DanInUticaTampa

brent grimes is a good player, but if I am an NFL GM, I trade this guy just to get rid of his wife

So, what is his opinion on that defense of ours?

I think last year stung a lot worse. Too many highs and lows. Lows being Ralphs passing and seeing our Star QB fighting his cancer for the second time. Then things looked up when the pegulas bought the team. We get a winning season, but we look back at some frustrating games and with that talent we really should have been in the playoffs. Then comes the offseason, and even though I wasn't a fan of Marrone, it really sucked that he quit instead of us firing him. Such a slap in the face to get walked out on by that guy. Totally insulting. I think of all the years, last years really drained a lot of energy from me more than the others. Too many highs and lows, and it lasted throughout most of the year.

thats what im talking about

The coaching hire was questionable since we had a good defensive staff under contract already. Even though we could have done better, I still say Rex is an improvement over Marrone. Rex was obviously a huge reason why we have Tyrod and why our QB position is pretty stable at the moment. Offense has improved a lot. As for defense, I am at a loss for words. I didn't think that the defense would be as great as last year, since last year it was pretty special. Never thought it would regress this far. But it is hard to argue that rex doesn't know about defenses. Just looking at his past, this is unusual production for his defenses. Based on his history, if I had to make a bet for next year, I would say the defense is way better. He needs to rework the defense, get some different personel in there that fits his scheme (mainly at ILB) and understand his players better. The penalities are the most bothersome for me, because to me that is a big reflection on coaching. He himself has drawn some penalties. There were some penalties that make you question the Refs, but overall we have issues. And those issues haven't gone away. Kinda sad about the defense. This is probably the best offense Rex has had as a HC, and it happens to be the year he has the worst defense he has ever had. Overall, I think he is still an improvement over marrone. I think his team will improve next year. But after seeing a lot of these things this season, I am skeptical.

If he is healthy enough and there is no drop off, maybe they want to develop him.

I agree, they are a nice balance to eachother. I don't agree with Carruci's article suggesting that Whaley is on the hot seat. If we lose out the last 4 games, then maybe. But I think we have a good shot at posting a winning record again, at least. I don't think Rex is going to be pushing for a new GM because he doesn't want a to be a "holdover" like he was with the jets and get a ****ty GM. Especially when whaley had a really good draft year without even having a first round pick. I don't see Whaley going anywhere unless this last part of the season takes a turn for the worst.

I think restructuring mario will also get some help or just flat out cutting him. But I think they are going to restructure mario

This is pretty much true. But that doesn't negate the problem. There is a lot of really bad officiating going on in the NFL right now. Tons of mistakes in very big games. The NFL is trying to sweep it under the rug. But they really need to make some improvements. because it lowers the quality of the game if fans are walking away from a game thinking the refs blew a bunch of calls that cost a team a game. And for some reason, this year it has been a huge issue. Not just for the bills, but for a lot of teams. I think for starters, they need to utilize the people they have in NY reviewing stuff more. If a ref makes a REALLY bad call, someone with a TV screen should be able to say "hey, this is really bad, do this." And they should also expand on what coaches can challenge. Im not saying for them to go all crazy and slow the game down. But the people watching this in NY with all the technology should be able to correct some of these officiating errors in real time without slowing the game down too much, if at all.

I would still take Rex over Marrone. The Rex hire was a huge reason why we signed Tyrod. Rex brought in a competent OC. Maybe not a great one, but a decent one. We are around or near the top ten in scoring right now. Our defense for sure regressed early in the season, but it is showing up a lot better now. I am pretty sure that defense will get to where it needs to be eventually There is too much good talent and rex is too good of a defensive mind. There still needs to be some better chemestry between the coaches and players, and it will get there. They are putting in new systems and are 1 game away from matching marrones first year record. Gotta give these coaches a chance to put in their system, as frustrating as it is. But I see this team getting better and better, even if they are failing short. That game plan for new england was great, and you could argue rex outcoached the patriots that day, the players just were beat by better players. and refs are dumb. But I do see this team getting better and better. With marrone, after two years I really wasn't expecting the offense and espcially the oline to get any better. we went 2 years without seeing improvement. at least with rex, I see this team getting better. Still, how cool would it have been if we signed Arians over Marrone back in the day? I bet we would have beaten the pats 4 times in the past 3 years

I can't imagine him getting that kind of money, but with redskins nothing would shock me

He should be re-signed. He does everything we ask him to do. Even when he doesn't have a lot of catches, he is still blocking on plays. He earns his paycheck every game imo. He would be much better keeping than percy or hogan. He shouldn't cost that much to keep.

