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I believe Fitz lost the Titans the game last week in similar fashion we witnessed. The guy is a mush. Brings you to the point of winning just to break your heart. \ Watch him light it up and cause the Titans to think he may be their better option at QB.

Yep. We have a history of making no names and has beens look like all pro's. The other thing is it will be the lead for Sports Center and everything else if Reed gets a pick 6.

maybe. But being out of work for a couple days probably did him some good. Who knows really? You would have thought his eyes would have been opened when he went undrafted. maybe he 'gets it'. Maybe Luck will help him turn into a good WR.

18 week season. expand the roster. stay with one bye week. But make it so the team has to make every player on your team inactive for one more game. You can have one player be exempt from the inactive list, your QB?

If he fails to make that throw then either- A. Work on it a lot in practice and get him to make it. B. If he struggles with it figur eout what he does do better and draw up players that suit that. In the preseason and even first couple games EJ had that same 'moxy' you are saying Lewis had. Now EJ for sure did not have it against Pitt. But the one thing everyone said/says about EJ is he has the 'it' factor. Maybe Hackett and his inability to work with EJ has crushed some of EJ's confidence? Not sure. But i do think Hackett and EJ to this point have struggled to work well together,

So you do not buy that it is an attempt to grow the brand and thus secure the Bills in Buffalo for a longer period of time?

I see you are coming around to Hackett being an issue. I believe we got into it in another thread over this earlier in the year. hackett has to go and Marrone has got to get a QB coach and OC who understand the NFL. IF this team had an OC as competent as Pettine they would be pretty darn good. The talent is not too far off.

So far EJ looks like a guy that should have been picked in the third round. Now EJ also has the potential to be a guy that could be the next franchise QB. EJ has all the ability and the presence to be that guy. I have got to wonder at what point does the fact Hackett is maybe not a good QB coach and OC come into play here?

Very sad indeed. He was a very good TE. Would you guys say he was one of the first to specialize in the 'pass catching' category of TE? Prayers to him and his loved ones.

Got to agree with you. The fact the Bills are willing to help grow the NFL to Canada should mean the Bills get at least a fair schedule. That is another way to look at it Simon. I know it also helps the Bills but let us not forget the NFL gets more exposure too

If that is th ecase the Bills will have a new HC AGAIN in after the 2015 season. Hackett is not a good QB coach or OC. And the special teams are soft and sad. Pettine will bail after next year and the Bills will be the worse team in the league in 2015. Hope i am wrong but if Marrone keeps his staff intact after this year he has started the clock on how long he has to be a HC in the NFL.

It proabaly opened his eyes up when the Bills cut him. Hopefully he realizes how fortunate he is and has a great career that never costs the Bills too much!

Thank you for a great laugh to start the day!!!!

Big difference between Manziel and Farve or Manning is size. Manziel is a small guy who can not take those beating in the NFL. He gets banged up no win college. Not enough to be out of an entire game but nicked up. He also throws a lot of jump balls that his WR Evans bails him out on. My point is there is not one clear cut 'great qb' coming out this year like a LUCK. He was a once in about 15 years type of guy. Another P. Manning. I hope Hackett and Marrone open it up and use the next 6 games to evaluate EJ. See what he can and can not do. Whaley has to may this directive to his staff. Tell them we need to see if EJ can do it. I am not as concerned about winning games as i am about seeing what talent we have on the entire team. See where we are weak and what we need. It starts at QB. With EJ being out 5 weeks the FO needs to push the coaches to force EJ to make all the throws he can.

very true post. You almost wonder how good this team could be if they all played a great game for th eentire 60 mins. I do not think we have seen that once this year. Cleveland game and Pats game was mayb ethe closest. In both those we found a way to lose. Cleveland was more about EJ's injury.

