Nihilarian

Man, some of the excuses I've read here over the years. Now its going to take years for Rex Ryan to implement his defensive scheme? What? Rex Ryan was handed the keys to the #4 overall defense, and they are currently 20th. He took over the NUMBER ONE team in the NFL in sacks, and they are now 30th!!! This when the Bills added the probable defensive rookie of the year in Ron Darby? The guy is the very same loud mouthed bum that I was laughing at last year when Marrone / Schwartz beat the NY Jets 43-23. Then just before the second game he stated his Jets team would play 1000% better in the next game against Buffalo, and was blown out 38-3. His team went 4-12 last year, and he blamed it all on the GM, and QB. Ryan looked lost on the sidelines in NY, and now he is here in Buffalo.

Go back and re watch the New England game when Brady was under pressure for 20 of his 40 drop backs, and was screaming at his O line to block better. That was also without Kyle Williams and Mario Williams!! That was the anomaly of the season because sacks usually go hand in hand with pressures, hits, hurries, and the Bills haven't been getting it done because of the scheme Ryan has run in every game but that last Patriot game. Marcel Dareus stated in the pre season he was being asked to do things he wasn't asked to do last season, and publicly stated he was being used incorrectly. Rex Ryan then told the media that his defense was so complex that it takes awhile for the players to grasp / understand it. What that statement is, is complete horse crap because Ryan is asking his DT's to play gap control over rushing. He is also asking his D line to play a zone blitz, and have them drop into pass coverage more then they should. Some of us saw this in week two in that first game against the Patriots when Ryan had his defense play a soft cover rather then a pressure. What a debacle that was as Tom Brady set a Buffalo Bills worst ever 466 passing allowed by a single player. Then there is a distinct lack of D linemen rotation, as Schwartz rotated the line much more last season and thus kept those superstar pass rushers fresher in the fourth quarter. The Buffalo Bills went from 1st in the NFL to now 30th, and from 4th overall to now 20th, 22nd in pass defense. Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't the Bills secondary just get a whole lot better after this last draft with the addition of possible Defensive rookie of the year in #2 pick Ronald Darby? Now, think back to 2010-2011 with George Edwards as the Bills DC when neither the 3-4 or 4-3 worked. Now think back to 2012 with Dave Wanstedt as the Bills DC, and you will find similar results as this season with elite defensive talent. Its all in the lame scheme Rex Ryan is asking his players to run this year, and it is stinking up the league. Just last game at KC Alex Smith had all day to throw with very little pressure on him, and suddenly he becomes a great deep passer. Read what Vic Caruccui wrote after the week two game against New England. http://bills.buffalonews.com/2015/10/07/bills-d-line-experiencing-disconnect-with-scheme/ There was also a huge thread on the subject. http://forums.twobillsdrive.com/topic/181760-carucci-disconnect-exists-between-dl-and-scheme/page-14 Bottom line the current defensive scheme Ryan is running is not working with the elite defensive talent he has on the defensive line or the elite defensive backs on the roster. Cover scheme over pressure scheme never works. Rex Ryan = George Edwards / Dave Wannstedt!!

Man, for a team that was about to fire their HC.... Be nice to see the Bills play with this much fire the lions are showing, and glad Buffalo doesn't play them.

The ineptitude this man has shown this year in so many facets leads me to think that there is no way Ryan stays if this team finishes 7-9 or worse. He might get by with an 8-8, and even that is iffy in my view. This isn't a first time head coach as the guy had 6 years with the Jets, and they basically got worse every year to 4-12 last year. Ryan was a laughing stock to Bills fans after Marrone / Schwartz owned him in both games. 43-23, 38 -3 ring any bells?Then he blamed his failure on the GM for not getting him players, and his QB who threw a whole lot of INT's. After 7 seasons you should know how to get the players disciplined enough to not lead the league in penalties! The man is a supposed defensive guru, and he castrated the #4 defense, the #1 in sacks from last year with his inept scheme. Game management, and not knowing when to throw the red flag are forgivable for first time head coaches, and rookie staffs. However, this crew has mostly been together for 7 years and should know wtf they are doing as professionals!!! Rex Ryan comes off as a big mouth clown who gets his players to love him despite all the losing, and his inept scheme. Funny how Marcel Dareus was saying in pre season Ryan was using him incorrectly, and now we all finally see why. 20th in total defense, and 30th in sacks WTF!! Everything will depend on how badly these new owners want to win because the team is making a healthy profit even if the team ends up 5-11. Its hard to ignore this kind of ineptitude in a professional making 5 mill a year. These new owners didn't become Billionaires by hiring stupid people or keeping stupid people on the payroll. While Rex Ryan might be a very likable guy to the players, and fan base. I think he is has shown he is exact opposite that a family like the Pegula's want to see as a figurehead of their new franchise. Whoa, Promo fired up at a first year Bills HC! I like it!! You know he completely effed up the defense when they go from 1st to 30th in sacks. #4 in total defense to #20 now. Ryan was saying earlier in the season sacks don't matter...and they don't if you want to give the opposing QB all day to throw. If Ryan insists on running this particular scheme the Bills will need better safeties, and linebackers which might take a few years to obtain.

