joshfitz Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 A friend of mine just returned from the Bills - Miami game and showed me this flyer he got, featuring a huge photo of the 2009 Buffalo Bills. 2009 Buffalo Bills We were joking about how we should cross off all the players that ended up waived or on IR, so I started to comb through the players in the photo and noticed that Dick Jauron wasn't there. That's weird. Don't they take these team photos at the beginning of the year? There's no way they got everyone together AGAIN just because Dick was released. Or would they? Then we slowly pieced together more and more evidence leading us to believe this photo has been altered: 1. Xavier Oman (#44) is in the photo. He was waived on 11/11. Jauron wasn't fired until 11/17. This photo couldn't have been taken after his firing. 2. Ralph and Brandon seem to be a little off-center. It seems that the logical place for Dick to be standing is right next to Ralph, where the three would be perfectly centered in the photo. 3. Who is in that spot? Jairus Byrd. And he seems larger than normal. In the photo he looks slightly taller than #29 next to him (Drayton Florence). Except Byrd is listed at 5' 10" and Florence is 6' 0". See a zoomed-in photo 4. Take a look at #29's right ear. He seems to have some extra pixel's... either that, or Kawika Mitchell has a seriously weird forearm. Conclusion: The players were digitally shifted over to cover up Jauron's image. Not a big deal, but we thought it was amusing. If only we could erase his legacy so easily... Here's the super-high-res version if you want to try to find more evidence. EDIT - Scanned a better version of the flyer: 2009 Buffalo Bills (better scan) 2009 Buffalo Bills HI RES 4 MB (better scan) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartshan-83 Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Damn, Roscoe is tiny. And what is on Stevie Johnson's face? Is that just a blemish on the photo? It looks like he is hooked up to an oxygen tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC-Bills Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Chuck Lester strikes again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshfitz Posted December 1, 2009 Author Share Posted December 1, 2009 Damn, Roscoe is tiny. And what is on Stevie Johnson's face? Is that just a blemish on the photo? It looks like he is hooked up to an oxygen tank. Haha... well, this is a scanned photo of the original flyer. I think that's just a wrinkle in the paper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eSJayDee Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 It likely was pieced together, i.e. Photoshopped. It appears that Ralph's shadowing is different from everyone else, too. FWIW, Byrd appears to be slightly in front of Florence, which might cause the apparent hgt disparity, as well; it does look like he was pieced in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skunkpost Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Definetely photoshopped...... Alvin Bowen is still in the photo too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 I see his shadow! wait, he doesn't cast one, does he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duey Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 How great would it have been if they photoshopped the picture so that Ralph is holding Dick's head and not a football?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Nails Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 as is the recently waived Chorsen one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duey Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 LOL Check out Josh Reed's face! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WellDressed Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Spend more time in the bath water Roscoe. Littmann does not look that old and he has some upper body definition?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary M Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Who is Dick Jauron? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enemarty Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 How great would it have been if they photoshopped the picture so that Ralph is holding Dick's head and not a football?! thanks ... now wiping up drink spit onto keyboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. ChumChums Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Byrd's right arm looks HUGE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 They used to do that in Stalinist Russia. Execute a guy, then retouch every single official photograph he was ever in to make him disappear. I believe the term for them actually was "unperson". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Byrd's right arm looks HUGE! Thought so too... here are his real arms/hands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartshan-83 Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Byrd's right arm looks HUGE! YO...wtf is that?? I didn't notice it the first time. It's like when you'd take the arms off an action figure and put them on a different guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. ChumChums Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 If only Maybin and our LB's had arms that big, maybe one day he'd get a sack. One can dream... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradjames24 Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 That team photo was taken in Sept. I remember TO posting some pics on his twitter while talking about "picture day". Some photoshopping has def been done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fewell733 Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 YO...wtf is that?? I didn't notice it the first time. It's like when you'd take the arms off an action figure and put them on a different guy. the ghost of Langston Walker? He's not anywhere else and who else would be that giant? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meathead Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 i think i see dick over by the grassy knoll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PTS Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Ralph: "Do it now." Photographer: "Uh, Mr. Jauron, can you come up here for the a second." Dick: "Why?" Photographer: "Umm, I want your input on the photo, ya know, to see if it's good." Dick gets up and walks behind the camera. Ralph and Ross shift over. Dick: "OK, where's the photo?" Photographer: "Just hold down that circular button for two seconds." CLICK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sisyphean Bills Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 First, he was out-coached. Now, he's officially un-coached. Rough stuff. Ralph should be holding a sign reading, "Thanks, Marv." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QB Bills Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 A friend of mine just returned from the Bills - Miami game and showed me this flyer he got, featuring a huge photo of the 2009 Buffalo Bills. 2009 Buffalo Bills We were joking about how we should cross off all the players that ended up waived or on IR, so I started to comb through the players in the photo and noticed that Dick Jauron wasn't there. That's weird. Don't they take these team photos at the beginning of the year? There's no way they got everyone together AGAIN just because Dick was released. Or would they? Then we slowly pieced together more and more evidence leading us to believe this photo has been altered: 1. Xavier Oman (#44) is in the photo. He was waived on 11/11. Jauron wasn't fired until 11/17. This photo couldn't have been taken after his firing. 