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If Bills fans could take a step back and look a few years ahead, they should be able to see a very solid and talented core of veteran offensive players like Tyrod Taylor, Sammy Watkins and Karlos Williams in a league without Brady, Manning, Brees, Rothlesburger (who will all be retired). Also when watching today's game, just ask yourself if Fitzpatrick's going to be lighting it up for the Jets a few years down the road like he is now? Who's Taylor's competition in the AFC East in a few years? Those teams will all have new QBs by then and probably none of them will near as good as Taylor. The Bills just need to concentrate on putting together a great offensive line and fill in the rest on defense every year with cheap veterans who want to come along for the playoff ride every year. This is how I see things going for this team. Is it a bummer that this year's transition of new coaches and schemes, Taylor's first year starter ups and downs, injuries and penalties brought down everyone's high hopes? Sure it is, but we need to try to look at the silver lining of what these young players will do in an "all offense" league without the greatest group of QBs in NFL history to worry about anymore.

Does anyone else think that Rex will go all in with his brother as his defensive coordinator next year? He knows that 2016 is his "do or die" season as Bills' HC and he'll want to go down fighting arm and arm with his brother? He seems like someone who wouldn't care one bit about the criticisms and barbs of this move by the fans and media. It would last a week and the NFL would move onto another story. As for the original question...I have no idea until all the chips have fallen, like seeing who stays and who goes, and what they get through the draft and free agency.

I think the Jets are looking like a team that could reach the Superbowl this year. They are humming along with solid veteran players who really like to play with each other. I'd be kind of shocked if the Bills playing a bunch of 2nd, 3rd and 4th stringers win this game.

A mess of confusion on defense, penalties and a first year starting QB on training wheels gave everyone a season of unsatisfying memories. What I do want for 2016 is for the offense to become more slanted towards passing for TDs early in games. That seems to be the key to winning more games in the modern NFL game IMO. There was much to much offensive passivity in games this year which led to long droughts of point production. Since it will be Taylor second year, the hope is that they can attack much more early in games.

I do. The Jets with that defense, Fitz's amazing chemistry with Marshall and Decker and the confidence of beating the Pats in overtime in a meaningful game is a combination that gives me the opinion of there being almost no chance of this muddling Bills team blowing them out.

The chance of the Bills blowing out the Jets is extremely small. Like 2%. They're probably the second best team in the AFC right now. I just hope Taylor gets the opportunity to win the game at the end and come through.

I think fans here forget about the most important aspect about being a viable starting QB in the NFL. It's not about completion percentages or QBR, it's about what you do in the fourth quarter when your team needs big plays in the passing game to win the close games. This is Taylor's biggest failure so far, but it's something you can chalk up to fact that he's still developing as a starting QB. It's not a knock, it just is what it is right now. The best thing for the Bills on Sunday would be for Taylor to win this game with his arm in the final seconds. It would go a long way for him and this team to have confidence that he is getting it and turning the corner to becoming the long term answer. If he doesn't and they lose that doesn't mean he's not the answer, just that he still has next year to prove he can eventually do it. But at some point he needs to start doing this or it's on to another QB.

I think that the pressure level drops significantly once you are beyond the top 15 picks which is a good thing. The team can feel free to not have to worry about fan outrage if they want to pick the top guard. It just frees up what they'd like to do with the pick. As for the Jets game, the Jets are a hard bunch to really hate that much. Even Brandon Marshall seems like a cool guy. But I'm hoping the Bills crush them in their last game of the season. It would at least feel good to have that 4-2 record in the AFC East going out with an exclamation point ruining the Jets playoffs plans.

I agree. Rex choose pride of his defensive scheme over the 2015 Buffalo Bills team. Back in the day, teams had waaaaaaay more time to practice and get complicated schemes down. But Rex seems to be not intelligent enough to understand why it's not working out for him. There's just too much turnover in players, to many injuries to not have a more simplified defensive system. Then you add in that the Bills ran a completely different system last year and got to #4 in the league, geeez what the heck were you thinking? I still think Rex might get the boot because he'd be too stubborn to admit he needs to make a drastic change.

After the season, Terry, Whaley and Rex will have to have a serious sit down and discuss what the plan is for the defense in 2016. If Rex thinks that Terry and Whaley will be on board with a total overhaul of the defensive roster to get Rex's players to fit his scheme then he's lost his mind. So either Rex makes big time concessions or he very well could still be gone. Nothing anyone says right now makes Rex coming back a 100% certainty. Whoever Terry picks to consult with will no doubt tell him he's nuts if he keeps Rex and try's to overhaul the personnel of a defense that was #4 in the league just last year. Rex may be a big personality and a big name, but he's the main reason this team isn't in the playoffs. Everyone knows this. So because of that, Rex can still write his own ticket out of here if he plans to stick to this horrible defensive scheme.

Let's hope so, because the Bills' offense this season is from a by-gone era. Throw for points early, get ahead and run out the clock with your fresh RBs in the 4th quarter. That's today's game and we have one of the best receivers and RBs to do this.

I know there's a lot of talk about the defense needing big changes, but the truth is the offense needs to make big changes also IMO. Anybody want to know what Sammy Watkins numbers would be if he had the same amount of targets that Antonio Brown got this year?... (approx) 1650 yds, 18 TDs, 88 recs Here's hoping that Rex and Greg drop the old NFL "run the ball a lot" offensive philosophy and change over to the "try to actually score a lot of touchdowns" passing attack. This also keeps your running backs fresher and healthier throughout the year when you do need them to carry the ball a lot in certain games.

