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Don't thank Rex because he didn't hire himself. Thank the guy who told the Pegula's to not let Ryan leave the room.

There is a huge difference in getting hit and being able to make a hit. As with the first you never know where you are going to get hit and with the latter, you lead with the shoulder. Also, RB's can lead with their shoulder and apply a hit. Then they also have a stiff arm to ward off the smaller DB's. WR's on the other hand, can take a vicious hit every time they catch the ball. Taylor has already missed games because of injuries and he could have missed more time but he chose to play injured. I think the biggest injury issue we have seen is with what happened to RG3 who is slightly bigger than TT. The QB being the single most important player on the field you simply don't want him constantly taking a beating making plays. Cam Newton is huge in comparision at 6'5'' 245 and can punish smaller tacklers. He was the 2016 MVP and was great at running the ball until the Broncos stopped him cold. What the super bowl showed is you really need a top O-line to protect the QB and build a solid run attack to help take the heat off the QB. The Bills can be very successful with Taylor at QB provided the run him sparingly and continue to pound the rock. They also need better play from the RG, RT.

I'm hoping they keep both Glenn and Mario as losing either one will mean a big loss of talent for the 2016 Buffalo Bills. Tag him if they must.

The point was that game was a "Eureka" moment against a scrub QB making his first NFL start. That was the theme for the 2015 Buffalo Bills in that they could beat teams with bad or rookie QB's. Luck went 2-5 in 2015. Brian Hoyer, Fitz 2x, Tallywhacker 2x, Mariota, Moore. They lost to teams with decent QB's and ended up making some look great! Tom Brady 2x 12-4, Eli Manning 6-10, Andy Dalton 10-3, Blake Bortles 5-11, Alex Smith 11-5, Sam Bradford 7-7, Kirk Cousins 9-7. Like ESPN stated, the reality! "The Buffalo Bills reached an embarrassing low last season on the afternoon of Dec. 20, when Washington Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins shredded Rex Ryan's defense with four touchdown passes and a 153.7 quarterback rating, the third-best mark against the Bills in their history."

The thing is Bill Belichick didn't fail with Cleveland in my view as he inherited a 3-13 bad, bad team and got them to the playoffs by his 4th year. He did go 11-5 in 1994 and then when his QB Vinny Testaverde went down for the season in 1995 (5-11) Plus, the Browns started that 95 season 4-1 when Art Modell told the world he was moving the team to Baltimore and the team fell apart after that. The Browns won only one game after that and Belichick was fired. Sure, Rex Ryan might build a winning team in Buffalo for 2016... I'm just very dubious simply because the man who is a supposed defensive guru literally destroyed a playoff caliber defense and literally castrated the #1 pass rush in the league with a moronic scheme that clearly didn't work from the second game of the season. Then all we fans got were multiple excuses week after week since week two and the excuses are still pouring out of his mouth. I'm just so sick of losing and all we get are more excuses...16 years man, 16 years!

That so-called "Eureka" moment came against the Dallas Cowboys with that elite stud at QB in Kellen Moore...who was making his first NFL start. Then Brilliantly, the Cowboys OC asked Moore to throw 31 times while running it only 25 times. Also, let's not forget that the score was tired 6-6 at the half and went on to 9-6 Buffalo lead by the end of the third quarter. Then finally in the fourth quarter, the Bills got lucky and were able to score a TD after a 50 yard run by RB Mike Gillislee. The Cowboys were 4-10 at that point so it wasn't some great achievement to beat them.' However, beating the 10-5 NY Jets to knock them out of the playoffs was substantial even if it was against Fitz with Gailey calling the plays. Being a Bills fan we all know first hand that Gailey loved to force Fitz to win games with his arm as he did that so many times as the Bills play caller. 37 passes for Fitz vs only 17 attempts to run the ball from the Jets. Now, Jets RB Chris Ivory had 6 rushing attempts for 81 yards in that game. Ya think it might have been wiser for the Jets to run Ivory rather then ask Fitz to sling it for those 3 INT's? Ya think? That last game against the Jets was another revenge game for Rex Ryan and it did look like he had his team prepared to play for this one. Then he actually asked his front four to rush the passer in the game. Will Ryan have the motivation to get his team to play like this next year? I might have an entirely different outlook for the 2016 Buffalo Bills season if they had been able to beat the Eagles, Redskins. Those final two games against Dallas, Jets were basically meaningless as the Bills were already out of the playoffs for 2015. The reality! "The Buffalo Bills reached an embarrassing low last season on the afternoon of Dec. 20, when Washington Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins shredded Rex Ryan's defense with four touchdown passes and a 153.7 quarterback rating, the third-best mark against the Bills in their history."

