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Stop it already. We do not have excellent players not even close. This is the biggest myth perpetuated on this borad. Our team sucks. Even our most ovehyped players are mediocre at best.

This is classic being that we have the 3 stooges Rezx, Whaley and Russ

Right.. Because keeping your QB upright is an outdated argument. Good god man..

Yes because football is such a binary sport. Franchise QB is the only thing this team needs. Behind every franchise QB is a solid offensive line protecting that QB and opening holes for a running back but solid offensive lines are boring and doesn't sell tickets.. So we stab at guys like CJ Spiller when we are already stacked at RB or go out and get diminutive RB's like Lesean McCoy when our offensive coordinator has a history of slamming it up the middle... Why ??? Cause these flashy guys sell tickets...

No the Bills hire 1 PR firm and they have a multi media team which does this sort of thing. If you don't think this type of thing exists in the year 2016 then.. Well it is quite likely you are well aware that such a thing exists otherwise why would you spend days and days defending the marketing guy??? In a sane world the initinal post would probably been ignored and the thread would die of natural causes quite quickly...

I think we have beaten this to death.. You have those that work for the PR company hired by the Bills front office that has done quite a good job of deflection. For chrissakes if this wasn't the case why the hell would they spend 15 pages defending the marketing guy instead of talking football... Go Bills. I expect a strong effort tonight as they have a way of bouncing back when 90% of the fans base seems to be throwing in the towel.

Yes things were awful when he arrived in 97... Playoffs nearly every year, long string of sell out games.. Things were just freakin awful...

Hiring an independent consultant is worthless if those under TPegs still have the owners ear and total confidence. If this is the case anything this consultant says that calls into question will be summarily dismissed by these people that have circled the wagons. I have seen this movie over and over in the business world and know the ending quite well.

I third This.

Must be great that he is always able to slink back to the "Im only the marketing man" making him completely unaccountable for any foot ball decisions he may have been involved in.

Selling the Bills to the Rabid Weatern New York football fan is like being the only one having the concession to sell water in the desert.

I agree... Amazing that people come out of the woodwork to defend. Almost as if these people worked in the multi media department of a PR firm and are paid to shape the conversation regarding Brandon. It is 2016 nothing would surprise me.

http://www.buffalobills.com/news/article-1/Complete-transcript-Rex-Ryans-introduction/56e897fd-f22f-4376-9489-7e84a5b4f0c1 This doesn't sound like a guy with "No Influence" Terry Pegula: Thank you. After an extensive search, conducted by myself, Kim (Pegula), Russ (Brandon), and Doug Whaley, the Buffalo Bills have hired a new head coach and that coach is Rex Ryan. I almost said Sabres (Laughs). Rex began his coaching career in 1987. We all know, you can look on your computers these days and look up coaching careers, but, he went to the Baltimore Ravens at age 37, worked under Brian Billick, won a Super Bowl ring there as a defensive line coach. In 2005, he was promoted to defensive coordinator. 2008, he was defensive coordinator and assistant coach under John Harbaugh, and the Jets hired him 2009 and you know he’s been there for six years. I think one of the amazing statistics of his tenure at the Jets is, that, during his tenure they allowed the second least yards per game in the league. We went into this process very open-minded, the four of us. There was a lot of arguing, a lot of debating, which is always healthy. It is not a sign of dysfunction. We did not know what kind of, or who our coach was going to be. Is it going to be a young new mind? Is it going to be a veteran coach? But, as the process, and maybe should I use Canadian for our hockey (fans), the process. As it continued, we decided that where our team is right now, we were basically the only team looking for a head coach who did not fire their head coach the year before. So we decided that, after talking, that maybe we should go the veteran route, and because of where our team is. And, most of the candidates that came in, if not all, said, they praised our defense, you got some work on offense, and we understood that. Rex Ryan coached teams have two characteristics: they’re always great defensively, and they always work hard. Rex instills that in his players. When I was out with Rex the other night, I said to him, “How many Super Bowl rings does your family have?” He said, “We have five. My dad has two, my bro has two, and I have one.” And then he said, “I gotta fix that.” So our goal as an organization, is to build a team that, we were talking the other night, some of the new coaches on the staff, we were at my office in Florida. And, basically, we decided that, we want the Buffalo Bills to be a nightmare to play against. So, that’s our objective. With the staff that Rex is building, and with his knowledge of the game, we’re going to be a tough team defensively, and, I know that Greg Roman used that word, nightmare, and I love it. So, I’m going to introduce Rex now. And I can tell you one thing, he’s an avid hockey fan, and believe it or not, the guy was a goaltender. So, Rex, come on up. Q: What made you decide that Rex was your guy? TP: The first round of the interviews were broad-type questions. When we called him back and got into the nitty gritty, Doug hit him with all this stuff that put me to sleep (Laughs). That’s when we knew that Rex could be our coach, if he wanted to be. We just felt that he was our guy and trust me, we had some pretty impressive people that we felt could the Bills coach, but we said, “Hey, let’s go after Rex.” Russ told me, “Don’t let him out of the building.”

Too early to give up yet... I think yesterday had a lot to do with lack of reps by first team offense during pre-season. That is clearly on Rex.... I don't think this offense is as bad as they played yesterday and the defense played good.

I'll have what he is drinking.

Sorry just trying to graphically state what I thought of your argument that this is acceptable cause other teams do it. Didnt think of it as an insult as it was intended to your argument and not you. Won't do it again.

As if the wallbashing comment wasnt an insult? LOL..

Maybe that is why we haven't been in the playoffs for the entire 21st century and because we continually give players making millions of dollars a pass when they break rules and get suspended and not hold those responsible for hiring them accountable. It is permissible because other teams do it?!?!?! I would expect an argument like that from a teenager not an adult.

You are right Given that he had priors this is simply a lame ass attempt to play the sympathy card. As Rex said "Rules are Rules"

Nice Try..... It doesn't matter if we are average or better than average.. Big money is spent on these guys and it is disruptive to the team when they are suspended. One suspension is too much. Your implication that it is somewhat acceptable if the Bills have less players suspended for breaking the rules is .

Accountable for continually drafting guys who can't follow the rules that they must follow to remain in the NFL. Is it not part of the job to ferret out those unwilling or unable to do so?

Regardless of how we think. An NFL player testing positive gets suspended. He knew that and still partook. There are other treatments available that don't get you suspended. Par for the course with this team and the NFL..

Are you expecting him to bet you even up on something that should get odds of between 13 and 15-1? Are you willing to lay 15-1 on this significant bet? Seems you are making same a prediction also.

EJ isn't going anywhere. It is just too early to declare that Cardale Jones is good enough to be our number 2... The best case scenario is he (Jones) is given the chance to compete for that spot and shows he can be that guy before this season ends.

If hitting Deep patterns is overthrowing receivers out of bounce on sideline patterns then I would agree.