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I don't think it is really the conditioning coaches fault. I think certian players just cannot stay on the field. Mcgee has been like that forever. I love the guy... very talented, signed a contract extenstion with us, usually performs well, but he has never been one to stay on the field long. If he were on any other team, it would probably be the same thing. As bad as we are, I think detroit is worse. I can't see best ever playing a full season and I can't see Stafford ever lasting long enough to with a SB. I am surprised he is still on the field this year to be honest. This year is a little unusual with Jackson and K williams being out, since those are two players that never really miss a game. And wood's injuries aren't really a "conidtioning issue," though I am not an expert. and merriman? you can't blame our staff on that. I am not saying they are innocent, just saying they can't perform miricles. But on the brightside of injuries: Barnett has been healthy all year thus far, and the biggest knock on him was injuries. Dwan edwards has held his own for the most part since he has been here. I know he missed a couple games last year, but he has been a solid pick up for us when other teams ran away afraid of his injury. And Levitre is looking pretty damn tough. A brutal position, and I am pretty sure he has never missed a game? The only thing I would review about the conditioning staff is the WRs...... there is something very suspicious there. seeing "illness" on so many of there injury reports is just..... bizzar and I don't get it. That is the one unit on this team I really don't get. it is sad, because I like those guys..... but they got butterfingers, can't seem to stay healthy, and as of late, can't get much seperation. For our offense this offseason, I think we need a WR more than we need linemen. And defense we need pass rusher. those two things should solve a lot of problems.

Well, to do that, we would need another TE that doesn't suck.

keeping the best players is one of the few things nix has obviously done right. But bringing in more talent through the draft and FA has been below par, imo. I can probably think of 4 players that look well worth it what he brought in: dareus, barnett, harriston, and you can probably argue dwan edwards. There are a couple players like sheppard and a williams that show promise, but they aren't there yet. But you would think that there would be at least one decent starter from last years draft on the team by now. And the best from that lot is carrington and moats, both who just show flashes but arent exactly legit starters. 2 years later, nix's ability to handle the GM position is still questionable. I think the jury is still out, but it don't look good.

It is hard to tell who will make a good pass rusher. A lot of players that are expected to be good pass rushers in the nfl just don't make it. You can say that about all positions, but pass rushers seems to be an extra tough thing in the draft. It is a lot easier to grab a pass rusher in FA. WIth that said, they should draft more than one pass rushing prospect in the top 5 of the draft.

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I wouldn't call them great recievers. Nelson is pretty good for how we use him in the redzone, but jones is really not that good. He is good for a UFA, but we either need him to develop a lot, or we need to replace him with a better talent.

As long as the guy scores, he can give whatever he wants to his girlfriend.

I still have hopes for sheppard and williams. Sucks that kyle williams wasn't healthy all year, the defense might look better. I still think at this point, coaching is more of a problem then talent pool. Though I would say both.

He used to make these threads a lot. he has calmed down recently..... but.... he's back to the old habit I guess. They def have the proper coaching for a 4-3 defense, with mr. stache being there and all. I am not sure if he is equip for a 3-4, but I would guess no based on how the defense has been playing.

we don't exactly need a marquee FA to upgrade the WR position. I think a simple with a better veteran reciever would do wonders. doesn't have to be anyone major. though if it were up to me, I would go after meachum. But I doubt the bills show any interest.

Looking through the list of available Free agents as pass rushers, Robert Mathis and Cliff Avril would look great in a bills uniform as 4-3 DEs. that would sure give us an outside pass rush, and our D would be pretty damn good. at least you would think, with williams back to form and dareus shoring up the middle. of course, I don't know how they would do in a 3-4, but we seem to do mostly a 4-3 now anyway. Abraham would seem like a nice option. guy was a beast when he was with the jests. but you don't hear much about him these days. I honestly thought the guy was retired. And If Robert Meachem hits free agency, it would be amazing for the bills to grab him. he would be a nice deep threat that we need. OF course, signing these players should be 2nd to signing Stevie johnson and reworking fred jackson's contract. And have to sign up those linemen. It shouldn't be hard signing the linemen up. I don't think there will be a lot of competition to sign them. but yeah, meachum would do wonders for this offense and signing one of those pass rushers would fill a huge need and immediatally upgrade both sides of the ball. Chances of us signing them are slim, since a lot of these players will be signed to their current teams probably. But there is definently players we could sign to help us.

