twoandfourteen

Umm.....

Bill & Tom probably aren't going to leave New England anytime soon.

My plan? I'm glad you asked. I would assemble a list of candidates and the ones that utter the words "field position", "establish the run", "hard nosed", or "weather" will be immediately escorted off the premises by security. Of the remaining coaches, I would look for the guy who comes in and says "My vision is to score many, many, many points and here is how we are going to exploit the current rules to do it". That cat immediately gets the job. This really isn't hard. Stop hiring backwards coaches who are brainwashed by their own BS. Hire smart, innovative coaches who are aware that when the announcers say "and it's 4th down and the Bills will have to punt", that you don't actually HAVE to punt. Someone tell Terrence that even though I am very happy in my current career, I'd be more than happy to consider a generous offer to come and take over for a few months to sort this mess out for him. Ok, that's fair. What exactly is a "large enough segment"? What percentage of the Bills fanbase do you believe they feel is racist? 20%? 40%? 5%? I don't want a link. You may not be wrong. I want you to expand on that opinion and give me a % of the fanbase that you believe is intolerant of a non-white QB.

Was he? You are saying that McD & the Pegulas are racists, correct?

So then you must be all for giving Nathan Peterman at least another year, right? I mean, he has fewer starts than Allen does.

No. However, I could be talked into a 2019 2nd or 3rd & McCoy. But that's all I would spend on Carr. For the right price, I think it would be a smart move to get him for a year or two.

Nice try with the veiled accusations of racism on the part of the coaching staff and fan base. At least have the stones to come right out and say it.

What are you saying here?

Yes. McD's old school, tough guy "vision" has produced the worst offense in the modern era of professional football & many blowout losses.

This isn't 1985 anymore. QBs have far more impact on line play now. Pre-snap checks, quick reads, and accurate throws make lines look good in the modern NFL. The guy playing QB is by far the most important piece. Next, you have to have the right guys putting together the schemes & designing the plays. After that, you can screw around with lineman, DBs, LBs, whatever. None of that matters though until the QB, head coach, & OC are in place.

Which is why someone needs to be replaced. It's either the coaches are terrible at their jobs or the players aren't good enough to do theirs. At no point has any Bills QB looked even remotely as competent as this Mullens kid has looked tonight. They haven't even been close.

Say it again for the old guys in the back. This is exactly why McD should be fired this year. Don't waste another minute on this old school, smash mouth nonsense.

Ok, great. My point still stands -- the Bills did not control their own destiny.

Yes, he did "take" this team to the playoffs. But let's not act like McD jumped in a phone booth to put on his cape, led the team to a strong 12-4 record with a bunch of decisive complete victories over good teams, and secured a playoff spot in week 15. The reality is that he was responsible for steering his team to be in a position to benefit from an Andy Dalton miracle TD pass in a game in which the Bills were not participating. These are two VERY different scenarios. I don't know if he'll get it right this time. What I do know is that I very much believe he got it wrong the last time and like any good businessman, he needs to recognize this is a bad investment and cut his losses. If the new coach & GM they hire turn out to not be good at their jobs too, then yes -- I would definitely be back here saying the same thing until they stumble upon the right people. Stop hiring coaches & GMs that come in to an interview talking about "run & stop the run", "defense", "ball control", and "field position". Only hire coaches who talk about scoring lots of points and understanding the risk/reward of 4th down. Problem solved.

It would be nice if he would. Quit wasting more time.

I see what you did there. And I like it.

Again, this is not a "rebuild". This is what happens when people are in jobs they are not capable of performing. HC - McDermott GM - Beane QB - Allen/Peterman The most important roles on an NFL team are held by these guys. Would you bet the house on any of them? I'm sure they'll grab a sick RB in the 2nd round.

What makes you think these two guys (who have already proven to have no clue) will suddenly figure it out? Cut ties now, don't waste time. They have assembled an almost impossibly bad offense. That will not be fixed in one or two offseasons. Offense wins football games. Period. All of their BS about "defense" and "running the ball" and "field position" should cause Uncle Terry to show them the door immediately.

Well, the entire Patriots offense is built around holding and offensive pass interference. They do it all the time because they know the refs aren't going to call penalties on every single play.

We just became best friends.

No. This is not a "rebuild". What we are watching is professional incompetence. A "rebuild" would show some signs of progress here and there. What we are watching is the result of the "vision" put forward by a GM & head coach that have absolutely no idea what they are doing with the only two things that truly matter in professional football -- the offense & the QB. They have managed to produce one of the worst offenses in NFL history at a time when records are being smashed regularly. They passed on a potential all-time great in Pat Mahomes. They passed on a franchise QB in Watson. They have managed to put the team so far behind on Offense that by the time they get it to a "functional" level (if), the defense they assembled will be no good. It's absolutely backwards to build a defense first and shows that the Mgmt has no grasp on the current state of the game. Fire them both and start again. Keep Allen and draft another QB next year. Let those two fight it out and then trade the other one later on. You have to get the QB right before anything else.

Preach brother, Preach.

Right, I get that part. But what player or players are they tanking for?

Who are they tanking for?

Nope. Which is why McD & BB need to be fired. This offense is inexcusable. How many drives has it been since they've scored a TD? It's almost 60 now.