Wayne Arnold

I take it you missed the Dolphins game.

Anthony Lynn has been an Assistant Head Coach for five years. That's more experience than anyone on the list right. He understands the intricacies of being a HC in the NFL. Tell me how the OLine, McCoy and Gillislee did on Sunday. Also, provide real information that proves that the offense sucked in tight games/late in games using the other 31 offenses as a comparison. I don't care about your own personal preferences or agendas. 10th best is 10th best.

A top 10 offense - which is a rarity for this franchise. DVOA 2016 - #10 2015 - #9 2014 - #26 2013 - #25 2012 - #20 2011 - #16 2010 - #26 2009 - #29 2008 - #24 2007 - #23 2006 - #22 2005 - #30 2004 - #21 2003 - #29 2002 - #18 2001 - #21 2000 - #14 1999 - #7 First Top 10 offense since Bill Clinton was POTUS - but let's throw it away like we did with the defense two years ago.

The head coach will choose his OC and Reich isn't an option anyway because he's the OC of the Eagles.

Whaley was just given full responsibility of hiring the next head coach. I think that's the complete opposite of "one foot out the door." If the new head coach is dumb enough to install a system that doesn't fit Taylor then he's not a good head coach.

Learning from Marv how to handle a team? He wasn't the assistant head coach of those teams. He was backup quarterback. His job was to be a quarterback, not to learn how to be a head coach.

By not firing him after one year.

But this doesn't make much sense because if the coach is good and successful, then Whaley will stay as will the coach. A coach who knows he sucks won't come here. Is that bad? Polian is old school. Only #tallwhitequarterbacks are worthy of Top 20 contracts, regardless of results.

Should they have fired Gase this week or should they wait until after the Steelers game?

The old man has gone senile.

You don't consider the 20th highest cap hit among QB's to be reasonable for a quarterback that has finished 8th (2015) and 18th (2016) in passer rating for an offense that has finished 9th and 10th respectively in DVOA in his only two seasons as a starter?

That coach is in the playoffs, which cancels out his poor game decision.

Because he was on the Super Bowl Bills teams! Isn't that reason enough to be head coach?

Russ Brandon rubs me the wrong way too but let's think logically about this just for a second then you can resume the insanity if you'd like. Do you really think Brandon doesn't want the Bills to be a Super Bowl contender? And do you think this team is a "team president of football operations" away from being a Super Bowl contender? I just think in the end it comes down to good players and good coaches working well together. We haven't have a good coach. If Whaley can find a diamond in the rough then the team will be fine and Whaley will be GM for a long time. But I do find the "Russ Brandon is pure evil sworn to destroy the mental well-being of Western New York sports fans forever" theories to be entertaining. Absolutely.

As GM, Whaley has to be good at exactly two things: (1) Acquiring quality personnel via the draft and free agency (2) Hiring a good head coach Is kissing the butts of the media on that list? Take another look if you're not sure. Is speaking well on that list? No? Okay then.

Polian is dead to me now.

Hey Thurman I'm glad to see you over here. The quote I responded to was "TT is one of the guys who is good enough to give you average and keep you average." So my interpretation of this is that Taylor is incapable of leading an above average offense. Which is wrong, of course. The Bills offense finished 9th in DVOA offensive efficiency in 2015 and 10th this season. I don't consider 9th and 10th to be average. And I'm sure you know that DVOA takes all factors into account, including starting field position. I consider 9th and 10th out of 32 teams better than "average." As for Taylor's individual rankings, I'm not sure where you're getting your numbers from (maybe you're including backups?) but Taylor finished 2016 18th among starters in passer rating, 8th in interception %, 19th in completion %, 11th in QBR, 21st in YPA and 18th in ANY/A. He's also 2nd in the league among starting QB's in Air Yard Percentage - which means his receivers don't get much YAC and his numbers aren't bloated with screens and what not. This after finishing 2015 ranked 8th in passer rating, 5th in interception %, 15th in completion %, 7th in QBR, 5th in YPA, and 9th in ANY/A. Have you taken a gander at Sam Monson's piece about Tyrod? I recommend you open your mind before reading. https://www.profootballfocus.com/pro-bills-should-build-around-tyrod-taylor-not-show-him-the-door/?utm_content=buffer72957&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=nfl What it did was show us all what the offense looks like when there's not a good quarterback behind center.

But firing Rex was a good decision. If what you're saying about Whaley is true then why would he not want to be included in the "we" for a good decision?

I said Whaley was foolish for saying that because it was such an obvious lie that it reached the point of absurdity. That said - who cares? It wouldn't be the first time an NFL figurehead would fib to the media. NFL coaches do it every day. The media blew it out of proportion by using that fib as evidence that the team is dysfunctional. Why would Whaley say "We were wrong"? Not sure where you're going with that one.

As GM, Whaley has to be good at exactly two things: (1) Acquiring quality personnel via the draft and free agency (2) Hiring a good head coach Is kissing the butts of the media on that list? Take another look if you're not sure. Is speaking well on that list? No? Okay then. So many drama queens within this fanbase.

Nah. We would have heard about him by now.

Yes it was blown out of proportion by the media but Whaley was foolish for saying that. What's wrong with saying "We all decided to fire Rex because the defense wasn't good enough and we just didn't see a light at the end of the tunnel." ? Why was Whaley afraid to say that? So frustrating.

It's going to be the same offense we saw this season. Which is a really good thing. Play calling is so terribly overrated. If the players execute and the play works it's a "great play call!" If the players don't execute and the play doesn't work it's a "horrible play call!" Play-callers are a dime-a-dozen. The system and scheme and gameplan/adjustments are tremendously more important. Kromer will be just fine calling the plays.

Those are the candidates. I'd be surprised if any more than one or two are added, and I doubt we see anyone on the list with prior HC experience. Lynn has been a player or coach in the NFL since the early 90's. Has worked with and under a large number of very accomplished coaches. Least experience of anyone? You keep talking about Lynn's play calls as if they're a negative - first of all, it was one bad play call vs. Miami in an otherwise brilliant game by him. Secondly, he won't be calling plays as the head coach anyway.