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You keep him. What is the plan if CJ is injured in week 2. Or in preseason. Is it more likely for FJ to get injured? Yes. Is CJ injury proof? No. Is FJ better than Choice? Yes when healthy. Is he better than a late round rookie? Probably when running and definitely when it comes to pass protection or screen plays. I would not like to see us spend any picks on RB this year.

This.

In most matters, as long as people have the feeling they need to confirm with Russ and not with Ralph, it will make a big difference. Decisions will be made quicker. Presumably the head coach will not have to talk to RW "every week". And, there might be a lot of decisions that previously would have gone to RW, which RB will make and tell him later, after they are executed, rather than getting his opinion. Sure, in theory RW could fire RB. But in practice, that is only going to happen after several years and/or a big financial loss. And there might not be several years left for that to happen under Ralph. Furthermore - this is important for another reason. If RW does die in the next few years, there will be a period of time before new ownership is established. This structure gives Russ the true authority to run the franchise during that period which could substantially improve stability over the medium term.

It's a good thing they let us know that there will be no news until tomorrow. Otherwise I might have killed my F5 key and also my phone.

Lester for HC?

Unfortunately, poor presentation. The paragraph before this quote in that story said "Nix expressed his distaste for the Bills’ revolving door at the head-coach’s office at midseason."

Wasn't this a midseason quote? I am not sure he can't just eat his words since the rest of the season went so poorly. We'll see.

New HC can probably rehire any of the assistant coaches, if they do not hook on with another team.

GMs (and owners) give their coaches a vote of confidence during the season every year, then fire them. If you express doubt at midseason, the season is doomed. As it played out, the season was tanked anyhow.

According to the stats on NFL.com (not including the final DAL-WAS game), Powell had gross 44, Net 38.1 in his games with the Bills. Moorman had Gross 44.8, Net 39.5 in 11 games with Dallas. Yes, Moorman's season net average (including his games with the Bills) will be slightly lower, but from the point of the change onward, Moorman has out-punted Powell. Also, the NFL.com site says he is 36, not 38.

But they removed the TVs from the weight room! Side comment: The next staff will probably put them back in an effort to keep the players in there longer.

9 times out of 10 when a player's knee "doesn't look good" that means ACL. Also when the injury occurs with slight or no contact. In summary... that sucks. Let's hope he gets the same rehab protocol that Adrian Peterson did.

Well, that was one of the worst 4th quarter efforts I've seen in a long time. With about 8-9 minutes remaining the Bills were down 2 scores and it looked like they flat out stopped trying to win. With 2 minutes left and down 14, we took 30 seconds to run a play. The team should not make it obvious that we are playing for draft picks. That was unwatchable (although I watched it) because the Bills stopped competing.

This is a pretty good deal. The reality is that the Bills did not have any immediate relocation prospects... we benefitted again from Ralph hanging on. However I do not think the terms are particularly favorable to one side over the other. The question of whether a new stadium will be built must be dealt with in year 4-5. Otherwise, the Bills will be free to look at other cities and break the lease in year 7. Also if a new owner takes over withon 2 years, he may appreciate a period of stability before tackling the stadium issue. For the area, $95 million is less than expected and the Bills will stay at least 7 years. All in all a very fair deal.

For those preaching continuity. How many consecutive losing seasons should a coaching staff be given before a change. Is 5 losing seasons a reason to prefer change? How about 8? Or should GMs and coaches be appointed for life? I am curious as to when, if ever, you think a change would be the better option.

By this rationale, shouldn't they move the team with the lowest revenue in the league (assuming that it is not expected to grow over time)? This article says the Bills had the 2nd lowest (not the lowest) ticket price and the 30th (not 32nd) most revenue. If they are 30th in revenue, why not move the 31st and 32nd ranked teams first? http://blogs.buffalonews.com/press-coverage/2012/09/forbes-ranks-bills-29th-most-valuable-nfl-club.html If the team valuations are to be believed, it has increased in value by about 75% from 2002-2012. While that is not a phenomenal return, when coupled with an EBITDA of $30M/yr it is not completely unviable either. It is not at all clear what will happen either way in the short term. However, over the medium term... no new stadium, no Bills.

Your 2013 starting quarterback... Tim Tebow.

And you have a problem with that? Seems like we could count on more emotion than Dick Jauron showed. Will he get the DLine to play "nasty"?

Whatever Jeff Littman's spreadsheet says about the pros and cons of firing Chan Gailey will probably determine what happens after the season. There is no financial or competitive reason to fire Chan now, before the last 2 meaningless games. When the season ends, Russ Brandon will give his input on whether ticket and merchandise sales will be negatively affected by retaining Chan. Once the numbers have been crunched, whatever the $ dictates will be done. Since we don't know the terms of Gailey's contract next year, we can't tell whether the team would be willing to eat it. If it is cheap enough, they might, since a new coach could improve ticket and merchandise sales. If the contract is too expensive to eat, Chan will stay.

TO is available cheap.

58-0... amazing. This tweet was on NFL.com... from Vince Young. Kind of funny. @LarryFitzgerald you know I can help tell coach.

There's been basically no evidence on the field that we need a new kicker, other than possibly Lindell's relatively short kickoffs, which have not resulted in noticeably bad position. When he was injured, the replacement kickers were terrible by comparison, if anyone remembers.

Losman is available.

In the offseason, he is the king of Persia.

Git er done?