The Big Cat

This should have come as no surprise about Rex and it was the biggest point of trepidation I had in the immediate wake of the hire. He's the Babe Ruth of coaches: all or none. Big home runs, lots of strikeouts. Sadly, he's been low on dingers this year. I think there will be defensive personnel changes this offseason that make Bills Nation squirm. It may even get worse before it gets better. But if you went into this season for a second thinking that Rex Ryan would have his team playing balanced, focussed, intelligent football, consistently, you were a fool.

I'm actually of the belief that the reverse angle shows the ball coming out as he's taking his second step, making the call/the challenge WAY less cut and dry than every one wants to believe. I also had zero issue with the OBJ non-catch against NE and the Dez incompletion last year in the Division game against Green Bay.

Panthers? So now you're going with the team who drafted their franchise QB with the first overall pick? A guy who's been in the conversation for the past month for MVP? On what planet is their roster weak? Also, their coach has been there since 2010. He's built the team to his liking because ownership/management had the patience to let him get his guys in place. You know, something that hasn't happened in Buffalo for two !@#$ing decades. Let's just keep firing coaches and GM's that's worked for precisely zero teams ever. And what's your plan to replace our safeties mid season? This defense has suffered terribly without Aaron Williams. I have been shouting this for 9 weeks.

You also can't ignore him for the sake of argument. Which is what you're doing. Want to talk about execution? How bout two safeties needlessly jumping a dig route and letting Kelce go one on one right up the middle: http://twitter.com/YardsPerPass/status/671356314040299520 Gee, if only somebody on this board had identified, 8 weeks ago, that safety play was killing this defense...consistently.

So you picked the team with the GOAT QB to make your point that coaching is tantamount to execution?

I'm certain the middle of the field is less on the coaches and almost entirely the fault of our quarterback.

But let's blame the coach. Please note: I'm not saying Rex had a good game. I'm not saying he doesn't share the blame. But you guys are !@#$ing insane if you don't think players not executing wasn't a HUGE factor in us losing.

Like the two guys who let pick-sixes bounce off their hands today? That kind of lousy coaching?

The last thing our fair city needs is another black criminal dead. Hop in, folks, we got a Banana Republic to block!

That's because he's the kind of guy who thinks that three three's make a nine.

Turning creative over to the Internet via crowdsourcing and expecting meaningful, non-vile interaction is a mistake that's been made by high profile companies, consistently, since 2009.

the thing projects a tie? yeah. no.

Yes I definitely think that's a part of it. But I was always under the impression that your drinking habits were something you played close to the vest. Seems like since the ladies took up the cause, all that changed. My 30,000 foot explanation? Some observations and theories going off your point: The stay-at-home women were judgemental of a behavior they didn't partake in so it just wasn't broadcast to the world If the stay-at-home women were drinkers themselves, it was closeted, and considered a shameful behavior Once that judgement dissolved as more women worked/drank themselves, the pendulum swung back the opposite way, perhaps to compensate for a behavior they aren't entirely comfortable with? Because they just don't know how to be cool about it? I don't know. I'm relieved to see, though, that my observation about this (seemingly) recent phenomenon weren't that far off. Also, obviously, and to the detriment to society at large, god damn facebook and twitter have ALLOWED people to !@#$ing broadcast every singe !@#$ing thought they have

I'd love to get the input from our more senior members here. Having only been legally inducted into the drinking world a decade ago, I don't have much in the way of historic perspective, but it seems to me--particularly with women--drinking has become WAY more tolerated. I'm talking about all the kitchy hand bags decorated with stupid things like clocks with bottles at every position and some lame caption like "for my cats and I, it's always wine o'clock at my apartment!" Or facebook posts: works over, should it be one bottle or two tonight? Wasn't this something people used to play under the hat a little more? Are we making light of problematic drinking? My weekend plans? Three seasons of Love it or List it on Netflix and nine bottles of pinot! I see this kind of **** EVERYWHERE, and especially from women. Was drunkeness ever this acceptable?

And also when it was implied that his hoop skills were in question.

why, based on a new england game, would you hope for schwartz?

my take away was the exact opposite

Oh sweet !@#$ing Christ.

Pandora stations: Alabama Shakes--good mix of classic rock, new 'rock' (think black keys), motown, doo wop, blues If you're in heads down mode: you can't go wrong with the Mozart Pandora station

dude is a smooth operator

5? I don't get it.

No denying his skill? Ridiculously talented? Um...I mean, he's really good at out-running guys? What are his other 'skills?'

Okay. Sure. 2012. 1700 yds from scrimmage is a very very decent season. But he only got 8 TD's in the process. It was--by far--the best season of his career (although he was on pace to have a good year the following season with Marrone). But what was he really? He was the most valuable offensive weapon on a 6-10 team that finished last in its division and ranked 21st in points and 19th in yards. The way some Bills fans talk about his performance that season totally ignores the context in which he was being "productive." And now try this on for size: Those magical yards per carry number everyone gloms to? 4.2 when the Bills were leading, 4.9 when they were tied and 7.4 ypc when they trailed. That's very telling to me. He picked up yards in big chunks against softer defenses. In fact, nearly 1100 of his 1700 yards came when the Bills were trailing. To me, these numbers seriously call into the question how meaningful his vaunted 2012 performance really was.

Well, the Bills fans who endlessly B word about playcalls would have told you it was a bad playcall when he was here too. The REASON it's a bad play call is because it's a play Spiller can't make. He's the genesis. In fact, there's a pretty sizable list of plays Spiller has proven incapable of making. So, logic would dictate, there's an equally long list of playcalls that would be "bad" to make with him in the game. If he's good for one thing, it's eliminating large portions of any OC's playbook. This much we know.

Spiller has 26 catches for 208 yards. Didn't one of those go for 80!?