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I do believe the Pegulas have decided to clean house... they're not stupid and I agree with another poster on this thread that the "silence is deafening". I am a little surprised that they aren't vetoing this move given the implications that a TT injury have on the future of the franchise. That said, given how Ralph caught so much crap for meddling with the quarterback position, maybe they are thinking the better of it. I actually think Rex would have been axed today had someone been on the coaching staff that could have acted as interim defensive coordinator. The entire defensive staff is filled with Rex's cronies - if they fire Rex, they have to fire Rob. Given Thurman's close relationship with Rex, would they fire him too? Or would he refuse to work? Ed Reed is probably in the same boat. You can't lose half your defensive coaching staff with 3 games left in the season, even if the remaining three games are completely meaningless.

To me, it just confirms in my mind that Russ should be headed out the door as part of a top-to-bottom cleaning of the football department. What do we know? - Russ was a big Rex Ryan supporter and persuaded the Pegulas to hire him, despite the GM supposedly being against the move. - Russ is in a weekly meeting to discuss football with the coach, GM, and owner. - Russ claims he has no input at all on the football side of the operation. Per points 1 and 2 above, that is a lie. - Russ sold away one home game per year to Toronto, putting the team at a competitive disadvantage, and told fans to shut up about it when we complained. - Russ used the football department as a marketing tool. I'm old enough to remember when Russ signed a washed up Terrell Owens. Doug Marrone was another Russ hire that was nothing short of a train wreck. For all of the above, the man should be let go. I'd be fine with him as a marketing only guy, but it is clear that he can't help himself and insists on meddling with the football operations side of the franchise.

Intelligence isn't everything (look at Fitz), but particularly in today's game, it's an important thing. Let's take a look at the current set of top quarterbacks: Luck: 37 Rodgers: 35 Brady: 33 Brees: 28 Wilson: 28 Roethlisberger: 25 Prescott: 25 Newton: 21 Other than maybe Newton, those are all significantly higher than 15.

For all those of you suggesting Todd Haley - do you remember how awful he was in Kansas City? He has a career record of 19-26. He is a self absorbed hothead with a poor temperament. This is the guy that fired Chan in the preseason. I mean, what could you have possibly seen in the preseason that you didn't see in the offseason that would force you to make that kind of move? Rex fired Roman early in the season, but at least in that case he saw two real football games with the starters in the entire time.

Now you're thinking like Russ!

Matt Patricia would be my first choice.

Will Taylor be the starting QB next week? Rex: "We'll see"

Honest question at this point... if the team from the second half of the Oakland game, and the entirety of this abysmal performance shows up, I think Cleveland might actually win. I didn't think it would happen a few weeks ago, but Rex has lost the team and I don't see Taylor improving.

At this point, I would honestly clean house. Whaley might not be completely at fault, but you have to cut ties completely with the previous administration and purge this franchise of this attitude that it's acceptable to miss the playoffs year after year. I would also boot Russ. Not likely to happen, but I can dream, right?

The team hasn't played a postseason game (i.e. a meaningful game in January) at home since 1996 and has a bunch of players from the ACC and SEC... snow hurts this team more than anything.

I always laugh when teams insist on playing sound effects over the PA when the team is playing like crap. Nothing like hearing that bell for a first down when you're down 56-10 late in the fourth quarter against the Patriots on Sunday Night Football almost ten years ago.

Pegula is a Western Pennsylvanian... if you think he isn't taking this loss hard, think again.

Hunter was wide open on that play...

I'm all for firing Rex tonight, but you're going to have to fire Rob, and Thurman is Rex's lackey. So, who runs the defense for three weeks? Ed Reed is another Rex guy... is there anyone on staff that could do it for three weeks?

I really do wonder if they can beat Cleveland.

Can we please get a grass field, Terry?

This is an embarrassment...

Please fire Rex now...

If they lose today... I don't see why you wouldn't start Cardale Jones. Cleveland is the weakest team in the league, if he's going to play any team that gives him the best chances of success, it's that one.

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By that point, we will have been eliminated from playoff contention. That's when the Bills win to lower their draft position, silly.

I do wonder... what would the trade market be like for TT? What do you think other teams would offer for him?

Watkins can't stay healthy. You can certainly make the case that Taylor's lack of accuracy forces his players into situations where they expose their bodies to injury... but yeah, if the guy isn't consistently playing, he isn't good enough.

Taylor has decent leadership skills and can run with the football, but he can't identify open receivers and his accuracy is garbage. His major improvement over Fitz is that he won't lose you the game with costly turnovers... but he isn't going to win you the game with his arm. I don't think the jury is still out on him - he is an average quarterback that won't lead a team to the playoffs on his own. He needs a dominant defense or a multitude of skill players on offense to get the team to the playoffs - McCoy alone won't cut it and Watkins isn't good enough. I think they should bring him back next year, but I also think they should draft someone and bring in a FA to compete for the job.

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