I love Gailey and all, but that is a BS reason. there was no need at RB at that time, even if jackson completly sucked because Marshawn Lynch was on the roster at the time as well. They drafted a player they didn't need and now they don't know what to do with. I get they drafted him because they thought he was a playmaker, but either they aren't using him right or he is a bust. He has played pretty well this season, but not enough to start him over freddy or make him worth 1st rounder status. the more time goes on, the more I wish they drafted someone else. he has said multiple times that Spiller struggles with pass protection, which is the main reason he doesn't get on the field much as a RB.

you would think they would go for it. they would make a killing. a lot of die hard nfl fans would eat that up. In the computer/ipad age, it really shouldn't be a problem.

The next home game isn't for another 3+ weeks. I think they have time to sell out a couple games.

He was saying a lot of nice things in pregame. During the game, he was just saying what was happening... and what was happening was the bills were sucking bad. The only saving thing was Stevie looked pretty damn good against Revis. I would almost say Stevie won that matchup. the rest of the team was bleh. Defense played similar to what it has done before, and the offense was just confused completly.

He is probably the best 4-3 de we have, which isn't saying much. carrington shows some flashes.... but whether we play 3-4 or 4-3, we need to upgrade the outside, even if it is just depth for 4-3 DE or 3-4 OLB

even though lee is better than what we have, I don't think he could have saved us today. For starters, he hasn't done that much this season and has been fighting an injury. second, the guy was turning into more of a decoy that an actual threat. He just wasn't aggressive enough to fight for the ball. we need someone who puts in more effort and will fight for the ball, and with talent. I had a lot of doubts about jones being a downfield threat, and I have doubts that easley will ever see the field... it is an area we need to improve on, and I don't think lee evans would have solved anything.

I think it is obvious this team needs a lot of work, but the problems aren't the way you are saying. Today's problem was more the offense than the defense. The defense pretty much gave up and played really sloppy after the offense kept screwing up. I think the biggest thing that lost the game for us was coaching. We were really outcoached, and the offense had no answer. The other thing is, we really need to get one of our LTs back and levitre healthy. FJ probably would have ran a lot better with wood/levritre in the middle. Overal, the team needs to get better. But I think it is more of a 9-7 team than it is an 8-8 team. either way, the team is heading in the right direction. it just needs to keep improving.

ill take upshaw. we need a more reliable deep threat at WR to stretch the field. not an evans type that works asa decoy, but someone that is actually a weapon. and we need help at OLB/DE. And of course we need a CB. and on top of all that, we need the rest of our players to get healthy (k williams, a williams, bellm harriston). And I like donald jones and all, but I think they are asking too much from him right now. He hasn't developed yet. He might later on, but he isn't ready to take on the type of role they are asking of him

ALthough the officiating has been bad for the bills this year overall, I thought they were pretty generous to the bills in the pats* game. I don't think that it is a bills thing, I think the officials have been sloppy in a lot of different games.

it is so annoying how they spell defense as "defence." After reading like 3 articles this week from toronto, I guess it just goes along with the "favourite" type nonesense. silly candadians.

It isn't supposed to effect the game or the team, it is just entertaining conversation for us here......

I think this can be said about his whole first draft. None of those players look like they will ever have more than a part time role. carrington/moats show the most promise, but only as pass rushers and not every down players. spiller is..... well, spiller. troup shows nothing and has been injured.... easely can't stay on the field.... wang, and that other ot are gone. because of that draft, this team really needs to get 4 good starters out of the last draft. dareus looks good. but will shepard, williams, harriston, or others step up in the future? I hope so. because the first draft class has given us little so far.

Then there is pat, who has only ever played in a 4-3, so that would kill like 30% of the playbook right there, unless you want to experiment with him at NT. It is a lot easier to teach a young dog new tricks than it is for an old one. If pat was the type of player that could be plugged into our system, then great. but he is old, hasn't played all that great with his most recent work, probably not in football shape, and.... is suspended. Then there is heard, who is a rookie with upside that has a lot to learn, but already knows the defense and has taken reps with the team.

That is probably the reason I still like nix, even though his first draft didn't go as well as I would have liked. The gailey hiring was very questionable when is happened, and it has proved the critics wrong. hiring a good coach was probably more important than anything to start with anyways.