thewildrabbit

It is pointless playing behind the horrid O line the Bills have, this season is a wash. Let Fitz take the pounding now and let Edwards recover from the beatings he took eariler in the season. Not to mention we don't know if he is fully recovered from the concussion he suffered this year.

When exactly did I compare Brady to Cassell or state there was no difference between them, your the one who was comparing the seasons Brady played vs Cassell and fixated on the sacks. Then you dismiss the horrid play of Cassell at the start of the season to a finish with an 11-5 record by stating they played an easy schedule? and I'm delusional. This argument may in fact be pointless if you can't grasp the concept of how a decent O line allowed a QB who hadn't played college football to become a success and secure a huge contract. Then go on to another team to stink it up behind a poor O line.

Ralph Wilson also stated he would have drafted Brian Bosworth and Tony Mandarich if he had the chance. That was my point, everyone on this board would be a meddlesome owner because we all love football. It must be extremely difficult as an owner to sit back and allows others to make all the personnel decisions. Nevertheless I have to admire those owners who are not meddlesome for their restraint. At this point If I were Ralph Wilson I'd offer Ozzie Newsome the job as president and let him run the Bills like he has done with the Ravens. Even if it took a piece of the franchise to get him into Buffalo, I'd do it and sit back and let him do his job.

Clearly your fixated on sacks when you should be looking at everything!!! Your talking about a QB that didn't play college football, he sat on the bench behind others for FOUR YEARS!!!! Your talking about a guy who was so raw he literally stunk in preseason so badly that once Brady went down everyone had the Patriots winning no games. Instead that decent O line allowed him to learn and get better and progress, hence the huge contract given to him by the Chiefs. With a scrub that had never played College football the Patriots still managed an 11-5 record. With that same QB and behind a poor O line that same QB is 3-8 and the 24th rated QB in the NFL with the Chiefs. Thank you, you just made my argument for me

Some NFL coaches still don't get that sentence, Jauron clearly didn't. JP Losman, Trent Edwards and even Fitzpatrick would all have played better behind a decent O line.

It just amazes me on how many posters here think the QB is everything on a team, if you have a really good QB he can over come a poor O line, running game and receivers... Is simply not true. And I certainly can't chastise any posters here because many NFL coaches believe the same thing. What is so sad about that is... many new NFL head coaches believe the QB is key and draft a good young QB only to see him sacked and hit over and over and then think it is his,the QB's fault. After so many hits and sacks the QB soon gets shell shocked and plays worse and worse. They don't focus on building the O line first, and it is why they fail. The Patriots and Colts have two of the best O lines in the NFL and you may have never heard of their linemen because Payton Manning / Tom Brady and their receivers get all the press. Both those QB's are two of the least sacked QB's in the NFL because they both have decent experienced offensive lines. Look at what happened on last Monday night, that Saint pass rush got to Tom Brady and made him look very ordinary, in fact it made him look like a bad QB at times. He was forced to release the ball early causing it to be off target. He was dancing around in the pocket trying to make plays and between the Saints pass coverage and pass rush, Brady just didn't play well. Didn't throw a TD pass and didn't throw for 300 yards. Was it because he was behind a bad O line, no not really. But that Saints Defense played better and was able to harass Brady all game. Now, go back and watch that Bills vs Saints game and realize why Trent Edwards was literally running for his life most of that game. Jauron and his makeshift O line. Conversely, Drew Brees played great because the Patriot pass rush didn't get near him and many pass coverages were simply blown by the Patriot secondary. With 371 yards passing and 5 TD's, I'd say he torched the NE defense. You have two of the top NFL QB's playing against each others teams and the reasons as to why one team won and one team lost were clearly evident to me, the Saints pass rush. Better protection for Tom Brady and he plays better, given more time to throw like he has had in past games and he would eventually find an open receiver and burn the Saints defense. Would the Patriots have won, who knows? At least they would have been in the game instead of a 38-17 blowout loss. Let me ask a question, If your Bill Belichick and you know you have to face a Saints defense like that to win another super bowl and you already have a top QB, RB and receivers, what part of your offense do you upgrade?

