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"Our chairs are square, our end tables are round, and we have wall to wall cowskin pattern carpeting. As you can see, we march to the beat of a different drum here in Buffalo."
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The defense was better this year than last year. The personnel was also a bit better though, too. Point is the players make the difference more than anything and Rex is a good defensive mind so the defense should continue to be dominant next year.
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Guys in the NY media are SUPPOSED to blast the former coach.
Just like guys in the Buffalo media are SUPPOSED to say Marrone is a bum!
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I like your thinking. I am a big fan of Doug Whaley, I think you can see real progress in just the depth of talent the team now has, especially on the defensive side of the ball, and I really don't blame him too much for whiffing on a QB, of all the positions to draft for, unless you have an Andrew Luck available, it's going to always be a crap shoot.
People forget how sick of the Edwards > Fitzpatrick era everyone was. There was immense pressure to draft a new QB. Also, they didn't really intend on playing EJ right away. They brought in Kolb to ease the transition for a year, but didn't foresee him retiring due to preseason concussions. Obviously the EJ pick was not Whaley's finest hour, but on the whole the regime has drafted and assembled talent well.
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Also:
11) Mandatory routine pedicures for all female staff members
12) Hard Knocks: Buffalo?
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Most important thing we need to focus on in the next 3 years is beating Brady and the Pats with whoever our mediocre qb happens to be.
If we don't beat them we will never win a championship.
Rex is the only proven HC in the world that has beat up the Pats multiple times without a great qb. In fact, he almost did it twice this year with Geno.
As far as resume goes, he wins in my book.
Always liked guy, glad he's on board.
YES good point Rex knows how to beat the Patriots.
He has shown he knows how to approach them.
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1) Rex Ryan is a proven NFL commodity. Let's face it: the Falcons, 49ers, Bears, and even the Jets are all considered more desirable and prestigious coaching jobs. Reports have come out that Atlanta was Rex's first choice, followed by SF. That is not a negative thing that he wasn't in love with the Buffalo situation, it's a positive thing that we swooped in and got him while other teams were indecisive.
2) The coordinators are not the messiahs. Frank Reich is not ready to be a head coach. He just doesn't have enough experience. The Buffalo connection is cool, but he's not on other teams short lists. The Seahawks assistants are sexy, but really Pete Carroll is the one making it happen out there. We've seen other coaching trees plucked dry to no avail many times in the past around the league. That's not to say none of these coordinators will go on to have success, but if one of them goes on to coach a team to a conference championship game that would be considered a huge success. Rex has already done that.
3) Speaking of that conference championship game, that Jets team and roster with Sanchez and the great defense was pretty similar to the situation he is now taking over in Buffalo.
4) The defense was great under Pettine. The defense was great under Schwartz. The defense will be great under Ryan, because the defense has great players.
5) The last OC had no business being an NFL coordinator. The new OC has proven experience on a team that went to a Superbowl. This is a big upgrade over Hackett.
6) Both the new HC and OC have experience working with teams that have strong defensive talent and a lack of production from the QB position. I wish we had Andrew Luck on the roster, but the reality is we don't. These guys can work with what we have today.
7) I have my issues with Whaley. I am not an EJ Manuel guy, and with the way other rookies played this year the Watkins trade looks iffy. However, it seems clear to be that this team has been ON THE WHOLE increasing the amount of talent on the roster for the last several seasons. The owners sided with the current front office and I support them.
8) The Bills will get added national media attention with Rex as HC. If the team gets hot next year, it could cause Buffalo to all of a sudden become a much hotter free agent destination for the 2016 offseason.
9) The last several times the Bills had a coaching search, the process was lengthy and they were spurned by many candidates, and it felt like they were left scraping the bottom of the barrel. Jauron and Gailey were old, behind the times, and washed up. Marrone was a longshot flyer that no one else really wanted, who had a very marginal resume but happened to coach in the right geographic region. This time they interviewed a wide variety of great candidates, and acted decisively in getting a quality staff in place.
10) RYAN AND ROMAN IS A CLEAR UPGRADE OVER MARRONE AND HACKETT
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The Bills organization is on the verge of becoming a laughing stock, if it isn't already.
LOL on the verge? What, before this they were a respected NFL franchise?
Who's next to "become" a laughingstock? Oakland or Jacksonville?
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Rob why don't you give some examples where opting out destroyed the credibility of a player or coach?
There are thousands of example where it did not destroy their credibility, so surely you can easily rattle off a dozen examples where it did.
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Ralph is obviously very generous, but he also was cheap in the way he ran this franchise.
This. Not a complex issue.
The franchise suffered at the expense of profitability. He then donated a lot of those profits posthumously.
That is good if you support his charity. That is not good if you would rather just have the Bills win.
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A $4 million check is peanuts in this situation
Damn you must eat some really good peanuts.
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His credibility took a hit with BILLS FANS and a few BILLS PLAYERS but that is really it.
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He quit to go coach a big name franchise like SF or CHI.
He will get a job. No one will blame him for leaving the Bills.
The whole thing is very obvious.
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ok saved the best one for last
if you only click one make it this bottom one
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WARNING VIDEO CONTAINS PROFANITY
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Johnson was so overrated during his time in Buffalo.
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A kid cannot become the starting quarterback at Florida State without God-given ability. He has huge potential.
Charlie Ward
Chris Weinke
Drew Weatherford
Casey Weldon
Chris Rix
Danny Kannell
Christian Ponder
I don't think FSU has ever had one single quarterback go on to have a good NFL career.
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You have it all wrong.
It's not like Orton somehow swooned the Bills into signing him, and then didn't deliver on his promises.
This is not like Cutler in Chicago getting $100MM and looking like garbage.
He's some retread the Bills signed off the scrap heap. He got them through the season and wanted out.
If Orton didn't meet your expectations this season, your expectations were really out of whack.
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Dude, no. He didn't play the Bills at all.
He didn't come knocking down the Bills door trying to get a job, they went out and got him. It was a desperate move by a desperate team, and he did his job and got them through the season.
I have no problems with Orton. He's not good enough to be a starting NFL QB, but he didn't do anything wrong.
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One thing that should be clear about Marrone by now, is that when he feels a player isn't what he wants for the team, he closes the door and doesn't look back.
Doesn't matter where you're drafted or what you're paid, if you get on his bad side then plan on keeping Mike Williams some company.
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Sanchez!? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Sometimes it's hard to even tell if people are being serious around here or just making joke threads.
Sanchez
lol
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I would take Trestman as OC in a heartbeat.
Yes, he has his flaws.
But at least he's a legitimate coach, not just Doug's tag along buddy.
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Beckham is better than Watkins, that is a plain fact to anyone with eyes.
That is OK. Sammy seems fine. We gave up a little too much for him but he's not a bust. Just because some other guy in the draft might be better it doesn't mean our guy sucks, and just because we drafted a guy it shouldn't mean as fans we can't admit that someone else is better.
If you want to compare rookie receivers, compare Sammy to Benjamin, Evans, or Cooks.
Rex on EJ: "I'd like to see him use his legs more."
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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You gotta be mobile in the NFL these days.
Look at Aaron Rodgers.
Look at Andrew Luck.
Look at Russell Wilson.
These guys can deliver the ball from the pocket, but the thing that makes them so deadly is that they routinely get outside of the pocket and make plays both with the legs and with their arms while on the move.