I wasn't going to write anything yesterday about the Bills' signing of former Patriots safety Lawyer Milloy until he was, you know, actually signed. Now that he is, my reaction is:
YES yes yes yes boo-yeah that's what I'm talkin' about!
Milloy might be on a bit of a decline - - his stats last year were off - - but even so, he'll provide veteran leadership in the Bills' secondary, which is talented, athletic, and very young. And he was a team leader for the hated Patriots, so anything that hurts them is good news for the Bills.
And speaking of the Patriots, this provides yet more evidence that Bill Belichick just isn't the wonder-genius that everybody thinks he is. That's twice in two years he's allowed an upper-echalon player to go to a division foe. In a Buffalo News article today, writer Jerry Sullivan -- never one of my favorites -- blathers on a bit about Belichick's "legend", presumably because he often seems to have the Bills' number. Fair enough, but the guy's just not that impressive on the whole, as far as I can see.
Look at his lifetime stats as a head coach: In eight total years, he's still under .500 (61-67). He's had only two postseason appearances. He's had only three winning seasons. His best regular season record, done twice, is 11-5. Belichick's reputation as a head coach is over-inflated, I think, by his improbable Super Bowl season two years ago. And his "dominance" of the Bills is understandable given how bad the Bills were two years ago, and how they were still a young team on the rebuilding path last year.
Let's not use words like "legend" to describe Bill Belichick, OK? One year does not a career make. He's got a long way to go before he's a legend. Right now, Jon Gruden and Dick Vermeil have far better claim to that title.
The personal blog of author Kelly Sedinger, chronicling the adventures of one overalls-clad wanderer.
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