My viewpoint differs somewhat. Cleveland 2-9 - Mike Pettine- GONE Tennessee 2-9 already fired Ken Wisenhunt Interim HC Mike Mularkey- GONE San Fran 3-8- Jim Tomsula - does he get another year? I dunno with GM Trent Baalke one never knows. my guess is GONE Dallas 3-8 Jason Garrett - I have a tough time thinking Garrett survives this season. Maybe gone! It really is to bad for the Cowboy fans that have to put up with the owner as GM. GONE San Diego- 3-8 Mike McCoy- I think he stays. St Louis 4-7 Jeff Fisher -@ 7 mill per, and 4 years with the team 24-34-1 I'd be surprised if he stays. considering what Bruce Arians has done for Arizona so quickly. GONE! Jacksonville-4-7 Gus Bradley gets another year with Bortles at QB. Miami 4-7 Fired Joe Philbin- Dan Cambell interim GONE I think they go after Jim Schwartz hard this off season Baltimore 4-7 John Harbaugh- safe Philly 4-7 its all up to Chip Kelly if he is offered the Titans job to coach his boy New Orleans 4-7 Sean Payton safe unless he wants to leave. The Saints defense is complete crap Detroit 4-7 Jim Caldwell- so much depends on how the team finishes this year, as they have won 3 straight, and have 5 to go. 9-7 or 8-8 is conceivable. If so he stays. Buffalo 5-6 Rex Ryan- like Detroit so much will depend on how this team finishes this season. With 5 games to go the team could still finish 10-6 or 5-11, and anything close to the later he is history with his crappy defensive scheme! Indy 6-5 Chuck Pagano- its the defense that is letting the team down more then the offense with an injured Luck. Besides they have won three straight. He stays.

It will end when new ownership wakes up and stops listening to the marketing guy, and hires an actual football man to run the football operations side of the team. This team is in desperate need of a team president that actually knows football, and how to build a winning NFL team. The Bills had a guy like that back in the late 80's early 90's with Bill Polian, and the Pegula's reached out to him in the off season but he declined the job. It was reported that the new owners would hire a senior football adviser (football czar), and they never did. I'm hoping the do that after this season, hire a man like Packers GM Ted Thompson and promote him to team president. The hiring of a 4-12 Jets head coach is looking more, and more like a huge mistake, and the real conundrum is with this years defense. The #1 sacking team in the NFL last season is now 30th!! The defensive guru has fallen, and he can't get up! This years offense with last years defense, and this team is 9-2. JMO

Its not just about the stats because if you watched him beat the NE Patriots in overtime in Denver you would have seen the talent in this young man. Broncos GM doesn't make many mistakes, and I have to think there is a solid reason that he drafted this kid, and is allowing him to replace Payton Manning. He is 2-0 in his starts @ Chicago, and his team just beat the undefeated New England Patriots! While the Denver defense has been great all season so far they sure didn't stop Brady with 1:09 left in the game to drive the NE offense down the field to tie the game. Then Osweiler managed to score 17 points against that NE defense in the 4th quarter. That last TD pass he threw in the 4th was perfect. I like the kid a lot and am interested to see how the Broncos progress with him at QB.

Perhaps if the Bills 5-6 were out of playoff contention this might be true, but they aren't. They are the tenth seed behind KC 6-5, Jets 6-5, Houston 6-5, Pittsburgh 6-5, Oakland 5-6. This team was built to win now, and 2 or 3 drafts isn't going to help McCoy get any younger, or Sammy Watkins or the defensive players currently on the roster. As long as Rex Ryan continues to run his cover over pressure defensive scheme the team will struggle greatly to win games. Look at Houston WR DeAndre Hopkins to have a record setting game should the Bills not get any pressure on Hoyer. Houston 31- Bills 17.

