BillsFanInJax

I get it - you want to tweak the roster every year and say all the Bills needed was this or that and we would have made it to the wild card game. How many years do the Bills have to miss the playoffs before the expert roster tweakers realize that it is time to blow the thing up? 20? We're almost there.

Another blown Draft Pick by DW. 4th Rounder On Clipboard Jones. That's a 1st and a 4th for two Clipboard Managers. The Bills can get them for less than that. Not Good Value.

Reload??? Fans have accepted 17 Years of poor results and tweaking the roster. Time for a new strategy. Blow it up. Start over. Truth is we aren't close. Bills fired the OC, then the Coaches. When the Bills don't make the playoffs next year they will fire the GM (finally) and rebuild. Team has issues at WR, S, CB, QB, K. and is putting in new schemes on both sides of the ball. DW keeps selling everybody that the Bills are close. To what?

Vince Ferragamo

To a degree. I'm saying...Tank, Bottom Out, Move Up The Board, Stockpile Picks and Rebuild.

2017 Regular Season Schedule Home Schedule Miami Dolphins New York Jets New England Patriots Denver Broncos Oakland Raiders New Orleans Saints Tampa Bay Buccaneers Tennessee Titans Away Schedule New York Jets New England Patriots Miami Dolphins Kansas City Chiefs San Diego Chargers Atlanta Falcons Carolina Panthers Cincinnati Bengals Looks like 6-10 to me. Rebuild.

Game Manager's get you Wild Card looks. Franchise QB's get you Super Bowl looks.

The goal is to win the Super Bowl. Easier to accomplish with a Franchise QB. The last time the Bills had one they went to four Super Bowls in a row. That's not just coincidence. The Franchise QB is part of the formula, in most cases, including this year.

When Woods signs elsewhere, that almost wipes out the entire 2013 draft with the exception of Marquise Goodwin and Shady. Manuel - Bust Woods - Bills did not get good value Kiko - Shady Trade - Stupid move by CK. DW's gets credit for this one. Duke Williams Jonathan Meeks Dustin Hopkins Chris Gragg So much for build through the 2013 draft. At least Watkins and Kouandjio are left from the 2014 class. Not much left from the 2015 class either. Darby Miller O'Leary. We must be a contender if our draft picks can't stick. - - Not.

Yes, you had issues all year, but when you have a FRANCHISE QB, you always have a chance!

Might as well kick the tires on him if the price is right.

Let TT go. Sign a Vet to compete with Cardale for starting job. If Mitch Trubisky is still on the board at 4, and the Bills think he is THE guy trade up into Jacksonville's spot (4) and draft him.

Wrecks Wrote Checks With His Mouth That His A** Couldn't Cash

And the Bills have been kicking the tires on game manager QB's for 17 years. It's time for the Franchise guy.

18 Year Playoff Drought...

Good point. If they don't hit the jackpot, they need to pull the lever again until they do.

How many of them missed the playoffs for 17 straight seasons - not counting Buffalo? TBR. Find the guy, and draft him. Easier to do it at, or near the top of the Board.

I'm trying to point out that, teams have to build around an elite Franchise QB, if they want to win long term. Look at those names and you'll see that 80% are Franchise Type Blue Chip QB's. A few game managers, but not many. If you don't have the Franchise guy, and you haven't made the playoffs in 17 years, perhaps OBD should do whatever it takes to land one. OBD's job, and they haven't done it for the last 17 years is to find him. Most easily done by drafting at, or near the top of the board. That might require a TBR. Otherwise, 20 years looks realistic.

A 17 year playoff drought isn't enough to try a different strategy?

QB or no QB. Superbowl Winning Quarterbacks: Montana -4 Bradshaw -4 Brady -4 Aikman-3 Manning, P -2 Manning E-2 Plunkett -2 Griese-2 Staubach-2 Big Ben-2 Elway-2 Starr-2 McMahon-1 Rypien-1 Simms-1 Young-1 Wilson-1 Flacco-1 Brees-1 Rodgers -1 Stabler-1 Johnson-1 Hostetler-1 Dawson-1 Williams-1 Dilfer-1 Theismann-1 Favre-1 Warner-1 Unitas-1 Namath-1 Bills need an elite Franchise QB. Other teams manage to find them. Instead, OBD's goal is to make the wildcard game and when they don't, they keep telling everybody how close they are. TBR

How many years have the Bills missed the playoffs because at least in part to lack of Franchise QB? 17 going on 20. At this rate, the JAGS are going to make the playoffs before the Bills will. Sad. TBR.

Whaley's Guys: Tyrod Taylor - GAME MANAGER EJ Manuel - BUST Matt Cassell - BUST Kyle Orton - BUST Cardale Jones - CLIPBOARD MANAGER We are at 10 right now. Not that far from the top. TBR Strategy. Tank - Bottom Out Rebuild. Move to the top of the board Draft - Franchise QB. Brady will be gone by the time rebuild complete.

I used ESPN's Total Defensive Rankings (Net Total Yards)

Bills ranked 19th in total defense. Five out of twelve playoff teams ranked below them in total defense in 2016 and still made the playoffs. Bills - 19th - Taylor Packers - 22nd - Rodgers Chiefs - 24th - Smith Falcons - 25th - Ryan Raiders - 26th - Carr Dolphins - 29th - Tannehill Five Franchise QB's led their team there. TT led the Bills to 7-9. Even if OBD fixes the D, that doesn't mean the Bills will punch their ticket to the playoffs. TOTAL DEFENSE RANKINGS NON-PLAYOFF TEAMS Cardinals - 2 Vikings - 3 Broncos - 4 Jaguars -6 Rams - 9 Top 10 D only part of the equation. They need the combination of an improved Defense AND superior play from a FRANCHISE QB. TT has not proven he is THE guy. Tank and rebuild.

The goal of the franchise is to deliver a championship. Not just a wildcard game. We did not get there with TT. Many blame it on the Bills mid-pack defense. Bills ranked 19th in total defense. Five out of twelve playoff teams ranked below them in total defense in 2016 and still made the playoffs. Bills - 19th - Taylor Packers - 22nd - Rodgers Chiefs - 24th - Smith Falcons - 25th - Ryan Raiders - 26th - Carr Dolphins - 29th - Tannehill Five Franchise QB's led their team there. TT led the Bills to 7-9. Sometimes rebuilding IS the way to go to gain a long term competitive advantage (Franchise QB).Patriots in the Super Bowl. Brady will play 3 or 4 more years. Dolphins on the rise. Bills and Jets are below .500 teams. Even if OBD fixes the D, that doesn't mean the Bills can punch their ticket to the playoffs. TOTAL DEFENSE RANKINGS NON-PLAYOFF TEAMS Cardinals - 2 Vikings - 3 Broncos - 4 Jaguars -6 Rams - 9 They need the combination of an improved Defense AND a FRANCHISE QB. TT is not THE guy. Tank and rebuild so the Bills have a chance to dominate the AFC East and win a Super Bowl AFTER Brady retires. It isn't going to happen, before he does.