Brandon

Well, let me re-phrase it. I suppose its not so much that I like Russ Grimm but that this group of coordinator candidates really sucks. IMO, he's the best of the bunch that's currently being connected to the Bills, but that isn't saying a whole lot.

He's the only coordinator I've seen mentioned so far that I like. The one thing that worries me is that most of the people they're interviewing have backgrounds on defense and I'm really concerned that a lot of them are going to have trouble putting together a competent staff of assistants to coach the offense.

Dick LeBeau is getting pretty old. I think he's over 70.

Now that is a shocker, certainly more so than the rest of these guys being fired.

In other words, he left himself an out and in essence, nothing has really changed. The Bills were, and are, a long shot to hire Cowher as their next head coach.

Not everyone watches sportscenter all day. All I wanted to see was a print source, and now we have it. Again, it wouldn't be the first time someone posted something completely false that they supposedly saw on TV. In this case, he wasn't lying.

I wasn't bashing you. I'm just saying that without confirmation (which we have now), its just the word of another guy with a couple of posts. There are a ton of false rumors posted around here in the offseason and without a source, you have to take it with a grain of salt.

He updates that page constantly.

I'll believe it when I see a reliable source. No offense, but the word of a guy with 5 posts doesn't mean much to me. Note that Schefter has not updated his twitter page with this, either.

Give the guy a break. What, were you expecting a more productive rookie season than Erik Flowers had? You people and your unrealistic expectations...

Thanks for stopping by, Ralph. Best of luck selling Dick Jauron...I mean, Jim Haslett, to the fan base. You're going to need it.

Realistically, no more than two. It may have been possible for the Bills to draft higher than 7th, but everything would've had to go right for it to happen. The Bills will almost certainly draft either 8th or 9th now.

They can't possibly draft later than 10th, even with a win. We'll have to see how the whole strength of schedule thing works out today, but its very unlikely that they will draft higher than 7th with a loss, even though it might still be technically possible...barely.

They'd better care. This is their last chance to make an impression on the incoming coaching staff. Most of them are playing for their jobs right now.

Is anyone actually watching this game today?

If the Texans give him another year or two, I think they're going to be an excellent team very soon. They're not winning consistently yet, but they're definitely moving in the right direction.

Don't get your hopes up. The initial reports were that the meetings with Shanahan went well, too.

That's fine. If the Texans change coaches and hire Cowher, I wouldn't be at all disappointed if the Bills hired Kubiak instead.

You're right. I knew he'd been the head coach there, but I did not know how long. As it turns out, it was from 1984-1992. I'm not sure where I read the Cleveland thing, but obviously, it was wrong.

Well, at least there was one positive to that trade.

I may be wrong, but I think Nix and Cowher both worked for the Browns back in the 80s when Schottenheimer was head coach there.

I agree. All this talk about the existing roster, but the guys they currently have are old and aren't playing well at all as a unit, anyway. Four of their starters in the defensive front seven are on the wrong side of 30, plus their top reserve DE is as well. They also need to replace Keith Ellison. They're going to have to completely rebuild that group over the next two or three years, anyway, so if they want to change scheme, now would seem to be the best time to do it. I'd prefer that they go ahead and make the switch. Yes, its hard to find a NT, but its also extremely difficult to find good 4-3 DEs these days and I think that at the very least, its easier to find OLBs who can rush the passer out of a 3-4 and that alone probably makes it a superior scheme.

It may be that he was just unlucky in Baltimore, especially at QB, where he had a solid veteran in Elvis Grbac who retired early for no apparent reason, then they made a really bad pick with Kyle Boller. Then again, perhaps the success of Minnesota's offense during the 90s was more attributable to Dennis Green than Brian Billick? I don't know.

He's not my first choice, but he'd be good enough. At least he's a winner and could bring some legitimacy to the franchise, which should help with assistant coaches and free agents. I do worry about the fact that he couldn't build an offense in Baltimore, but I trust him more in that regard than another pick from the defensive coordinator ranks. One thing is for certain: if they hire Billick, you don't have to worry about discussing Tim Tebow anymore.

True. Once the coaching staff at Michigan changed, he felt the incoming system didn't suit his skills and transferred back home to Arkansas. Now, in one of the more complicated offenses in college football, all he has done is throw for 3,400 yards and 29 TDs in his first year as a starter. The difference between this offense with Ryan Mallett at QB vs Casey Dick last year is like night and day. He laid an egg against Alabama (who hasn't this year) and he's struggled with inconsistency at times, but generally speaking, he looks much, MUCH further along than you usually expect from a redshirt sophomore. I think he still needs another year, but he's been nothing short of an outstanding QB for the Razorbacks this year, IMO. And yes, living in Arkansas, I see most of their games every year, including this year.