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I would take Whaley any day over our present GM. This guy has made more blunders in one year than Whaley has in his whole tenure. We were one year away from the playoffs.Now we are back to 3 years away.

Beane and Mc D were full of themselves after the start of the season. The decision to trade MD for nothing was bad because MD didn't buy in to the process. When you have a pro bowler anchoring your line, you work with him for the sake of the team. Our defense has not been the same since he has left in fact it has been embarrassing. Now it seems as though the Peterman experiment is over. I don't see us winning more than 1 or 2 more games.

I believe your thoughts have merit. It's the first thing that came to my mind. When management keeps trading your best players especially in the middle of a good run you begin to feel as though you are being sabotaged by your own leadership. The "why should I care if they don't" attitude sets in. Whether you liked Dareus or not he was the star of that line. They will not make the playoffs this year because they depended on defense to keep them in games and that has been dismantled.

Word has it AP backed out when McDermott wanted him to play special teams.

I would add Dez Lewis to the list as well. Why not Shorts they are familiar with the system. Enough of the Philly Brown talk.

We have given away our number 1 & 2 receivers and our number 2 & 3 running backs. Three of four have showed very well so far. The only consolation is that we have the extra draft picks in the first three rounds. Which once drafted will take another 2-3 years to develop. I question Mc Bean's ability to evaluate talent and to make the right picks. So far very unimpressed. Not looking to find excuses for these guys but I don't think they have much of a plan. You don't have to take one step back to take two step forward, not when you inherit a .500 team.

Sammy knows how to get open deep and has a good chemistry with TT. Don't get lost in bogus stats. The game came down to a last second catch. One good catch wins it.

I agree, the play calling was something I would expect from the Bengals. You saw a team that looked as though they have a rookie head coach and rookie offensive coordinator. This game was lost when Sammy Watkins was traded. We will have to get used to it.

I agree. I think the main reason we didn't make the playoffs were due to coaching errors. Rex would give away 2 games a year. I don't blame Whaley for that. We are a team that needed 2-3 more wins a season. I think the new regime is taking the long path to gaining those 2-3 more victories. I think they are going about things wrong. I hope I am wrong and they do deserve a chance.

I agree with you, Oriole park is a better place maybe one of the best for concessions. I would rate Fed Ex field better than M&T as well.

Does the entire team need to be replaced? The Bills have been a middle of the pack team over the last couple years, isn't that a good starting point to build from? Why do we have to take steps back to move forward. I know it's only preseason but we are seeing the symptoms of a team with poor coaching and management that could not figure out a way to get 2 more victories from a team where Rex would give away 2 games a season due to poor coaching. Not only do the players need to get their act together but so does the coaching and management. Lets not take the time to figure it out totally at the fans expense.

Tyrod has lost his number 1 and 2 wr's this off season. Very few qb's will look good. I expect him to have more chemistry as the season moves forward. Management has not set him up to succeed.

Can't say I have ever have been so non excited about the beginning if the Bills season. I will still be watching and cheering them on but they make it hard. So far this off season we have lost our number 1 & 2 wr's, our #1 & 2 cb's our #2 rb. Pats fans are right the team will not be better. We have cherry picked leadership from an organization that has had only 2 winning seasons of the last 8. It's great that we have multiple high draft picks next year but I don't know if these guys can draft talent. If I am Pegula I go with it but I firmly instruct them that an 0-16, 1-15 leads to an automatic dismissal.

Who challenges McDermott? Can this guy win? I agree with your assessment on Sammy's health but it seems like the new regime wants their people.

Disturbing especially when you look at the fact that Carolina has had only 2 winning seasons in the last 8 years. I don't know if this guy can even be a HC let alone poaching anymore people from the Panthers. This sounds like Pegula is acting on phone conversations with his buddy Bill Polian.

As a Bills fan I find it puzzling that the owner has given increased power and responsibility to a person that hasn't proven that he can even be a head coach in the league, wtf. Note to Pegula, you hired Sean McDermott not Bill Parcells. Can't help but think that Bill Polian is in his ear. Let think about it, Marrone was the choice of Nix, Ryan dazzled the Pegula's. Whaley was never able to get his guy in there. Never given the responsibility of a true GM.

Keep in mind Glennon was one of the reasons the team was horrible. Why else did they feel the need to draft Winston?

Let's not forget it the defenses job to protect a 15 point lead. I noticed in the red zone especially inside of the 10 when most teams defense will try to hurry the opposing QB who is already playing on a short field, we were dropping in to 3 man coverages giving the QB unlimited time to throw. The schemes are very questionable. Our offense prior to the half showed that we aren't as interested in winning as the Raiders were. This seemed like another example of bad coaching. I would love for the Bills to go 10-6 but if we don't I'm hoping anything less gets Rex out of there.

Crappy red zone play calling. What ever happened to handing the ball to the RB and following the FB into the end zone. We easily left 8 points on the field.

Just a superstitious observation. Whenever I see the Bills trot out on the field wearing the blue pants and white tops, we always seem to lose. They look great but lets kill that color combo for the season.

I would be happy with the red shin sox. I like the new uni's but we need more red to differentiate from the Colts.

Wrecks has officially turn this team into the 2014 Jets. He basically tried to fix something that wasn't broken...our #4 rated defense. I was at today's game today knowing all we had to do was to play the same game plan as we did Brady in the 2nd Pats game. Not only would we win but we would force Cousins into 2 or 3 turnovers like everyone else does. We make mediocre QB's look great. Not sure what it takes to remove Wrecks from the job but today was a total embarrassment. He has lost the defense. If he stays for another year we are assured a 4-12 team if we are lucky.

I really liked Fred Jackson but how many years does he have left? Cassell????? I'm sure you realize Cassell has forged a career from an average season with the Patriots. As far as who we could have drafted in the past...Russell Wilson is about the one that I think about. Your hindsight is like everyone else. Tell us who we can draft next year to right the ship. I am in agreement with most of the board. Coaching is the problem this year specifically Rex and Thurman. I will give them the benefit of the doubt but as of now they are under achieving and changes should be made somewhere in the chain at the end of the season if things don't improve.

Good point. I would like to think Rex and Co. would recognize when something is not working quicker than 5 games into the season. Playing coverage always gives the QB more time to throw. Even rookie qb's will kill us if we maintain that philosophy. Even Brady and Manning will throw picks if they are getting hit. Lets go back to the 4 and 5 man attack and for crying out loud lets play up on the receiver to leverage ourself on the quick throws. Rex is coaching scared playing it too safe.