Can Rex Ryan Save His Sinking Ship?
Well I’ll give the Bills some credit. They seemed to figure out Rex Ryan is a hack a little bit faster then the Jets did. Of course Rex torpedoed the Bills faster then he torpedoed the Jets.
It feels like the Bills are on the fast track to another rebuild. I was personally very skeptical of the Bills hiring of Rex in the first place. It didn’t seem like a good fit. The Bills under Marrone were a great defense and an anemic offense. To solve this problem, the Bills hired a defensive head coach who operates a scheme that didn’t fit the current personnel under Schwartz. I still think the Bills should have just hired Schwartz and went on a search for a good OC. Maybe even Greg Roman. Then last year the Bills defense completely regressed. The offense somehow improved, mostly due to Tyrod Taylor being not crap. The Bills got a lot of hype in the off-season because now the defense would have another year in Rex’s proven scheme, Tyrod would be back with more experience, and blah blah blah the entire AFC East gets hype every off-season because we’re all still waiting for the team that takes down the Pats.
Now Tyrod is not playing exceptionally well (I’m not entirely sold on him as the future as it is, One good season means very little in the NFL, look at Nick Foles), the offense spent the Ravens game looking terrible and the Jets game also looking somewhat lame, despite the high point amount. It felt like the Bills did nothing of value on offense all game against the Jets except for 4-5 big plays that got them points. Meanwhile the Jets tore the Bills defense apart. So after a shameful display by the Ryan brothers on defense, what happens? The Bills fire the OC. The Offense had some obvious problems and under different circumstances the firing might feel justified, but it’s hard to read this as literally anything but “Organizational panic as shit goes wrong”. Ryan has all the power, and Roman was probably the “outsider” on the staff he could most easily let go of. Unless the Bills magically figure it out within the next half season, they are toast by year end if they make it that long. I think the Bills are probably toast.
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RIP the OC
I think you summed up every Bills fan’s opinion. Watching the offense, I was reminded of the last years of Andy Reid in Philadelphia: chronic clock mismanagement, running your scripted plays come hell or high water, and an unwillingness to make adjustments. But you still looked at it and said, “hey, they put up close to 400 yards on a pretty good defense.”
Meanwhile, the defense made Ryan Fitzpatrick look like an all Pro and put up 38 points.
Clearly the fault lies on…the offensive coordinator? Roman had to be the fifth worst coaching problem right now.
Because the offense went 3-out so many times, the defense got absolutely gassed
I want you to go balls out running for 10 straight minutes get 45 seconds of rest then keep doing that for 4 hours and tell me how you feel. Our D did fine our O just couldnt stay on the field long enough for them to get a drink of water piss and sit down for a minute, not even once.
But this argument goes both ways. Can you really say the Bills D did fine when they couldn’t stop the Jets even when they were fresh? The Jets took like 9 minutes with their first drive and kept getting 3rd down conversions. That’s on the Defense. The offense should have stepped up to give them a breather, but the defense failed too. The hallmark of a good defense is when you still get stops and keep your team in the game even when the offense is anemic (Last week’s game against Baltimore is a much better example of the Bills D working). The Bills defense failed completely at that. If you want a breather on Defense, get a stop. The defense couldn’t get off the field from the first snap.
This is literally them throwing people under the bus one at a time until there’s no one but the Ryan brothers left.
It was reported that Roman wasn’t really a big fan of Rex and wanted off this sinking ship at the end of last year. So he’s probably relieved. I don’t blame him. I’d get as far away from this mess as possible.
Roman is a mediocre OC anyways
Our offense was completely incompetent. 31 points was off 2 huge plays, a defensive score, and garbage time. We didnt see the red zone till a minute left in the game! Roman’s playcalling was always strange. Last year it was infinite trick plays (Goodwin/Shady double end around FTW!!!!!!!), now its shotgun handoff over and over and over….
While im not please he got axed over Rex and Robby, at least it is a sign that the owners arent happy (Pegula told Rex that he was embarrassed by the offense and didnt like it), meaning that a Pegula Purge could be coming, meaning Rex and Robby go away.
