BobbyC81

Same thing with CJ Spiller. After he was drafted, half the clips I saw of him scoring long TDs were on passes to him out of the backfield. He'd run a wheel route so a LB had to pick him up and it was a mismatch. Splitting him out wide, he was picked up by a DB and didn't have the advantage. Hitting him on a screen pass wasn't as effective because he had to stop or slow down and he tended to make bad decisions.

I had recorded this show on the NFL Network called Up to the Minute the day Roman was fired but forgot to watch it until today. Man, Charlie Casserly, Ian Rapoport, Mike Silver and others did not hold back. The consensus was they liked Anthony Lynn but didn't understand the Roman firing. Casserly said if Rex liked Lynn so much, why didn't he hire him over Roman to begin with. Silver, a Bay Area guy, said Roman made Tyrod a Pro Bowler like he did Kaepernick and you fire him? Casserly also added comments about Tyrod, saying he's not an NFL starter you can win with. Not surprising, he believes the Bills will continue to face defenses playing like the 1st 2 games, continuing to expose Taylor's limitations as a passer.

Chan Gailey was the best OC for the Bills in the last 10 years. He may have been the head coach and Mankins may have been named the OC but Chan was really the OC. He's showing his talents again with the Jets, like the way they carved up the Bils defense.

Solomon Wilcotts had pointed out in Game 1 that all of the patterns the Bills were running were stop patterns, none to hit the receiver in stride. That makes them easier to defend and tackle the receiver. And No on picking up Taylor's option.

You picked mine, although I wasn't there. It still was awesome to dominate the Raiders the way they did to get to their first Super Bowl.

Marrone also had a contract clause which paid him for his last year of his contract even though he quit.

Maybe they're trying to piss of Ryan so he'll quit. Then they wouldn't have to pay him the rest of his contract.

The reporting structure is a new NFL trend. Successful teams like Pittsburgh, Kansas City, Seattle and the NY Giants also operate this way.

Mularkey and Marrone both had seasons with winning records, the only ones since Wade Phillips second season in 1999, the last playoff season. The 2004 season under Mularkey saw the most dominant stretch of games we've ever seen, with 6 consecutive wins by 10 pts or more, Four of those were by 20 pts or more. Unfortunately that season will be remembered for the final game, which broke the streak with the loss to the Pittsburgh 2nd stringers, where a win would've put them in the playoffs.

He'd have strong control because nobody would want to make him mad.

Remember when the Bills started a season 5-1 under Jauron and he got an extension? It must be an extension jinx.

I'm surprised Chris Palmer wasn't also fired. He has no ties to Rex. Roman brought him with him from SF. He's been a head coach and offensive coordinator but let's promote the guy with no OC experience.

That play they ran twice with both Manuel and Tyrod on the field and motioning out to the wide receiver position and back under center was ridiculous. What was that motion supposed to accomplish? It was 4th and short. You think the Jets cared who was under center? Maybe Roman thought he'd confuse them with such a dumb alignment?

They have a crushing FB that they rarely use.

I wonder how long he will have Sammy. Not being able to finish the game was not a good sign.

I'm somewhat surprised 45% of voters went with "the season is over". C'mon people, it's early. While I don't totally understand the offense being so flat last week, I expect a much better performance tonight.

And he would register 100+ tackles most seasons which is also incredible for the position he played.

Right now, I'd say just replace the word 'Shout' in the Shout song with 'Puke'

How about Reggie McKenzie at RG.

Just to be different, I'll go with Bryce Paup in the 1995 season. He was a menace that season.

Yeah, my favorite player of all-time.

John Fox? Did Rex actually say that? Jack DelRio is the Raiders coach.

This was also an issue when Roman was OC for the Niners.

I feel the same way. I'm watching this boring game, which I DVRed and watched later, and I see all these exciting games going on and I wished I had recorded the Raiders/Saints game instead. I'm another that's loyal to a fault. Fortunately my fantasy team did well do it wasn't a total downer day.

I wonder what Schefter hear's about my ankle that I sprained a couple weeks ago?