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I'm going with Mike Smith too. What a year he's having....everyone predicted the Falcons to be dead in the water before the season even started. Rookie HC, Rookie QB, back-up RB now a starter, a year removed from a coach quitting on his players...all signs pointed to disaster and regardless of what happens from here on out, they've over-achieved BIG TIME. Mike Smith.. COTY.

Why I love Jaws...he made the announcement during the Cards-Niners game that "there's going to be snow in Buffalo" and when Tony and Tirico groaned, Jaws howled out a "YESSSSSS!!!!" That's a true Lackawanna boy right there. He will be our biggest cheerleader on Monday (for the fans), guys, let's not let him down and be as freakin' loud as we can!

And again we get into the chicken and egg argument. Who was responsible for building this team? Jauron, I believe, had a lot to say about how this team would look in 2008. His own words were ones that indicated that this team was ready to go, that there would be no more excuses and this franchise is eying a playoff birth. What you've listed above are the very "excuses" he didn't want to come out with.

Ugh...Milk was a BAD CHOICE!

You're so dead on LA that you're almost Jauron on! I can't see how anyone thinks it's a given that we're going to be 8-4 after the next three games. Yes, the Bills have talent but so do these other teams. Don't let their records fool you. KC has been in more games than not, Cleveland still has an extremely high-powered offense and San Fran has a new coach that is slowly but surely getting his team to play harder than their talent tells them too. The Bills could just as easily be 5-7 if its the same Bills team that shown up the last 3 weeks. Some of you magically expect them to be complete winners again but what worries me is that the Bills have gotten WORSE week to week. Not better, not showing any improvements but actually getting worse from game to game. I love the Bills and will cheer til my throat is raw, but the pollyanna "don't worry, be happy" attitude that some of you have just baffles me! I won't be happy until we are 8-4 and in those three wins show a team that can rush the QB, commit to the run and protect their young QB who I hope is making the same smart decisions with the ball as he did three weeks ago.

Well yeah....65 percent of people know that!

I too am being facetious in that yes, in a legal sense, the team owes us nothing but in the fact that they exist as a form of public entertainment they do owe us. In being a professional sports franchise, their existence depends on the ability of the franchise to develop a fan base and/or community that will support the team via ticket purchases, merchandise, sponsorships etc. As a fan, in exchange, we ask that they place the best, most entertaining product on the field for us to continue this relationship. With no fans, there is no team. Of course, they could always move and set up shop elsewhere but again, if the fans there feel slighted by the product, the team can fold or move again...and again...until it provides a product that again develops a fan base that gives it reason to support itself in that area.

Really? The Bills don't owe me or anyone else a damn thing huh? I guess those seats at the Ralph are free and the numerous jerseys, hats, caps, and shirts I wear were hung off a rack that said "Please help yourself".... strange...could have sworn I paid for them.....

You are right. The Bills organization has given us much to be positive about the last three weeks. As well, they deserve the benefit of the doubt with the last decade of success they've given us. We fans are selfish and greedy. Like our New England counterparts.

Well if we could go with album titles, I would nominate "Melancholy and the Infinite Sadness". Melancholy being the team's attitude and sadness being the life of a Bills fan....

Fantastic defense, full of factual and pertinent information that really solidifies your argument. :w00t: Explain to me todd, if Jauron is such a fantastic head coach, why was there no one else bidding for his services when we were looking for a head coach?

When has Dick Jauron EVER done that?

What's that saying Murra? People in retard glass houses shouldn't throw stones?

OMG! THIS IS LIKE THE FIRST TIME EVER ANYONE HAS CREATED A POST ON THIS SUBJECT! I am so glad with your second post, you've brought attention to this grossly under-debated issue!

You seem a little slow so I won't resort to name-calling like you have (which is a great way to drum up support by the way!) but for the LAST TIME - IT CAN'T BE DONE BECAUSE THE DOME IS NOT SET UP FOR OPEN WINTER PLAY - THEY HAVE NO DRAINAGE SYSTEM IN PLACE AND I WON'T EVEN BEGIN TO TELL YOU HOW MUCH OF A PROCESS IT IS TO "UNSEAL" THE DOME ONCE ITS BEEN SEALED. IT CAN'T BE DONE. IT CAN'T BE DONE. IT CAN'T BE DONE. It's not up to the city of Toronto to bring the game back to its roots. That's the NFL's job. And this game long ago left those roots.

3) Ability to know when to throw the f#cking challenge flag..... 4) To exhibit more life than a rock and to motivate your players.

Exactly! A win this week moves us back a minute, a loss and it's all but over. Not in terms of actual playoff contention but in terms of how it can be understood that this team is in an unescapable downward spiral.

It's not over til its over, but the Doomsday clock is pointing to 11:59....

But the players like him!

But the players like Dick Jauron!

And ol' Dicky Boy would be at his press conference talking about how "we just didn't execute today. Or last week. Or the week before. But I've got to find a way to get this team winning again...."

You're not alone.... Though there are still some on this board who for some reason, despite statistics, history and general perception on the sidelines, still think Jauron is a good head coach. If anything, it's got me worried that the team got to 5-1 IN SPITE of Dick J's mellow-yellow Small-ball game-planning. It's like the first 6 weeks, Dick Jauron let his coaches actually call the shots which could explain why we were winning and maybe he's taken over control on the sidelines. Because this team is playing eerily reminiscent of itself last year.

Love the team win or lose, better or for worse.... Still doesn't take away the fact that this team in three weeks has gone from toast of the town to just plain toast with no butter. It hurts as a fan to get so excited about a winning season and be kept up at night thinking your team is might be in that 10% that start off 5-1 and NOT make the playoffs.... Being a fan hurts.

Yeah well, that Niners team played with a lot more heart, grit and determination against a division rival, on the road, in a very tough situation. Much more than our merry band of feet-shufflers this weekend. If anyone thinks the Niners is an easy win, watch this football game and tell me our O-Line can hold up against their rush, or keep Frank Gore from running all over us, or even get Shaun Hill to hurry up a throw.... Niner fans can at least have some pride that they had the chance to win the game....we got nothing from our team Sunday.

My feeling is this, and this is just my opinion as I have no say in what happens at OBD, but if Jauron doesn't coach this team into the playoffs by season's end, then I would like the team to head in another direction. Is it fair to say with the talent that we have and the opportunity in front of us with the Patriots, Colts and Steelers not looking nearly as dangerous as they have the previous two years, that the table is set for Jauron to get this team into playoff contention? Anything short of the playoffs and Jauron as a coach cements his image to me of a perennial loser.