Sisyphean Bills

Unfortunately, the tape shows Mario "setting the edge" (cough) by allowing the runner to run right past his face and take the outside for huge gains. If that is what he is being asked to do, then he isn't very good at it.

Disagree. It''s called having it both ways. One can't say Joe is doing a great job and then turn around and immediately blast his biggest decision in that job. Besides, it wasn't my post. That was Promo's logic. I fully get that this is a brand new owner and his track record is virtually non-existent to this point. Does he have it all figured out? Probably not. Is he a great owner? We'll see. It's called patience. As far as Whaley, he's been involved in hiring Marrone and Ryan. A couple of headscratchers in that some of Whaley's biggest supporters are the biggest critics of his head coaching hires. I get the arguments that he's improved the team on paper. But the jury is still out. The team still can't make the playoffs. Basically, people should judge the finished product. Just cause some guy looks stylish cutting wood doesn't mean he's a great carpenter.

This really doesn't add up. On the one hand, you want to say they are well managed with a good GM and owner and with the other hand you want to say the most critical decision that same GM and owner made to date was a total pooch screw.

Perhaps you are confusing continuity and consistency? Still, the Bills are consistently a bad football team and rearranging the deck chairs hasn't really changed the results.

So, we're sure that it takes Mensa members to line up correctly in Ryan's defense, right?

Just rub some dirt on it. It'll be fine.

He's on the wrong side of 30. But every time I read Haloti's name, I shake my head and think Donte Whitner and John McCargo, and the presser where Tom Modrak explained how he had McCargo and Ngata rated the same.

FWIW, Polian was advising Marv Levy when he was GM here. At the time, the Colts were coming off a Super Bowl, but that led to Jauron and the Tony Dungy Tampa-2, etc.

Great post. FWIW, the title of this thread could also be interpreted as: Mario Williams: "Bills are overpaid, one-trick ponies."

Idea sounds a little Dan-Snyderesque.

Ironically, one of the issues as I recall was that he wasn't able to keep guys like Suh and Titus Young under his mind control.

There is no justification. OBJ and the Giants are taking an image beating exactly because there is absolutely, positively no justification for his actions, which, like the league office said, have no place in the game of football.

They might have an easier go of it against a defense that stands around watching. Just a thought.

Fred's been Seattle's third down back. Apparently, he's got good hands, can read defenses, and is good at picking up a blitz. Who knew?

This is a really good point, Hope. The anomaly with the Bills defense was the 2014 season. The defense was 20th, 26th, 30th, and 28th prior to that. One has to go back to the Dick Jauron era to find when the Bills defense was even mediocre: 16, 14, 18, and 10th.

There are a couple of Bills players trying to make a play there. The handful that clearly take the play off make all the difference. It maybe even gives the illusion that Cousins is Marshawn Lynch or something. I disagree that it is entirely the coach. I get that players don't like coaches. It happens every day that people don't like co-workers and bosses. But to take that animosity as a license to not bother to do your job is disturbing. The word for it is unprofessional. Let's say Rex Ryan was fired. The next head coach is going to come in and watch every play of every game. He's going to see the lack of effort, the lack of interest, the general mutiny on the field. Is the new guy going to be inspired by that? Blow it off? Do you really think the first thought that would run through his head might be something like: Gee, that could never happen to me if I keep this group together and let them get away with this stuff? C'mon, man. There is something hugely wrong, and whether Rex is fired or not, a roster overhaul is coming.

What the heck is Robey doing there? He jumps out of the way like Cousins is a runaway train.

http://www.stampedeblue.com/2012/1/4/2681679/the-polian-reign-of-terror-ends This guy might be laughing if that happens.

Sure. The point is simply that paying some "name" to waltz in and make recommendations isn't magic pixie dust. "Hire a czar!" is a slogan, nothing more. There are a lot of variables. In this role, the consultant is brought in to advise on where the systemic problems are. For example, one such that is being kicked around is in how to construct a sustainable organization that wins. If you have one guy who wants X and another who needs Y, and puzzle piece A is best for B but refuses or cannot do C, then the system is flawed and fingerpointing isn't going to fix the defects that cause the system to keep repeating itself.

You might want to read the thread again. I never said "countless examples" and the question wasn't directed at me. But it's a message board and I commented.

I don't think the Bills locker room has been a real model of "everyone rowing in the same direction" this year. Yes, some completely blow off the sideshow interviews, the Eagle's logo kissing, running off the field rather than shaking hands with his former good teammates. I dunno. It's entertaining, I guess.

I'll go with "hard sell". Fans on message boards were very down on Lynch. There were a number of off-field incidents and rumors swirling in relation to him. The pitchforks were already sharpened and the torches were getting a fresh dip in the tar bucket. Dealing him was something Buddy Nix clearly did not want to do. But it was done. And the more palatable, presentable, and fresher faces were left. Marshawn has gone on to have a career than might see him in Canton.

I don't make the trade at all. On top of the poor allocation of cap resources, McCoy continues to suggest that he'd rather be somewhere else. I'd rather develop players that want to be a part of this team's future than guys who are locked into staring in their rear view mirror.

Can't disagree. That was outrageous and despicable behavior. If I were his agent, we'd be having a talk...

I honestly haven't come up with any lists, but I sort of have the feeling that Whaley has followed a long parade of suits at 1 Bills Drive who generally value players off other teams over the players developed in-house. Then there is the Chris Kelsay enigma.