Dr. K

I'm skeptical about the special teams and the offense. I'm pretty much prepared to say right now that, barring a major upgrade in personnel and maybe not even then, the offense will take a step back, not forward, from the 2012 Bills team.

I don't miss PPP very much. The aggravation was not worth the effort, and reasoned argument always seemed to be overwhelmed by ranting--even by me. I'm still just as political, but I express it in different ways. Go with God. Dr. K

I for one will defend Gailey's offense. I think he did a very good job given what he was working with. He made a lot of good decisions. A lot of the people complaining that it should have been a run first offense neglect to notice how much the team did run, or realize that neither Jackson nor Spiller was a Mashawn-type "move the pile" running back--they quite often got stuffed in short yardage situations, and if the team tried to muscle up and run a ground and pound offense the opposing defense would simply have stuffed the box and stopped the--as they so often did in short yardage. The fact that Spiller might average 6 yards a carry did not mean that he could get you two yards when the defense was expecting a run, as we saw many times. The difference between Jauron's offense and Gailey's was night and day. Now Gailey's defenses were another matter--probably the worst Bills defenses over a three-year period since the late 60s-early 70s. That was the true source of the failures of this team over the last three years. A team that could be up 21-7 on the Pats in the third quarter and give up another 45 points in a quarter and a half. I have high hopes for the new administration and coaches, but I am not convinced the offense will necessarily be better. I'm taking a wait-and-see attitude on that. Be careful what you wish for.

You'll be begging for the return of Chan by mid-season. What a joke.

I think there's some truth to this. But if you want to see ineffective passing, go back to the Jauron era. Gailey's passing game was ten times more effective than Jauron's--his offense in general was. The downfall of Gailey's tenure at Buffalo was not the way he handled the offense. It was the complete inability of the defense to function effectively with any consistency. A middle-of-the-pack defense would have had the Bills in the playoffs two of his three years here.

I have a strong feeling that firing Gailey was a mistake. I can't argue that the results he had warranted keeping him, and I'm not really looking to argue with the vast majority who think "good riddance," but I just think we are going to realize after he's gone how much he was able to get out of mostly mediocre offensive personnel. The defense is another story, or course. But I remember how under Jauron the Bills struggled to score 13 points a game. I think we may see a return to those days, at least for a while.

I agree. There is a lot of hysteria on this board right now, and it's not edifying to read. I think Nix has made credible decisions, though not all have worked.

Yes. Glad I could answer your question. Actually, I am one of the few who thinks Nix, with some exceptions, has made good decisions. Even the ones that haven't worked out, that in hindsight people want to fire him for, were reasonable at the time. Also, I do not think this team will get better if you fire the GM and coach every three years.

Just FYI. Current NFL QBs from the ACC: Philip Rivers Matt Ryan Russell Wilson Matt Schaub Michael Vick Christian Ponder

Glennon is tall and slender, it's true. I'm 6'5" and he's taller than I am. The Brooks piece was just FYI. Of course you can dismiss it as BS.

Bucky Brooks suggests why Mike Glennon might be climbing draft boards: http://www.nfl.com/n...mb-draft-boards Incidentally, I taught a class this semester where Glennon was a student (I teach at NC State). Though quiet in class discussion, he seemed pretty bright to me.

Should he have said, "No, all my calls are perfect for the situation. I never make mistakes?" Not that I'm defending him, but get serious. Harvey Johnson John Rauch Kay Stevenson He's got a long way to go yet.

I would also take him in a minute if he were available. I don't think he will be.

Yes. Mike Glennon.

I lived on Bielak Road.

Miami is much better on defense than the Pats and much worse on offense. So against them the Bills looked much worse on offense and much better on defense. All this obsession on how the Bills should have run better in short yardage against the fifth ranked running defense in the league is pretty amusing. I think the offense could have played better, but the Miami pass rush was much better than the Pats', and they were in the Buffalo backfield a lot more. Fitz had enough time, but not a great amount. I questioned some of the play calls, and the clock management at the end of the first half, but overall I think the critics on the board here are a little hysterical about this particular game (some of the other games warrant hysteria, however).

Tonight he did not go five wide. Frequently he kept a rb in the backfield to help block against the Miami blitzes. The Bills ran on third and one at least twice tonight and got stuffed both times. CJ was great, but he got stuffed several times in the backfield. You cant run all time time, especially when the defense is stuffing the box the way Miami was tonight.

I certainly wished they'd had Freddie available in this game as a change of pace form CJ, and to give him a blow. He'll get worn down if he has to take the beating Miami laid on him for any length of time. Plus, the Dolphins pass rush was pretty darn fierce, especially in the second half. Fitz was under heavy pressure many times, and would have been sacked even more if he had not escaped a few times. I wish they could break a long pass play in a couple of those situations to slow them down.

They gave it to CJ on 3rd and 1 on that last drive where the Bills were trying to run out the clock, the way you guys have been screaming all year that Chan should do. What happened? He got stuffed and they had to punt, giving the Dolphins another chance to win. Averaging seven yards a carry does not mean that the runner gets seven yards every time he carries the ball. CJ got tackled for a loss quite a few times tonight, and other times he made yards when he had no business doing so. Third and one when the defense is stacked against you, it's hard for anyone to make a first down consistently. That said, I was unhappy with Tashard Chjoice, especially when he showed alligator arms on that third down pass that would have kept a drive alive. No guts.

God, I want the Bills to beat the snot out of the Dolphins tomorrow night. I want a 30-point victory. Please, don't we deserve it?

This. Gailey has gotten a lot of points out of some average players. Despite the Bills scoring only three points against the Niners, they are averaging 24 points a game. They were up 21-7 on the Pats in the third quarter this season, and 21-0 on the Pats in the second game last season. The offense is not the problem on this team. If the Bills could hold anyone under 24 points a game, they would be a dangerous team.

I wanted the Bills to make him the permanent coach after he was the interim when Jauron was fired, and said so at the time.

I went to grad school at Kansas and became a Jayhawks fan, and experienced a huge rush when they won NCAA basketball titles in the 80s and a few years ago--plus many disappointments when they failed in teh tournament. But they are always a contender. While out there I became a big fan of the KC Royals. I suffered when they lost three consecutive years in the 1970s to the Yankees in the playoffs, then lost the World Series in 1980 to the Phillies (I went to one of the games) but finally had the pleasure of seeing them come back from being doen three games to one (the first team ever to do this after having lost the first two games at home) to beat the Card in the 1985 World Series. Finally, I teach at NC State and followed Jim Valvano's basketball team through the magical 1983 NCAA tournament run ending with them upsetting Houston to win the title on the last second dunk by Lorenzo Charles. None of these could compare, however, to what I'd feel if the Bills were finally to win a Super Bowl. I'm not holding my breath.

Yeah, stop by the Franchise Quarterback Store on the way back from the grocery and just pick one off the shelf.

How many times have we seen this. Total humiliation. I can't take it anymore.