Just think if you owned the Buffalo Bills franchise, your going to tell me you wouldn't sit in the draft room and want to make some of your own choices? It all comes down to a GM with balls like Bill Polian, who drafted HoF Bruce Smith while Ralph Wilson wanted to spend that #1 on Doug Flutie. I'd have to say Bill Polian was the best thing to happen to this franchise... EVER!, and the owner fired him. Now the Colts have been in the payoffs the last 10 years and where have the Bills been? This franchise will continue down the road to mediocrity until the owner steps away and hires a football person to be president, and he hires a knowledgeable football person to be GM, and he hires an experienced head coach, and he hires experienced coordinators. Of course we all know that will never happen because this owner will never give up the power, plus the fact he will never pay all those saleries What is the difference between Al Davis and Ralph Wilson?

It will be a dream, and you wake up to see Matt Cassell throwing the winning TD to a wide open receiver.

Naa, JP was to shell shocked at Buffalo, he wouldn't do any better then Edwards in this crappy offense and behind the worst 0 line in the NFL. That said, if the guy gets to sit behind Payton and learn that Colt offense and read coverages,learn to call his own plays and relax for a year or two... I could see him playing much better then he did at Buffalo. If he is smart he will accept any offer the Colts give him, just to have the chance to learn under a decent OC and in a top NFL offense and learn from one of the best QB's in the game. Heck, I'd go there and play for free if it were me

ok big mouth, show me a link where it states the Bills franchise made 40 million dollars last year. I'm seeing around 12-15 million. 40 million is what the Cowboys and Redskins take in. MIKE MARTZ passing offense that Steve Fairchild used and passed down to Turk Schonert who passed down to AVP. have another

To me the entire team stunk it up, the QB failed as he couldn't get the ball to T.O.or Evans, the coaches failed when they saw Lynch had the hot hand and the stopped running him, play calling was mundane. ONE catch for Lee Evans and 3 for T.O... c'mon, fitz stunk it up. The defense failed, did anyone else notice that when the Bills throw the ball someone is on the receiver in an instant and when the Jets throw the ball the receiver is usually wide open. Thomas Jones, 23 rushes 109 yards. Sanchez stunk it up for the Jets also, missing wide open receivers. Any decent experienced QB would have slaughtered the Buffalo secondary last night. All that game did was show me this team and front office needs a complete makeover. The offensive line is a complete disaster with injuries and poor players. I still can't stand the Tampa 2 defensive scheme. When the OC can see that the QB has less then 3 seconds to throw the Ball, why then does he call for a 7 step drop play that takes 5 seconds to complete? This was a team loss, coaches, players, front office. It all comes back to that first round draft pick and trading Jason Peters away, if your going to trade away your one pro bowl lineman, at least try and replace him somehow, draft, free agency, trade... oh wait, that would cost money.

well I still feel good about the Miami game...

That was all Fitz, looked under thrown to me.

I'd say one of 32 jobs in the world. In all reality, why would he want to come to Buffalo? To come to a small market city where it is difficult to compete with the wealthier franchises in terms of hiring solid assistant coaches? An example is the Cowboys who are paying their OC more then the Bills are paying their head coach. To come to a team that lacks players in so many areas, QB-OL-DL-LB and is currently running two out dated schemes, The Martz passing offense and the Tampa 2 defense. Any NEW coach will want to revamp the defense and offense, which could take 3-5 years to bring the team up to a level to compete with the Patriots. These are reasons as to why the Bills should honestly think about giving the HC job to Fewell if he continues to win or even keep the games close. Considering the injuries on this team and the lack of experience he has on offense in play calling and O line, it is amazing he even won a game.

What I was stating is Wilson can't be watching what is going on with his team, or he doesn't care if he allows that kind of ineptitude over the last four years. All I did was read over and over how everyone wanted a pass rusher pre draft, I'd have to say it was at least 90% of the fans begging the front office to draft a DE who could rush the passer. They might not have been saying "Maybin", but once he was drafted it sedated the fan base. Of course now that he isn't contributing everyone says they didn't want a DE / pass rusher. Anyway, It was a stupid decision considering they just traded the only pro bowl O lineman and had no real replacement for him.

