The Bills Make No Sense Sometimes
First off, congrats to the Buffalo Bills for hiring Sean McDermott as I drew this comic. Seems like a solid hire to be honest. Firing Rex was a good move, although hiring Rex was a bad one to begin with, so maybe that’s a wash. The Bills.
This news sort of came out during guest comic week but it came out that apparently the Bills, namely GM Doug Whaley, seem to wish to move on from Tyrod Taylor. Doug apparently really wanted that EJ Manuel action. Why? Was he close personal friends with EJ or something? Had he not actually watched EJ play football? Oh right, probably not, if he had watched EJ play football he wouldn’t have been drafted in the first goddamn round. EJ saw some playing time in the final week of the season and was expectedly garbage. I thought I saw EJ Manuel in person once, but then I realized I was looking at a trash can.
The offense and Tyrod were not the problem with the Bills so wanting to move on from Tyrod is kind of bizarre. Tyrod isn’t like Peyton Manning or anything but he’s far and away the best QB the Bills have had during their playoff drought. Tyrod is good enough that he could have learned to fix some of his mistakes, or at least it was worth giving him a chance to do so. Now the Bills want to kick him out…because….reasons. Gotta say it seems like the Bills front office and Whaley specifically might be an unworkable level of dickhole. Doug Whaley’s actions in all this shine a different light on the departure of Doug Marrone a couple seasons ago. Remember him? The Guy the Jags just hired to lead them to the 6 win promised land? Marrone wasn’t fired from the Bills. He quit the team. Nobody really knows why. Maybe now we do. Maybe Doug Whaley is a knob.
Also the Talking Heads are a good band. Remain in Light is a classic album.
“Doug Whaley is a knob.” Good to see your time in the UK last year has stayed with you.
Try The Lightning Seeds as well. Dizzy Heights turned 20 last year, and it’s still one of their best. Sugar Coated Iceberg still sounds as fresh as the day Ian wrote it.
Players have expressed dissatisfaction with the Bills organization. Notably LeSean McCoy wanted a change in team culture and increased discipline. I thought the name of the Bills’ front office had been mud for a while now.
We also hired Tom Coughlin back so… there’s that.
I had the Bills as the 6 seed in the playoffs. I also had the Jags as AFC South Champs
To be fair, the only people who are saying Tyrod is gone as those Talking Heads you were speaking of, based on benching him in the last week in a game it made every bit of sense to lose.
Benching him made sense on every level because
A) winning was pointless and would have hurt their draft stock and helped a division rival
B) If Tyrod got hurt they could have lost him for a chunk of next year, and contract BS meant they would have no way to negotiate out of a high cap hit next year.
C) It let you know that Cardale Jones was nowhere near ready.
It waa such a “no duh” move that I couldn’t believe anyone made a big deal about it at first. And then the talking heads drew their own conclusions and then began quoting each other as “sources”
Point B is already moot as Tyrod “chose to undergo surgery” for a core muscle injury he’d been dealing with for a while. Tyrod should have waited to have the surgery in February to make sure he failed the physical in March and put the Bills on the hook for that money because the Bills are already acting like that’s what he was trying to do.
But as it stands, he should have plenty of reason to be healthy. Keeping him in 2017 and cutting him in 2018 is still very possible, and trading him becomes very possible then.
Or, if he wants security they can convert more of his salary into the option bonus. That means he would give a cap discount thus year but would be a lock to stay next year.
I reiterate: the only “The Bills are going to cut Tyrod” is from a ridiculous game of telephone that began with Sheffty speculating that the Bills didn’t want to give Tyrod the full guarantees.
Bledsoe was pretty good his first year (2002) in Buffalo. He was top 5 in in most passing categories.
Every year a GM makes a move that his just too dumb to be true.
The move that is too dumb to be true is keeping Whaley
Doug Whaley (much like many GMs) above all else is trying to keep his job and the principle part of that is attempting to not look like a idiot. Admission that you were wrong about a player you drafted with a high draft pick is basically admission of incompetence in the football world. Despite the fact that it is clear to everyone that Tyrod is far superior to EJ, Doug can never admit he screwed up with EJ so he will stick by him until the day he is booted out the door. I just happens that since the bills missed the playoffs it’s a bit easier for Doug to leverage blame against the teams current QB even if anyone with half a brain can see that clearly isn’t the problem…
Same as it ever was…
Psycho killer. Qu’est-ce que c’est?
