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They'll be open. But how will Tyrod know where to throw the ball?

Exciting game so far. My Prediction 7 - 5 Yanks. Yankees Indians would be a fun series.

Depends what measure you're using to rank it, YPG they're ranked 10th and Denver is #1. NE is last no matter how you rank it. I do agree that this is D is for real and should be solid throughout the year. Plus 6 on the TO ratio so far, which is probably not sustainable.

What a game by Hauschka. 3 long ones and the game clincher. Plus he can kickoff. It's been a long time since we had a top kicker. Why did Seattle let this guy go? Did he struggle w bad weather? McManus is stud too. Every one of his kicks is dead center between the posts.

There really was only 1 egregious misuse of timeouts. After the Tyrod scramble on 2nd down w about 50 secs left. Definitely should have used a TO there. The TO that was called when Carolina had 3rd and Goal w just over 2 mins was effective. Allowed Bills to set up proper D and hold them. If they score a TD there, last drive wouldn't of mattered. Yes Time ran off the clock first but he wanted to see the O formation and the Bills still got the ball back on the plus side of the 2 min warning. I was actually pleased that Bills have not been wasting TOs 1st 2 weeks and are going into the last 2 mins of halves w all there TOs. Has been refreshing. Don't understand the complaints.

Good analysis. Well done. Was stuck in Hurricane zone on Sunday and was unable to see full game, so I appreciate the recap.

Exactly. I think some guys don't understand what a myth is.

The problem with the J Will cut is that it follows a pattern off loading young talent. It leaves us with very few players to root for as the future. We're rebuilding but with out many build blocks on the roster. No one on the OP's list gives any inspiration for the future, even if it might be a slight improvement over J Will this year. I feel worse about the cut after looking at the list of mediocre middle aged running backs.

It is amazing that they need to switch D schemes every 2 years. Just as players start to develop they become less valuable to the new coaching staff. And this year they're doing it to the O too. Tyrod and the O-line will likely be much less effective this year. D will probably be respectable and Offense will be terrible. It's going to be though to watch. On the trade. unless it is still injury related, Ragland does not appear to be athletic enough to thrive in today's passing league. So apparently McBeane thinks he less than a 9.8% of being a decent player for the Bills. It is amazing that they need to switch D schemes every 2 years. Just as players start to develop they become less valuable to the new coaching staff. And this year they're doing it to the O too. Tyrod and the O-line will likely be much less effective this year. D will probably be respectable and Offense will be terrible. It's going to be though to watch. On the trade. unless it is still injury related, Ragland does not appear to be athletic enough to thrive in today's passing league. So apparently McBeane thinks he less than a 9.8% of being a decent player for the Bills.

Of course this is a tank for 2017. It seems they are racing the Jets and a few others to position for top QB next year. Trading young talent, still with very high upside is a big risk. But, I believe they look at Tyrod as a good but not great QB. That at best (with pre-trade roster) can reach 9-7 / 10 - 6 to grab a wild card. Needed to get out of purgatory. Having first year coach and GM allows them to take the risk. You can debate the value of the trades. However Bills fans who are honest, realize that this roster was not going to be challenging for a championship in the next couple years.

Exactly and Arizona at #3. The Patriots were 13th, how did they manage to go 14 - 2. Efficiency is more important than attempts. NE and ATL were super efficient in the pass game and played from ahead so they didn't need as many attempts. The key is balance, game planning and game situation. If the Bills are top 10 in passing attempts this year, we're looking at very high draft pick. With the current roster on O, especially at QB and WR, the Bills best chance to be competitive is to run more than the league average. It doesn't help just to pass more if your not an effective passing team. Truly I thought the offensive plan last year came close to maxing out what could be expected of the Bills O. There were several horrendous defensive efforts like the 2 Miami games and giving up close to 400 yards to Fitzpatrick which were not lost due to offensive play calling.