2. Ralph and Brandon seem to be a little off-center. It seems that the logical place for Dick to be standing is right next to Ralph, where the three would be perfectly centered in the photo. 3. Who is in that spot? Jairus Byrd. And he seems larger than normal. In the photo he looks slightly taller than #29 next to him (Drayton Florence). Except Byrd is listed at 5' 10" and Florence is 6' 0". See a zoomed-in photo 4. Take a look at #29's right ear. He seems to have some extra pixel's... either that, or Kawika Mitchell has a seriously weird forearm. Conclusion: The players were digitally shifted over to cover up Jauron's image. Not a big deal, but we thought it was amusing. If only we could erase his legacy so easily... Here's the super-high-res version if you want to try to find more evidence. Excellent detective work, but I think the real answer is much simpler. They picked the guy with the smallest balls to take the picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Bills fan Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Great stuff! Someone surely must have an older photo with Jauron still in it. I would LOVE to see that one posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamrock Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Roscoe looks like he's in 1st grade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12thman Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 I noticed this right off the bat at the game lol Good mention on this for the board. Yeah you can find little things, You know Wood is in the picture and looks like he is in full gear considering he just broke his leg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1billsfan Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 TO looks like the only normal guy in that whole picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyDingo Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Another half-assed job by the front office...They should have photoshopped Shanahan IN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonInBuffalo Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 (edited) I noticed Byrd's right arm as well. Does anybody else have the 1986 team photo? On that one, they pasted Marv's head onto Hank Bullough's body. Edited December 1, 2009 by DonInBuffalo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West End Stench Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Not to mention Jairus Byrd's right arm is TWICE AS LARGE as his left. We've surely got some detectives around here. Oh wait, wasn't #31 diagnosed with Elephantitus during training camp? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JÂy RÛßeÒ Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 I noticed Byrd's right arm as well. Does anybody else have the 2006 team photo? On that one, they pasted Marv's head onto Hank Bullough's body. You mean 1986? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernMan Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 YO...wtf is that?? I didn't notice it the first time. It's like when you'd take the arms off an action figure and put them on a different guy. Seeing as how they're all positioned in number order, isn't it logical to assume that the morphed Jairus Byrd part is from a player wearing # 30? You can tell exactly where the "splice" is. Most of the player's right side (left, from the front view), including the "3", is leftover fromt he previous subject. The left side of the torso (our right) is all Jairus Byrd. My Dear Watson, logic says is could only be from a # 30 - the only number in the 30's before Byrd's own 31. Was 30 Xavier's number? Maybe FB who's since been cut? Hmmmm. The plot thickens. Shirley, somebody must have a program or team picture from earlier in the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firemedic Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 A friend of mine just returned from the Bills - Miami game and showed me this flyer he got, featuring a huge photo of the 2009 Buffalo Bills. 2009 Buffalo Bills We were joking about how we should cross off all the players that ended up waived or on IR, so I started to comb through the players in the photo and noticed that Dick Jauron wasn't there. That's weird. Don't they take these team photos at the beginning of the year? There's no way they got everyone together AGAIN just because Dick was released. Or would they? Then we slowly pieced together more and more evidence leading us to believe this photo has been altered: 1. Xavier Oman (#44) is in the photo. He was waived on 11/11. Jauron wasn't fired until 11/17. This photo couldn't have been taken after his firing. 2. Ralph and Brandon seem to be a little off-center. It seems that the logical place for Dick to be standing is right next to Ralph, where the three would be perfectly centered in the photo. 3. Who is in that spot? Jairus Byrd. And he seems larger than normal. In the photo he looks slightly taller than #29 next to him (Drayton Florence). Except Byrd is listed at 5' 10" and Florence is 6' 0". See a zoomed-in photo 4. Take a look at #29's right ear. He seems to have some extra pixel's... either that, or Kawika Mitchell has a seriously weird forearm. Conclusion: The players were digitally shifted over to cover up Jauron's image. Not a big deal, but we thought it was amusing. If only we could erase his legacy so easily... Here's the super-high-res version if you want to try to find more evidence. Check out #31's left arm vs right arm...........WOW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonInBuffalo Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 You mean 1986? Yes, that's what I meant. Thanks for pointing out my typo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyC81 Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Damn, Roscoe is tiny. And what is on Stevie Johnson's face? Is that just a blemish on the photo? It looks like he is hooked up to an oxygen tank. I think that's a wrinkle in the paper like the one on the left red border just above Edwards' head. Also, look at the size of Jaruis Byrd's right arm. That's not the arm of a 180# DB, more like for a lineman. The players They usually try and make group photos symmetrical. Since the players are in numeric order from left to right, I think the left half of the 1st row was moved over one spot due to the removal of Jauron. The removal of Jauron does seem kind of tacky since he was the coach for half the season. It's a tough call, though. Do you want someone on your team photo that you fired?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duey Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 TO looks like the only normal guy in that whole picture. I was thinking the same thing. Quite the bunch of misfits on this team. This may be one of the greatest threads ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duey Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 ...and is anyone else as bothered as I am by how freaking happy Hamdan looks about being spreadeagle for the photo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave mcbride Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 They used to do that in Stalinist Russia. Execute a guy, then retouch every single official photograph he was ever in to make him disappear. I believe the term for them actually was "unperson". http://www.amazon.com/Commissar-Vanishes-F...9613&sr=8-1 Check out the photos on the search inside the book feature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
34-78-83 Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 The Byrd Arm thing is an illusion, not a photo edit. You are seeing the combination of his arm and Florences arm. They may have edited DJ out for sure but let's not get carried away here, lol (Oh wait this is TBD) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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