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Buffalo-will Taylor ever throw over the middle, and stay healthy? RT- QB-OLB Jets - Is Geno the answer, with a new coaching staff and GM who knows? OLB Denver Is QB Brock Osweiler the answer, who knows? 1-0 so far.OT Washington is Kirk Cousins the answer? QB Philadelphia is Sam Bradford the answer, and will Chip Kelly stay? OG New Orleans Will Sean Payton still be in NO next year, and if not will Drew Brees still be? CB St Louis is Nick Foles the answer with so many injuries? WR Six QB's ranked to go in the first or second round Paxton Lynch 1 Jared Goff 1 Connor Cook 1 Christian Hackenberg 2 Cason Wentz 2 Cardale Jones 2-3 http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/prospectrankings/2016/QB

Its usually the offense that takes so much longer to assimilate, as there are so many more plays to learn. Anyway, it wasn't so much the learning curve as it was the scheme, and that is so obvious in the difference between both the Patriots games. In the first game Ryan had his defense playing a soft cover scheme in which he had the DB's were playing ten yards off the line of scrimmage, and his DT's more involved in gap control then rushing the passer. Then the front four were also dropping back into pass coverage in a zone blitz type scheme. The defense didn't get hardly any pressure on Brady that entire game, and he scorched them for it. From that first game, 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/b...defensive-staff This last game even without Mario Williams the Bills were going after Brady so much more, and to the tune of...Brady was pressured (hit, sack, or duress) on 20 of his 40 drop backs Monday, his most in a game in the past 7 seasons!! This was the defense we were all expecting from Rex Ryan at the start of the year, and the only thing that changed between the games is the scheme that the team ran.

Damn right! Why did it take 10 games? This is what I've been talking about since that week two debacle when Ryan used a soft cover scheme instead of a heavy rush. The team also looks like it fixed the penalty problem that plagued the team for 8 games. Now, if they can only figure out a way to get Sammy 10+ touches a game! Have Tyrod Taylor start throwing over the middle! Get the special teams coverage & kick off / return units to start playing as well as the kickers.

I agree, and this is usually the byproduct of an undisclosed injury that the QB / team keeps quiet about. When Rodgers is fully healthy he is unstoppable, and the very best in the league. Perhaps he was injured in that Denver game. Losing to Detroit, and Chicago should have never happened. Jebus, 61 passes against Detroit, and only 18 rushes. How un packer like! That Packer run game is 17th in attempts, and 10th in yards which says to me to start running the ball a whole lot more to help set up the passing game, and take pressure away from Rodgers.

This! Arians was instrumental in Luck getting into the playoffs when he took over from Chuck Pagano in 2013, and one team was smart enough to sign him as their new HC the next year. Now mind you that next season the Cardinals finished 10-6 in the same division with the 13-3 Seahawks, and 12-4 49ers. Those Cardinals were also one of the three teams to beat the Seahawks that year. Lets also not forget that Carson Palmer only played in 6 games last year, and Drew Stanton started 8 games, Ryan Lindley (who?) started in two games. The Cards still managed to finish 11-5. Right now the Cardinals have the #1 offense in yards & Points, and are still good defensively (#14 yards points allowed) after losing Todd Bowles to the jets. It just shows you hire the right guy as HC and it can have an immediate positive impact no matter how good the other teams are in the division. I can see the 8-2 Cardinals in the SB this year, or 11-0 Carolina Panthers. Just sayin! OTOH, did the Bills hire the right guy in Ryan, and why did it take ten games to finally see his defense play like it should have from the start? Why did it take 9 games to get the penalty problem under control? Will the special teams coverage units & KR's ever start playing as well as the kickers? Can the starting QB stay healthy, and will we ever see him start throwing over the middle this year? Lastly, this team spent three draft picks on a super star WR, and then doesn't hardly throw to him game after game. Will we ever see Sammy Watkins ever get ten touches in a game? Coaching!

I don't envision any upcoming game as an easy game except for Dallas now that Romo is done. Both KC & Houston have a top ten defense so neither looks like it will be an easy game. It really all depends on which defense / QB shows up for every game. Will we see the defense that played the Patriots in week two or the one in week 10? Same with Taylor, and will we see the QB that played well against Patriots in the first game or the one against the Patriots in week 11. Will this team keep the penalties down to a survivable number? Will this offense ever get Sammy Watkins more involved in the offense? So many maybes, and If's Losing to NE the Bills slipped from the 5th seed to the 8th behind Pitt, KC, and Houston. Every game is a playoff game now.

he is broke, and looking for $$$

No, its not a fair comparison! But I did make the comparison of the Texans trio of scrubs at QB, and I think Taylor is better then any of those three. I don't know what the real reason is as to why Watkins is not seeing at least ten targets a game, and because the other guy is in single coverage should not be the reason. The primary focus of this teams passing game should be their best pass catching weapon, and it should be for at least 10 targets a game. They have had all off season, pre season, and 10 games to get in sync.

