Sisyphean Bills

Walt Corey's defense used a lot of man-press 2-deep. Odomes and Burroughs shut out the Miami WRs in one game -- Marino completed 0 passes to the "Marks Brothers" -- and they played bump and run almost exclusively. Of course, back then offenses were fairly conventional with 2 WRs, 1 TE, and 2 RBs. They also had a great front-7 that could play the run, blitz, and defend the middle of the field light-years better than what we have now.

Well, he just has to correct some things for next time. Rinse and repeat (ad nauseum).

Makes sense with all the new starters.

I'm not sure what he was referring to and wouldn't have used "definitely". That's all. No need to get your shorts in a twist. I agree with you in principle, this comment probably wasn't intended the way it is being taken. My bad, too.

Well, that's something entirely different. First, you said the Bills give their customers (the fans) whatever they want. Which is patently wrong, I don't see very many satisfied customers at all. The reasoning there is thus highly suspect. Now, you take it to the personal level and try to tell another poster that you know better than he does what he thinks? I'll refrain from getting personal. No need to. I trust that most people will see that for exactly what it is.

Definitely, that is your speculation. Like I said, no context.

Little things like blocking, tackling, etc.

The problem with your defense of the quote is you're referencing a different quote. The OP was referring to this: http://www.buffalobills.com/news/article-3...b0-4c617cd4fa3e Now, when I read it the first time, I thought Scott meant that he felt more comfortable as the game went on and tried to not beat himself up too much for his screwups. But, any way you take it that quote is terrible without more context and it was put up of the Bills official website.

LeBeau is actually from Ohio and spent most of his coaching career with the Bengals. Not that I blame him for taking the first flight out of Buffalo to Pittsburgh. Nothing like going from the outhouse to the penthouse in one move.

Maybe he was admiring the cheerleaders in the 4th.

Chad Henne must be a Pro Bowler the way he blew out Edwards in that singles match.

Don't know about you buddy, but I'm still horse from cheering all the savings! Go baby! Go! Wahoo!

<Brooklyn accent> Chris Chase, get a clue and put it in your thimble, ya moron! </Brooklyn accent>

The coaches had nothing to do with the situation in San Fran. It was the QB.

Maybe we can raid the UFL developmental squad next.

And I had heard it was because "fat guys don't sell." Of course, my friends that are Giants fans laugh their asses off about that one.

They did pick up a guy off of Green Bay's developmental squad. You know, the only team in the entire NFL that's given up more sacks.

Scheme: when it's stupid simple, other teams can defend it easily and make the entire enchillada look ridiculous.

That would be kind of funny. T.O. announces his retirement mid-season. Classic.

Some others have hinted at that as well... fugly stuff in Buffalo.

About as good as T.O. re-signing at the end of the season.

How do they know what we want? I've got a list... awaiting the phone call...

It's Ralph's show and it's re-runs. I'd like to say that I disagree as well, but given the cluster !@#$ that has gone on the last few years, I don't really see a whole lot to hang your hat on for that. This team is not getting better. It is what it is. (With a nod towards Adam) Even if they do fire Dick Jauron, that is not enough. The front office has screwed this thing up royally. Unless they gut the whole thing and are prepared to start over from scratch, what does dumping the coach really accomplish in football terms? Is Ralph Wilson, at 91, really prepared to start over? Yet again? I think the answer is plain from his lack of planning and decisiveness the past 4 years.

A-ha. I think I see what I maybe didn't communicate well. I believe Ralph is "inspired" to pay players (whether the player is good or bad is irrelevant) because of the salary cap. The salary cap really helps set market values for players and the bean counters in the organization, Littmann and Overdorf, have to acknowledge these values. They really have no choice because of the way the NFL operates these days. More precisely: it could be argued that it looks like the Bills are turning back the clock to operate much like they did in the pre-Bill Polian era in some respects. At one time, the Bills were sold around OJ Simpson and were pretty much a laughingstock and not competitive at all. Sound familiar? The Bills will drop some coin here and there on T.O.-like free agents (it does help their marketing and meeting the salary floor to blow big chunks of cap space on rent-a-mercenary types), they'll draft a Tim Tebow-type for the "Wow!" factor, and continue to milk the fans. In short: It's Ralph's show.

Not sure what your point is. The salary floor is real. Teams are required to spend money on players. They are not required to spend money wisely on players. Frittering away $18.5M on a so-so guard burns cap money. Whatever they blow in guaranteed money is cap money. Wahoo! They spent a small fortune on Dockery and Walker and that did indeed help them get between the salary cap and floor this year with plenty of dead money. Like I already said, they gave him a Steve Hutchinson deal. Hutchinson got the same money the year before. The problem is Hutch is a great player and Dock is a so-so player. Yes, every dollar squeezed out by driving player payroll down helps the bottom line that year. That doesn't mean Ralph doesn't have to spend any money. Nor does it mean he has to fork over good money after bad. It doesn't mean that eating a coaching staff's payroll and hiring a new one is cheap. Nor does it mean that it isn't Ralph decision as to what sort of ROI he's getting for the outlay he's already placed on the table for the current coaches. More to the point, Ralph has not been cheap on paying the players since the late-80s. He threw pretty good money at T.O. this year. He has always been tight when it comes to paying coaches however and has made exactly 1 marquee coaching hire in 50 years. The Bills are near the bottom overall in coaching salaries. There is no floor to coaching salaries and no cap and apparently Ralph has never had much/any motivation to pay for a big-name coach. Edit: Here are some number on the cap. The salary cap is ~$127M. The floor is ~86%. That's a $18M bracket. The Bills were estimated about $6-7M under the cap at one point this past offseason. I don't know if that included dead money or not. Still, if you just removed $18.5M from the equation, the Bills would fall short of the salary floor. (Yes, I know you can't just remove money like that. This is just bogo-numbers for illustration.)