Bills must rectify past draft failures to return to relevance

[Jeff1220]

However, there were parts of what they did during an otherwise forgettable 4-12 campaign that indicated they might very well be taking meaningful steps toward an escape from the familiar frustration of the past decade.
The bottom line on the Buffalo Bills' 2010 season was that it was more of the same.

Now, it is 11 consecutive years that the Bills have missed the playoffs.

One is that the Bills' offense showed signs of being more explosive, even if it did finish in the NFL's bottom eight in total yards for the eighth season in a row. In his first year as Buffalo's coach, Chan Gailey demonstrated that he has the know-how to get more from the Bills' offensive talent than his recent predecessors. Ryan Fitzpatrick showed that he can, at the very least, be a solid quarterback and occasionally much more than that. The emergence of multiple playmakers transformed the receiving corps from an area of weakness to one of impressive depth.

In addition, the Bills' most encouraging move of the offseason so far is adding considerable coaching experience with the hiring of Dave Wannstedt as assistant head coach and inside linebackers coach. His presence figures to provide the Bills help where they need it most: On defense.

Here's a look at some of the team's key offseason issues:

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d81e5c79f/article/bills-must-rectify-past-draft-failures-to-return-to-relevance

[Ickybaluky]

Re: Bills must rectify past draft failures to return to relevance

I guess we figured out who Captain Obvious is.

[Extremebillsfan247]

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http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d...n-to-relevance

lol well, I think its pretty safe to say this draft wont make it easy on them. There's an awful lot of underclassmen circling the ranks this year. You ever eat an unripe tomato? blah...

[ddaryl]

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do ya think Vic ?

[psubills62]

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[Mr. Pink]

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Vic Carucci - rocket scientist.

[Saratoga Slim]

Re: Bills must rectify past draft failures to return to relevance

I guess we figured out who Captain Obvious is.

And yet he's one of the few national commentators that doesn't put LT as a glaring hole, etc..

this piece isn't news to anyone here, but it's finally an accurate summary for those that don't follow the Bills as closely as we do.

[trapezeus]

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exactly SS, this is a national guy who is telling it like it is when you have people who report on basically 2-3 year old news.

I always liked Vic's writing.

[PTI]

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Fitz was the worst starting QB in the NFL in the 2nd half of the season, I am not sure it was even close too, he was downright awful. He got worse as the season went on, and he proved when he had to do too much he was not very capable of it. How in the world do writers not bring up how pathetic Fitz was as the season went on?

[psubills62]

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Fitz was the worst starting QB in the NFL in the 2nd half of the season, I am not sure it was even close too, he was downright awful. He got worse as the season went on, and he proved when he had to do too much he was not very capable of it. How in the world do writers not bring up how pathetic Fitz was as the season went on?

Well, it did coincide with our using solely UDFA's and 7th-round picks as our starting WR corps.

[PTI]

Re: Bills must rectify past draft failures to return to relevance

Well, it did coincide with our using solely UDFA's and 7th-round picks as our starting WR corps.

These people all get paid to play regardless. It wasn't that the whole time. You either have to say Fitz sucks or the people in charge like Nix and Gailey suck then for being in that situation, all teams have injuries.

[psubills62]

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These people all get paid to play regardless. It wasn't that the whole time. You either have to say Fitz sucks or the people in charge like Nix and Gailey suck then for being in that situation, all teams have injuries.

All teams have injuries, but the "people in charge" had a year to build up depth. Teams like Green Bay have had 5-6 years of the same people in charge, ready to build up depth.

I'm not saying the receivers were the only reason Fitz sucked, but it was obviously a factor. The passing game started going downhill when Parrish got injured and really crumpled when Evans went down.

[ServoBillieves]

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My senile, deaf, and slightly ******ed dog knows this.
Ralph Wiggum with his head stuck in a hole for the past 11 years knows this.
A coma victim who recently came out, then got amnesia, knows this.
Mitchell55 did not know this.
An Ethiopian knows this.

Shall I continue? Is the offseason really THIS boring and predictive?

[Extremebillsfan247]

Re: Bills must rectify past draft failures to return to relevance

Fitz was the worst starting QB in the NFL in the 2nd half of the season, I am not sure it was even close too, he was downright awful. He got worse as the season went on, and he proved when he had to do too much he was not very capable of it. How in the world do writers not bring up how pathetic Fitz was as the season went on?

Probably because as bad as he was, he still outperformed Trent Edwards in Edwards best year as a Bill. As bad as he was, he was the first Bills QB in 4 seasons to throw for 3000 yards or more, the first Bills QB since 2002 to throw for 20 tds or more, and the only QB in a Bills uniform to do both in the same season since Drew Bledsoe did it in his first year as Bill. He had what you might call a career year for an average QB. At the start of the season he wasn't even in the realm of conversation of being just average. That could have something to do with it.

[PTI]

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Probably because as bad as he was, he still outperformed Trent Edwards in Edwards best year as a Bill. As bad as he was, he was the first Bills QB in 4 seasons to throw for 3000 yards or more, the first Bills QB since 2002 to throw for 20 tds or more, and the only QB in a Bills uniform to do both in the same season since Drew Bledsoe did it in his first year as Bill. He had what you might call a career year for an average QB. At the start of the season he wasn't even in the realm of conversation of being just average. That could have something to do with it.

Not hard to throw for 20 TDs in today's game, anyone that knows jack about football knows that the game is different today than 9-10 years ago with no touch on WRs. Fitz's stats are not impressive, 3,000 yards is nothing. 4 wins sucks. In less career starts, Fitz has less wins than Edwards, and is less clutch, Fitz has less career 4th quarter comebacks and game winning drives than Edwads does. He has less career 4th quarter comebacks and game winning drives than JP Losman has, and Losman has less career starts. Fitz has proven to be a late in the game liability. Fitz has the 20th most starts in the NFL over the last 3 years in combined starts, he has proven he stinks and is an average backup at best.