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Tyrod Taylor isn't going anywhere and this offseason should be interesting to see who stays and who goes at OBD.

My take is this entire season was purposely schemed to achieve a specific result not very different from the one you are hinting at and I'll leave it at that.

I seem to remember what this coaching staff has been asking Dareus to do this year and that he has been complaining about it publicly since training camp. You can't rush the passer, and work the gap control too. Why this defensive guru has castrated these superstar players on defense I'll never understand, and the defense this bad with no pass rush affects the entire team! I suspect it will be a strange and interesting offseason filled with upheaval for Bills fans. Merry Christmass to you and your family Bill, and to all Bills fans everywhere.

I'd have to say it all starts at the top of the flow chart with the Bills being run by a marketing guy the last 8 years or so. Russ Brandon is still the team's CEO, and sitting at the top of the flow chart. A lot of bad football decisions have come down the pike in all that time because the team had no viable NFL experienced GM after Tom Donahoe was fired all the way back to 2005. Marv Levy wasn't qualified to be an NFL GM and was only here because his old friend the owner asked him to be. Buddy Nix was 70 years old retired ex-assistant GM and director of player personnel and he was never an actual GM before the Bills. Current GM Doug Whaley was a rookie GM when he replaced Buddy Nix in the 2013 offseason. When you don't have a really good experienced football man at the top then it all filters down to every hire, and player acquisition becomes somewhat questionable. Clearly it looks like the Bills made the wrong choice for new head coach, and the team he came from is now 9-5 as the 5th seed in the playoff picture I'm hoping these new owners hire that football czar they talked about hiring the last offseason, and they were in talks to hire ex-Bills great GM Bill Polian. This team is still in desperate need of a senior experienced football man at the top of the flow chart to keep the marketing guy, and new owners out of the football operations loop. JMHO

I didn't say they were "the" problem. I said the entire team is an undisciplined mess at times and it has been. The special teams unit last year was one of the best in the NFL, and this year has been bad with the coverage units. This is with basically the same players, and same coach. The offensive line has had its share of penalties this year, and every time the offense does that it's a step back and a drive killer. Lack of discipline still falls on the HC because the buck stops with him. Rex's big problem is that he isn't calling many blitzes at all this year! His Jets teams 30 to 50%, and this year 10% or less. I'm complaining about the lack of pass rush / sacks because of the scheme this year defense is utilizing. Mostly because the DT's are being asked to work the gaps rather than rush the passer, and Ryan is having the D-linemen dropping into pass coverage far too often like a zone blitzing team would. Then the defensive line rotation isn't as often this year as it was last season causing those highly paid pass rushers to wear out. I believe Mario missed some time / games due to a foot injury and has had an illness as of late. (flu?) He has missed practice for both at times. I'm not going to make excuses for the players when they don't make a play because I don't know how much the injury affects their performance. It looked to me like all four Bills D-linemen went right after Bradford on this play and while Mario ran the arc he was pushed past the QB. While Marcel Dareus beat his man, that Eagles OG wisely pushed Dareus away from Bradford while the QB stepped up between the gaps to throw the ball. The Bills rushed only four and the Eagles kept six in to pass block, and the RB released when he saw only four Bills rushing. While there was some pressure on the play from Dareus the QB quickly sidestepped and stepped up through the gap to throw. I can't find fault with any of the Bills players, and on that particular play, the Bills front four just didn't get it done. Therein lies my complaint with the play calling this year in only rushing four. As a coach if you see that you can't get to the QB by just rushing with the front four, then wouldn't make you think to blitz just a little? Plus the soft pass coverages with the Bills DB's 10 yards off the line, and the safety even deeper. Then that pass play took a full four seconds to develop. When the QB isn't getting hit or feeling heavy pass rush pressure it emboldens them to take more chances. Anyway, on that particular pass play the Eagles just got lucky and hit the deep pass. JMO Dave Wannstedt spent the entire 2012 season mostly rushing just the front four with minimal blitzing, and he still managed more than sacks the Bills have this year. Dave 36 / Rex 19 with three games to go.

