BuffaloRebound

Bills' defense is not NFL-worthy. Huge holes for RB's and uncovered WR's are what you see in college mis-matches, not in an NFL game. Coordinator needs his pink slip.

The most pathetic part is that our defensive line gets paid a lot of money. Stroud, Williams, Edwards, Johnson... these guys are all making lots of money. Stop handing out big contracts when the team stinks, and especially stop handing out good money to free agents. Until we get a QB and a pass rush, it is pointless to spend trying to build a 7-9 team.

I agree about Fitz making it easier to evaluate the offensive talent, but comparing to 1986 is a stretch. That squad already had Kelly and Smith on the roster.

I think similar to adequate QB play making it easier to identify what needs fixing in the offense, it is very hard to identify what the true defensive problems are when the pass rush is pathetic. NFL is a passing league more than ever, and with no pass rush the better QB's will carve you up and make everything look easy.

I think the Bills job would be a lot more appealing to Harbaugh if he could coach his star pupil.

Don't know how much of a factor not wanting to play in Buffalo will affect Luck's decision. But if he is the clear top talent at QB and the Bills have the #1 overall pick, the Bills would be fools not try and hire Harbaugh and make it a package deal to entice Luck to leave.

I agree with this. Edwards looks exactly the same as last year. Gailey gets paid a lot of money and is supposed to be an offensive guru, yet 90% of the Bills fanbase knew Edwards didn't have what it takes on Sundays. At least he admitted his mistake, but we basically wasted the whole off-season.

Don't like how he plays out of the shot-gun it looks like exclusively, but he looked very impressive on that last drive. That type of hostile environment where it looked like all the momentum was with Georgia. Mallett showed a lot. As Locker just throws a duck to Nebraska.

Now is the time to trade Lynch. His value will decline further once the season is over when he is another year removed from being a featured back and teams have the draft and free agency to upgrade their running game.

Maybe, but I'd still take a 3rd rounder for him. His value isn't going up when he is another year removed from being a featured back.

Not confident about the Bills winning, but I actually think this will be a close game. Gailey seems to be capable of making proper adjustments, our secondary is our strength, Green Bay is coming off a nice road win and we are certainly an opponent that is easy to overlook right now.

Our offense versus their defense didn't even look like a fair fight. They played so much more aggressive than we did and simply man-handled us. I'll leave the in-depth analysis to the experts, but sometimes the leadership and toughness has to come from someone out on the field.

Feel bad for him, but as far as the team goes, he hasn't been healthy enough for his absence to matter much.

It is easier to change the QB than make changes at multiple positions on the O-Line. Gotta play the QB who gives you the best chance to win given the current situation.

Agree with all of this. Will also add that if the Offensive Line remains this bad, Fitzpatrick gives us the better chance to win. Edwards got time to throw in the preseason. Didn't get much today.

Edwards didn't look good, but we couldn't run the ball either. Offensive line got manhandled, and Miami knew all of our tendencies. Chan also gets his first taste of what Trent looks like in less than ideal weather conditions.

Luck has unbelievable potential. Size, intangibles, speed/mobility, arm strength, touch... only weakness I see right now is he needs to work on his accuracy. Unfortunately for the Bills, Luck would be well served staying at least another year. Not a huge Locker fan. Great athlete, but don't think he will ever be a great passer.

I'd be very surprised if we don't pick up at least one Tight End. There's a reason Foschii and that other guy weren't on anyone's 80 man roster as of last week.

??? He's not playing.

Without a pass rush, it is hard to argue with the predictions. 3rd down will be this team's downfall. Someone needs to beg Schobel out of retirement. Pay him a couple million dollars to replace Maybin on 3rd downs.

When have you ever seen this with a rookie? Spiller is already our most important player, and it's probably not even really close.

Fred was walking around the sidelines Saturday night and it looked like he only had a splint on it. Found it interesting that Lynch was not on the sidelines.

I've never been a big fan of Ellison, but he is a good tackler and decent coverage LB. I think he's a better option as the nickel LB than Scott or should at least be considered. I also think McCargo has had a solid pre-season. I don't think we have enough good LB's to consistently play a 3-4, so McCargo has a chance at a roster spot. McCargo and Ellison are probably battling for the same spot and it most likely comes down to special teams play.

Linebackers and then some more linebackers. Moats looks bad at times, but he's the only guy we have at ILB that has the potential to be a playmaker. As much as we need a pass rush, we need middle linebackers who don't get lost in the trash.

Without knowing the details of his contract, costing a lot of money can mean different things. It looks like he signed a 5 year, $17.6m contract that could escalate into $25m based on playing time and sacks. His base salaries are well under a million dollars the next 2 years according to Rotoworld. Any signing bonus he was already paid is irrelevant. So you're willing to give up on him to save $500k this year that is really only $200k after you replace him with a guy like Coleman who would make $300k? As others said, he plays hard albeit not smart, is still very young and seems to have a positive attitude. Ellis showed nothing his first 2 years and now looks poised for a breakout year.