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From Passionate Fan to Detached Observer in 10 Painful Years by: Gerry Granovsky
Two Bills Drive reports: Following that game I fielded a few messages from the diaspora comrades. Somehow this loss was different. The messages were, “I’m finally out.” The guys who were die hard fans, dedicating each fall Sunday afternoon to watching the team for over 30 years, were giving up. “Why should we bother to give up most of our Sundays,” they asked, “When the team obviously doesn't care.” Their financial commitment isn't the same as flying to Buffalo and buying game tickets, but the time and emotional commitment is the same.

Buffalo Bills News - January 5, 2009

Bills Do Not Have Enough Game Changers [2:48 PM]
WHAM-TV reports: 'Watch the Ravens Ed Reed. Watch the Cardinals Larry Fitzgerald. Watch the EaglesBrian Westbrook. In big moments in the big games they make plays. You can have the great schemes in the world, but if you do not have the players to do make a difference. I don't know how many playerscurrently in a Bills uniform can be that type of difference maker.'

Bills ’08 defense much improved [2:47 PM]
BuffaloBills.com reports: '“We emphasized it every day even when we were in OTAs and minicamp,” said Donte Whitner. “That was one of our big things getting off the field on third down. Last year we did a good job on first and second down, but on third down we couldn’t get off the football field. So going into this season there was a big emphasis on it.”'

McNally presents coaching clinic [6:35 AM]
Buffalo News reports: '“I want to give back to the Western New York high schools, colleges and little league programs as I know there are few local clinics,” McNally said. “Maybe we can raise a few bucks for the retired players. I want to help the ones who have serious medical needs and little money or insurance to cover their needs.”'

Bills’ Simpson claiming he’s worth millions is priceless [5:04 AM]
RealFootball365.com reports: 'And for the record, Simpson’s 2008 salary was reportedly just under $450,000; he’s in the third year of a contract worth just over $2.1 million, meaning he hasn’t even yet been paid millions, plural. Factor taxes and the reality that he’s had to spend some of that money on things like food and a dwelling, and his boast turns out to be as untrue as it is dumb, unless he’s a super stock market genius who is making money when nobody else is.'

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January 4, 2009

Mediocrity is a tough sell at ticket-renewal time [6:47 AM]
Buffalo News reports: 'How would you start? “We have re-established our commitment to mediocrity?” Or, “We promise we won’t mangle game management in ’09?” Or, “Our players will no longer get into a fracas 20 seconds before halftime while the clock runs out on a probable tying field goal?”'

Shovelers come to blows over pay [6:46 AM]
Buffalo News reports: 'Buffalo police were called Saturday to help keep order outside a Delaware Avenue employment agency, where dozens of angry workers lined up to get their paychecks for shoveling snow recently at Ralph Wilson Stadium.'

Reich mastered the comeback [5:32 AM]
Washington Times reports: '"Without question, this [victory over Houston] was the game of my life," Reich said afterward. "I was pretty emotional when I got to the locker room. I couldn't hold back the tears."'

2008 Was A Year Of Disappointment [5:32 AM]
BillsDaily.com reports: 'The Bills got off to a great start in 2008 and thoughts of playoffs were dancing in fans heads. It came totally crashing down with losses in eight of the last 10 games. Everyone was calling for Dick Jauron's head except Ralph Wilson who is keeping his coach and his coaching staff despite the collapse. There is bitter disappointment about how 2008 turned out and little optimism about 2009. Now for the ninth year in a row we do our position by position final exam grades as well as individual player grades for key players at each position.'

Look at the Bright Side [5:31 AM]
WHAM-TV reports: 'Thanks to Ko Simpson’s new years declaration to police that “I’m Ko Simpson with the Buffalo Bills. I am worth millions,” the Bills became the first NFL team to have a player arrested in 2009. Something to be proud of, indeed.'

January 3, 2009

Bills’ Simpson faces hindering charge [6:54 AM]
Buffalo News reports: 'Simpson played in all 16 games this season, starting in 11, but his playing time dropped off considerably when Bryan Scott moved into the starting role at strong safety, moving Donte Whitner to free safety.'

Former Rock Hill High and Gamecocks star Ko Simpson arrested [4:43 AM]
Rock Hill Herald reports: ''"It's not what happened," Simpson said of the account presented in a police report. "Basically man, this is a bunch of bull."'

January 2, 2009

Ko Simpson Arrest Report [4:53 PM]
WCNC-TV reports: Copy of the report in pdf format.

Bills safety Simpson arrested outside SC bar [4:06 PM]
AP reports: 'Officers asked Simpson to leave the parking lot, and he started to walk away, but then returned, yelling again.'

