Bill from NYC

I think the odds are pretty good. Whaley (imo) has proven that he will spend the Pegula's money and resources like a drunken sailor. I have little reason to think that he can/will contain himself. I think that a good, disciplined GM can improve this team without squandering our future. The above is not to say he has never made any good moves. He has, but he is far from my image of a good GM. Again, the above is simply my opinion.

Bledsoe had that awful game vs. Pitt. and we wound up with Losman. Sometimes that's all it takes.

Thanks for yet another great post. I think that I would have placed a bit more importance on the kickers, but I guess that is just the old school talking. I also have a question.....why has the LT position seemingly lessened in importance? Here are some guesses: 1) Pass rushers move around more and the RT is catching up in terms of being important. 2) The quality of LTs doesn't seem (to me) to be as high. I am not seeing an Orlando Pace, Walter Jones, or Ogden. In fact, I think players such as Brad Hopkins or Jumbo Elliot might be the best LTs in the league today. 3) Qbs are getting rid of the all faster? Again, I don't disagree with your rankings but a LT used to mean MUCH more to a team. I lean quite frankly towards #2 above. When Pace was at his best, 99% of defenders couldn't do a thing with him. He pancaked defenders on pass plays and trampled them on running plays. Am I missing something or have things dramatically changed at LT? If so, why?

I completely agree, but Jet rejects are in these days.

Good point. If the cops were not racists, Suggs would not have had a suspended license, and he would not have caused damage to someone's property.

Same here. I wish Leodis well, but he represents what is wrong with this team. Draft choices such as McKelvin and Whitner set back a franchise for many, many years. Whitner collected approx. 36 million real cap dollars from the Bills, this when the cap was much lower. I am too lazy to see how much Leodis cost us but one can only imagine. Players such as Ryan Clady, Brandon Albert and of course Joe Flacco were drafted AFTER McKelvin. So sad..... http://www.drafthistory.com/index.php/years/2008

Would a first round corner really surprise you?

I have no problem at all with the above. Under no conditions was it excusable for Mario to quit. That said, what I saw last year was very strange, SO strange that I am unable to come to a conclusion that Rex didn't totally lose whatever coaching ability he appears to have once possessed. In this sense, I see it as somewhat natural that the thread spun off in this direction. Remember, we were going to be "bullies," right? Instead, Rex had 100 million dollar, brutal pass rushers spinning, dancing, and running into coverage, including 350 or more pound Marcel Dareus. I need to watch a return to aggressive, non-Jauron football before I am sold on what has happened to this defense, and my hopes were set back when they hired Rex's brother. GO BILLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The term "knucklehead" was funny. The edit was not imo because it implies that I am or anyone else is suggesting otherwise. But, make no mistake.....Bills Fans are in a unique situation. Many of us will absolutely cling to any little thing in order to pretend that thinks are OK at OBD. In this case, it's the premise that Rex was a decent coach a few years ago. But facts are facts. The team went down more than 60% in sacks. This "great defensive mind" had a worse record than Marrone, a coach that nobody wants, despite huge offensive improvement, especially at quarterback. If everybody spent hours on end trying to prove to or convince other fans that things are working out well with Rex, this site would suck. It would be a place for science fiction more than for serious football discussion. I mean really, how much idiocy must one witness before putting down the pom-poms? And you are correct. I am a huge fan and a proud one!!! And, I DO see hope in terms of Mr. Pegula owning the team. I do however think that progress will be stunted until he gets rid of the ineffective people on the payroll. He should start with Brandon and work his way down. Just my opinion, NOT an all knowing, phony, stat driven proclamation.

Stop focusing on the small stuff.

It truly is a never ending, ugly, boring onslaught.

He was a draft pick (#4). Walker signed a 25 million dollar contract to play RT and he flat out sucked. He couldn't move and was almost as bad as Derrick Dockery was at guard. Then, they traded Jason Peters and actually put Walker at LT, and things got that much worse. Things were really, really bad in those days. My fear is that it will look like this again if the Bills don't fire Ryan and company sooner than later.

Thank you for all of these updates. Seriously.

Langston Walker was flat out awful from day 1. The man could barely move.

Good post! Mario was (I think still is) a great player. I do think that the signing of Bryce Paup was at least equal to signing Mario, but I am just splitting hairs.

At his salary Mario was worthless in a trade. It was however painful to watch Rex destroy Mario's season and turn a very good defense into an undisciplined disgrace.

I don't agree with parts of this post but agree with the theme. For quarterbacks, the transition is big. Dak Prescott is a huge, talented player, but will his game translate to a pro career? College football tends to not prepare QBs for the pros these days. EJ? Best left for another thread.

I don't see how you can arrive at this conclusion, unless you also think that Willie Mays should have been used as a pitcher.

Sure. Every team Fitz goes to does nothing but win, right? Wow! Would you please refresh my memory? Did you choose your screen name because you were just so moved after JP Losman called some young kid "Big Cat" during some sort of function? As I recall, you were a big proponent of his, telling us over and over how great he was just like you do now with Rex. If not, please accept my apology. If so, it's ok. I thought Rob Johnson would be an excellent quarterback. Everyone who is willing to stick their neck makes wrong predictions. Good luck with your Pro-Rex crusade.

Yep. It is up on the NFL channel. Rex being here is like a recurring nightmare. They got Darby in round 2. You don't HAVE to squander first round picks on the secondary. If you think that Gilmore is worth 12 or 13 million per season. I respectfully disagree.

I don't know if Gilmore would or would not get us a first round pick in a trade. That said, I for one would rather see the Bills get a first for Gilmore than see him signed to a huge guaranteed contract that would hurt us badly in terms of cap space. This of course is jmo. At this point, it may be in the Bills interest to concentrate on offense. They need blockers and another receiver, but there IS talent there. The defense will probably suck under any conditions as long as Rex is running it, and he probably has little say on the offensive side, so their best hope to win might be as an offensive juggernaut. The above is surely not my favorite brand of football but with Rex as coach, options and chances are surely limited.

Impossible to fathom? He proved last season that he could not coach THIS defense. He took away their pass rush, aggression, and discipline. Sacks were down more than 60%. Penalties were through the roof, no? So what did Whaley and Brandon do? They let him hire his brother who nobody else wanted. What a mess.

Dave, am I alone in thinking that this article is absolute, beyond a doubt proof that the 3 people calling the shots for this team (Brandon, Whaley and Rex) are incompetent? They invested hundreds of millions in the defense, the DL specifically, and now we are supposed to be glad that the ever so pedestrian Manny Lawson is the most important cog in this defense, while our line runs out in coverage or just stands still and jumps around? Really? Is that how things work? Sure, let's all count on greatness from Manny Lawson, as if things were not bleak enough. Mr. Pegula needs to dump all 3 of these sub-par managers that are hurting this team and of course the fans.

Have a great day!!!

It almost doesn't matter Tom. He is probably going to get jammed up again, ESPECIALLY if he gets away with this. I would put money on it. Did Cromartie and Travis Henry stop having kids with 10 women? Did Johnny Manziel stop drinking and getting in trouble? We both know that people truly are capable of change, but I see that McCoy continues to bring attention to himself, and this is usually a not so great thing for athletes (and btw it isn't such a good idea for cops).