2020 Our Year For Sure

Don't you get it? Chris Kelsay = James Harrison

The fact that Preston almost made the tackle anyway proves imo that the ref was in a spot he shouldn't have been.

The next Bills coach, huh? At least you'll have at least three years to raise the cash.

Because he looks like Losman.

No, you're on point. But in Turk's defense, he was trying to run a more smash mouth style earlier in the season, but run-run-pass was not working at the time. Lynch couldn't even get to 4 yards a carry. So he got away from that, opened things up a tad, and we did have some success. But since the San Diego game, the quarterback play (regardless of who its been) has been simply dreadful. On the other hand, the running game has slowly come together, to the point where, last week, we were able to run up and down the field on Kris Jenkins and the Jets, who had previously done a good job on Lynch. I think its time to re-committ to the running game because thats what we're doing well now, and Turk has just been a bit late to react to that. But going by his playcalling the first few weeks of the year, I do think thats what he wants to do long-term. The team just wasn't allowing him to call games like that for 60 minutes at the time. EDIT: Lori beat me to it.

Clear cap space, sign LeBron and Bosh.

Hilarious.

Offensively, I want to be one of those teams that can win games without our quarterback doing a whole lot. I want to be one of those teams that, even when defenses KNOW we're going to run the ball, we can line up and stuff it down their throats. I honestly think we're pretty close to that. The running backs are excellent, and compliment each other well. Four out of 5 linemen are in place in my opinion. Preston, being the 5th, has really come along the last few weeks. Really encouraged by the way we've been running the ball, especially against Kris Jenkins and the Jets. We might need an upgrade at center to get a smash mouth running game, but I'm beginning to think perhaps not. I do wish, though, that Schonert would committ to the run a bit more. I hope his vision eventually lines up with mine. We have no quarterback? So what! Lets pound the rock inside until defenses can't catch their breath, and then run it some more. Again, it seems like we're coming along, and are on the way to being this kind of offense. Defensively, I want to be a team that can get a pass rush with only its front four. I want the team to perhaps surrender some yardage, but make up for it with strong redzone play, and turnovers in bunches caused by a disruptive, athletic line that allows us to drop 7 back in coverage and still get a rush. Basically, this is what a quality Cover 2 defense is supposed to look like. I think we have most of the pieces of a secondary that can make plays with a strong pass rush. Unfortunately, I don't think our line is anywhere close to where I'd want it to eventually be. This is where we should focus on improving in the offseason.

The point is, we've tried hiring a new crappy coach every three years. It doesn't work. If we fire Jauron, we're just going to get another crappy coach. There is absolutely no reason to think otherwise. Ralph Wilson and Russ Brandon would be making the hire. Instead of bringing in a new crappy coach and letting him go three years from now, lets stick with a crappy coach, who, for all his faults, does have a few encouraging traits on the other side of the coin. Continuity is really the only card we're holding here.

Think about how jacked up their fans will be for a minute, there.

I dunno, BB. Most people like ham.

Right, but the Bills don't really sign those stars, so they get more of the downside to free agency than the upside.

How about Hammy?

Sure can. He coaches the Buffalo Bills, who were losing to good teams well before Jauron got here.

As soon as the Bills were mathematically eliminated from the playoffs, Losman became the third stringer. Personally I wouldn't have played Losman in the Jets game, but I can see the thought process.

I love Greer, but I believe they made the decision to let him go when they drafted two corners in the 1st and 4th rounds last year. And though Youboty is unreliable, his emergence means we have some pretty good depth at the position. It wouldn't have been smarter to use the picks elsewhere and re-sign Greer, intead of recycling cornerbacks, would it?

People said the same thing about Langston Walker coming from the Raiders, and he's worked out pretty well here from what I can tell.

Even the most optimistic among us are beginning to have serious doubts about this team ever winning the big one. Boy, is it ever a tough pill to swallow..

muahahaha

Evans gets open plenty. It isn't his fault he doesn't have a quarterback to get him the ball.

The most pivotal positions, quarterback and defensive line, are where our weaknesses are. The coaches aren't perfect, but they are not what held this team back, in my opinion. If you're swapping between two hapless passers and you can't get a sack to save your life, you're just not going to the playoffs, period.

Agreed. DE, QB and C should be our top priorities, in that order. A team just can't win games with the level of incompetence we've seen from these quarterbacks this year.

And when we all join him there, the messiah will come?

I'm for sticking with Jauron as well. He's got to be better than whatever crap Russ Brandon would drag in.