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That may be, but don't tell me that it wouldn't get Ralph's attention!

I think most BB fans will now admit that it's time to shake up the coaching staff, the front office, Trent perhaps. . . Maybe even more. But, how can we get Ralph to listen to us or at least aknowledge our pain and suffering? People have suggested starting a petition, but they are meaningless and actually require the signers to do something other than sign their name to a piece of paper (for example refuse to buy tickets, merchandise, come to games, etc). Here is what I say we should do. At the next home game, and each one there after, Bills fans will need to bring something other than their love and passion for the team with them into the stands. That something is Bic Lighters. Follow me here. Rather than staging a walkout (which we know will have no effect-- remember Cincy and Detroit a few years back), which would only reduce what little power the 12th man has left, I suggest that when the game is over, everyone who brought a lighter into the stands should then leave it behind for the cleanup crews to deal with. Creative people might even want to right FIRE on one side, and JAURON on the other! Here is what this will accomplish: 1. It will prove that Bills fans are creative and have a firey passion for their team. 2. Such a creative statement will surely get national attention and put even more pressure and focus on Ralph. 3. FINALLY & MOST IMPORTANT- It will create a mess and I'm not talking about the kind of mess that you can sweep up after the game. A mess of this type will be costly to clean up and will hit Ralph in the pocket book. Think about it. If each of the 54,000 season ticket holders brings 5 lighters and we assume that each lighter contains .5 fl oz of butane, then Ralph will have over 1000 gallons of butane strewn about his stadium. Although I might be wrong about this, but such a large quantity of discarded butane would probably be considered hazardous waste, and would have to be taken care of accordingly. This idea will only cost each participant about $5 and would allow us to still support our team with out leaving the stands. Hell, I myself would be more than happy to bring 20 or 30 lighters-- as many as I could "sneak in" if it would somehow aid in bringing Ralph to his senses. Flame away (no pun intended)....

The sun does not have enough mass to supernova... Silly in all seriousness, I hope it's #4, but it will prob be #1.

If Tenn. continues to bomb out, maybe Jeff Fisher will get fired and we can grab him. I always thought he was a good coach.

Here is what I would do if I was Ralph. 1. Demote Jauron to D coord- I think Jauron would do fine at that job, if only for the year. At the very least, we'd retain his services for the rest of the season and then figure out what to do with him when the season is over. Doing this means Fewell would be fired and I'd be very happy with that. I don't think our defense would be any worse. 2. Propmote Bobby April to interm HC while continuing to look for a replacement. I would place a lot of effort on briniging in guys like Shanny, Cowher, Gruden, Marty etc. If I could land one of them during the season, great. If not, we'd at least know if April can handle the position. 3. Put the screws to Russ. Modrak and Co. need to go, and Russ has the power to make that happen.

Buffett would be sweet, but remember Donald Trump is a Bills fan-- He and Kelly go way back. I still say Trump is Kelly's ace in the hole

So your happy that the Bills QB is a game manager rather than a winner. Our team has massive problems... Jauron is one of the biggest. But ****, if we had a decent QB, one who wasn't afraid to throw the ball, maybe we be 2-2 right now. Trent won't ever get it done in this league. TRENT IS A CAREER BACKUP. Please, someone with an affinity for statistics, tell us how many games Trent has won against teams above .500? To have ANY CHANCE at finishing above .500, we need Fitz and a bally head coach.

At this point, who can argue with that?

2 losses out of the next three and jauron is done.

Awesome!

it's only 3 games, but sanchez looks pretty damn good

1. Agreed 2. Mosty agree. I think Trent is fixable. With the proper coaching and a little sucess, the problems that we currently see with Trent (Lack of balls, Jekyl and Hyde performance) would largely disappear. It's obvious that the guy has tallent, it just needs to be developed a little further. QBs far worse than Edwards have taken their teams to the playoffs. ****, trent Dilfer won a SB! Fix 1 and 2 WILL improve.

I think if the Bills lose to the Dolphins and the Jets (even IF they beat the Browns), then Ralphy will fire Jauron. I believe he was the driving force behind the firings at the end of preseason. Going 0-3 in the division would be the straw that breaks the camel's back. Flame away

So true- We made it look good in week 1 by nearly beating the Pats*, and rolled the hapless Buc's-- but we can't beat upper echelon teams. It's not a question of tallent. It's going on 4 seasons now and we continually get beaten by better teams. Every once and a while the underdog should win. We don't The Jet's look like the real deal- they might beat NO next week and just might be the #1 team in the league. Rex Ryan will have them ready to go. I don't have very much confidence that Jauron will have the Bills ready to play the Fins in Miami. I fear a 1-3 start. If so, I think Ralph needs sharpen his ax and make the heads roll

Well ishouldbegm, I'm glad that you aren't the GM. Even if you think that AVPs performance leaves something to be desired, consider that this is ONLY his 2nd week on the job. All things considered, he had a great gameplan against NE and the Bills O racked up over 400 yards against TB. Good defense or bad defense, rolling a team for 400 yards is impressive. The O hasn't looked this good since 98 during Flutie's first games, or when Bledsoe was tearing up the field. Go AVP!

