Virgil

You are taking Watson at #2?!? The TT hate makes so much more sense now Fair enough. And the draft is always a crap shoot. But I feel like the qb's the past few years have been completely hit or miss.

Thanks for this. Very different from what I've seen. I've read that Trubisky is the clear cut favorite. I feel like I never really hear Kizer's name this year. It sucks having so many question marks at such a major position. There's no "answer"

I'm not optimistic either, but at least it's Bills football, not Rex football, and we are staying in Buffalo

I'm glad you're done too Tim

Now schefter is saying that the bills are showing remorse over benching TT and he could stay depending on Lynn or whoever gets the job. Also looks like the amount of people interested in Lynn was fabricated. Down to 3-4 from the original 5-6 teams

It's all in my display name history. Unless that was a joke I missed

That was literally going to be my last line

I haven't posted a lot this past week because I haven't been able to decide how I feel about all of these changes. I know that Rex had to go. I am good with Whaley staying. I'm unhappy with TT being gone, if that's what happens. But overall, I just can't seem to find anything to get excited about with any of these Head Coaches, FA, or Draft. All three of these areas seem to be a matter of better than nothing. With Head Coaches, no one really jumps out at me. I was hoping Todd Haley would be a candidate, but he's not being mentioned for any team. None of the coordinators had a truly amazing season. Mike Smith is the only coach that had previous head coaching success and he's not on our radar. Defensively, we will only get better without Rex. But offensively, I'm very worried about creating a new offensive identity. That is, unless we somehow retain Lynn as OC, which is rare for a new head coach to do. As for Lynn, there is just too much he doesn't know about being a Head Coach and I DO NOT want to rebuild FA is rough because we have so many players we need to re-sign, that I don't see us being able to make a splash. Lorax should get paid, but he's also up there in age. Zach fell off a cliff in the second half. I DO NOT think Gilmore is worth what he will get elsewhere. Woods is bound to get overpaid as well. Regardless, losing them still creates holes that would need to be filled. So it's a catch-22. This draft looks to be incredibly average to me at positions of need, being WR, RT, QB (if TT is gone), S, and DB (If Gilmore is gone). The draft is the reason why I wish we could magically have all of our players extended on more year with a new defensive coach. Our talent level was good enough for the playoffs. If we had our same roster, same OC, added Mike Williams, a starting RT and S, I think we are in the playoffs. Unfortunately, I can't see how we can keep the parts that worked, improve in areas we need, and plug the holes being made through attrition. Well, that was depressing. Sorry

If the decision is already made, I'm incredibly frustrated. I understand if you think TT has reached his cap, but I agree with many others of not having a plan B. It was worse without Tyrod. Ultimately, it's the head coaches decision. So why is it happening now? If this was after we had our coach and he made the call, I'm still unhappy, but I'll also have blind faith in the plan

JMU alum here. Go Dukes!

It's only 15% more than last years tag. They have the money. He will pry get tagged again. Next year, they can't afford it.

My very first thought

Sorry, posting from my phone. It's in his twitter and Billsdaily is all over it

Believe what you want, but I'd be surprised he'd make this up and put it out there like that. Sorry, posting from my phone. It's in his twitter and Billsdaily is all over it I'm not giving an opinion on this. Oh wait, Dooooooommmmmmmeeeddddd!

Does anyone think that Lynn, Whaley, or the Pegulas are leaking their opinions straight to the press? This is the same press who was pissed off last week because they couldn't figure out what was going on after the Rex firing. But now, they all have special access into the minds of everyone? I think these guys are in pure speculation mode, salty about last week, and are in click-bait heaven. Lynn is not going to reconsider a head coaching job at a place that made him a candidate all in one year. Whaley is not getting fired this year and has Pegulas trust for the head coach search. This is almost worst than the election with all the fake "news" going on

Even though Rex is gone, Mike Williams, WR Clemson

I haven't heard his name mentioned this past week by anyone at OBD. Is this even a real thing?

Thanks for the update. I really enjoy his site.

I'm not sure if the guy who runs Billsdaily is a poster on here or not, and this is not a slight at him. But he's just losing it after the Whaley press conference. I've never seen so many exclamation points in his daily summaries. He isn't too happy on twitter either. I don't know if I'm missing something, but people like him and the media just are not happy with the FO.

Regardless of which player you are pulling for, we all want the same goal. I had my EJ jersey too. He just can't process the field

Yeah, you pretty much nailed it. What was interesting in writing them were the weeks when it was the same old problems. That's what really made me feel like Rex had to go because there wasn't any growth happening with the team.

