Kultarr

Pretty much nailed it and the front office in a single sentence. Nice work. I'm sure they thought they were getting a Dwight Freeney clone here. A couple problems with that. Freeney (and the entire Colts defense) is immensely aided by having Peyton Manning and an offense than can explode on people. Second, Maybin is not the same type of player as Freeney. Maybin has great quick twitch and can get out of a stance sudden. But after that he seems very limited. In the game yesterday, he either ran straight up the field past the play or was swallowed whole at the LOS. Freeney has great hands, multiple moves, true speed, and a great first step.

Nothing says "I like my guys" more than not letting them play the game because you think they will screw up. OTOH, this is the same coach that had JP Losman, of all QBs, execute a roll-out before the 2 minute warning last year against the Jets. Players, not plays. Jauron, the mauron.

Yes, they were lucky. They are still a good team with some great players and a great coach and luck follows good teams. McKelvin's fumble was a big turnaround in the game, but the game wasn't decided by 1 play. That's pure hogwash. Yes, the fumble was a bad play, but if he doesn't fumble, the Bills offense could have gone 3 and out and the Patriots still win. Even though he did fumble, the Patriots didn't return that fumble for a score. The Bills defense let them drive the short field quickly and fairly easily to take the lead. The defense could not hold. And let's not forget that the Bills had great plays (conversely the Patriots had lousy plays) such as the Schobel pick 6. The Patriots could say, if not for that 1 play, the game would've been totally different just as easily.

Jauron is apparently coated in teflon.

Maybe. Losman's agent said that he was looking for a starting job. The only one of those he got offered was in the UFL.

Did you really mention Terrell Owens in a list of players that the Bills brought in to improve team chemistry? BTW, the names on your list do very little to nothing to support your point, IMHO.

Perhaps the owners learned the lesson then. It wasn't to their benefit to rush to pass the preeminent contract of their business in the last hour, literally, and without the details even having been written, much less read. The impression I got was the vote was largely to support the outgoing commish. With the present economic market, a repeat of such a rash decision-making process could ruin them all.

Not to mention that the owners likely fear a negative net in their annual report a lot more than losing special trust status. Everyone involved (and that includes lenders both civic and private), with any brains left, should.

Why is it so hard to believe that Jauron was completely truthful when he said he made the call? Head coaches do make play calls and do override the suggestions for their assistants at crucial points in the game.

Is that like a Staples Easy button?

Who needs improvement when you can have continuity?

Skooby reported that right? Skooby happens.

Well, Bill Walsh used to gush about Rick Mirer. He was pretty ticked off to miss out on picking Steve Fuller and have to settle for Joe Montana though.

Which is 23rd best in the NFL, less than a FG ahead of Seattle and Kansas City.

The guy is built like a SS. Tells you about all you need to know.

This woman was shocked. http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_ylt=AsDE...p&type=lgns

More likely the center has a tell and your self scouting is lacking or not done so you never correct it.

Good to see the smokescreen worked on somebody.

So, let me get this straight. We're all supposed to believe that they woke up yesterday and had identified the problems and knew the answers to those problems. We really must be "stupid fans."

Well, as I said Tim isn't the only one to toss this soft nugget out there as gospel. Sure, fans may complain about his lack of screaming, but that is so clearly a superficial argument, that it really can't be taken seriously. Even "stupid fans", as you put it, realize that something stinks in Denmark. Perhaps I wasn't clear enough. I don't dislike Jauron personally; I don't even know the guy. I do dislike him as a head coach and it has everything to do with results and zero to do with his personality.

What I don't quite get is why the national media types insist on pushing the perception that the fans dislike Jauron because of his "stoic demeanor". Graham even acknowledges in the same piece that Jauron has had very questionable game management, hasn't had a single winning season, ... and a list of other issues and then he flips Bills fans a symbolic bird and implies they only dislike Jauron because he's "stoic". (Maybe I'm reading too much into Tim's piece here, but this little "stoic" bit has been regurgitated ad nauseum and without much critical thought by many in the media. I for one don't like Jauron because he has proven himself to be loser as an NFL head coach.)

The draft is about making the fans of bad teams feel good. Of course, the masochistic need not bother.

Say, you still got that graphic of the kultarr at the keyboard?

Yet, it was a different time. The Buffalo Bills and the NFL, for the most part, had no real presence on the Net back in those days. No Google. ESPN was just getting its site up... All the things people take for granted now, we pioneered.

I liked reading GG's stuff as well. Hoist another for the old fogies!