Wayne Arnold

Were they supposed to have it at Whaley's house?

User Actions Following Mike GarafoloVerified account‏@MikeGarafolo One other thing to note about Bills' HC search: Indications are Panthers DC Sean McDermott had a very good interview with them. McDermott is a younger Dick Jauron.

Was Anthony Lynn hired while I wasn't paying attention or something?

Weaker opponents than 2015. DVOA - Defense 2015 - #24 2016 - #26

Richard is who I want. I love his energy and youth and experience working under a great coach in a great organization. Bring in his own defensive staff. Convince Lynn to stay on as OC while keeping the entire offensive staff. Get a new special teams coordinator. Keep Tyrod. Let's go to the playoffs.

DVOA - Defense 2013 - #4 2014 - #2 2015 - #24 2016 - #26

I absolutely believe with the way Taylor was playing midway through the season that they were leaning toward releasing Taylor. But in the end it's going to come down to what the head coach decides he wants to do. They'll keep him if the coach wants to keep him. They won't if the coach wants a different style of offense and thinks they could draft a guy that could do what Taylor is doing. It's really this simple. The decision hasn't been made yet.

Wawrow's tweet was less vague than Schefter's "report."

Huge difference between "were leaning toward moving on" and "has decided to."

Or we could keep the first Top 10 offense this team has had since 1999 and fix the defense.

Not me.

The smart ones do. Then there are those who compare Tyrod to 2013 Manuel or want to trade for AJ McCarron.

Yeah none of this makes any sense. I think Schefter is going to look pretty silly 1-2 months from now.

I'd like to see Kris Richard as HC and somehow convince Lynn to remain as OC/AHC (unless he lands a HC somewhere, of course).

You're wrong in all areas.

Some WGR caller just recommended bringing in Brian Hoyer. Someone just kill me please.

You are wrong. It's 58 children.

User Actions Follow Ian KenyonVerified account‏@IanKenyonNFL I'd rather sign Tyrod Taylor than draft any of the QBs this year in the top-10.

If they're tanking then I don't think Whaley is in on it. The Pegulas are going rogue.

I agree with you that the "dysfunction" reports are overblown and a result of emotionally-charged rants from the frustrated Buffalo News sports reporters. However, that doesn't mean Whaley did a "great job." Far from it. You don't want to use those "say nothing answers" when all they do is ignite flames. "Ownership issued a statement." "I wasn't privy to that information." Those answers may have seemed like "say nothing answers" to Whaley and the Bills before the press conference, but they were far from that. They helped build a perception of incompetence. And that's not even mentioning Whaley's passive aggressive "media narrative" takes.

Then they should have kept Rex. Guaranteed terrible defense.

So you're saying Whaley wants to be perceived as incompetent, unaccountable, powerless and insecure?

This contradiction just blew up right in your face. You can't say Whaley did a great job by using scripted answers designed to get through a press conference without doing any damage as your example when Whaley's scripted answers set off a dumpster fire as big as anything we've seen in recent years!

So coaches with no head coaching experience can be "controlled"? Why do you think Whaley needs to control anyone?

Why do you say that?