I agree with all of this, and the bolded are most important.

Probably because they were swayed by Whaley, Brandon to hire Rex Ryan to get his Mike Pettine style of defense in Buffalo. If they knew then what they know now I highly doubt Rex Ryan gets hired. The penalties, worst in the league is bad coaching, and lack of discipline. The 20th ranked defense that was #4 overall last year. Now 30th in sacks that was #1 last year. Bad special teams coverage units with the same coach, players. Communication difficulties- headsets issues with QB's not getting the plays, and now figuring out which plays to throw a red flag at. Game management issues. Dick Jauron, Chan Gailey are looking like better hires right now. The Bills aren't yet 6-10, and I wonder if that is where this team ends up. I would have preferred giving Schwartz another shot at HC simply because he had earned it with the defense #1 team in sacks, and #4 overall defense. This years D would be even better with Darby. Last years defense with this years offense and the Bills are probably 9-2. JMO

Do you even watch other football games or other teams? The 2015 NY Jets are doing so well this year not because of Chan Gailey or Fitz, but rather their defense has been right around #1 all season long. Currently the NY Jets are fielding the #3 overall defense in yards. #12 against the pass, #1 against the rush, #7 in give/take. The Jets offense is currently 14th in total defense, and 20th in passing, 14th in rushing. Those numbers put their current offense at a very mediocre grade. BTW Revis was injured recently and didn't play the last two games because of a concussion. Rex Ryan is the Buffalo Bills DC, and sets up the scheme for his assistant coaches. The team is running the scheme he is directing them to run. Stating that you do need to realize that a huge reason this team is losing games, and not doing well on defense is because of the lack of pressure on the opposing QB's almost all season long. The reason I say almost is because Ryan's defense showed up recently in the second game against the Patriots were his Buffalo defense was able to put more pressure on Brady then he has seen the last seven years! Brady was under pressure 20 of his 40 drop backs. Currently the Buffalo Bills are 30th in QB sacks, pressures, hurries. From #1 in the league last year to 30th this year, and you think he is still a top NFL defensive coordinator? The Bills are currently 20th in total defense. Those numbers are just crazy bad for this year, and after watching that Patriots game I came to realize its all in the schemes. Ryan showed he can still blitz in that NE game, and get after the QB like he was supposed to do this season. Instead we get to watch some lame cover scheme that is like watching the talent being wasted in 2010-2013 with Edwards-Wannstedt as DC's. The defense is so bad this year in getting pressure on the opposing QB I have to ask myself is it contrived? Is Rex Ryan purposely trying to get fired? Rex's brother was just fired by the Saints for having the #31st worst defense in the NFL, and the Bills defense is slowly but surely getting there. Do the boys want to spend more time with the dad? Is Ryan attempting to pull a Doug Marrone of sorts in getting paid by Buffalo while working another job? After all he is currently under contract for another 4 years at 5 mill per. Is Ryan attempting to tank the defense the same way Marrone tanked the offense last year in attempting to get more power by getting Whaley fired? I don't know what the answer is, and I only know what I see. I saw the Bills get so much pressure on Brady that he was literally screaming at his O line because of that pressure. Then he lets scrub Alex Smith have all the time in the world to throw deep passes. Cover over pressure never works. Like I said I don't know what the answer is, and I only know that this year is being screwed by the head coach for some unknown reason. For me its pretty tough to sit back and watch the games knowing that they could be terrorizing QB's every game instead of letting them have all day to throw. I think the players themselves realize something is wrong too. From first to 30th with basically the same players, and both Kyle Williams, and Mario were absent for that second Patriots game. Think about it!

The head set issues. The penalties. Bad special teams with the same coach, and players that were pretty darn good last year The #4 overall defense from last year loaded with talent and drafted one of the best DB's in the 2nd round in now ranked 20th. The #1 team in sacks from last year is now 30th, and 30th in sack percentage, QB hurries. Dave Wanstedt, and George Edwards say Hi Rex! This team can still salvage the season at 5-6 with 5 games to go, and none look like easy games now. 10-6 or 9-7 or 8-8 or 7-9 or 6-10 or 5-11. My guess is towards the latter at 7-9 with little or no pressure on the opposing QB even Cassel will probably beat Buffalo. Houston @ Philly @ Wash Dallas Jets

