Sisyphean Bills

Maybe somebody can cut himself shaving and they can get another body on IR. How cool is it to be on the Bills practice squad and know that you're almost certainly never getting called up to the bigs?

There is the key. Cheaper. !@#$ having a guy that knows the system if you can find someone that is cheap, naive, and hasn't established themselves at all, so will sign whatever is on the offer. http://www.nfl.com/players/alihighsmith/ca...ts?id=HIG617342 http://www.nfl.com/players/catojune/careerstats?id=JUN099668

Scott got a concussion. Hopefully his eggshell isn't as thin as, well, you-know-who's.

In the Bills case, the argument for continuity isn't a complete picture. The front office Donahoe brought in has largely remained intact, and the results produced have been consistent as well. Continuity in the coaching staff hasn't been possible with Gregg Williams choosing not to take an extension and instead going out as a lame duck and Mike Mularkey quitting outright. The only head coach fired was Dick Jauron. The offensive coordinator position has been a roller coaster ride. Mike Sheppard was inexperienced, fired, and replaced by Gilbride. Gilbride led a pretty good offense (relatively speaking), but got taken to the curb with Williams. Mularkey brought in his buddy Clements and then took play-calling duties away from him and fired him before jumping out the cargo door himself. Fairchild quit to take a head coaching position at CSU. Jauron then used his standard bag of tricks and promoted whoever was the QB coach twice with Schonert and then Pillsbury. On the defensive side there has been more consistency, Jerry Grey and Perry Fewell holding down the fort -- an honorable mention to Dick LeBeau though as a "consultant". The QB position has been a tilt-a-whirl. Johnson, Van Pelt, Bledsoe, Matthews, Losman, Holcomb, Edwards, Fitzpatrick, and now maybe Brohm or Hamdan. Good golly, Miss Molly. The obvious crushing decision was trading up to pick Losman. The shock waves from that blunder are still ripping through 1 Bills Drive. Despite starting behind the 8-ball with the late hire of Williams and his hiring of an inexperienced staff, Donahoe was able to attract some notable help in Gilbride and LeBeau. Williams himself has continued to show that he is a capable NFL DC. They were also able to attract top free agents at that time and they had a QB that appeared in a Pro Bowl. The wheels did come off and one could argue it was too early and continuity should have prevailed. It does appear that Donahoe and Williams had a falling out. Still, the direction of the team then had a totally different look and feel to it than did the latest regime's efforts. Four years in and the offense is far worse than when they started, there is no QB, no OL, the DL is old and ineffective, virtually no experience in the coaching staff, very few veterans, and the only top free agent signed was an old WR on whom most other teams issued press announcements that they didn't want his services.

Pretty much. Tomlin is still with the Steelers. Roethlisberger is still with the Steelers. Brady is still with the Patriots. Belichick is still with the Patriots. That leaves Gruden, Billick, Dilfer, and Warner. The only one of those that was immediately released after a Super Bowl was Trent Dilfer. And only an ignoramus would claim Trent Dilfer was the sole or even the main reason the Ravens won the Super Bowl. So all this data shows is a strong confirmation that success leads to continuity and not the other way around. If you look even closer, the Steelers, Ravens and Patriots have had continuity in their front office and continue to be among the better organizations. When you have a system that works, it is smart to stick with it and not !@#$ it up.

I suppose there is a first time for everything.

7-9, here we come! Wahoo!

He did make a few giant strides offsides.

I thought it was that the longer you live, the healthier you were. But, I like this plan too.

Maybe James Hardy can play LB.

Don't you mean Cam Cameron?

If only it were hindsight.

Didn't Stroud just call Posluszny out the other day? Many posters have waxed on about the OLBs being poor, but given the chance ol' Marcus stood up and said that this team needs a better MIDDLE lb. (BTW, I'm not saying he's wrong.)

The Bills don't even do that. They put guys literally nobody wants, including themselves regardless of how long the IR list gets, on their game day roster on their practice squad with but a few exceptions.

He does suck. But he plays for a team where suck is relatively good.

I'm not sure about aspiring to be middling, but I hear ya. Yes, the offense is crap. BTW, Jairus Byrd has almost single-handedly made the defense #1 in INT/dr. (On the other hand, we are the worst in the NFL in FUM/dr.) The Bills are also #1 in plays defended and tackles.

Maybe if you use a bigger font, the defense won't be dead last against the run and get off the field on 3rd down.

Get a GM who has connections in the current NFL and hopefully has enough credibility to attract other talented front office types and coaching prospects.

Brady Quinn is done too.

Gag. Campbell makes Fitzpatrick look like a sharpshooter.

Therein lies the rub. Trent Edwards was never a money QB. To be a successful team you need a QB that can win games by throwing the football and scoring points, leading successful drives. The Trentites have always looked at the W-L record and attributed it 100% to Trent, which has been and is faulty logic for a team sport. Trent has never been able to consistently lead the offensive passing game and he has always been a poor red-zone QB. This season just exposed his weaknesses, bare-ass naked to the world. All the same faults that were mentioned as a rookie and he couldn't get the ball to the $13M+ in receiving talent he was given.

Ryan Leaf was also a stud coming out of college.

Cerrato? You can't be serious.

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