BuffaloRebound

I don't think a lack of national attention on Jauron's job security mean anything other than nobody outside the Bills fanbase cares what happens to Jauron and the Bills. This is what irrelevance looks like.

I like Edwards but an upgrade at QB is needed to compete for the playoffs. Why waste any more time? Buffalo is a unique place when it comes to weather and the toughness of its fanbase, and Edwards isn't a good fit.

I don't know. He seems to have all the tools. Good arm strength, accurate, good size, decent mobility, and smart decisions. An upgrade at QB is a must. Edwards doesn't have the arm strength to excel in Buffalo.

Carroll is the type of guy this organization needs. He is an extremely high energy positive guy and I can't see him letting Ralph miser his way to mediocrity. That said, unless he loves reclamation projects, there is no good reason Carroll would leave USC for Buffalo.

Is Commander Tom still among us?

The only undisputed fact is that Polian had no problems landing another GM job and has been wildly successful everywhere he's been.

So what you're saying is a GM not only has to deal with a cheap, meddling owner, he has to deal with his daughter too?

Polian has already won a Super Bowl in Indy and I believe he still has strong ties to the area. I am not familiar with what Polian said to Ralph's daughter. I thought Polian didn't get along with Ralph's accountant and that was the reason for the split.

Most owners care about winning first and foremost. Ralph has repeatedly shown the bottom-line to be more important than winning. Selling a home game and canning Polian, his most successful GM, are just 2 examples. No in-demand GM or Head Coach is coming here with Ralph as owner. My dream scenario would be Ralph selling the team to the Kelly/Golisano? ownership group and Polian coming back as GM/President.

No one good is coming if Wilson is still the owner. Why would they? He ran the only good GM he ever had out of town and no one knows what will happen when Ralph passes on. Anyone who cares about their reputation would never accept the GM or head coaching job with Wilson as the owner and in a division with Parcells and Belichik. The only good news may be that Ralph is running out of options to appease the fanbase and in this economy the Bills aren't going anywhere except Toronto and that is a long-shot as well with Rogers out of the picture. It would not surprise me if Ralph sells the team this off-season. He's too old to change and even he has to see that is exactly what this organization needs.

I saw the same thing. Dockery was an embarrassment. On both sacks, he stopped playing. Over-paid bums are a cancer to a team. I'd add Denney to your list too who routinely gets blocked by a Tight End but I don't think he gets paid more than a backup which is what he is. Simpson needs to go too as he is allergic to contact and never makes a play on the ball.

He's not? He plays in a stadium that doesn't cost him anything. He gets an annual check from the NFL for $120m. He spends significantly less than that on players. He gets $10m per game from Toronto. His coaching staff and front office are or should be the worst paid in the NFL. I'd say Ralph makes more in Buffalo than he would in any city that currently doesn't have an NFL team outside of Toronto.

Equally as problematic as the busts, the players we have hit on in the 1st round - Clements, Evans, Lynch, McKelvin, and Whitner - are not QB's, pass rushers, or lineman. Take it back 3 more years and it is the same story - '97 Antowain Smith was a bust on the Bills, '98 Johnson bust, and '99 hit with Winfield but also a CB. Maybe that's why the Bills keep picking DB's in the 1st round... it's one of the few positions they know how to pick.

Do what it takes to get Haynesworth, and take a DE or QB with the 1st pick. This team is in desperate need of impact players on the defensive line and at QB.

Instead of over-paying for the Kelsays and Dockerys of the world, go after the true difference makers like a Haynesworth. It's so f'ing depressing watching Ralph and his minions trying to build an 8-8 team, while brain-washing most of the fanbase into believing that's all poor Buffalo and poor Ralph can afford. Meanwhile, he gets a check for more than $120m from the NFL every year, plays for basically free in a stadium named after himself but built by taxpayers, spends nowhere near the $116m salary cap limit, and sold a home game to Toronto for $10m per year. Don't fool yourself, he's got plenty of money to compete.

The point, my man, is that Levy liked Cutler. Levy had a past with Ralph and had no experience putting a team together. Someone like a Parcells or a Polian would have got busy cleaning house and wouldn't have passed on a potential franchise QB because of Losman. If a similar scenario presents itself this year, even though I think Edwards can be a good QB, he is by no means a franchise QB, and I wouldn't be against drafting a potential franchise QB. Do you think Brandon has the balls or football intelligence to do something like that? Instead the Bills will continue the process of building an 8-8 team when what they need is a new front office with no ties to the past to come in and get rid of the dead weight. Lynch, Evans, Peters, Stroud, McKelvin, and maybe Whitner are my core guys and everyone else is replaceable. A pass rusher is first on the priority list and then I'd look to upgrade at QB or at least bring in legitimate competition for Edwards.

Losman didn't show anything his first 2 years.

If I remember correctly, Levy actually said he had Cutler rated higher than Leinart. That's why a house-cleaning is needed in the organization. Too many people married to the losing decisions of the past. Look at Parcells and Miami. He didn't let Beck preclude him from getting Pennington and drafting Henne.

Long term cap implications are of no concern with the Bills as far under the cap as they are. In terms of costing too much, cut the dead weight and pay Haynesworth with that money. There is plenty of cap room to absorb any cuts. Who in their right mind wouldn't cut Kelsay or even Schobel if it meant landing Haynesworth? Keep Denney and play Spencer Johnson more at Defensive End. Sign another low cost defensive end (Kelsay at the veteran minimum) and draft a pass rusher with our 1st round pick.

Karma for Ralph. He can take the money he sold his soul for from Toronto and buy-out Jauron.

How can any card-carrying Bills fan believe that the Jets would not have at least tied the game if the Bills don't get a 1st down? Questioning run or pass is legitimate, but I believe even Jauron knew we were losing that game if we don't get another 1st down.

I don't think the play-call was horrible, but it was called by a loser coach and executed by a loser QB. Losman and Jauron need to be gone.

I actually liked the play-call. It was right before the 2 minute warning so an incompletion is the same as a running play. They were going for the win for once. I only fault the coaches for still having Losman on the roster.

Could not agree more. Wash that loser out of this organization.

It is, but deals get torn up/re-negotiated all the time when they no longer make sense for both sides. If that game actually meant something to the Bills, the outrage already being shown would be multiplied. I still am amazed that Rogers shareholders went along with this... they are most certainly going to incur a loss and there is no upside for them as the NFL doesn't allow corporate ownership.