Classy interview. Whaley did a lot of things right to improve the talent of the team. Besides the failure to land a franchise QB, his biggest shortcoming was the inability to layout a cohesive team building plan. The Rex hire probably killed any chance he had, but a stronger personality and plan ma

He was average to poor. Not offensive, many of us just tired of getting the bottom of the barrel announcers. Interesting that his broadcast career coincided almost exactly with Bills drought. This link has some good Solomon references. But I linked mainly for Dirtbag's announcer awards. http://forums.twobillsdrive.com/topic/187861-ranking-the-announcers/

OJ Howard.

Definitely encouraging. He seems to have the old school edge. With willingness to keep an open mind and look to future / adapt as necessary. One of biggest challenges is maintaining respect and some degree of fear from multimillionaire 20 something year old guys, while still creating team building relationship. He might have it. I hope you are right about never having a coach like McDermott. Won't go back to Levy and before b/c it was a different era. Had high hopes for Mularkey, but he is a fake tough guy that players see through. Jauron did not have the personality or open mind. Wade was almost there but missing the final ingredient, difference between a really good #2 and underperforming CEO. G. Williams and Marrone were dolts and FOS. G. Williams brought in one of the worst coaching staffs of all time and talked Super Bowl before a 3 -13 season. Rex has too many shortcomings to mention. Wow, Just got depressed writing that and didn't even get to Chan. I loved Marv though, and McD seems like a guy who can similar success. We are due for a good one.

Thank you for keeping him honest. Hopefully an example.

Thank you for the comment on the annoying 'Meh'

Do you have CTE or just bad parents?

Bills dodged the Bradley and Olsom bullets. Was worried that the team would have 2 of the losingest coaches in recent years as the coordinators.

Olson would be an absolutely brutal and depressing hire. It's hard to come up with a probable OC that would be worse. The posters who mentioned Olson as the Offensive version of Rob Ryan or Wannstache made good analogies. His resume is a who's who of the teams that finished with worse records than the Bills over the last dozen years. I just checked and In fact... Going back to 2004 when he first became an OC, there are only 3 teams who Olson coached that finished above the Bills in the standings and only 2 teams he coached that finished above .500. TB went 9-7 in 2008 and 10-6 in 2010. In the 13 season period Olson's teams went a combined 65 - 124 (.312%) compared to 87 - 121 for the Bills (.418). Even the wretched Bills who put together an amazing streak of 9 consecutive losing seasons, which included 5 consecutive seasons of winning 6 or less games, have been better than Olson's teams. The Bills finished above his teams in 9 out of 13 years, 2005 they were both 5-11. This reminds me of the Greg Williams coaching staff. Williams managed to put together a collection of coaches who had losing records at every level. I remember being amazed that most of his coaches even had losing college programs on their resumes. Still have not overcome that miserable coaching staff that brought the losing culture to Buffalo. Please find someone else. Maybe one of these guys. http://www.wkbw.com/sports/bills/joe-b-5-names-bills-should-consider-for-oc

True and unfortunate thread title. Hoping for an upset next weekend

Good point when you put it in that perspective. Although I still think the NFL has over regulated the contact. Spearing and head shots should be penalties, but many times flags are thrown bc DBs hit receivers too hard on clean shots. Landry and other WRs have little reason to fear stretching out for a catch.

That's a ridiculous point. First of all our D made very few big plays and had trouble getting off the field, so they created less points and offensive opportunities than average. Exactly how many points did our Special teams score? And every team gets some points off turnovers, special teams, and garbage time. So you have to discount those factors from every other team to figure out where the Bills O ranks.

You should find a new job. Life is too short to be miserable everyday. And even Sundays have been rough more often than not. Mario should move on too. He obviously is not motivated to play football anymore.

I really don't get all the enthusiasm for G. Bradley as the DC. He has the WORST record in the HISTORY of NFL Head coaches. The Jacksonville D was very poor during his time there, only started to improve this year. The improvement in the Seattle D, came in Pete Carroll's 2nd year (Bradley's 3rd). And the Seattle D continued to get better after Bradley left. So it is very questionable how much of that great D can be attributed to Bradley. As for head coach, Atlhough A. Lynn has some positive attributes my preference is to go outside of the organization and not from the Rex coaching tree. Would like to see interviews for young guys like McDaniels, and K. Shanahan if they can get them. Also in favor of checking with Wade and Schwartz. No thanks on Coughlin.