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You know perspective. We hated Rex and everything he stood for too when he was coaching against us. On and off the field. Now, I am not sure what to think. I think he's the best coach we'll have since Wade Phillips for sure. I just hope we don't become the bottom of the barrel in terms of class as an organization. I hope The Pegulas can keep him in line off the field. This was obviously a move to keep us relevant and make life miserable for Tommy Boy twice a season. On the whole, you can't argue we got the best coach available. C

Does anyone have thoughts on Taylor Heinicke (sp?) from Old Dominion? He seems to have all the intangibles. His competition has been suspect, but man I love the way he plays. http://hamptonroads.com/2014/12/odus-taylor-heinicke-signs-famed-nfl-agent I know he's with Steinberg - but I met Chris Cabott a couple of times. Nice guy.

Recovery is hard. I hope he stays on the wagon. DC is a drinking town. For sure.

Per Fred Jackson. http://espn.go.com/blog/buffalo-bills/post/_/id/16814/fred-jackson-says-nate-hackett-couldnt-do-what-he-wanted-to Discuss.

I love Fred Jackson.

I don't know how LaCantfora (as in "can't get anything right") has a job...

Schwartz is a tool and wears his emotions on his sleeves. He considers himself a "rock n roll" rebel type guy. But the word on the street here in Nashville was that Jeff Fisher was gonna let him go before he got his HC job in Detroit. All worked out for Schwartz. He's a good DC. But needs a strong coach or FO type to keep him in line. C

The article I read said he would have "considered a job" - not clear if that meant GM. Who knows. Still, I'm glad he isn't coming. http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/12111665/washington-redskins-enhance-aj-smith-role

Amen! I really like the guy. I don't have any proof, but I have a feeling most of our troubles per coach, QB pick - was due to Buddy Nix. I seem to recall Buddy had final say in personnel decisions.

If Schwartz walks if we hire someone else as HC, I think Pepper Johnson would be fine as DC. He's gotten so much production out of the defensive line. The talent was there before, but this year they were on fire!

Yeah, I don't know. Owner gets an opportunity to bring in his guys and run the ship his way. Everybody needs to get on the same page. Obvious Marrone wasn't. I like Whaley - a lot. It's easy to second guess everything in hindsight. But given what he knew at the time, I think he made the right call. There are gonna be some adequate QBs available this off season in FA and trade. What scares me is the O-line. Hopefully we can fix the interior enough to give a QB more than 2 secs. We also need someone mobile *and* accurate. C

Look for Kyle to join another middling team in need of a quarterback after training camp next year...I bet that press conf will look a lot like the Bills press conference announcing him coming out of retirement.

If they keep Hackett - they're dumber than I thought. I'd be surprised if the Pegulas let Marrone keep him.

Alex Van Pelt has been doing a good job in Green Bay. He has experience in a system that seems to know how to get the best out of weak O-lines. Also they do a good job developing QBs.

I'll defer to your expertise on Cousins then. Who do you like on a current roster that isn't an obvious starter. I'm also intrigued by Old Dominion's Taylor Heinecke. C

I know I'm gonna get killed for saying this...But we're Kirk Cousins, two decent guards and one halfway competent OC away from challenging for a championship. There's talent on this offense. Just utter lack of creativity in terms of how to use them. For the record, I think the Redskins are one dysfunctional franchise. They're a clustersuck right now. Even Colt McCoy has struggled prior to his injury. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/football-insider/wp/2014/12/17/kirk-cousins-ive-learned-from-my-mistakes/ EJ is way to inaccurate for my tastes. Cousins isn't the long term answer. But he has a good combination of leadership, accuracy, athleticism and football intelligence. Right now I'm guessing he would be available for a 4th or 5th round pick. The 2nd round pick in the 2015 draft has to be a for a top notch guard. I would then use our 2016 1st pick on a QB to groom behind whomever ends up leading the charge next year. C

Whaley is The Man. After years of Modrak, Guy and Buddy - this is so refreshing.

Pretty cool. Now just imagine if we had a half decent offense.

TE? Never mind tight end. Kid looks like he can play QB!

This article about the game this weekend being moved to Monday in Detroit has an interesting side note: http://mmqb.si.com/2014/11/21/bills-jets-detroit-snow-week-12-nfl/ "Brandon was in Florida, formulating future plans with the new Bills owners, Terry and Kim Pegula." Who knows what's a foot. Also interesting that the Pegulas have interest in a record label I'm familiar with here in Nashville called Black River Ent. C

I agree. A new OC is needed. But let's not pretend everything is OK in the front office either. Get football people to run the football side of the ops. And a new czar over the entire organization. Let Brandon do what Brandon does best. Market the team. C

So that we don't revise history. Marrone was in demand at the time. Buddy thought he was on the verge of being hired by someone else (Cleveland? Philadelphia?). http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/01/report-cleveland-buffalo-to-interview-syracuse-coach-doug-marrone/

I saw this on the board this week. Per Russ Brandon “One of the ways you don’t in this league is since 1998 we’ve had seven head coaches, nine offensive coordinators, seven defensive coordinators and six general managers. That is not a formula for winning. Continuity is the number one variable when it comes to winning in this league and we need to have that as we move forward.” To me this is an indictment of the organization not so much the people we hired. Of the coaches and GMs we did hire how many would have succeeded in places like say Green Bay or Baltimore or maybe even Denver. Pete Carroll believes in Always Compete. He changed the *culture* not just the football product. http://www.fieldgulls.com/football-breakdowns/2014/2/3/5374724/super-bowl-48-seahawks-pete-carrolls-richard-sherman-marshawn-lynch I don't know much about the Bills, but I know one thing. The people we hired were not empowered to change the culture at One Bills Drive. That was exclusively the domain of Ralph and Littman. Maybe to a lesser extent - Brandon. Once Butler and Wade left the building strong independent thought left with them. I am optimistic that with new ownership all this changes and that the Pegulas make this the No. 1 Priority. Until we address culture none of the other stuff matters. I promise you we would have run Brady and Belichick out of town and then wondered why the were so successful elsewhere. This franchise is broken from the inside out. I think better days are ahead. But it's up to the Pegulas to take up the reigns at the end of this season and not just settle for the status quo. It's no accident that top notch coaches didn't take on the open coaching situation and we were left with chaff. Though in his defense, I kinda like Marrone. Fourth down calls not withstanding. At least he is definitely his own man. I also like Whaley. He's hit on some great players. Jerry Hughes is a beast. But conversely it's hard to play behind this O-line. And a rookie HC, rookie OC and a rookie QB (yes, I know he is a 2nd year - but for all intents and purposes he *is* a rookie) were just too much rookie to overcome. I know everyone hates to hear this. But we just need to get a new strong boss of Football Operations and...be patient. C

He's one of the naturally gifted athletes on this team. He's also one of the dumbest Bills...maybe ever. Everyone on this team *should* be pissed that they lost Sunday. But you don't see anyone else giving the opponents fuel for the fire. Nope. But you know he is Leodis. His return on Monday Night Football against the Patriots was one of the dumbest things I've ever seen any player do. Mentally, he just doesn't get it... shut your mouth and do your job. Everything else will take care of itself.

McKelvin's fumble changed the game. I felt like we were right in it until then.