Yahoo article on Gailey's Pistol.

[plundar]

Gailey has ‘shot’ at improving Bills’ offense

By Doug Farrar, Special to Yahoo! Sports





Biggest problem in 2009: The Invisible Quarterback Syndrome <!-- {PHOTO} -->
http://l.yimg.com/a/p/sp/tools/med/2010/05/ipt/1275109534.jpg The Bills’ new coach Chan Gailey was the Chiefs’ offensive coordinator in 2008. (AP Photo/ David Duprey)


<!-- {PHOTO ENDS} --> When the Buffalo Bills (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/teams/buf/;_ylt=As6sqylg7qzvGUL88KL6XI4Zc9AF) selected Clemson running back C.J. Spiller (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/23984/;_ylt=Atx.o7EBDJVM.q5rn1Pdi4cZc9AF)(notes) (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/23984/news;_ylt=ApSI2OcHtBurJMxlaVQOC.8Zc9AF) with the ninth overall pick in the 2010 NFL draft, fan reaction was decidedly mixed. On one hand, Spiller’s playmaking ability projected to help a desperately underachieving Bills offense. But the primary reason for that underachievement, the lack of a franchise quarterback, was not addressed until the seventh round of the draft (Levi Brown (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players;_ylt=Al5FqbHSkBubLzipshs02WkZc9AF?type=lastname&first=1&query=Levi+Brown&q=Levi+Brown)). Not only did the Bills pass on potential pro signal-callers like Jimmy Clausen (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/24023/;_ylt=Al88FasECKYadH1Jpwpbid8Zc9AF)(notes) (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/24023/news;_ylt=AnJFX5asl.L1lXTqT76a3TkZc9AF), Colt McCoy (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/24060/;_ylt=AiurI7rLQEqbiSjNXdrWf5IZc9AF)(notes) (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/24060/news;_ylt=AuhQ2iBI20Zq.viF8ouSrZgZc9AF), and Tim Tebow (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/24000/;_ylt=ArebEGFW4zJKu3ixEKFJblsZc9AF)(notes) (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/24000/news;_ylt=As.2f2ZA3bQjmaMm_9cf27cZc9AF), they also eschewed the opportunities for veterans Donovan McNabb (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/4650/;_ylt=Av6OtM6xtgg224p3B6Ben4QZc9AF)(notes) (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/4650/news;_ylt=Ao87nt5saEGx3xuyUOJIwmMZc9AF) and Jason Campbell (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/7201/;_ylt=AurDxG47dI8gnUYGsGm91bAZc9AF)(notes) (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/7201/news;_ylt=AuunBBpKmQD7Pfzkkv30OcsZc9AF). Curious decisions, given the plug-in nature of those free-agent patch jobs to a passing game that scared nobody in 2009.

Last season, the Bills were “led” statistically by Ryan Fitzpatrick (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/7426/;_ylt=AjjlgPCSZPN9WQAeH0fkB3EZc9AF)(notes) (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/7426/news;_ylt=ArjFXE8gr.iU1rQMaDE_f4MZc9AF), a Harvard grad who has never thrown more touchdowns than interceptions in any one season in his four-year career. Trent Edwards (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/8346/;_ylt=AvxeU7d3HEbwAeDe5618xMkZc9AF)(notes) (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/8346/news;_ylt=AvailpTeEe_fdJ.CMB7FbUMZc9AF), king of the check downs, had just two of his 183 pass attempts travel more than 40 yards in the air last season. Brian Brohm (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/8833/;_ylt=AhBx5kkt1cPCzFGC8.SAFKQZc9AF)(notes) (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/8833/news;_ylt=Aqa2rg6Y3jNDikBymz.FM7IZc9AF), the former Louisville star signed from Green Bay’s practice squad, has as good a chance to grab the starting job as anyone, a fact that new head coach Chan Gailey recently confirmed.
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[SaviorEdwards]

There is not one QB on this roster who could run the pistol. Gailey fits the talent to a system, not the other way around.

[YardRat]

There is not one QB on this roster who could run the pistol.

Why not?

[Forward_Lateral]

I think Brown ran a spread offense in college, didn't he?

Fitzpatrick is also familiar with it, I believe. Not sure about Brohm and Trent, though.

[Typ0]

Gailey fits the talent to a system, not the other way around.

The article says the opposite.

[Typ0]

Maybe it's fitting they call it "the pitsol".

[ParanoidAndroid]

There is not one QB on this roster who could run the pistol. Gailey fits the talent to a system, not the other way around.

How do you even have a clue about that?

[SaviorEdwards]

How do you even have a clue about that?

LOL I guess why the article suggests us getting tyler thigpen :clap:

[BillsWin]

There is not one QB on this roster who could run the pistol. Gailey fits the talent to a system, not the other way around.

Brohm and Brown could run it, Brown especially. Edwards may struggle, but I felt he ran the shotgun formation well against the Chiefs and Broncos at the end of the 2008 season. I'm not sure Fitzpatrick is fit for any duty in the NFL.

