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We need receivers that can separate from DB's or find holes in zones. Our receivers need a laser beam throw for any chance of a reception (and many of those are caught). How many times do you see our opponents receivers STANDING wide open by five yards or able to run short routes underneath a soft zone. To throw like softer, our guys need to get more space between them and the DB.

Did you miss Fairchild after the San Diego game? I doubt it. Fairchild's offense was boring and predictable. Not a game went by when teh offensive game plan was sharply criticized. Always had a running game??? This line could NOT open holes last year. 3rd and 2 was an obvious passining down.

Perhaps the braintrust at UB could turn teh Bulls into a major program. Why stop at the MAC. Besides, Syracuse could use a viable rival that's in state. Be nice to have UB/Syracuse at the Ralph with neither a clear favorite (of course if 'Cuse keeps dropping, that reality may be true realized already).

Fantastic turnaround to a program that was a public embarrassment 4 years ago. Congrats to Turner Gill and his players for giving UB and all of Buffalo a team to be proud of. Go Bulls!

Without question the Sabres. Regier and Quinn are so arrogant that they think they can force a deal they want rather than negotiate. Sabres lost 3 all-stars in less than a year, Traded away a quality back-up goalie (Conklin) for a sieve (Thibault), and nearly lost 1-2 high-potential prospects by low-balling them (thank God they didn't mess this up). The Sabres easily could have kept Briere, Campbell by negotiating early. All they had to do with Conklin his sign a new contract. The Bills have done better in teh player department, but need improvement in the coaching department. Even so, looking at teh Bills in the 2000's, I'm sure the critics of John Butler and Bill Polian would want them back.

Before the bye week, Edwards had no problem checking down receivers, so he has figured out what other receivers are doing. He may be checking down AND FINDING NO ONE. This wasn't uncommon with JP, Bledsoe, RJ and Flutie, either. It's been a long time since having Reed (Andre), Lofton, Beebe, metzelaars. Second, do you think trent Edwards has fully recovered from his concussion? I don't think so.

Jauron needs to be a sideline leader. He should take a lesson from Turner Gill. You watch Turner Gill on game day and there's no question he's in charge. You look at Jauron and you think he's someone who showed up on the wrong sideline. The NE game showed how lack of sideline leadership leads to uninspired play. When Jauron lazily thru the unacknowledged challenge flag, the players followed his uninspired ways and played a heartless game.

I find it odd that no one tried to tie together TE's great play before the bye, and declining play after the bye. Could he still have lingering effects fron his concussion. This staff has alrerady demonstrated that it will re-insert someone into the line up before they're healed (McGee into the Miami game with a knee not fully recovered, and Ginn ran by him all day). IMO - Edwards has not fully recovered from the concussion.

During the Salem Witch Hysteria, one poor guy, Giles Corey (I may have the name backwards) was pressed to death during a 3 day interrogation by the Salem Sheriff, hoping to get a confession, and thus rights to his land. Pressing meant they laid him flat in a shallow pit and placed heavy stones on him until he either confessed or died. He chose the latter to ensure the the sheriff would not take control of his land and it would pass down to his daughter and son-in-law. While he should have been gone forever, it is believed his ghost still roams the Howard St cemetery in Salem and some say was visibly present just before a major fire burned 1/3rd of Salem circa 1914. Lesson - NO VIOLENCE PLEASE! Buffalo sports has enough curses, we don't need to add another.

I'm getting tired of the 3 year experiments myself. What I don't know is how to change it. I thought RW learned after Kay Stephenson that poor coaches equals empty seats. Perhaps the extra bucks from Toronto can go to a decent coaching staff. Retreads and wannabees have only led to mediocrity. I don't think of us as rebuilding as much as perpetually mediocre. Good enough to make us fans feel that each year we have a chance to make the playoffs, only to fade late in the season. We aren't as bad as the mid-80's or '68-'71 Bills, but too darn mediocre.