I just don't get why more Bills fans fail to see that every defense does that to the top receivers on other teams, and yet they usually still see many, many targets. Its just more excuses. This last game the Bills managed to take TE Rob Gronkowski completley away from Brady. So instead Brady went to Danny Amendola 12 times for 9 rec over 117 receiving yards. But you can bet the world that if Edleman was healthy he would have seen the majority of the targets regardless of the defensive coverage. I don't know if its as simple as looking off the primary receiver, and then getting the ball to him. Plus what we don't know is who the primary target is on each pass play. Still, it shouldn't matter when you have a player as explosive as Sammy Watkins you should make every effort to get him the ball all game long!! Then coverage be damned, because that is exactly what happens with players like Julio Jones, DeAndre Hopkins, Antonio Brown ect.

When you look at the Texans QB's in Brian Hoyer, Ryan Mallett, TJ Yates and then consider their OC is George Godsey. Now come to the realization that Tyrod Taylor is probably better then those three combined, and yet basically ignores Sammy Watkins over Chris Hogan, Charles Clay almost every game like last years QB, and coaches did. Just look at what Houston manages to do each week with DeAndre Hopkins in making him the focal point of their passing attack. Hopkins is seeing 11 to 22 targets a game and because of that he is the #3 receiver in the league right now with 76 rec for 1045 yards, 9 TD's. I'll hazard a guess, and say that every Bills fan out there thinks Sammy Watkins has more potential then Hopkins. What we don't know is if this is Taylor being safe with the ball, and not throwing into tight coverage while trying to complete the "safe" passes. Or is this by the instruction of the coaching staff to just manage the game, and play if safe. Either way the Bills need to open up the offense like they did this week with the defense, and go for broke. Throw to Sammy at least 12 times, and see what happens

Ranting really? This team gives up three draft picks, and two of them first rounders then its OK for the coaches to use him as a decoy? How many other top WR's in the game see double, and even triple coverage's only to see the ball 10 plus times a game? Like all of them! Example: WR DeAndre Hopkins is the new version of Andre Johnson in Houston, and he sees that type of coverage every game with opposing defenses intent on stopping him. Yet he continues to put up astounding numbers every game with scrubs like Brian Hoyer, Ryan Mallett, and TJ Yates at QB for Houston. The guy has had only three games this season for around 50 yards each, and guess what. Those are the games he had only 5-6 receptions. Hopkins is seeing at least 11+ targets every game, and in one game he saw 22 targets with 9 receptions for 157 yards! You get to see him first hand in two weeks when the Bills play the Texans in Buffalo. Not really sure who Ty;er is though. Anyway, read my second post as to why Tyrod Taylor might be avoiding Watkins like he has been doing.

While I can see the point of others in that Tyrod (perhaps the coaches are instructing this) wants to only take what the opposing defense gives him, and take the safe passes. While this might be the "game manager" QB the coaches want.. its not what always wins games. We all loved it when Fitz brought his gunslinger mentality to Buffalo over Mr safe check down Trent. Right now Sammy isn't even looking as good as 7th round pick Stevie Johnson as a WR simply because he isn't seeing the targets. Stevie saw at least 8 targets each game to hit those three 1000 yard seasons. This year Watkins has only seen 8 targets twice, and once was in the first NE game for 8 targets, 6 rec for 60 yards. The second time was against Miami with 8 targets for 8 rec for 168 yards, and one TD. Then, I honestly have no idea why it took ten games for Rex Ryan to finally get pressure on the opposing QB. The defensive game plan was brilliant this game vs the soft coverage defense of that first game. At this rate of coaching perhaps by week 16 we will see Watkins getting 10+ targets a game.

But, but he is so valuable as a decoy so that prolific receiver Chris Hogan can get the most targets. It is completely stupid to ignore the most explosive receiving play maker on both teams for three quarters of the game. If Brady had Watkins he would be seeing 15 targets a game, and probably putting up Julio Jones type numbers every game.

As far as Sammy Watkins is concerned I wonder if it would be wise for the Bills to hire a passing game coordinator, and let Roman setup the run game. The Dallas Cowboys has a similar situation a few years ago with their coaching staff. I have no idea why Watkins isn't even getting the targets he publicly asked for a few weeks ago, I mean if you throw the ball 35 times a game why not get the most explosive play maker on both teams the freaking ball ten times a game? Chris Hogan the leading receiver... really? Charles Clay the leading receiver against the Jets. Why the Fu*k did the Bills give up three draft picks, and two first rounders for a decoy? This would be like obtaining LeSean McCoy, and paying him 6 mill per then giving Dan Herron all the carries The coaches really expect to win with Chris Hogan getting more targets then Watkins?

