todd

Bull. They drafted Losman in the first round, and traded for bledsoe. Those are two first round QBs. How did that work?

I guess I agree, however look at the Packers. They have incredible stability in the front office and at coaching. All the good teams do. Teams that constantly need to fire people don't do well, no matter what.

It comes down to the following, and injuries expose all of the below: 1. Rebuilding. Yep, we're in year 2 of rebuilding. As much as people don't want to admit it, this is true. When you are rebuilding, you lack depth because you are basically starting from near zero. The Bills had precious little to build on, and when those building blocks went down, we got screwed. Drafting Spiller at what was a position of strength didn't help much, but I think Nix realizes his mistake. 2. Bad drafts for 10 years. Also contributes to #1, but there's no way Buffalo can recover quickly from years of poor drafting. You can't trade away #1 picks (for bledsoe) and whiff on multiple #1 picks (Williams, McCargo, Losman, etc.) and recover in two years. It doesn't happen. Sorry to break it to everyone, but it doesn't happen. 3. Getting rid of good players. This is partially due to the revolving door at Head Coach, but look at the good players that the Bills get rid of or lose because they are constantly starting at year 1 of rebuilding. Greer, Fletcher, Schoebel, Leonhard, Trent Edwards (just kidding!), etc. A lack of consistency in the FO and at HC leads to this issue. And now people want to get rid of gailey and nix before the fruit is even ripe. Idiots don't realize that inconsistency is part of the problem. So when we have so few good players, and they all get injured, you see an absolute joke on the field. No coach can deal with that, although I think Edwards could do better and he needs to GTFO. So going from 32 to 25 is a substantial improvement. Quiz: what does new england and GB have that most teams in the NFL don't? A HOF QB, silly, and consistency in the FO.

Doomed!

A hybrid defense means you do things and neither of them well.

I'm sure injuries to Eric Wood, Fred Jackson, Donald Jones and Scott Chandler have absolutely NOTHING to do with his regression, so it must be that he has stopped working out.

Don't you remember the Gregggg Williams defenses? Seriously, those were the worst. This is bad, but those were worse.

WTF is wrong with you?

I agree with you on both points. Regarding the offense, having guys who have only been on the team for a month really limits what you can do regarding playcalling. They just don't know them all. Regarding the pass rush, if you don't have the players to do it by beating the guys in front of you, you need to be creative and manufacture one. I don't think Edwards is capable.

I'm sure you, just like everyone else, was ragging on the guy for being a bust.

No. The guy plays his ass off. How the hell can you question a guy who gives his all constantly.

He's a middle of the road starting QB, and he's paid exactly like one. If he was elite, he'd be paid like one. You people are insane.

Hey everyone .... it's only football. Relax. There are more important things to worry about. Enjoy it for what it is.

Sure. Let's fire nix and chan after two years into a rebuilding effort. That's just brilliant!

He presided over some bad drafts. He wasted first round picks. He wasn't as bad as the Russ Brandon / Marv Levy drafts, but he set us behind by years and that killed us. He was more agressive with FA, though, and we could use just a bit of that. I think Nix will have things turned around eventually, however I think people have unrealistic expectations on how fast you can actually turn stuff around, especially after the McKelvin, McCargo, Whitner, Maybin drafts. You just can't recover from that in two years.

Bob Matthews is not a good analyst, reporter or columnist. I don't read him, especially since they fired other guys in favo0r of him. He's really bad. He's good at spouting statistics, but that is it. Listening to Fred Smerlas and Bob on the radio a few years ago was unbearable. Two ill-informed people arguing about politics ... it was bad.

Friggin' cancer takes another good one. I always enjoyed his work. Straightforward, honest, and unbiased writing.

Good stuff PTR!

Anyone who watches games knows that Fitz is a far better QB than Edwards. So I'm not sure what your point is. Could it be that statistics aren't as important for QB play? Is it that W/L records don't matter when evaluating a QB? What is your point?

+1 Some may call the repeat threads about similar stuff a crusade.

I agree with 1/2 the logic, because Spiller is looking like a bad pick. We'll know for sure by the end of this year because he will be starting. The part I don't agree with is about Marshawn. The guy was facing a one year suspension with one more screwup. Given his history of screwing up, that was a legitimate concern. I think trading him was justified, given his penchant for making bad decisions. The #9 pick on spiller, no matter what we did with marshawn, is starting to look bad. I think Nix underestimated how poorly the team had drafted for the previous 10 years and tried to pick a luxury guy.

There's no reason to try to usurp Chan. He's doing quite well.

Yep those wins are great, especially the last minute stuff. He certainly has some type of clutch thing going - it's like he has a "clutch" switch he turns on in the 4th quarter. Definitely fun to watch. I bet the broncos hope they always have a good defense, tho, as long as tebow is their QB. Oh, and never have to rely on the pass. I'm just trying to evaluate his performance logically and rationally.

What excellent reading comprehension! Excellent post as usual!

Are you embarrassed for posting stupid ****?