It really doesn't make sense to fire Rex right at this point in time simply because the team still has a small chance to make the playoffs. Then Ryan could easily step up his blitz scheming, and start asking all his D-linemen to pass rush more. Once the season ends we will see.

It's not ridiculous in my view because it's not just about the defense. It's about the entire team being an undisciplined mess at times that can't make simple tackles or continues to make stupid penalties. It's about the HC with the big mouth giving opponents bulletin board material to help motivate them. All season long Bills fans have been desperately clinging to the hope that every game Rex Ryan will get his act together with the defense, the pass rush, the penalties. In week three against the NY Giants the Bills had 17 penalties for 135 yards, and out of those 17 that gave the Giants 7 first downs on offense! Fast forward to week 14 against the Eagles to see the Bills commit 15 penalties for 101 yards with little or no pass rush on Sam Bradford. He was sacked only once in the game by Mario Williams. Stating that, I'm not going to go back and review all those plays. Let's look at that last one to Aghulor in the Eagles game. Bradford out of the shotgun formation and Bills rush only four. He drops back to the Bills 37-yard line and then steps up to the Bills 43-yard line avoiding any rush and hits the WR who had beaten #20 S Corey Graham on the play with a perfect pass. Darby did look out of position five yards to the side. Still the announcers stated that was on Graham who had close coverage but turned his head and loses vision. I don't see that as a DB miscommunication at all. Then, If Bradford had more pressure on him wouldn't have had either the time nor the ability to step up those five yards to throw that deep ball. To the Bolded. Ryan's defense was susceptible to the big play in the past because of all the Blitzing he used to do with the Jets. 2019-2010 to the tune of 50% of the Jets defensive snaps, and 54% in 2010. Then to 33 to 34% in 2011-2012. Just to give that some context to this year in that first game against the Patriots the Bills, "Ryan's defensive game plan couldn't put pressure on Tom Brady -- the Bills disrupted (a sack, batted ball, passed defense or interception) only 9.8 percent of Brady's dropbacks, a lower rate than in any of the Bills' 2014 games" http://espn.go.com/blog/buffalo-bills/post/_/id/21042/bills-breakdowns-vs-patriots-start-with-rex-ryan-defensive-staff We have seen almost similar results in the lack of a pass rush in just about every game this year, save one. Hence the reason for the 2015 Buffalo Bills being 30th in sacks this year! It's not just about the lack of blitzing either, as the scheme Ryan is using calls for the DT's to be more involved in gap control, and the defensive linemen being asked to drop into pass coverage more often. All these new owners need to do is hire an NFL senior analyst like the Jets did last offseason when they hired Charlie Casserly, Ron Wolf. Those men will relay to these new owners what exactly happened on the field this past year, and I'm fairly confident that it will result in the changing of the head coach.

I don't know if that bolded part is true. It is my contention that because there is little or no pressure on the opposing QB they are able to sit back and pick the Bills defensive secondary apart. Meaning they can easily step up in the pocket after a 5 to 7 step drop to throw those deep passes because they have the time to do so. What I saw this year was Ron Darby, and Gilmore playing great despite being hung out to dry with no pass rush. What I didn't see was opposing receivers wide open because of constant blown coverage's, and in fact I saw the opposite with the Bills players still making plays. I can only imagine how freaking great that Bills secondary could have been this year with a top five pass rush. To answer the question, I can only hope that the Pegula's ask Ryan to fire his entire defensive staff, and when he refuses. By those grounds they can fire him, and then not pay him for his remaining contract citing insubordination. Then hire someone who will actually utilize the players on the roster for which they were purposely brought in, and given top money to do. I so want the Bills to hire a head coach that doesn't call the call the offensive or defensive plays or set up the game plans for either, like Gailey, Ryan have done. Or even like Marrone with his helping his good buddy Danny Crossman the special teams coach all year. Probably why the special teams sucked so bad this year because St Doug isn't here holding his hand, and probably why the Bills offense stunk under Maroon because the novice running the offense got very little help. Simply put the Buffalo Bills need to hire a man who is smart enough to beat Bill Belichick, Tom Brady on a consistent basis.

