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They should not be wearing zubaz. It is a disgrace to good loyal zubaz where'rs everywhere!! I mean where these punks alive in the early 90's???

That always makes me laugh!

Chiefs(great googly moogly). Indy is one dimensional. KC has a D that can shut down Luck. Smith and the running game do just enough for KC Philly. I so want to take N.O. but just do not see it. Going against my heart Bengals. Lewis gets his first playoff win with a strong D showing. Remember this team stepped up against Brady and NE at home. I think this Bungals team is different. Green Bay. Rogers is back and GB gets hot.

Murray or Mettenberg i think and maybe McCarron. Boyd just is lacking something i think. Murray looked really good at times while playing with a bunch of different receivers due to injuries. I have never had a lot of love for Murray and i am a Dawg fan. Murray is worth a 3rd rounder.

Both sides will have to agree to get out. So it has to be a combination of the Rogers people losing money and the Bills also losing money/face with fans. Hopefully Russ can admit it isn't working and the Rogers people are losing money. Bils play 8 games at the Ralph.

I see both sides of this. The media is no longer the media for the most part. Guys use to get into the media to report a story. now so many times the people who are in the media are becoming part of the story. I remember taking journalism in school. Besides getting the facts correct the other important part was to leave your view out of the story. This is getting lost time and time again. It is almost as if reporters do not know how to just ask a question. They ask questions that are leading or have an agenda. I think much of it has to do with reporters not first going out and collecting info. If you know information about something then you can ask someone a tough question. The reporter could have used facts and stats. losing seasons turnover of coaches. Amounts of money thrown away on coaches etc... I also understand how we as fans are upset at our ownership and management. We need real reporters asking tough fact based questions. This is what ultimately will lead to something better maybe.

This.

Yeah it is 20 years later. i am saying back during the season in 93 Gilbride could of and should of kicked Buddy's butt. Funny, but i wonder if you match the two careers up against each others who would be better. Buddy or Kevin?

I just watched that 'Football Life' from the 1993 Oilers. Gilbride really showed some class handling the entire Buddy Ryan thing. Gilbride was a pretty decent OC here was he not? If i remember correctly? Another coach/player that leaves the Bills and gets a ring(s)...oh well.

Depends on the cost of the deal. If Cutler is under a contract which will allow the bears to address some other areas and rebuild the D some, then it is a good move. Is Cutler great? Nope. But you can win with him and with a running game and D Chicago will have a shot at the playoffs and then who knows. Not to mention who else is better to replace him??

ST's are important. I am looking for how Marrone address the offense. Hackett needs help big time. IF Marrone comes back with only a new WR coach and everything else status quo then we should expect another 6-10 season. I do not care how many good players you draft if they are not coached this team will be same ole same. Look at KC. Reid is getting the most out of a group of guys that where all there except Smith. And by no means is Smith the primary reason the Chiefs went from horrible to respectable.

Good point. Some of the guys on D maybe. Robey? God why can't the Bills ever find a good coach???

I was one of the first to say i did not think Hackett was ready for the NFL. I got scolded by many on here. And i also got fed a bunch of injuries/rook QB/ alternating qb excuses. Hackett is not ready to be QB coach and OC. Bring in a qualified QB coach. People are talking about how good Frank Reich has done out in S.D. helping Rivers. I would like very much to see a qualified proven OC brought in. Like many of us are now saying. Marrone needs to take the same approach with his staff he took with his players. Hackett needs more time in a lesser role.

And so it begins! Hopefully the Bills will resign him. I doubt highly though that Byrd is back with the Bills unless it is under the tag. Personally time to move on i think. If the Bills can not get a deal done, let him go.

I have always tried to remain positive. i know the OP was a bit trollish, but he is on to something. I just saw a lot of moments this year where the team looked not ready and Marrone in particular looked out of his league during a game and how he managed EJ. I hope Marrone has learned a great deal this year and will grow from it. I do not really want to fire him. One of the things Marrone needed to learn was that Hackett can not be both QB coach and OC in the NFL. Marrone also needs to show his ST's coach the door. During the year Marrone showed he was not afraid to make player changes in hopes of improvement, he now needs to apply that philosophy to his staff. Address the SJ issue. Personally SJ to me is not a gamer. I am not talking about his character but about his inability to make plays when you need them. Please do not bring up the Carolina catch, even a broke clock is right twice a day and that was a catch anyone of us on here could have made. This type of person is not needed on this team. SJ needs to be traded for something while he has some value. Marrone makes some of these moves and he will show me he has learned something and i will buy back into him. IF Marrone comes back with the same staff then we should be prepaired for much of the same next year.

Or could see him in Atlanta. I think Mike Smith gets one more season. if he does not get the Falcons back to this championship game next year, Smith is gone.

With better coaching could this have been a playoff team??

Tannehill is an average QB. He remids me of the guy you keep thinking is going to be a star and just never does. He is a less talented less clutch Matt Ryan.

The Pats figured this one out years ago. Average D, average running game, heck Average WR's. Just have one of the 3 best QB's and you are always in the playoff hunt. It really is that simple! Haha

I 100% agree with this. I think the system took some time for the players to get more comfortable in it. I also think would like Carrington back, but i would be no means over pay for him. That is where the Bills F.O will have to look at the entire budget and figure out a suitable offer. I am sure he will get an offer from the Bills. I agree Carrington is a solid versatile back up in my opinion. A guy who can play all along the Dline it appears. Nose gaurd is a stretch but DT or DE is not.

I think people are more concerned with Parker as his agent. I am willing to bet the Bills will make Carrington and Parker an offer before FA begins. It will be contingent on Carrington signing before FA. Once FA starts the offer would be pulled. Parker then will have to decide what to do. I love Branch coming back. I would like Carrington too, but for FMV for a guy with very little resume. As others have stated a one year $2-3mil deal would be more then fair. Let Carrington show what he has. It would probably mean next offseason he signs a multi-year deal with someone else.

So do you think Russell Wilson would be Russell Wilson had the Bills drafted him? heck even if Wilson was drafted this year by Marrone and Hackett? My point is coaching makes so much more of a difference in today's NFL then ever before. It is not just a 'X and O' or 'you are professionals so you play hard' league. Our society in general is much less mature then it was 20 years ago. People 'grow up' slower. You need a coach who can relate to HIS team. Not saying that there is only one style of coach that will work, but the coach needs to figure out how to motivate his team. Failure to be a good motivator in today's NFL is just as bad a not being a good schemer. I think your percentages are off. I personally think it is closer to 50/50.

100% could not agree more with you. A lot of people here want to say injuries are the reason this team is 5-9. I think that plays some into it but just as much is poor O coaching.

Do think Marrone is half the coach Pete Carrol is? I do not. If he was EJ could be probably as good as Wilson. Look no further then your coaches. The Bills have terrible Offensive coaching, thus terrible offense. Say what you want, i have been calling Hackett brutal since the second game. The writing was on the wall. He is in over his head and so is Marrone. The best thing we can hope for is Marrone resigns. A new GOOD coach comes in and works well with EJ. I have noclue why i think this could occur. The Bills have not had a good coach in 15 years.

OR EJ is frail. He has a long lengthy frame that can not stand the hits of the NFL. To me EJ appears to play best when he is able to be mobile, however his body can not take NFL hits. So where does that leave you? trying to turn a mobile QB into a pocket passer? That has trouble written all over it. Bills blew another first round pick, great!