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Is Gus Bradley bringing Pete Carroll with him because that is the only reason he was a good DC and got a HC job? Reich is intriguing but I doubt eagles let him take a lateral move to come here.

Byrd is overpaid; absolutely. Searcy has a $6 mil/yr avg. Not overpaid. He's arguably been the Titans best player in the secondary. He also made plays here and was on the 2014 Schwartz D. I could care less about the fact that we let them go. I care that the players brought in to replace them were a 4th round total waste of a pick in Duke Williams and a converted CB in Graham. Graham has been ok. But the depth behind these players is atrocious. We are not getting good value out of the draft. Duke Williams -4th round Bryce Brown - 4th round Traded a 4th in Watkins trade Traded 2 4ths in Ragland trade Ross cockrell - 4th round I realize that the draft is an inexact science but thats alot of wasted value in the middle of the draft.

Pettine had Searcy, Williams, and Byrd as the top 3 safeties if I recall. Also, let's review the players that you say Whaley "struck gold" on: Darby: inconsistent; almost benched in year 2 LoRax: an over 30 journeyman who now needs a new contract because we were so sure he was going to be good that we signed him to a one year deal Zach Brown: again, we were so sure of his talent that he was only signed to a one year deal and we will now have to overspend to keep him here Hughes: I like jerry Hughes. This had been a great trade. It also happened when Buddy Nix was still the GM, BTW. Incognito: I don't even think Whaley met with him in Miami. Pretty sure all the reports were that he met with Rex and then with ownership.

Kyle Williams was a donahoe pick also

It is when they are paying talent-wise at 8-8. This is about to be a cap strapped team very quickly with no CB talent, no S talent, 1 WR, and no QB.

Remember when Whaley was pushing working with EJ Manuel as a prerequisite for taking the Bills job just two years ago. Yes - let's him have a major role in picking the next coach.

Sounds like the 49ers situation when they hired tomsula. They wanted a controllable, yes man in charge of the team. Trust me. If Whaley and Brandon are involved with hiring the next coach, it will be someone who is somewhat obscure but with marketable qualities. Like an Anthony Lynn or Jim Bob Cooter. Someone who will be grateful for the job and not question there decisions.

Joke franchise is a joke. Nothing to see here.

This was rumored to happen with the bills when we signed Rex.

The problem with letting go of Gilmore for the comp pick is that we also need to lose more guys than we pick up. I'm not sure yet how many guys we are losing to FA, but we are not filling all or holes in the draft.

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Ryan coaches a complex defensive system. The decision makers assumed that our players would be able to transition well. They did not. His nickel and dime defenses usually require 2 very good, instinctual safeties of which we have none. He regularly would play a 3 safety look on passing downs. We were built as a 43 team. Even Mike Pettine played us mostly in a 43 Under front. Also LB talent matters. They have gotten great production out of Zach Brown and Alexander, two veteran journeyman. IMO that's a credit to Ryan and the defensive staff. But we do not have a great talent at that position. Safety play has been abysmal, as has any attempt to bring in talent at that position. In fact, they have brought in no one of real consequence at this position since Ryan was hired. I think there are better HCs, but I don't think he his holding down our defensive talent.

How does that work if it is an injury that takes him past when the option needs to be picked up? Wouldn't they have to exercise the option if he were to suffer a long term injury?

What about the injury risk?

I was referring to the Ryan firing rumor and that they've already made a determination on tyrod. If that is true, playing him with even the slightest risk of injury is reckless. There is a greater chance that tyrod gets a significant injury than us making the playoffs.

If that rumor is true, there is no way Taylor plays the rest of the season.

I like Kaaya the best so far of the QBs

This is twice now he has released a report like this suggesting that the team had superior talent that the coaching staff is wasting and with a source close to ownership. Sounds like someone is feeding him the info.

"This wouldnt be micro-managing everything, scouring the waiver wire, making every decision, deciding what temperature the coffee should be and all that stuff, La Canfora said. I do think he would be in the building. He would be watching things closely. Hed be making recommendations to ownership. The way Ive heard it is it would be a senior advisory position, come in and see how decisions are being made, seeing what processes are in place, see how theyre getting to some conclusions theyre getting at and give recommendations on what he thinks is the best way to do things, kind seeing whos pulling their weight and maybe whos not and then trying to get a long-term structure in place to be more of a winning franchise. Yeah, we don't need that.

If you look at ANY team that has turned around a consistent losing stretch, they have brought in a strong football guy to steward the operation. Patriots - Parcells, continued by Belichek Jets - Parcells, slow decline since then Seahawks - Holmgren, continued by Carroll Colts - Polian Falcons - Dan Reeves Cardinals - Whisenhunt/basically raided Bill Cowher's Steelers staff. Sorry, we have reached a point where small fixes and tweaks will not suffice. Major changes need to take place.

The only benefit to firing Rex now is if they are going to clean house. It lets them get the jump on vetting GM candidates, talking to college coaches, etc. If they've decided to scapegoat the HC, then they will make him coach the final 3 games.

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Firing Rex and keeping Whaley is so Bills. Whaley has shown nothing that leads me to believe he can make a good decision in the coaching search. His reported pick is 0-13 this year. I know it's the Browns, but that's not a great sign. Meanwhile, they passed on Adam Gase, passed on the Shanahan's, passed on Dan Quinn, and passed on Teryl Austin. They liked Frank Reich(was fired the following season as OC of SD), Hue Jackson (0-13 this year; people already saying he won't last long), and Rex. What a great job. Oh, and Whaley wanted the new coach to try to work with EJ Manuel and was reportedly very high on him during the coaching interview process.

Hire Mike Pettine.

They knew Watkins was hurt. Goodwin has been hurt every year Listenbee was drafted with an injury Salas had a serious knee injury 2 years ago and has been hurt alot Don't need a crystal ball. Should have been better prepared