Albany,n.y.

You have nothing to back up your statements about Ralph. Are you his f'n doctor? I am so sick of the Ralph is senile posts. He is not senile. If you don't undrestand this then, YOU are the one with the mental problem, not Ralph. Ralph has been a cheap bastard his whole life. Earlier he was a middle aged cheap bastard. Now he is an old cheap bastard. It has nothing to do with his mental capacities, which put against the "Ralph is senile" posters are superior to every one of them.

When Belichick was fired by the BALTIMORE RAVENS the Cleveland press & Bernie Kosar were not responsible. If you blame his firing on them, then you have to say they ran the Browns out of Cleveland because the move to Baltimore was announced long before Belichick's firing, and Kosar was long gone from the Browns. The Ravens wanted to have a coach with Colts ties & hired Marchibroda after the Browns collapsed in the season where they were lame ducks in Cleveland.

Here's the most important stat to compare: 1988 Bills 12-4 & made it to the AFC Championship game. 2008 Bills 7-9, 2-8 in last 10 games-only way to get to AFC Championship game is with a ticket.

It doesn't matter who the Jets bring in as head coach-the guy will have Brett Ratliff as his best QB. Next year is either a total Jet rebuild or another year of more Favre screwups. Either way, their coach is in for a pretty rough year. We'll be better than the Jets-with Cowher, Shannahan or any other guy.

Ralph has fired 3 coaches in season: Joe Collier (1968-after 2 games), Kay Stephenson (1985-after 4 games) & Hank Bullough (1986-after 9 games). In addition, Lou Saban quit 2 days before game 6 of the 1976 season. So there have been 4 in-season coaching changes. The main reason that there have been no in-season coaching changes since 1986 is that circumstances have not warranted any. Marv Levy lasted until 1997, so that's 11 years right there; Wade Phillips had the team in playoff contention every year; Gregg Williams started off badly, but nobody would fire a 1st year coach that soon & the rest of his time was mediocre-the year he was fired. the team was 4-4 at midseason; Mike Mularkey was actually asked back for a 3rd season at one point, so firing him in the middle of 5-11, when he was 3-3 after 6 games wasn't considered (the Bills finished the same 2-8 in 2005 as 2008). There's enough data to indicate that if the team gets off to a rough start, Dick Jauron is gone in-season. Circumstances have not been there for a in-season coaching change since 1986. I doubt there will be an in-season firing next year for one simple reason-the Bills won't be horrible like the years there have been in-season coaching changes. There is too much talent on this team to be that bad. We may be mediocre under Jauron, but we haven't reached bad yet. Unless key players get hurt early in the season, our record will always be around .500 with Jauron as coach. A good coach could elevate us to the above .600+ range & a bad coach could bring us down to the .300+ range, but Jauron has proven to be a mediocre, .437 coach. Now all the 2-14 gloom & doom people are just showing frustration & are being totally unrealistic. There's no evidence we're close to 2-14 heading into next season. The team has underachieved to 7-9 the last 3 seasons with Jauron. They won't be much worse next year. Actually, they'll probably be better, it's just that with the schedule, another 7-9 season is more likely. 5-6 wins are almost a certainty, so the rest depends on the progression & regression of the Bills & their opponents-something at this point is virtually impossible to project.

It was actually Josh McCown that the Dolphins were going to start the season with at QB. They probably would have switched to Henne during the season if McCown didn't produce. Beck was and is considered a nonentity in Miami.

The only decade in Bills history that at some point we weren't a laughingstock was the 1990s. Ralph was hated at various times in the 60s, 70s, 80s & 2000s. The only differences are Ralph is older & the team hasn't reached anything like the depths that the 1968, 1971, 1976-7 and 1984-5 teams did. The worst we've been this decade is 2001's 3-13 and we've been mediocre ever since.

You're the one telling others not to renew because the team isn't winning. That's the definition of a fair weather fan, you moron.

