Comments on: Buddy Nix wants to find a franchise quarterback

By: bbking0420

bbking0420 — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 16:21:19 +0000

Kirk Cousins,Chase Daniels,or Ryan Mallete would make fine choices for future Buffalo Bills QB’s they were great college quarterbacks,and leaders respectively!!!

By: longbino

longbino — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 13:58:27 +0000

@buffalobills2012 “…get Geno and let him rock the #12″ First off I want nothing to do with Geno. Secondly what kind of Bills fan are you? The team retired Kelly’s #12 the only # retired in team history! Pay attention!

By: jeffz303

jeffz303 — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 04:43:10 +0000

At least Buddy Nix is man enough to (kind of) admit a mistake. Unlike boneheaded Scott Pioli, who insisted Matt Cassel with no qualified backups was good enough to win championships with. Pioli is a fraud, and a jerk, and he’s too insecure to ever admit a mistake, even though mistakes are his specialty.

By: dtjano

dtjano — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 01:54:17 +0000

Kansas City, Arizona, Buffalo, NYJ, and maybe Cleveland depending upon new management will be looking for QB’s early.

Colin Klein will be taken in the 7th rd if he’s lucky. I think that Murray, Barkley, Smith, Jones, Wilson will be taken between 1st and 2nd rd. Geno Smith was amazing til he started playing good teams.

By: raiderapologist

raiderapologist — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 22:53:19 +0000

The Chiefs are probably trying to trade next year’s first pick already, and they love overrated defensive linemen. Nix could probably send them Fitz, Williams, and their first rounder for KC’s first.

By: 13fitzj

13fitzj — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 22:40:17 +0000

Yeah and Romeo Crennel wants to find a personal franchise of Dunkin Donuts, but we all can’t get what we want all the time

By: kylexitron

kylexitron — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 21:41:17 +0000

I’m the Seahawks and I’ll trade you Matt Flynn for Tarvaris Jackson and Steve Johnson.

By: kevpft

kevpft — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 20:40:08 +0000

If Nix wakes up and gets himself a franchise offensive line, defensive line, and franchise everything else that’s so glaringly wrong with this team, he’ll be very pleased to find out he already has a franchise QB!

By: peytonsneck18

peytonsneck18 — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 20:13:52 +0000

Trade for rg3…oh wait..he will be a sandwich artist at subway in 2 years

By: carnival88

carnival88 — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 19:46:27 +0000

Just move. Besides the 90′s, this team has been a joke for 40 years.

Go away already. Much more interesting if this team was in LA or Toronto.

By: v1kingfan

v1kingfan — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 19:33:03 +0000

They should trade for Kirk Cousins. He is a starter quality young player, and The Redskins have a lot of faith in RG3.

By: usher716

usher716 — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 19:15:07 +0000

The Bills have an out in Fitzpatrick’s contract that would allow them to release him in April of any year of the contract and not owe him anything really. I don’t think they’re strapped because of his deal. The Bills have passed on a lot of QBs during this regime though, now I know not all of them have panned out but that’s besides the point, I’d draft a few every year until you find THE guy, I mean when it boils down to it they’re still trying to replace a guy who retired in 1996!

Here’s the list of QBs who they could have drafted:

Josh Freeman
Tim Tebow
Jimmy Clausen
Colt McCoy
John Skelton
Jake Locker
Christian Ponder
Blaine Gabbert
Andy Dalton
Colin Kaepernick
Ryan Mallet
Brandon Weeden
Russell Wilson
Kirk Cousins

By: doe22us

doe22us — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 18:41:39 +0000

I personally think Fitz is fine, its that sieve like defense you guys have up there in Buffalo. They cant even stop a nose bleed. I am amazed that a lot of commenters are saying yes we agree, yep and when you do, hopefully they sprinkle some magic dust on that pathetic defensive unit of yours.

By: granadafan

granadafan — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 18:39:17 +0000

I’d fire the GM first for his poor decisions, starting with destroying the salary cap by paying 100 million to Albert Haynesworth’s twin, Mario Williams.

By: bfloxword

bfloxword — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 18:32:43 +0000

He was much looser the last game than against the Cardinals.

Like most QB’s, he needs to use play action and options to get the most out of his receivers. Not having linemen and backs blow blocking assignments would help a lot, too.

Generally, the difference between a top 10 QB and a mediocre one is the play of the line. Just like the running backs, great one game, lousy the next, same legs, same moves, but one hurt lineman and pfffft.