For all those Bills fans out there still intent on defending this years defense... "Say what you will for Rex Ryan, but you’ve never been able to say he doesn’t know how to coach an NFL defense. At least not until this year." This year, Ryan’s first season as head coach of the Bills, his defense has taken an enormous step backward. And in a season when Bills quarterback Tyrod Taylor has emerged as one of the pleasant surprises in the NFL, Ryan’s defense is the reason the Bills won’t make the playoffs. "When you look at the statistics, it’s stunning how much worse the defense Ryan coaches this year is than the defense he inherited from last year: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/12/16/bills-defense-has-taken-a-big-step-back-under-rex-ryan/?ocid=Yahoo&partner=ya5nbcs

I was merely throwing out the 20th in defensive yards because that is a standard (by yards) that most people go by, or otherwise it wouldn't be one of the very first stats you see when you go to a football website and click on team stats. And you seem intent on disregarding the fact that this years Buffalo Bills went from 1st in sacks to near last in sacks at 30th, and that is about the most important stat that most defensive minded coaches care about. Because with that stat comes other stats like QB hits, hurries, pressures. If your defense can't manage to get pressure on the opposing QB all the other defensive stats are basically irrelevant in my view. Rex Ryan was noted for his past blitzing schemes, http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000213665/article/rex-ryans-new-york-jets-returning-to-blitzhappy-ways-in-2013 Great article from 2013 on how Rex Ryan will return to what made his 2009-2010 defenses so good! "The bodacious defensive guru has promised to restore the aggressive mentality that carried Gang Green to consecutive AFC Championship Game appearances in the 2009 and '10 campaigns. During those seasons, Ryan acted as the defensive play caller for units that finished first and third, respectively, in total defense. He utilized blitz-heavy tactics with his initial teams to create chaos for quarterbacks in the pocket, while limiting available seams and creases for runners in the ground game." "Looking at the numbers from Ryan's stint as the defensive play caller, it's apparent that he lives and dies with blitz pressure. He called blitzes on 50 percent of the Jets' defensive snaps during that two-year span, including an astonishing 52.4 percent blitz rate in 2009. Those percentages blow away theJets' blitz frequency over the past two seasons, under the direction of former defensive coordinator Mike Pettine: New York blitzed 32.8 and 34 percent of its defensive snaps in 2011 and 2012, respectively. Interestingly enough, the unit's effectiveness gradually declined over the past two years, finishing fifth and eighth in total defense." I'd have to say every Bills fan in the world was expecting this years Bills to not only lead the league in sacks, and not only be the #1 defense in the league. But they expected greatness, as in 85 bears or 2000 Ravens greatness. Great question because I have been asking that all year, and I also agree in asking why hasn't this years Buffalo Bills defense played all year like they did against the Patriots like in that 2nd game. I disagree its the players or any learning curve. In that second game against the Patriots in week 11 Rex Ryan went back to his old ways of getting pressure on the QB 50% of the defensive pass plays, and it worked so very effectively!! So why on earth did Ryan only apply pressure to 9.8 % of Brady's drop backs in that first game? Thus allowing Tom Brady to set a Bills franchise worst 466 yards passing. If you can dig up the stats for all rest of the games this season you would find similar percentages to the 9.8% of barely getting any pressure at all on the opposing QB. This has a disastrous effect on the outcome of the game as it allows even the worst QB's time needed to make plays. Currently the Bills are 27th in defensive hurries! Currently the Buffalo Bills are 30th in sacks for 111 yards lost out of 850 defensive snaps! How freaking pathetic is that stat! It really is simple math that the 2015 Buffalo Bills simply aren't scheming to get pressure on the QB, because when they do they are very effective at it, Kinda why Marcel Dareus has been complaining about how he is being utilized in this years scheme since training camp! Its not the players, its not the injuries, its 100% the scheme!

