RealityCheck

Why are you trying to sell an alternate reality. What you wanted to happen didn't. I wanted to see a win. You wanted to see something else.

Just win baby!

Is Wang still available?

Which additional games would you have preferred the Bills lose if it would mean Marrone's dismissal?

I don't think you know what "real" means. The NFL website seems to believe that the Bills won today.

So, who's next?

I love how some posters can't enjoy a victory. The love of misery is profound. The expectation of failure so profound that it is experienced before the actual event over and over again before the game even begins. When the team wins, something negative must be gleaned to maintain the validity of the "loss that never materialized". A true loser mentality.

We didn't start the fire?

Spiller is a coward when it comes to pass protection. After all these years, he just won't commit to it. He needs to go.

He is a gadget player with no pass protection skills, poor vision, fumbles, and gets banged up. As for the Chan Gailey love, he was vilified for his usage of CJ by many. I laugh at how that has been forgotten. He would take CJ out inside the 30 almost every time. People hated his 5 wide on 3rd and short. They hated how few carries he would get in any game. "He is averaging 6 yards a carry! Feed him the ball!" was the mantra, and yet he was only effective on draw plays out of the shotgun with Fitz throwing most of the time.

The QB position has lacked attrition for a long time. Why stock the whole team with as much talent as possible, just to go soft on the most important position on the team. That position needs to be as competitive as possible until a stud shows up. Then you have to continue having guys compete for the back-up spot. Every year there should at least be a brand new 3rd stringer to keep it going.

Harbaugh's success is not exclusively his own. That 49's team that he inherited was talented from top to bottom, left to right. He is a good coach who landed a gig with talent on hand from the previous regime. Rex Ryan benefited too from a roster that was headed towards a high physical peak themselves, built under the previous regime. These guys are very good coaches, but you have to have a sense of proportion when weighed against their respective rosters at a given point in time. The 49'rs level of talent is trailing off and so too are the wins. Go figure. Besides, he lost to the lowly Raiders.

The Bills made the playoffs?

What is best for Spiller schematically may not be best for the team if wins and losses matter.

The O-line is doing their best. They just aren't that good. It's a combination of Marrone and Whaley at play. Bad players plus bad coaching gets you what we have. In a week, it will be on Whaley to address these problems.

Do you always assume that questions equal fear? I was simply intrigued by what I saw on the Bills defense when he is not on the field. I was really curious about what fans thought since know one has asked these questions yet. Does anyone consider him the MVP of the D-line for 2014?

Without Dareus on this team, what happens next? How good is this defense without him? How do you replace him? How much is he worth?

Exactly. These players are elite competitors. They are more at risk of injury half-a****g it than playing their best. JMO. And of course money is on the line.

You are just superimposing your own definition of what least resistance is in regards to the OP. In fact, your last sentence looks like it would be more of an example of self-deception on the FO's part if they acted accordingly to such beliefs. But you see, I just superimposed my definition of self-deception on you and the FO. To the OP's model of things, I think he has a point. If this team is to ever make it back to the big game, they will require real men on both lines that have the ability to step up on the big stage and run/stop the run. Regardless of who is coaching this team, they need more talent. Marrone will only be allowed to flounder offensively for so long before the path of least resistance for Whaley might be to get a new coaching staff for what he should hope to be a very attractive roster at such time.

Why is that?

Exactly. He is simply not a RB, and after all this time, his blitz pickup is still garbage. The slot should be his next stop. Let the bigger down hill runners take the roster spots. The only problems for Spiller is that he is not a great pass catcher. He has his share of drops and fumbles throughout his career.

I think that this is more accurate for college coaches. I agree that Marrone has revealed himself to have some profound limitations when it comes to game day decisions. His mentality on 4th and short is disappointing, and then when they do go for it, they call something obvious, which in the pursuit of winning ironically is actually the high risk play. The strange thing is that of all the obvious rubbish that gets called on 4th and short, the QB sneak is actually effective often times despite this. Of course, they don't use that play for what ever reason. Marrone has an overall, outdated mental template for risk assessment when it comes to who to dress on Sundays and in game play calls when the scoreboard and the clock become bigger factors. An ultra-conservative game plan in today's NFL in many ways is the high risk, low reward way to go against many teams if your goal really is to try and win.

I was admittedly thrilled when they got Spiller. As of today, I have finally seen enough. If he isn't on the team next year, it wouldn't bother me one bit.

I guess the hurry up would be better than watching them suck in slow motion. How fast can they go 3 and out?

Marrone was a lousy player. Maybe he thinks these guys are good just because they are better than he was back in the day.