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The root cause is Pegs not cleaning out all of Ralph's trash from the get-go. Relying on a proven chump like Russ Brandon to assist with the decision-making process was a recipe for disaster.

 

This may not be too far off, actually. If we're looking for a common denominator, Brandon came to the Bills in 1997 and has steadily expanded his role ever since, especially since 2006 and including a stint as de facto GM where our drafts were horrible.

Why pay Millions for defense line players and ask them to fall into coverage

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"Almost every big name on this roster was either acquired for way too much or cast aside by the rest of the NFL. When the Bills hired Rex Ryan, he almost satisfied both criteria. The Bills already had a good defense. They needed offense the one thing the rest of the league agreed was beyond Rexs purview. Then we found out they were coming into camp with a quarterback battle between EJ Manuel and Taylor? And McCoy was supposed to change everything? It was a disaster in the making."

 

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/tell-your-grandkids-about-the-2015-buffalo-bills/

 

Posted this link in another thread, thought it more appropriate here.

 

 

I disagree with almost every big name on the roster was acquired for way too much or cast aside by the NFL. I can think of 5 players that fall into that category?

It went wrong during week 2 against the Pats!!

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Where did Rex Ryan go wrong in his first season in Buffalo?

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By Chris Trapasso

Boy has the tenor changed on Bills head coach Rex Ryan in Western New York.

He was inheriting an elite defense and an offense with a collection of new shiny toys. THIS was year. Fast forward 11 months — Buffalo will miss the playoffs for the 16th-straight season, and many want Rex fired. What happened?

These are some thoughts on where Rex went wrong, his future in Buffalo and the state of the Bills moving into 2016.

 

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In a TE stoked division, the Bills defense is flat out not equipped to compete.

Gronkowski, Jeff Cumberland (6'-4), and Jordan Cameron (6'-5) can create matchup nightmares for the Bills who have very poor coverage LBs.

Brown was rated worst in league, Lawson is good for run stuffing and blitz only, Bradham is worse than Brown and Tarpley should not be on an NFL roster.

Once the TEs get to level 2, now the Bills flyweight DBs are supposed to stop them? Darby is 5' 11 and Robey is 5' 8, 165. Those are matchups made well south of heaven.

Extremely poor coverage LBs combined with flyweight DBs who cannot tackle big men in a TE happy division is a recipe for disaster.

That is where it effin went wrong in 2015!

ANd yet we are 3-2 in our division beating both Miami and the Jets.

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ANd yet we are 3-2 in our division beating both Miami and the Jets.

Good point but the matchup issues remain. They didn't win when it counted- e,g, the Patriots, and teams out of the division have exploited the weak LBs / flyweight DBs with their tight end based passing game- most recently the Redskins (Jordan Reid) and going back to the Bengals game as well with Tyler Eifert. Other teams are watching and modeling a TE based offense as modeled by the Patriots.

The Bills defensive personnel roster has failed to match up against this type of offense. It isn't coaching- it's size and athleticism issues.

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Great article (there's also another thread about it: http://forums.twobillsdrive.com/topic/183945-article-where-did-rex-go-wrong-in-his-first-season-in-bflo/)

 

Amazing, it seems to be saying it wasn't ALL on Rex, or ALL on the players (and definitely not on Tyrod), but missteps on both sides.

 

I don't see Rex going anywhere, so let's hope that he takes some of Chris' advice...

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Great article (there's also another thread about it: http://forums.twobillsdrive.com/topic/183945-article-where-did-rex-go-wrong-in-his-first-season-in-bflo/)

 

Amazing, it seems to be saying it wasn't ALL on Rex, or ALL on the players (and definitely not on Tyrod), but missteps on both sides.

 

I don't see Rex going anywhere, so let's hope that he takes some of Chris' advice...

 

Trapasso is one of the best guys to follow as he often provides excellent insight on all things Bills. :thumbsup:

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