[Typ0]

Brohm and Brown could run it, Brown especially. Edwards may struggle, but I felt he ran the shotgun formation well against the Chiefs and Broncos at the end of the 2008 season. I'm not sure Fitzpatrick is fit for any duty in the NFL.


How can you say that with a straight face when you are talking about people who have proved nothing? This isn't college football.

[JCBills]

How do you even have a clue about that?

Gailey has done something different everywhere he's been.

[acehole]

Gailey pistol?

Jezz let the jokes begin.



Gailey has ‘shot’ at improving Bills’ offense

By Doug Farrar, Special to Yahoo! Sports





Biggest problem in 2009: The Invisible Quarterback Syndrome <!-- {PHOTO} -->
http://l.yimg.com/a/p/sp/tools/med/2010/05/ipt/1275109534.jpg The Bills’ new coach Chan Gailey was the Chiefs’ offensive coordinator in 2008. (AP Photo/ David Duprey)


<!-- {PHOTO ENDS} -->When the Buffalo Bills (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/teams/buf/;_ylt=As6sqylg7qzvGUL88KL6XI4Zc9AF) selected Clemson running back C.J. Spiller (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/23984/;_ylt=Atx.o7EBDJVM.q5rn1Pdi4cZc9AF)(notes) (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/23984/news;_ylt=ApSI2OcHtBurJMxlaVQOC.8Zc9AF) with the ninth overall pick in the 2010 NFL draft, fan reaction was decidedly mixed. On one hand, Spiller’s playmaking ability projected to help a desperately underachieving Bills offense. But the primary reason for that underachievement, the lack of a franchise quarterback, was not addressed until the seventh round of the draft (Levi Brown (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players;_ylt=Al5FqbHSkBubLzipshs02WkZc9AF?type=lastname&first=1&query=Levi+Brown&q=Levi+Brown)). Not only did the Bills pass on potential pro signal-callers like Jimmy Clausen (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/24023/;_ylt=Al88FasECKYadH1Jpwpbid8Zc9AF)(notes) (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/24023/news;_ylt=AnJFX5asl.L1lXTqT76a3TkZc9AF), Colt McCoy (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/24060/;_ylt=AiurI7rLQEqbiSjNXdrWf5IZc9AF)(notes) (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/24060/news;_ylt=AuhQ2iBI20Zq.viF8ouSrZgZc9AF), and Tim Tebow (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/24000/;_ylt=ArebEGFW4zJKu3ixEKFJblsZc9AF)(notes) (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/24000/news;_ylt=As.2f2ZA3bQjmaMm_9cf27cZc9AF), they also eschewed the opportunities for veterans Donovan McNabb (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/4650/;_ylt=Av6OtM6xtgg224p3B6Ben4QZc9AF)(notes) (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/4650/news;_ylt=Ao87nt5saEGx3xuyUOJIwmMZc9AF) and Jason Campbell (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/7201/;_ylt=AurDxG47dI8gnUYGsGm91bAZc9AF)(notes) (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/7201/news;_ylt=AuunBBpKmQD7Pfzkkv30OcsZc9AF). Curious decisions, given the plug-in nature of those free-agent patch jobs to a passing game that scared nobody in 2009.

Last season, the Bills were “led” statistically by Ryan Fitzpatrick (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/7426/;_ylt=AjjlgPCSZPN9WQAeH0fkB3EZc9AF)(notes) (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/7426/news;_ylt=ArjFXE8gr.iU1rQMaDE_f4MZc9AF), a Harvard grad who has never thrown more touchdowns than interceptions in any one season in his four-year career. Trent Edwards (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/8346/;_ylt=AvxeU7d3HEbwAeDe5618xMkZc9AF)(notes) (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/8346/news;_ylt=AvailpTeEe_fdJ.CMB7FbUMZc9AF), king of the check downs, had just two of his 183 pass attempts travel more than 40 yards in the air last season. Brian Brohm (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/8833/;_ylt=AhBx5kkt1cPCzFGC8.SAFKQZc9AF)(notes) (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/8833/news;_ylt=Aqa2rg6Y3jNDikBymz.FM7IZc9AF), the former Louisville star signed from Green Bay’s practice squad, has as good a chance to grab the starting job as anyone, a fact that new head coach Chan Gailey recently confirmed.
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[Typ0]

All I have been able to think about is if what we were looking at last year was the shotgun and this year it's going to be the pistol we're in for a world of hurt.

[trapezeus]

i don't think they need thigpen to run this. brown was drafted for a reason. he can run this as a gadget play.

[jamze132]

I'm planning on a "cap gun" offense this year and hopefully next year, we can graduate to a water pistol, preferabbly one of those Super Soaker deals. 2012 should bring us to a .22 pistol.

[Buffalogic]

Brown is a good qb prospect. Good arm strength, smart, and man he has a great release, it's super quick...It's almost Marino-like.

But he can't run anything this year, not even the pistol lol. If he can sit and learn for a year or two I think he will develop and he could rip up the league ala Aaron Rodgers. He reminds me a lot of Rodgers.