Should beat NE, and I think if that game was in BUF, we would have won. With the Jets shilacking of the Pats today, we could have been tied for first. Of course that would not change the fact that the Jets Defense looks FEARSOME; and whats worse, they still have 2 staters out. I think the way that the Bills have played so far (today and even last week) but the Jets might be the team to beat in the AFC East. How can we face their defense? I don' tthink we can. right now.

Well said. In fact, the only thing that I don't like about the Ralph (other than that the Bills seem to lose there a lot) is that there are not enough bathrooms-- both in the stadium and in the parking lots

Agreed 110%. Plus as another poster said, I'm already sick of Dirty Sanchez and that bloated gas-bag of a coach that they have.. I'd actually love to see BB put Rexy in his place.

I noticed this too. I know pre season isn't exactly an indicator of regular season performance, but we looked shakey then and continued to look as such last night...

So true. . . There was good and bad tonight, but until we stop playing scared (why the F*$K did we go exclusively to the prevent in the end FEWELL), we wont make the playoffs. Jauron needs to Kick Fewell in the ass

I'm going to try and stay composed, even though my blood pressure is sky hight and I'm seeing red. The good news is that Jauron had this team ready to play. Maybe something finally clicked with him. If McKelvin dosen't fumble, chances are much greater that the Bills win this game First the Bad (Besides Leodis): Injuries to Kelsay and Poz- Not good Soft underneath pass D- Why do we always give up the under pass. We had decent pressure on Brady, but come on. We let them march down the field too many times. Someone needs to have a serious hear to heart with Fewell Clock Management- Wasted too much time in deciding if we should take the time out. . . before we finall took the time out. Long Passes- Not enough. Lee Evans- Where where you? You alwasy seem to go aaway in big games. The good: Trent- Looked sharp, unfearled his arm a but more often as the game progressed The O line- I can't want to see what this unit looks like in 3 weeks. Freddy- Tight Ends- Who misses Royal? Offensive play calling- For the most part (considering EVERYTHING that has happened in the past 10 days) trent and AVP did well. I liked the screens! Shoebel- Pretty good game Considering all of the changes hese bast few days, AND the fact that we missed Kelsay and Poz for much of the game, I think we did OK. If McKelvin would have just gone down, chances are pretty good that we beat NE on the road. These losses are just so crushing though. . .

You forget, Gruden took a Tampa team that could never put it all together-- and won a SB with them. The Iggles dominated TB in the NFC playoffs before "Chucky"

My thoughts exactly. If we are going to be doomed to another crappy season, I hope it's so bad that heads role. I think then Ralph would finally hire a decent HC-- or else face an angry mob weilding torches and pitchforks. The Bills need a tough, bluecollar coach. My order of preference would be: 1. Gruden- Like his attitude and his offensive prowess. He's a tough coach who gets the most out of his players 2. Marty- Proven winner who just happens to have no luck in the post season. He would acually be my number 1 pick, but he's getting up there in years. 3. Shanny- Would be a great pick, I just think a Jon Gruden team would be mentally tougher. 4. Cowher- Probably the most blue collar of the 4 mentioned here. Would build a team that is tough in the trenches and one that can win when the weather goes bad. Suffered through some below average seasons in P-burg. Note: I'm not a big Holmgren fan. Never liked him very much. I think if he were to come to Buffalo he might net us a few more wins/year (he wouldnt lose us games like Jauron)- but I don't think he's nearly as capable as any of the 4 I liste above. I will cautiously say that I "like" Fewell. Statistically, our D is middle of the road. I think with a good pass rush, our D scheme could be sucessfull. Thoughts, criticisms.... Fire away

Do you think it's possible that if NE blows us out of the water (something like 55-3) on national TV and we go on to start the season 0-3, that we could get a new coach by week 4 (coincidently just in time for Lynch's return)? This is going to be a terrible year. I think the Bills FINALLY take the next step when we clean house and bring in a new coaching staff. Edwards played very poorly, but I can't help to wonder if he would do any better if we had Shanahan, Gruden or someone like that.

I think we need a new #1 QB...