Nihilarian

The Bills offense has been stymied quite a bit this year and when the run game fails it all falls on the QB to make plays. Looking at Hogan's play from last year and the fact that the kid caught more first down passes than any other pass for Buffalo I tend to think Tyrod Taylor misses him a great deal this year. Plus, Chris Hogan was basically the only healthy Bills receiver for all of 2015 and still is healthy for the Patriots this year. So, I don't get why anyone would think he is anything like the current glass WR's on the Buffalo roster, excluding Woods. Look, I don't really care that Hogan is now a Patriot. What I do care about is GM Doug Whaley allowed him to leave and like with other positions didn't adequately replace him with an equal or better talent. There is a real reason as to why the Patriots went after him and signed him for so much money and it's because the kid makes the clutch catch and can stay healthy!

Good luck with this as Brandon is more of a fixture at OBD than Ralph Wilsons statue. I get the impression from hearing the Pegulas talk about the team that they are still very enamored with Rex Ryan and can't understand why Bills fans don't love him. At this point I kinda doubt any change happens any time soon.

I think it's not unusual that so many Bills fans bought into that story about Rex Ryan getting fired after the Steelers game on Monday if the Bills are blown out. And that TT will be benched and Cardale Jones will start the last three games. Then, kinda strange that the Bills call for a press conference at 4:40 just to announce that TT is still the starting QB. Anyone else it was unusual that Kim Pegula is on twitter at around that very same time wanting Bills fans input into the assumed firing of Rex and the benching of TT? If someone at OBD leaked this story to the press they really screwed the team because it looked like the players all bought into it as the entire team seemed to lack a spark or purpose even though the team is still fighting for a playoff spot.

Some fans would rather disparage the QB then acknowledge that Chris Hogan would have been a great asset to have in Buffalo this year.

JAG... who caught the TD bomb that was the difference in the game for the Patriots against the Ravens! JAG, that caught more passes for first downs than any other pass for Buffalo. Yea, Tyrod Taylor couldn't have used him this year as they have had Sammy Watkins, Robert Woods, Marcus Easley, Walter Powell, Percy Harvin all year and the Bills passing offense is 31st...oh wait!

#1) totally wrong as the Bills defense focused on stopping Big Ben and the Steelers passing game while never changed their defensive scheme. Just by playing a two-gap more the Bills D could have done so much better against Bell and should have considering the weather conditions. This year's defense is now currently ranked 18th and 28th against the run. Complete and utter coaching failure! #2) Rex Ryan would argue with you as he thinks Tyrod is the man for the job as the Buffalo Bills starting QB and when Tyrod is on and the run game is working the Buffalo offense is tough to stop. #3) new Bills OC Anthony Lynn has had some games just like Greg Roman did in the first two weeks and since there isn't another viable OC waiting in the wings the team stays the same. IMO Lynn has made some rather bad calls in different situations, Take that Raider game for example as the Bills had the ball on their own 4-yard line so Tyrod is in his own end zone as Lynn calls a shotgun pass play. This, knowing that RT Mills in a turnstile and Khalil Mack has been getting beaten like a drum! Should have given Mills some help with Mack and should have never called a pass play in that situation as 99% of other NFL team would call a run to give the Bills offense some breathing room. There have been several games since Lynn took over that the run game faltered and Lynn had no answer to get the offense going but put it all on the QB. This!

Someone remind me why the Bills didn't resign Chris Hogan!

My point was the Bills offensive line is not as good as the stats say IMO mostly because of a running QB and LeSean McCoy has had some unreal games against some bad defenses. This Steeler game Mccoy was held to 12 carries for 27 yards a 2.3 yard per carry average. Now granted this was without Glenn who left early with an injury and Cujo replaced him. Woods was not in there either as he was replaced by Groy and Mills and Miller are simply not good enough. This same thing reared it's ugly head against different teams this season. In the Miami game where I think McCoy had a hamstring issue, McCoy 8 rushes for 11 yards, Gillislee 5 rushes for 20 yards and Tyrod Taylor was the leading rusher with 7 attempts for 35 yards, one TD. Again against the Ravens the Bills had only 24 rushes for 65 yards and against the Jets 19 rushes for 86 yards and this game got Greg Roman fired. I used to look at the 49ers with envious eyes until the moron for a GM dismantled a great run blocking line (ranked 27th now)and now I look at the Dallas Cowboys who have that distinction. The Dallas Cowboys have the exact same run first offense and yet are doing so much better with better players and better coaching. I don't think much of Bills OC Anthony Lynn anymore because he hasn't found a way to get the offense working when opponents shut down the Bills run game. Plus, against the Raiders the Bills had the ball on their own four-yard line and Lynn calls for a pass play on first down deep in their own territory when 99% of other NFL OC's would call a run play to get the offense some breathing room. Then, in knowing the Bills offense was forced to pass the ball they didn't give much help to Mills at RT who was getting owned by Khalil Mack. Cam Robinson will probably be a top 10 pick and thus be out of reach for the Buffalo Bills this next draft. However, the Bills might have a shot at Ryan Ramczyk or Garet Bolles. Alas, If Whaley is still the GM expect a safety to replace Aaron Williams and if Rex is still here expect the next two picks to be for the defense again this draft.