and for every Belichick, Levy success story there is an even bigger list of bums that never did anything after a year or two of success. Dick Jauron had his one year and Rex had two seasons long ago Let's face facts here, Marv Levy walked into a perfect storm of talent mostly already on the team. He also had director of scouting in Norm Pollom who Chuck Knox brought with him to Buffalo from the Rams. Pollom helped Bill Polian get hired in Buffalo and now we know how the talent got there. Levy was also smart enough to hire some people smarter than himself to run his offense. Ted Marchibroda taught Jim Kelly to call his own plays on the field and hence why the offense stayed good after Ole Ted went back to the Colts as HC. Marv got exceeding lucky and so many coaches never get the opportunity like he had in Buffalo. Belichick is a unique individual in that he can scout talent and build a team as a GM if needed. He watches countless hours of film on his opponents so basically there is nothing they can do to surprise him. He was a brilliant DC for Bill Parcells and we all know first hand how good he was in that respect. I love Marv, but he is not on the same level as Belichick by any means. Perhaps he might be better at special teams than Bill. In my view about the ONLY HC on par with Belichick is Pete Carroll in terms of finding defensive talent in the draft in the later rounds and then developing them into all pro players. I'm hoping that these new owners are only giving Rex Ryan a very short leash to prove himself in 2016 because the talent was there in 2015 for a playoff run. The Bills could be less talented this season without Mario and others. I fear nothing will change for this franchise until these new owners finally realize that they need someone at the top of the org that is an actual football man with experience in running an NFL winning team.

You can't compare the offenses from 2014 to 2015! Simply because 2014 was totally pass happy and dependent on the QB to make plays and win games all season. While the other was a run-centric offense that actually was successful running the ball...unlike 2013. Considering the 2014 Buffalo Bills offensive line was just about the very worst line most of the season (Pears at RG ) and the team threw around 40+ times a game while running around only 20. Kyle Orton went 7-5 and passing for 3000+ yards. Orton did a remarkable job in my opinion when you look at who was his OC and the offense around him. The Bills finished 25th in rushing yards in 2014 and 27th in rushing TD's. Taylor had it so much better this past year with an actual NFL OC calling games and setting up decent offensive game plans. Plus Taylor had a much improved line with Incognito at LG.

Dareus was a #3 overall and not in the same category. A great draft year in which just about every one of the first 15 picks made the pro bowl. Kyle was a 5th rounder and they got exceedingly lucky...in 2006! Wood, Gilmore, McKelvin, Watkins all first rounders, Sanborn? Schmidt? and how many are pro bowlers? Wow! um, overpaying for an edge pass rusher in Mario...100 million and they really tried finding one after Schobel retired in 2009, Aaron Maybin ring any bells, Shawne Merriman? How many playoff games did the team see for that 100 mil? Free agent WR Percy Harvin at around 4 mill, 2.9 fully guaranteed for six games. Overpaying for a RB when they are supposedly easy to find (5yrs, 40 mill= Avg sal 8 mill per, guaran 26.5 mill..now that's a wow! Then giving away a former #1 at RB for a 4th who went on to become a superstar at RB...trading for a 4th for a RB who does nothing and later gets released. Overpaying for a TE in Clay (5 yrs 38 mill=10 mill bonus, AVG sal 7.6 mill, Guran 24.5Mill) Now Doug Whaley spent 3 picks, two first rounders on a WR when he didn't have an already established franchise QB on the roster=wow! THEN, after the draft, he stated that if the deal had fallen thru for Sammy he would have drafted TE Eric Ebron and not Odell Beckham Jr...man o man! A #2 pick at RT who can't even make the field (Cujo) and since Glenn it looks like the team just got lucky again in finding him in the draft because of the failure to find quality talent since. A note here that Whaley tried to sign high priced free agents RT Brian Bulaga away from the Packers, OG Jahri Evans away from the Saints. The Bills currently still have issues at RG & RT, IMHO. What happens to that line / offense this season if the team doesn't resign Cogs or Glenn? Look at the lineup of scrubs the team brought in to replace Andy Levitre, Colin Brown, Doug Legursky...Chris Williams 5.5 mill in Guaranteed money...for three games 28% of the payroll tied up in the pro bowl front four only to hire a HC that makes them look below average to average and not rush the passer. This team has issues finding certain talent at various positions in the draft and really no question about it. Otherwise, they wouldn't need to go nuts overspending on free agents. There is a clear reason why the team is in cap hell and this without paying 10-20 mill per for a franchise QB!! Have at it Cue the excuses...

