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Jonathan Scott should be bagging groceries next week...but Buffalo doesn't have anyone else at LT.

PTR reminds me of the caveman Phil Hartman played on SNL who said: "Fire BAD!!!" Rookies BAD!!! Arrggghhh!!!

Small consolation: we're still winning. You could say that in most Bills losses as well.

And a LT, RT, C, DT, OLB's, DE, HC, GM, et al. Where's Santa when you need him?

Ralphie too. He had one too many ovaltines last night and is paying the price. That, and his secret decoder ring told him to hire a real GM.

You're correct. It's just those games lost in the second half which some people can't forget. Those people are so negative!

Maybe he's not good enough. Buffalo dressed 5 WR's today, including Steve Johnson. As much as I don't want to give the coaching staff much credit on evaluation personnel, the guy can't get on the field. That goes for Chris Ellis too, a guy that was another wasted third round pick. The 08 draft is shaping up to be another beauty.

The Bills have a tendency of late to draft for need, unless of course DJ saw a nice DB he couldn't avoid. You could argue all the picks in rounds 1-2 from 06-09 were need picks aside from Byrd. Teams that draft for need are teams that draft high. If there isn't a QB on the board (and it's 2 months from the combine) then go with the best big man. OT is a black hole, and DT needs an infusion of talent. Buffalo needs to find some players in UFA to supplement their draft. And I'm not talking about the cheap Hangartner type players who are marginal NFL players.

Forgive an opinion columnist for not having an emotional attachment to team. For the record, Allen Wilson is on record (in a recent chat) of not being a fan either. It is their job and not a personal feeling that precludes them from being a homer. They know, as journalists, that being invested in a team like the Bills removes impartiality. And that is required to cover a pro sports team. The Bills are what they are: a 4-8 team playing an opponent with a slightly worse record. Buffalo has an interim HC, no game-changing talent, a slew of practice squad vets, UDFA's, and street free agents rounding out the roster. The front office is run by a 91 year old owner, and this is the 10th season without a playoff appearance. Forgive Sullivan for being pessimistic.

I don't disagree, and believe RW is increasingly going into a shell. Old men aren't the types that try new and exciting things, which gave us Levy as GM in 2006. That move has turned out to be bad for the franchise, but stems from the owner's distrust of anything he doesn't already know. Consensus is garbage. Give me a strong leader who knows personnel, but has the humility to listen to the people he hires. And no, TD didn't do that at all. I still maintain RW doesn't have many contacts in the NFL, and because of this I'm not optimistic any real power will be ceded to the next GM. These are trying times for non-casual and informed Bills fans.

Don't get me wrong, Guy and Modrak need to go ASAP, but I think DJ had more say in personnel than people think. After all, he had personnel control in Chicago from 99-00, and probably assumed the job because the GM had been out of football for years and was in his 80s.

So if three guys are solid on the DL, one of whom is apparently doubled, how does it happen that this team yields 170+ on average each week. We like Stroud because he's a name guy and physically imposing. But he's not anchoring that DL as much as you're giving him credit. Far too many OL are moving him, and he's not double-teamed as much as we'd like to think.

Marvelous failure. Marv's a good guy, and he happened to coach the team while Polian stocked the roster with more talent than most franchises have in 20 years. ML excelled at managing personalities, but he was set up to fail as GM. The biggest reason Marv failed was because he leaned on DJ too much for advice on personnel.

Any DT who get serious minutes for a defense which yields 170 rushing yards per game is part of the problem. Run defense starts with the DL, and right now they're not good enough-all of them.

