Kultarr

What "battle" do you think he wins by having an injury, regardless of whether it is real or fake? His contract is locked in for the season; he's not getting more money from any NFL team this season.

Show me the baby.

I really doubt it. Jauron would've won a game or three and the defense would be playing much better. Even if he was yoyoing Trent and Fitzpatrick down by down.

No. But, Ralph has painted himself into a corner.

Bright young coach that learned a lot on the Bills dime. Good for him.

Watching the entire video, they show PP screwing up as well as making a play.

It's tough to make a play from the inactive list.

A few Cornell Green types is hardly what I'd call "changing the roster".

And, in other news, some posters here wanted Mike Martz.

Are you trying to imply that Bruce Allen sat on his hands and did nothing to change the roster? That he went to sleep during free agency?

Some reasons a safety can have a high number of tackles: 1) the offensive game plan was to isolate and attack the S in the passing game because he has inferior pass coverage skills 2) he is in fact the weak link in the secondary and the QB is finding that in his progression frequently and throwing that direction 3) the front 7 can't stop the run so the S has to bail them out In Whitner's case, I think it is a combination of all three.

Good play calling. Gailey kept the Ravens defense on its heels.

The offense has been truly terrible. No argument there, old friend. The decision to switch defenses and spend more off-season resources on that project seemed very questionable. I've read a lot of talk about why that was here, but that doesn't change the fact that the offense was the larger issue.

That's more indicative of a problems in the front office (inability to acquire talent) than the fact that Fina was really worth franchise player type money.

Our OLBs are a liability and weakness, in my opinion, so an upgrade could be made by just bringing in average players (not necessarily top players) at Sam and Will. The Bills are getting good production (relative to Kelsay) from Dwan Edwards, Akin Ayodele, and Andra Davis and none of those guys were superstar free agents. It's a rather sad state of affairs that the Bills have so many holes that the contention is that certain positions shouldn't or can't really be addressed and improved, not to mention rather defeatist; but, you may be on to what they are thinking, sad to say. In football terms, if they are serious about running the 3-4 defense, then having versatile, athletic OLBs is one of the key aspects of running that defense at an elite level. So, I guess I can't really see the point of just slapping a band-aid on it and calling it fine, assuming that the front office is actually trying to build a great team.

Maybe. Back in the day when the Bills were giving John Fina big contracts to stay in Buffalo, several players in the Bills locker room were scratching their heads over the move and weren't sure what the front office was thinking.

One occasion? Wow, that's being extremely charitable. (As is giving somebody $2.4M as "chump change".)

Didn't they just extend someone at OLB yesterday? Sounds from Brown's article that they may be planning to giving him a shot at their Jack position, which wouldn't be great news for Aaron Maybin.

But what sort of answer is Kelsay at Sam? He can't cover TEs or RBs coming out, and that's a key responsibility of a Sam in the 3-4. I don't get why you think only the Will dogs in this defense. The reason the 3-4 is effective is because you can send any of the LBs and the Sam and Will are both used. Of course, Maybin has no other role, so he's going to be rushing the passer (I say that very loosely) every single time. But that negates the advantage, the initiative, of running the scheme in the first place.

Indeed. It wasn't Polian that won the power struggle.

The Bills cut both Dockery and Walker last year to save money. They've cut other players before that. Cutting players to save salary isn't a new thing. As far as TG not providing an argument for keeping Edwards. You must be joking. That's what saying Edwards was a class act and a professional through and through was all about. The guy was a team captain and the starting QB just 7 days ago. He has experience. What if Fitzpatrick gets hurt? Frankly, he's a better option than Brohm, I suspect, if there is an injury. Mike McCarthy, who is one of the best QB evaluators in the game, decided Brohm wasn't worth a roster spot on his team last year. It's not like the Bills are going to go to the Super Bowl with this move. This isn't a move to make the team demonstrably better. This reeks of a bush league move by the guys that watch the Bills cash flow like hawks. Teams don't build their rosters in late September. You dance with who brought you. Starting Fitzpatrick led to just another loss this week. This doesn't build any confidence in the guys running the team -- it strongly undermines it. Do they have any idea what they are doing? Not to mention that this team already has real problems in attracting 1st class help on any level of the organization. Why would anyone want to play for a team run like this? Maybe it's time to pull the homer head out.

That was what it was called. Surprised anybody remembers that.

Sort of sounds like it. He might even have gotten it if the previous regime was still here.

It wasn't a matter of coaching. The Bills defense was built to win in the AFC, which was top heavy with passing offenses with the likes of Moon, Elway, Marino, etc. It was just not built to stop NFC East offenses, which featured massive offensive lines (at the time) and the NFC East ground-and-pound game. Gibbs, Parcells, and Johnson all built teams with OLs that could smash defenses. In a way, it was the Bills great misfortune that the 49ers, who were the #1 seed in the NFC several of those years, were also never able to knock off the hottest NFC East team in any of those years. The Bills would have matched up much better against a team running the WCO. Sorry, but a coach can't snap his fingers and make an undersized front 7 put on 80 pounds of muscle per player overnight. OTOH, against pass-happy offenses, the defense was very effective -- the Bills consistently ruined Dan Marino's seasons.

Ah, context is important. I meant my statement from the context of a future where SQ's predictions came to pass, not from today's perspective where everything in the future is an unknown. Thanks for your contribution.