I look at things from a different point of view. I want to see my team play the best, and beat them so then they will be the among the best at the end of the year. Be good enough to win the division, and home field throughout the playoffs, and only then do you have a real shot at a championship. The best team in this division is the New England Patriots, and until this team gets a head coach who can beat Bill Belichick, Tom Brady. They really don't stand a chance to go to the final if they can't beat the best.

Simply remind them to re watch that first Patriots game, and then re watch the second game. Two drastically different schemes all game long with two drastically different results. That first game is mostly what we have seen all year with Ryan's scheme in that the defense was in a soft 10 yards off the ball pass cover scheme with almost no blitzing. Aaron Williams, Kyle Williams, and Mario Williams all played in that first game, and the defense still allowed a franchise worst 466 yards passing to Brady. "Rex Ryan, Dennis Thurman and defensive coaching staff: Ryan told his team that this loss was on his shoulders, and so he's a natural place to start in the "down" column. Ryan's defensive game plan couldn't put pressure on Tom Brady-- the Bills disrupted (a sack, batted ball, passed defense or interception) only 9.8 percent of Brady's dropbacks, a lower rate than in any of the Bills' 2014 games -- and he never seemed to have an effective plan for stopping either Rob Gronkowski or Julian Edelman." http://espn.go.com/blog/buffalo-bills/post/_/id/21042/bills-breakdowns-vs-patriots-start-with-rex-ryan-defensive-staff The second game was a totally different story as the Bills were able to put pressure on Brady to the tune of 20 of his 40 drop backs, that's 50% vs 9.8%. The reason being is the Bills played up on the line, and stacked the box. The Bills rushed 6 or more all game long it seemed. The Bills brought so much pressure on Brady, and so much so that he was literally screaming at his offensive linemen. That last game the Bills managed to take Gronk right out of the game, and he only had 2 receptions for 37 yards! The Bills also held the Patriots high scoring offense to the lowest point total for the year in 20 points. The Bills managed to do this without Aaron Williams, without Mario Williams, without Kyle Williams. Its not injuries, its not the players, its 100% the scheme! JMO

No offense but I hate the fact that the Bills went from Number One in the NFL in sacks to now thirtieth. Yea, that's right from 1st to an astounding now 30th! Those stats come with consequences either good if doing the sacking or bad if getting sacked. I'm really very amazed that this years defense is only ranked 20th in total defense, and then 14th against the run with all the gap control they utilize. It really is a tribute to the Buffalo Bills player talent on the defense that they are only ranked 22nd against the pass considering how little pressure they get on the QB. How spectacular is Ronald Darby as a rookie to be starting and playing so well in such a bad scheme. Its seriously laughable anyone here is lauding or defending the 2015 Bills stats when they near the worst defense in the NFL in sacks, and yet have 250 million in their front four. This is like last year when fans defended the near worst offensive line in the NFL, and yet three of the five players on the O line were scrubs. This D line had three pro bowlers on it, and the fourth guy was such a pass rush terror last season that he should have gone too. So many positive things can happen for a defense when it can apply pressure on the opposing QB, and conversely it gives that opposing QB all day to throw with little or no pressure. Allow me to remind everyone that the Bills currently have only 19 sacks with three games to go. 19 sacks, really? My god, no wonder it looks like opposing QB's have all day to throw every game... because they do. Even Dave Wannstadt wasn't this bad in sacks, as his team finished with 36 sacks. George Edwards under Chan Gailey even had more sacks with 27 in 2010, and 29 in 2011, and that was without Dareus in 2010, and without Mario Williams, and Jerry Hughes in 2011! Its not the injuries, its not the players, its 100% the scheme!

