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It wasn't for Obama. I bet the percentage of Americans who voted for Obama and knew he voted "present" in the Illinois state legislature 129 times was less than 1 percent.

It's more like the excuse makers have come out of the woodwork. The Bills' backups are NFL players too. Almost every team has significant injury problems. Injuries are the lamest of the lame excuses. If they lose to Miami, there will be no excuse for the loss other than Chan Gailey is a very bad head coach and should be replaced asap.

It's the truth. Spiller hauled in a deep pass earlier in the season and just missed on one last week. This team currently has no deep threat (well they do but Chan isn't using him) and the receiver corps is thin as can be. It's inexplicable why Spiller's not getting a few deep balls a game thrown his way. I'm angry at how Chan's been so afraid to use Spiller to see what we have. The guy almost never gets any touches! I know the response, "well Chan just doesn't see enough in practice to use him." That was the same excuse for why Trent was the starter. Spiller's margin for success is razor thin right now. He has no chance to ever settle in and have an impact on a game. You have to give him the ball about 10 times for a decent assessment.

Like the previous posters said, they haven't used the bunch recently. The longer the season has gone on, the more this offense has been looking like the vanilla Trent Edwards era. This week, I'd have practiced the Spiller deep pass play (they missed on against Dallas) and attempt to nail it on the first play of the Miami game. Fitzpatrick needs it, Spiller needs it, Jackson needs it, the whole team needs it. The team needs to open things up and make defenses cover the whole field again. But sadly like Jauron, head coach Gailey is probably afraid to give them another chance with that play. Gailey has turned into Dick Jauron and it's disgusting.

That's what the liberal media wanted you to think. Truth is, she'd have won the nomination and crushed Obama in the general. Obama is the worst president this country has ever had. The media got him elected, they got the Obamacare passed and then they successfully brainwashed the American people into thinking Palin was nothing but a walking punchline. Do I like Palin's folksy, "aw shucks" personality? Not particularly. But she'd have turned Washington on it's head and that's what we need more than anything.

Mismanaged? You first have to manage something before you can mismanage it. Obama is the very definition of an empty suit who's entire career has been one long permanent vacation. He doesn't like to work and he leaves the decision making to others.

Come on now, Newt is part of the corrupt Washington machine. I just found out about this and I have no intention of ever voting for Newt Gingrich. It's a shame that Palin didn't run. She'd be kicking all of these bozo's rear ends by now. If she's not electable over an inept corrupt socialist like Obama then this country truly is screwed.

You sound just like the posters who would try to protect Dick Jauron's ineptness. Right now, Gailey is the problem. It's clear he's mailing in his job on offense given the lack of creative play calling. He doesn't care about the defense at all. Do you think that George Edwards would have lasted even a half year let alone a full year and a half in NY, Dallas, Philly, Pitt, ect, ect... Enough with the excuses for Gailey. The Jets and Cowboys are two mediocre teams. We didn't get romped on because of injuries. We got romped on because their head coaches put in the time and energy to prepare their team, while Gailey clearly didn't.

Gailey thought Edwards was better than Fitzpatrick. This shows that Gailey isn't the "end all be all" in the talent evaluating department. Spiller has shown signs of being a playmaker this year and he needs to start getting about ten touches on game day. Give him a real shot to show what he has to offer. If he becomes the player we all thought he'd be, the Bills could possibly parlay him into a trade to fill one of the many holes we have on this team.

These were the Jauron excuses. Sorry but the backups are NFL players too. There was no way the Bills should have had their doors blown in by the mediocre Jets and Dallas other than it was Chan's very poor head coaching that made those games as bad as they were. Our players look lost out there and that's on Chan.

Three very good reasons to give Spiller a lot more touches is to see if he can create a needed new dimension for this offense, see if they do have a valuable trade commodity and to save wear and tear on Jackson who isn't a young RB. As much as people think Spiller's a bust, he simply hasn't been given an honest chance to prove himself one way or the other.

