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Marv & Ralph have already done this stuff before, albeit in different, but consecutive years. In 1986 Marv's buddy Bill Polian was hired as GM, but didn't fire Hank Bullough until the team was into the season. The year before Marv got there, Ralph & the team hired Hank Bullough as a coach in waiting until they could fire Kay. I expect to see the next Bills' Head Coach as one of the two coordinators, getting himself familiarized with the personnel & evaluating whether JP has the goods as an NFL QB. As a result, the team will suck next year, Mularkey will be fired in mid-season & our coordinator will be promoted to Head Coach. If the new coach determines that JP is not an NFL QB, then we will either draft a QB or trade/sign one. I think Holcomb will start, probably the entire season or until he gets hurt, because Marv in his WGR show has said many times that he supported Mularkey starting Holcomb because he believes you play the guy who gives you the best chance to win and you develop your players who are not ready in practice.

When I was driving home, WFAN was saying Edwards is gone from the Jets for greener pastures in KC.

The Texans are already allocating players to NFL Europe, if he's staying, can we send Mularkey over there to learn more about coaching? Texans | Halterman allocated to NFL Europe Tue, 3 Jan 2006 17:39:45 -0800 The Houston Texans have allocated TE Aaron Halterman to NFL Europe, according to the Associated Press. Halterman ended the season on the team's practice squad. Texans | Davis allocated to NFL Europe Tue, 3 Jan 2006 17:38:23 -0800 The Houston Texans have allocated DE Jason Davis to NFL Europe, according to the Associated Press. Texans | Harris allocated to NFL Europe Tue, 3 Jan 2006 17:33:51 -0800 The Houston Texans have allocated DE Elliott Harris to NFL Europe, according to the Associated Press. Harris ended the season on the team's practice squad.

Flutie's future is in the announcer's booth or on the pregame shows. He'll have the best of both worlds-not anywhere near the hours an assistant coach logs (so he can spend time with his family) and a position in football that keeps him visible. I don't know whether his forum will be college or pros, but he'll be the Madden of his (broadcasting) generation. He's got everything it takes to be the next star football color man. Plus he'll never show up drunk at a game.

Keeping Mularkey would mean no new assistant coaches would come with the exception of a guy who like Hank Bullough in 1985 would be hired as a head coach in waiting if things bombed in early 2006. Therefore, if you're looking to replace both coordinators-forget about it! If you want to hire any decent position coach-forget about it. If the Bills want to have a decent staff under their head coach, they must have a different head coach than Mularkey, because no desirable assistant coaches are coming here to work for a guy who could be fired within a year. Thje good ones are either looking for stability or a job that will lead to a move up the ladder on the way to a head coaching job. If Mularkey stays, we're not going to get anyone worthwhile to come here to work under him. Therefore, Ralph really has no choice, if he wants to shake up the assistant coaching staff, other than firing Mularkey within the next 24 hours.

Gregg Williams taught me something about football too-that he's not NFL head coaching material. I think I've learned the same thing about Mularkey these past 2 years.

Jerry Gray was spotted at the airport-hopefully it's a one way ticket out of town.

A small cell phone hidden and left on with Clayton listening on the other end.

I'm sick of the Patriots act. Aren't 3 out of the last 4 Super Bowls enough?

If there's a God, every time MM pleads his case, a lightning bolt crashes into the building. Then Ralph may get the message.

Slim pickings. If Marv comes back as GM maybe he can get that young guy Don Shula to coach the team

Dump all the assistant coaches & let the new coach pick his own staff-no strings attached. The fact that Mularkey was willing to keep Jerry Gray & his whole staff after LeBeau chose Pittsburgh over Buffalo was a good indication that we had hired a lightweight as our new coach 2 years ago. Then that lightweight decided to bring in his own strength & conditioning coach and you can see the results when you compare this year's Bills to this year's Bears in the conditioning department.

Ralph, Please add Mularkey to that list!

It happened so fast it was kind of shocking. If anyone else heard him please fill in anything I'm leaving out, or correct me if I have any misinterpretations. It seems he's had alcohol problems, it sounded like his family broke up & he either thought or attempted suicide. He mentioned the Dungy kid's suicide relating it to his own problems. He ended up thanking those who hired him for the radio & was crying as they went to commercial. It was around the start of the 11:30 segment.

The guy just broke down on the air, talked about personal problems, suicide thoughts etc. I've never heard anything like that before.

The Bills knew more about Henry's off field problems than anyone else & knew he had to go. The problem isn't that they chose McGahee to replace Henry. The problem is, there was a healthy running back on the board who was picked a few picks later who has outperformed McGahee-Larry Johnson. Not taking Johnson was the mistake. There was no mistake made in trying to get rid of Henry, a fumbling, injury prone drug user and sex offender.

Buy a one way ticket to Siberia and use it. Happy New Year

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It's a little tougher when daddy takes away the two wheeler and locks it away in the shed. All the kid can do is imagine riding the bike as he sits in his room instead of being outside riding the bike. The kid doesn't get any better at bike riding doing this.

Sometimes they call QBs "Coach Killers". We might have a coach who eventually will be labled "QB Killer"

Now I'm not sure JP Losman will ever be a quality starter in the NFL, and the way he's being handled, the bust column is looking more likely. Mike Mularkey obviously has no faith in JP. I don't know any QB, who has not established himself, who has been able to overcome this impediment to his progress. The most recent example here was when QB coach Turk Schonert stopped coaching RJ and jumped on the Flutie bandwagon. The only way I can see JP having any future in Buffalo is if Mularkry is fired and a head coach who is totally neutral gets to evaluate JP in next year's camp. If Mularkey is still around, then Ralph and his GM have to let Mularkey dump JP & find a new QB. Maybe JP IS the next Cade McNown-It was always a possibility with his attitude. He also might be the next Brett Favre, who thrived once he got away from a coach who thought too little of him. If Mularkey stays, the team should do itself a favor and just move on to the next QB Of The Future. Fire Mularkey or fire JP, this team isn't big enough for the two of them. And whoever they get rid of, let's all hope it's the right one. It could just be that they're both busts at their position and in a couple of years they'll both be gone-if that's the case, it might be the best thing and the sooner the better.

The Jets can play for next year because their management plans on being there next year. Here we've got a GM who is days away from being fired and could care less about next year. The coach is a chickens***, who is so desperate save his own job that he can only look at this season. With any luck, Ralph will see through his charade & fire him too.

You're right about the injury part. Personally, I'd never take a RB in the top 5 because that position is the most dangerous due to the hits taken. (Although it did work for the Bills when they took a guy famous for his slashing style)

We're all entitled to our opinions, but NO merit is ridiculous. In order for a high pick to work, you have to assume competent management (which we don't currently have). Mike Williams was too heavy to be drafted that high & Leaf was a major head case who exhibited his craziness at the combine but SD ignored it. High draft choice + competent mgt=success. Think of the 90s Bills without Bruce Smith.

Richard Seymour is a big part of NE's defense. They got him after a bad year. They might not have 3 SB wins without him, especially considering 2 of those wins came on last second FGs.