http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/sports/2017/01/03/polian-coaching-candidates-have-reason-wary-bills/96127666/
If it's coming from Bill Polian, then you know the Bills are in trouble.
I agree 100% that the GM should be making the call. Russ is great with marketing and making money for the team, but he's been horrible with football operations.
Agreed. The Pegula's are business people. Terry had to have a vision on his fracking business. Football while it is a sport, it is also a business and the owners should have a vision on what they want their team to be. If their vision is to beat the Patriots and be the best in the AFC East, then they need to build the Bills into a team that can do that.
There's Bucky Gleason shooting his big mouth again "what do you do for a living?" What an imbecile!
The media today was an outright embarrassment along with the Bills. They were like parrots asking the same questions "Caww, when did you know you're going to fire Rex...We're you involved in hiring Rex...We're you involved in firing Rex."
Nothing was asked in the line of "how do you bridge the gap between the Bills and the Patriots?" If Taylor is not your guy, is there a QB you are interested in targeting via trade/draft? Is Manuel done in Buffalo? Your opinions on Cardale Jones' play on Sunday?
The Buffalo media is a circus just like the Bills, they're perfect for each other.
+1
In today's end of season press conference, Whaley stated he was the Asst. GM when Marrone was hired. Whaley stated it was a committee that conducted the HC search and finalized the hire of Rex Ryan. Now, Whaley and Monos are in charge of this coaching search.
So now the pressure is squarely on Whaley's shoulders for the Bills to succeed. If his hand picked HC is another failure, then at that time I imagine not only will the coach get fired, but also Whaley. I think at that time is when the Pegula's will finally clean house and make sweeping changes to the organization, something that should've happened when they bought the team.
I hope this new HC works out because I would hate to see the playoff drought extend to 19-20 years, but considering how bad the Bills have been bumbling around (especially this week with Lynn & Whaley's media sessions), I have little faith that they will turn things around for the better.
I live in Northern VA and just finished watching the sports portion of the news. It seems there are a lot of concerns with Redskins fans and in the DC news that Cousins has played his last game as a Redskin as Cousins is looking for a big payday. If the Redskins don't resign Cousins and don't franchise tag him, do the Bills go after him knowing he'll want a hefty contract?
After today's presser, it's even more apparent that Bills organization is a joke! They're going to have to create their most potent batch of Koolaid so far if they want to get the fans remotely interested for the 2017 season.
The reason why Whaley is leading this search is that the Pegula's can lay the blame on the Bills failure squarely on his shoulders when Whaley's hand picked HC fails. At that time, the Pegula's will fire Whaley and clean house.
The reason why Whaley is leading this search is that the Pegula's can lay the blame on the Bills failure squarely on his shoulders when Whaley's hand picked HC fails. At that time, the Pegula's will fire Whaley and clean house.
All the QB's on the second and third tier you mentioned are better than anything the Bills have had since the 1990's.
What tier would you put: Taylor, Manuel, Jones, Orton, Fitzpatrick, Edwards, Losman, Holcomb, Johnson, Bledsoe and Van Pelt?
And he got benched in favor of Peyton Manning last year as well. How did Osweiler do this year with the Texans, another team with a solid defense? Bledsoe had a victory over the Patriots and so did Fitzpatrick, but it wasn't nowhere near enough for the Bills.
Jets missed the playoffs and sucked this year. The Broncos had the #1 defense in the league with a QB who even though his physical skills weren't there, was able to decipher defenses and line his offense up (Manning was like an OC on the field throughout his career). Look at the Broncos this year.
Under Bledsoe, the Bills had the #2 ranked defense his last two years with the team and the Bills finished 6-10 and 9-7.
You need more than just an average QB!
I totally understand any Bills fan not wanting to wait anymore for a great team, but until Brady and/or Belichek retires, that's exactly what the Bills need to do to get an elite QB as an average QB will not be enough to dethrone the Patriots.