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Riding off into the sunset together with RW's money. No one says they're not trying, but their attempts at rebuilding a roster and coaching said roster aren't enough.

All-22 becomes available tomorrow at noon. I want to see how NYJ lined up defensively given that Cromartie said they never expected Fitz to throw over the middle. (EDIT: It's available now for subscribers)

This playoff drought thing is waaaay over-done. At least Buffalo won a playoff game before 3 other franchises. That has to count for something.

The truth hurts.

10 NFL teams started first or second year QB's during Week 1. There hasn't been a time in NFL history when more teams went with younger options than this year. And yet, there's Buffalo riding the same guy they have since early in 2010 who may know the system, but lacks the accuracy to be more than a journeyman. I won't count 2009 because Nix/Gailey weren't around yet. Taking a QB is a risk that Nix never wanted to take. It'll be his and Gailey's legacy that they never corrected the position team's prioritize first when rebuilding.

That's not the only part of the roster where they did that.

I expect an offensive unit featuring a QB with 30 starts now in a Gailey designed scheme with essentially the same receivers and backs to be better than today. Because if they didn't have it after an entire off-season, it's not going to magically show up next week when a new opponent has regular season game film to review.

To the OP's point, Gailey's offense is predicated on timing and clearly there wasn't much between the QB and his receivers. Ironically, Fitz came out and was red-hot the first three games last season without the benefit of a full off-season of practices. How does an offense with largely the same cast of characters have less cohesion this time around? Not to mention the only new starter on offense is the LT, who was adequate today from my perspective. Any homer can claim it's only one game, but the underlying issues will not go away in one week.

There are two types of teams in the NFL: those who have QB's and those who do not. Not coincidentally Buffalo has been without one for an entire season since the late nineties at the least when they last were went to the playoffs. Buffalo will go a another season without the guy consistent enough to get them into the post-season.

You don't game plan around sketchy QB play. Fitz may not toss 3 horrible INT's every game, but he's not consistent enough to make up for other shortcomings on the roster. How many teams get to the post-season without above average or better QB play? And how many teams conduct a rebuild by going with the previous regime's backup QB?

Now it looks like a pre-season game.

How many times is Fitz going to leave his WR's hanging out to dry with these passes? I thought David Lee was going to correct his accuracy issue?

If that scenario came true, it's like tossing deck chairs off the Titantic. Because the problems are deeper than the HC. There's a lot of season left, but the choices Nix has made, switching to 3-4, going with Fitz and not moving up to take a QB, and some of their draft picks are showing he's out of his league as a GM.

Middle?

I thought David Lee was supposed to have corrected RF's mechanics? He's been throwing off his back foot all day.

Cromartie is probably the second best receiver on that team. Great catch there.

but he won SB's with that 4-3 under defense 20 years ago!

There's that 9th overall pick from 2010.

The trade for Tarvaris Jackson definitely was a statement on both the starting and backup QB situation.

Nix is asleep maybe? We've seen it all these past few years.

Pears it out.

He is answering all of our questions. Bad deep throws, INT's, poor decisions. Right Tgreg99?

The more things change the more they remain the same.

I think we've already seen this in the pre-season. At Minnesota, Ponder was 10-13 for 136 and a score despite being sacked twice in starter versus starter play. The yards total is misleading because there was some good YAC by the MIN receivers.

Guy's played 7 games in 3 seasons for 4 teams with 0 catches. I'm not banking on him to do much.