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Seems to be adding up - Jauron's confirmed desire to speed things up, Schonert's rube-goldberg-style offense getting the axe, Walker getting cut and the recent quotes from TO and Fred Jackson seem to indicate that they are fully committed to a high octane, fast paced, down the field passing attack. Let's hope the no huddle can hide the inexperience of the OL.

Got it. Not an apologist for Donahoe, just wanted to emphasize Marv's role in the Royal debacle. I think Marv's reign reign as GM will go down as one of the worst in the franchise's history.

Don't hang Robert Royal on Donahoe. That was one of Marv's prize FA pickups.

This is the key fact that people seem to be missing. DJ is not going ANYWHERE, folks.

I suspect that the timing of this has EVERYTHING to do with the change in coordinators. From all indications Jauron wants the no huddle run faster and the offense simpler. Here's my guess: Turk: More complex offense + Walker advocate = slower pace to offense AVP: Simpler offense + Bell advocate = faster pace to offense

Thanks for the props guys! It's nice to be right but I wish I was right about something POSITIVE.

Um, remember who was rushing the passer when Trent was making those throws in practice.

I totally expect Trent to actually release one long ball within the first series or two against the Pats, maybe even on the very first play. I think AVP will MAKE him throw it (assuming he's still vertical), even if the receiver isn't open.

Renting Rhodes seems really Mickey Mouse to me, considering the total payroll is $129 million. Just because you CAN do something according to the rules, doesn't make it right. Low class, IMO.

Let's face it - this team insists on giving us relatively inexperienced coordinators who have to learn on the job - and this is probably a reflection of the quality of our head coaches. The only notable exceptions in the post-Levy era that I can think of are Joe Pendry (who actually fielded, statistically, a decent offense) and Kevin Gilbride. All others on both sides of the ball seem to be those promoted from the position coach level. I think this accounts for a lot of our problems. Here's hoping that AVP can buck the trend - but I'm not hopeful.

My guesses are Derek Fine and Langston Walker. And it BETTER be tense over there!!!!

My son and I flew in for the opener last year, from Houston obviously. I was accompanying him in the men's room at the time the play of the year went down - that being Roscoe's amazing punt return against the Seahawks. On the plus side, my son was filmed by an in-stadium camera (and I was alerted to it in advance) so I was able to snap the scoreboard photo above - a pretty cool souvenir of his first time ever at RWS! Funny, at 9 yrs. old the kid has no appreciation for what the long odds were of that happening. We're heading to the opener again this year - would like to take him every year as long as the Bills stay in Buffalo. It's an experience I'm glad to be able to give my kid. The rest of the year we are glued to Sunday Ticket!

Billnut bows to almighty Joe In Macungie!

I agree that Schottenheimer would be a good fit for this team - a transitional coach to at least get you to respectability. Then you need another coach to take you to the next level after that. And he has "the gleam"....

Fixed. If nothing else, this shocker shows that Jauron knows he's on the hot seat and has to produce this year. Clearly he's learned from past failures to make OC changes before it was too late (see John Shoop in Chicago).

Nobody should EVER mistake me for a DJ fan, but how do we know that DJ hasn't changed his approach to game management this year? I don't care about his postgame quotes, I want to see how they do on the field. The O is showing a no-huddle look in preseason, and who would have expected that from a Dick Jauron team? I'm not saying he's a coach of the year candidate but I'm willing to see what he puts on the field (no huddle, aggressive play calling on both sides of the ball, taking the game to the other team mentality) before I write him off for good. One thing's for sure, if the results don't change he's going to be replaced. You have to assume he knows that too, so it will be interesting to see how he responds. Surely this will be his last shot as an NFL head coach, and he knows it.

Well, I can confirm I just saw the same thing you did on NFL Total Access. For those who didn't see it on the NFL Network, the show did not elaborate on what info they have to suggest the possibility that he's out. Here's what the worst source in the world, the Pats* website, says: "Wes Welker has been a regular in the locker room these days, but not on the football field. Since starting the Cincinnati game in Week 2 of the preseason, the Pro Bowl wide receiver has been out of commission with an undisclosed injury. “It’s pretty much team policy that we don’t speak about those things,” he told curious reporters on Tuesday. Is there any concern that he might not be ready in time for the regular season opener on September 14? If there is, Welker wouldn’t admit to any. “Right now, I’m just working hard to get back out there,” he offered. “That’s my goal right now – just continue to work hard on a daily basis and get back there as soon as possible.”

Well said!

Donte - shut your yap, quit clamoring for attention and just MAKE A PLAY.

Have been unable to find any info on Bell's status - anyone know?.

Childress headset to address his hearing problems

So you're saying this board values style over substance? I never would have guessed.

Well, Big Cat has spoken so there's nothing more to say on this subject.

Check out these Edwards quotes from after the Packers and Steelers games. Seems to me that Trent is crying out for some decent coaching the only way he knows how - very carefully and subtly through the media. After the Packers game: "If you want to call the plays and throw the ball down field, that's fine but I'm taking what the defense is giving me, continuing to go through my reads and that's the way I'm coached. We have coaches that are paid a lot of money to coach me that way and that's the plays that are being made and that's what I need to do and not get outside of it." Trent after Packers game And again after the Steelers game: "There is area for concern," he said. "There is plenty of things we need to fix pretty quickly. But I feel like we have a good group of guys who want to go in the right direction who want to be coached, and that's the bottom line." Trent after Steelers game So he says after the Steelers game that the Bills players are a good group of guys who "want to go in the right direction and want to be coached." Have you ever heard a player talk like that? If a team is losing and a player says the guys "want to be coached", isn't that a veiled cry for help? Maybe I'm overreaching here but both of these quotes sound to me like Trent is distancing himself (and, in the second quote, distancing all the players) from the coaches. Either Trent is to blame but refuses to take personal responsibility for the current mess, or he believes that the coaching is at fault and is starting to say so publicly. Either way, it looks to me like we are headed for a train wreck at OBD - and this is all before TO even comes on the scene. Yikes - could be a wild ride this year!

Misleading post title. Please change the words "some information" to "A rumor".