This whole thing was probably a ploy from Brandon to see how the fan base would react. All it did was prompt the Rams to fire their HC first so they could pursue Harbaugh.

Good lord, I'm agreeing with peterpan... Pay the guy 10 to 15 mill per. EDIT: Kirk Cousins would do for #1 & #2 Move freaking Russ Brandon over to the Sabres and keep him out of the football stadium entirely or at some point he is going to want to be the head coach.

This! Bill Belichick is an evil genius that can make anyone look good at QB in his offense and he just wants draft picks for these scrubs..and he gets them! The only reason the Bills lost to the Patriots this year was because they were forced to start a rookie, third string QB who was injured and went on IR after that game. I would prefer to see the Bills trade away picks to move up to the top 3 to draft a QB or get Kirk Cousins.

I agree with this and must say that Greg Roman was made to be the scapegoat. just look at what happened this week against the Steelers as Tyrod came out throwing. The Bills offensive and defensive lines were manhandled! LeSean McCoy 12 rushes for 27 yards a 2.3 yard per carry average. Now granted the line lost Glenn early on and with Groy at center, Cujo at LT, Mills and Miller this O-line couldn't move anyone off the line. Still, the Bills had no answer in getting their run game going. The Raiders stopped the Bills run game and forced Tyrod to throw too. As bad as Tyrod Taylor played he actually had better stats than Big Ben! Too bad a lot of that came in garbage time. Some fans want Lynn as HC and I look at the game against the Raiders when the ball at the Buffalo 4 yard line and Lynn calls for a shotgun pass out of the end zone with Mills blocking Khalil Mack, a disaster waiting to happen. 99% of the NFL teams would run the ball in that situation. Baalke sucks and he didn't become the actual 49ers GM until 2011 so he wasn't the one who brought in all that talent to the team. While he did properly evaluate the talent it was GM Scot McCoughlan that built that team. The 49ers are 1-12 and only the Browns are worse.

Hey Bill, hope you are fairing well. I think Rex Ryan had the right idea with a run first team but alas he was fighting a GM who doesn't put much worth in quality offensive linemen. Although the Buffalo Bills have the best rushing team in the league that is misleading as the QB is also a running QB who has 471 rushing yards himself, 6 rushing TD's. Both Miami and now Pittsburgh manhandled that Buffalo offensive line. The Bills defensive line was also pushed all over the field at will. This is what it looks like when a bad team plays a good team that is about to make the playoffs. The Buffalo Bills need to clean house with the entire FO in Brandon, Whaley, and the coaches all need to go. It was very disheartening to hear that these new owners have cooled on the idea of a czar, though.

Don't look now but the 2016 Buffalo Bills defense is currently ranked 18th! They allowed a franchise-worst record 236 rushing yards to Bell and that was also a franchise best for the Steelers! Shades of Dave Wannstedt..hey, the Bills should have just fired Gailey and hired Dave to get this kind of success. The Bills are 28th against the run and 9th against the pass. Even Mike Pettine was better.

Harbaugh was hired by the 49ers in 2011 after they went 6-10. The 49ers went to 13-3 in his first year 2011. 11-4-1 and a super bowl his second year 2012. 12-4 his third year 2013, and 8-8 2014 his fourth year mostly because his GM dismantled the best offensive line in the league, their QB Colin Kaepernick regressed. (Buffalo should be so lucky) Harbaugh took all the blame but it was Trent Baalke who the real problem with that team and he should be fired this offseason. http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/gm-trent-baalke-likely-done-with-49ers-chip-kellys-fate-up-to-next-gm/ Nice try, though, Crayonz.

