starrymessenger

Cut him. Cut him now.

Coming out of Tex everybody projected AW at FS or SS. He started at corner in Buff last year because we thought we were set at safety but needed help at corner. Maybe things are different now with Wilson struggling and Byrd maybe moving on (heaven forbid). The Bills need to develop Williams. He is extremely talented and young. For those who think he is slow remember that his pro day 40 time was 4.36. He needs to be coached up and put in a position to succeed. He is not a bust.

If Fitz were Kurt Warner it would be greatest show on turf all over again. The brain trust at OBD must know how close they are on that side of the ball. A penny for their thoughts.

Agree. If that is Chan's plan it might be a recipe for disaster. Right now we look like cellar dwellers in the AFC East.

Thanks for posting. Great player. Great person. Sorry to hear this.

Agree.

It is quite possible that Chan now sees job1 as saving face instead of winning football games. Either he 1) has deluded himself into thinking Fitz can get it done 2) knows Fitz can't get it done but can't take the heat for such a colossal cluster#¥%*. Winning a few games before we shut down 2012 while saving face is maybe what he sees as his personal best option.

The odds were stacked against VY in Buffalo. He is not a backup QB. He either starts, finds another team or is out of football. It was made clear to him that he was competing with Thigpen for a backup job and not competing with Fitz for the starter's role. He was also being asked to adapt to an offence specifically designed by Chan for Fitz and which did not cater to his strengths. He also came with some personal baggage that everyone, especially him, could have done without. It was maybe asking too much of the Bills to do what would have been necessary to get the most out of VY. They would have had to make it an open QB competition and tailor the offence to his skills to some extent. Having a legitimate shot to resurrect his career might have helped turn things around for him. But then what would have happened to Fitz's blessed confidence. Vince Young, Tarvaris Jackson...I'm getting just a little fed up with Chan and his impossible to digest play book.

Yes please.

Chan cannot give him any reps, let alone let him see the field. First of all, to play TJ Chan would have to sit Fitz. Chan can't do that. He sold him to Ralph and Buddy for 59 million garbanzos 4 games into last season. To sit him would be an admission of a monumental fail on Chan's part. He's just not big enuf to do that. And what if TJ outperformed Fitz on the practice field or on game day? So don't even give him any reps and above all don't dress him. Just keep covering up your mistakes instead and hope they go away, maybe when the schedule lightens up on us.

Bingo! And it's the same reason we will be seeing Fitz or Thigpen before Jackson. Buddy does not get a bye but a lot of this is on Chan. He gushed a fountain of praise for Shep after the senior bowl. He sold Fitz to management 4 games in last year. Chan is unable to admit his mistakes and move on. So we have a situation where the HC actually cannot make changes that might be required and in the best interests of the team.

Chan sold him on Sheppard after the Senior Bowl. I like Martez Wilson (or Mallett). Buddy's problem is that he defers too much to his HC. Time for Buddy to step up and make some moves (like insisting that Fitz must sit).

Hate to say it but to me he looks like an old woman wandering around a Walmart. Hate to say it because I'm sure he is a decent person. Pretty sure I caught him yawning on the sidelines yesterday in the third quarter. Then again I was yawning too.

Or maybe Chan cannot deal with the fact that he sold Buddy and Ralph a bill of goods when Fitz was signed to a contract four games into last season. To sit Fitz would be a complete admission of failure and incompetence. Chan can't do that, even to save his job. Buddy needs to man up and take some executive action.

Not much. JMO.

There are two differences: Jim's a douche: Chan's a nice man. Jim's a great HC: Chan is a great OC.

Re 1: Spiller was also favouring his shoulder in pass pro, and Re 2: Scott was on the field to run with Gronk, not let Gronk run past him. Now does any of that make sense?

Hmmmm...I think you have something there.

More like Chan does not have the guts to admit that his choice of a starting QB is an epic fail. Let me tell you right now what's in store for Fitz: 1) Chan man's up and sits Fitz. That would involve big personal courage on his part and colossal embarrassment, os 2) Chan gets booted at year end and the new guy gets rid of Fitz. Either way, Fitz is basically done as the Bills starting QB.

I think this is a well considered response but I disagree with the conclusion. I think that they would hand Fitz a clipboard and find someone who could better execute Chan's offence. If Fitz was not happy, they would drop kick him back to Arizona. Chan has a highly rated offence with a very substandard QB and a less than stellar receiving corps. What people fail to realize is just how productive it would be with a decent starter.

Chan saw him running sideline to sideline at the senior bowl and he played in the SEC.

No doubt. But wasn't that Scott standing around when Gronk blew right past him for the easiest TD in NFL history?

Well it's not like he was an undrafted free agent or anything like that.

Agree. Extreme measures. A red hot crowbar and a little liniment for the places that burn and you can turn a hyena into a deep thinker. Should be more than enuf to turn Mario into a pass rusher and Fitz into an NFL QB.

Well, to be fair, he also overthrew Graham later in the game. Oh, and TJ was behind the secondary on that play too.