A Fan Letter, About Your Buffalo Bills

My dear friend Matt has written a fan letter to JFLANland, seeking answer on how to solve the problems of the Buffalo Bills. Matt writes:

Dear JFlan,

From a die-hard Bills fan and longtime friend of JFlan, I seek your wisdom and that of football fans everywhere:

Commentary:
Good to see Marshawn back in the picture. Bad to see everyone else on the Bills O and D out of the picture. No O line to speak of and we have a secondary? Really? huh. Who thinks Dick will be gone mid-year? About a year too late in my opinion. Injuries happen, but so do recoveries from them and compensations for them. Enough special teams eff-ups, checkdowns and turnovers, it's time to see the Bills play ball, if they have any balls that is. Playoffs this year? HA, don't talk about playoffs!! Playoffs next year? If the front office can make some major changes in how the organization is run, then maybe (you think Jim Kelly would want to coach?).

Ralph, I know you love football, but I'd love to see someone not afflicted with dementia running this team as opposed to you running it into the ground. No doubt, you should be involved, but get some more knowledgeable people surrounding you to tell you when you're wrong or else we'll be rooting for the Toronto Bills (or worse, Columbus, DesMoines, Vegas, Sacramento, Jersey City...who knows?). This shit will hit the fan especially hard when the salary cap is inevitably lifted and what talent there is on the team heads for greener pastures, as bison are known to do.

As for Edwards, don't his numbers look conspicuously close to Losman's? How's Fitzpatrick looking these days? Better and better...

Here's a thought: Just let Moorman be the interim coach, he seems to be the only real play-maker on the team and his decision-making is unquestioned and successful.

JFlan, Bills and non-Bills fans, what are your thoughts?

Painfully faithful to the Bills,
MJB



The Buffalo Bills are in a tough situation. They are in a small and depressed market, but they have a fiercely loyal fan base that demand results. Here are my suggestions on how they could start winning and avoid being relocated to LA, Toronto or London:

1. Fire Dick Jauron- This seems to be the obvious thing. Trent Edwards has regressed, the offense isn't clicking with or without huddles, and the fans are getting tired of it. Dick is the fall guy, but just the first in a long line of changes that have to be made.

2. Trade TO- ESPN Insider has floated the idea of TO to Chicago. He won't be happy the rest of this year, and the Bills could get at least a 2nd round pick out of a team with serious playoff aspirations and a lack of a #1 receiver.

3. Do not draft a QB in the first round this upcoming draft- In fact, I may say not to draft one at all. The class of 2010 will not be as good in the pros as the class of 2011. Jimmy Clausen could win the Heisman this year, and Jake Locker at Washington is the real deal. Assuming that neither of them will come out this year, wait for them.

4. If they are in the top 3, draft Eric Berry. If they aren't, fix the lines- Their corners are pretty darn good, but safety is an issue. Ashton Youboty is not the answer. The same goes for both of their lines.

5. Spend money- Sorry Ralph, but there are free agents that can really help the team, and throwing money at them may be the only way to get them to play in Buffalo. Both Logan Mankins and Marcus McNeil will be unrestricted free agents in 2010. Getting one (or both?) of them on the Bills line will help protect their QB and open up bigger lanes for Marshawn. Same goes for defense. Will Smith, Richard Seymour and Daryl Tapp will all be UFAs as well. Get one of them and the line is infinitely better.

6. A New Coach, a New Attitude- Bill Cowher is waiting for the Carolina job to open up. Mike Shanahan is flirting with the Cowboys and Redskins. What coach has done the most with the least in his time? Brian Billick. He won a Super Bowl with a strong defense, a running back and a QB that didn't make mistakes. I think he could duplicate most of that success (maybe not the Super Bowl win) and get the Bills back to being contenders. He will bring some swagger back.

7. Name Brian Moorman "Bill For Life"- Never ever ever get rid of this punter. Not only is he a great punter, but he is a threat to go the distance on any fake punt, especially now that Sean Taylor is no longer with us.

Other than those seven suggestions, I got nothing. Prayer might work. I open up the floor to the other readers. How do you think the Bills can improve?