Great question and the majority of the Bills fans are completely happy with the current front office is what bothers me. So many highly paid free agents because they fail to find that top talent in the draft. While I like TT and would think that an extended contract to keep him as a Bill while he develops is a good thing. Paying the kid anywhere near starting money is the wrong thing to do and it wouldn't surprise me at all to see that happening. Taylor was very effective in 2015 in Roman's complex run centric offense. However, fans need to remember there were many games that Taylor struggled greatly in when he was forced to carry the game. Opposing teams in the AFC will be more prepared this season to face a running QB. Things may not improve much if the team doesn't fix the defense or the problems at RT-RG. Then they may go right into the toilet if either Incognito, Glenn or both aren't retained.

He absolutely can still coach a defense as it showed up in certain games last year! He can also game plan, play call an effective game even with a depleted roster...when he is motivated to do so! I suppose that the 5 mill per isn't enough to motivate the old bumptious man and he needed revenge to be a factor in a big way. I can only wonder if that revenge factor will still even be there in 2016? Then considering how much revenge does factor into what motivates this man. I also wonder if the screwed up defensive game plan we all saw for most of 2015 was revenge for Buffalo beating his sorry arse 2x in 2014? http://www.sbnation.com/2015/11/13/9728318/rex-ryan-bills-jets-win-dumped-him

You have a team with the 26th ranked total offense and the #4 ranked defense and fans want to blame the defense for allowing a very lucky big play in a series that also allowed a score. You simply can't keep giving up the ball series after series and expect a defense that is out on the field all day to keep contain. The Oakland Raiders had the better time of possession 26:13 to 33:47 simply because Buffalo couldn't or wouldn't establish any form of a proper run game. Yes, that was against a very crappy 3-12 team. Take that #4 defense from 2014 and pair them with the number one in the league 2015 rushing offense and that 2014 Buffalo Defense would in all probability be even better. Say #1 overall better, say 2015 Denver Bronco Better!!

I agree. You gotta know Bills fans are grasping at straws when they try to disparage the best defense this franchise has had in years in 2014. That year's team led the NFL in sacks, hits, hurries and actually got their money's worth out of that highly paid front four. To show how bad that 2014 Bills offense was for that Raiders game the Buffalo run game had 13 rushes for 13 yards for the entire day. CJ Spiller was getting tackled 5 yards behind the line of scrimmage most every time he touched the ball. The 2014 Buffalo Bills also led the league in something....worst O-line in the league! Four rushing attempts for -4 yards. As usual, the mental midget Bills OC Nate Hackett had Bills QB Kyle Orton throw the ball 49 times vs 13 rushes. Still, the final score was only 24-26. The play of the day for the Raiders came in the 4th QTR on 3rd down and 22 on the Raiders 19-yard line with a 51-yard pass to Andre Holmes and they went on to score from there. Sometimes teams just get lucky like that, and yes even a bad 3-12 team. The Bills offensive drives in that game went like this, TD, PUNT, PUNT, PUNT, PUNT, PUNT, FG, PUNT, PUNT, TD, PUNT, INT, TD. Blame that loss on the Buffalo Bills 26th ranked offense under Marrone and his choice for OC Hackett. Some Bills fans are so blinded by their loyalty that they would throw themselves under a bus rather then acknowledge criticism about their beloved team.