Also stephon Gilmore is a scumbag who needs to be traded. Kevon Seymour is better anyways.
I see you read the tweet by Eric Decker’s wife.
I’m pretty sure that up until the 2 minute drill in the 4th quarter, the Bills called only running plays on first down.
My first reaction was like yours, the “Their offense isn’t even the problem. I guess Rex Ryan can’t have a good offense, he’s too proud.”
Then I looked on reddit, where they are known to go out of their way to preach that everyone’s first take is wrong. They made some solid points. But then again, they just collectively disagree with the rest of the world.
Reddit’s thing has always been a sense of eliteism about subjects. They want to feel like they are smarter than the rest of the world so they automatically take a stance opposing the general consesus so they can play the smarty card and act persecuted. This happens everywhere but on reddit its especially bad, which is why every single team subbreddit has threads that are basically “THE MAIN SUBREDDIT IS FULL OF IDIOTS, ONLY WE TRULY KNOW OUR TEAM” which is only true to a slight extent. Fans of a team will know themselves better than the public at large, but not quite to the degree they think they do, its just homerism.
r/buffalobills was cancer to read this morning.
That was actually her snap, and Big Dick Decker is a nickname he’s had since his Denver days.
That lady’s a weirdo though.
I’m just disappointed at how meh Shady looks this year. He’s one of my favorite players in the NFL and I hate watching his talent go to waste.
I want that Tyrod Taylor panel to be my profile picture
Would you settle for the 4th panel cropped up on Eric Decker?
Rex signed a $27.5 million 5 year contract at the beginning of last season. I hope the owner has an out, or it’s going to be pretty expensive to dump him.
Btw, you spelled “teabagged” wrong in panel 3.
Nah the Pegulas can just go tap another gas well. They did this with the Sabres when they gave lafontaine an extension then axed him when they realized he sucked.
Hey Dave, are you planning to make weekly Uproxx predictions like you did last season?
Hooray for Big Dick Decker. Dave, your obscure football references are going to make me reread through every comic – AGAIN! Geaux Saints!
The problem isn’t Roman. The problem is Rex Ryan. Rex wants to run the offense and the defense. He tells Roman and Rob what to do. He calls the plays. If Roman had the personnel and the authority to run the offense his way, the Bills would be a good team. Why are the Bills paying Rob Ryan to run a defense he has no control over? Why haven’t the Bills realized Stephen Gilmore can’t cover decent receivers and can’t tackle? Darby finally had a bad game, Gilmore has many bad games. We’ll see how the next couple games go, I’m thinking we will be 0-4 after the Cardinals and Patriots receivers make Gilmore look worse than he did against the Jets. We were all waiting to beat the Patriots while Brady was suspended……right now I don’t see it happening. What I think we will see is the end of Rex Ryan and I think many will have their fingers crossed.
On the other hand, the Pats just lost Jimmy G and will have to stick with their 3rd string QB that game… so maybe the Bills have a chance?
Garoppolo will probably end up coming back for that game. He’ll have over a week to rest up and get better. Dude’ll torch the Bills badly.
It actually would be more embarrassing if the Bills lose to Jacoby Brissett. Garropolo looked real sharp against the Fins before that injury though
Joking around with my fantasy league we realized the Ryans are like the Dukes of Hazard. We called them the Ryans of Hazard and have a convertible General Lee because, honestly, would they be able to jump in through the window?
Well that was the second-most Browns thing that the Browns ever Brownsed. After last year’s kick-six against the Ravens of course.
Rex knew he was on a sinking ship. That’s why he hired his brother- get money for the family, take as much as you can before the firing. As soon as I saw Rob joining I knew Rex wasn’t in it to win it.
On the 2MM strips, Dave, are they in any kind of chronological order or just alphabetical as the files came from Rob’s site? Just I’m struggling to pick out any kind of timeline.
Nice that it’s here though. Almost the Shirt Guy Dom strips to your Megatokyo.
And now the Bills go and destroy the Cardinals. Scored a ton and defense looked amazing. I dont know what to do anymore.
Gooo Bills, what even is this year