Greg Roman Fired From Bills after 0-2 Start
He was Harbaugh's OC at San Fran. Was the highest paid OC in the NFL.
http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/17563148/buffalo-bills-fire-offensiv…
September 16th, 2016 at 9:32 PM ^
Lately the Bills are indeed bad - Ralph WIlson the former owner really cared a lot about winning, the head coach Marv Levy was a really first class person, and that core team should have won one of those Superbowls but that's life. None of Wilson's kids wanted or could take on the team, and so he cashed out.
I can't think of a coach more of an antithesis to Marv than Rex Ryan - he was capable, humble and considerate. Remember that Bill Polian was the GM and helped to build those teams and later built the early Indy Colts - just a few of the many more ways the Bills of the past truly were superior to the Lions.
I know I should know better and not care so much. I should know that deep down the Lions are just another money making business. The only reason the leadership now seems to be doing a bit more than the past when it was clearly just a rich person's hobby, is because of the declining fortunes of the owners. Once a NFL team was just a fun hobby to have a side line (like what some minor leagues teams are still - nothing serious but just some fun for people who can blow hundreds of thousands of dollars each year) but now the team represents a major money making asset worth at least $1.8-2 BILLION dollars. The days of letting uncle so-and-so run the team with drinking-buddy as his GM are over.
Calvin Johnson did the smart thing, just like Barry Sanders - run away before they blew their knees and had too many concussions. To paraphrase a former AD, it is too late to dredge up the painful past and I just have to let it go.
September 16th, 2016 at 9:19 PM ^
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September 16th, 2016 at 4:35 PM ^
There's a difference between the Lions and all other 31 teams in the league. That difference is only the Lions cannot pluralize the word "win" when it comes to playoff games in the Super Bowl era.
September 16th, 2016 at 2:46 PM ^
September 16th, 2016 at 2:51 PM ^
I could definitely see him getting hired into the Sarkisian role, and potentially moving into Fisch's spot at the end of the year. I'm loving Fisch, but i'd be surprised if we can hold onto him in this spot for one more year
September 16th, 2016 at 3:06 PM ^
Dear god please no
September 16th, 2016 at 5:27 PM ^
September 16th, 2016 at 2:47 PM ^
NBC Sports went into an interesting area here - LINK - when asking whether or not Rob Ryan would ever suffer the same fate as Roman here.
It’s the biggest practical complication arising from nepotism at the higher levels of an NFL coaching staff. Sometimes, a coordinator (in title or de facto) needs to go. But if he’s the brother, son (e.g., the Shanahans in D.C.), the son-in-law (e.g., Rod Marinelli and Joe Barry in Detroit), or some other relative of the head coach, he’s highly unlikely to leave.
September 16th, 2016 at 3:10 PM ^
"Rod, do you wish your daughter married a better defensive coordinator?"
Never forget. Good times . . . good times.
September 16th, 2016 at 3:10 PM ^
Hasn't the defense been the real problem for Buffalo so far this year?
September 16th, 2016 at 2:48 PM ^
September 16th, 2016 at 2:49 PM ^
September 16th, 2016 at 3:23 PM ^
Roman isn't the HC's brother though
September 16th, 2016 at 4:37 PM ^
everything is a problem
September 16th, 2016 at 2:52 PM ^
Could easily see Fisch leaving after this year. Wonder if Drevno and Roman would be too duplicative.
September 16th, 2016 at 3:17 PM ^
Ya let's ixnay on the Fisch leaving talk k thanks
September 16th, 2016 at 2:56 PM ^
Did not click on that story cause fuck ESPN but Greg musta kicked the pooch is some serious areas. Hiring & firing a guy after just 2 games is goofy as hell.
September 16th, 2016 at 3:01 PM ^
You must not be familiar with Rex and Rob Ryan.
September 16th, 2016 at 3:12 PM ^
Ah yes it all becomes clear now thanks
September 16th, 2016 at 3:02 PM ^
September 16th, 2016 at 3:16 PM ^
Especially after they just scored 30 points on one of the best defenses in the NFL and Roman was pretty influential in Tyrod Taylor's development. Roman seems like a scapegoat, to be honest.
September 16th, 2016 at 4:18 PM ^
Yeah I think you nailed it...HC giving the owner blood
September 16th, 2016 at 4:27 PM ^
Pretty sure he was the Bills OC last year too
September 16th, 2016 at 2:56 PM ^
for screwing up my fantasy team this week. They should have sat Watkins or at least throw him the ball. Instead they did neither and then they scored a bunch when I played the Jets defense. Grrr.
September 16th, 2016 at 3:12 PM ^
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September 16th, 2016 at 3:24 PM ^
September 16th, 2016 at 3:36 PM ^
I quit FB. It's too time consuming, people get too wrapped up in it (whether you admit ir not), if you are in two, three leagues you often find yourself rooting for and against one player. No good anymore.
September 16th, 2016 at 7:07 PM ^
I risk Bolivia to bring you this message.
September 16th, 2016 at 4:21 PM ^
September 16th, 2016 at 4:36 PM ^
A Rex Ryan team with Tyrod Taylor as the QB? You could send Jerry Rice out there with the Bills and he'd still only get 50 yards a game
September 16th, 2016 at 3:00 PM ^
We could use another advisor...let's pool our money and make this happen!
September 16th, 2016 at 5:58 PM ^
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September 16th, 2016 at 3:22 PM ^
I've never seen someone live off of their dad's name for so long. Rob Ryan is the worst defensive coordinator in football.
September 16th, 2016 at 3:48 PM ^
September 16th, 2016 at 4:08 PM ^
September 16th, 2016 at 4:04 PM ^
Bring him to Ann Arbor!
September 16th, 2016 at 4:10 PM ^
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September 16th, 2016 at 4:18 PM ^
To fill what position?
September 16th, 2016 at 6:03 PM ^
do what the owner of my company does - make bullshit positions for your buddies.
September 16th, 2016 at 4:31 PM ^
This is a very inept franchise being coached by Rex Ryan. A guy who has done nothing except babysit a few good seasons in NY that were almost certainly the result of Eric Mangini's work and not his own as all of his teams have been middling at best since those first two years.
Couple that with Rex's brother being DC and having a 5'5" Tyrod Taylor as your QB and it's no wonder Roman struggled and took the fall. Rex Ryan is almost certainly going to be fired at year end but this is his desperate shot at blaming someone else for his awfulness. Wouldn't surprise me if Rex gets fired before midseason
September 16th, 2016 at 4:45 PM ^
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September 16th, 2016 at 5:21 PM ^
Have his defenses in Buffalo been that good? I get the Ravens and Jets, but I honestly don't know. I feel like the Bills defense was actually better before he arrived.
September 16th, 2016 at 9:15 PM ^
September 16th, 2016 at 5:21 PM ^