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Fitzpatrick is retarding the development of who? Brohm?---the guy who just showed up a few weeks ago? you think putting Brohm out there today would have made any impact on his "development" next year, because it's....snowing?
Just plain silly.
Any playing time is better than no playing time. And Fitzpatrick is what he is. What's "silly" is saying that playing Brohm is pointless.
Look, this team has had no real chance for far longer than they have been mathematically eliminated from the playoffs. Knowing this (don't claim therwise), why didn't you come out weeks ago advocating they tank the rest of the season? Why not shoot for the number 1 or 2 pick?Thanks to STL, KC, Detroit, and TB, the Bills never realistically had a shot at the 1st or 2nd overall pick. Not that I'd want them to pick that high this year, since there's no great player available, outside of maybe Suh.
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Well it didn't work out like that and we can't go back and change anything. Enjoy a win at least.
Keeee - ripes.
Regardless of what the Colts did, the Bills could and should have started Brohm. Or at least played him in the 2nd half. I think I'm more pissed about that than anything else. And looking at the standings, there's a chance that the win doesn't even drop them down in the draft order.
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I watch and cheer for the Bills to win.
I don't cheer to move up two spots for a draft choice
Our best draft picks last year were Levitre, Wood, and Byrd .... ALL picked below Aaron Maybin
Go Bills. Give us a win today
Meaningless wins are just that. Especially when the starting QB likely won't be starting next year and is just retarding the growth of a developing player. I'd rather have seen performances like this when it counted.
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What a colossal waste today is. Starting Fitz and beating the Colts to drop further in the draft.
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Apparently there are conflicting reports about whether Morris and co. will be back or not:
The source didn’t know what team or teams Cowher could be involved with, but NFL Network’s Jason LaCanfora said the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have reached out to the coach either directly or through his representation.http://blogs.nfl.com/2010/01/02/cowher-has...istant-coaches/
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Another thing Clayton said is that the Bills did an extensive search for a GM outside the organization, but no one would give them the time of day. Take that FWIW. Although utlimately I think they got the right guy.
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I think the Panthers and Fox are playing a cat and mouse game right now. Panthers would like Cowher (and I think Cowher would like to stay home in Carolina) but don't want to pay Fox the $6 million he's owed next year, so they can't just fire him. Instead they are giving him "the option to return" as a lame duck. Fox, meanwhile, would like an extension (see #6 here http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Diner-...owl-misses.html ) and doesn't want to operate as a lame-duck coach. But he doesn't want to just resign and not get the $6 million.
I can see a buyout happening in the offseason for a figure < $6 million.
A buyout is possible. The question becomes, how long does it take and will Cowher wait if it takes awhile?
Not so fast....The only thing the Panthers have said is that they want Fox to come back and coach the remainder of his contract without getting any extension.
Fox will want to either get a new deal in Carolina or will want to have the Panthers trade his rights for draft picks to another team willing to give him a new contract. The Panthers are in a win-win situation. If such a trade occurs, then the Panthers are off the hook for paying Fox the last year of his contract and get additional draft picks and then can go ahead and hire Bill Cowher.
It will all boil down to if the Bills are willing to part with draft picks to get Fox. The question would be is "If Fox is drastically better than the other coaches that they are considering". My answer is No. Brian Billick is as accomplished HC as Fox, if not better and we can get him without having to part with draft picks...
That is the only way I see John Fox not coming to Buffalo.
The Bills won't trade draft picks for Fox. If anything, they'll wait for a buyout like Ozy suggested and then try and sign him.
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Fox is going to be gone in Carolina. Cowher lives in NC. He will take it if its available. I want him Buffalo, I just don't see it.Dude, Fox isn't going anywhere, it's official.
Yeah, the Panthers said they want him back. Fox might not want to come back, but if he didn't, the Panthers would refuse to pay his 2010 salary. I doubt Fox would want to have no job and no money in 2010.
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idk, his background is really good, i would prefer someone who has been a head coach before....
So too would Nix. I think this is just a "Rooney Rule" or personal-friend courtesy interview.
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Anything less than laughter at how Ralph predictably promoted an unknown septuagenarian from within seems inappropriate.
Your (offensive) avatar fits your posts. Buddy Nix is far from "unknown," at least to people who know the team, as well as the league.
