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Rex's defenses require Peyton Manning like guys on defense, as he had in Baltimore and NJ. His schemes work very, very well. But with young players it's too complex. Like many here I still have a bitter taste about how he treated the Bills job like a part-time gig. He really should have taken a year or two off after the Jets. He has said lately that his heart was never really into the Bills job as he still loves the Jets. I don't excuse it or like it, but on some level I get it. Imagine hating the Patriots forever (easy to do!) then you get hired as Patriots HC, mostly because you really want to be a HC and that's your only opportunity. Sure, you shouldn't take a job you're not 100% in to, but it happens all the time. I think he could be a very good DC still, if his ego allows it. He was apparently ready to play second fiddle to Andy Reid in KC, presumable because he saw it as a way to win another Super Bowl as a DC and set the stage for a HC comeback. Chase Young is so much fun to watch! It's rare for a DL to completely take over a game but I've seen him do it a couple of times this year.

If I'm Bienemy this is the job I want most. Herbert is fantastic and the team has a ton of talent and a decent draft position.

Great guy, but an offensive version of Wade Phillips. Amazing people, great coordinators, mediocre to bad head coaches. That said, Wade was a huge part of Denver's last Super Bowl win, and finally got a ring and should have won another with the Rams, holding Brady to 13 points with McVay's fancy offense scoring 3. Nothing wrong with being a fantastic OC.

Every time I see your posts I feel like Feliciano is yelling at me! LOL I didn't realize Kamara was out and about or the details about the Ravens coach. That makes me feel a bit better, because I feel like the Bills are a pretty buttoned up operation.

As far as this Bills team compared to those teams... I see the same type of comradery forming, which is amazing and cannot be overstated. One difference between this offense and the K Gun was that in Kelly's day they had very few plays and just ran them over and over, with different wrinkles here and there. Tasker talks about it all the time. It wasn't a big playbook. It was mostly based on doing a few things extremely well, and most teams couldn't stop it. Offenses today (and defenses) are much more complicated and multiple than in the past. Guys like Walsh on offense and Parcells/Belichick on defense (hate to say it, but it's true) were way ahead of their time, which is part of why they were so successful. Most games they were facing off against teams that were just playing what we might call vanilla offense/defense today: line up and play. Back then there were a lot of "ole ball coaches" who to be honest were pretty much interchangeable. Game plans were play hard, hit hard, tackle well, catch the ball, block. Very complex systems were somewhat unusual. That might sound like a knock, but it's not meant to be. My point is that the game has evolved tremendously, and it's easy to forget that given the NFL of today. Now, the league is full of mad scientists and wunderkinds cooking up all sorts of exotic schemes, especially on offense. It's a different kind of arms race, where you have to outthink the other mad scientist on the opposing sideline, PLUS accumulate talent. Couple that with rules changes, and it's no surprise that scoring and stats are up. What truly amazing is that there are still a few great defenses that show up in the biggest games, even with all of these things being true. So you CAN still scheme up a defense that can shut down the best offenses, even with all the rules changes. The Giants beat the 18-0 Patriots, who had a seemingly unstoppable offense, by a score of 17-14 in the Super Bowl. Then again in another Super Bowl by a score of 21-17 a couple years later. The league has proven that you can play a lockdown defense without head shots, dirty hits, and destroying WRs over the middle. It's just that very very few coaches are able to come up with plans to do that. The best news of all, and the biggest difference between the 90's teams and now, is that we have defensive coaches who are among those few in the league.

A couple of observations.... I can still remember McMahon (Bears QB) having a concussion that "cleared up at halftime." For those of us who have watched the game for decades, the changes that have been made are truly incredible. Check out this segment showing McMahon get piledriven well after the play and the explanation for how things were handled then. Here's Ditka angrily saying that McMahon was fine after seeing spots in his eyes and that he didn't want to hear the question again: Can you imagine a coach today saying that? He had some spots in his eyes but it cleared up and he'll be at practice all week and play next weekend? The game has changed for the better, 100%. But as others have said as well, this is why offensive stats were lower overall in the past. Guys were getting beat to a pulp on a weekly basis.

I know... It feels so random, because you know these guys are doing everything they can not to catch it, especially now.

LOL Seriously though... Rex is a very good to great DC. Head coach he's just under .500, which is surprising to me. I thought his record would be a lot worse as HC. On a good team with a veteran defense and a solid HC (like he had in Baltimore) he would excel again. He's like Wade: a great DC who is not HC material.

amazing that the NFL got an entire season in without any games being missed, no extra weeks added, and no bubble!

Chargers make a lot of sense for Daboll, if he wants to be a HC. Bengals could also be intriguing, if they fire Taylor, who IMO had no business being hired as a head coach and was a product of "people who have spent 5 minutes with Sean McVay" a couple years back. I would love Daboll to stay, if he chooses, but if he gets a chance to move up the ladder you can't blame him. The good news is that the Bills would be able to have their pick of OC candidates, given Allen and the offensive weapons here.

I just wanted to see a 6-10 team host a playoff game. I was rooting for a 4-12 team to win that division, just because it would be hilarious!

I wouldn't be shocked if our old pal Rex Ryan comes back somewhere as a DC. I know he said he would only be a HC, but he's been making noise for a couple of years now about getting back into coaching, and remember that he almost got hired as Andy Reid's DC in KC recently. Those reports wouldn't have been out there had he not wanted them to. To me, it was Rex's way (his agent's way) of letting teams know he might accept a DC role, if the fit is right. He's also only 58. Remember that Mike Mularkey of all people was a head coach for 3 teams! So you just never know, especially in a year like this where there will be a lot of turnover.

Maybe he's trying to get fired? Just odd all around.

Did the Eagles actually just throw the game on national TV?

Imagine how Giants fans feel right now... Lol

"I thought it would be harder" That Tua quote didn't age well! Lol

Awesome! Right back to 22 points!

This offense has looked better than KC over the past 4 weeks

I forgot how good Brown is! This offense with everyone healthy is close to unstoppable

No INT here on offense

Sucks that Miami has Houston's pick

Don't give them an easy one here

99% of Tua's passes look the same

Wow!

Of course the flag... It's their best offense