Considering how good and confident they looked in the opener, I have to say the second game against the Pats was a blow that this team never fully recovered from. This team needs to seriously lower the "drama" level for 2016. They need to follow Taylor's lead of having a calmness and not fall into the up and down emotional nature of Rex. Every other week it was about something other than winning the game Rex vs Jets, Shady vs the Eagles. Enough of that crap, just focus on winning the next game as a team.

I think Rex and the Bills are like one of those weird celebrity marriages that seemed like a good fit at the time but they both rushed into it without thinking it all the way through. It just seems like the Bills are a team that need a head coach with more common sense than bravado and one who has a much firmer hand that will have the respect of his players. Rex just doesn't get that the NFL game is changing exponentially. It changes from week to week. Game plans should change from week to week. You need to be able to go from running attack to passing attack. Fast pace offense to slow pace offense. You need to practice end of half and end of game situations a lot more than they clearly do now. Rex is just a laid back guy who would have probably been a great head coach in the seventies, but his style is a disaster in the modern game that the NFL has become. I think many here have come to the conclusion that there is no getting different results with Rex. That he's had his day, and it's probably time for him to go into broadcasting.

Rex blew it. This team is every bit as good as the Chiefs yet he chose to be arrogant enough to totally mess up the 4th best defense because he thought he knew better than the last crew that was here. The good thing about 2016 is that there will be a viable head coach in Roman here to take over if Rex needs to be shown the door. If the Bills tank these last three games I'd pull the ol' rip cord on the Rex era, name Greg the head coach and hopefully welcome back Schwartz.

It seems like the people being polled want Trump and the gap is growing wider. Not sure why there needs to be some sort of compromise candidate just to make the establishment less unhappy. The establishment GOP sold the American people down the river just like Obama did. It's become clear both parties are corrupt and the people probably aren't in the mood for any compromise.

That's funny. I expect Trump to tell Jeb to go home and get his shoe shine box next debate.

Much more important for this team to look strong heading into the offseason than to lose games. I think that you would even agree with this if the Bills did indeed turn it around and demolish Washington, Dallas and the Jets. Everyone could take some comfort that this team should be able to hit the ground running in 2016 after unfortunately taking the full 2015 season to settle into the new offense and defense. The two guys who have the most riding on these last three games are Taylor and Thurman IMO. Taylor is going to be the starter next year, but will the FO feel the need to draft a QB early if he doesn't show improvement these next three games? Thurman is on seriously shaky ground because there's no way he can come back if the defense continues to play horrible.

I think we all know the bandaid should probably be ripped off and let Rex go elsewhere. His act is probably not going to get better with age. The penalty issue will never get fixed. The stupid things they do every game will probably never get fixed. I was fun while it lasted, but I want the Bills to make the playoffs, not win the most entertaining head coach award. This league is about attacking on defense, attacking on offense through the air and not doing stupid things to hurt your chances to win. Rex is from the stone age of running the football and running his "genius" confuse the QB defensive system which has had hit or miss results for a long time now because the league has clearly caught up with it. I'd take Greg Roman as head coach at this point and hire Schwartz back as DC (or Fangio if the niners fire him).

You can tell by the results that the Des Moines poll is fraudulent. Isn't that paper kind of known for it's dishonesty? I think that the far left wants Cruz as the GOP candidate because they know his evangelist persona won't play at all in a general election. The only way Cruz wins is if the Hillary campaign implodes somehow.

When I see the term "establishment Republicans" I think of businessmen and politicians who's main goal is to have the cheapest labor possible. I don't think there are many middle and working class GOP voters who consider themselves as establishment. I think people in general are getting wise to the deep corruption of both parties.

I think there might have already been a "tipping point" for the silent majority. Just check out the gun sales from the last 5 years, it’s like Al Gore’s hockey stick “global warming” line. They obviously aren’t all GOP voters. I think a lot of people won’t be telling pollers they’re voting for Trump, who will enthusiastically be voting for Trump. Also, have you noticed the difference in crowd size for Trump and the small gatherings for the other GOP candidates? When is the last time anyone saw a huge crowd for Hillary? It may be anecdotal, but for the deeply troubled times we are in I think it might be a neon sign that a Trump win is already baked in.

I’m sorry, but specifically why is Trump the anitchrist and/or evil again? I try to follow the presidential election as best I can, but I didn’t hear about this story. Fiorina fired 30,000 people, where’s she on the evil meter? and Trump beats Hillary in the evil department? Really???? I guess I'm just not getting how you arrive at these conclusions given that you think these two are more pure than Trump.

What if the Bills are down 6 points with 20 seconds left and the Eagles are punting or kicking off? Would you rather Thigpen or Watkins back there? IMO there is no tomorrow if the Bills lose a game from here on out. I think the coaches need to come up with some creative ways to use their most skilled players.

I was so WRONG on that! He had 6 punt returns total in college and I read it wrong. He was mainly a kick returner. That said, I wonder if he would be great at the punt and kickoff return game and if the Bills should consider giving him a shot or two at it. He has the skill of being able to turn on a dime and that is a very good skill in returns.