Sisyphean Bills

Some of the decisions made by these guys make one swear that they are trying to be a laughingstock. Like the kid in school that does all sorts of stupid things, like pouring the Elmer's glue in his pants, to get attention and play up the role of class clown because he's otherwise a total misfit.

They hired Moody to replace Nix, who was in a position they made up a year ago before he bounced to GM.

Every team drafts. Not every team drafts well.

Answer: No.

Positive: this team is looking at property in the 0-16 Lions neighborhood, proving that everybody has a soulmate.

He might be able to locate a Bingo caller to be the DC.

Actually, Buddy's comment about paying the guys you develop was directed at the Jason Peters situation. If the Bills hadn't thrown franchise player money at Derrick Dockery and very good money at Langston Walker and Melvin Fowler (WTF?) and had used the money to reward Peters, he may not have ever held out and may still be a Pro Bowl player here. Paying those average or worse players and telling Peters to !@#$ himself and then not making any move to address the situation only compounded their problem (Ryan Clady was on the board!) and is a classic Bills decision; that is, an incredibly short-sighted and intensely stupid management decision and one the franchise is still reeling from. Of course, he may have decided he had "arrived" regardless, and gone into the coasting decline at any rate. Anybody that claims they know for sure one way or the other is kidding themselves.

Sounds like trying to find a short plank to walk off.

That's not piss. That's the beer.

Hopefully, there are a few decent players hidden on this roster. On the other hand, the current GM's plan seems to involve lowering the team to closely resemble an expansion team.

Following in the same footsteps of last year's "No Huddle" fiasco. Only the Bills.

Well, when I'm fixing the wire fence on the ranch and I see some of the wire is missing, I always head on down to Murphy's and buy a bunch of fence posts.

Ralph may live longer than Nix.

The thought process is deeply flawed. There was absolutely no pressure to prematurely reward Kelsay, especially when the drum they are beating in public is "everyone is under the microscope". Extending Kelsay undermines the "evaluation process" message in a large way. In suggests the "evaluation process" is being done inadvertantly or by different people with entirely different agendas, and that's not a signal you want to send anyone. Rewarding a guy because he was drafted 7 years ago by the same team and who has been, at his best moments, an average player does nothing to attract free agents. Nobody signs with the Clippers because Baron Davis is an average player. The works hard and wants to win stuff is pure propaganda. Trent Edwards was a team leader, worked hard, and wanted to win by their own admission and he's now on the Jaguars. Players, young or otherwise, know who is playing well and who isn't. They can see, just like the fans, that there are players making mistakes and the results range from getting a raise, continuing to play, getting benched, or getting cut.

Take a nap. It's what Buddy'd do. Then you can say the game was Nixed.

Brace yourselves because Locker is the sort of player that Modrak seems to rate highly. He's a gifted athlete that happens to play football.

Yeah, I also noted the diametric claptrap. Changes: Make changes to replace players with losing attitudes with inferior players that made no team's rosters, because it is supposed to break the cycle of losing? Scouting: Can't evaluate a football player playing football in any system but our own, that instills real confidence that this is the group to do a dirt-up re-build of a franchise. Extension vs. cut: Well, the one guy did everything we asked of him and works his nads off. The other guy did everything we asked of him and works his nads off. Coaching: We're going to coach them all up, and if we decide we can't then we'll coach up someone that's demonstrated they have less talent in the first place.

Not surprising about the tackles. Anybody they line up behind Kelsay will lead the team in tackles.

Like Buddy said today, "We're still digging."

I don't think giving a TE a little shove and then letting him wander by himself through the secondary is really what most coaches mean when they say "coverage". But, one never knows, I guess.

92 years old. Lockout looming. Stadium lease expiring. And, the Bills decide to play 20 exhibition games to evaluate the players that got Dick Jauron fired. Sounds like a plan to me.

I didn't mean KW is a perfect player, of course. Just that an argument could be made that to spend your first 2 picks on positions that were "ok" while there were other positions in dire need was, well, idiotic.

One thing bugs me about Troup. Kevin Williams is our best front 7 player. And by a big margin. Why try to replace him? I guess it makes as much sense as replacing Lynch in one way. Though Williams seems like a good character guy and Lynch was a positive test away from missing a season.

Figured as much. Not trying to hijack the thread either. Just commenting that the answers seem like pure propaganda; "Trust me, I have a plan". Two polar opposite decisions seemed to have been made on two players that fit an identical description. Retarding the development of the offense is secondary to making sure the right, quick decision is made after the season begins, etc.

Edit: The difference seems to be that one was the QB that did everything the coaches asked him to do, and failed to produce; and, the other is a DE playing LB that did everything the coaches asked him to do, and continues to fail to produce. How's that? Again, the mystery is what they see in Kelsay. I guess he's role in this defense is to just "make **** up" because that's what it looks like he's doing.