The Big Cat

I agree with all of this except the lack of safeties drafted.

There are 20 teams right now with records ranging from 4-7 to 6-5. At this point last season, 8 teams were within this range. That's a win pct. range of .545 and .364 At the end of 2014, there were 9 teams within this range. Bills fans need to ditch their delusions of grandeur if they wish salvage a sliver of sanity.

And now your credibility is solidified.

Well, he was a shittier head coach than Ryan--by a mile--and accomplished way less with way more. So, other than that, your premise is sound.

These threads are hilarious. I wonder sometimes if Bills fans demanding these firings are capable of seeing the world four inches past their own face.

This has been discussed ad naseum Schwartz had the option to stay, he opted not to You people are insane

I'm curious how this is some sort of punishment? Are they paid the same?

@AdamSchefter Rob Gronkowski not expected to play Sun vs. Eagles, per sources. Likely to miss multiple weeks; return date will be a pain tolerance issue.

I won't argue with that. Particularly since you concede that it would have been a procedural attempt, anyways.

Hahahah, that's a terrific start! I had my concerns when we first hired him, but they were allayed in large part because of what I had hoped for the defense. Knowing what I know now about how that turned out, I would have been very opposed to it. We've gotten all the bad with none of the good. THAT SAID: with none of the good. And yet we're RIGHT in the thick of it heading into the final quarter. I'm still willing to give the man the benefit of the doubt. Had this defense clicked...AT ALL...this year, we'd be 8-3 right now, and that's not an exaggeration. With Rex as our coach, getting that defense to right the ship is more likely to happen than not. So, give me continuity. Just this once.

God help the world if the two of you are given anything to run.

Well, none of this is true. So there's that.

So most of us are on board that linebacker and safety play has severely hamstrung this year's defense. But most people still want to believe it's the scheme to blame. Okay.

This argument in Schwartz's favor assumes--in some part--that Pettine was a good d coordinator. He generated lots of sacks and picks. But that was about it.

I don't even know anymore.

I'm saying that wins tend to spike when you have one of the league's best QB's, talent parity be damned. 52 guys could be man for man the same, but it only takes a good QB to change a team's course. Hell, a team could have a noticeably weaker roster, but the QB could make all the difference. And the impact of that difference is not proportionate to the QB's impact on the salary cap. So which players have made a big play this season? Honest answer: I don't know. And I don't profess to know either. Doing so would be folly, IMO.

I reject this premise. 200 yards to 20 to start the game. They were prepared to do something yesterday. Answer me this: while we B word and moan about the defensive scheme, what are some of the big plays that PLAYERS have made this year on defense?

This argument completely ignores the lopsided effect that QB's have on wins v salary cap.

We also didn't get a zoom on that backside angle that shows it popping out/moving as he's being brought down.

I think I could trade 'bank' for angry tweets. Ha, pretty sure. But it's not so clear that it definitely WAS a catch, is it?

If Rex is to believed, he tried that and it failed miserably. Like it or not, Rex wasn't brought here to mold his system to fit the players. Quite the opposite.

So why constantly shuffle your deck to account for the talent in the moment? Did you really think Rex was going to come in here and run Schwartz's scheme?

Evidently you stopped reading there. But think of it this way: schemes have much wide windows than players. Talent is fleeting. Rex has had success when players run his scheme and run it right. That success dates back to when most of our players were in high school.

Aaron Williams being out is one thing. The woeful replacements behind him: THAT'S why we're struggling. He was a solid player. His reserves are downright liabilities. Duke Williams has played himself right the !@#$ off this roster. Corey Graham is not good enough to account for the deficiencies opposite him. And Rambo is entirely too up and and down. These are facts. Again, I'm not saying Rex has been perfect. Far from it. But this notion that he's problem numero uno? Absolutely not.