todd

Do you remember how HORRIBLE maybin was? I mean, the guy sucked. He's still overrated on the Jets. He only plays on passing downs, and the Bills don't have the luxury of a one trick pony.

I was 5. I don't remember, but my dad took me to see the Bills that season. I wonder how many who post here were even alive then. Or even alive in the 80s.

Andy Reid Mike Shanahan "Good" coaches doing poorly. Whoops! there goes that theory. I find it amazing that people try to blame losing on ONE thing. It's like people's minds aren't big enough to think about something from more than one angle. It's the coaches! No, It's the QB! No, it's the owner! No, it's the DC! No, it's the GM! No, it's the injuries! No, it's 10 years of bad drafting! No, it's CJ Spiller! IMHO, Chan is NOT the problem. It is MANY things. Anyone who thinks changing coaches is a panacea is a moron. REBUILDING.

I don't know. I don't think it signals failure at all, I think it signals being prepared for the future. I also think that Fitz will be fine going forward. I rewatched some of those early games, and Fitz with a healthy offense is really great. Rewatch the NE game and tell me otherwise. People are pissed because he can't carry a team like Manning or Brady, but for god's sake those guys are future HOF players. Fitz isn't, and shouldn't be held to that standard. Of course, certain Bills fans aren't happy unless they are whining about something. If they draft a QB in a high round, he could sit for a while ALA Aaron Rodgers in GB behind Favre. Another example is Brees/Rivers in SD.

Cool! I think I'll do the 5K and leave the 1/2 marathon to my wife.

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.