Rex and Rob gone...15-16 in two seasons.
Didn't even get a chance to go .500.
IDK, maybe too early?
Didn't even get a chance to go .500.
IDK, maybe too early?
OT: Bills fire Ryans
- Thread starter WVex-pat in GA
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To me it looks to be about more than the wins/losses. Two years is ridiculously short for giving someone a chance - especially when they have been a decent team that just missed out on a lot of close games this year (only losses by more than a touchdown was by 14 to a very good Raiders team and 16 to the Patriots).
Not a fan of his (especially after all the whining in his last game on his TO scam that didn't work). Must have pissed off the owners.
Not a fan of his (especially after all the whining in his last game on his TO scam that didn't work). Must have pissed off the owners.
Sounds like there may have been a dispute with the GM over starting QBs. Also announced Tyrod Taylor will be benched for the final game.
"According to (Adam)Schefter, Buffalo intends to sit Taylor because if he suffered a significant injury in the game, the Bills would be forced to pay him a guaranteed $30.75 million.
The team announced earlier in the day it had relieved Ryan of his duties. Offensive coordinator Anthony Lynn will serve as the interim head coach in Week 17.
Per NFL Network's Ian Rapoport, the Bills' decision to start Manuel is also based on his potential future with the organization.
Manuel is scheduled to hit free agency, and per Rapoport, general manager Doug Whaley wants to get at least one more look at him to see if he's worth re-signing."
"According to (Adam)Schefter, Buffalo intends to sit Taylor because if he suffered a significant injury in the game, the Bills would be forced to pay him a guaranteed $30.75 million.
The team announced earlier in the day it had relieved Ryan of his duties. Offensive coordinator Anthony Lynn will serve as the interim head coach in Week 17.
Per NFL Network's Ian Rapoport, the Bills' decision to start Manuel is also based on his potential future with the organization.
Manuel is scheduled to hit free agency, and per Rapoport, general manager Doug Whaley wants to get at least one more look at him to see if he's worth re-signing."
Rex Ryan had trouble managing his QB situation? Where have I heard that before?
Bills fan here, IMO we shouldve gave him another year. We gave far worse more leeway. The whole organization is dysfunctional top to bottom, and while the new owners hands are relatively clean in terms of being responsible for one of the longest postseason droughts ever, they really need to hit it out of the park in this current regime transition before its easy to conclude its more of the same.
Despite moderate success with the Jets... ...the guy is an obvious flop as a head coach. He's a distraction from himself...
Just curious though....did he ever get a tattoo of his wife wearing the jersey of a Bills QB ?
The Bills are small time, he brought a breath of fresh air with how he handled himself but unfortunately the personnel was never there for the defense. Definitely not a great coach but it's not like a top flight coach is waiting desperately for the Bills job to open. They are likely to hire from within the OC who took over after week 2 and turned the offense around, which I don't hate but he is inexperienced as an OC let alone a HC, there will likely be big time growing pains.
As a fan of the bills ( one of the great lakes mistakes ) im ok with it. I was at the game saturday and the fundamentals on defense were horrible. A beer was more expensive than a ticket for goodness sake. We have beat 1 team with a winning record this year and that was a crippled pats team.
If they cant wrap at this level that is a personnel problem. It's not the head coaches job of an NFL team to teach the basics you learn at the first levels of football.
It is the coaches job to ensure 11 guys are on the field. If they dont want to wrap up then they should sit the bench.
Imo he nor his father ever developed a QB. Maybe Buddy with Cunningham to an extint, but you have to have a good qb or a great running game to go along with tough defense.
2 years is very quick especially given they were near 500.
What do they do now? Blow it up and start over? They also had a lot of injuries.
Tough business.
2 years is very quick especially given they were near 500.
What do they do now? Blow it up and start over? They also had a lot of injuries.
Tough business.
In his Buffalo stint he never had a defense. They were offensively solid both years, the D was the undoing in both seasons, which is odd since the year prior to his arrival they were a top 5 defense.