NO!

It is almost comical isn't it? Yeah, that last years defense was so overrated, and just not very good. Even though they finished #4 in yards, points, and in total defense. Going from 1st in the NFL in sacks in 2014 where the Bills defense terrorized opposing QB's to now giving them all day to throw in 30th in sacks. 2) Buffalo Bills' defensive line If Jim Schwartz was able to help the Bills' defensive line terrorize opponents without heavy blitzing, imagine how much chaos this D will create with blitz master Rex Ryan at the controls. Ryan's high-pressure tactics will produce more one-on-one chances for Mario Williams and Jerry Hughes on the edges, with linebackers and defensive backs joining the pass rush as fifth and sixth defenders at the point of attack. Kyle Williams and Marcell Dareus are imposing defenders on the interior with the capacity to blow up runs or disrupt passing games with frenetic playing styles. Dareus, in particular, is a dominating force -- with 28.5 sacks in four seasons, including 10 in 2014. Considering the success the Bills' front line enjoyed under Ryan protégé Mike Pettine in 2013 (the unit accounted for 41 of the Bills' AFC-high 57 sacks), the return to a hybrid scheme should keep the group playing at a high level this season. http://www.nfl.com/photoessays/0ap3000000494302 To now 20th in the NFL in total defense, 30th in sacks.

Three pro bowlers from last year, and the fourth on that line should have also been in the pro bowl in Jerry Hughes. They almost all become invisible in Rex Ryan's defensive scheme this year, and mostly because this years Bills just aren't blitzing as much. It is stupid for Rex Ryan to zone blitz because he doesn't have a plethora of star linebackers, and instead has a star studded front four. Dropping an average D linemen into pass coverage isn't going to hurt the team because he isn't a pure pass rusher anyway. Even HoF QB Jim Kelly made the statement that he as a QB would have loved to see rushers like Hughes, Dareus, Kyle Williams, Mario Williams dropping into pass coverage instead of rushing at him. Its not the injuries either because when Ryan wants to blitz his defense is very effective. Just ask Tom Brady about that last Bills- Pats game in which the Bills had pressure on Brady on 20 of his 40 drop backs, and so much so he was literally screaming at his offensive linemen to block better. In that game Mario Williams, Kyle Williams, Aaron Williams were all out injured. So, when Ryan chooses to blitz it works, and this season he simply is choosing to not blitz as much and he would rather have his super star D linemen control the gaps over rushing the passer. 30th in sacks from #1 last year says it all.

Think about that stat most passes defended by Darby, and Gilmore. Then think about why that is. Being 30th in sacks in the NFL is why that is! Its a tribute to both players talent level (Gilmore & Darby) to be left out to dry so many times, and yet only 22nd in defense against the pass. Ron Darby is so good he should be DRotY, and just think how good he could be on a defense that actually blitzes the opposing QB.

I think you may have a very valid point about the season ticket cancellations for next year. My son has had season tickets for the last 10 years, and he has around 20 or so family and friends he attends games with. They are all upset with how this season is going. Right now he is selling his seats to games, and has stated he won't be buying season tickets next year unless there are some drastic changes in the Bills FO next year. From what he has told me most of those he attends games with this year won't be attending games next year. The threat of the team moving is gone, and with that threat went the reason a lot of fans clung to their Buffalo Bills season seats. The next few years will be interesting to see what happens should the same people remain in control of the team.

