Greybeard Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 7 minutes ago, C.Biscuit97 said: Also, why was benching Tyrod last year even a bad decision? 1) it moved us up in the draff 2) we weren't locked into TT and brought him back cheaper 3) we got to evaluate other qbs imo, it was probably one of the best Bills moves in awhile. I wonder what this board would be saying if Taylor wasn't benched and ended up injured, and they had to give him the big contract. Everyone would be bitching, because the bench game was a meaningless game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, C.Biscuit97 said: Rex is the worst. He's like that crazy ex who won't stop texting you even though you've moved on. I'm not sold on SM but he is better than Rex. A guy who sucked here but still thinks it's not his fault. A guy who was hired to comment on the NFL is commenting on the NFL . . . and one of the most universally panned decisions (benching TT in favor of Peterman and the historical precedent) around the country. Hmmm. 5 minutes ago, Peter said: Hmmm. 13 minutes ago, Greybeard said: I wonder what this board would be saying if Taylor wasn't benched and ended up injured, and they had to give him the big contract. Everyone would be bitching, because the bench game was a meaningless game. I wonder what the other players were saying in the locker room about how the team thought about them and how they were going to approach that game given that we were not playing our best QB. I think the result of that game answers the question. Edited November 30, 2017 by Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 2 minutes ago, Peter said: A guy who was hired to comment on the NFL is commenting on the NFL . . . and one of the most universally panned decisions (benching TT in favor of Peterman) around the country. Hmmm. Haha. Glad to see your Rex love still burns strong Peter. I was rewarded for braving the cold at the Emirates last night with a 5 goal win. Big game Saturday... if we win that you might even say we are back on track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo_Stampede Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 (edited) I doubt McDermott made the call to bench Taylor. Doesn't make any sense. I just hope it wasn't Pegula that made the decision for him. Edited November 30, 2017 by TheTruthHurts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 2 minutes ago, GunnerBill said: Haha. Glad to see your Rex love still burns strong Peter. I was rewarded for braving the cold at the Emirates last night with a 5 goal win. Big game Saturday... if we win that you might even say we are back on track. I am loyal . . . to a fault. I am flying up to see UM in the ACC Championship game in Charlotte this weekend. One of the things that I made sure of is that the people with whom I am traveling are not going to give me grief about going to see Arsenal play Man U at one of the local Arsenal Pubs. Great game yesterday. It did look cold though. There was some brilliant moments of Wenger ball. I am convinced that we will definitely finish in the top four. I am not as sure about what to do about Alexis and Ozil though. If they play like they did against City, I would sell and try to get Draxler (always rumored to be going to Arsenal) and someone else (am I allowed to dream about Griezmann). If they play like they did against Spurs, it is a more difficult question. I just would hate to lose them both for nothing . . . especially if their hearts are not into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFunPolice Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 (edited) Rex is engaged in reputation building... wait and see. A guy gets on TV and suddenly he's great again. Gruden won with Dungy's team in Tampa then ruined the program but now he could have almost any job he wants and is some kind of guru. Rex will be in the mix for some team's job, especially if there are quite a few open. Chicago makes some sense, given the connections. Redeem the Ryan name in the windy city? The Bears could use some personality or something interesting. It's easy to forget that there is even a team in Chicago. Edited November 30, 2017 by TheFunPolice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 2 minutes ago, TheFunPolice said: Rex is engaged in reputation building... wait and see. A guy gets on TV and suddenly he's great again. Gruden won with Dungy's team in Tampa then ruined the program but now he could have almost any job he wants and is some kind of guru. Rex will be in the mix for some team's job, especially if there are quite a few open. Chicago makes some sense, given the connections. Redeem the Ryan name in the windy city? The Bears could use some personality or something interesting. It's easy to forget that there is even a team in Chicago. I expect Rex to get interviews if as suspected there are 6 to 8 jobs open. He has done a good job of portraying himself as a wronged man in Buffalo. 6 minutes ago, Peter said: There was some brilliant moments of Wenger ball. I am convinced that we will definitely finish in the top four. I am not as sure about what to do about Alexis and Ozil though. If they play like they did against City, I would sell and try to get Draxler (always rumored to be going to Arsenal) and someone else (am I allowed to dream about Griezmann). If they play like they did against Spurs, it is a more difficult question. I just would hate to lose them both for nothing . . . especially if their hearts are not into it. I think we will too. Ozil was fantastic last night, Sanchez less so. Still think Ozil could stay think Sanchez is off. Looks like Lacazette is out for the next 3 or 4 weeks which would be a blow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 (edited) 13 minutes ago, GunnerBill said: I expect Rex to get interviews if as suspected there are 6 to 8 jobs open. He has done a good job of portraying himself as a wronged man in Buffalo. I think we will too. Ozil was fantastic last night, Sanchez less so. Still think Ozil could stay think Sanchez is off. Looks like Lacazette is out for the next 3 or 4 weeks which would be a blow. As for Rex, that is an easy sell given that most objective people would say that it is unfair to fire a guy in less than two years who had the best winning percentage for the last 17 years of the history of