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Very surprised he wasn't Bills top priority given the way he seems to fit in McDermott's scheme.

First comment on PFT dead-on...cannot wait for "We should sign EJ threads" in September when Raiders cut him at the end of camp... therealraider says:Mar 20, 2017 2:42 PM After back to back statistically horrible games, Connor Cook needs a boost of confidence, somebody he can easily beat out for the back up QB job. 63 16 I wonder if Andre Ware came to the 49ers in 1990 and was given the starting job over Joe Montana and Steve Young. I wonder if he wouldn't have flamed out of the NFL after 4 years.

Listenbee might have something seriously wrong with him. He had a sports hernia surgery in March and was unavailable for the entire season? Did they cut him open with a rusty box cutter?

Given career NFL statistics and eye-ball test, it is easier to make the case that "Taylor is great" than it would be to argue that EJ Manuel deserves a chance to start in the NFL.

People on this thread need to appreciate that JP Losman had a far better Bills career than EJ Manuel and was a much better player. JP had elite arm talent and impressive acceleration on scrambles. He threw for over 3,000 yards in an NFL season and authored an impressive comeback in Houston. No doubt JP sucked due to intermediate accuracy issues and turnovers, but at #22 overall, he was a much better pick than EJ at #16.

Bart Scott: "The way to get to the QB in today's game is through tight coverage, not blitzes." Observer: "I see! So did the Bills get the QB more with tight coverage instead of sending pressure?" Scott: "Um no. They went from a team record for sacks to the lowest total in team history." Observer: "Um....okay....thanks."

Yes

Darby is playing like a 1st round pick. Therefore we didn't need the #19 overall selection... because Darby playing well means there are no other areas of need on this team?

The takeaway is that our GM is a friggin' numbskull. That's as informative as anything else you'll read.

Bro - it will never make sense to have done a complete rebuild of the scheme for a unit that finished 4th overall last year.

Maybe we can straight up trade the guy out of Buffalo for 2 first round draft picks? Any Doug Whaley-types out there in other front offices?

Maybe we can trade him away for 2 first round draft picks?

Hardy frickin' har. Greatest misfortune of Pegula era has been that this clown show did not getting tossed out with the rest of the circus

As explained in the article, the Marrone deal was highly unusual and should put to rest the idea that Russ Brandon is a good businessman. He is a sycophant who rose to the top in an organization by sucking up. Anyone who agreed to this deal should be fired. Period. Let's break it down. (1) An out clause in the event of a change of ownership -- Standard. Fully makes sense. What if the team was moving to LA, installed a new CEO, etc? Solid protection for the coach. (2) An out clause that guarantees next year's income -- Very, very generous. Hard to believe it was required to complete the deal. (3) An out clause that guarantees next year's income with No Offset -- OK STOP RIGHT THERE -- THIS IS WHERE IT MAKES NO SENSE WHATSOEVER. If you want to leave, ok. But every cent you earn somewhere else after you leave should reduce our obligation to you. You cannot give someone an option whose exercise makes them richer in almost all scenarios. So while (1) is reasonable given uncertainty, and (2) is borderline, (3) is STRAIGHT UP CRAZY and would not be agreed by ANYONE who had the faintest clue of what he or she was doing. Jeff Littmann probably laughed his ass off over this one, knowing that the $4M payday would come after the Wilson estate had disposed of team. "Russ - if you want to pay this guy $25M of the next owner's money NOT to coach here, you go right ahead."

How about: "Well, that's not really my responsibility. I really only worry about ticket sales and the organization's bottom line." ?