RuntheDamnBall

Well, you've got to have somebody on the scout team who can replicate how a nervous QB who always checks down will run an offense.

I liked Heard, but he wasn't irreplaceable. They obviously think Carrington and Moore have higher ceilings, so I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt on depth guys. More bummed about losing Dwan Edwards than Heard, who was hurt, anyway. And ^ this, too. Good point.

I would say so. Marv's best trait was his ability to manage the different personalities in a talented but volatile locker-room. This quality + 15 more years of age doesn't really translate to a front-office position where you have to leave no stone unturned in a quest to find a competitive edge. Buddy has his faults but I believe in a front office that puts scouting front and center.

Kyle Williams was a fifth round pick. Judge the player and the fit, not the place where they were drafted. If anything, judge the draft / scouting staff for spending that pick on a guy who by his own admission appeared not to be a fit. Once he gets to practice, it's up to the coaches to evaluate and most everyone besides those who have been paid very expensive bonuses should be starting with a clean slate.

Marv said lots of things. He was also a terrible GM.

Maybe there is going to be a bidding war for the dude. Are teams allowed to carry a 54th man provided he is only there to do sweet BMX jumps at halftime?

Are you kidding me? McNair was a consistently top-5 QB with a rocket arm and insane athleticism. Jackson's best season is on par with some of McNair's worst. I think the Jackson pickup isn't terrible and he'll be an OK backup, but Jackson profiles much more like Rex Grossman, Vince Young at best, Tyler Thigpen or Losman at worst.

I can see all that. It just seems folly to have signed VY in the first place if they had these same reservations, and weren't committed to seeing if they could get anything out of him over the course of the season, esp if Jackson was on their radar. I did think VY looked decent last week and that's why it's surprising, but if he was as bad as you say, it makes more sense, especially following a middling camp. I'm just dubious of the notion that Jackson represents very much of an upgrade, with this little time to learn the Bills' system. I truly hope Fitz ends up being good and healthy enough to keep him on the bench.

I guess I'm just of the mind that, for everyone pointing fingers at fans for panicking, this seems like a panic move in and of itself. If it was really a move that needed to made before cuts, it just seems like it could have been made awhile ago to get the backup into camp with the whole squad. I didn't see the whole game last night so I'm not aware of how bad Young may or may not have looked, and if that plus presence in camp really has convinced them Young is a goner, I guess it's not the worst thing in the world. See, this is funny.

That's fair, but in the draft you're buying talent and potential. We know what Jackson is right now and it should be easy enough to come by on the waiver wire.

Please run down the list, because I see two QBs who both can't read defenses, are mobile, and make a **** ton of mistakes that they try to overcome with their athleticism.

By adequately do you mean "threw almost as many INTs as TDs," "led them to zero playoff victories," or "was supplanted by Gus Frerotte?"

Hard to believe the Bills are trading yet another draft pick for JP Losman.

Problem with this is that maybe Nix and Gailey would have liked Kuechly over Gilmore, too. Too bad the Bills didn't draft high enough to get him. What exactly can you blame them for, here?

I wonder if he has a pair of little red shorts.

I can't imagine. Folks around these parts were, but I'm glad it's Gailey, and not them, running the team.

I wish Easley all the best, but I've said this many, many times: it's insane to count on Easley as a starter after 2 years sitting out. I'd be pissed if Gailey were counting on Easley, because it would show that he doesn't have an alternative plan for a guy who has so far missed the entirety of his first two seasons to injury. It's like what some people chastize the team for in its approach to Merriman, without any history of dominant NFL play to fall back upon. I'm sure Easley's in better football shape and more mentally prepared to play on this team, than, say, me. But he's not competing with me, he's competing with guys who are there every day fighting for the position. He has very enticing potential, but the Bills are not and should not be in the business of shepherding along prospects at this point. They should be contending for the playoffs and more, and if Easley can't help them do that at some point this year, better than can Hagan or Roosevelt or Jones, the Bills have to give serious thought as to whether Easley belongs on the roster. If he's as talented as some here believe, he shouldn't have any trouble beating those three out. But he's certainly not the lock to start or even make the team that many here have touted him to be based on his one year at UConn or two-thirds of three preseason games and limited training camp time.

Why is this the first thing I thought of?

Hi there.

LOLZ. Crime and stupidity are hilarious. Like everybody, I hoped Hargrove would turn it around here, but I am not sweating the Bills' current position without the guy.

I think that #1 is really the big one. I am very excited about what Wannstedt will bring, and that the Bills appear to have given him all the ingredients. There are some premier D-coordinators in this league who are really just average calling the shots at the head coach position, but who know the game as well as anybody. Dave Wannstedt, Wade Phillips, Dom Capers - these are the kind of guys whom you are lucky to have running your defense. I think it's going to mean a lot. Even better - he had a chance to sit back and see what was going on, and to evaluate these players without the responsibility of running the D. (That is, if we are to believe that Edwards was really the one in charge last year - I take Gailey at his word on that). That looks like a luxury to me. A little postcript / random musing, but I wonder how well Wannstedt/Wade/Capers would have fared as head coaches if they had lucked into Tom Brady or someone like him. I still think Belicheck isn't really all that as a head coach, and that he just happens to have an awesome QB on his hands to make him look even smarter than he is.

I'm guessing the fact that you have not heard tons of raves about Easley during OTAs means his career is likely over. That, or it's June, and football season is almost 3 months away. Take your pick.

aaaaand a whole lot of THIS.^^^^ I think Justin Bannan does. Kyle Williams skips the pail and just brings a giant hunk of granite and chews on it.

I think the bigger deal is an NFL (and larger sports) culture that doesn't really prepare men to face their issues - fear, failure, life after a very short career, irrelevance. These are things that can sink the average individual, to say nothing of someone who experiences euphoric highs and exposure and "relevance" in our culture. Lots of people struggle with their self-worth after a job has run its course. And in the NFL you are basically being told at a very young age that you are too old, infirm, not tough enough to do what you've spent all of your time preparing for since youth. I do agree that on the face of it, some of these things sound really magnified to say the least. But I can also understand how meaningless one's life might feel when you've gotten the kind of build-up these guys get, then suddenly it's over. We've seen the same thing with a lot of our favorite Bills.

We intend to compete.