Bill from NYC

Thanks for a great post and bringing back memories of hogboy!!! :)

Absolutely. At one point he was the only good pass rusher on the team. Teams could double him up all day long and he still produced. Jauron used to send him in pass coverage as well. Schobel was a very good player but most people would compare him to Bruce. That sucked for him. Bravo! I hear ya Rico but Jauron had him lined up near the out of bounds line on some plays. Unbelievable. When Schobel got experienced he learned some good moves and didn't always go wide.

Dareus needs discipline. He didn't play too many kids games with Coach Saban. Do you think he gave a flying f#@* what Rex had to say?

Julio Jones and Amari Cooper suck too.

I hear ya! Villarrial was actually good at RG but once he got hurt he was horrid. Flowers was painfully bad. I agree wrt Gandy. He was really a backup but Walker truly did suck. He couldn't move and by the time he got out of his stance defenders were by him. The Bills, especially under Levy and Jauron, paid little attention to the OL. These chronic losers cared about the secondary above all. If the Bills had a decent OL they would have made some playoff appearances. Even now I differ with those who think our OL is good. I think that Tyrod masks their weakness just like Flutie did. IMO they are poor on the right side and Wood is an average at best center. I hope the rookie can play. Jmo.

Nice work Rico! It's great that you threw in Jerman. I must say that no list of awful Bills players would be complete without OG Marcus Spriggs. Marques Sullivan was depressingly awful as well.

The above is true GB, but imo 17 years of losing DOES place the coach in a different position. Having to install a completely different, winning mentality to this team after Rex will probably be very taxing. Otoh if he can get the team even to a wildcard spot, he will be a star in the eyes of the owner, players and the fans. His value as a coach in terms of compensation would instantly skyrocket. Wrt the Bills, a wildcard spot equates to huge success (imo of course).

Maybe, but I sort of like it. 17 years of losing is who we are. The coach must build on this and if he does, if he can even coach this football team to a wild card spot, this fan base will explode with glee. At this point, even some of our most rabid fans expect to lose.

The 06 was just awful and destroyed the team for may, many years, just like I said it would at the time.

Stephon Gilmore is on the bench by the end of the season.

Marv Levy would have done that too unless he took a corner.

Joe, I am an expert on this topic both personally and professionally. 1) Hating her will be harmful to you both physically and mentally. 2) She probably doesn't care at all whether or not you are sitting around angrily focusing on her. 3) It DOES get better. 4) Keep busy. Read, go to church, go for long walks. Good luck Bro and believe me, things will improve sooner than you think. Judges don't care at all who cheats, as long as you don't engage in sex in front of the kids. Besides, how many cases do you think are actually heard by a judge. Divorce is one of the worst things on earth. I liken it to the death of an immediate family member but as I told Joe above, it gets better.

When linemen are held back from penetrating they are very often guarding for screens, in addition to playing the run. Remember Big Sam Adams? People looked at his size and thought of him as a nose. He was not. Dareus reminds me of Adams. When a strong, penetrating DT like Marcel is in coverage, or even standing around scrimmage jumping up and down, a very talented player is being wasted. I hope it doesn't take long to erase Rex from the memory of the players and the fans, including this one.

I strongly disagree. Dareus stood there at times jumping around like a 350 pound ballerina. He was also used quite a bit in coverage. Just thinking about this is sickening.

We have to hope that Sammy and Marcel care about the team and come to play. I don't have any idea what they are thinking. They both are extremely talented and we used a HUGE amount of resources on them. We need them to work hard and play well in order to compete. I think the OL is less talented than most think, but I also think that Tyrod is better than most think. I don't think that losing Gilmore will hurt us that much. If things go right we can compete for a wild card. That said, would 4 or 5 wins surprise me? No it would not. GO BILLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I just don't understand why Robert Brazile is rarely mentioned as an all time great linebacker. He played on a not so great defense and was a one man wrecking crew. Seriously. Do any of you old timers remember this player?

Great point but I think I know what he means. In the 2016 Championship game, Alabama won in large part due to an on sides kick when they had just tied the game and to be honest, were getting outplayed at the time. They recovered the kick, scored a TD a few plays later and won the game. This might have been the best coaching call I have ever seen. After the game, they asked Saban why he made this call. NOBODY expected it. He said that he had watched film of every single time Clemson had received a kickoff that season. Then he noted that they weren't doing anything different in the championship game and he knew that he had this play any time he wanted it. This play took momentum away from Clemson no doubt and may have even discouraged them. The above is an example of out working and out thinking your opponents. I think of this play and laugh when people say that Saban wins only because of his recruits. That plays a big part, but he works harder and is smarter than other coaches.

Is this what you think I am saying?

If you want to point out inequity fine, good point. But, Kaepernick is 10x more of a sideshow that Big Ben.

It turns my stomach that an average to good TE counts 9 million toward our salary cap. I am happy beyond words that Whaley is gone.

Fantastic, good luck!!!!!

Very, very cool!

NFL Offensive Linemen are 300+ lb. genetic mutants. They know the snap count and get to fire out on running plays. When they pull they have even more of a running start. On pass plays, they are often going backwards and they are getting hit in lieu of being the aggressors. I think that this is why a player like Mike Williams looked so good in college. As I recall, he might have set a combine record for the bench press. At Texas, he would flatten his opponents on runs. In the pros, he lacked agility and balance and would at times even get pushed to the ground on some passing downs. Again, I don't think that OL sucks. I do however think that we overrate our center and right guard. I am glad we drafted the kid from Temple. Jmo.

I respectfully disagree. It is just SO much easier for offensive linemen to run block than pass block, which is of course more important these days. Right Tackle means much more than it used to and the Bills had huge problems there last season. Also, I disagree with those who blame the Bills OL problems on Tyrod. Imo he buys time and makes the OL look better than it is. The current OL is not as bad as it was in the Levy/Jauron days. Those lines had some of the very worst players I have ever seen. Still, this line needs work in my opinion. I would rate it to be pretty close to average.

It makes sense that he is a lawyer. On the field, he looked like a regular person, not like Jumbo Elliot or Jason Taylor, etc., yet he was playing LT in the NFL and getting beaten half to death. There is a LONG list of horrible offensive linemen who played on this team. A good friend who is a Jet Fan told me that Ducasse is one of the worst players he has ever seen. Not good.