I realize that Its just tough to cheer up when its that position that really needs a super star player. No question McCoy has been great, and even the defense stepped it up against the Patriots for the first time this season Ryan really brought the heat to the opposing QB. Although I have no idea why it took 10 games to get it done. This loss could have been a win with only average QB play, and now the Bills went from the 5th seed to the 8th behind KC, Pitt, Houston. Perhaps wins over KC & Houston will cheer me up

We all learned about what its like to have a limited QB in Fitz, and as other teams learn his limitations the more the losses rolled in. The Bills need that power pocket passer who can make every throw from the pocket, and then will actually throw them during a game.

Can he play QB?

Listen, if this owner was ready to keep Marrone, and Hackett then there is no way Greg Roman is gone. Unless he gets offered a head coaching job, which I highly doubt. This OC is dealing a bad RT, and a QB that has started only 8 games. While Roman was brought in to build a power run game, and he has pretty much done just that. However the passing game really is lacking except for some big plays, and that is mostly because of that inexperienced QB. So many things wrong with this team that have taken way to long to get under control. Penalties have finally been reduced to a decent amount per game. Although boneheads like Henderson should know where to line up after two years in the pros. It took far to many games for Rex to get his defense to go after the QB, and he did have Brady reeling for most of the game. If the offense could have scored more then 20 points its a win. Clock management was bad in the game. The two minute drill was non existent at the end of the game with a win on the line. I just don't understand why its so difficult to get Sammy Watkins the ball at least 10 times a game? The Bills have two really important games upcoming at KC, and Houston at home. Both teams currently 5-5, and are now the 8th seed behind both KC & Houston @ KC Houston @ Philly @ Wash Dallas Jets

While I love what Taylor can do against a bad team. I'm getting really sick of watching how poorly he plays against good defenses. Yesterdays game is a good example that he didn't even try to target Watkins enough until later in the game. He had great difficulty in running a two min drill at the end of the game, and he rarely throws over the middle. Such a slight build he will always be gutting hurt or playing hurt, and he is showing he isn't a very good pure pocket passer. Time to draft a QB with that first pick, and even trade up to get one of the top three. JMO

Excuse me, I made an honest mistake in responding to... or taking the bait. Carry on.

I don't know if that was panic or down right foolish in just watching highlight films instead of breaking down exactly why Watkins was so successful in college. Because they have yet to use him like he was used in college. So now the Bills have a "maybe" star at WR who is injury prone but the coaches can't figure out a way to get the guy more pass targets. Then I can only wonder if Watkins was seeing ten plus targets a game if he would even hold up under all that work considering his injury history. There is no question to the world outside the Bills fan bubble that trading away three draft picks, and two firsts for a WR was blatantly stupid when the team still lacks that franchise QB.

What game were you watching? Although the general passing stats look similar the two QB's played much differently. One QB didn't get sacked all that much but he was getting hit almost every pass play, and it showed so much that he was screaming at his linemen. Considering how much pressure he was under, and how injured his receiving corps currently was he still managed to be somewhat accurate in hitting his receivers. Then when the opposing defense lost a starter in the secondary this QB managed to exploit it. The other QB was very inaccurate for a lot of his passes, and didn't even throw to his best WR threat until late in the game. This QB couldn't run a two min drill if his life depended on it. Good thing the Bills gave up two first rounders for Chris Hogan who led the team in receiving yardage.

Clearly Watkins isn't getting enough targets to make a difference in a game. 4th best receiver with 6 targets, 3 receptions for 39 yards. Against the Jets last week he was the 5th best receiver with 7 targets, 3 receptions for 14 yards. Sammy had a few great catches at the end of the game, but why did it take so long to get him the ball? You would think that when you have an elite super star player at a position that they (the coaches) would make an effort to get him the ball more often. The difference in the game was the difference at the QB position.

With better QB play the Bills had a real shot at beating the highest scoring team in the league by holding them to 20 points. Its just a darn shame it took this long to get the defense to play like they did on Monday night. Is Rex Ryan the answer to beating the New England Patriots in the division? It doesn't look like any head coach will ever succeed unless the Bills find a bona fide franchise QB.

My take is that Taylor has way to much potential to trade him away just yet. After all it was only his eighth start, and he is still learning / developing. What Taylor has going for him that those other QB's you mention didn't have, and that is a quality offensive coaching staff. If by the end of the season Taylor hasn't improved then by all means draft a QB this year, and let them fight it out in camp next year.