By: emaix80

emaix80 — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 18:26:28 +0000

Buddy Nix wants to find Mario Williams’ contract rip it up and take a giant leak on it just like Coach Lou Brown from Major League

By: scrp2

scrp2 — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 18:14:40 +0000

We get it. Buffalo is an easy target for some chuckles.

By: getyourownname

getyourownname — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 18:07:02 +0000

musicman495 says:
Nov 2, 2012 12:11 PM
Joe Gibbs used to say when you find a good QB in the draft – no matter what round, and no matter what your need is at the position at that moment – you take him. People laughed at Shanahan and Allen for drafting Cousins in the 4th round after taking RG3, but other teams will be lining up at some point to try to trade for Cousins or sign him.
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Gotta love Skins fans who think the Cousins pick was some kind of investment. Got news for you, unproven bench QB’s don’t appreciate in value. After the Seabirds paid all that money to Flynn and he sits, you really think some other club will do the same thing for Cousins?

Yes, people ARE laughing at Shanahan for this one. Unles his plan was to have a replacement QB available because his franchise QB gets injured running stupid QB as receiver plays, or because he failed to draft Oline replacements.

By: thegreatgabbert

thegreatgabbert — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 17:54:07 +0000

“Hi, my name is Buddy, and I live in Buffalo. In the United States of America. I would like a franchise quarterback this year. Never mind the new snowblower and the down filled jacket I had on the other list. Although they would be nice too. But mostly now I would like a new quarterback. It’s the green and yellow house, two from the end on Woodland Drive. Thank you, Santa.

- your pal, Buddy Nix.”.

By: silverhornet

silverhornet — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 17:53:40 +0000

As a non Bills’ fan (Dolphins’ fan), if they are in position to draft Barkley and they pass, they are fools. Sanchez/Leinart give the USC QB’s a bad name. But I’ve seen enough of Barkley to know he is the real deal. I just hope they aren’t in position to draft him and that a team ahead such as the Chiefs chooses wisely.

By: 00reo

00reo — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 17:40:49 +0000

Welcome to the NFL where everyone wants a franchise QB.

Glad you could finally join us after all these years.

By: jaypace

jaypace — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 17:39:12 +0000

Barkley can’t win in college with what many consider a loaded team. What makes any of you think he’s going to be the dude in the nfl.

By: treesloth16

treesloth16 — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 17:33:26 +0000

No to Matt Barkley or Landry Jones. Possible to AJ McCarron, Collin Klein, Geno Smith.

By: asheff2012

asheff2012 — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 17:30:06 +0000

About time!!

By: dowhatifeellike

dowhatifeellike — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 17:26:31 +0000

The Bills could do a lot worse than Fitzpatrick. I think they have other, more pressing needs.

By: rexryansdirtysock

rexryansdirtysock — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 17:20:48 +0000

Here’s an idea: Fire Chan Gailey.

How he got a NFL head coaching job to begin with is beyond me.

That is step one, before drafting a quarterback.

The guy couldn’t even last a preseason as an OC with the Chiefs.

By: hendawg21

hendawg21 — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 17:16:52 +0000

I don’t know about any upcoming drafts and QB’s, but I will say Indy and Washington definetly have two winners on they’re teams…I mean how often has it happened where the first two picks are QB’s and they both seem like they are NFL ready and capable QB’s. I know one thing for sure the folks in Indy and Washington sure are glad they got what they got…

By: scoonie97

scoonie97 — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 17:12:20 +0000

Teams need to stop signing QBs to long term deals after playing the Redskins. e.g. Vick in 2010, Fitzpatrick in 2011.

Joe Flacco’s agent must be salivating for December 9th.

By: theandy59

theandy59 — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 17:11:04 +0000

Stunning admission, after paying Fitz all that money last season. In any case, I admire Nix’s candor. The problem, of course, is it’s hard to determine who’s gonna actually be a franchise QB. The list is very long of guys who fit the bill in the draft, but not on an NFL field: Sanchez, Jamarcus Russell, Vince Young, Brady Quinn, Matt Leinert, Jason Campbell, Losman, Leftwich, Boller, Grossman, Carr, Harrington, Ramsey…all QB’s taken in the first round within the last 10 years. And I didn’t even include Tebow and Gabbert. QB’s taken in the 2nd round or later that will likely have better careers than any of these guys include Andy Dalton, Nick Foles, Matt Flynn, Kevin Kolb, Kyle Orton, Matt Cassel, Fitzpatrick, Matt Schaub, and David Garrard. Is Fitzpatrick appreciably worse than Alex Smith? Smith went #1 overall, Fitzpatrick 250th.

By: steviep23

steviep23 — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 17:10:33 +0000

They need a franchise d-coordinator. The offense isn’t the problem.