2003Contenders

Head coaching experience, offensive-minded... It actually doesn't sound so out-of-the-realm-of-possibility. Not saying I approve, mind you.

Since I question the validity of Casserly's report about Harbaugh, I do not believe that the Bills are necessarily itching to name their new HC prematurely.

I wouldn't put too much stock into this assertion. The Bills are not talking, period.

While I suspect that it may be true that Harbaugh declined an interview -- I highly doubt the Bills actually offered him the job. There could be a variety of reasons why Harbaugh would decline, too -- some of them completely unrelated to the Bills themselves. maybe he just didn't want to be grouped in with Lane Kiffen.

Well, Ralph did fire Lou Saban and re-hire him years later...

Mort also said that Polian came VERY close to naming Frazier HC over Caldwell last year, even though Caldwell had been hand-picked by Dungy as his successor.

Wonder what these message boards would have been like back in 1985 when the Bills had the #1 overall pick and decided to invest it in Bruce Smith. There actually was considerable discussion at the time that maybe that pick should be spent on Doug Flutie!

If the Bills are unable to land a legitimate veteran starter (McNabb?) in the off-season, I can live with Fitz going into the year as a starter until a youngster (Brohm or a rook) blossoms.

Garrett and Frazier face off this weekend. May the best man win!

Agreed, but with some better breaks in the health department and a significant upgrade at LT, I may be in the minority in believing that the Bills' OL could be pretty darn good in 2010.

It would take elite (Shanahan) money to entice Garrett, who already makes $3 M per year as an OC in Dallas, to come here. I don't think that the Bills feel that a first-time head coach is worth that kind of money. Moore is in the autumn years of his life and had to be lured out of retirement to come back as OC for the Colts this year. Cameron may deserve another shot one of these days, but the stench is still in the air from the 1-15 season he lead the Dolphins to back in 2007. Of the guys listed, Schottenheimer really is the most attractive candidate, especially if Papa Marty comes along too. Remember, the Jets had the #1 rushing offense this season.

Not defending or advocating Clausen -- but it's not his fault that the defense at Notre Dame sucked while he was there. Would you disavow Aaron Rodgers because the Packers lost to the Cardinals on Sunday?

Well, he is making $3M in Dallas to be a coordinator, so it would take a considerable pay raise to get him to come to Buffalo to be a head coach. I'm just not so sure that a first-time HC would deserve to be paid like one of the elite head coaches in the NFL.

Clayton's motto: throw enough dung at the wall and it's bound to stick.

I know it sure looks like Trent Edwards has played his last down in Buffalo, but I think that he is a real wild card for what the Bills' plans are for the off-season. There are still some talking heads out there (like Mike Martz) that really like him. Depending which HC and OC come in, there is a chance that someone could view him as a reclamation project, believing that a new philosophy and improvements on the OL can help him thrive. It seems to me that Fitz and Brohm will probably both be with the team: Fitz as the journeyman backup and Brohm as the developmental 3rd string. Trent could be the odd man out -- replaced by a rookie or another veteran -- or he could be the starter.

Yep. And had a 700-page playbook. Can you imagine going from a 4X6 note card to a 700-page encyclopedia?

Basically said (in his opinion) that no news is good news on the Cowher front. That is, Cowher hasn't come out and said he DOESN'T want to go to Buffalo, and the Bills have NOT categorically denied going after him. But he had no news. He said none of his sources are willing to comment.

Agreed. He probably didn't bank on Maybin holding out virtually all of training camp either.

I think this one is legit -- and has nothing to do with the Rooney rule. Frazier oversaw a pretty good defense that has been lights out against the run (thanks in a lrge part to the Williams wall in the middle). Meanwhile, the head coach (Brad Childress) is an offensive guru, so Frazier deserves credit for what the defense has accomplished.

So the Byrd pick was pure luck -- and the Maybin pick (which may STILL pan out) was so bad he deserves to be fired? I suppose you were in the war room when Modrak demanded that they select Maybin with that #11 pick, too, right?

I suspect that Brohm will be moved up to the #2 QB position this week. Remember, TE was carted off the field; that means that he either has a significant ankle injury -- or he is a colossal coward. Either way, Brohm should see some reps this week in practice. If Fitz struggles against Atlanta, I think we just might see Brohm against Indy's backups in the season finale.

Like him or not, if he ever had a serious shot at winning the full time HC job, I think today's overall sloppy performance probably did him in.

Jauron also out-coached Shanhan in his second-to-last game with the Broncos, which quite probably led to his firing in Denver. (If the Broncos win that home game, they wrap up the division and Shanahan is likely back in 2009.)

Is it just me, or is the collection of Bills that love to tweet (TO, Whitner, and Mitchell) also a collection of disappointments?

2007 was the year that Chris Brown was in the War Room. After the draft he said that the 49ers suspected that the Bills were interested in Patrick Willis, so they tried to make a trade with the Bills to move down a single spot. When the Bills declined, the 49ers took Willis -- and when the 49ers' selection was made, Brown said everyone in the Bills' War Room started laughing. I have to wonder what all the laughing was about. Marv went onto say that they had Poz ranked AHEAD of Willis and strongly considered drafting Poz with the #12 pick. However, Modrak talked him out of it, as he explained to Marv that Poz would possibly still be there in the 2nd round while Marshawn wouldn't. That was also the draft where Ralph made overtures for drafting Wright in the 4th -- after the team had already invested a first rounder on Lynch AND had Fred Jackson on the team as well. And we wonder why the team's playoff drought continues...