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No disrespect sir, but it's hard to read that much without spacing and formatting.

Happy 2017 everyone. Our first football of the new year, or something like that.... 1. Darby - Considering that the Jets didn't have their top 2 WR's and Darby was rarely on their number #3, I was expecting more from him. He seemed so concerned about the deep ball, that the curl route ate him up all day. I don't know what we are going to do with Gilmore, but Darby seems to be suffering from him sophomore slump and I'm nervous about him being our potential #1 next season. 2. EJ - I have to assume that the first drive was fairly scripted. Even though they didn't score, that was his best drive. After that, I honestly don't know how anyone can think he deserve a chance at the starting job here or anywhere. Just from the eye test alone, you can see his lack of command. The only routes he seemed to hit were when the WR's just stopped moving. He missed a wide open TD to Clay. He would check down to the closest WR, when there were others wide open 5-10 yards deep. He threw for less yards than Cardale in 3 quarters than he did in 1. Overall, I like EJ and I wanted him to be the man. The guy just doesn't have it. 3. McCoy - I love that this guy wanted to come back into the game. Granted, I didn't want him in the game, but I was happy he wanted in. This is a guy who we have got to keep happy and is our offensive leader. Running game wasn't there today, mainly because of the lack of respect for our passing game. McCoy is our offensive MVP of the season and I hope age doesn't catch up to him too soon. 4. Keep your head up Try and listen to your heart Be kind always, no matter We all grow up And someday well say goodbye So shine your light while you got one 5. Defense - I don't know if I can remember the last time I've seen our defense just give up, let alone for so many weeks. It's not even a matter of out of position and missed tackles anymore. They are just walking out there, save for the Lorax. They should take the money from everyone else and give it to him. I'm honestly at the point where I would take a little cap hit to make an example out of some of these guys. I don't know who the next DC will be, but I hope they bring a big stick. It's embarrassing as a fan to watch and support them. 6. Rodak - What is it going to take to get this man removed from Bills coverage. Listen, the non-onside, onside kick for a TD was an absolute joke. Kudos to TD-Mike for taking responsibility. But Rodak didn't just tweet about it, he wrote and article immediately about it and had it as a main store on ESPN.com. How can this guy's anti-Bills sentiment be allowed to carry on? I've taken issue with the media in the past week, but he is the worst of the worst. 7. The curse of the Rex - This is probably going to sound insane, and I realize that as I type it. But I wonder if the "player-friendly" approach of Rex is ruining players careers. When I watch the Jets play on defense, I see the same lazy, uncoordinated players moving around out there. They were terrible this year and I wonder if, once you play for Rex and let your guard down because no accountability is coming your way, is it just too hard to turn that switch back on? Rex is gone, these guys should be excited to win again on both the Jets and Bills, but they just keep slugging around out there. 8. Lynn as HC - I, for one, do not believe he should be our head coach. He has no experience on the defensive side of the ball, worked with Rex who kept that entire world to himself, and barely just learned how to address the media. I understand that he can bring in a DC, but we need a HC. Someone who knows the basic checks and balances and can intervene when necessary. I like Lynn and would be okay if he were retained. But ultimately, I'd accept his leaving if that meant we are going to blow it up and bring in a guy who knows how to oversee both sides of the ball, while letting them do their jobs. 9. The guy wearing the paper bag - Not sure if everyone saw the game, but there was a guy wearing the traditional paper bag over his head with #bring back rex written on it. It just goes to show that fans are never going to agree on all things and some of us are straight up nuts. But like I said last week, we just need to remember that we all want the same thing. Maybe it's the fact that I'm apparently made from 90% scar tissue, but I just want to end the playoff drought so we can not keep being talked about as the saddest franchise in all of sports. 10. Time to win the offseason - Going into the offseason, I'm only going to be really watching for two major things. What we do at QB and what we do at HC. I honestly feel like this team has the talent it needs to make the playoffs. I think TT can get us there. If they don't bring him back, I hope they have a good plan B. I hope the HC has an overall plan and can shake things up quickly. Other than that, the draft and FA is all gravy. I know the amount of FA's we have is concerning, but we have our draft picks and I honestly have faith in Whaley. It's been fun guys. Some of these recaps have been harder than others to write. Thank you to BillFromNYC for letting me continue this for him. As always, it's yours again whenever you want it. Everyone else, Go Bills!

True. More about not wanting to play the guy that the GM paid a lot to get