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Can't say I blame him. Why would he want to stay? He sees what we see. It's just more to rightfully piss us all off. I didn't want to see Pat leave but figured it was okay considering other teams would overbid for him, which they did. But you don't go from 3rd vs the run to 31st vs the run with the same exact scheme unless something is different up front. Donahoe and his staff were wrong about Pat, and now he's making a big stink. Don't think it's a small deal that ex-Bills hate this staff. Free agents listen to the opinion of other players more than they listen to the coaches who would hire them. It plays a significant role, and there are a lotta ex-Bills who are not doing Donahoe and Mularkey any favors toward strengthening this team. BTW: I'm more angry about this lost season than I am about the 2003 farce. At least then it was clear that the Pats were far and away the best of the division. This year the division is as soft as it has been in what, 20 years? It's there for the taking. 10-6 would have been a virtual lock on the division. And yet Mularkey got beat by the horrid Raiders and hapless Saints. And I don't even believe they've had any of their humble pie.

what pisses me off about as much as the bills' record is hacks like this who are lucky enough to have jobs writing about football and yet they can't lift a finger to verify somebody's name. THERE ARE ONLY 32 FUGGIN GMs in this league and he can't get Donahoe's name right? How do !@#$s like this keep their jobs? Where's the fuggin editorial staff?

"With the material we have and taking everything into consideration, the team played really hard (Sunday). I'm proud of them." ...with the material we have...? You mean, the material that this admin has had 5 years to assemble? Now, doesn't the next quote sound like an aping of what he's hearing from the coaches? "Wilson said. "He's upset like we all are. We can't seem to finish off games that are close. But with all the changes in the offensive line ... well, it's hard to jell." So whose fault is it that the best 5 linemen were not established back at camp? Whose fault is it that Benny Anderson was brought in and they twice have experimented with putting a guy in his spot who has never played guard? I think that Ralph, in his old age, is easy to sway. You just tell him what you want him to think and he repeats it, like old folks often do. Ralph 10 years ago would be properly pissed off. I don't care if 4-7 and another lost season is due to a failure on the personnel staff, the coaches, the players, or a combination of all 3. They're not getting the job done, and feeding Ralph these cliches about the OLine pisses me off. The attitude out of OBD is "Oh well...maybe next year..." This is the culture that this staff has created. http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/p...347/1007/SPORTS

mariucci is a good coach hamstrung by his GM, matt millen. Millen's the guy who should be fired.

The 2005 Bills will be remembered as The Lost Opportunity Chances are, we won't get this soft of a Patriots team again. Miami will be better next year. Jets will be too, cuz they'll at least have their QB situation worked out. And if they don't have Herm Edwards, that's an immediate upgrade. The AFC East has never been this easy to win, and yet here we are, with the same damn record as the miami dolphins in their rebuilding season. If there has ever been a year to be pissed off about the intractable mediocrity of this football team, it's this year. And yet my expectations have become so low for this team and this coach, that I found myself not feeling pissed or frustrated at all after today's loss. This is the first time I can truly say this since the rebuilding year of 2001. I don't believe Mularkey is good enough to win consistently in this league. I see too many stupid play calls and bad gameday decision making and guys that don't fight to win games. I see them in love with a QB who is clearly talented but lacks the more important qualities you look for in a QB...field vision, quick decision making, and poise. I'm not down on him...rather, my expectations are about knee-high. I think that one day he'll probably be as good as Jake Plummer...under Mike Mularkey. Under a better coach, with a better mind, I'd like JP a whole lot more. I have officially waited long enough for Mike Mularkey to prove something to me. He has not gotten the job done, and the continued failure of the offense to play even AVERAGE offensively is unacceptable. I'm just fed up with the same old problems - bad blocking, mediocre quarterbacking, awful playcalling, not playing with passion, not stopping them on 3rd down, always taking a bad penalty at the worst time, making bad game day choices, ...on and on... I'm on the anti-Mularkey train, and I'm not getting off until getting off is merited.

McGahee should STFU and play harder, all the time. One day he might deserve the title of Great Back

When are the local media going to ask Mularkey the right questions after the game, instead of just tossing him all those softballs? He was supposed to bring an offense to this team, and we still stink. Do you ever have confidence that we'll score? I know I don't. We refuse to let McGahee get comfortable, we apparently can't coach Losman to take the percentage throws and not stare down his #1 guy, and we can't stop anyone on 3rd down. Does Mularkey believe he's earning his paycheck as the highest paid head coach in bills history, adjusted for inflation?

I've seen a lot of JP, nearly enough to draw some conclusions: He stares down receivers He overreacts He doesn't take the percentage throws He waits for receivers to get open rather than throw to the spaces they're supposed to be. He has potential, and I'm not really judging him here. I think he played an okay game. But the playcalling still stinks, the blocking still stinks, and I don't believe in Mularkey.

Bottom line: This offense, led by Mularkey, is just not good enough. You don't make the playoffs when you're ranked 30th in the league.

He had evans deep, and if he had any sense, he'd have tossed it out there where only an incompletion or an Evans reception could be made. I'm gonna start counting the number of times losman overreacts, runs right, and throws it to a sideline coach. So far we're at 4.

that last play that took us practically out of FG range is a perfect example of the stupid playcalling exhibited by this offensive staff. GET THE FIRST DOWN in this situation, and the LAST thing you let happen is a deep sack. Peppers vs. an undrafted rookie free agent TE? Run the ball.