the franchise . . . especially given the injuries and people (Whaley? ownership?) throwing him under the bus with leaks moments before a huge game etc. Ozil - He is a very good player when Arsenal are in possession and he is interested. When we are not in possession, it is like playing with a man down. If he moderates his wage demands to a more reasonable amount, extend him. If not, get what what we can in the January window. Sanchez - I suspect he is going to leave as well. I would make another attempt to sign him before the January window closes. If we cannot, I am sure he would have a lot of value to a team still in the Champions league competition. Ozil also would have some value. Lacazette - I made a comment yesterday to another friend of mine who also is an Arsenal supporter. With Lacazatte getting injured, Lacazette is now officially an Arsenal player. Injuries are a rite of passage it seems. Speaking of injuries, I feel horrible for Santi. He is one of my favorite players. Edited November 30, 2017 by Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 6 minutes ago, Peter said: Speaking of injuries, I feel horrible for Santi. He is one of my favorite players. Yea think that is him done. Such a shame. I was at his last game when he came off in the CL Group stage last year. Sad that we won't see him again. Okay we will stop derailing this thread now folks.... the rest of you carry on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFunPolice Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 I forgot about the leaks right before big games... totally dysfunctional and obviously aimed at undermining Rex. We can say that he was a total disaster, but the man went .500 here and didn't even get 2 seasons. His hand picked QB Tyrod is seen around the league as a decent QB. There were tons of injuries. He was jerked around by the dysfunctional front office. There are plenty of things he can say in his defense. Could be part of why Whaley was eventually fired too. Same thing happened when St. Doug was here. Leaks have stopped now. Put all of those mitigating factors on top of the fact that Rex is a likeable guy in person and a smooth talker who tells you what you want to hear and talks big and some team is going to give him a shot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldmanfan Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 TT had a groin injury, plus if he had been on the roster even with the injury in I think March the team would have been on the hook for his entire contract extension. It was an easy decision to sit him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teef Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 50 minutes ago, ScottLaw said: And yet they still passed on one last year.? The Pegulas don't know what they are watching so it wouldn't surprise me if they have a strong dislike for Taylor like many fans on this board. i love it that scott thinks he's smarter than the pegulas. will you at least admit that it was a complete waste of time, and annoying to everyone here that you constantly, (and i mean constantly) complained about the loss of mike gillislee? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dopey Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 1 hour ago, ScottLaw said: And yet they still passed on one last year.? The Pegulas don't know what they are watching so it wouldn't surprise me if they have a strong dislike for Taylor like many fans on this board. And the article ends with Rex saying"they" lost to a jv jets team. No, Rex, it should be "WE" lost to a jv jets team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aceman_16 Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 2 hours ago, ScottLaw said: And yet they still passed on one last year.? No they didnt - they grabbed Peterman! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teef Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 13 minutes ago, ScottLaw said: Football knowledge? Absoultely. It's sports bro, it's not rocket science.... or fracking. i think it's harder than you're giving it credit for. not that the bills haven't made being bad seem easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay_Fixit Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 (edited) On 2017-11-29 at 11:07 AM, Misterbluesky said: He was fired because his defensive schemes and designs are out dated.Rex is a bs artist and everybody knows it. Blueskee is back! Have any fresh Buffalo sushi recently? Edited December 1, 2017 by Jay_Fixit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammy Watkins' Rib Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 On 11/29/2017 at 11:05 AM, Livinginthepast said: Pretty obvious this was the case. Must be pretty embarrassing for Rex to admit. I would have ignored the order. He was a lame duck by that stage anyway, why not stand up for yourself and make the owners fire you then. The writing was on the wall anyway for Rex yet he caves? Makes him seem even more of a loser than I thought! What in the world are you talking about? Rex WAS fired by the owners. He did stand his ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ol Dirty B Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 14 hours ago, GunnerBill said: Haha. Glad to see your Rex love still burns strong Peter. I was rewarded for braving the cold at the Emirates last night with a 5 goal win. Big game Saturday... if we win that you might even say we are back on track. Have you made it on to Arsenal fan tv yet mate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Livinginthepast Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 9 hours ago, Sammy Watkins' Rib said: What in the world are you talking about? Rex WAS fired by the owners. He did stand his ground. FFS read the entire thread ! no just read my response which is right below my original response ON THE SAME PAGE 1 of this thread HERE it is: Rookie Members 13 408 posts Report post Posted Wednesday at 02:20 PM On 2017-11-29 at 2:07 PM, Scott7975 said: Rex didn't cave. He was fired and then Lynn benched Tyrod. I should have read the article! I take back my critique of Rex. He is now slightly LESS of a loser than I thought. But was the call Whaley's or the Pegula's? to bench TT. last year? the article doesn't confirm where the order originated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammy