Two Ex Bills (Hughes & Howard) Were the Stars of the Texans Tie with the Colts

[Mr. WEO]

4 hours ago, mannc said:

At the end of the 2020 season, the Colts had a really strong roster; the only reason the Bills beat them in the wildcard game is that we had Josh Allen and they had Philip Rivers (even though Rivers played well in that game). Their decline can be traced directly to giving up a first round draft pick for Carson Wentz, who was literally the worst starting QB in the league in 2020.  The Ryan deal was not as bad, but still more of the same.  And yes, Reich absolutely deserves a lot of the blame.

 

Their decline can be traced directly to giving up the 18th pick........So they could have taken Pickett?  Yeah, that wasn't it...

 

The Ryan deal was awful.  They are paying him to be the 3rd string QB in his first season of the deal.  Sooooo dumb.

 

Pittman and Taylor are a decent 1/2 punch, but even with Rivers having a solid season (as good as Luck was likely to have), they couldn't beat an imperfect Bills team.  The Colts weren't going anywhere interesting no matter what.   The need to clean house.  That's a moribund franchise.

 

4 hours ago, GunnerBill said:

 

Yea. Frank is a big part of the issue. Forget the QB decisions (which we know he had a major hand in for a moment) and look how many games they lose to teams with less talent than them. It's way too many. Good guy. Great OC and not an awful Head Coach. But 5 seasons, no division titles, 2 playoff appearances, one playoff win (his first year). Unless they recover enough to make the playoffs this year he should be out. 

 

EDIT: the only argument I can see for keeping him is that the talent pool of assistant coaches you could promote is so hollowed out. I mean Sean Payton is out there but he can't fill 5 or 6 openings! I wonder if Jim Harbaugh might fancy the Colts job?

 

I don't see Payton going there with that QB situation. 

 

Ditto Harbaugh---unless he plans on suiting up at QB...

 

[John from Riverside]

Call me crazy but I wouldn’t mind seeing Jerry Hughes come back on a much reduced contract in the future to mix into the rotation

[FireChans]

11 hours ago, CoudyBills said:

Maybe draft one over the last 3 years.

Which one?

 

10 hours ago, Captain Hindsight said:

Instead of Ryan? Draft one or roll with Wentz for another year while drafting another option. Ryan is was never a good option and to give up a 3rd for him to play 8 games is a horrible, predictable decision 

Which one

[CoudyBills]

9 hours ago, FireChans said:

Which one?

 

Which one

Not my job.  It was their job, and the reason they'll be fired.

[FireChans]

1 hour ago, CoudyBills said:

Not my job.  It was their job, and the reason they'll be fired.

Yeah if I was them, I would say, “we could have drafted Jalen Hurts three years ago but we just traded for Rivers. Every other QB has also sucked that was available. Thank you.”

[NewEra]

4 minutes ago, FireChans said:

Yeah if I was them, I would say, “we could have drafted Jalen Hurts three years ago but we just traded for Rivers. Every other QB has also sucked that was available. Thank you.”

They’d laugh at you and you’d still be fired.  But at least you got that final haymaker in there…. They’d be reeling from that one.  🤣 

[FireChans]

8 minutes ago, NewEra said:

They’d laugh at you and you’d still be fired.  But at least you got that final haymaker in there…. They’d be reeling from that one.  🤣 

Sorry did you have a QB they should have taken?

[CoudyBills]

2 hours ago, FireChans said:

Sorry did you have a QB they should have taken?

What a position you've setup for yourself.  This is a stupid argument.  You get to use hindsight to justify your position.  

[NewEra]

2 hours ago, FireChans said:

Sorry did you have a QB they should have taken?

Jalen Hurts.  What?

[Scott7975]

How did this thread about 2 ex Bills playing for the Texans become about Reich and Indi's QB situation lol.