2020 Our Year For Sure

Since you're being dickish, I'll follow suit. The two further logical fallacies you've brought us in bold above do clear up your comprehension skills but maybe not in the way you intended. Are you of the opinion that the perception of the team among Bills fans and in the greater football world can never affect anything, even slightly, under any circumstances? If you think perception is meaningless then why the heck are you a writer? I get it you respect the guy, and I truly have nothing but respect for the respect you're displaying. These strawman potshots of yours, however...

Not only other people around the league but what about the perception of the team from our own fellow Bills fans? The fans who tweet directly to the players on a daily basis or see them at the grocery store during the season. Or relationships with the media who grill the players 3 times a week when they're preparing for a big game. PR is about influencing perception and perception can create reality. If firing Berchtold and bringing in a highly regarded guy from the outside results in just one extra fan adding to the home field advantage on a Sunday then I can only be happy about it. Its like when the Bills sign a minor special team linebacker and people make fun of it with 'championship now right?' No its not Aaron Rodgers but do you want them to be good at special teams or not? Do you want them to have depth or not? Likewise this might mean even less than a 3rd string linebacker but if they're getting better it can only help.

Oh awesome! Don't spin, just win.

Did they show some of Sammy's catches from that game? They were all in the first half and he had 2 or 3 defenders around him at times. It didn't matter, he still went for 150+ and 2 TDs and the Bills led at halftime on the road over a playoff team. In the second half Tyrod targeted Sammy once with an uncatchable ball and the Bills lost. But while the Bills wasted an opportunity to beat a good AFC team, Tyrod had an excellent statline.

True Jeff, and he was happy to sign his little bridge deal which included a team option after one year, even after he watched Flacco bet on himself, take a risk and score the mega-contract. He knows he's not some ascending soon-to-be-elite quarterback.

Franchise QB isn't about pleasing every single member of the fanbase. There are millions of Bills fans, of course we don't ALL agree on anything. That's just the nature of people. No doubt there are pockets of fans in NY, Balt, ATL, Detroit who want to replace Eli, Flacco, Ryan and Stafford. Yet no attempt is ever made by the teams to actually replace these guys, and nobody around the league bats an eye because they are legit franchise QBs who give you a chance to win a championship.

"That answer should be coming in the next couple of weeks, and I expect there to be an uproar, regardless of what the Bills decide." Well said, Erik. Thank you.

Tyrod's peers are the likes of Glennon, Kaepernick, Foles. No reason to commit to this big long term deal for a dude that's basically replacement-level. During the season we all came to realize he's not worth it- after the Raider game we all said he's got to go and nobody stepped up to defend him. Our common sense told us he lacks the basic skills to be a good starting quarterback. Now that the season is over we're forgetting what we learned, and in the name of "optimism" falling for statistics that do not show how he can't see the field and refuses to throw the ball. The thing is, his being a crap quarterback (in relative terms) makes me plenty optimistic because crap is easy to replace, and it even can be improved on. Bring back a strong running game, and it can fall some from last year and STILL be one of the best in the NFL, but now go from one of the worst passing teams to middle of the pack and your offense is better and more versatile.

I hear that Thanks for an outside the box option at QB.

I prefer bringing in a bridge guy to over paying a bridge guy. I like the emotion though!

43 out of 75 voters think Tyrod is better than both Cousins and Smith? Badol is right, the never-ending losing has put this fanbase to sleep. We used to know the league. Have our statheads checked out what Kirk Cousins did this year? Are we allergic to nice things to the extent we can't even vote for it in a poll on a message board? Lets go BUFFALO We rise. Thing is, the poll question is who do you want.

I don't its my armchair evaluation that you don't have to pay any mind whatsoever to and could easily be wrong

No I said he needs to be as good as Taylor, far from franchise level like you claimed My take is not hard to follow. Foles will be about as good as Tyrod, or even better, with less investment

Me too. Cousins, would've been Romo if he were less of an injury risk.

Its funny how they equate getting rid of Tyrod with "a full blown rebuild." I'm all about win-now, that's why Trentative needs to go.

well said. Also with a better passing game you're more likely to get critical situational scores you need to WIN. So instead of being 7th in points but still losing, you can turn the points into wins more efficiently. Tyrod struggled the last 2 years in critical situations.

but change makes me feel frightened. Can't we just pray tyrod will get better and pay for potential?

Foles is way less investment than Tyrod. So he doesn't need to be anywhere close to franchise level for the Bills to benefit by switching, he just needs to be as good as Taylor.

That would have been an elite offense if it had thrown the football better, and there were open receivers and easy opportunities all season long. The lack of a passing game is what held the Bills back from a dominant offense that would carry a bad defense into the playoffs. Some fans see only downside, the risk that the Bills offense will be terrible again if anything changes. Fair enough. I see opportunity. If you add a mediocre passing game component to last year's offense, look the **ck out! The pass rush comes back strong and you may be talking about an actual contender.

You're correct, thank you. Its 20M per year only if we need to get out of the contract after 2 years. If we keep him longer than that then it goes down.

Dude please take a second to think about this. I'm stating my subjective opinion that Tyrod is a weak starter. So "if what I say is true" then its not getting rid of a middling starter, is it? Disagree with my evaluation if you like. I'm happy to engage with you bud but only if you'll at least try to understand what I'm saying.

K-9: average starting QB money2018: weak starter JFH: same difference

Interesting. I think he's slightly better than Fitz. Good backup, weak starter.

Cap hit matters and also how much does it cost to get out of it? I see you though thank you for the correction.

Franchise QB money, bridge QB product