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I would also add why didn't Chan try a 2-point conversion after our last TD. Had that been made, the Titans winning TD would have only been a tying TD.

Absolutely right! Both turnovers should not have happened. The situation called for runs in both cases. Fitz did have some good stretches but he his dangerous with the ball. After each pass I'm just relieved when there isn't an onterception. As for the D, our once again made little adjustments. The Titans were adjusting to the screens. Wnaay does not make adjustments. Add to that, why didn't Chan attempt a 2 point conversion after the last TD. Had that been made we could have at least gone to OT. Absolutely STUPID! The team's achilles heal is the QB and the coaches. Time for them to go.

Exactly! The defense continues to give up BIG on 3rd and long, not to mention 4th and the game on the line. Wannstadt has badly coached this defense. On the winning TD had the DB turned towards the ball and might have made a play. Also, few blitzes, not enough pressure. Same old,same old. Another 30+ performance by "the best D our front office could buy". The only way this season turns around is Wanny is canned and a real DC is brought in. May be too late.

A quality LB, possibly, but not a draft pick. What I would like to see is more formations using both Freddie and CJ, whether a 2 back set, or one as a slot receiver. Keeping one on the sidelines is wasting talent.

And the cycle of mediocrity continues.

Everyone's accountable in the football operations. The ones who can make a difference right away is Nix or Gailey, but they won't do a thing. Perhaps at the bye week there will be changes, but Nix and Gailey seem to lethargic to do anything. The fans aren't accountable, but could make a statement by not showing up period for the Titans game. Empty lots, empty stadium, empty concessions. But have a massive tailgate party downtown and invite the TV crew and the Jills.

Use cacti as tackling dummies.

It is sad. My avatar is a picture my late-great father-in-law took at the Rockpile in '64. That year, he got to see what very few of us have seen, the Bills carried off the field as league champions.

What's bothered me is that the last few years the Bills were near the top of the league in player-games lost to injury, number of players on IR and so forth. It wasn't like this when Rusty Jones was S&C coach, and several players improved performance adopting his advice. Dareus could become a beast if the S&C could get him to get rid of the fat in his gut. I'm serious, his gut should not be bouncing when he runs to the sideline if he's in prime shape.

I wonder how many of them are still around. I do remember the Niners play improved, although not to playoff level. Isn't that what Polian did in '86 after he canned Hank Bullough?

I hear ya! What I can add that the OP should understand is the fans are tired of being duped and screwed every year in the naughts. It's the same old story year after year, "big" changes in the off-season mean we're back to the playoffs, fans by tickets and apparel, season starts - maybe good - maybe bad, reality sets in - the team sucks and the off-season moves were the work of idiots, late season games are blacked out, rumors mill of Bills moving if fan base sinks so all is forgiven by reason of blackmail, "big" off season change, and the cycle of mediocrity and embarrassment begins. If the team management wants wide regionaization and overwelming support, put a winner on the field. That's why we led in mid 60's AFL attendance, in the 70's with the Electric Company, in the 80's with Fergy and Cribs, and later Kelly, and of course the 90's. Whenever the fans have gone away (really in hiding), bringing on a winner brought them back in droves.

The OP is at least right about dumping Chan (and Wannie too). I'd suggest bring in Mike Singletary to finish out the season so he could at least ride these overpaid players behinds like he did in SF a few years back. He at least turned the Niners in the right direction for that year, and given the direction this team is headed and the lack of heart, a coach who will call them out on the sidelines and throw their butts into the locker room for dumb play might be what these under-performing millionaires need.

Bring in Jerry Sullivan and Bucky Gleason. They both believe they have the answers.

The fans need to make a statement. And its a statement they've made in years past. If the team is not committed to winning, we will not buy your product. If the team demonstrates a commitment to winning, we will be out in force. The signing of Jim Kelly was a great example. His signing alone sold out the '86 opener. Fans will have to take a risk and not act like the team has us by the balls.

Being one who lived in Buffalo when the Braves shamefully moved to the west coast, I was never a Clippers fan, and have since wished them only mediocrity. Should they return to Bufflo (doubtful), I'd be their fan again. I don't want the Bills to move, but the reality is the fans and taxpayers are being blackmailed to keep an endlessly inferior team. Unless this team makes a bonifide commitment to excellence, we're just throwing bad money after worse. BTW - Buffalo's best years economically were WITHOUT major league sports teams.

Agreed. What's worse is we let Vince Young go and have no one to step in. Even a re-tread Vince Young is better than Fitz. Fitz has no arm. Mario has no heart. Wanny has no brains.Thank God Jackson and Spiller have legs. They're our only bright spot.

How about this, send the Bills to LA, and have LA send the Clippers back to Buffalo and change their name rightfully back to the Buffalo Braves. That's 40 more event nights downtown. That is assuming they keep their long awaited upward trend. Seeing how SF used to be bad and with a decent coach and QB are now elite. Bills fans were just duped for yet another year.

If there is any reason for a 39% tax rate on millionaires, need only look at our defense, coaches and QB's pay checks. No way they deserve to keep a dollar. Outclassed on the field and on the sidelines yet again.

I hear ya! What burns me is we are playing a Niners team this weekend that was worse than us not too long ago, and now they are contenders, and the Bills are stuck at being pretenders (and I'm giving them some slack at that!)

I listened to Chan's interview on Howard Simon today and I couldn't tell if Simon was talking to Goober or Gomer. This is the same old crap we've heard for 10 years. Fact is it was an awful defensive game plan that had little chance of working. Failing to play the Pat's aggressively is a recipe to lose. I can't believe any HC in this league would have let that plan onto the field against a team as good as the Pats. The worst part about losing to the Pats is how they make our coaches look stupid game after game (OK, last year was the one in 15 games break).

Absolutely right. Once the Bills scheme was predictable (heck , it was the same all game), the smarter coaches started to exploit the weaknesses. Wannabe threw nothing new at them to throw them off guard. No blitzes (isn't that what Gilmour was suppose to be good at), no disguised coverage, and played prevent after going up 21-7. It should start bothering Nix and Wilson that this is the same set of defensive coaches that couldn't get Maybin to contribute anything, but within a a couple weeks Rex Ryan found an effective (though specialized) role for him. Our defensive coaches cannot get the best out of our players, and for that reason Wanny should be gone this week. Nix and Gailey should check the stats and find that the D's average points against iAFC east opponents is 50.

Well, after going up 21-7, it sure looked like the prevent crap to me. It definitely wasn't going for the jugular.

No blitzes. It was rush 4 every time. Rex Ryan even made a part time player out of Maybin. Our 100M acquisition has regressed and we have neither LB, safety or corner blitzes. Epic fail by our DC, and he should go.

When NE figured out (or woke up) and started containing our front 4, Wannie's reaction was to keep playing the same scheme while it was getting picked apart. After going up 21-7, we played like a prevent instead of going for the jugular. Not only the front 4, but the coaches let the team and the fans down, with a collossal fail. I wouldn't be surprised if Ol' Man Wilson cans the whole lot of them.

Wannie played a vanilla defense are game! No adjustments, no blitzes! Once NE had him figured out he just sat back and watched his defense get thrown around like ragdolls. What was Wannie doing in the coaches booth, playing with himself? He wasn't watching the game. After it was 21-7, the D played back and didn't go for the jugular. Total fail by the coaches, and one again at the hands of BB.