. Sadly they couldn't keep that up.