Then with our schedule, we'll be able to get a real good one in the draft since if Edwards bombs, we're 2-14.

I know this isn't much help after hearing Jauron is back for 2009, but Ralph did the same stuff over 20 years ago. When the Bills went 2-14 in 1984, Ralph kept Kay Stephenson & fired him during the 1985 season. When the Bills finished 2-14 in 1985 & it was obvious that new coach Hank Bullough was in way over his head, Ralph kept him for 1986 & fired him in the 1986 season. When he hired Marv Levy, a lot of the pieces were already in place for the upcoming championship runs. I think Dick Jauron is on a very short leash. Ralph sees a lot of head coaching vacancies elsewhere and really doesn't want to compete against all these other teams for a new head coach right now. He knows he doesn't have much to offer, since the Bills have a really tough schedule next year and need to upgrade talent in order to get any decent coach to come to Buffalo. So, here's what I see happening: Ralph kept Jauron. He keeps upgrading the talent this offseason & has a mildly competitive team, albeit one with a real tough schedule. If Jauron is something like 1-6, he fires him, makes a guy like April interim coach & gives him a tryout. If the team suddenly improves, April is kept for 2010. If Jauron doesn't bomb in the first half of 2009, he stays. So now say he gets us to 6-10, 7-9, or 8-8, Ralph says it's not good enough and fires him at the end of 2009 and looks for a real coach in 2010 when there aren't all these openings on other teams. I still think this team is heading in the right direction, it's just going to take a little longer. Now 2009 might be a sacrifice season & I know a lot of you don't accept that, but a cold hard look at the schedule makes success in 2009 difficult no matter who the coach is. Since we're likely bringing in a new guy in 2010, he will need to know the answer to several questions including if Trent Edwards is the answer. Jauron is being sacrificed in order to answer the questions, at least the new guy will know how much he needs to bring this team up to snuff. If Edwards is the answer (and I believe he is), the new guy is in a similar position that Levy was in with a young Kelly in 1986. If Edwards isn't the answer then at least the new guy will know he needs to upgrade at QB immediately when he comes in and can do what Jauron can't do in 2009. I'm not going to panic, cancel my tickets or go picketing the stadium. If Dick pulls off a miracle & does well next year, meaning deep into the playoffs, he stays, otherwise we all get our wish for him to go by this time next year. It's only one year at most folks, so let's all chill out a little today.

So what you're saying is, you're from a family of fair weather fans who will only support a Super Bowl team. Screw your advice not to renew.

The Bills had the wind at their backs. A throw would not have been against the wind. It was in my end zone-I'm positive on this one.

My hope that fate will work the same way for the Bills and that if he leaves this year, we'll be a lot better next year. Basically, I was implying the guy is cursed in his NFL career and right after he left, fate slapped him in the face once again-he missed by one year of playing in the Super Bowl. I just don't think Dick ever acquired a hatred of losing because he just got so used to losing playing on bad team after bad team. He accepts losing much easier than he should.

My point was that the guy never played on a winning team & never learned how to win. Now he may not have been responsible for the W-L records himself, but he may have learned to accept losing during his playing days & he obviously accepts losing as a coach. Look back at the guys who played during our Super Bowl years-they HATED to lose. For Dick Jauron, losing is a way of life in the NFL. He doesn't seem to mind it that much and nobody can ever say Dick Jauron hates to lose.

Dick Jauron played from 1973-1977 with the Detroit Lions. Their records were: 1973: 6-7-1 1974: 7-7 1975: 7-7 1976: 6-8 1977: 6-8 He then went to the Cincinnati Bengals from 1978-1980. Their records were: 1978: 4-12 1979: 4-12 1980: 6-10 The total record for his teams during his playing days: 46-71-1. The year after Jauron's career ended (1981) the Bengals went 12-4 and won the AFC. The man does not know how to win!

