Rex did get one thing right

[Oaf]

http://www.theplayerstribune.com/lorenzo-alexander-bills-pro-bowl-2017/

And in the end, there was only one.



The Buffalo Bills.



Now, the question I get asked the most is, “What changed when you came to Buffalo?”

The answer? Nothing. Rex Ryan said he wanted to bring me in. He also said that not only would I make the team, but that he also wanted me to play special teams and rotate in with some defensive packages — just like I had done in Washington. So the only thing that really changed was that a team saw in me what I had always seen in myself. A lot of things came together at the right time. Rex was looking for guys to come in and compete, and I was ready to do just that. The Bills run a 3–4 defensive scheme that allows somebody with my particular skill set to thrive. Throw in a couple of roster moves and an unfortunate injury to Shaq Lawson, and the door was open. All I had to do was step up.



I remember last training camp hearing Lawson went down and thinking the defense was going be the same as last year (bad). Then we CUT Manny Lawson, which made headlines. I was thinking WTF is going to play OLB? I heard Rex pomp that this 33yr old special had been "earning it" in practice and deserved a shot to start. I rolled my eyes, trying to figure out why Eric Striker wasn't given a shot.

Rex deserved to be fired for his defense, but he was a good player's coach.

[justasportsfan]

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Rex deserved to be fired for his defense, but he was a good player's coach.

I heard players don't like Bellicheat, and yet there he is, on his way to another SB.

Rex wins the offseason and most liked coach ever award . Too bad it means nothing when winning is the goal.

[Albany,n.y.]

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So you think that Rex would have been better off starting EJ Manuel or Matt Cassel & not bringing in Tyrod Taylor?

Now I'm on record I want Taylor gone because he's not good enough to justify a long term commitment to, that his contract locks the Bills into. However, Rex tried to give the team a chance to win by bringing in Tyrod. Imagine how bad this team would have been without him. Even though I now feel it's time to move on, bringing in Tyrod was something Rex got right with the talent at QB he was presented with.

[DynaPaul]

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I heard players don't like Bellicheat, and yet there he is, on his way to another SB.

Nobody actually likes Belicheat from players on down to fellow coaches but since it's a results driven business, and he gets them, he gets a pass on his non-existent personality.

[Oaf]

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I heard players don't like Bellicheat, and yet there he is, on his way to another SB.
Rex wins the offseason and most liked coach ever award . Too bad it means nothing when winning is the goal.

Sure- no argument there. He still gets credit for at least one signing that Belicheck didn't preempt. He's a great recruiter, just a bad coach.

[swiper]

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Sure- no argument there. He still gets credit for at least one signing that Belicheck didn't preempt. He's a great recruiter, just a bad coach.

He's not a great recruiter. Just look at any of YardRat's many posts of his lists of Jets Stank. Salas, etc, etc, etc. He got lucky once. Once. An Alexander was nothing more than a one year wonder that probably got there by using steroids without getting caught. Because nothing else in his career indicated that he was so hot.

[Mace]

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Sure- no argument there. He still gets credit for at least one signing that Belicheck didn't preempt. He's a great recruiter, just a bad coach.

As much as I don't like him I'd have to give more credit to Whaley for finding him, then to Alexander for making the most of it. Alexander definitely found his groove in a Ryan defense, but now there are no more of them left.

[Oaf]

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As much as I don't like him I'd have to give more credit to Whaley for finding him, then to Alexander for making the most of it. Alexander definitely found his groove in a Ryan defense, but now there are no more of them left.

That's a laugh. The article says otherwise and there's no reason to think Whaley would know 3-4 personnel like Ryan would. Ryan helped recruit several signings, even if not all of them panned out.

[Mace]

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That's a laugh. The article says otherwise and there's no reason to think Whaley would know 3-4 personnel like Ryan would. Ryan helped recruit several signings, even if not all of them panned out.

Whaley had roster control though. I think Whaley has proven okay at pro personnel. Ryan proved adept at suggesting ex-Jets.

The thing is, Ryan said Alexander was here for his special teams value. "They" got him for special teams, no one figured he'd be a good olb/de, so giving credit is kind of fuzzy.

[justasportsfan]

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Actually, from what I heard, Rex signed Alexander as a ST player. Only reason why Alexander became a lb'er is the injury to Rex's chosen one, IK . So Rex didn't exactly get it right, he got lucky.

[Joe Fo Sho]

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Brandon really deserves credit for finding this guy. It's either him or Overdorf, but it's definitely one of the two.

[Mace]

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Brandon really deserves credit for finding this guy. It's either him or Overdorf, but it's definitely one of the two.

I read somewhere Alexander and Zach Brown were the only moves Brandon didn't have anything to do with. Brandon was influential in cutting and resigning Jordan Gay all those times, Percy Harvin, Colton Schmidt holding the ball for Carpenter with the laces facing the wrong way and poor hamstring conditioning though.

Props to Overdorf for signing Lorenzo. Brandon ? Heh, nah.