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Leading up to the draft last year I thought a good comparison for Petereman was T.J. Yates, similar size, skill set. Will have to see how it shakes out but my favorite part of the move had nothing to do with Peterman. For me it was more about moving forward from being stuck in the cycle of 7-9 or 8-8. The need for this team to bottom out and get a legitimate 1st round talent at quarterback is long overdue. Best case scenario Peterman is great and gets us to the playoffs Worst case scenario he is terrible, we lose out and have a top 10-15 pick in the draft this year.

I agree, I walked away from the last week's game with the same feeling I had when I watched E.J. play Jacksonville in London, I cant watch this guy play another down in the NFL. Schopp is hurt because he put his neck out three weeks ago to write about how Tyrod is better than everyone thinks. You'd think with all the football the guy has watched over time he would understand stats dont tell the entire story. E.J. also threw more touchdowns than he did interceptions, didnt mean he could play quarterback with anything short of ineptitude.

I think he is an absolute long shot to sign as a starter anywhere next year, but I would imagine Cleveland would be in play if Hue Jackson remains the coach. All of the Denver stuff is old now, and was always predicated on the fact that Kubiak was there and used to be Tyrod's coach in Baltimore. Oddly enough, we got to see exactly how that would have turned out this year in Buffalo with Dennison as his OC. Who knows maybe Arizona, Washington, or Jacksonville but he really should only be signed as a backup from here out.

Remember the huge to do about Deshaun Watson's lack of arm strength at this years combine? Had the weakest arm with the poorest velocity of any quarterback there. If any of these guys truly had a "noodle arm" they wouldnt be in the NFL. Peterman can make up for the lack of velocity by being ahead of the curve when it comes to reading defenses and getting the ball out quickly. Where I think the real issue is with Nate is his inaccuracy. Has a tendency to miss wide and high.

They are winning on other teams and what do those teams have that we dont? Rams- #1 overall pick from last year at QB Eagles- #2 overall pick from last year at QB Patriots- Tom Brady Jaguars- Played Tom Savage and Jacoby Brissett four times this year as well as a last place schedule.

Can you tell me what we won with that young talent? Can you also explain to me what that young talent outside of Robert Woods who was a free agent and not a cast off is doing to light up the league? Not alarming at all, actually pretty common sense based.

Not being a good defense, run game, blocking scheme was not Tyrod's fault. I concede to you there. However, if you expect everything to fall into place for the perfect season then you'll be waiting a long long time for a good team. The fact that we have a awful quarterback was however Tyrod's fault, and having a good quarterback takes care of every other issue you have.

Do you guys not remember him trying to find a starting job last offseason when the Bills pulled back his deal and re-worked it? Or am I alone in that?

Agreed Tyrod isnt Brady. But you dont need Brady you could even have Dalton and make it to the playoffs without a great defense. Tyrod is a bottom tier NFL starting quarterback who really should be a backup somewhere. On the Marrone tip, you do know he is an offensive coach right? Giving him any credit for his defense is an atrocious take. I am willing to bet anything the Jaguars fall off majorly next year when Andrew Luck and Deshaun Watson are back and they have to play a 1st place schedule.

The defense was never downright awful. They were middle of the road with Rex, and have had a few bad games this year, just like defenses always always do. The Patriots defense is horrendous, Pittsburgh was terrible for the better part of the last five years. Defense doesnt win you anything! You have to stop waiting for the anomaly like the Jaguars this year, and start understanding what wins in the NFL and Tyrod Freaking Taylor is not it.

And how many games did we win doing that? Tyrod is a back up quarterback plain and simple. Much rather play like its 1999 than 1977 trying to run the ball and win with defense.

Defenses get gashed in the NFL. You have to score touchdowns. You cant average 6.6 yards an attempt and rely on your defense to try and win in the league. The only way to be sustainable is to have a quarterback, I am glad our Coach knows that. Peterman may not be that guy, but the second it was obvious Tyrod wasnt he should have come out.

Bottom line is a quarterback cant throw for 56 yards in a game and keep his job. Much rather have someone go down firing than to be completely inept. We were basically playing without a quarterback.