Just to give some food for thought to those that think that any one or two Bills players would make that dramatic a difference in the way the 2015 defense worked under Ryan. For the opener against the Colts, the Bills defense was excellent in pass coverage and did a decent job of getting pressure on Andrew Luck...without Marcell Dareus. For that second Patriots game in which the Bills defense was able to put so much pressure on Brady that he was literally screaming at his offensive line! The Bills managed more pressure on 20 of his 40 dropbacks (50%)more than any team had been able to do the last seven years. In that game, no Kyle Williams, no Mario Williams, no Aaron Williams. (5 penalties) That last game against the NY Jets, no Aaron Williams, no Kyle Williams, no Stephan Gilmore and the Bills managed 3 sacks and 3 INT's that game. (4 penalties) It's my contention that in those games and in a few other games in 2015 the coaching staff actually did their jobs. Had the team prepared to play hard-nosed, disciplined football, had a decent defensive game plan! Then above all the defense actually rushed the passer instead of that crap gap control scheme! The revenge factor seemed to play a big part of last season for this new HC and when that wasn't there...then either was the coaching effort. Mario Williams was not the problem and in fact, the coaches were very content with his play while stating he did exactly what was asked of him. No one Buffalo Bills player was at fault for the disgrace of a defense in what the fans saw in 2015. It was all on a head coach that only worked hard for about six games and coasted for the remaining 10 games. I dunno about the rest of you guys but we fans deserve better than a part-time head coach. Bills fans deserve a head coach that will actually be a challenge to the Patriots for the division and have a team prepared to compete for the AFC East championship!

I would think that any QB would struggle with a defense like the Bills 2015 defense. To put last year's defense it in context it was a Dave Wannstedt bad defense stats wise and the very worst in sacks in the 50+ year history of the team!! (aside from the strike years). That's unbelievably bad in my view and quite honestly I just don't get the nonchalant attitude about this from the fans defending this HC hire. Sacks themselves are only a number and it's what comes along with the sacks that are what's most important! Those Hits, hurries, and pressures on the QB are essential for every defense to be able to perform at a decent level in all aspects. Another NFL team also went 8-8 last season with an already established veteran franchise QB and he played in all 16 games. They had a really good RB that rushed for 1056 yards, 11 TD's. A great WR that had 1800 yards receiving. *8 TD's. That team was the only team in the NFL worse than the 2015 Buffalo Bills in sacks, QB pressures. What Rex Ryan did last season in Buffalo was criminal in my view because he actually worked up a decent game plan for about six games and coasted for the other ten. Meaning he stole money from these new Buffalo Bills owners. Taking arguably the very best defensive line in the league and making them look average to below average was also criminal considering what the team was paying that front four. How the man is still employed by this team is a testament to his ability to bull **** his way around things. I can only wonder what his excuse will be when he is eventually fired in Buffalo and I wonder what words he will have for Buffalo after that happens.

I agree. What Jim Schwartz did in previous years and on other teams has virtually no bearing on what he did in Buffalo. He utilized the elite Bills players on the roster and allowed them to make plays in doing what they do best. The 2014 Buffalo Bills defensive roster fit the scheme Schwartz ran very well and I can only think it would have gotten better in 2015 under him with some fine tuning and asking for specific players in the offseason. While Mario is long gone and not a concern there still is both Dareus and Kyle Williams who don't fit in a 3-4 and clearly didn't work in Ryan's version of a 4-3. I just don't see a top 10 defense in Buffalo in 2016 and things could go south really fast if Ryan attempts to run the same version of defense he ran in 2015 again this season. As you mentioned in a previous post, Ryan did get burned at times when he did blitz and I think after six years in NY NFL teams have caught up with his complex zone blitz scheme. The only way to make his scheme work is to have some superstars on the defense at Linebacker...and he doesn't. All Bills fans have at this point is hope and it's working against a tougher schedule this year. I can only think all the teams in the AFC will improve for 2016 and I see Belichick upgrading that line like crazy to protect Brady.