Chan has some major culpability in regards to these last two games. He clearly doesn't care about what's going on with the defense. The offense hasn't changed a thing to counteract what the defenses are doing to slow them down. This team has looked unfocused and ill prepared as if they were back in preseason. I get that there are injuries, but people act as if the backups have never played football before. They're NFL players and should be expected to come in and play at an NFL level. This is Chan's fault. I don't mind losing to the Jets and Cowboys, I seriously mind the team getting their doors blown in and looking completely lost out there. Chan Gailey looks like the offensive version of Dick Jauron, slow to make adjustments and not interested in what the players on the other side of the ball are doing. There's no reason why the Bills have played as badly as they've played these last two games other than the head coach.

Nailed it. Edwards should have been fired early in this season and I said as much right here. I hate calling out guys like this, but we as fans have little outlet than these forums. No one in the national media cares. If this were Dallas or the Jets getting burned game after game for a year and a half like this the DC in those cities would be gone by now. But we as Bills fans just have to deal with it. I'm done with blaming Edwards, I'm moving on straight to the head coach who kept him and doesn't seem to care one bit about the defense. As for his offense, my jaw dropped when I saw that no one had laid a hand on Ware. It dropped again when I saw McKelvin was the guy covering Bryant on a deep corner pass. I think this was about the 25th time I've seen this happen. It's like a never ending nightmare that comes once a game.

Chan just isn't cut out to be a head coach. Coordinator yes, head coach no. Today's NFL players need to have a guy in there who's passionate about what they do. Not a cerebral guy who to them, looks like he couldn't care less about whether they win or lose. For me, Gailey jumped the shark the minute Ware went untouched on the first play of the game. That's inexcusable. Sorry, but that's on the head coach. I don't care if Wood is out now. Have the team prepared against Miami to at least do the basic things well enough to keep a game close. Instead everyone's acting like our backups have never even seen a damn football before. These last two embarrassing losses aren't an injury issue, it's a coaching issue. We need a young guy in here with some spit and fire in the belly.

That would be a great idea! You obviuosly get where I'm coming from. Today's players respond to guys with outward passion towards the game. You need to be smart, dedicated AND have passion. Fewell has that passion and enthusiasm and obviously so does a guy like Rob Ryan. It's embarrassing how dispirited this team has looked these last two games. I really think guys like Jauron and Gailey are too cerebral for today's game. The players look at them and say, "****, if he don't care why the **** should I?"

To me, these last two games tells me that it's no longer a team talent issue, it's a head coaching issue. I'm seeing lack of focus and execution that are the stuff of first pre season games. Do they have to win? No. Do they have to not get laughed out of the building two games in a row playing mediocre teams? Yes. I think the players are completely lost out there. I'd be surprised if we beat Miami. I'd be surprised if we win another game this season. Maybe the players are sensing that Gailey doesn't really care or have a passion for whether they win or lose. I don't know what it is, but there is a major problem and it's not just a "depth" issue.

The Giants were ranked 30th the year before Fewell got there. This league is a young coaches league now. Guys like Jauron and Gailey are freaking dinosaurs. They're too slow to move and are too stuck in their predictable ways. The NFL game and the NFL players are 180 degrees different than from when they were relevant. I get why people are angry with me with this post, but deep down they all know I'm right. This team was already moving in the right direction when Fewell was the head coach. I'm completely serious about this, I hope they bring him back.

True, Nix has a lot accountability in this mess also. As for Fewell, unfortunately he was part of the Jauron regime, because I think that he was and will be a very good head coach. I hate being right about this one because he's gone and thriving with the Giants while our defense is the worst this franchise has ever seen. Gailey clearly is not a good head coach. There was a reason why he never got another chance after Dallas. He just isn't smart enough and seems to have no discernible instincts for players, coaches and game planning.

