Brandon

Good luck selling Dick Jauron and his 36-49 career record and 4 losing season out of 5 to a Buffalo Bills fanbase that is sick and tired of losing.

Al Saunders was the Rams WR coach in 1999 and 2000. He'll be 59 next month.

Yes. He was the Rams WR coach when they won the Super Bowl.

I don't know if he's a purely a WCO coach or not. It may simply be a case of Sherman not screwing up something that's not broken (something too many coaches do in the situation he was in). He appears to be rather new to the WCO, only being involved in that system since joining the Packers in 1997 (interestingly as a TE coach and assistant OL coach). Prior to that, Sherman was an OL coach dating all the way back to 1983 with Tulane, Holy Cross, UCLA, and his most recent job prior to joining the Packers was at Texas A&M, again, as an OL coach. I find his experience at Texas A&M the most interesting and the most indicative of the fact that he probably is NOT a WCO only type of coach. That's not exactly a passing team, but he coached there for almost a decade before joining the Packers. Most likely, the WCO is simply something he picked up under Holmgren, but he's probably got experience coaching in a lot of different systems.

No, he won't hire Sherman simply for that reason, but you're crazy if you don't think Levy will consider how his HC choice fits his existing roster. The fact that Sherman liked Losman and presumably still does WILL have some influence, especially once Sherman explains why he believes Losman would fit so well in his offense.

So, you seem to be saying that you hold winning against Sherman because he had a good team, but will give Jauron a free pass because his team stunk? Can't go along with that one. Give me the proven winner anyday.

No interview scheduled with Haslett? There is hope after all.

Yup. I still have absolutely no idea why that guy is a candidate for a HC job. He's got one year as a coordinator on a team with a statistically mediocre defense on his resume. They can keep him, too.

I guess they figure they can admit it since it ultimately didn't cost the Steelers a win.

What has Carthon done to warrant any attention for a HC job? He's currently with his third team in four years. His teams have finished 26th, 21st, 25th, and 32nd in scoring the last four years, 30th, 15th, 17th, and 26th in total offense. I see no reason for any interest in him as Bills HC. Sean Payton hasn't done anything, either, but I suspect the Bills interest in Payton is mainly due to the fact that he's considered a good QB coach. He's not very high on my list of coaching candidates, either.

Ron Edwards could probably play a DE position in a 3-4, IF he could stay on the field. I believe he was projected as a possible 3-4 end coming out of the 2001 draft. I also agree that Ryan Denney might be able to handle it as well.

I agree with you completely. We currently don't have the players to utilize a 3-4 defense. That said, coming off a 5-11 season and needing to almost completely rebuild both lines, I see no reason not to give a switch to a 3-4 some serious consideration. Its not like we have the personnel to run a 4-3 effectively, either.

Informal contact with team officials, huh? I'm guessing that this means he called Ralph Wilson, begged him to hire him, and Ralph hung up on him?

A little information about Al Saunders from the Chiefs website. http://www.kcchiefs.com/coach/al_saunders/ He's been a longtime NFL assistant, a former NFL HC, won a Super Bowl in St.Louis as WR coach, and has run a very successful offense in KC for five years now. Seems like he'd be a great choice. Of course, I'm sure the Bills have no interest in hiring him. As someone else said, it makes too much sense.

I didn't think you were. I was just clarifying my position on it. I've seen that move suggested many times and I don't like it at all. I don't think there is any potential for it to make the team better on the field and all it does is weaken the CB position. For the record, I feel we should franchise Clements, trade him for a pick, and use it to upgrade another position. That makes the Bills weaker at CB, but stronger at another position with the hope being that it makes them a better overall team. I'm also working on an offseason scenario that I'll be posting in a few days that details this a bit more.

That's the only benefit. The problem I have with it is that we'd also be trading a proven quality CB for a completely unproven rookie. Nate Clements certainly had a down year, no question, but there's little reason to believe he won't bounce back. He's young and has no injury history. I think they'd be better off using the franchise tag on Clements to keep him and give him a chance to recover from a poor 2005 than trading him and using the pick on a CB. If you want to trade him for a 1st round pick and take another position, I think that's fine. I'd do that. But to trade him for a rookie CB just to save cap room is an Arizona Cardinals type of move.

One question... How do the Bills benefit from trading Nate Clements for a draft pick and then using that same draft pick on a CB?

Schottenheimer is 186-124 in 20 years as a head coach in the NFL. The guy has posted only TWO losing seasons in 20 years, 2003 and 1998, and 10 years of 10+ wins. I could live with that.

BTW, I also forgot to mention one thing about Sherman. Its also a well known fact that he wanted the Packers to draft JP Losman had the Bills not taken him instead.

McNally also didn't have five starting caliber OL to put on the field last year, either. Before he is thrown under the bus, I'd like to see what he can do when he has something resembling talent to work with. The fact that he has turned Jason Peters, a college TE, into a reasonably good starting RT is a good example of how good of a coach he can be if given players with some ability.

I think it'll either be Mike Sherman or Jim Fassel. The one thing I did not know about Mike Sherman is that he has an extensive background as an OL coach.

Jason Peters does not have 4.5 speed. He might get close to 4.80, but that's about it. He's only fast for someone of his size. After watching him play at Arkansas and now for the Bills, I feel pretty confident that the Bills are playing him in the correct position. At TE, I don't think he'd be anything more than 2nd TE brought in primarily for his blocking abilities. He'll never be anything but an average recieving threat at the position. By contrast, he's proving that he can be a quality starting OT and he's got the ability to be as good as he wants to be at the position.

That's what I thought had happened. No other reason to eject Taylor from the game for that situation.

Sean Taylor is now leaving the field (ejected from game?).

I have a feeling that there was more to that than we know.