Dan

Dungy hates Buffalo. It's obvious isn't it?

So you're saying Dustin Hoffmann will be the next GM? Link???

We're the worst. The lowest of the low. We shouldn't even move the franchise. We should just disband the team and sulk in our basements for a year.

IMO, it's an either/or situation. The big name coaches (Shanahan, Holmgren, Cowher) don't want a proven GM. They want all the power. So, if you want to bring one of them in, then all you need is a Brandon-type GM to essentially sign the checks for them. So, if you're going after one of them, which it appears Ralph is, then you put the GM and all other FO positions on the back burner. However, if they all turn you down, then you're looking at a hot coordinator, college coach, etc. In that case, I'd think you'd want a good GM and FO behind the guy. So, as I see it... Ralph is currently going the proven, highly touted coach route. Gruden, Homlgren, Shotty (if he can really be included in this group) are all out. That essentially leaves Shanahan at this point. So, Ralph will try to meet with him, give his best offer, and see where it goes. If Shanahan turns him down, then I think the whole process slows down and they begin looking for the FO staff. Or at least, that seems like the logical process to me. I'm not saying either approach is right or wrong, good or bad, just saying that's how I think the situation has to play out. There's probably just about the same probabilty of success or failure either way. IMO, if they hired some proven GM and then went after Shanahan, then we could really say the Bills are dysfunctional. As it looks now... to me, they're just trying all they can to get a proven, big-name coach in. I, for one, applaud Ralph for the effort. We'll see how it works out.

So before we can hire a good coach, we need a team so good that it doesn't need a good coach? Brilliant!

I'm fairly certain our inferiority complexes dictate that Gruden, as well as all other top coaching candidates, turned down the job because no one wants to come to Buffalo because we're so bad, we're beyond saving. Unless, of course, Ralph spends alot of money which, of course, will mean he overpaid and therfore must be desperate. So, if you please, I think Gruden hates Buffalo. Just as I'm certain Cowher laughed at the very notion of coaching the lowly Bills.

I'm assuming this is an attempt at humor? It's been a great game.

I'm sorry, you lost me. Which one of the posters here is this Sully fellow you keep referring to? Or is he Sully an amalgamative refference to 90% of the posters here?

I really shouldn't, but... when was the last time he did that though? 2007? As good as Peters may be, he just didn't want to be here. So, can we all just move along. I don't have a problem with your draft order. Although, I might throw a DT into the mix, if a good one is there.

It'd be nice to see someone build a new, luxury box-filled, state of the art stadium that still retained the appeal of the older fan-friendly stadiums. In much the same way as the Orioles' ball field did, it could recapture what it means to attend a game while changing the way these monstrosities are built.

IMO, an 18 game schedule just further dilutes the talent, and subsequent play, on the field. It would also also favor the larger market teams, because they'd have more money available to add the extra players to the roster that the league would almost certainly have to allow. Which would, in turn, further widen the gap between the small and large market teams. Of course, it would lead to increased TV revenues, so it's all good. So, by all means, it should be done.

Ask Jamon.

I fully expect a coach with the credentials of Shanny to leave without a contract. You never take the first offer. Not when there's so much time for things to change. So, it won't surprise me at all. But, that doesn't in any way mean that he won't still come here. If he's as smart as we all think he is, he'll still consider all his options and take the best all around offer on the table at season's end. And I would think that, although important, money isn't the most important aspect of his decision.

Using logic like this, some people here have been rooting for the Bills to lose out for about 4 years now. I wonder if they even like the team they're supposedly a fan of anymore?

Playing the way he has this season, I would disagree. He may have played some great games and had some great potential; but that is all in the past. He's not been good in quite some time.

False start penalty, as well. FWIW.

Agreed, that final drive was a stark contrast to what Trent has done. However, it also showed the good and the bad of Fitz. He's better than Trent in that he can move just enough in pocket to find an open receiver and get the ball downfield. On the other hand, he's just innacurate enough to miss TO with 2 passes and we lose the game.

I wouldn't say he sucks. But, he does look slow this year. As I recall, during Preseason he said he gained weight this past off season to better help him take hits. ?? I wonder if he's still at the higher weight, because he just looks slow.

We definitely need a proven coach. However, this is not the week to be dumping on Perry, IMO. He had less than a week to wrap his head around being a HC and had to remotivate his team. I'd say he did that. Yes, he made several critical errors that probably cost us the game. But, in his first ever game as HC with just a few days; I'll cut him slack for a week. Wood's injury is just horrible. No other way around it. Here's to praying he can come back healthy next season. Agreed, Fitzy is not the guy. He's better than Trent; not sure how much of a compliment that is though. It wouldln't upset me at all to see Brohm next week or the week after. Why not, right? They got the guy; it had to be to see him play. I'm still puzzled by that move knowing you'll almost certainly have new HC next season. Is it just me... we lost and that always sucks; but, why do I feel so good. It's as though this huge weight has been lifted. Here's to better days ahead.

Moorman definitely bobbled the snap. No question.

Yeah, but wait till the Jets get in that neww stadium. They'll be unstoppable - easily Super Bowl favorites. How could they not be? They'll have a new billion dollar stadium.

I think one of the differences, and of course this is pure speculation on my part, is that Ralph literally puts a gag order on staff at OBD. That's why we rarely even hear full contract terms. I get the feeling Ralph likes his privacy and demands it from his staff. Look at Fewell's answer regarding his conversation with Ralph; something along that lines of, "that's was something said between me and him". Period. No elaboration in any way whatsoever. Perhaps I'm wrong. But, if so, then it becomes extremely difficult for anyone to uncover the truth about the man behind the curtain.

COmpletely agree. I really hope it's a top notch candidate. We need that, if for nothing else, just to establish an air of credibility to the franchise again. However, if one is not hired, I don't think it necessarily means Ralph didn't try or want to. We'll just have to hope and see what happens.

The reports that make me happiest.

I disagree. Why is it that we don't know anything that's going on or we're being lied to, if someone other than Shannahan is hired? Just because a team source says they're interested in someone, that doesn't mean they have to or will hire that person. It simply means that... they're interested. So they'll research, review, and perhaps even talk to that individual. But, to continue with the Shanny example, suppose through that process it's revealed that Shanny wants to do something completely contrary to the ownership? Suppose, they make a huge offer to Shanny, but he turns them down - after his own careful consideration? Does that mean we were lied to? No, it means that for various reasons, that we may never know, Shanny didn't work out. So, why is ot a lie? It's not. The world is not black and white. Reporters write what they hear and research. But, that doesn't mean the story doesn't change a week later. And just because a story changes, that doesn't mean the initial story was wrong or a lie.