What bothers me is if he was open, 1) why didn't Jauron or Schonert get him to throw the ball to him. It's almost like the coaches and players don't communicate. 2) why didn't Evans tell him to look for him My two theories are either he was not allowed to throw long because of the weather (sounds stupid, but the long ball wasn't working for either QB with any considtency last night) or Edwards is still having effects of his concussion, and the fog hasn't lifted that far yet. His throwing motion does not look like pre-concussion. Even his dump-offs weren't as crisp.

I have a feeling you're right. One of the penalties of being a lower income team in the salary cap world is the staff and front office is where money gets squeezed. You can only hope that you can uncover an up and coming coach before the Jerry Jones's lure him away for the salary equal to the entire Bills staff.

We need a coach who takes command of a game. The downfall of Williams and Mularkey was that they made fools of themselves and the team due to their in-game decisions and game mangement. We have had too many games where we have been outcoached, had poor clock management, or poor strategy. I watched UB on ESPN2 a couple weeks ago and it was amazing to see the difference between Turner Gill and Dick Jauron. Gill looks and acts like someone in charge, and someone the players believe in. Jauron looks like he walked out on the wrong side of the field and seems too himself all game. I don't get the feeling he's comprending what's going on. My vote - a new HC who takes command of the game.

Like every year since the '99, the annual Bills witch hunt is in full force. Who will join the likes of Flutie, Johnson, Bledsoe, Losman, Philips, Donahoe, Mularkey, Williams in the January hit list. From posts and media it looks like Edwards is leading Jauron in that catagory. What doesn't make sense is all the Edwards accusers seem to have forgotten that he was the second coming of Jim Kelly the first 4 games, and showed poise and promise all last year. What only a few have asked is why is he suddenly looking like he lined up behind center for the first time. Makes no sense at all. There in lies my part of the witch hunt and it is directed straight at Night of the Living Dead Star Dick Jauron. Even before I read some earlier posts, my first thought was that the fog hadn't cleared from his concussion. Most normal coaches and docs would keep him out until the cranial fog had lifted. But, Jauron and Co have already demonstrated that they will play an injured player even if its to the detriment of the team and the player. Against the Fin, Jauron played McGee against their speedy receiver with a not yet healed sprained knee, saw him get toasted, then in an act of utter stupidity, left him in to be toasted again and again. Completely idiotic! My theory is he's done it again. Even after the 3 int's, when Edwards ran near the goal line and didn't call a TO right away, ESPN thought he was inexperienced. He isn't. Looking at his face, he was dazed and his head was scrambled. Jauron should have pulled him not as punishment but to prevent permanant injury in my opinion. The Edwards situation aside, Jauron and Co have been consistently outcoached in both game prep and in-game decisions. The choice to sit on a 50 yard FG with a minute left and a TO makes no sense at all. I've had people at work (I'm not in WNY) come up to me all day and ask why the Bills did that (somehow, once people find out I'm from Buffalo they think I have instant access to the sideline headsets). Non-football people thought it was stupid. On top of that, a coach needs to motivate his players and get the most out of them (self motivation only goes so far when pain's a factor). Last week in NE, this team played with no heart and it was a direct reflection of Jauron's leadership. This guy seemed to hardly care when things went wrong (remember Bobby April screaming at the ref, while DJ looked stonefaced). If the coach doesn't care, neither will the players. The players are fine, but underperforming too often, or have one big play and then tank for the next 5. For this years witch hunt, I say leave the players alone and point your brooms at the coach. Their play is a reflection of him.

This is absolutely right! Few people (and certainly not the media fools at the Buff News). He has not been the same after the 'Zona game. The rookie mistakes he was being blamed for are are things he worked thru or passed before the hit. On top of that, the coaches have already showed that they will put in an injured player when they shouldn't. McGee should not have started on his recovering knee against the Fins, yet he did start, and the foolish coaches kept him in even after they could see he'd be torched. Jauron hung him out to dry and and he's doing the same to Edwards.