MDH

I wonder who is making this decision. A HC who has never coached a game in the NFL before? A president who has proven in the past that he doesn't have a clue about the football side of the business? Ownership who has shown that they're not football savvy? I'd have much more faith in this decision if they had a GM on board who had a clear picture of how he wants to shape the team in the coming years. But right now important decisions are being made without the most important position in the front office filled. That doesn't fill me with confidence. I said it at the end of last season and I'll say it again. The Pegulas needed to either give Whaley control of football operations, including hand picking his head coach, or they needed to fire him and hire someone that they trusted to have that authority. I don't disagree that Whaley left something to be desired as a GM but if you were going to get rid of him you do it at the end of last season, hire a GM and let that GM hire the coach. Who is determining the direction of this football team? I guess it's ownership, but if that's the case I have no faith that this thing will get turned around anytime soon unless they accidentally hit one out of the park with the hiring of McDermott.

In what universe? Nothing he ever said about EJ was correct. Literally nothing.

To me it means that I won't be that upset if the Bills do tank this season. I'll hope for a playoff run but if not, no biggie, next year's QB draft class should be one of the better ones in years. Even if the Bills can't climb their way to the #1 spot to take Darnold they should have the ammunition to move up and take a quality guy.

Not sure how you specify 2017. They've been treading water forever. There's a high school CB out there right now who the Bills will draft in the first round in 5 years after White bolts via FA. Don't dislike the player, it's just the same thing the Bills have done since....forever. Even if he pans out like Gilmore, or Clements, or Winfield it might not end up helping them long term. The only first round CB they kept after his rookie contract was the worst of the bunch, Leodis.

Or some old guy is going to have a heart attack, or injure themselves while tripping and falling. I don't think these pranksters have thought this all the way through.

Philly has found a guy? I'm sure Washington thought they found a guy after RG3's rookie year too, it doesn't work that way. And Wentz's star lost much of it's luster as the season went on. I wouldn't even say he had a good rookie year, he had the type of struggles you'd expect. We'll see if he takes the necessary steps forward in the next couple of years, but right now it's WAY too early to say "they've found a guy."

NE took 2 QBs, 6 WRs and 9 DBs. Is that the reason they're good? Not sure I see the correlation you're attempting to make. Get a franchise QB and then pick good players - regardless of position - and you'll be a quality franchise.

Why would that give you pleasure? I know how they feel and trying to make them feel worse is pretty pathetic.

Ball at 20 yard line. 2nd down, less than 4 minutes left. You run it twice and kick the 37 yard FG if you gain no yards. Matt Bryant, their kicker, was 19/20 from inside 40 yards this year. Any points win you the game there. Absolutely no need for a TD in that spot. Why anyone would line up in the shot gun and throw it is beyond me. Especially after the shotgun, empty back field 3rd and 1 fumble the previous drive. They just handed NE a gift.

I saw nothing in that article mentioning CTE. Just his knee surgeries.

Kind of like you whenever someone mentions Cam. Uh oh, I did it...

If they did that then suddenly the OL's biggest weakness would be LT. Not sure why they'd want to move Glenn, he's done a fine job at LT. Much easier to find a suitable RT than it is to find a quality LT.

You think a running team is lining up in the shotgun (where it's more difficult to run from) because their QB likes lining up under center more?

I have little doubt that one of the reasons Brady agrees to play for far less than his market value is that they have a handshake deal to hire him on in some capacity where he gets a handsome paycheck but doesn't have to do much/anything after he retires.

He was also Tryod's QB coach in 2014.

What happened to this? You said this just a few days ago.

I agree with your main point that there shouldn't be rules in are more worried about gambling spreads than the health of the players. That said, it's still a rule, the teams know it is and when you break the rules you face the consequences.

It's all relative.

I don't dispute that the D was horrible this year, but man it would be nice to have a QB I had any confidence in when the pass was the only option and the Bills needed a game winning drive. That being said, I'm all for keeping TT unless they can work a deal for a better option...and there aren't many. TT is a severely limited passer but he's likely the best option the Bills have and he's not that expensive. If the Bills keep TT I hope to hell they use a pick in the first 2-3 rounds on another QB to groom the next few years. This stop gap QBing has to end at some point.

