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Can Fred Jackson kick FG's?

MAJBobby joined in 09/2016 and has managed to have +3,000 posts on TT in that stretch. That has to be a record. It's brutal b/c he does appear to have football knowledge, but his fixation on TT is to the point of being mentally unstable. Perhaps he's Cardale Jones.

Holy crap batman. Just stop already.

If TT's groin injury is an issue (where surgery is even on the table), it makes even more sense to not start him this week. There is absolutely nothing to gain from an performance evaluation perspective from the Bills playing the Jets this week. Hire a new HC in the next couple of weeks, and you have until March to pick up the option. I'm not following along with the uproar here, what am I missing?

How much was Osweiler paid? TT's body of work is much better than Osweiler's. All I want to know is: 1. Is TT not playing this week b/c we are eliminated and he is injured; or 2. Is TT not playing this week b/c of the injury clause in his contract and we don't yet have a HC hired; or 3. Is TT no playing this week b/c of both #1 and #2 and the Bills don't want his injury to get even more aggravated, causing him to require surgery and forcing a new HC/the Bills to be married to TT. It shouldn't be that difficult to get a straight answer. There's nothing wrong with the Bills coming out and flat out saying something like: "We will wait until a HC is hired before making a final determination on players" End of any questions there. As for "camp Tyrod" making up this injury, that's complete BS. I don't doubt he's injured at all as its been reported already. When it comes down to being medically cleared in March, with millions on the line, Tyrod won't be able to "fake" that injury. The Bills will make sure of that.

Didnt he say he wanted the job?

These are all valid and completely sound posts. I guess its just me then. Week 17 Bills vs Pats we have a chance to eliminate them I take that chance. Makes the season that much more enjoyable for me. We should just do away with divisions. Rivalries nowadays arent what they used to be. Two conferences. Top 6 teams make it.

Ouch.

Valid. You can also argue that what's best for your team is going full throttle the entire way, all season

Giants play the Redskins. Giants are locked into their playoff seed. If the Skins win, they're in; they lose, they're out. Should the Giants go 100% in and eliminate their division rivals? Or go 50% (bench many starters) and get ready for the playoffs? As a Bills fan, would you want to eliminate the Pats/Fins/Jets from the playoffs Week 17? Or don't bother risking any major injuries? For me, I'd say go all-in and eliminate them. They're a division rival. You're supposed to hate e/o. Eliminating your division rival from the playoffs Week 17 is part of what makes the season great; it's part of what you play for IMO. So what would you do?

Haha. I get what you're saying, but I don't see a problem with Lynn reaching out to someone such as Parcells for advice. To me that's an honorable quality. It means that Lynn is humble enough to recognize when he needs help or advice. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that IMO. Lynn should promote Kromer to OC. Kromer assists Lynn with the weekly game planning and Kromer focuses on the weekly minutiae of the offense and on game day Lynn makes the play calls on offense. It would essentially be the same offense. Andy Reid, Sean Payton, Kubiak, Obrien, Gruden, Arians, Chip Kelly, McAdoo, Mike McCarthy, Doug Pederson, etc. They all call their own plays too and the OC (Kromer for us) would be there to assist Lynn with the game plan/strategy during the week.

Absolutely nothing. This Jets team gave up weeks ago. They couldn't even get amped for a prime time game weeks ago, with players on defense saying "f*** this game, where the Hoes at" before the game on snapchat. The Jets are currently the worst team in the NFL and worse than the Browns, because the Browns were at least trying to win to avoid going winless.

Tom Coughlin was a great coach. He had a great run. But it's over. It needs to be over. What he did in Jax was 21 years ago and irrelevant at this point in time.

Valid concern to an extent. However, it is undeniable that Lynn "took Roman's offense" and made it much much better: Under Roman last year we ranked 12th in points; and 24th in Red Zone Scoring % (Roman's offenses have always struggled in the Red Zone if I recall correctly). We led the league in rushing under Roman with 152yds/game; This year we rank 7th in the NFL in scoring and rank 5th in Red Zone Scoring %; we obliterated last year's rushing yard/game mark and we're at 170.8 yds/game. (Also, since Lynn took over week two we rank 6th in the NFL in scoring). The improvement is considerable and this season our entire WR corps was depleted. There aren't that many experienced HC candidates out there besides old retreads and other inexperienced coordinators who would be complete wild cards just like Lynn. The thing with Lynn is, if we don't make him HC, I don't see him staying here. If we bring in a new HC, he's going to bring in his own guys (justifiably so). It'll be a complete rebuild on both the defense and the offense. It would be a repeat of the mistake we made with Schwartz two years ago. In retrospect, we should have promoted Schwartz to HC. His defense was playing really well and the hire would've made complete sense. Instead, we screwed up the defense. Lynn deserves the HC shot. He earned it IMO. Lets not continue to cut off our nose to spite our face. Promote Lynn, and make a great hire at DC to right the ship on that side of the ball.

