Dean Cain

If Chan Gailey would just grow a set and take more risks I'd be all for retaining his services. Show us that you are willing to take some gambles to win a freaking game. Don't tell us you were "scared". Win the God Damn game and take a fing risk you Redneck! Players feed off of positive energy. Gailey's conservatism doesn't win ball games, it loses them. 15-31 is all I need to prove that point.

It is a QB league. Since 2000 we've drafted 3 QB's and New England drafted 7. Shockingly when Brady went down the first game of 2008, 2005 7th round pick Matt Cassel came in and directed them to a 11-5 record. This is the same Cassel who hadn't started a game since his senior year of high school. It is an intelligence & systems league. You need to take risk, and play the percentages. A few risky 4th down calls can be the difference of an extra win or two that win the game and get you in the playoffs. The Bills are too conservative for the modern NFL. Following the mantra of "Let's draft more runners" has gotten us nowhere.

Maybe because the Patriots kick our ass every year? Even with Brady out in 2008 we managed to get beat twice by them finish 7-9 while New England went 11-5. In 2009 Brady's first year back from injury the Patriots went 10-6. How is it that Matt Cassel posted a better record then Brady? There are too many Bills fans that simply sum up the difference between the Patriots & Bills as they have Tom Brady, or Bill Belichick. Look at the drafts since 2000. Look at the facts, understand how they build their team using the draft & free agency. You can learn a lot by emulating your enemy. Does coaching play a part? of course, but by and large I will contend that New England has a winning formula that we haven't yet decoded. Since 2000 New England is 149-57 with 5540 points scored to 3867 against. 11 double digit winning seasons. Since 2000 Buffalo is 81-125 with 3975 points scored to 4691 against. 0 double digit winning seasons. In order to take down New England once and for all we need to attack them on and off the field. We simply need to start challenging them. But lets simply sum this up as Belichick is a genius and / or Brady is a god.

Remember Vince Young had a 31-19 record as a starter, T Jackson 17-17, and Thipgen 1-11.

That's right, Welker just beat Jerry Rice's NFL record and moved into sole possession with five 100 catch seasons. Yep Welker is a nobody. He is easily replaced in the Patriots offense. Question: How many catches did Welker have in 2008 with Matt Cassel? Answer: 111

This is a 2 pronged attack. First, Let's find out what Mallett is worth. If we are going to spend a 1st, 2nd or 3rd in the '13 draft on a rookie don't you think it be worth investigating Mallett, a guy who has 1st round potential but teams shied away from due to off-field issues? We will find out in '13 if Mallett is worth the risk. If he busts than we likely get Johnny Football. If he performs and I believe he will, then will have acquired a solid starter for years. Second, why not acquire players from the Patriots or force them to over spend to retain them? This is what the Yankees & Red Sox having been doing to each other for years. It's time to compete.

We have ZERO rushing touchdowns to the right outside of our right guards right shoulder. That lends me to believe we can't run right like Derek Zoolander can't turn left. Vollmer or Jake Long would be welcome additions. Wes Welker would be a solid #2 slot receiver. Mallett has a cannon & a strong arm & by all accounts a high football IQ. It would be worth a gamble for a few picks. Talib is a solid corner who would combine with Gilmore to press receivers. We have a $120 million salary cap to work with & we will likely release: Fitz, Kelsay, Pears, McGee if these deals can be made. Pull these moves off & we could also possibly get Manti T'eo as well.

I'm working on a new OP on this very subject. Part of my analysis shows the fact that we've drafted only 3 QBs 2000-2012 while our nemesis New England has drafted 7. This is also at a time when New England had acquired Brady & the Bills traded their 1st round in 2003 for Bledsoe. This pick turned out to be the 13th pick in the draft that the Pats used to draft Ty Warren. To compound our issues we have spent 3 1st round picks in 2003, 2007, & 2010 on running backs while also using a 2nd round pick in 2001 on another one. We traded Peerless Price to get McGahee which killed our pass offense in 2003. There were draft successes but the failures of Mike Williams #4 2002, Aaron Maybin #9 2009 have severely hampered our progress. If you believe in continuity & I am one who doesn't then the obvious decision must be made to acquire a franchise QB. Now we can either gamble future draft picks on an existing veteran starter Rivers or Flacco or someone's #2 like Ryan Mallett, Matt Flynn, etc. We've already done the whole draft picks thing with Rob Johnson & Bledsoe. We need a long-term solution at QB. Now that could entail trading the house for Geno Smith, or bottoming out in 2013 finishing in last place like Indy 1997 &, 2011 or we can hope on a late round bloomer like Russell Wilson. I caution you that anyone below the 2nd round has a 10% success rate.

