Pettine chances for HC just went up.

[MJones83]

Pettine may have just become the front runner for the Browns HC. As per NFL.com he is set for a second interview. They are also speculating that Gase might turn down and interview with the Browns. This does not look good for Buffalo.

[YardRat]

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Booooooo...

[coastal]

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Lol... suck for the FSU QB?

[Guest]

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We need an excuse for a 7-9 season.

This would work.

Anyone hear whether Ralph's cough stopped?

[BADTHINGSMAN]

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Lol... suck for the FSU QB?

Well we all know that Buffalo can put in the effort to suck.

[BillsImpossible]

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No more giving up 3rd and long plays?

Darn.

Did the Bills get better on defense in 2013 because of Pettine, or because of new players like Manny Lawson, Kiko Alonso, Jerry Hughes and a new secondary coach in Donnie Henderson?

Pettine gambled big and got smoked, a lot.

His aggressive play calling helped the Bills set a franchise record for sacks at the expense of giving up too many big plays.

What Donnie Henderson did with the Bills secondary last year is worthy of a promotion. He turned Leodis McKelvin into a good ball player, and did a remarkable job with the talent he had to work with at the beginning of the season playing without Byrd, Gilmore and McKelvin. His depleted secondary more than held their own.

I place most of the blame on Pettine for deciding to put Gilmore into the lineup with a club on his hand. That was not a smart decision, and I don't think it was Henderson's call because his backup was playing good football. Gilmore got lit up the second he stepped on the field, and he was targeted and exploited as a weakness on more than a few occasions in more than a few games.

If Pettine bolts to the Browns, I hope Donnie Henderson gets the nod.

[2slowtogofast]

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The Bills have the worst luck. We find a stud DC and start building a good D and now he will most likely be gone. Kansas City and Seattle turn their teams around in 2 seasons. We have been rebuilding for 15 years, we are never going to get it right. We have no QB and now our best coach is going to be gone after 1 season. FML.

[BillsImpossible]

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http://espn.go.com/nfl/statistics/team/_/stat/passing/position/defense/seasontype/2

This is quite impressive. The Bills secondary is ranked 4th in the league against the pass playing in the same division as Tom Brady. Considering how depleted the Bills secondary was in 2013, this statistic really stands out like a white guy in Harlem.

[justasportsfan]

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Hard to say if the secondary was good due to Henderson or due to Pettines scheme getting pressure on the qb .

[Guest]

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The Bills have the worst luck. We find a stud DC and start building a good D and now he will most likely be gone. Kansas City and Seattle turn their teams around in 2 seasons. We have been rebuilding for 15 years, we are never going to get it right. We have no QB and now our best coach is going to be gone after 1 season. FML.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqwAXk8c2Ew

[BillsImpossible]

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The Bills have the worst luck. We find a stud DC and start building a good D and now he will most likely be gone. Kansas City and Seattle turn their teams around in 2 seasons. We have been rebuilding for 15 years, we are never going to get it right. We have no QB and now our best coach is going to be gone after 1 season. FML.

I think it's a blessing in disguise. Overall defense was ranked 10th this year, but overall defense is overrated. The Bills had a top 5 overall defense with Gregg Williams, but his teams could never stop the run.

In 2013, the Bills ranked 28th against the run. With Kyle Williams, Mario Williams, and Marcel Dareus starting how is that possible?

Very disappointed with the Bills run D last year. I thought that would be Pettine's biggest contribution to the team - stop the run. Didn't happen.

[BillsImpossible]

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Hard to say if the secondary was good due to Henderson or due to Pettines scheme getting pressure on the qb .

If they could get pressure on quarterbacks, they should have been able to get pressure on running backs too.

What's more difficult? Sacking the quarterback, or stopping the run? Sacks would seem to be more difficult to come by in the NFL, so shouldn't stopping the run be easier? What good is a starting front 3 if they can only pressure the QB and not stop the run? What kind of defense is that?

[Beebe's Kid]

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Yes! It just gets better. From total denial two days ago, to being convinced the Bills will be better of without Pettine.

He will never take that job in Cleveland because it is a bad job...it is nowhere near as prestigious as a coordinator job in Buffalo...we have a chance to really break through next year...as long as everything from this season changes for the better.

[justasportsfan]

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If they could get pressure on quarterbacks, they should have been able to get pressure on running backs too.

What's more difficult? Sacking the quarterback, or stopping the run? Sacks would seem to be more difficult to come by in the NFL, so shouldn't stopping the run be easier? What good is a starting front 3 if they can only pressure the QB and not stop the run? What kind of defense is that?

Nope . When you have the Dl running upfield to get the qb, the lbers have to plug the holes.There's a hole at the lbing position beside Kiko. Kiko himself has had problems shedding blocks at times. No doubt Henderson has the CBS playing better but a franchise sack record has something to do with that too. The passing D was horrible last year with Wanny because they weren't getting any pressure on the qb and they still sucked stopping the run.

[Novacane]

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Sounds like he's the only one that wants the job