Sorry FireChan I don't agree with you that Rex Ryan will ever get the defense straightened out in Buffalo. Mostly for the reason is that Rex Ryan inherited a defense in 2009 Jets team with some darn good to great players already on it, and then added some players he already knew were good from the Baltimore Ravens. Then his team got progressively worse from 9-7 to last year 4-12. pro Bowler Shaun Ellis LDE already on the team- pro bowler Bart Scott from the Ravens- OLB Calvin Pace already on the team- S Jim Leohnard from the Ravens- pro bowler Darrelle Revis already on the team. In his six years with the team Ryan drafted one player that has made the pro bowl, and that player was DT Sheldon Richardson in 2013. Then the man that drafted that all pro was former Jets GM John Idzik. Hey, isn't that the guy that Ryan literally cried tried to get him fired by not bringing in better DB's? This man (Rex Ryan) isn't Pete Carroll, a man who can draft 5th rounders because they fit his player profile of tall, fast DB's so he can mold them to fit his spectacular pass defensive scheme. If the talent isn't already on the team I am highly skeptical that Rex Ryan can help find it in the draft! I also highly doubt he can mold any player to do anything that fits his systems besides rush the passer. What Rex Ryan was noted for was his manifesto of blitzing schemes in which he has stated..."I’ll bring everybody known to man on you.” http://bills.buffalonews.com/2015/09/05/the-rex-blueprints-how-the-bills-coach-throws-everything-at-opponents/ And yet this year he isn't blitzing hardly at all and now suddenly prefers to play an entirely different defensive scheme. One in which he has his DB's play ten yards off the line, and his safeties even deeper at 15 yards back or more. You know sorta like a prevent defense before either team has scored a single point. Go back, and re watch the games this year. Ryan now prefers his DT's to play a gap control system instead of rushing the passer, and this is something Bills all pro DT #3 overall pick Marcel Dareus has been complaining about since training camp. "In another significant change, Kyle Williams often finds himself lining up outside, in a standing position, rather than inside and in a three-point stance as he was last year. He also will move laterally, in an effort to draw blockers from other defenders." As far as Dareus is concerned, simpler is better. He has felt that since training camp, when he complained publicly about not seeing eye-to-eye with how he was being coached. http://bills.buffalonews.com/2015/10/07/bills-d-line-experiencing-disconnect-with-scheme/ So Rex Ryan readied his new scheme for the Bills defense this year, and I call it new because Ryan didn't ask his DT's last season with the NY Jets to solely cover gap control as both Wilkerson (6.0) sacks, and Richardson (8.0) sacks did more then space eating, gap control. Rex Ryan himself has recently stated that his defenses have never been worse then 11th in sacks, and yet this years Bills are currently 30th. 1st to 30th, now that's a feat! That #3 overall draft pick who had 10 sacks last year, and made the pro bowl now has 2.0 sacks on the year because of Ryan's decision to not blitz as much and instead work those gaps. So, its already 5 steps backwards this year with the defense, and we all have no idea what he plans to do next year. But I can guarantee that if Rex Ryan continues to run this passive passing scheme next season the Bills won't win many games in giving opposing QB's all day to throw. I don't know why Rex Ryan is running this particular defensive scheme this year with all that talent on the defensive side, and even added possible DRotY in Darby! But he is, and I for one don't shiv a git as to why. I just want him out of Buffalo!! P.S. What I really get a kick out of is the Bills fans that are here defending a man who I feel is purposely holding back, and suppressing his own players for whatever reason. It really is quite comical to read some of this stuff, and the excuses!

Its a reference by ex Bills GM Buddy Nix to the fans. The fans don't want to hear about birthing pains, and just want to see the results. I think it refers to a winning season, and perhaps a playoff berth. Nix gave us neither!

"Ryan isn’t quite the defensive genius he’s made out to be." Sad, but very true. Its like Doug Marrone was an offensive line guru, and was anything but. Worst O line in the league in his last year in Buffalo Chan Gailey was a supposed QB guru, and was anything but. Picked Fitz because he was already a journeyman QB. To quote Fitz after working with a new QB coach his last year in Buffalo. "nobody has ever worked with me on mechanics before this year" Dick Jauron was also a supposed defensive guru, and ran that dreadful Tampa two. In all the time he spent in Buffalo he never did find the right players to run his scheme. Aaron Maybin says it all. When will this freaking team hire someone that actually knows what they are doing as a head coach!

