CanadianFan

lol Bills need a bridge QB to the class of 2018. He's perfect! QB and OC! Fire him next year if he doesn't develop Cardale and get a big name OC with the drafting of franchise QB in 2018. And we'll target making the playoffs in 2020. Sounds good?

He's really REALLY saying, "look at the darn schedule for next year. It's tough as crap even if we had vintage Jim Kelly as QB we'd be 8-8. Without that kind of QB expect 4-12 season. So given the schedule, the free agents we got, we're gonna dump salaries, tank, and give a lot of developmental players on the field training and build for the future. On the bright side, we'll get our franchise QB in 2018 draft!" So, FINALLY, the messaging, the expectation setting from the team is reasonable and better. If there was one glaring fault with the last 3 years, it was setting the expectation to the fans that Bills were going to the playoffs. They were smoking something if they thought that. And all the experts who are PAID for reporting and analysis on the Bills who bought into that were on dope. It's ok if the fans are on dope!. But not the guys getting paid for the professional "evaluation". That's why they sound so bitter when they write. They were misled and knew it and are now angry that they ever thought that way and are taking it out on the Bills' organization. Heck, it's your friggin fault for not using your friggin head! No wonder whats his face ran to the Rams. He didn't want to OC a team without a QB!

Have you guys looked at next year's opponents? It's going to be a crap season. Perfect time to develop a QB. Tyrod's reached his ceiling. Let's find another project and develop him for the lost season of 2017.

I'll take Jeff with a strong arm anyday. I'd say Jeff with a strong arm is better than Derek Carr. Jeff was a tough SOB for a small guy and he can run. Heck he would be a star in today's offenses - a star in the Bills O of the last two seasons. Derek's already broken in his second season. What makes Jeff wasn't just his athleticism, but his decision making and intelligence. That's the biggest thing for any QB. If they got the head to see the plays on the fly and get split second decision making right, even a rubber ducky arm can have success in NFL. So what's the prognosis on his decision making and intelligence?

Many of you are right. I sure hope Bills have the sense to not draft him. He will need to be in an organization with strong culture based on discipline and strong internal leaders - either NE, Steelers or someone like Tom Coughlin's Jags. If you watched him play he has an NFL arm. It's too bad his uncle's Jim.

He did have one in McNabb and he had Vicks in his better form. He should learn from the great cheater of NorthEast and bend the rules consistently.

Bills needed a top RB more than they needed top ILBs. I hated to see him go but this was a great trade. Philly lost out by giving away Kiko to Dolphins.

too wishful

I guess we find out tomorrow who the OC is?

Well I half agree with you there. I've been following bills for a long time. Whaley has done a better job of finding talent than so many GMs since the superbowl teams. the LB in the probowl is an indication of his group's ability to find that talent. What he hasn't done as good a job is in the PR department - managing the media relationships and the fanbase expectations. His and Russ's mistake was to start talking about playoffs back in Marrone's days when they first took over essentially. It didn't help because this team never had a good talent base at that time to start talking about it. It's better to keep expectations low and exceed them little by little. But managing the media relationship is a big part of the job. If you guys haven't noticed, Toronto teams for the last 15 years have just plain SUCKED. Jays, Raps, TFC, and the perrenial Losers (Leafs) despite having constant filled stadiums and some of the most profitable team operations around (heck owning toronto teams was like printing money no matter what the product was. Even pension funds bought them for a time, then sold at a huge profit bec of negative publicity). Fan base frustrations got better (despite lack of results) when they got GMs and team management who were better at communicating with the media and managing fan base expectations. And, that change did come at HUGE expense - they brought in some of the most expensive management teams in professional leagues, paid those execs like star players. And those guys managed the fanbase patience while the teams kept losing until they had time to mature and become winners in the last 3 years. But Toronto teams print money. season tickets are always sold out despite losing teams. Big corporate base to buy all the box seats they had and more. I'm not sure that Bills financial situation is as good as the Toronto sports team's cash flow situation so, you aren't going to get the most polished execs. Remember this is still a BUSINESS. But Whaley's performance as a manager of playing talent is a vast improvement over the prior GMs since the superbowl years. He needs media polishing. He should have done his bosses a favour by trying his best to explain the firing. He has to learn that favours come first. By saying it like is, you know he's being up front and honest with the media and fan base. He's too simple and rough around the edges to be the face of the franchise. That's his weakness but it isn't a fatal flaw. That's why he still has a job for now.

Well you're right, Doug sucks at handling the media. He isn't a finished product many GMs typically have. I hope Pegulas will convince him to do more media training. This is part of it, so that's great.