Patriots cheat.

Lynn checks off all the boxes for me. Nearly two decades of NFL coaching experience. He was put in stressful situations this season and met the challenge. His units have not only performed but have been among the best in the NFL last season with the rushing game and this season with the entire offense. Players apparently respect him. They know him. They perform. If Lynn was on another team we would be drooling over him more probably. There are always questions about coordinators who havent been HC's but no coordinator is more deserving right now imo. Bring in a DC like Gus Bradley and lets make the playoffs next season. Lynn and Bradley would make this team instantly better this very moment.

At some point it does become a zero-sum game. Look at Tennesee the drop off from in rushing from the Bills to Ten is not substantial from 1st to 3rd. Two spots. Tennessee is 24th in passing, up 7 spots from us. Yet Tennessee ranks 13th in the NFL in scoring. Theyre more balanced than us but dont come near us in scoring at 2.1pts per game less. Probably the most "balanced" teams in the NFL have been Dallas and Oakland. Yet we have only scored 1.3 and 1.4pts per game less than both those teams. We're closer to the Oaklands and Dallas's of the world than Tennesee is to us. My point is, if youre able to do something REALLY well, do that. Know who you are. Excel at it. TT doesnt have to be here 7yrs. But he can be more than serviceable while we either groom Cardale or draft someone else. Improve the defense.

Lets sit down and think this through for a few seconds. With Tyrod, the Bills rank #7 in the NFL in touchdowns per game (3rd in AFC); #6 in the NFL in points per play (#2 in AFC); #5 in Red Zone TD % (#2 in AFC); #7 overall in points scored per game (3rd in AFC); #4 in NFL QB Rating in the Red Zone. Where is the improvement going to come? in between the 20's? That's the only possibly place this offense can improve with a "better passing attack". At what expense? At the detriment of the running game? Why? Why even go there? How many teams move the ball up and down the 20's passing it and then can't punch it into the end zone once they get to the red zone? Is a better passing attack going to make us #1 in every statistical category I listed? B/c that's the territory this offense would have to approach to be considered effective around here apparently, just look at the numbers up there. The Patriots have scored a whopping 1 Point more than the BILLS since week 2. ONE MORE POINT since week 2. So to be clear, this team would've gone 11-5 with a better passing game this year - how? Break that down to me. Would they have ranked #1 in scoring? Overtaken the Falcons? Who knew that in 2015 when Rex took over we had so much talent on this offense, that we'd be talking about the Bills offense having to approach NFL leading numbers on offense in order to be considered good. Players like Groy, Mills, Powell, Tate, Goodwin, Harvin, Hunter, Salas, Mike G, Reggie Bush, they're the stars in this high-powered offense. TT is just going along for the ride apparently. Or maybe I missed it and Shady had a 2,000yd rushing season with 20TD's.

Possibly. But it does have talent. Hughes, MD, KW will be back, Ragland, Shaq, Adolphus. We'll see what happens with Gilmore. Darby played well last year. We need 2 players: a safety and a corner if Gilmore leaves. Where do you think a better landing spot would be for him?

I don't see that Dave - rarely do you see a HC go from one HC spot to another after failing miserably as a HC (unless he had prior HC success). He's going to be a DC somewhere. Where is he going to have more talent at defense than in Buffalo. For a DC, this is one of the better landing spots. It's a joke.

Breaking News @AdamSchefter: Doug Marrone is being considered for the Bills HC vacancy. #Bills

Lynn HC; pick up option on TT; make Kromer OC; and sign Gus Bradley, and we go 10-6/11-5. We're almost there man.

I don't necessarily disagree with you; Trotter also came off as trying to put the Rex and Marrone hires on Whaley, which isn't completely accurately. Just trying to relay what people are saying nationally.

Jim Trotter was pissed about how Bills left Lynn hanging. http://www.newyorkupstate.com/buffalo-bills/index.ssf/2016/12/buffalo_bills_are_a_dumpster_fire_says_espns_jim_trotter.html