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Certainly playing on the same defense as Haynesworth does not hurt, but I see quite a bit of the Skins living in the DC area and he is mostly playing OLB, only lining up hands down occasionaly. In what I have seen, he is effective when blitzing from the OLB position, totally lost in space when not rushing the passer, and no more effective than Maybin when lining up as a DE. I had hoped to see the Bills use Maybin more creatively to get him some opportunities to use his speed, but that is asking a lot of this coaching staff. Orapko does look stronger though, I would have to say. Maybin needs 20 more pounds of muscle.

The big difference here is that the Skins plugged Orakpo in as the starter from Day 1 (and he was in camp on time) while Maybin was relegated to back up/situational status from the beginning. (and missed over half of pre-season) Is this because Maybin sucks, or because our coaching staff refuses to allow a young player to take on a major role? The history under Jauron has been the later. Comparisons at this point do not mean much. The guy is only seeing the field for a handful of plays each week. It also may well be that he is much better suited to the role the Skins have Orakpo playing - OLB. Again, we will never know under this coaching staff.

Like most other years in my 45 years or so of Bills fandom, I enetered the season with at least some hope - of a competitive if not dominating team and some enjoyable afternoons (and some frustrating ones) wathching the Bills. I was encouraged somewhat by the game performance on Monday night and the win the following week. It is clear now though that this team is in deep trouble and beyond redemption in the short term, and perhaps not for several more years under competent leadership, which itself is a big unknown. There is a silver lining to this situation for long suffering Bills fans. Just think of it this way. The sting of losing the team forever when the Old Man dies to well heeled owners with glistening new stadium deals and plenty of high priced corporate seat buyers awaiting in Los Angelas, or Toronto, or wherever will be felt far less. At least the short term pain will be over, to be replaced by the ache of loss and eventually fond memories of the good times. Sure I had hoped to enjoy Bills football in whatever time we have left, but at this point, perhaps it's death is the most merciful result.

You really should not try to write when you are drunk.

Pure speculation by Schefter. It is what lazy reporters do.

Bobby April at least seems to coach with some enthusiasm. The collapse of the special teams into completely undisciplined play is troubling, however. Are they that bad as players or is he simply unable to reach them? Whatever the reason, if it does not change he will be exiting stage left with the rest of these chumps.

I also agree with the observations about Byrd and Wilson. Both have skills but the passion they each played with was impressive , though unfortunately, not contageous to the rest of the slugs.

I appreciate the comments Bill. I agree 100%. TE is shot - any chance he had to be a competent QB is gone with this sorry excuse for a line. I can not see him getting it together now. I also see no additional wins this year. The Jets are likley to win by 40 points next week.

I am sure everyone would feel better if Wilson had fired Jauron this morning, but unfortunately, Wilson is right in not making an emotional decision after that debacle. Simply firing jauron does not solve anything at this point unless you have a plan. Who would take over? You can not bring someone in from the outside mid season, realistically. April has been the assumed choice, but the horrible performance of the ST this year does not speak loudly for his ability to change the course on an interim basis. He did not rule out making a change later in the season. The bye week makes the most sense. Not sure there are any good options which means riding out the season and hoping for a high draft choice and a decent QB falls to us. 1 and 15 is not a bad plan at this point. The season is clearly lost.

Edwards is done. if he ever had potential, or the ability to play at an NFL level, the opportunityis certainly gone. he has shown today he has no business in an NFL game.

38 to 10 coming up.

One other thing - if the Bills do not fire Jauron tomorrow I will never watch another Bills game. I am done.

I give up. I have maintained a positive attitude, believed they could turn this around, but this is the perhaps the most pathetic, poorly coached, uninspired no effort game I have ever seen. This is saying a lot since I have been watching this team for some 45 years. I am disgusted. I am actually looking forward to the eventual sale of this team and move to some other area. I have had it. It is simply not repairable.

Understood, but the sad fact is that TE does not display that type of leadership. Who knows how he is in the locker room, but sometimes he should call out sloppy play and mistakes. We do not want a TO/TE war in the media, but that is not what I got out of that interview - just straightforward analysis and "we need to do better". I agree. It is about time sombody on this team stepped up and represented a winning attitude amoung the players.

1. Because its true. 2. Because somebody on this team needs to show some leadership, and sometimes that means calling it like it is. I see nothing wrong here. He is not throwing anyone under the bus, nothing outrageous, very measured.

Then you were not paying attention. The middle of the Bill's defense was noticeably weaker after he went out. This is a huge loss for the Bills with no adequate replacement on the horizon.

Absolutely! Let 'em play. I am so hoping the Bills wipe that smirk off Brady's face tonight. Go Bills.

Cheers to you, Bill. I always enjoy your reasoned and respectfull posts. I especially look forward to your day after games analysis. It is posters like you who make stopping by TSW worth the effort. Go Bills!

This is not about money. Rhodes looks less than average in the work in pre-season. He did absolutely nothing to distinguish himself and move up the depth chart. It was a simple choice between a guy who is clearly on the down slope of his career vs a younger guy with plenty of upside potential. It was wiorth a try to sign Rhodes and see if he had anything left in the tank, but since he did not show himself to be better that the existing 3rd string guy, why keep him.

Did you even watch the Steelers game? They gave up 10 points on defense to Pittsburgh's first string offense. On the Steeler's only offensive touchdown drive, Big Ben made several great plays to keep that drive alive. The defense was not the problem, and has not been so far in the pre-season. The offense needs to sustain drives. Switching to a 3-4 is out of the question for this team. They do not have the right players or the right coaches for it.

I think it is most likley that Hardy goes on a reserve/PUP list to start the season. That means he is not eliible to come off until after week 6. This gives him some time to establish that he is ready to play and allows the Bills to keep Jenkins around as # 6. IF Hardy is able to come back and play this season, it will be an interesting decision. If they cut Johnson to keep Jenkins, I will throw up.

"unobjectively" ?

Vick deserves all the protest and disgust that is being heaped upon him and more. What he was responsible for is vile and disgusting, indicative of a poor excuse for a human being, and attempting it to justify it as a "cultural" background issue because certain redneck elements in the south and virtually all inner city poor neighborhoods throughout the country glorify it is nonsense and equally vile. Yes, he has paid a heavy price. I am sure he is sorry about that. Time will tell if he has learned anything other than self preservation. I am not convinced yet. As for second chances, certainly he or anyone else who pays their penalty deserves an opportunity to start again. To say he deserves another opportunity to make millions of dollars playing pro football and be held up as an idol to millions of kids is well beyond second chance. If any one of us were fired from our jobs and lost our career for such gross criminal misconduct you can bet the ranch you would never get another chance at that. That opportunity is gone forever. Just more proof that the NFL and Roger Goodel are nothing but hypocrites. I hope for his sake he does get his life together, demonstrates real remorse, and makes himself into a positive role model going forward. I will not be rooting for his success on the football field.

Perhaps the glass is not as full as the original poster hopes - there are no doubt question marks - but neither is the "glass is always empty" view of Mickey the likely answer. There is ample reason for optimism - especially since it is only May. I am not sure why you would even bother to be interested if you did not think so, but some people clearly prefer overwhelming negativity. I guess that way you can always say "I told you so" if things do not work out. Personally, I am cautiously optimistic and anxious to see this team on the field again come September - then we will see. Go Bills.