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Two other people sat down after Marshawn ran them over drunk driving. Then he fled Buffalo to avoid going to prison.

Their plan is West Coast offense, which is over 30 years old, and Tampa-2, which is over 20 years old. Gut the roster for that? Eventually the plan will hit a wall. What then? Plus you're not going to surprise anyone in the NFL today. They've seen it all. The Bills didn't loose at Seattle because of lack of scheme. They lost because of penalties and turnovers. It really would be nice to see versatility from coaching. Roster dictates identity, and playbook is the history of football. Drop 5, Bills run first. Bring the blitz, Bills go to quick passing. Why limit yourself? That's all they had to do during Rex and Marrone, and they would have been a very very good football team. Players play to the coaches strength. Coaches should coach to the players strength. More importantly they need an owner to work the league. Bills still getting hit with ticky-tacky penalaties. Some guys are marked men, like Incognito. Push hard for changing the game to fit the Bills' strengths.

I voted no. - Every new coach guts the team, gets rid of the best players, and brings in his. After 3 years, they leave, and someone new does it again with the same positions. Their big run first scheme never works, and QB continues to be neglected. This is more of the same. - Yet again, top sports figures leave Buffalo. - If the Bills wanted to spend money to win, they wouldn't do this. - Every team has a chance each year. Stupid to give up like this. - Coaching means a lot. More and more it looks like McD only knows one way to play football, and he's building a list of excuses on why he can't win. - Rookies take time to develop, and you don't know what you are getting. It's a risk. It's better to work within the system that exists and take ownership of what you got. - People talk about how this is a Patriots move. Patriots have arguably the best football player ever. We don't. - Brady was helped by the Patriots sucking for 10 years under Bledsoe, and continually drafting high. That defense Brady had was awesome, full of first round talent, and Brady dinked and dunk his way wins in the early years until he developed his deep ball. All the great QBs had help to get established, Brady, Rodgers, Big Ben. Manning lost for 3 years until he got Edge and Harrison, then they really won with Freeney and Sanders.

Tyrod's problem is his lower body is never the same, because he's always looking to run. One good thing is he has a lot of room for improvement. The league's afraid of his deep ball and his running. Small improvements in the running game could add up to a lot. I hope Bolden can be a leader here. A vet with a ring has been missing from the Bills for a long time.

Perfect projection if everything stays the same as of August 8 2017. All of sudden, it's gone. Wake up, and your legs aren't just there anymore. Big surprises in the NFL for 2017.

That team was all on TD. 1st round picks on Mike Williams, Bledsoe, McGahee and Losman. Pass on Big Ben. Pass on Rodgers. Fire Gilbride. Hire Mularkey to dumb down the offense. Greg Williams was Super Bowl bound until teams figured out Bledsoe could not throw over the middle. 3 steps, pat the ball, then chuck it or take a sack. That was the offense no matter what. In the worst of it, they went about a month without getting a first down. Indy and Cowboys game stand out for some reason. Bledsoe would change plays on the field. Greg's problem was standing by, letting it all happen without saying a word. McD has total control. This is his show.

Blitzing Bardy can work. That Monday night game in Rex's first year. It contained him, because it was 10 men showing blitz, then dropping off. You didn't know who was coming Rex tried the same thing against Brady next year at home, and Brady killed him because he had time to watch the film. Don't try to beat great players. Just contain them. Spot him two touchdowns, hold WRs at the line and get the 5 yard PI spot foul. Wait for a mistake and that's your chance to win. The one thing that beats a good QB? A good QB of your own.

I wouldn't call the Pats a bully. More like black mold, or herpes. They did ruin the sport. Before 2001 you won by being fast and tough. Now in 2017 you win by rubbing your hand on your chest presnap, or obstructing the refs view so you can get by with holding. Twice I saw Brady jogging downfield on runs, and throwing half ass blocks on defenders. One was against the Jets! Why wasn't he launched into the bleachers? Players, owners and staff on the other teams care more about him and the face of the NFL than their fans. They would make more money loosing if the Patriots win. Greatest ever. Just had to water down the sport to do so.

The bar owners made money. Probably a lot if they knew what they are doing. The people who they made the money from are probably in really bad shape. Their families, if no one has give up on them, are paying for it for years to take care of them. If they have no family they're warehoused in some nursing home which is a nightmare. If someone got mad and took it out on you, how's that my problem? How's that society's problem at large? Libertarianism is a two way street. If you're going to sell drugs, don't ask for help when people get mad at you. I'm not advocating people come after you, but I'm not going to do anything if they do. Probably would be best then not to get people mad at you.

Toronto If that happens, I'm done with the NFL. Probably done with TV too.