Patriots always seem to play better after a loss. They use it as motivation. If the pats lose tomorrow, our chances of winning next week get smaller imo. Pats rarely lose 2 games in a row.

This. I love the guy, he makes plays, is a nice guy, and is fun to watch. but these moments make you ask "why......."

what about peyton? at best, taylor is a top 20 QB right now. I like taylor, and I think he stablizes the position for us.

Tyrod seems like a solid starter for us, especially for what we are trying to do. If I were calling the shots, I think they should go the route andy ried and the eagles did. They had their starter and would grab a good qb prospect in the 2nd round or later now and then to sit behind the starter and develop They ended up trading those QBs, but I think that is the best way to approach the QB issue. I for don't want them to avoid drafting a QB because then there is little hope. But I don't want them to turn into the browns where every other year they are throwing a first round at a QB and hoping he sticks. But I think tyrod is a solid starter for our system. I worry about staying healthy, but he is young enough and he seems to pretty tough

I dont think there is much of a difference for production. I think EJ has more potential still (I know, I know, he has had his chances) but Tyrod gives us a better chance to win now I think, since I think he makes less mistakes. I also don't want to yoyo QBs all season like the texans. Tyrod won the QB battle fair and sqaure, let him finish the season unless he gets injured. EJ played ok last game, but he didn't do anything to take the starting job away from Tyrod. And I was one who would have gone with EJ at the begining of the the season

Rex will get it turned around eventually. But my concern would be that it happens too late in the season and Rex loses the locker room, creating a long term mess.

Rex really needs to retool what he is doing. He is going to lose the lockerroom if his defense keeps failing

I love EJ, and played ok. The killer for me was that interception. That is a total rookie decision and it was all on him. We needed 3 yards and he through it into great coverage far down the field. had he thrown it to a wide open (hogan?) short, he would have no interception and a first down. That interception killed what would have been a decent day for someone people keep saying should be out of the league. EJ showed he is good enough to be a backup, but didn't show he was good enough to be a starter. I don't get the hate on EJ by the local media and some fans. there are far worse QBs out there. I would take EJ over kirk cousins and that mess over in houston. And the more I see of winston, the more I am glad we don't have him.

Not a Rodak fan, but you would have to be naive not to think someone is making bad desicions, whether it is the coaches, doctors, trainers, or players themselves.something is not right You have the mccoy injury,he is out a couple weeks and they say he is fine to play. which turns into him being out almost a month because he came back too soon. Then aaron williams, has a neck injury that scared the heck out of everyone, he is out for 2 weeks, plays in a game, ends the game ok, and now he is on IR. Karlos Williams looks fine all game, and now he has a concussion that has kept him out multiple weeks with no timeline to return...a conncession that bad, and no one knew about it until well after the game was over. Sure, some of this is just part of the game. But a lot of this putting players out there and then pulling them back isn't something I have seen on this team before

If there were that many side effects after the game, it was probably worse. If it was mild, he would have just walked it off and probably would have hid it

I think both coaching and the players are going to adjust. Rex does move things around to play to a player's strengh. I think after the coaching gets a better idea about this group, coaching will adjust too.

I cannot imagine duke being on this team next year. any low draft pick can replace him

A new challenge is going to be keeping talent and replacing talent that we lose. I am not saying we are going to lose a lot of guys, But I would say it will be hard to keep all of them. I wasn't expecting Incognito to play so well. I thought he would be just a one year player for us. Looks like we will want to re-sign him now too, which is just another person to add to our list for the offseason. It will be pretty difficult to keep bradham, harvin, incognito, Glenn, etc know that we also have too look down the road in re-signing Gilmore and possibly a franchise QB. A lot of it will depend on how much the cap goes up. If it goes up a good amount, then maybe with some creativity we can keep our stars mainly intact