I would wager this is the last we will see of McKelvin in a Bills uniform.

The idea of my OP was to have an intelligent discussion on how to take away Brady's weapons. I believe the reason why Brady is good in the Patriots system is because he possesses those qualities. In no way does that make him the same QB as Manning or Rodgers. Brady is not the same down the field passer that Brees, Manning, or Rodgers are. Brady completes most of his passes underneath and beats you deep when you get tired of being bludgeoned to death with all the short passes and runs. But no feel free to say he is not a system quarterback and while your at it neither is Matt Cassel. Let's call the Patriots bluff. If they are so enamored with Mallett then they won't trade him. If they decide he is movable as they did Drew Bledsoe then we will benefit & the Patriots will be without their #2 QB.

We do not attack on defense.

Also pointed out why he struggled against zone defense. SJ13 would need to find the soft spots & make the catches when targeted. SJ13 plays a lot of Madden so he can adjust.

Some guys look good in spandex, others in pads, Roosevelt is the later.

No.

How is Welker overated? Just set NFL record for most 100 catch seasons. What are your thoughts on Talib, Vollmer, Edelman?

Piece by piece. Every team in the division should gang up on the Pats. In 3 years they would be decimated.

I see a lot of Chris Carter in SJ13.

0-18 Baby!

Your thought process is why we suck. Marcia aka Mr. Tom Brady is a system quarterback who has a strong football iq, is ultra competitive, strong armed & deadly accurate. Taking away Brady's strengths Welker, Edelman, Vollmer would hurt him. Perhaps you under estimate the talent assembled around him? Gronk & Hernandez would be forced to do more work & those 2 haven't proven themselves to be durable.

Shouldn't we be discussing how to kill the Patriots? Looking at the 2013 Patriots free agents it's obvious the Patriots are vulnerable to mass defections at key positions of strength, and key positions where they are weak. The Bills would be wise to target the Patriots at their core. Here is what I'm proposing: #1 Offer our 2nd & 3rd round pick in 2014 for Ryan Mallett #2 Sign Wes Welker WR #3 Sign Julian Edelman WR #4 Sign Sebastian Vollmer T #5 Sign Aqib Talib CB Now I know we aren't going to get all 5 of these guys, but the idea is we can make the Patriots weaker by: A - forcing them to pay more to retain their talent, B - taking their talent making them weaker and us stronger, & C - eliminating their depth at key positions QB, WR, T, CB while adding to ours. Here is my rationale further explained: Quarterback: Mallett IMO is a guy they have confidence in to step in for Brady much like Cassel did in 2008. At the very least Mallett should be a guy who could play backup in Buffalo and possibly be a strong starter at a Flacco level. Also such a move would weaken New England's depth and further stretch out their resources at QB. The worse case scenario if we were to acquire Mallett would be that he sucks and we'd lose a couple of draft picks that Nix was likely to miss on anyway. Furthermore the Bills aren't likely to get Geno Smith a QB many consider to be the #1 overall pick in the draft Wide Receiver: The Patriots have so many weapons, but many of them are Tight Ends. Edelman & Welker are slot receivers who do so much for New England underneath. Further more Welker has just set an NFL record 5 100 catch seasons. Welker will be 33 next season, but he hasn't shown any signs of slowing down. Eliminating these receivers and adding them to our roster would also free up space for Johnson. Offensive Tackle: The Bills could benefit from Vollmer who is better suited at RT. The Bills have zero rushing touchdowns rushing outside of their right guard. Vollmer is valuable asset and won't come cheap. He will likely be the #2 sought after T in FA outside of Jake Long. Cornerback: The Patriots #1 weakness has been at corner the past 5 years. Taking Talib would further deplete their secondary and allow the Bills to move away from the McGee & possibly make McKelvin expendable. Go Bills!

Stevie Johnson is a better part-time rapper then these guys are full-time rappers. Pathetic.

Dontcha think if we are fronting $200 million that the Bills could return a favor and pull the silly escapade in Toronto?

Thinking strategically let's lose out this year. And if the QB we get in the draft sucks hopefully we will go 0-16 and draft Johnny Football or whoever is the #1 QB prospect. I'm all for losing every game until we find ourselves a winner.

I'd be shocked if we beat the Fins in Miami. As for the Jets expect 10,000 blow hard Jets fans in town to dump on our Bills. It will be a pathetic mess. Probably 25,000 Bills fans vs. 10,000 Jets fans. I'd be shocked if McElroy didn't slice & dice us. McElroy will play the role of Tom Brady much like Sanchez did in week 1.

I signed this I'm in. I've blasted to my 300 WNY friends on facebook. Let's clean house!