If we're going to let adults make their own decisions to get high, and let adult make their own decisions to addict their friends and neighbors on drugs, we should let adults decide if they want to live with drug dealers. You can't claim oppression, then run and hide behind it when a lot of people come at you for ruining their lives. Bartenders getting rich ruining people's lives are not that much better. I wouldn't order anyone to do it, but I wouldn't get in the way of other people driving them out. A lot better than giving crack dealers free reign and letting police act as their bodyguards like some narco state.

If you are going to legalize drugs, you should legalize killing drug dealers. How's it fair that someone gets to hook my kid, or my family, on drugs, and then run and hide behind the police from me? Drug dealer gets rich today. I spend 50 years, the rest of my life, dealing with relapses, and the health effects of drug use like heart attack and stroke. Punk moves like that sound like how the Patriots play football.

Stay healthy. Don't commit penalites. That's all the oline has to do. Everything else is on the backfield.

Bizzare. Coach I want to focus on footbal by going to a Hall of Fame induction, you know, a once in the lifetime event. Sorry, can't have it.

Does the NFL injure people, or do reckless people play in the NFL along with a lot of high risk activities because they don't give a F***? They're going to get hurt anyways.

Wrong on everything. Carr was a 2nd rounder every team passed on. Mariota lost his division to a concussed Tom Savage. Harbaugh won with Alex Smith before Kaep. Winning really starts with the owner, head coach, then QB. Marrone went through two first rounders. Still running the read option. What more does he need to implement simple NFL plays, like motions or quick passing? Another genius system coach like Rex who's going to revolutionize the NFL. Gut the roster, bring in his players, and dissappoint. Make a mess for 3 years, and leave for ESPN to let someone else clean it up. These system coaches are just charletons going around the NFL selling a bad set of goods. Winning in the NFL comes from sacrifice, asking people to take years off their lives for about a 3 hour moment, or to ramp up the effort eventhough all looks lost, or asking people to risk their careers, and be bad for two years for the chance at one good one. NFL owners will be much better served if they stop trying to develop the one system to rule them all, and start learning the game they're supposed to love.

fat pig. beat him with a sack of oranges and choke him out.

Funny how good coaches take people from nowhere and turn them into stars, while bad coaches can never find their guy. Maybe success at the QB position doesn't have anything to do with height or hand size or college program, but has to do with someone who knows everything there is about the NFL being straight with people and telling them the right thing to do.

That assumes it's roster that's the problem. I would start with coaches who only know how to play football one way and focus on things that don't matter like their system, while ignoring things that do matter like penalties and turnovers.

Kyle Orton played that game. 40 year old beer drinker. Marrone had him run the read-option. Marrone went through a lot of QBs. Slim chance all of them sucked.

That's different. They wanted to trade some points for a lot of time. Plus they were already in FG range. And the throws were stupid, not aggressive, plays that would always end up in a sack. No splitting coverages, or above the LB under the safety, or just throw it up to Julio Jones. No defense for a perfect pass, period. NFL's been like that since Unitas. One guy with the ball can open up 70 yards around him. Everything goes right, it's a touchdown. Everything goes right on a run play, the FS trips up the ball carrier after a 7 yard gain, because the QBs in the backfield watching. A run first offense ends up in 200 passing yards a game, and failure on the critical runs, like 3rd and short, goal line, and exposing the nickel. We should know. We've been watching it for a decade. Really, how hard is it to throw a completion? I know it's a skill, but you're 30 and been doing it every day for your entire life.

Let's talk about the inside slant like it's the moon landing.

My two favorite moments in recent Bills history: Pittsburgh game with Fitz Flutie's first year Both started similar to this one. And it's a lot better than high hopes then disapointment. So yeah, I'm pumped.

Friendly reminder of McDermott's progress so far: 1. Threw out the #1 rushing game in the league last year, put in his own system 2. Let Gilmore walk, took a CB with his #1 draft pick 3. Now replacing backup QBs Sounds like Rex's work with the No. 4 defense. I'm never a fan of new guys gutting a place for their own needs. Work with what you got. It's your fault you only know one thing. Keep Roman's run game, and go back to the defense before Rex. Run game, and wide-9 pass rush is easy enough for them to handle. If you're going to change one thing, it's you shouldn't keep someone else's starting QB. Get your own starter QB, the leadership presence on the field, instead of wasting precious resources with running game and backups.

McD's first moves: - Complete rebuild of the run game, the only thing that worked last year - Loose one veteran CB and replace him with his first draft pick So it looks like another coach will gut the roster for his system. Remember this story? He'll focus on things that don't matter, like option passing, running lanes, H-Backs, spread, read option, and dialing up a blitz. He'll be remember for his mistakes, like penalties, turnovers, play execution, roster depth, and game management. So yeah, he owns it. Just as long as the Bills stay in Buffalo, I'm happy.