oldmanfan

The only thing the current regime did wrong, if you want to call it that, was not signing a veteran guy to come in after McCarron was traded. Beane said as much. And from what I've read, they tried to do so. Other than that? Peterman played really well in preseason. You can howl all you want about preseason not counting, but he clearly beat out McCarron. No question. But he threw up again in the regular season games. Even last week he hits three guys in the hands and still got picked. Not much can be done about that. But clearly he has now shown he just can't be trusted. So they brough in Anderson. He got hurt. Allen got hurt. Two QBs got hurt. The third guy hasn't cut it. So they had to sign a fourth guy, another vet in Barkley that has a meh history. What exactly do you think they're going to get at this point in the season, a Pro Bowl type guy? Barkley is Anderson is Sanchez is Moore is any other veteran guy out there in the same position. So going forward you hope Barkley provides something. You hope Allen comes back after the bye. For the bloodthirsty I suppose you can cut Peterman. Other than that, what. Two QBs including your young starter went down. Any team in the league would have troubles then, unless you're playing the Raiders.

Injuries happen

Everyone is tired of your act.

Allen in terms of QB. I absolutely agree that any QB needs pieces around him. I presume that will be the major focus this offseason.

One could also say Barkley filled in OK with the Bears. Ultimately it's Allen that matters.

Ed Rotkowski? Marlin Briscoe? Joe Dufek? Bruce Mathewson?

Such is life when the starter is out. My daughter just texted me that we wouldn't have gone through this if we had kept McCarron. I said back it wouldn't matter; may have made the losses closer.

Like not drafting a QB. Oh, wait.....,

Fine with me too and I'm already old

I believe so.

You're right. Hate to see it happen though.

I'd rather have Watson. I said so at the time. You said they shouldn't touch either one of them. Yet here you are criticizing them for not doing so. Hypocrite.

Again, it is amusing how many folks ignore Beane saying before the draft last year that you can't win in the league without a QB. Or how they cherry pick a comment from McD this week about seeing some positives and somehow ignore th e statements about how your QB has to be consistently good to win. They know they need more offense, they know they need better QB play. As an old timer I recognize that. But yes, I do love smash mouth football and good defense and am sad the game is starting to turn into the collegiate circus like football. I would say the end of the Tennessee game, even though a defensive game, was pretty damn exciting.

Says the guy who, before the draft, said the Bills shouldn't touch Mahomes or Watson.

Such a ray of sunshine.

I think it is unreasonable to expect that the owners of franchises will not have any involvement in the team. Now, that of course doesn't mean Terry should be picking players, we had enough of that with Ralph at times. But when you put 1.4 billion on the table you get the right to be involved. As for their hirings, they're had painful experiences to be sure. Some talk of having a layer above the current HC and GM, like a Director of Football operation or whatever. I'm not sure that does anything but just add another layer. would it really benefit much? Coughlin took that job in JVille - worked OK last year but they're struggling this year. The NFL, (not sure about the NHL) I know has structure where they have a council of former coaches, executives, that advise on guys who are ripe for HC positions. I am sure Terry and Kim used that resource in deciding on McD. Beane likewise was ripe for a GM shot. Same with the Sabres; Botterill was ready after what he did it Pittsburgh and Housley was touted by many as being one of the top candidates for a HC spot. Looking at each franchsie, they have realtively young, hungry guys that work well together. And that's key; you have to have a GM and HC in synch to decide on how you want to play the game, what kids of players to draft, what kind of FAs to target, and such. I have said in other threads but the Bills situation going into last year, and certainly this year, reminds me of the time right before Polian came on board. When he did, he basically told Ralph he did not have god enough players to be successful, and that he had to start paying more money to get the right guys in. And he hired a glorified special teams coach who's one shot in the NFL with the Chiefs failed, and that was coming out of Canada. I remember scratching my head then, but it worked. we will see whether a similar young first time GM for both our teams and their unproven as yet HCs, can do the same kind of thing going forward. Calm down. Then look up the payoff teams from last season. Then pipe down and quit yelling out the word idiot as if it has any bearing and makes you magically correct. Because it makes you sound like a , well.........., an ............ They made some difficult choices this season. They wanted to clear cap space and they chose to do it quickly. That was a conscious decision that affected things, and one can argue its merits. They lost two really good linemen, and guys they had slotted in to replace them didn't measure up. They brought a QB in as a FA that they thought would be a bridge to Allen, and he didn't work out. They tried to sign some receivers in FA and lost out, tried to bring in high draft pick guys that had not performed elsewhere, and found out there's a reason they bombed out elsewhere. They made decisions, several of them didn't work, they have to own that and they have to fix them this offseason. But just stop with the name calling. The same folks had a team no one thought would do anything last year and got them into the playoffs. That didn't make them geniuses then anymore than the struggles this year make them what you keep howling at the moon about now.

And people like you are babies who can't read and refuse to look at what actually transpired. Wood got hurt, they felt they had his replacement in Groy. And they added Bodine. It's hart to find centers in the league. Richie accepted the pay cut. He signed the contract. Terry sucks? The billionaire who you claim is a moron? Get over yourself.

Glenn was hurt pretty much all of last year. They traded up to get their QB and that was the capital cinci wanted. Tough to lose him but at the time it made sense.

Everyone is tired of your Allen schtick.

They are opinion writers. They don't really need access to write their opinions do they?

Rex promised the moon and stars and didn't deliver. Plus he couldn't get along with Whaley. McDermott promised it would take time to build a consistent contender and he gets along with Beane.

I think they probably already have their eye on some guys that are under the radar a bit. Guys like Poyer. I had never heard of him but he came in and is a solid contributor. I hope they play Teller and Boettiger to see if they can be guys next year. Get a starting C to stabilize things; I'd overpay for that. I think they need 3 new linemen next year. Then WR or TE.

No. It's not. Like having a lineman break his neck and another one go crazy. Like having your rookie QB get hurt. They have work to do this offseason. No one is saying different.

Assuming it's true, seems a little petty. But if I had been called a liar and stupid in print by someone I might also decide I don't want them around my team.

Want to see Allen continue to develop. And to see some of the young O linemen on the field