Slumdog Millionaire is a great movie. I watched it 2.5 weeks ago without having a clue what it was all about before I entered the theater. My power was out for 38 hours & I went to the movies with a friend who also had no power. We chose Slumdog Millionaire because there weren't many other selections at the time we arrived at the theater. When I saw it was from India, I was concerned it was going to suck. Then I remembered seeing a review where the guy interviewed the star & raved about the movie. It's as good as the reviews say it is.

I hope they practiced it-Edwards punted twice in college in 2006 and averaged 55 yards per kick per Mel Kiper's 2007 Draft Report.

Belichick was a big bully yesterday: 1st he gave Jauron a wedgie. Then he pantsed him. That's the only way I can describe how thoroughly outcoached Jauron was yesterday.

Every year, with the exception of 2004, his rookie year, the Giants have made the playoffs with Eli Manning at QB. What is your point? Look it up, the Giants won the NFC East in Manning's 2nd year, 2005; made the playoffs in 2006 even after Manning had an Edwards like collapse when he lost a WR & OT (similar to when Reed & Butler were out in 2008) ; won the Super Bowl in 2007; won the division & are top seed in 2008. I'd have loved for JP to have lead the Bills to similar results.

JP isn't the problem. He was a bust as a 1st round pick. Every year there are 1st round busts. The problem is with the irrational fans of his who blame everyone & everything except JP for his failure. They keep saying how he's better than this QB or that QB when the truth is JP just isn't good enough to play in the NFL. So we keep hearing over & over again that JP was screwed by this coach, or the one before him when they benched a guy who wasn't getting the job done. We keep hearing that competent coaches would have made JP a good player. Look, nobody could make Joey Harrington, Akili Smith, Ryan Leaf, or any other 1st round busts who were drafted a lot higher than JP into NFL QBs. Sometimes you just have to accept the fact your team messed up when they drafted a guy not good enough & stop blaming his coaches, other players etc for his inability to play in the NFL. Most of us who post negative things about JP do not have any ill will towards JP-we're just annoyed that the JP supporters go to such lengths to ignore his lack of talent, that it appears we're lashing out at JP, when in reality we're just trying to slap some sense into his fans who can't admit he's a bust & will never be a quality QB in the NFL.

I said JP said he was gay. I didn't say JP is gay. The link of him saying it was on the board last year. When is quoting someone acting like a child? My point isn't whether JP is or is not gay, my point is that no matter what he does or says, people will find an excuse to explain it. If you know better, that is a much better reason than just saying he messed up his words when he spoke. The majority of people who immediately drew the conclusion that he didn't say what came out of his mouth did not have the benefit of your inside information.

How does directly quoting JP draw you to that conclusion? JP said it, find the tape & listen. I'm just stating what he said. If JP is gay, so what? Does it change the fact that he can't play QB in the NFL? No, it doesn't have anything to do with it. The reason I quoted him was because people are in such denial about him and they even find a way to deny something he actually said. He said it, I'm just quoting him. If you want to deny it, fine-he said it.

As Jack Nicholson once said "You can't handle the truth"

Man, you JP guys come up with every friggin excuse in the world for everything JP does or says. Last year, when JP outed himself, you all went into denial & even made an excuse for that. When JP said "Being gay, being an athlete" when referring to himself the JP defenders all said "he said 'Being a athlete". Now JP may not be the smartest QB around on the field, but he doesn't say "being a athlete". You JP supporters are in denial about everything he says & does-WAKE UP!

If I was trained in college to do the job, and paid millions of dollars based on what I did in college, and I was too stupid to bring my level of expertise up to a professional level-it would be my fault, not the people who hired me. Their fault would be in hiring someone intellectually unqualified to perform at the level they expect. Nobody ruined JP. JP wasn't good enough-it's that simple. Even Ryan Leaf admits that's the reason he failed-eventually JP will have to look in a mirror and do the same-just as his excuse making fans will.