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I'm not sure on Whitner, his offers were small from Cincinnati and subsequently San Fran. Fletcher and Clements got sizable contracts from Washington and San Fran. And Byrd's status shouldn't depend on the DC. He's played well in both the 3-4 and 4-3 the past 2 years, improving his run support and essentially being the only one in the secondary getting turnovers.

Levitre and Urbik really aren't interchangeable IMO. LG is a position that requires more agility to pull and Urbik isn't that. He'll be fine at RG, but it'd similar to an OT playing LT versus RT. Certainly not a bad thing to retain Urbik, but losing Levitre from that line disrupts whatever continuity they had up the middle. And, it'll mark the first time in awhile, Posluszny aside, where the Bills have lost a talented player in free agency if he leaves. The last where Fletcher and Clements in UFA 2007. Buffalo has some decisions to make on Byrd and Levitre. Both are building block type players and both will command good money on the open market.

I want a coach who does this: And who can forget Dennis Green? I'm sure those guys are available. Dennis Green might need an unlimited McDonalds gift certificate, but otherwise they'd be cheap.

You won't get any argument from me about Nix. Atlanta wisely decided against him and selected an up and coming guy from a top organization. And make no mistake, Dimitroff went to work for a team that just jettisoned Rich McKay, had their coach quit, and were dropped by Bill Parcells. I said Nix was a bad hire from Day 1 and was predictably chastised for not giving him enough time. Well, some fans didn't need to give him time. The guy's intro PC told me all I needed to know, that he was hired because he met the minimum requirements of A) knowing RW and B) working in personnel. When that's all your looking for, you the garbage this team puts out 16 times a year.

I do agree that Jerry Sullivan could draft better than Nix.

Nix interviewed for the Falcons then vacant GM job after Petrino left. That job when to a former Patriots guy, Thomas Dimitroff. http://www.chattanoogan.com/2007/12/21/118981/Buddy-Nix-Eyed-As-Falcons-General-Manager.aspx Still, when you only interview 2 in-house candidates and one of them is later fired, you can only conclude neither were in much demand. Which fits perfectly into the Bills' MO for interviews. Funny thing is, Nix's record is much worse than what Levy/Brandon did. Imagine Brandon throwing that into the argument against Nix.

At least in 85 the Bills had the top pick and Ralph wasn't as old as Methusaleh. Even better, the Bills, after the season, hired a young guy from within. Today, they won't have the top pick, RW is a nonagenarian, and the GM will only know discuss the QB position when it's far too late.

Marv Levy/Russ Brandon GM tenure 2006-09: 27-37 (.421) Buddy Nix GM tenure 2010-present 15-31 (.326) Two non-personnel people have out-done Buddy. I guess Buddy meant it when he said he wasn't the smartest guy in the (football) room. Little did we know that included the reporters covering him.

You wonder if Buddy was just following the Al Davis model for drafting: pick the fastest guy and watch him run.

The spike in the EZ after his TD reception indicated he wasn't enthused about yesterday's contest. Perhaps someone scolded him for that after the game so as not to make a widely known dysfunctional organization look any worse than they already do.

I heard Joe Montana is interested in a GM or HC or OC or Pro Personnel director job. He won 3 SB's, so that qualifies him, right? Onward!

I heard the personal trainer relaying the call from OBD. Goodness knows he/she has more football knowledge than Nix and Brandon do.

Where are the Pro Bowlers Nix has drafted? With 6 picks in the first three rounds of the 2010-11 drafts, only perhaps Spiller is worthy of any mention. Troup, Carrington, Dareus, A. Williams, and Sheppard are all either ineffective starters or backups. He's failed to deliver on draft day for a guy people lauded as a top talent evaluator. And that's why this team is on the merry-go round of failure. One more draft won't make this any better, nor will more UFA spending. This issue goes so much deeper it'll take an underwater drill to reach.

There are candidates for those teams' HC jobs. Meanwhile, this team conducted 2 real interviews for the HC job, one obviously a Rooney rule option in Leslie Frazier. They also conducted 2 in-house interviews for the GM job, one of whom was fired weeks later and was their minority interview. Read between the lines and take your head out of the ground.

There's a lot going unsaid about the sad state Buffalo has become. When coaches and front office types decline to interview for the team, it's safe to say the organization is known as something of a NFL Siberia. Players, agents, executives, other owners, the commissioner, all of them know this team is the worst in the NFL. And that was before they played today's game.

Does the track lead over a cliff or into a mountain?

How much does this game worsen America's trade deficit?

Most teams aren't the Bills.

They're making up for SB XL one game at a time.

If this doesn't get the team awake, nothing will. Sleepwalking since the first snap.

Pete Carroll versus Chan Gailey?

I would take those DJ coached teams that were guaranteed to be 7-9 and lose in heartbreaking fashion. Those were the days.

Send in the clowns...

Yep. Ralph's ownership guarantees the team remains in Buffalo and that it will never move beyond mediocrity for the reason you note.

I thought Kyle Moore was another of Buddy's street free agent/practice squad diamonds in the rough?