nonprophet

I would prefer Fewell over Edwards as the DC but the Giants might have wooed him away with a bigger paycheck so keeping him as HC might have been the only way to keep him in the fold. The Bills defense wasn't great but it was serviceable and Fewell was doing it with mostly the same talent that they have on the roster now. I don't know--because no one can--but I suspect that they would have ranked higher if the offense had actually given them some time to rest and some leads to protect. When your team is 0-5 it's tempting to think about what might have been; they've fixed the offense to the point where it could win more games with the prior defense.

I was afraid that switching to the 3-4 was a bad idea and, unfortunately, my fears are being born out. You can win in the NFL with a 4-3 defense: it's the scheme that both of the last Superbowl teams use after all. The 3-4 was only an advantage when it was a rarity; a 3-4 team could draft great players lower in the draft that 4-3 teams passed on and opposing offenses would struggle being unfamiliar with it. As the 2010 Bills have amply demonstrated, the 3-4 isn't any better than the 4-3 when you run it with the same players and, because nearly half of the teams in the league are running it now, the Bills aren't going to receive any gifts on draft day. The reason the Bills offense struggled isn't because they didn't practice against the 3-4 on a daily basis, it's because their play calling was predictable, their run blocking and pass protection were anemic and their quarterbacking was inconsistent.

Well sure but in how many games did Fewell's 'D' keep the Bills within reach of winning for the first three quarters? How many games would the Bills have won the last three years if the *&^%$#@ offense could have put some points on the board or, at least, burned some time off the clock? The yardages don't show that the Bills' defensive unit was on the field constantly and gassed by the fourth quarter. Any offensive coordinator worth his salt would stress the run game against a team whose offense is worthless because he knows that there's plenty of time for scoring and that it'll become easy to do so in the second half. Say what you will about Fewell but I can remember his 'D' keeping other teams out of the end zone most of the time and, ultimately, that's the whole point.

Fewell as HC and Gailey as OC is sounding good to me, too bad the FO didn't go that way.

Sure Schobel will help out...by making BBQ on the sidelines. His family is in the restaurant business and he missed all of the OTAs and training camp. Maybe they could plug him in at nose tackle by now.

Is that the motivation for the Kelsay extension?

You forgot one: The QB would have to complete a lot of passes to a questionable group of receivers behind a bad line in order to compensate for the Bills' porous defense.

There goes another Levy pick...

Gregg Williams did the same thing. Just imagine how much better shape the Bills would be in if they hadn't ditched the 3-4 just to pick it up again 9 years later.

Maybe the team could be called the "Buffalo Bills of Los Angeles", you know, like the "Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim", More like Brownsville, on the heels of Trico.

Dan is probably dreaming of seeing "Dierdorf 2013" on the shelf at Best Buy.

I don't think anyone is claiming that he's going to be in the Hall of Fame but he was trying to win the game out there yesterday and, in light of how poorly most of his supporting cast acquitted themselves, that was commendable. Unfortunately, his attitude didn't appear to have worn off on any of his teammates.

Helping someone up is just being classy. I remember seeing the Bills of the glory years helping opponents up; it didn't seem to prevent them from winning. Maybe it even took a little steam out of their opponents to know they're playing classy guys.

You should be happy that the Bills have a coach who is willing to swallow his pride and reverse his past decisions in the interest of trying to win.

I applaud your optimism.

Yes. Sure, if only he would throw the ball in time. If he "coulda" he "woulda" by now. Edwards owes Losman a huge debt of gratitude; Losman made him look good enough to start. Let's see how Fitz does behind that line, that's probably what Chan is thinking.

They kept Kelsay because they use 4 down linemen in the nickel.

Hey, $400K buys a lot of jujubes.

Nah, he was already 6'5" at the age of 10.

Forget it, he's rolling.

You would keep Hardy and cut Maybin?

The guys injured lately are rookies; they're not in NFL shape yet so I'm not surprised that they're getting hurt in their first NFL camp. The rookies who do end up playing will probably run out of gas after 10 games because it will be their first NFL season. It's too bad that the Bills will have to rely on rookies so much this year.

You must like Thigpen.

I agree; the Bills run game just didn't work when they needed it the most. If Chan can cook up a reliable running game then the passing game WILL improve no matter who's at QB.

Don't worry; I hear Spiller is so fast that he can throw the ball to himself.