BobbyC81

So was Jamarcus Russell. Jones did not play well this season resulting in his benching. He should stay in school at least another year.

And they showed what they can really do vs New England. Why they don't do it every game is incomprehensible.

Well the new CBA limited the number of practices and the number in pads. Because Ryan was a new coach of the Bills, he got another week's worth of offseason practices. Still he wasted two by deciding it was better to do some team building (that worked so well) and take the team bowling one day and to the movies on another. It makes one wonder how effective were the practices they actually did have. The use of the 2 practice fields simultaneously seemed like a great idea but while the offense was better right from the start of the season, the defense regressed. Sammy had complained about not getting targets.

A UB grad, I think I may have to be satisfied with the MAC titles and getting to football bowl games and the NCAA basketball tourney. With the NCAA basketball tourney, any team has a chance to win so the Bulls would have a small chance whenever they make the tourney. For NCAA football, unless the Bulls move to maybe the Big Ten and upgrade their program and/or the playoffs get expanded to maybe 16 teams, the odds of them ever winning the title are very, very slim.

OK I'll ask it. How does a Canadian become an Alabama fan?

Lynch in HOF? I don't know. six 1,000 yard seasons- OK, 71 career TDs- OK, 8,768 career yards- Eh! His numbers are just slightly below those of Earl Campbell, who's in the HOF, so I could go either way.

Actually I'm glad to see that none of the defensive linemen were selected based on their past performances.

It's been a long time but I don't know that I even remember these kind of issues in the 1 and 2 win seasons with the likes of Harvey Johnson, Hank Bullough & Kay Stephenson as coach. They just had bad players on those teams. Still, of all the ridiculous issues and assinine Rex excuses, the top one for me is that he didn't challenge some plays in the KC game because they didn't show the replay on the stadium screen.

He'll just respond denying there's an issue, just like no players had quit in the 1st half on Sunday

I do not like Rex Ryan but while your statement is true, it's not all because Rex is gone. Chan Gailey was brought in as OC and improved their offense. Fitz was brought in and took the QB job from Geno (thanks to IK). I don't believe the Jets would be 9-5 with Geno as QB. Brandon Marshall was brought in and has had a Pro Bowl season. This also made Decker the #2 receiver, which is what he is. Revis and Cromartie were brought back and Leonard Williams was brought in thru the draft. I'm not saying the Jets would be 9-5 if Rex was still there and all of these other changes were made but it's not all because Rex is gone.

NBA- I can pick sure pickem. I've been a Golden State Warriors fan since I moved West in 1980. So, I have endured just about as many disappointing and losing seasons as I have as a Bills' fan. This year's championship was well worth the wait. Also was a fan of the Larry Bird Celtics ('81, '84 & '86 titles) and the New York Knicks ('70 & '73 titles) MLB- New York Mets ('86), Oakland A's ('89) College Football- Notre Dame College Basketball- Syracuse, Duke NHL- Not only have I endured 45 seasons of the Sabres with no titles and 2 Finals appearances, I also became a fan of the San Jose Sharks, who have no titles or Finals in 25 years Being a Bills fan for 45 years, if they finally win one in my lifetime it will be the best. For now, it's the Warriors win this year.

Don't forget D'Brickshaw and Barkevious (did they come up with that name while the dog was barking?)

That comedy of errors yesterday reminded me of the 2 win teams of the mid 70s and 80s. Punter drops the ball and drop-kicks it for 15 yards. On one of D.Jackson's big plays 2 DBs run into each other. On another they can't find the ball and then he jukes both of them to score. On 3rd and short the opposing QB easily gets a defender to jump offsides. 2nd trick play with EJ loses 3 yards. Can't score on 4 attempts at the goal line. Where's Freddy? He would've scored on the 1st try

I'm also getting sick of his down right avoiding the truth. That video went viral last week of him & Thurman walking side by side when Thurman calls the refs "a disgrace to the NFL" and when asked about it in the post-game pressed he plays dumb. Then today he says nobody on the team quit. What does he call it then? Many of them acted like they didn't care in the 1st half, especially on defense. I give them credit though for actually being more competitive in the 2nd half. With them being mathematically still alive for the playoffs, how do they come out and play so poorly?

Despite living in Northern California, I don't watch the Niners but my friends who are Niners fans tell me that most of what I tell them about the Bills offense this year is what they saw with Roman in SF. The issues earlier in the year in getting plays in while the play clock was running down, which it seems they're actually doing better at. Going away from what was working in the first half. Failure to consistently get the ball in the hands of the weapons like V. Davis & Crabtree.

I don't agree with you guys on the TE need. They just spent a lot of money on Clay and don't use him enough. Maybe they can bring another guy like Mulligan as a blocker but it's a pretty low priority. After spending big bucks also on FB Felton and rarely using him, maybe they get more of an H-back

Becsuse Rex is a moron

The to-date results are that the Bills finished 3-1 vs the AFC South, with a very disappointing loss to Jacksonville, but are 0-2 vs the NFC East. A .500 record vs those weak divisions. They are currently 3-2 vs the AFC East with 2 close wins vs N.E. where a win vs the Jets in the last game puts them at 4-2. The other conference losses were to Cincy & KC, 2 likely playoff teams. So, their current 6-7 record comes from an inability to beat the better teams and some disappointing losses to weak teams.

In the Bills organization, the GM acquires the players and the head coach coaches these players. WIth the acquisitions of some ex-Jets, Ryan may have some influence with Whaley but we don't know how much. Speculation about the handling of Cassell leads one to think they may not be completely working well together.

I read it can be brought on by anxiety. Did he have it before he started playing for Rex?

I've never understood most of these pre-snap rules. Why do the linemen have to be motionless in their 3 pt stance? What's the purpose? Why do some of the receivers have to be back a step from the line? What's this rule for? It's just more rules for players, coaches and refs to remember. And another thing, since all NFL rosters are 53 players, why do they have to pick 47 to be active? Why can't they all be active? With the number of injuries, especially with the concussion protocol, I'm surprised teams haven't been caught with too few active players at a position. Roger Goodell, Keep It Simple Stupid!

Yes, I have wondered how the head coach interview process went and specifically with Rex. Were any of them smart enough to say "We have millions invested in our defensive line. How are you going to use them?" or, because of Rex's reputation did they assume he was going to use them properly and not try to force them into his scheme? My guess it was likely the latter and they probably didn't even get into such details.

We also don't know what the coverage was on the shorter routes. There was one replay of a deep attempt on a 3rd and short that showed a receiver wide open over the middle.

Yeah, and the one time A.Smith takes successful deep shots is against a Bills defense giving him all the time to make those throws.

I was just reading that Larry Fitzgerald has written in his contract that when they play the Vikings he must catch the 1st pass. That's hilarious. Not watching tonight's game so I looked at the box score and sure enough. The Cardinals got the ball 1st and the 1st play was a 5 yard pass to him. I wonder what the provisions are if someone else caught the 1st pass. So if he was triple teamed and two other receivers were open the QB can't throw to them?