Brandon let it be known that the Raiders were interested in hiring him and thus he got a promotion. He has his vampire fangs deep into Terry's throat and isn't about to let go anytime soon. Personally, I think these new owners are a bit overwhelmed in what's involved in running an NFL franchise and are afraid to clean house. Alas, as that is exactly what they should do because their idea of running an NFL team is an 180-degree departure from Ralph Wilson who wanted a profit first and winning second....or perhaps win games if everything falls that way. These new owners aren't dependent on the team making a profit to support themselves and in fact are more than rich enough to hire the best and brightest in the NFL to win. What they don't see just yet is winning will make everyone want to work for them. Wilson couldn't hire anyone he wanted because so many didn't want to work for him.

Bills fans shouldn't need to show their disdain for Rex Ryan. These owners must watch the games and see what we see.

FIRED! I think they wanted to outdo Buffalo and be first. But man did Fisher deserve it as his supposed good defense with quality players stunk it up...just like someone in Buffalo who allowed franchise defensive records to be broken.

Buffalo isn't the only team making him an offer as there are rumors that same figure was offered by the Rams.

Some of us have had this same opinion of Brandon that Tim Graham has and every time we voice it the same few people come out to shoot it down. I've come to the conclusion that either they are on Brandon's payroll or have friends that are... or what better way for a marketing man to control the fan base, but with disinformation. Dunno how many of you know this poster but he is a known insider at OBD who has have insight into many of the workings in the Bills FO! Somehow the guy is made of Teflon and he supposedly hasn't had a voice in anything. Leroi, "Russ has a big part in scouting and the draft process. He is definetly involved. The guy is a sports genius, we are lucky to have him as the president of Buffalo sports. Remember he was our GM not that long ago. Imo " Even if you don't believe Tim graham, Leroi or others that have said they know of Brandon's involvement in football decisions. He was in the Bills cut room meetings on the phone to free agents! He is involved on the football side. Russ Brandon was the one who convinced these new owners that they had the needed football acumen to know who to pick as their head coach. "they would know who to hire after they spoke with all the candidates"

Same, or hire Bill Cowher and allow him to evaluate and rebuild the team as the man does know player talent and coaches. I would have preferred hiring Packers GM Ted Thompson away from Green Bay and give him complete autonomy on the football side. This idea was looking good a few weeks ago when the Packers were losing.

You had me at #1.

Respectfully, who is going to make the final decision on who to hire as HC and will it be successful at all if the very same people that have been unsuccessful in the past do the hiring. Brandon since 2007. Whaley since 2013. What's more, who is to find this elusive elite franchise QB if the current GM already took his shot with EJ and then went overboard in spending two first round picks on a glass WR attempting to make that QB pick work. Meanwhile, the guy basically had no success with building a proper offensive line. Remember LG Chris Williams for 5 mill per who played 3 games and done! Or how about OG Colin Brown who Whaley tried to replace Andy Levitre with and was so bad he only lasted 6 games before being cut. Let's not forget it was Rex Ryan who vouched for all pro LG Richie Incognito and wanted Tyrod Taylor. Ryan was also chasing Cowboys OG La'el Collins before he signed with Dallas. This team already passed on Derek Carr, Teddy Bridgewater for that glass WR who is always injured and now looking back at that 2014 draft. If Whaley knew wtf he was looking at in terms of college talent the team could have gone with trading up for LBer Khalil Mack or WR Mike Evans instead of Watkins! Or stayed at #9 and drafted all pros LBer Anthony Barr, WR Odel Beckham JR, DT Aaron Donald, OG Zack Martin, LBer CJ Mosley. Or traded up for Carr, Bridgewater. I think Bills fans want to give Whaley more credit than he deserves and since it's been so long since the team had a successful playoff season that fans tend to not see all the problems. Who cares if the team changes the entire front office structure and then fails to win more than 3 games. That will simply mean they haven't found the right front office people. It will also allow them to make changes to the FO again and ultimately have a legit shot at a franchise QB with a top 3 pick. I have no faith in Doug Whaley and his scouting staff to find a decent HC or QB. I also have no faith in Russ Brandon or the Pegula's to make those choices either.

Changing just the HC won't change much really. This team needs an entire regime change with someone very smart at the top of the org making all the football decisions. Far, far too many problems with the lack of backup talent, the trainers as so many are ending up on IR or playing hurt. The doctors who give the okay to bring in injury prone draft picks and free agents. Not to mention the lack of quality offensive scouts who can find that elite franchise QB. Missed on Derek Carr. The bills missed their chance with Bill Polian who may be taking a job with the Bears.

We're watching the walking dead...