There are times when he does stare down his primary target, and other times when he makes a few reads. Taylor has some holes in his game for sure, but the guy still only has nine starts under his belt. Like all players starting their first season he needs more time to develop. I've watched this young man have some good one half of games, and at some point he should put it all together to have some really good complete games. All Bills fans really should be excited from what they are seeing this very inexperienced player do at times. JMO At this point I think I'm far, far more disappointed in the defensive scheme then I am the Bills QB. Game after game no pressure on the QB with a chosen cover over pressure scheme,save the one game against the Patriots! The Bills are 30th now in sacks, sack percentage, and QB hurries. Any NFL QB given enough time will pick any defensive secondary apart. Rex Ryan took the #1 sacking team in the league, #4 overall in total defense, and turned them into the 20th ranked defense. Can you say George Edwards- Dave Wannstedt stupid bad

While Rex Ryan asked to bring in Richie Incognito, Percy Harvin, and Tyrod Taylor. So he managed to do some good things, and had some good intentions. For a man who had a rep of building some great defenses..I'm think he is looking more and more like his brother rather then his father. Game management...stinks Defense...stinks Penalties...stinks Special teams...stinks WTF Happened to the defense? Lets face it, that everyone thought this years defense with this much talent would be the #1 defense in the league. Then if Jim Schwartz could field a unit that was #4 overall, and could lead the NFL in sacks. That Rex Ryan would surely shatter sack records this year. The 2015 Buffalo Bills are currently 30th in sacks, and 30th in sack percentage, 30th in defensive hurries. So this tells me that Gilmore, Darby, Roby have to do so much more in coverage because this defense simply isn't getting very much pressure on the opposing QB. What a freaking joke!! This team is currently 20th in total defense, 24th against the pass, 15th against the run, 9th in give/take. Rex Ryan was handed the keys to an exotic Bugatti Veyron, and turned it into a crappy near last place Prius. Marrone was actually a better head coach. Its just his choice of OC was horrid, and his choice for DC's were near brilliant. At this point i don't know that Rex Ryan would even be a decent DC anymore.

Trust me it was great time while owning the division for so long with so many future HoFers on the team. Winning so many games year after year, and traveling to different cities with a usual positive outcome at the end. Owning season tickets actually gave you a shot to get super bowl seats from the team at cost!

I can only think that Roman or Ryan instilled in this kid (Tyrod) to not turn the ball over, and not ruin the season for the team like Geno Smith did last season with all his turnovers. If it was Rex Ryan it would fit with his distraught in blaming last years Jets 4-12 record all on Geno Smith. Or Taylor is just so afraid to throw into double coverage, and would prefer just to throw to the safer single covered receivers in fear of getting intercepted. He sure didn't do that in the second half! For the life of me I simply can't comprehend not throwing the ball to Sammy Watkins more then once the entire second half considering what he was able to do in the first half. I wouldn't care if they had 5 defenders on Sammy I'd be getting him the ball!! The Bills offense dominated the first half of that Chief game in ToP nearly 20 min to 10 min, and then inexplicably laid an egg in the second half We fans really need to find out what the problem is with this scenario! Is it Taylor? Is it Roman? I mean Watkins has no control of how many times Taylor chooses to throw to him. I don't really want to read that its all because Tyrod is simply taking what the defense 'gives him" because of course the opposing team would rather see the ball in Hogans hands over Watkins. This doesn't stop every other team / QB in the NFL from continually finding their best receiver. its the OC's & QB's job to get the ball to the most explosive play maker! If its Taylor the Bills need to draft someone who will throw to the super star receiver all game long, and not just when he looks open or it suits him! If its Roman the Bills need to fire his ass, and hire someone with the intelligence to find ways to get Watkins at the very least 10 touches a game! Just an FYI that Sammy Watkins has yet to see 10 touches in a game this season, and has only seen 10 targets once this year. To put that in perspective WR DeAndre Hopkins of the Houston Texans has seen the ball as many as 22 targets in a game, and no fewer the 8 targets. Up until this past week Hopkins was seeing more then 11 targets a game. And a reminder that the Texans QB's have been Brian Hoyer, Ryan Mallett, CJ Yates, and each and every one has thrown at least 11 times a game to Hopkins despite the coverage's.

You simply can't play half a game, and expect to win! C'mon he suddenly forgot to throw to Sammy Watkins in the entire second half! Let me refresh those second half numbers. 7 of 12 for 50 yards in an entire second half with the outcome of the game on the line!