...Perry Fewell for head coach instead of Chan Gailey. I was in favor of Fewell becoming permanent HC and I still stand by that. Forget the defensive argument, Fewell even had more instincts on offense than Gailey had. Fewell knew Edwards was garbage and he clearly liked Fitzpatrick as his starting QB. Chan literally screwed up his biggest decision with his new team and first head coaching job in over a decade. If I were Nix I'd get rid of Gailey at the end of the season and beg for Perry Fewell to come back. I loved Fewell's enthusiasm. His career mirrored that of his players. Anybody else wish Fewell was the choice now? Any chance we can get him back here as our head coach?

I was blowing up the theory that defenses simply have to "figure out" an offense to stop it. It's a false premise. You can't just have a favorite formation like Chan does with the spread. You have to have multiple formations and packages up your sleeve to counter-act defensive tactics. The Bills obviously aren't there yet with Kelly and that bunch, but they do have a few of the pieces in place.

The first play from scrimmage with Ware being unaccounted for tells me that our head coach sucks. Having McKelvin covering Dez Bryant at any point tells me that our head coach sucks. Game over, season over, only a couple of minutes into the game. Did anyone here think they still had a chance after those two plays????? Why's our season over with a winning 5-4 record? Because our head coach does in fact suck.

This team has had a decade of draft busts. The problem with Spiller is that no one knows if he's just another one because he's not getting enough touches of the ball. I remember being crazed that Stevie Johnson wasn't given a true shot at being the starter and then it was Fitzpatrick not starting over Edwards last year. Spiller needs to be on the field full time. Considering how predictable this team has become on offense, it's only logical that the Bills need to see what Spiller can do. To see if he can add another dimension to the offense that would make "the formula" ineffective. But we have a stubborn, offensive coordinator pretending to be a head coach who's unwilling to change his ways to suit the players' abilities. Sound familiar?

Does anyone remember that the Bills used the same exact offense and plays for 6 years and it brought us to four Superbowls in a row? I'm so tired of the false "Well they figured it out and the Bills are completely screwed" montra. Because it's a false premise. The Bills' problem is that they currently are not getting proper coaching, nor are having proper execution on the field. Three obvious and logical ways to circumvent "the formula."... 1. You need to call roll out plays a few times a game designed to give him more time to hit Stevie, Nelson or CJ down the field. 2. You need to have Fitzpatrick QB draw a few times a game to slow down the pass rush (if the line has no ability to hold). 3. You need to keep Freddie and the tight end in for extra protection (if the line has no ability to hold). Chan Gailey just is not coaching them correctly. Exactly how does a team's first play of the game be a pass and have no one blocking one of the best rushing ends in NFL history? How does a play with two tandom blockers (Freddie and a lineman) completely whiff and have the defender go right between them to tackle CJ in the backfield? Don't buy into "the formula" excuse. Coaching and execution is what this team is lacking on offense. I'm thinking that Gailey is just not cut out to be a head coach. As stubborn as Jauron was on the defensive side, Gailey is just as stubborn and unwilling to change. It really irks me that Spiller is not being used at all. He gets what, one chance a game and if he screws that up he's done? "Well, he had his chance! Throw the bum back on the bench!" This team is so dumb, it's stupid.

This loss wasn't Fitzpatrick's fault. Dallas never had to respect the run since the defense gave up 21 points about a minute after the kickoff. BTW, that pass to Spiller was a rocket. The Bills need to have him roll out and start throwing it downfield a few times a game. Relax, Fitzpatrick will be fine.

I think the football gods are punishing the Bills for honoring Scott Norwood. Hey, at least we fans have the answer on whether they were for real or not. They clearly aren't for real and they've got some work to be done on getting defensive talent for both starting and depth purposes. With regards to the offense, I think this is just a bad couple of games. Hard to judge the offense since the defense's doors were blown in so quickly and the Cowboys could just pin their ears back all day. Would have been nice if Williams and Kelsay never got hurt, and Merriman had returned to form. Final word, George Edwards has got to go!!!!!!