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If an individual(s) mentions openly who they want as head coach in a formal venue it tells me they have no input or any current knowledge of what direction the team is going to head.
Any thoughts?
If it were a secret that the Bills are pursuing Cowher, that would make sense. But it's not (anymore). And so far, no one from either the Bills' side or Cowher's side has denied that they've talked and are continuing to talk.
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Maybe Buddy called AJ's daughter (or perhaps AJ himself) a @$#%?
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The "unnamed source" sounds like he's throwing a hissy over the Bills not hiring one of his boyfriends in Gettelman, Studwell, or Whaley. Nix' performance in SD speaks for itself.
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Epic thread fail.
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Harbaugh won't come to Buffalo because of Jim Kelly's presence. But just say no to college HC's being made NFL HC's.
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It could be worse. But I believe reports that they're going all-out for Cowher, and I also believe that Buffalo is Cowher's only realistic option. Carolina wants to keep Fox and Tampa won't fire Morris after just 1 season and a huge win over the Saints.
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Yup, if not for TOs big numbers, the Bills would have been, maybe 32nd in passing instead of 29---assuming, of course, that those 100 or so passes his way would otherwise never have been thrown, or if thrown, all 100 had been incomplete to another WR. But, otherwise--great point.
"Rousing success" is what the Cowboys are experiencing as a result of dumping TO.
As for blaming everyone in Buffalo for TOs crap year---explain how other WRs (who are NOT living legends) on crap teams with crappy QBs can produce. Steve Smith doesn't get double teamed? He doesn't have an awful QB? How about Johnson in Detroit? Ha!--Mohammed Massaqoui in Cleveland???
Look, read the quotes from the GMs in both conferences had to say about TO. Some GMs can see the obvious....
LOL! Yeah, real "obvious." No talk by these "GM's" at all about the QB, the O-line, the schemes, the injuries, the firings, etc. Yet virtually every weekend the analysts on NFL network keep talking about how TO and Evans were open most of the games and no one got the ball to them. Oh and the "he has been single-covered" and "he was shut down by Revis" are typical WEO gems.
Look, even with the pathetic state of the Bills' offense, he caught 51 passes for 764 yards and 4 TD's. Now if he had, say, a stud QB like Matt Leinart (
), he'd have put up huge numbers. But it's "obvious" the QB'ing was poor. Among other things.As for the Cowboys, wake me up when they actually having "rousing success." Here comes another critical December game that they'll probably blow, to decide the NFC East. If they lose (and they probably will given they've lost their last 9 season-enders, have Romo who comes up small in big games, and will face the red hot Eagles), they'll have to play on the road in the first week of the playoffs, and will lose. Just like they did in 2006, TO's first year with the team. Even if they win, they'll won't have a first round bye like they did in 2007 and at best will just end up losing in the 2nd round. Oh and Roy Williams, the guy they got to replace TO, has 1 fewer drop in a dozen fewer targets.
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Dumb article. While the offense sucked, it was in no way due to TO. If not for him, the Bills' offense would have set the NFL record for futility in a season.
OTOH, if the Bills had a halfway decent QB, some more health on the O-line, and a decent OC, he'd have been considered a rousing success. But he doesn't throw the ball to himself, play O-line, or call the plays.
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Peters and McKinnie making the Pro Bowl point-out how far the LT talent in the NFC has slipped. All of the Pro Bowlers from last year either are done career-wise, or got injured early in the season.
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Hiring Cowher would certainly make a splash and bring a lot of credibility to the Bills, but it doesn't guarantee anything. The stat about there being just one HC who won a SB with another team is salient. And remember that when Ralph hired TD, who was credited with rebuilding the Steelers, that didn't go over so well.
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I don't believe it's locked-in as a 6th rounder.
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Great. Here comes the holdout.
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If all that proves to be true is that there's a succession plan involving an heir, I'll be ecstatic. That means the Bills stay in Buffalo for a good while longer. If the Cowher thing doesn't materialize, it's not the end of the world.
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Hopefully that conditional pick jumps up real high after Peters made the Pro Bowl.
Official Week 17 Game thread vs. Colts
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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And the upside of starting Fitzpatrick is...? Those who laughably claimed that Brohm would be injured or hindered by starting last weekend were woefully wrong. And even if you think that Fewell was right to start Fitz, there is no excuse for not giving Brohm the start in the 2nd half, with the team winning 24-7.