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Front 7 good.... back end questionable. If Gilmore goes and Williams retires you are suddenly left with a 3rd year Darby who has not had a good season and a clapped put Corey Graham (who is a likely cap casualty anyway) you are starting over at safety for me and either need to pay Gilmore, pay someone else $10m plus or draft one early for me.

Really must have missed Darbys rookie year

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Front 7 good.... back end questionable. If Gilmore goes and Williams retires you are suddenly left with a 3rd year Darby who has not had a good season and a clapped put Corey Graham (who is a likely cap casualty anyway) you are starting over at safety for me and either need to pay Gilmore, pay someone else $10m plus or draft one early for me.

 

Maybe, like with Kyle Williams, they can restructure their base salaries. Aaron Williams is the wildcard, though. If he retires, we will have to address the position.

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I'm sure head coaching candidates are going to be beating down the door to run EJ Manuel out there as their starter. You wouldn't be able to get Lance Leipold to take the job.

 

Fortunately there's about as good a chance that I am the starter heading into camp next year as EJ.

My view on EJ is that he can have a lengthy career as a backup in this league. Jason Campbell comes to mind who was never good enough to be a franchise qb but was good enough to stay in the league a long time as a backup and make a lot of money.

 

The intriguing question is what do coaching candidates think of TT as a starter, even if it is only as a bridge qb until a more long-term solution is found. He has intermittently shown that he can be a reasonable starting qb who can give you a chance to win.

 

Whoever is interviewed for the HC job, even if it is an offensive minded candidate, needs to have some good thoughts on how to fix the defense and how to staff the defense when making their presentation in order to get the job.

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If the Bills don't pick up the option on Taylor (an option that pays him an average, to slightly below average $$$ value for an NFL starting QB), and decide to go with either EJ or a rookie QB next season, this franchise is completely hopeless.

This is all true.

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I think the predication is a bit far-fetched, but the premise of giving him a legit opportunity after spending some time learning and developing is a decent one. I would not be ready to hand him the reigns to the Offense, but I also think he was doomed from the start when Moron and company threw him to the wolves with nothing more than a jar of peanut butter and a spoon. He needed to take time, build confidence and develop his timing...but instead due to a slippery mat, he was forced to develop / learn while under fire. Such a thing works for some QBs, arguably the best ones, but for others it simply does not. I was not a fan of EJ when he was playing and voiced as much, but I'd be willing to see if he can do better with a stronger run game, better overall Offensive line and some decent WRs to throw to - a more professional Sammy should help, despite the nagging injury. Additionally, there's Clay and Shady.

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I meant not had a good year this year. He had a brilliant rookie year, no question. I am not writing Darby off just asking whether him being the leader of the secondary in year 3 after a down year in year 2 is such a good idea.

Coach Loss and Scheme change.

 

That is why the 4-3 and different cover scheme will do more for the defense than adding more players

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If the Bills don't pick up the option on Taylor (an option that pays him an average, to slightly below average $$$ value for an NFL starting QB), and decide to go with either EJ or a rookie QB next season, this franchise is completely hopeless.

 

I respectfully disagree, as I see the BILLS picking up the option on Taylor with the same sentiment you expressed....to me, Tyrod is NOT a good NFL QB but an incredible athlete with immeasurable physical gifts....however, I think the Bills will sign a relatively younger vet (see Glennon, Mike) and draft one somewhere in the first 2 rounds for the second or third year.

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Coach Loss and Scheme change.

 

That is why the 4-3 and different cover scheme will do more for the defense than adding more players

 

In fairness the scheme was not that different in 2015 despite all Rex's "fully pregnant" stuff. We did play more man but we played a fair percentage of man in 2015 too. I am optimistic that Darby bounces back - just don't want him having added pressure of being the elder statesman of the secondary at the same time.

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If the Bills don't pick up the option on Taylor (an option that pays him an average, to slightly below average $$$ value for an NFL starting QB), and decide to go with either EJ or a rookie QB next season, this franchise is completely hopeless.

Tyrod returning with the 31st ranked passing offense is equally as hopeless

 

If Tyrod plays Carr and Brady each 100 times he wins how many ? 5-10 ?

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In fairness the scheme was not that different in 2015 despite all Rex's "fully pregnant" stuff. We did play more man but we played a fair percentage of man in 2015 too. I am optimistic that Darby bounces back - just don't want him having added pressure of being the elder statesman of the secondary at the same time.

Again how was he coached. What was Ed Reed or whoever saying how to execute said scheme over Donnie Henderson

 

When the entire secondary falls off in the same scheme something changed

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