I dont think McProcess loves Tyrod at all. I think he knew Tyrod was the best option to start the season and with the current record he knows there is a delicate balance to how things should be done right now. You cant move to Peterman until you are mathematically eliminated or you run the chance of sending a message that was contradictory to the one you've been preaching all season. Right now I am still of the mind that Beane and McDermott understand they have to go and find a Quarterback. I will trust that until they give me a reason to believe they dont. And I was wrong.

True, but at their best they were/are quarterbacks who were playoff to superbowl caliber and who were effecient at keeping their defense from being pounded into the ground by time of possession. Honestly, I think McNabb is probably one of the more underrated Quarterbacks in the history of the NFL.

Oh God, this again? We all have to open our eyes a bit and realize that everything about the NFL game correlates to the Quarterback. Good coaches have good quarterbacks, look at Belichick's win percentage before Brady, >50%. Did we miss out on McVay and Phillips? No we missed out on the 2nd year of the #1 overall pick. Want to know what's different about Carolina's defense this year? Their stud quarterback isn't hurt and playing like crap like he did in 2016. Go back to his 2015 season and see how good their defense was then, I'll save you the time...they were 6th overall. So did McDermott suddenly forget how to coach defense in the last two years or did he end up with a starting quarterback who cant throw the ball well and doesn't pick up third downs? Defense is irrelevant in the league, almost as irrelevant as coaching. As of the end of last year these were the top active coaches in terms of win%, what do they have in common? They coached good to great quarterbacks. They also had defenses that varied in rank from year to year. Table 1. Top Five Active NFL Coaches Win % Coach Career Win% Quarterback Belichick 0.67 Brady Arians 0.648 Luck, Palmer McCarthy 0.645 Favre, Rodgers Tomlin 0.637 Roethlisberger Reid 0.602 Mcnabb, Smith

Sixth seed most likely plays Jacksonville in the first round. Not 100% sure that would be one and done.

Haha, learned the lesson the hard way. I assumed until I was 8 my Dad was a Bills fan. Found out in 1991 he was actually a Raiders fan. Still loved hearing his stories about Jack Tatum though. 1991 also happened to be the 51-3 game, so a bit of poetic justice as well.

A great reminder of why we endure the long suffering. My son is just about to turn six and its been a complete blessing to share the team with him despite the losses. I told him he is free to be a fan of any team of his choosing, but he wants to be a Bills fan. Much love to you for this reminder. Thank you and Go Bills!

We will have to see what happens with Rivers, but they dont have a tough remaining schedule. They have us, Cowboys without Zeke, Cleveland, Washington, KC, Oakland, and NYJ to round out the season. If Rivers plays they have a chance in all but maybe the KC game which would get them to 9 and 7. They are in a very similar situation to Buffalo. I The game this weekend is huge for the playoff push. Bills win and they have a 76% chance.

I enjoyed it

This is 100% right. The Chargers have an easy back end of the schedule and they are very well balanced. If you lose this weekend it wont be over statistically, but its over in reality.

I dont know how anyone can have watched this team for the last eighteen years and think that Gilmore, Dareus, Woods, or Watkins mean anything. They are just the latest in a long long line of players who played on talented teams without a quarterback. We didnt win with them and we wont win without them unless they find a quarterback. I could care less if they are gone, they simply dont matter. Woods and Watkins are playing with a first overall pick at quarterback Gilmore is playing with Brady and Dareus is on a Jaguars team who has the benefit of playing in a division where they play Tom Savage and Jacboy Brissett four games during the season. Next year will be a much different story for them, unless they find a quarterback. You cant rely on defense, you cant. LA may not deserve a good team, but by the end of year they will have two. The Chargers are about to go on a run. And at that point someone will say "OMG why didnt we keep Anthony Lynn as Head Coach." Coaches dont matter, wideouts dont matter, fat defensive tackles dont matter...GET A QUARTERBACK!

Its week 11, if you dont know what you do best by now you shouldn't be coaching in the NFL.

You get a better quarterback and everyone around him starts to look better. I have no idea how good the o-line is or isnt because our current quarterback holds the ball for 3 seconds every time he drops back, scrambles, spins runs towards the sideline and dumps it off to a back in the middle of the field. Everything, o-line, d-line, tackling, and even down to the culture of the team changes when you have a good quarterback because you're winning and nothing else matters. Make no mistake about it, the problem with the Bills is quarterbacking.