It's not "how a team looks getting the points." It's how a team performs decides how easy/difficult it is for them and the other team to score. Let's give you a very, very extreme example of what I'm talking about. Say a team scores 24 points by 3 long bombs for TDs, a long bomb that picks up 70 yards that results in a FG and then does absolutely nothing else on offense. Let's say, in this extreme example, that the team picks up one first down the entire game (the 70 yard bomb that results in a FG), possesses the ball for 15 minutes and ends up punting 15 times on 3 and outs on every other possession. Due to the 3 and outs the opposing team has an average starting field position of the 40 yard line for the game. Now, let's say another team scores 24 points (3TDs and a FG) but grinds out 30 first downs, possesses the ball for 38 minutes and repeatedly pins the opposing team inside their 15 yard line. According to you this is all "static." All that matters is the 24 points. But in example 1, that 24 points is very likely not going to be nearly enough to win that game. In example 2 if the D does just an average job the team has a very good chance of winning the game. As I mentioned, this is about an extreme example as one can come up with but it does illustrate that it's not all "static." How an offense performs has an effect on the D. This isn't to say Taylor and the offense are "to blame" for the Ds performance, but time and time again they failed to help them out by grinding out some first downs and ToP. I will say that they did the D a massive service by not turning the ball over. I can only imagine how many points the D would have allowed had the O not nearly set an NFL record for fewest TOs. I'm not even saying that they shouldn't pick up the option on Taylor (to me if depends if they can acquire someone they think is better.) Taylor can certainly be a guy who a team can win with, just don't fool yourself into thinking the offenses inability to move the ball doesn't have other effects and the "only" thing that matters is scoring points. I'd rather the offense average 2 points less (on average) if they could lead the league (or be near the top) in 1st downs and opposing team field position. The two points they lost in scoring would be more than made up for in fewer points for the opposing team. Offense and defense have a symbiotic relationship.

Have a good one, no point in continuing this conversation with you.

It makes a difference if one of those teams can sustain drives and flip the field before punting. Every drive doesn't have to result in points but just putting up the average points per game and saying they are both equal doesn't tell the entire story. It definitely helps the team when the offense doesn't just go 3 and out, both in terms of field position and time of possession. What's better for the team, the offense picks up some first downs, punts from mid field and the opposing team gets the ball inside the 15 or the offense goes 3 and out, punts from the 25 and the opposing team gets the ball at their own 40? The Bills O was pretty much feast or famine. The Bills offense was the 10th worst team in the league in terms of 3 and outs. They were down there with the likes of the Browns, Rams, Niners, Giants, Broncos, Jags and Dolphins. They were in the top 10 in TDs/Drive ratio and also in red zone scoring and Pts per drive. But they were in the bottom 10 in 3 and outs and punts per drive ratio. Basically, if the Bills O started moving the ball on a drive it had a good chance of ending in a TD. Otherwise, they barely moved it. That results in points, but not really in an efficient, effective offense. Time of possession is a team stat but its very telling that the team that led the league in rushing didn't have a positive ToP number. Sure, much of that is on the D, but much of it is on the O and their inability to stay on the field. Not saying it's all Taylor's fault, but he shoulders some of that blame.

I see many posters are all excited that a coach gets mad, yells and uses expletives. Why? My guess is that it reminds them of themselves and they want someone to be as passionate/angry as they are. While anger/passion alone doesn't bother me, it also doesn't impress me. If he can motivate and teach the players I'm all for it, I don't care how he does it. He certainly has had results, particularly with the Rams, though, they do have quite a bit of talent on that DL. If I'm pointing to why I like the hire, it has solely to do with his results and nothing whatsoever to do with yelling. The good news is the Bills have talent in the DL (particularly if Kyle stays) so hopefully he can produce similar results here as he did with the Rams. But being impressed by a guy simply because he yells, I don't get it.

Actually, they'll study tape and mostly ignore the numbers. They'll see if he fits into what they want to do offensively and if so, offer him a contract in line with what they believe his value in the market is. The guy isn't a "one size fits all" QB who can have success in any offense, which lowers his value quite a bit. Not many teams are going to be willing to completely overhaul their offense for him. Fewer suitors, fewer dollars. He's defiantly a starting QB, and I think he could have success in the right spot, but I don't think he gets much more (if any more) than what he's in line to make if he stays with the Bills.

Green Bay has not let him interview anywhere in years past. I doubt they'll change their minds now.