Watkins' Rib Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 5 hours ago, Livinginthepast said: FFS read the entire thread ! no just read my response which is right below my original response ON THE SAME PAGE 1 of this thread HERE it is: Sorry, but I don't have any issue with calling someone out twice when they state something so foolish. And who has time to read an entire thread that's 5 pages long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Livinginthepast Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 3 hours ago, Sammy Watkins' Rib said: Sorry, but I don't have any issue with calling someone out twice when they state something so foolish. And who has time to read an entire thread that's 5 pages long. Yup calling Rex a loser and assuming he caved to management is quite a stretch huh, very "foolish". Apparently you didn't "have the time" to read a few posts down to see my initial response but incredibly found some to redundantly "call me out" because you were so outraged? whatever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphadawg7 Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 On 11/29/2017 at 11:05 AM, Livinginthepast said: Pretty obvious this was the case. Must be pretty embarrassing for Rex to admit. I would have ignored the order. He was a lame duck by that stage anyway, why not stand up for yourself and make the owners fire you then. The writing was on the wall anyway for Rex yet he caves? Makes him seem even more of a loser than I thought! Huh? What are you talking about...Rex didn't bench Tyrod. Bills fired Rex after week 16, the decision to bench Tyrod came after that firing. He did stand up for himself and made the owners fire him. So not sure what you think happened, but what you said he "should" have done is exactly what he did do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Livinginthepast Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 1 minute ago, Alphadawg7 said: Huh? What are you talking about...Rex didn't bench Tyrod. Bills fired Rex after week 16, the decision to bench Tyrod came after that firing. He did stand up for himself and made the owners fire him. So not sure what you think happened, but what you said he "should" have done is exactly what he did do. please tell me your kidding ...LOL you are right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMF2006 Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 Yup because benching TT who hasn't won **** is the same as benching a two time SB MVP. Sorry Wrex your ass was grass before you supposedly stood your moral ground....thankfully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo86 Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 On 11/29/2017 at 2:06 PM, Scott7975 said: That could only come from Whaley or Pegula. I bet Whaley convinced Pegula to tell Ryan to bench him saying that EJ was the man. Well EJ had another **** game which probably what lead to Whaley getting fired. Agreed. I remember hearing (from some unsubstatiated source) that Whaley was calling for EJ to start before the Bills were eliminated, which would've made EJ's performance in the Jets game even more damning. No hard feelings toward Rex, who seems like a pretty decent human being. It's not his fault the Bills hired him. Of course, I also blame this one on Whaley. IMO, he was in the best position to talk the Pegulas out of such a bad hire. Instead, he was talking about completing each other's sentences & likening finding Rex to finding the person you're going to marry. But then again, I guess it's not Whaley's fault that the Bills hired him, either. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTimeAFLGuy Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 On 11/29/2017 at 3:23 PM, TheFunPolice said: Rex is setting up his return to coaching in a few weeks... ....not a chance.....he'll be peddling Smuckers Toe Jam for your morning toast shortly.................. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xRUSHx Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 (edited) Tyrod is Rex's QB so we still get to talk about Rex/Tyrod vrs McD/Tyrod oh the joy of bringing back Tyrod and still living in the last failed staffs era. OBD asked for this kind of talk as soon as Tyrod was resigned. Maybe next year will be a truly new era and we can have new discussions this time of the year. Just like with the last staff teams had Tyrod figured out, to make him be a QB. He was sat because of his injury clause and because he showed to be not good enough. I supported his benching then and I supported this staffs benching of him, I will also support his permanent benching when his days are done in Buffalo. Move on its time for something better. IMO it sure would be nice to get Rex out of our headlines but keeping Tyrod will have him talking every season. . . Edited December 2, 2017 by xRUSHx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da webster guy Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 It was a great decision whoever made it, pulled us up several spots in the draft order and allowed the KC trade down to happen. I love when management can see past the next game in front of them and has the balls to make decisions that will actually benefit us down the road vs a meaningless win to make fans feel good for a few hours on a Sunday. Play Peterman again this year if we are out of playoffs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammy Watkins' Rib Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 15 hours ago, Livinginthepast said: Yup calling Rex a loser and assuming he caved to management is quite a stretch huh, very "foolish". Apparently you didn't "have the time" to read a few posts down to see my initial response but incredibly found some to redundantly "call me out" because you were so outraged? whatever The new website gives notifications when one of my posts is quoted so it was no work at all to find your post. All I am saying is I don't read through all of the pages of a thread to and then go back and respond to individual posters. That would be a waste of time. I respond as I read them. I'm sure many others here do the same. At any rate, my apologies for being rude. Water under the bridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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