There’s a lot of Talking Heads refrains that fit this situation, aren’t there?
wow the first post without “tom brady isn’t the GOAT”
Can’t wait until Saturday for a ringless rivers goes Hollywood (please use this idea dave)
They should keep tygod tbh
Ringless Rivers joke is dead
Doug Whaley is a
PSYCHO KILLER, Qu’est-ce que c’est
fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa far better
Run run run run run run run away…
SORRY I HAD TO DO IT. Watched Stop Making Sense just last night! Talking Heads are so great!
You may find yourself living in a Buffalo, NY
And you may find yourself in another part of the world
And you may find yourself behind the wheel of an NFL team
And you may find yourself in a shitty stadium, with a shitty QB
And you may ask yourself, “Well… how did I get here?”
Letting the days go by, let the Whaley hold me down
Letting the days go by, Whaley flowing underground
Into the blue again after the money’s gone
Once in a lifetime, Whaley flowing underground
And you may ask yourself
How do I work this?
And you may ask yourself
Where is that franchise quarterback?
And you may tell yourself
This is not my franchise quarterback!
And you may tell yourself
This is not my beautiful offense!
Letting the days go by, let the Whaley hold me down
Letting the days go by, Whaley flowing underground
Into the blue again after the money’s gone
Once in a lifetime, Whaley flowing underground
Same as it ever was…Same as it ever was…Same as it ever was…
Same as it ever was…Same as it ever was…Same as it ever was…
Same as it ever was…Same as it ever was… since the early nineties
Whaley dissolving…and Whaley removing
There is Whaley at the bottom of the ocean
Remove the Whaley
Remove the Whaley from the bottom of the ocean!
Letting the days go by, let the Whaley hold me down
Letting the days go by, Whaley flowing underground
Into the blue again after the money’s gone
Once in a lifetime, Whaley flowing underground
Into the blue again into the silent Whaley
Under the rocks and stones there is Whaley underground
Letting the days go by, into the silent Whaley
Once in a lifetime, Whaley flowing underground
And you may ask yourself
What is that shitty first-round QB?
And you may ask yourself
Where does that QB lead to?
And you may ask yourself
Am I right? Am I wrong?
And you may tell yourself, “MY GOD! WHAT HAVE I DONE?”
Letting the days go by, let the Whaley hold me down
Letting the days go by, Whaley flowing underground
Into the blue again after the money’s gone
Once in a lifetime, Whaley flowing underground
Into the blue again, into the silent Whaley
Under the rocks and stones, there is Whaley underground
Letting the days go by, let the Whaley hold me down
Letting the days go by, Whaley flowing underground
Into the blue again after the money’s gone
Once in a lifetime, Whaley flowing underground
Same as it ever was
Same as it ever was
Same as it ever was
Same as it ever was
Same as it ever was
Same as it ever was
Same as it ever was
Same as it ever was
Tyrod isn’t holding us
Tyrod isn’t after us
Tyrod isn’t holding us
Tyrod isn’t holding us
Tyrod isn’t holding us
Tyrod isn’t after us
Tyrod isn’t holding us
Letting the Taylors go by
Letting the Taylors go by
Letting the Taylors go by once in a lifetime
Letting the Taylors go by
Letting the Taylors go by
Letting the Taylors go by once in a lifetime
Is this the first Draw Play filk?
The Bills are a dumpster fire and they deserve their last 3 years under Rex Ryan. Rex Ryan is a travelling QB graveyard. Rex Ryan coaching offense is like the grim reaper delivering babies. It is unbelievable how bad both the Jets and the Bills have been offensively. Buffalo has had some hard times for some long times.
Did we watch the same Buffalo teams these past two seasons?
Yeah. To be fair, there were problems but the offense was not the worst part of the team last year. Tyrod and Alex Smith have had shockingly close numbers over the last two years. McCoy still looks dynamic. They have the best run game in the league by far.
The difference between the Bills and the “been in the playoffs consistently” Chiefs is that the Bills D has been terrible
Bills deserve to be the dipshit organization they are today.
As a long-time Ravens fan, Tyrod was always one of my favorite dudes and I was really excited to see him playing for Buffalo. This is just so fucking stupid. I hope he can find a home with an organization where he’s appreciated & utilized well. At least he’s got a ring, I guess…
The new offensive coordinator hire seems to suggest they’re open to Tyrod staying. I really hope the Bills keep him at least next year and give him a chance to play with better receivers and a real defense.