mob16151 Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 So coming into the 2010 NFL season under new coach Chan Gailey the Buffalo Bills like all teams under going a regime change, brought in a bunch of new coaches. And so far the one guy on the staff who deserves to be spot lighted is QB coach George Cortez. Star-divide Mr Cortez is a long time professional football coach. However this is first time coaching at the NFL level. He does have 17 years of CFL coaching experience and 13 years of coaching at the college football level. However even with his lack of NFL experience he has coached Doug Flutie,Jeff Garcia,Dave Dickinson, and Henry Burris to CFL stardom. On the college level this guy helped turn Kyle Boller into a first rounder. And he coached the Aaron Rodgers guy. He's pretty good. Coming into the season many Bills fans expected him to work his guru magic on Trent Edwards. And in the pre season he did. Sadly though, once the regular season started Edwards reverted to norm, and found himself cut. Thankfully though ,another QB on the roster was able to take this veteran tutelage and elevate his game. I'm not going to rehash Fitz's stats for everyone again, I'm guessing you know them. So while Gailey takes his fair share of beatings around here, and deservedly so sometimes.(George Edwards I'm thinking of you) He deserves credit for thinking outside of the box on this one, and hiring a guy who has been over looked on the NFL level for whatever reason. And with all due respect to AVP, it's been nice seeing competent QB play. And it's been nice having the first competent QB coach in Buffalo since the Sam Wyche days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegas55 Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 Fitzpatrick has always had the tools (especially intelligence and decision making) to be a solid NFL starting QB; with one glaring exception - a lack of consistent accurracy. And thats a big big exception. But it appears as if the fundamentals coaching magic brought to the table by Cortez have helped Fitz considerably in this area, and if so, Cortez is worth his weight in gold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPS Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 Good post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yungmack Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 You, sir, are correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSaint Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 So coming into the 2010 NFL season under new coach Chan Gailey the Buffalo Bills like all teams under going a regime change, brought in a bunch of new coaches. And so far the one guy on the staff who deserves to be spot lighted is QB coach George Cortez. Star-divide Mr Cortez is a long time professional football coach. However this is first time coaching at the NFL level. He does have 17 years of CFL coaching experience and 13 years of coaching at the college football level. However even with his lack of NFL experience he has coached Doug Flutie,Jeff Garcia,Dave Dickinson, and Henry Burris to CFL stardom. On the college level this guy helped turn Kyle Boller into a first rounder. And he coached the Aaron Rodgers guy. He's pretty good. Coming into the season many Bills fans expected him to work his guru magic on Trent Edwards. And in the pre season he did. Sadly though, once the regular season started Edwards reverted to norm, and found himself cut. Thankfully though ,another QB on the roster was able to take this veteran tutelage and elevate his game. I'm not going to rehash Fitz's stats for everyone again, I'm guessing you know them. So while Gailey takes his fair share of beatings around here, and deservedly so sometimes.(George Edwards I'm thinking of you) He deserves credit for thinking outside of the box on this one, and hiring a guy who has been over looked on the NFL level for whatever reason. And with all due respect to AVP, it's been nice seeing competent QB play. And it's been nice having the first competent QB coach in Buffalo since the Sam Wyche days. I will say the AVP reference made me laugh - he's been getting much praise for his work with Freeman. Makes you wonder if his struggles were trents talent, and generally not being ready to be an oc yet, but being a good qb coach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalonian-at-Heart Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 Oh how the tide changes. Was he doing a great job with Edwards? Funny how QB play can change the perception of everything. And to think some don't think the Bills need a franchise QB in the draft to turn things around. There's people that have actually said a DT, DE, or Tackle is what this team needs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jr1 Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 George was a great hire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegas55 Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 Oh how the tide changes. Was he doing a great job with Edwards? Funny how QB play can change the perception of everything. And to think some don't think the Bills need a franchise QB in the draft to turn things around. There's people that have actually said a DT, DE, or Tackle is what this team needs. The qualities Edwards lacked, specifically good decision making under intense pressure, are not really something a QB coach can help a great deal with. Mechanics, footwork etc the things that conribute to accuracy, are the type of things that a great QB coach can really help with. Thats why Cortez was more effective with Fitz than with Edwards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilsner Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 Chan is working some sort of magic on Fitz. Cortez seems to be proving his worth. Keep up the good work coach Cortez. People are starting to take notice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 Well, they sure wasted a Hell of a lot of time on Trent. I hope their collective acumen in sorting out the wheat from the chaff improves. And Nix better get busy in this off season bringing better talent into the fold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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