My granfather worked for the Bills. he worked with Hojo and Woodie who is still on the sidelines. I grew up going in the locker room and hanging around bugging the players for autographs and such. This was back in the late 70's and 80's. The Bills where pretty much the only thing my father and i could talk about. Both my dad and grand dad are gone now. I keep thinking one day the Bills will win one Super Bowl. I will cry like a baby while smiling the biggest smile. I come back every year out of pride and i have no other team i care nearly as much about as the Bills. I love football and i live and die with the Bills every Sunday. I have learned to put it in perspective as i have gotten older. The sting of a lose only lasts about an hour afterwards. But that hour is the saddest of the week usually! ha

Very good job of summing it up. WAY to conservative by everyone yesterday. The Bills are 3-7 with little to no chance at making the playoffs. Cut it lose for crying out loud. Let EJ throw 12 picks over the next 6 games. If it means he also throws 12 t.d's and avg 250-300 yds and 40 attempts. Lets see what EJ is. Also give the ball to Spiller 20+ times a game every week. See if he can handle it over the next 6 games. if can not you got your answer for how to approach his contract talk.

The problem is right there . Hackett has yet to figure out what gameplan works with EJ. He seems to have done so with Thad to some degree and even Tuel. It is not absurd to expect a OC to be good. Marrone should not have brought a guy in with no NFL experience being an OC in the NFL. There are only 32 guys in the world who get to be an OC in the NFL, are you really going to tell me you think Hackett is one of the best 32 people in the world to have that job? No way no how. Marrone went with what felt comfortable for him and it is now biting him in the you know what. Marrone will show me in the offseason if he is our solution to HC be firing Hackett or not. By the way the excuse Marrone gave today about EJ foot work lies squarely on Hackett. EJ and Hackett are not working well together, Personally i will go with EJ over Hackett for next years team.

This team is not mentally capable of running the table. Personally i believe it is better in th elong run if the Bills win 3, close defense dominated games. Marrone can not stand up and defend Hackett and he fires him after the season. The Bills bring in a proven OC with success working with a young talented QB. Right now this O staff looks like they belong calling HS football games.

Just wanted to bump this topic back up now.

exactly! Marrone is guilty of thinking Hackett could succeed at this level. Hackett is in over his head and it shows in play calling and EJ's developement. Some people will claim injuries and blah blah blah...fact is with a decent OC and QB coach this team is a lot better. IF Marrone keeps Hackett after this year, then we got the wrong HC too. Marrone must take the same approach with his coaches that he does players. If you are not cutting it, you are gone.

I was hoping for 6-8 wins. But i fear with Hackett as OC and his playcalling every D the Bills face is going to look like the steel curtain!

Hackett's play calling stinks. Why would we then believe he is some great QB coach? Personally i think Hackett is probably the single biggest issue with this team. If Geno can get coached up why can't EJ? EJ has all the talent and is bright and a hard worker. To me that points to the coach not knowing how to coach the young man.

I been saying Hackett is not cutting it for about 8 weeks now. His play calling is brutal. Hackett is the single biggest thing wrong with this team right now. IF the Bills had an OC on the same level as the DC this team would have a chance in every game. The D gives the Bills a chance in every game. It is the uninspiring play calling of the O that is killing drives. I also pointed out that around this time Hacketts tendencies would begin becoming more and more appearent to opponents DC. lebeau is a master and he crushed the young Hackett. Hackett is not a young prodigy. He is a guy in over his head. Marrone needs to get a proven NFL level OC this offseason. That game yesterday was right there for 2 quarters to take. The Bills have the second worse redzone team in the league. They only hurt that stat yesterday. Sorry guys, but i been saying all these things since the very early on. It is getting worse because teams now know what the O is going to do. This season is about to get really bad i think. Bad enough for hackett to lose his job i hope. And Marrone just looks clueless and in over his head on the sideline. I am sure he is bright and knows football but he looks like Dickie J out there.

Yeah, I got to think he is overrated honestly at this point in his career. I think he could still be a HC IF he hired the right staff. Unfortunately Shanahan does not appear able to do that. Also factor in the Cap issues and you got a team that is going to take 2-3 years to sort it out.