It certainly didn't take all year for the 2009 NY Jets to learn his system, and they ended up #1 overall in both points, Yards against. Those Jets teams got progressively worse on defense as the years went by, and in 2014 were 24th in points allowed, 6th in yards. All those years with the Jets Rex Ryan was known for almost constantly running an overload type blitz which means Ryan will send more players at the QB then the opposing team has protecting. It looks like the entire difference in this year to last year is that Ryan simply isn't blitzing as much this year. Looking back to how much they pressured Tom Brady in their last meeting the decision to not rush the passer more often this season is by pure choice. Just watch that Eagles game, and you should see what looks like the Bills DB's, safeties playing 10 or more yards off the line of scrimmage in some sort of a soft passing coverage scheme. Almost like a prevent defensive scheme before either team has scored a point. Then the Bills defense almost never rushed with more then the Eagles were defending with. It looked like the only guy the Eagles doubled on was Dareus. Sam Bradford looked like nearly every QB the Bills have faced this season in that he was under very little pass rush pressure, and had all day to throw. 30th in sacks. A recipe for disaster that I feel is contrived for whatever reason. While that article is very true in that we were all expecting a blitz crazy scheme that was supposed to be the best defense since the 85 Bears. Instead we got a passive prevent style of defense that allows opposing QB's all day to throw. I think its a tribute to the player talent on the team that the defense is only ranked 20th in total defense. Meaning that some Bills are playing great despite the scheme Rex Ryan is utilizing.

If it were just the defense going from #4 overall to #20, or the #1 sacking team going to 30th But its not, and there is so much more! Its his big mouth by providing the opposing team bulletin board material to help motivate them! The Penalties, lack of team discipline is astounding at times. 15 penalties for 101 yards, in one game, really? The Eagles had 5 penalties. The special teams that was among the best last year with the same coach, and basically the same players is now one of the worst. Bad game management at times Bad red flag management at times inability to get the most out of the players on the roster. Players need to fit his scheme or it doesn't work is ludicrous that three all pro players from last year are now nearly invisible! utter failure in his area of expertise Talk about a complete failure in just about every aspect of a team. One more year or five more years like he had with the NY Jets. I don't see this team going anywhere but down. Hire those consultants like the Jets did, and let them advise what course of action to take. The Jets dumped big talking Ryan, and hired a new GM-HC. They are now currently 8-5 with the 6th seed in the playoffs, and are winning with noodle arm Ryan Fitzpasspick. Plus they are currently tied with the 4th best record in the AFC with Chan Gailey as OC. The Bills had a playoff caliber defense last year, and only need offensive upgrades. The team upgraded the offense, and now are going to deconstruct the defense. It makes no sense to me.

Rex Ryan started tanking in week two against the Patriots with his soft pass cover 10 yards off the line of scrimmage no pass rush defense. Why the lack of a pass rush with three all pro's on the D line? I dunno, ask the head coach. 30th in sacks is beyond ridiculous.

Alas, a lot of fans can't see the issues with Ryan. If this story by Carucci has any truth to it these new owners are in a huge shock when it comes to next years season ticket sales. "3. The fans are angry." No kidding! Long story short, my son has been a devout season ticket holder for the past decade, and both my daughters attend games with their families along with the in laws. So I'd say they have around 20 season seats all toll. My son was such a devout follower that he would by tickets to other games when the team went on the road. Not anymore! He stated that unless major changes are made in the front office he isn't renewing his season seats, and just about everyone he knows who attends the games feels the same way he does. Welcome to the 1984-1985 Buffalo Bills all over again in the next few years. The stadium near empty with around 20k season tickets sold, and the fans that did attend with bags on their heads. Sok though because these new owners are billionaires, and don't depend on the team making money to support them. I just have to wonder if they will then make the needed changes?