MDH

Being a UCLA fan I've watched Lewis plenty. While he is a fantastic receiving TE the guy is a liability in the run game. He'll get pro-bowl apparences based on his catch totals but I'm not sure he'll ever be the complete package. I'm willing to see what Everett can do for us this year instead of drafting a TE with a high pick.

INTs are pretty easy to come by when your D can get consistent pressure while rushing only four guys most of the time.

I don't blame the guy for taking a year off. It's not like he's never going to work again. I know I wouldn't mind taking a paid year off to recharge my battery and then stepping back into work again. I've seen lots of people here pass judgement on Bates for this and I just don't get it.

This is the way I'm leaning too. If I had to choose who was better at their position, Kelly or Thurman, it wouldn't even be close, it's Thomas easily (I'm sure many fans would argue this point). QB is the glamor position though so I guess that needs to be taken into account.

It won't be long before ESPN hires Joan Rivers to critique the teams' uniforms.

This has to be some sort of record. I count the use of the word "happen" 5 times in a 3 line post. That's 11% of your word count. Very impressive.

How is that last name pronounced, "fool"?

And who would be our DEs in the 3-4? Our DEs don't have the size to play in the 3-4. Whoever is our DC will, hopefully, play to the strengths of this team. Moving to the 3-4 wouldn't be doing that.

Considering there were no DC jobs out there it doesn't really mean that much. I'm not a fan of Gray but I have no doubt he'll get offers come next offseason, be they HC jobs in college or DC jobs in the pros.

You forgot: Brought in Kelly Holcomb

I think he'll be the best QB out of this draft. That being said if we use another 1st round pick on a QB I'm going f'in scream.

I just don't see Ralph giving him the type of cash that it's going to take. Just look at what is remaining on his NYJ contract, 2 years 2.3 million bucks. That's more than Mularkey was making per season and I'm guessing he's looking for a similar deal this time around.

This was my initial reaction too. However, after thinking about it a moment I've changed my mind. A guy that was just hired to become HC of the team isn't going to have done in depth player evaluations of each player. Without having done these evaluations there's no way the guy is ever going to go on a radio talk show and criticize players that he hasn't even met yet. That wouldn't go over well at all. Even a simple statement like , "we need to fix the OL" wouldn't go over well in the locker room. He made the smart play here by not saying anything.

He also got fired for having a poor record. Once bitten, twice shy.

Of the candidates that the Bills interviewed only one was highly regarded which might be why he was placed on a pedestal. Capers, Lofton, Juaron, etc. were all either failures or didn't have enough experience to really be considered a legitimate candidate. So if you're compiling a short list you could pretty much put everybody that was interviewed on it except Sherman. I'm more upset with the overall candidate pool than I am with the actual hiring of Juaron.

Have them switch divisions and schedules and I think Seattle has the 2 or 3 seed (likely the 3) in the AFC. Seattle isn't getting the respect they deserve. As another poster already said, I'd guess it has to do with being on the west coast.

I agree, I have no clue why the #1 seed in the NFC is an underdog to the #6 seed in the AFC. Sure the AFC is a better conference but that's a bit much. Give me Seattle and the points.

I don't think there's a set in stone number. You have to take into account what you see on the field each week. That being said you generally need to give them 3-4 years.

I think someone is overreacting to the over-reactors.

So the original poster isn't happy with the product and has decided to keep his hard earned cash and because of this you feel the need to lash out at him? That's just great.

I'll take a wild guess and say that this is the type of post that Kelly was referring to.

Yeah I got a good laugh out of this one as well.

Now that we know (well, kinda) who will be the HC next year would you have prefered the Bills stood pat with their GM/HC or do you prefer the new tandom?

If you don't find the reactionary posts funny or therapeutic then you're probably better served by not reading this board.

I'm willing to bet that there will be at least one "Fire Jauron" sign in the crowd for the home opener.