Wiz

I cringed when they dumped Smerlas in favor of the smallish Jeff Wright. No doubt that with the '88 d-line of Bruce, Smerlas and Art Still, they would have beaten the Giants and competed in the next three. Regardless of their regular season record against the NFC, the Super Bowl is a different game. Bottom line was that the front office was content in being the best AFC team and never made the adjustments defensively to better match up against the more physical NFC offenses.

Jason Peters is a dolt and I have a feeling we won't miss him. He only believed that he was responsible for the defensive end in front of him and nothing else That isn't necessarily a bad thing as usually he would be lined up against the best. However, he didnt' have the intelligence to understand that the o-line is a unit that must know each others responsibilities on each play. This was clear in the performance of the entire line and by Peter's comments after the games in which he would clear himself of any responsibility of the poor perfomance. White or black, the o-line isn't a good posiion to have a diva and I'm encouraged to see the Bills stock up on talented smart guys who are nasty, will work hard and be happy to do their job in relative anonymity.

That's okay, SKOOBY has proven that there is no correlation between car ownership and football knowledge. Keep the info flowing.

This is very telling. Oher has a learning disability and still managed to do double Peters score on a standardized test. It further explains how Peters allowed himself to become a tool of a slick agent wanting a big payday. Oher's scouting report says he has a difficult time with complex blocking schemes. How is that different from Peters? According to Peters he was only responsible for one defensive player per play. If you ask him, he thoroughly dominated that player all game with the exeption of a couple (game changing) plays.

The thing that bothered me the most about him this past season were his excuses after the games, "Well, I thoroughly dominated, except for that one (game changing) play." He would never man up.

I doubt it. Kelly had a big ego and a ROOKIE head coach coming in and telling him he was expendable(especially for a one-year wonder) would not have been handled well. Skoob, unsurprisingly you miss the point. It's about ego and self-perception Cutler sees himself as a leader and doesn't see himself as trade fodder especially coming off a pro bowl season. BTW, Kelly's first two seasons weren't very successful. Without looking, I'll bet Cutler's stats compare favorably to Kelly's did at a similar stage in his career.

In fairness to Cutler, how do you think a 25-year old Jim Kelly would have responded under similar circumstances. If a new coach had come in and tried to trade him, Kelly would have wanted the hell out of Buffalo.

Another possibility is that the Lions front office sent out this story to explain away how they allowed such an (sarcasm on) outstanding interior lineman that would certainly shore up their o-line get away. "We did our best, but the Bills front office dropped the ball!!"

Both teams were full of flaws, i.e. Steelers o-line, Cards' young db's. I couldn't help but think how the Bills coaches would have f'd up either of those last two drives with their time management and play calls.

How about Ralph's fat daughter? I hear she's a candidate. But, who's gonna scout offensive lineman????!!!!!!

Ralph is just tickled to death to own a team that's turning a profit with all the attention he gets from it in his elder years. Winning or losing is not important until it begins to affect his bottom line.

That's will be one hellacious sneeze if they have to travel east to New York. The Eagles at home they have a shot.

I was hoping the Lions would extend his contract just to keep him out of the booth. Their gain is our loss!!!!

This is great schitt. Sad, but true.

I would agree, but for the fact that I don't know what type of contract Peters is expecting. I say we should pay him the average of the top five left tackles in the league. I just don't know that he would accept that. I think he has allowed his news clippings (and his agent) to get into his head and wants to be the highest paid tackle in the league.

Unfortunately, owning the Bills is a pipe dream for Kelly. He doesn't have a pot to piss in and any partnership he's putting together will not be able to compete with the players who will come out after Ralph dies.

Get off your f'ing soapbox. I didn't say it "automatically means that he won't win football games". I just don't see skin color as a "qualification" and definitely not something that should be taken into account when choosing a head coach.

And what does that have to with winning football games?

I don't care if our coach is sexy. He can weigh 300 lbs and have the face of a bull moose as long as he knows how to win. BTW, why doesn't Dick LeBeau's name ever come up. I know he sucked in Cincy, but who hasn't. Is it that LeBeau has made it known that he wants nothing to do with being a head coach again.

The ONLY motivation I see Parcells having for coming to Buffalo is to be able to brag that he brought each team in the AFC East to the playoffs. Russ, your a marketing hot-shot, get the Tuna on the phone and sell the idea!!!!

Agreed. Marv f'ed up in the most important decision for a GM.

Yeah, don't mess with Smithers. Others have before only to be forced out of the "inner circle" and lead another team to a Super Bowl win.

I wonder what type of quality input Jeff Littman, a f'ing accountant, is going to have concerning Jauron's viability as a head coach? Perhaps, he will discuss Jauron's contract and he will assist the "inner circle" in crafting a strategy to have Jauron resign instead of firing him.

Didn't Ralph first use the term "inner circle" when referencing Modrak's entry into this distinguished group? What a dope!!! I'm surprised he didn't have a press release when his daughter, Linda Bogdan broke the gender barrier to enter such a select club.

It had to be some Dick!!!