The Bills have signed 58-year old head coach Chan Gailey to take over as the new head coach.  He has 34 years of coaching experience in the college and pro levels of football.  This will be his second shot as a head coach in the NFL in his career.  He was 18-14 (.563) in 1998+1999 with the Cowboys but he was 0-2 in the playoffs.  Gailey is a offense first coach which should be a nice change for Buffalo after enduring a few years of Dick Jauron’s offense.

I think the Bills should ditch all three of their QBs for the 2010 season as none of them look like a legit starting QB to me.  26-year old Trent Edwards was handed the starting job and he dropped it.  He played in 8 games for the Bills this season and he completed 110 of 183 passes (60.1%) for 1,169 yards with 6 TD passes and 7 INTs (73.8 QB Rating).  He also carried the ball 14 times for 106 yards (7.6 ypc) this season for the Bills.  He has now played in 32 games in his NFL career and Edwards has completed 506 of 826 passes (61.3%) for 5,498 yards with 24 TD passes and 25 INTs (77.9 QB Rating).  He has also carried the ball 64 times for 272 yards (4.3 ypc) with 3 TD runs in his career.  I don’t like Edwards as a starting QB but the Bills might bring him back as the back-up if they don’t trade him.

27-year old Ryan Fitzpatrick played in 10 games for the Bills this season and he completed 127 of 227 passes (55.9%) for 1,422 yards with 9 TD passes and 10 INTs (69.7 QB Rating).  He also carried the ball 31 times for 141 yards (4.5 ypc) with a TD run this year.  Fitzpatrick has now played in 28 games in his NFL career and he has completed 424 of 734 passes (57.8%) for 4,104 yards with 21 TD passes and 27 INTs (67.7 QB Rating).  He has also carried the ball 108 times for 509 yards (4.7 ypc) with 5 TD runs in his NFL career.  Buffalo is a town only big enough for either Fitzpatrick or Edwards…….or neither of them so we shall see if he earned a 2nd year with the Bills.

24-year old Brian Brohm was plucked off the Packers’ practice squad and he actually started a game for the Bills this season.  He played in 2 games (1 start) for the Bills this season and he completed 17 of 29 passes (58.6%) for 146 yards with 0 TD passes and 2 INTs (43.2 QB Rating).  He also carried the ball 3 times for -3 yards (-1.0 ypc) this year.  The Bills could probably do better than Brohm for a 3rd string QB in 2010.

The Bills must not have known what they had in 28-year old running back Fred Jackson until this season.  Yesterday he became the first NFL player ever to rush for over 1,000 yards and have over 1,000 yards in kickoff returns.  Jackson finished with the 4th most all-purpose yards in a NFL season with 2,516 yards.  Jackson played in all 16 games for the Bills this season and he carried the ball 237 times for 1,062 yards (4.5 ypc) with 2 TD runs and he also caught 46 passes for 371 yards (8.1 avg) with 2 TD grabs.  On special teams, Jackson returned 41 kickoffs for 1,014 yards (24.7 avg) and he also returned 6 punts for 69 yards (11.5 avg).  Jackson touched the ball a total of 329 times this season for 2,516 yards (7.6 yards per touch) and he had 4 total TDs.  He averaged 157.3 all purpose yards per game for the Bills this season.  With Jackson likely being the main man in the running game in 2010 for the Bills he will likely give up his kick return gig.

The Bills have fired the entire coaching staff informing them to clear out their desks and to leave the building.  That seems pretty harsh but the Bills are going in a new direction following a disappointing 6-10 season.  The Bills will likely interview the interim head coach Perry Fewell but I have a feeling they will just be going through the motions with him to satisfy the Rooney Rule.  Fewell led the Bills to a 3-4 record as the team averaged 16.9 points per game while allowing 16.6 points per game.  I think the team played a lot better for Fewell than they did for Dick Jauron but I would be stunned if they brought him back as the head coach for 2010.

The Buffalo Bills dominated a Colts team that really didn’t seem to care yesterday.  Ryan Fitzpatrick was solid completing 16 of 25 passes for 155 yards with 3 TD passes and 0 INTs.  He also carried the ball 1 time for 7 yards.  Fred Jackson was on fire the whole game for the Bills yesterday with 212 yards rushing on 33 carries (6.4 ypc) and he also caught 2 passes for 15 yards (7.5 avg) with a TD grab.  Fullback Corey McIntyre also got some action as a reward for his blocking with 4 carries for 32 yards (8.0 ypc).  Terrell Owens (4 rec, 65 yards, TD) and Lee Evans (4 rec, 49 yards, TD) led the way in the passing game for the Bills yesterday.  The Bills finished up with 403 total yards on offense (248 rushing, 155 passing) yesterday as they held onto the football for 37:34.

Linebackers Paul Poslusny (11 tackles, 1 tackle for a loss) and Jon Corto (9 tackles) led the way for the Bills yesterday on D.  DT Kyle Williams had a really good game for the Bills yesterday also with 7 tackles, 4 tackles for a loss, 1 sack and 1 QB hit.  CB Cary Harris pitched in with 2 tackles, 2 passes defensed and 2 interceptions.  The Colts finished up with only 157 total yards on offense (25 rushing, 132 passing) yesterday!  The Bills finished the season with a 6-10 record.