The kid isn't showing much. He's panicking again. And that's the last thing you want to see in a QB. If I'm playing that Bills stock game I'd sell here and look to buy back near support, at 4-8. Our offense is a joke.

you're wrong about 6. Apparently you haven't been watching the games very closely. Gandy has proven to be every bit as good at containing speed rushers and bull rushers as Jennings, and I would argue that he's a better run blocker. I know he's tougher, cuz Jennings couldn't stay healthy. He's on IR and played in 2 games for the 9ers. Gandy hasn't missed a start yet, and comes at 1/6 the cost had we re-signed Jennings. Gandy was a SOLID pickup and I'm happy he's our LT. LT is NOT our problem. LG and RT are. Teague and Villarial have also played well.

You name one old example and claim he's the most wrong nfl writer? pleeease. He writes better than anyone at ESPN, and if you argue with his approach to the game then you argue with common sense. Prove it.

you can't argue with it cuz it's 100% true. easterbrook is rarely wrong.

Exactly. Here we are in midseason and the coaches STILL don't know who are best five linemen are? It appears I've been defending these guys for too long. There is simply NO defensive ammunition left. No numbers to toss out. No comparable anecdotes where Team X did Y and went on to win Z games, why can't we? There's nothing left. There is only sucking.

I think we have enough good players to make the playoffs and win a game or two. We have good LBs, CBs, and pretty good safeties...although they don't hit for schit. Good DEs, mediocre DTs. Mediocre line, very good WRs, although I don't want to see Josh Reed continue to drop balls and get that stupid look on his face. Bench 'em. I'd rather see J. SMith out there. Anyway, my point is that I belive the problem is coaching. I just don't think Jerry Gray is as good as billed. I don't believe it. And I don't think we have coaches with the elite smarts that it takes to get the job done. They're good enough to win one, lose two, win two, lose three, win one, lose one, win one, lose three, etc. Last year's run consisted of two tough wins and three marshmallow teams with a fired coach. It was a mirage. I'm going empirical on the Bills. Screw "belief". I'll doubt these guys until they prove otherwise. In the meantime, maybe the Sabres can do something.

Troo, troo. I just expected a lot more from this group of football men. clutching at straws to figure out why this team plays as poorly and inconsistently as it does.

Well hey, no example is argument-proof. And I admit to occasional hyperbole. It probably would have been better if I had just compared the Bills to nobody but their own record. 5 years, still don't have an effective, consistent offensive line. The BIG ANSWER this year was...Bennie Anderson. Our best linemen are Chris Villarial and Trey Teague, and I like both those guys well enough. Gandy has been solid, particularly for his pay rate, but left guard and right tackle have been this line's dual achilles for years. We have guys who just don't seem to play with much heart. And for the second time on TD's watch, we have a coach who repeats the same thing after every loss, who has only beaten ONE good coach on the road (Holmgren) and who can't seem to find the right strategy for the games that matter most. I won't even mention his gameday coaching. TD has a knack for picking guys that just have no feel for it. I give Mike credit for looking good and being a stand-up, classy, likeable guy. I'd rather have an ugly prick who wins games.

Hey andy bandy bo bandy bananafanna fo fandy me my mo mandy andy: Good thing we didn't decide to finally get together for this one.

You watch. We'll hear the same things we always hear. We have to execute better. We haven't played to our potential. We haven't gelled yet. We haven't been consistent.

I look at the team Bill Polian has built. And it didn't take long on his watch for the Colts to be a real contender. Look at the team AJ Smith has built in less time than TD. Look at the team Marvin Lewis has built in two years on the job. His GM has nothing to do with it. He buys the groceries. I could go on and on, but you know what I mean. I'm tired, so tired of the mediocrity. Tired of TD's soft excuses. Tired of the same old problems, year after year. How many years now have fans screamed OFFENSIVE LINE? And TD thinks he's done enough, and we just haven't gelled yet. Always a reason. TD and his crew have hit on quite a few good players, but their overall performance is worthy of a firing. I have defended him and defended him and defended him. But I'm out of ammunition. I'd like to see him succeed in the end but I have ZERO faith. And he's 0-2 in selecting coaches. I like Mike in so many ways, but I just don't think he has the elite smarts to take a team very far. He hasn't shown anything, so how could I think otherwise? The Bills are heading for 7-9, 8-8 at best. What's the 5-year record again? What's the home record? Where is this offense ranked on average through 5 years? If only this was an all-special teams game.

And another thing: Does anyone know when the last time Milloy made a play? If there's a strong safety in this league who takes poorer angles, I'd like to know who it is.

Anyone wanna get a petition going? This is a ship of fools.

Here's what you do at the half: 1. Tell Josh Reed to sit for the rest of the game. 2. Tell Jerry Gray he's overrated. 3. Tell Nate that for a guy in a contract season, he's not making a great case. 4. Miraculously heal up McGee's hammy so we can get Greer off of Gates. What a matchup. 5. Tell Mike that maybe he shouldn't have taken the playcalling away from TC. Maybe he should have taken it away from TC and given it to Sam Wyche. Or Brian Moorman, whatever works. 6. Keep running stop and go routes with Parrish until they stop it. Hey, I saw it in training camp once. 7. Remind Tom Donahoe that this is the offense after 5 years. 8. Remind Tom Donahoe that you're only as good as your offensive line.