Its not clear at all to me as I have to think that both Russ Brandon, and Doug Whaley gave their stamp of approval on Rex Ryan, and in fact probably endorsed him pretty hard because of his defensive background. The new owners knew nothing about who to hire and their mistake was listening to the men who had been doing it for the last owner. Hell, we all thought that this years Bills defense was going to be special, and instead Ryan changed up his scheme to a cover over pressure. Which took the best sacking / pressuring defense in the league the last two years and made it opposing QB friendly

With the loss to NE the Bills went from the 5th seed to the 8th seed With the loss to KC the Bills went from the 8th seed to the tenth seed Mostly because the Chiefs won and are now 6-5. The Jets won and are now 6-5. Houston won and is now 6-5. Pittsburgh is 6-5 Then the Raiders won and are now 5-6 like Buffalo. Now, does that Houston game still look like an easy win? http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/standings/playoffrace

I'll always think of the three draft picks, two firsts and a fourth for a player when the team still had no franchise QB. Then sit by the last two years and watch his coaches use that player as a decoy or not even use him. Which is as some fans put it "criminal". Drafting two OT's one in the second round, one in the seventh, and both should be backups. Whats telling is this team spent all that money to keep Dareus, Hughes only to see both under utilized by the current coaching staff. Now with both Kyle Williams, and Mario in perhaps their final year in Buffalo. Then with both Cordy Glenn, and Richie Incognito as free agents plus needing to sign Gilmore will be interesting to see what happens. Rex Ryan was a bad choice for a head coach, and I have to think that Doug Whaley recommended him to the new owners. I'm not down with firing anybody just yet, and in fact I'd like to see the team hire that football czar then make him president of football operations. Then let him make the decisions on who to fire, and who to keep. So the team never again uses three draft picks on anything other then a QB. It will also remove Russ Brandon completely from any football decisions, and keep him involved solely in the financial / business side.

Can we all just agree that Rex Ryan was a bad hire! His big mouth usually only manages to fire up the opposing team and give them bulletin board material to motivate them to shut him up. The Penalties! The team did manage to get better the previous three games only screw up the most important game of the season 9 for 91 yards The cover over pressure scheme Ryan has been running with his defense has stunk all year, save one game when he changed it for the second Patriots game. Ryan has trouble managing a game, and making the right flag calls. I highly doubt this team will ever see the playoffs with Rex Ryan as the head coach!

You have to figure that they were swayed by the CEO, and GM into thinking that they had a plan in place and needed to see it run its course. That was probably the reason that the new owners never did hire that football czar they attempted to hire in Bill Polian. How long these new owners will continue to listen to that CEO, and GM really depends on how the team finishes this year. I would think not for long if the team continues to lose games the way they lost this one! These new owners didn't become billionaires by making stupid decisions or hiring stupid people. Give them some time, and they will make the right changes.

This! Half a good game doesn't mean he had a good game. 14 of 26 for 236 yards, 2 TD's by the half. Then he went 7 of 12 for 50 yards in the second half. Watkins had 9 targets, 6 receptions for 158 yards, 2 TD's at the half! Then had one target for no receptions in the second half The Bills inability to do much on offense in the second half, and the defensive scheme went back to that cover over pressure crap that allows the opposing QB time to do whatever he wants. Then Ryan and his coaching staff can't manage a game to save their lives. Its an embarrassment to be a Bills fan at times.

You had to wonder which team err, which part of the team was going to show up today? Sammy and Tyrod had a terrific first half, and then had an invisible second half. This happened so much at the beginning of the season only in reverse. Well, with Taylor anyway. Hey, at least Tyrod found the middle of the field, and Sammy Watkins at some point, and then somehow forgot how to find them. At the half, Taylor 14 of 26 for 236 yards, 2 TD's. Then the second half 7 of 12 for 50 yards, 1 TD! Watkins first half 9 targets 6 receptions for 158 yards, 2 TD's! Second half....ONE TARGET, NO RECEPTIONS!!! The defense played great against Brady even with without both Kyle & Mario, and put more pressure on Brady then he has seen the last 7 years. Then changed up the defense again to the non pressure cover crap that has allowed most every QB they played against pressure free passing games. Back to being 29th in sacks, pressures. The penalties by the stupid players showed up again in this game, and the players were only able to hold back for a few games before breaking bad again. 9 for 91 yards. This game reminds me of the loss at Oakland last year...with better coaching this game could / should have been a win! No worries though because Rex Ryan is under contract for 5 mill per for another four years