The Bills should take the advice of a recent children\u2019s movie and \u201cwreck it, Ralph.\u201d The Bills have, if you can possibly believe, taken large steps forward from the Jauron regime, but still remain wildly undercoached. When Jauron left, there was no o-line, a struggling running game, questionable QB play and a talentless, undersized defense.<\/p>\n
Today the Bills have a solid OL, a running unit that they don\u2019t particularly like using for some reason, some wide receivers who make ridiculous catches from their inaccurate QB, some TE options, and a front 4 DL that could be good if the LB core played up to snuff.<\/p>\n
That being said, the next coach for the Bills will have some pieces with which to work. \u201cWhy do we need a new coach, Kevin? You think he\u2019s a good OC.\u201d Because he has become one gigantic weenie. Take this example. The guy attempted four field goals. Two were from 4th and two inside the red zone and the other was with nine seconds on the clock before the half. He\u2019s trying to hold the margin of defeat. That gutless effort is noted by the players whether it’s explicitly or implicitly noted.<\/p>\n
A coach who has a run game that averages 6 yards a carry and opts not to run more than 12 times in the game is crazy. Gailey likes to pass the ball out of the spread. That\u2019s his thing. But it\u2019s no longer 1992. You can\u2019t just assemble dream teams and have the best players do their thing. You have to work with what you got post Free Agency. He has a QB who is 5-14 since signing a huge contract. It\u2019s almost cruel and unusual punishment that he\u2019s out there. This is like letting a shellacked goalie stay out there. Pull him for his own good, Chan!<\/p>\n
And to be honest, Fitz looked mildly capable. For a half. He threw his first pass to Donald Jones this year where Donald Jones wasn\u2019t almost decapitated. But at the end of the half when you simply can not get sacked, he got sacked. At the end of the game when you couldn\u2019t fumble, he fumbled. When it\u2019s third down, he doesn\u2019t convert. When they were down two scores, he\u2019s throwing 8 yard passes.<\/p>\n
For Ralph to wreck it, it could start with Gailey. But I think it goes to Russ Brandon. This is a guy who is wowing even Bank CEOs from the 2008 crisis. He has presided over two major seasons falling apart, four head coaches, three quarterback\u00a0controversies, two old man GM signings and a partridge in a pear tree. He still has the job. In fact, he\u2019s gotten promoted! And he started off as a baseball guy. Even the Bank CEOs under pressure for legal reasons still left their gigs eventually. Russ Brandon has the job for life.<\/p>\n
Which pretty much ensures that this will never get fixed. And for those who think it\u2019s such a conspiracy that the Bills are intentionally tanking, it is bizarre that 31 other teams have been to the playoffs once and we can\u2019t get there from coaching changes, 4-3 to 3-4 changes, QB changes, drafts. Somehow the people in control of the draft keep messing up in ways that defy logic. It\u2019s like watching a trader lose money every single year when they would have made more money buying a Vanguard Index Fund. Really? This is why we pay the high fees? But in high finance those guys don\u2019t survive. In Buffalo they are credited for being the genius who sold Football to Buffalonians. At the halfway mark of the season its hard to tell if we\u2019ve even seen football.<\/p>\n
DVD Extras<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Now what?<\/strong><\/span> Now we IR people who have injuries that take 3-6 weeks to heal. Then we sign guys named Leon Joe who last played LB at a division 3 school in Switzerland.<\/p>\n You talk so much, Shenoy, what\u2019s your plan<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 Well, we have no quarterback. I\u2019d host a dunk tank with Russ Brandon donating his time to raise funds for charity. First person to dunk him on a throw longer than 10 yards is next year\u2019s starting QB. Second guy is the back up. You draft another QB in the draft. There are your quarterbacks for next year. Currently all better than the current three.<\/p>\n Texans first touchdown<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 What a play. How many times have you heard that you shouldn\u2019t throw the ball across the field? How many times have you heard that slow developing plays are a bad idea? Yet Schaub rolled out, set his feet and launched a ball to Owen Daniels who ran 65 yards (25 across and 40 deep) to be wide open. Truly a pathetic defense.<\/p>\n A land of delusion<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 Kelvin Sheppard was in the news this week trying to defend his defensive corp. \u201cWe played lights out!\u201d Really? He went on to say that the fans who look at the stats \u201cdon\u2019t know football.\u201d Clearly Sheppard’s hatred for math and facts has him looking at a front running position for the Republican 2016 ticket (I know, one political joke. You\u2019ll survive.) The team gave up 52 points to a team that routinely embarrasses us. They gave up more than 35 points four other times. That\u2019s lights out? I asked Sal Capaccio (@SalSports on Twitter), \u201cwhat is the last team to give up two plus 50 point games?\u201d I was kind of expecting \u201cnot in the modern era,\u201d but Sal is a stat king and definitely worth following. He responded, \u201cthe 2007 Lions.\u201d You probably are thinking of the 2008 Lions as the only team to lose every game in the season. But the 7-9 2007 Lions lost two games by allowing 50+ points. They also gave up 4 games with 40+ points. In 8 games, the Bills have given up one 50+ point game and three 40+ point games. We excel at being terrible. Sucking at almost twice the rate of a bad Lions team. Oh, and we have an 0-16 season to look forward to next year.<\/p>\n Patriot game<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 Oh, the good news keeps coming. The Patriots have cleaned up the spanking field and are ready to put up an easy 60 points to a Bills team that most likely will take the beating like a character in the \u201cFifty Shades of Grey\u201d series. The Patriots will be playing us coming off their bye week for the 900th time out of 901 times. While Chan keeps wondering how to deal with an extra attacker in the box, Bill Belichick will phone in the refs to make sure all the calls are ready to go his way\u2026 again.<\/p>\n Two more wins\u2026 tops<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 Can someone look at the schedule and see more than two wins? I am stretching when I say I think the Bills can beat Jax and St. Louis. And you know they will get those wins because it\u2019ll screw them in the draft.<\/p>\n Geno Smith<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 I just want to be on the record and say \u201cI don\u2019t think he\u2019s going to be anything but a stat machine vs bad teams.\u201d Go ahead and send this back to me next year when he\u2019s tearing it up. But the guy has disappeared the last three weeks. In bigger games, he\u2019s no where to be found. In easy games, he\u2019s unstoppable. We have had that quarterback for 12 years. I don\u2019t have a better answer, unfortunately\u2026 but I say no to Geno Smith. You heard it here first.<\/p>\n Kevin Shenoy can be reached at onefansview@gmail.com and @kevinshenoy on twitter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Bills should take the advice of a recent children\u2019s movie and \u201cwreck it, Ralph.\u201d The Bills have, if you can possibly believe, taken large steps forward from the Jauron regime, but still remain wildly undercoached. When Jauron left, there was no o-line, a struggling running game, questionable QB play and a talentless, undersized defense. … <\/p>\n