The coaches on special teams? More like Danny Crossman is the only ST coach that I'm aware of in 2015. In my view, the ST's regressed because Ryan wasn't helping coach the special teams like Marrone did with his buddy Danny. The extra players on game day weren't there to help the ST's this past year. For whatever reason Ryan simply didn't call many blitzes in all of 2015 and that stat was usually around less the 10% per game. Simply calling more blitzes would have helped the defense immensely last year and when he did call a blitz it was usually very successful. Blitzing more will help in 2016 should Ryan go back to what made his early NY Jets defenses so good by blitzing 35 to 55 %. In comparison last year, the Broncos blitzed around 40% of the defensive snaps. Still, that won't help with the lack of solid communication between coaches and players during a game or late defensive play calls coming in. In one game EJ was forced to run to the sidelines to get every play and it happened to Tyrod too. It also won't help with the late player substitutions and the overall lack of discipline. This past year with Tyrod Taylor the offense was a hand off, run first, pound it out run offense which is exactly why Mark Sanchez and Geno Smith were somewhat successful in their beginning seasons. Then the coaches demanded them to carry the game with their arms rather then handing off like they used to do and the result was near catastrophe for both. This same thing could happen this year in Buffalo. Lots of teams have fired their head coaches after one season and lots more should have. I can only think that if the Bills knew then what they know now would Jauron, Gailey, Marrone or any HC since Wade Phillips have been retained more than one year, if at all. This isn't a rookie or first timer at being an NFL HC the Buffalo Bills hired! In someone, that needs to learn as he goes. After six years as the Jets HC if he doesn't have it down by now, he never will! Think about the games won this past year and the only games the Bills really played a solid game that they were really prepared to play was against his old team for revenge in the NY Jets 2x. Then division games against the Dolphins 2x. The Bills had all offseason to prepare for the Colts and that defense we all saw in the first game is what we all expected for the rest of the year. Bottom Line the 2015 Bills had an easy schedule and still lost to bad teams.The reality is that they only beat the teams with bad QB's. Yes, Andrew Luck went 2-5 in 2015. I don't ever see Rex Ryan beating the Patriots as long as Belichick and Brady are in NE. Like I said, just delaying the inevitable!

It's not way premature in my view. It wasn't just the overall defense regressing as the 2015 Buffalo Bills were the 2nd worst team in the NFL in penalties. The team that was worst fired their HC. What stays in my mind was the 7 first downs the Bills defense gave the NY Giants offense among others. The defensive play calls coming in late! Player substitutions coming in late! and so much so that the slower teams would hurry to the line to catch the Bills not ready. Defensive players jumping around on the line so that when the ball was snapped they would be out of position. Special teams went into the toilet this past year in every aspect.So many penalties on the offense too. In general, the team overall was undisciplined for a lot of the season. The 2015 Bills played their best against this HC's former team for revenge. Now will that revenge factor keep going? The only bright spots were from the new OC hire and the offensive players. Most notably Tyrod Taylor at QB who was the polar opposite of Geno Smith in not turning the ball over like Geno did to kill his Jets team. A very complex run scheme that didn't require the players to scratch their heads and say WTF or they didn't understand the complex offense, complain about how they were being used. Save Sammy, who spoke up and started seeing more targets. Somehow Rex Ryan managed to ruin the Jets team he inherited that he went to the AFC championship 2x his first two years. Then he ruined that rookie QB in Mark Sanchez who took those teams to the playoffs. And another rookie QB in Geno Smith went 8-8 his first year and then became a turnover machine his next going 3-10 his next year. I kind of shudder to think of what will happen to Tyrod this year under Ryan. This current HC proclaimed playoffs! He proclaimed the #4 defense with this much talent was nothing and that he would do better, he didn't! Ask the Jets fans about all the broken promises. Good head coaches generally come into a team and make them better...not worse! All I see is delaying the inevitable.

Good thing the Bills have that franchise QB under contract for 15 mill per...

That will NEVER happen. Carroll can draft a guy in the fifth round because he fits his prototype of size and speed and then coaches them up to fit his defense. Richard Sherman, Kam Chancellor say hello. If the talent isn't already there in the player Rex Ryan can't coach up anything or anyone. First round picks Quinten Couples, Dee Milner say hello. Oh wait, his proclivity for feet will say it was all the GM's fault

Great article and a great read. Thanks for posting. I think the Rex Ryan hire was pushed on the new owners by the status quo and then they preached continuity again for this year. Yea, continuity for a classless loudmouth full of broken promises whose teams lacked discipline and didn't allow for the best use of the talent on the roster. I only hope that one day these new owners wake up and realize the only way to beat a great team, great QB in New England is to hire a great football man at the top for Buffalo. Then he will hire a great head coach who will be someone with enough football acumen to know NFL talent when he sees it. If the talent isn't already on the roster than Rex Ryan isn't going to coach up anything ie Quinton Coples. (Aaron Maybin again) In essence the Bills hired another Jauron who only knows how to run his lame, outdated scheme. Chuck Knox came into Buffalo with a winning record from the Rams and brought with him a great talent evaluator in Norm Pollom who would up as Buffalos vice president of player personnel, and he hired Bill Polian!! Another great read in this story. http://bills.buffalonews.com/2014/11/18/polians-start-with-bills-was-discreet/ This paying outrageous sums of money to free agents because you can't find the talent in the draft is clearly the wrong way to do things. 100 million to Mario didn't get the Bills in the playoffs and neither did playing similar sums to Dareus and Hughes. Three draft picks and two of them first round picks when the team doesn't have an established franchise QB on the roster to throw to him was another lame call. Then because the team lacks football acumen at the top of the flow chart they hired a bad head coach with a 4-12 record and then got exactly what they hired in a man who made the team / defense worse. This team is in dire need of another Chuck Knox who won despite having a not so good people above him.