Which is why they would rather take the job in Houston then in Washington or Carolina

Most of the posters here have already come to the conclusion that there is no way the Buffalo Bills pay 10 million to any head coach. If it ever came down to a bidding war the Redskins make around 35 million more then the Bills, they can't compete. If Perry Fewell can get more wins with this ragtag group of players and coaches, then he has earned the job and deserves it. With 5 games to go Fewell is 1-1 Jags L close game Miami W Jets 5-6 @Chiefs 3-8 Patriots 7-4 @Falcons 6-5 Colts 11-0 If the Bills beat the Jets Thursday night and Chiefs the next week I'd think Fewell should be offered the job full time, JMO

Those clowns run this team, Ralph Wilson is sitting by a window and thinking if he needs to install more bathrooms in his house. The only time he doesn't need to pee is when he is already peeing. Look at the talent the front office has drafted the last 4 years, in or around the top 10 of the draft. Who decided to not draft an O tackle this past draft, and not pursue a tackle in free agency? Then they cut the right tackle because he wasn't quick enough to get to the line for the no huddle, then they scrap that scheme. Then ask yourself, why do these people still have their jobs? No offense to Aaron Maybin, but was he drafted to appease the fans? Because they had to know he wouldn't be a big contributor this season. Hopefully at some point Maybin will eventually become a starter, just kind of wasted when the O line really needed help this year. So many stupid decisions the last few years, while the front office continues to run a near billion dollar franchise into the ground.The way the front office handled the Jason Peters situation, they really scrood the pooch with that. Most of the fans posting here were constantly point out the problems the team were going to have ahead of time. If the fans here can see the problems, why can't the people in the front office? I suppose as long as the cash keeps flowing in, stadium filled, merchandise sold... This franchise is in desperate need of a real GM, who knows football talent.

New Flash... this Bills org will never hire a 10 million dollar a year head coach, its all hype to keep the fans sedated. Once the hiring actually starts after the season ends the Bills will claim they tried to hire everybody, but in reality they will hire no big names. They will end up hiring someone like Jim Halsett and keep the same front office and hope they can stir up fan hype during the draft or free agency. The one thing this team needs is a really GM in the mold of Bill Polian, let him hire the head coach. Almost any head coach can succeed if he hires really good coordinators and has good players.

The Saints took away Wes Welker and the middle of the field and effectively covered Randy Moss which forced Brady to dump off the ball to his backs more then normal....hrmmmm sounds familiar. Once the Saints got a lead they could send an extra blitzer to cause Tom Brady to scatter shot his throws and get happy feet, dancing around in the pocket....hrrmmmm sounds familar. All that was against a decent Patriot O line and Tom Brady, now remember what Edwards when through that day the Bills played the Saints, he was literally running for his life the entire second half.

The problem with that is not only their ages but also how they are built physically. Marshawn is a freight train and Jackson is a Jaguar. Throwing Jackson into the defense first will only get him hurt and worn down faster. It is good to see the Bills have 2 backs with different styles that can get the job done.

You guys are short a few brain cells after a game I suppose Just what I'd want to see, Marshawn Lynch as a Patriot behind a GOOD O line and getting 100+ yards against the Bills every time we play them...yeah, don't resign him or trade him. Jackson was the hot player yesterday, no question. It was great to see him play so well. I still like both players and when the O line finally gets healthy and more experience and is able to run block adequately, the Bills have thunder AND lighting again. You guys are forgetting Lynch's first year when he and Jackson both got 100+ yards rushing against the Dolphins 38-17 win.

Edwards looked good last season before a severe concussion at Arizona, the Bills were 5-0 at one point. Edwards played well in the opener at New England this season, then the O line started getting banged up and the the play of the both the line and Edwards suffered. I've seen the hits the guy has taken this season and have been surprised he has gotten up after some of them, the game he suffered a concussion in... he didn't finish. The Bills have the worst O line in the NFL, they max protect most of the time and still can't block adequately. With Fitz getting sacked 6 times in this game alone it makes me wonder how many more games he needs to play before you start saying he sucked from day one.

Some players get hot at certain times, no doubt it was a good day for both Fred Jackson and Fitzpatrick which resulted in a win against the hated Dolphins. Time will tell with the current O line and Fitz, with good coaching and decent line play and he should improve as time goes by, not get worse... which is what happened with TE and JP.

He played well enough to win, and against Miami ...it made my year The thing is, Fitz played well and I only can wonder if he will start to regress at some point like Edwards and JP have in the past. Is it because of coaching or the amount of hits they took while trying to throw? Time will tell...