It's interesting to speak about stadiums and then discuss the Bills. As opposed to SD, no one is talking about the Bills Stadium lease which expires after the 2012 season. And of course, there's no substantive talk of a new stadium in the region for Buffalo given the economy and there's no way the Bills get public financing to build a new park. League wide, the latent message is to build stadiums, which increases overall revenue. And by my count, 20 NFL stadiums have been built this since 1995, with the Giants and Jets moving to a new field next season. That's more than 2/3ds the league in new homes. Of the 10 oldest stadiums in the league, Lambeau, the Oakland Coliseum, RWS, the Superdome and Arrowhead have received significant renovations. Giants Stadium will be replaced, with the Metrodome and Candlestick probably not having much time left. Meanwhile, Land Shark Stadium needs renovations as well. That leaves only Qualcomm in San Diego. The lack of discussion about the stadium situation tells me a lot about what the future could be for the Buffalo Bills.

I still maintain Bell was a two year project who shouldn't have even dressed this season. It is an indictment of the powers that be who are running this mess (Brandon, Littman) that they thought they could cut payroll and start another rookie. I hope the guy can contribute next season, but being 300 pounds doesn't mean he's capable of locking down the LT position.

You came to that conclusion that SD doesn't want the Chargers based on some reader comments after a website article? I wonder what Seahawks fans think about us after any Jerry Sullivan article. Opinion polls, reader comments, and man on the street type responses are not indicative of anything besides one or a few person's/people's take. SD has an old stadium, but those 60k+ that show up probably don't agree that the team should leave if they need public assistance. And I can guarantee that if SD went away, there'd be a major problem for the Spanos family and the city.

Do you work for the Bills? Seriously, your defense of nearly every move and accusations of whining about people who dare complain make me wonder. Furthermore, what motivates you to act as apologist general for a team minus a playoff appearance this entire decade. I don't recall Sisyphean talking about DB's, but rather the many individuals that make the Colts work. You focused on that. The draft history is similar? Where's our Edgerrin James, Rob Morris, Reggie Wayne, Dwight Freeney, Dallas Clark, Bob Sanders, Robert Mathis, Antoine Bethea, et al? Surely you jest.

I can't imagine why anyone complains when you have such stellar QB play for the last decade plus. And for the record, I reserve the right to complain when the franchise hasn't made the playoffs in 10 years, won a post-season game since 1995, and oh by the way, has an owner who can't tell us what's going to happen to the team. I guess being successful is overrated. Mediocrity is good enough to some.

No, throwing 10M per to be GM and HC is not the solution to this team's woes and I too enjoyed reading about Polian and his way of building a NFL team. These past 10 years have taken a lot out of those fans who aren't just casual observers. However, it remains our right to complain about the team we follow closely as they bumble through another bad season. The W-L record is bad enough, but the team's future is not to be ignored.

Troy Smith, Jason White, Eric Crouch, Andre Ware, Danny Wuerffel, Gino Torretta, Charlie Ward, Chris Weinke, and Ty Detmer won the Heisman as well. It doesn't predict someone will have NFL success. A Ah, exception guy. For every Tom Brady type player, there are at least 200 late round picks that never amount to anything. And while Favre and Brees are 2nd round picks, they were taken just outside the first and the vast majority of good to excellent starting QB's in the NFL are first round selections.

May God rest her soul. But trusting a family member was another move (done frequently elsewhere) that rarely works out. And RW had her scouting for this franchise without any qualifications.

Bill wanted to spend too much of my money according to Jeff Littman. And then he yelled at my daughter because her advice wasn't good enough. Fortunately, I'm still making money years later and Russ Brandon is going to get me Mike Shanahan. Signed, Ralphie

It's why myself and others have advocated hiring a consultant to perform the search for them. The Seahawks have done this, and especially in Buffalo where no one is qualified to do this, a consultant is the only option. Thanks for playing.

Would you want your attorney to pick stocks for you? Both of them are probably highly educated people, but not subject matter experts. RB just isn't capable of knowing how to manage personnel for a NFL team. Brandon isn't an idiot and, but he's not versed in football operations, nor do I expect him to understand what to look for as a replacement. And if RW really trusted RB to make the big moves consistent with being GM, wouldn't he have allowed RB to fire DJ last December?