I agree with this. The 49ers saw their mistake and corrected it right away. Granted 8-8 is better than 5-11 but then look at who the Bills beat over the season and it should make the decision for change so much easier. This team keeps making these grabs for high priced free agents because they fail to find them in the draft. The Bills needed a pass rusher since Aaron Schobel retired after the 2009 season. Aaron Maybin ring any bells? So, 100 Million for as DE was a stab to find another Bruce Smith, and they found him! Only to see him ruined this year in the wrong scheme. Imagine how vocal Bruce would have been being used as a gap control player. Someone mentioned finding someone in the draft to replace Mario Williams or Cordy Glenn and I'll be shocked if they actually find the talent at either position to do that. Looking back, I think the Bills were exceedingly lucky to find Glenn with a #2 pick considering the O-line players drafted since. There are real reasons this team spent 100 million on Mario or excessive money for an RB (Shady), TE (Clay)and 3 draft picks for a WR including two first rounders when they could have stayed pat and gotten an equal or better player. This without an already established franchise QB on the roster. OTOH, if they couldn't trade up for Sammy I now recall the Bills were going to draft TE Eric Ebron Right? Bottom line: this team needs more than just a new HC. These new owners started off on the right foot thinking of hiring a senior NFL adviser / football czar and or a president of football operations and then they didn't.

Sadly, I see this particular train is headed the wrong way. Generally, when a new head coach and staff come in they tend make the team better unless it's a horribly bad roster. This was a playoff caliber defense that had three all pros from the previous season and those all pros were made to look very average to below average. This isn't me being upset or crying, It just stating some facts that seem to elude so many other fans. Ryan blitzed less than 10% this past season while on the other end of the spectrum the Broncos blitzed 40% or more most of the time. So, now that the superstar at DE is going to be playing for a different team next year and Ryan suddenly decides he wants to blitz or actually rush the passer in 2016. Exactly who is going to be playing at DE to take over Mario's position? With Jerry Hughes being the lone outside rusher at DE opposing teams should have no problem containing him with no threat from the other side. I don't see the 2016 defense being better without Mario Williams. The majority of Bills fans look at the 2015 defense and say it's all because Mario didn't buy in and stopped putting out effort. Kinda strange that the Buffalo Bills coaches are saying something completely different and were content with his play. To answer the question of how it gets fixed going forward? Unfortunately, I don't ever see it ever getting fixed under the current regime.

I agree and its good to know that somebody out there other than myself gets it. I kinda feel like its wasting time writing this stuff because most fans here either don't buy into it or would rather ignore it. It's almost like a QB scrutiny in rather then defining what's wrong and than just simply saying "he sucks". I've been talking about this issue since week two in 2015 after the NE game and most fans just seem to disregard what's happening on the field or just don't care.

It most certainly is about recognizing that the coaches miss utilized him because it destroys the entire reason he and the other D-linemen were being paid so much money to rush the passer. Two hundred and fifty million or 28% of the payroll was miss-used this past year. To ignore that is just sticking the head in the sand.... Marcell Dareus is a 1or 3 technique pass rush tackle and isn't a zero technique nose tackle or a 5 tech fit at DE in a 3-4 and he has been complaining about how he was being utilized all year so should the Bills cut ties with him too? More importantly do you think he would have signed a new contract with the Buffalo Bills had he known he would be playing in a thankless position at nose so that the scrubs at LBer can make the plays? The man is still brilliant at what he did this year but the fact remains he didn't like it and was very vocal about it. So now that the Bills spent a few seasons and hundreds of millions of dollars building a dominate 4-3 defensive line. Then they go on to hire a 3-4 head coach who will tear that all apart to build a scheme he wants to run rather than what best suits the players on the roster. There was a real reason the team went from #1 in the NFL in QB sacks, hits, hurries to 31st and it has more to do with the scheme than the players. I get that the Bills are keeping Ryan as HC and this doesn't mean I'm supposed to be happy about it and go along with it because the losers in charge want to maintain that losing continuity,