(10-29-2017, 06:24 AM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(10-28-2017, 05:26 PM)Billsfan1212 Wrote: With all due respect, when you say something like that you should probably have some sort of idea what you are talking about.
I'll spare you the rehortic, but this regime is cleaning the mess that Whaley and Rex brought upon this team. 
Their play and their actions have been night and day.
Both franchises seek to have figured things out for the time being and are on the rise
I like the Jags and am familiar to a degree bc my father lives in the area.
Let's not pretend either are a model franchise though.
Both have issues, and neither are the cream of the crop of the NFL. Very similar teams.
There was hope a return to 4-3 would set him off again this yr and he'd return to form.
Sadly, he couldn't get on the field and when he did he found a new way to get into trouble, get injured, or make a dumb play. 
This move wasn't a GM going rouge, this was something that NEEDED to happen whether it be paying someone to take him or a cut. He was the lone guy who couldn't get on board. 
My ONLY point was essentially you guys got yourselves a player who could turn it around....but, maybe not. 
Only time will tell.
Just know, he was given a babysitter as well as every opportunity conceivable and then some to figure it out and he couldn't.
He will go down in BUF history as one of their biggest busts behind Williams, Maybinn, McGahee either way now that his time with the team is through

I'm sure a lot of Buffalo fans would like to spin this as getting rid of a player who needed to go.   But another way to look at it is, Buffalo got a new coach and a new GM, they were handed a young underachieving player who had played at a pro bowl level, and they failed to turn him back around. 

I see this all the time.  I new regime takes over and they start chucking players out the window because they're not "my type of player."  Or "they don't fit the culture."  Or something like that. 

That seems like pure failure to me.  Nothing to be happy about. 

On the other hand, the Jags have a shot at the playoffs this year, and one of their major weaknesses is run defense, and they get a guy with this potential for a 6th round pick?    The Jags' head coach is the same head coach who coached him into the pro bowl.  The Jags' locker room is filled with very strong leadership.  Who wouldn't make this move in the same circumstances?  It's an absolute no-brainer.

Its a good move for both teams. Building a team culture as a new HC/GM combo isn't easy and its only made harder by players who don't buy in with what you are selling, even if they are talented.  You can only lead the horse to water.   

Dareus is a very talented guy but has off the field issues, suspension issues and perhaps isn't the easiest person to have in the locker room. Has a huge contract that that he wasn't playing up as of late , add that to the other issues and you have a guy that isn't very valuable to the new Bills regime.

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