Ko Simpson arrested outside Rock Hill bar [3:08 PM]
Rock Hill Herald reports: 'Buffalo Bills safety and former Rock Hill High standout Ko Simpson was arrested outside a Rock Hill bar early New Year’s Day after police say he wouldn’t leave while they were trying to clear the area.'

Schobel using critics for motivation [12:16 PM]
BuffaloBills.com reports: '“For me I’m using it as motivation,” said Schobel of the critics. “A lot of offseasons I take off a lot at the beginning of the year, but I feel like I’ve already got a lot to prove.”'

Wire: from Bills castoff to playoffs [6:20 AM]
Buffalo News reports: '“It’s nice to be wanted,” Wire said.'

Buffalo Bills defense shows fewer holes, but work remains [6:19 AM]
Rochester D&C reports: '"We were trying to be a top 10 defense," said cornerback Terrence McGee, who may have been the MVP of the unit. "Like Perry (Fewell) said, we have to eliminate the big plays. You have to make plays and not have those explosive plays against you if you want to be a top 10 defense.'''

Bills specialize in disappointment [6:18 AM]
RealFootball365.com reports: 'Trickery at the right time is the difference between special teams being an asset and a nonentity; the same can be said for football in general, as seen with the two teams in question that faced off Sunday. Of course, the Bills weren’t sharp enough to refrain from forcing their primary back for the day to work during kicks, so why would they possess the sense to even consider that fooling an opponent is an option?'

January 1, 2009

Here’s what Ralph might have been thinking [7:20 PM]
Olean Times Herald reports: 'If Rian Lindell hits that 47-yard, game-winning field goal attempt against Cleveland on the final play, nobody second-guesses Jauron’s lack of offensive aggressiveness on the final drive. If it’s Trent Edwards at quarterback, instead of strip/sack magnet J.P. Losman, running what could have been a game-clinching rollout pass against the Jets, it might have worked .... and at very least probably wouldn’t have been one of the most memorable fumbles in team history. Winning those two games would make the Bills 9-7 and obviously an improved team over the 7-9s of 2006 and ’07.'

Players maintain belief that they’re close [2:06 PM]
BuffaloBills.com reports: '“I think that makes it easier on a lot of guys knowing coach is coming back and we have the same coaching staff,” said Fred Jackson. “We have the same kind of schemes to work on. Knowing that I could just go watch film and correct the things that we did this past season knowing that’s what we are going to work on for next season.”'

Bills’ collapse was quite rare [6:20 AM]
Buffalo News reports: 'Only three teams have started 5-1 only to finish with a losing record in the 31 years the NFL has been running a 16- game schedule.'

Will to win fading in Buffalo [4:56 AM]
Rochester D&C reports: 'Only in America. Only in Buffalo.'

Among '09 predictions: Favre, Jauron to go [4:55 AM]
Rochester D&C reports: 'The Buffalo Bills will select a pass rusher No. 11 overall in the NFL college draft.'

Jauron lucky for a patient, extremely frugal owner [4:54 AM]
Lynn Daily Item reports: 'The Tony Dungys of the world are few and far between. Most of the time, successful coaches in the NFL have to have a bit of a malevolent streak in them that makes players tread lightly around them. And this is what Bills fans want.'

Bills should have never thrown, except that one time or so [4:53 AM]
RealFootball365.com reports: 'If coach-for-2009 Dick Jauron can’t figure out the balance, he needs to find an underling who can, as the ignorance of something as simple as the appropriate occasions upon which to throw or pass stands as his regime’s most basic weakness. The calls reeked of offensive coordinator Turk Schonert and, while Jauron may not have been responsible for the calls, he is responsible for what goes on under his watch, meaning he has to find a lieutenant who’s sharp enough to know when the wind is or isn’t the passer’s friend. Either Schonert gets better, or the franchise gets someone else.'

December 31, 2008

Ralph Wilson Must Like P.T. Barnum [6:50 PM]
WHAM-TV reports: 'Bringing back Dick Jauron to coach the Bills in 2009 is the height of arrogance from the owner of the franchise. But I think this is the time he pays for that arrogance.'

Keeping Jauron A Shot At Suffering Bills Fans [11:54 AM]
BillsDaily.com reports: 'How pathetic does a franchise have to be to retain a coach like Dick Jauron? How low is the bar set for a head coach? How willing are the Bills to allow each and every divisional opponent progress and beat up on them?'

To many — players and fans — 2008 was a wasted season [11:54 AM]
Canandaigua Daily Messenger reports: 'While the Miami Dolphins and New York Jets rose to the occasion — and even the Patriots flourished behind a backup QB — the Bills floundered. Buffalo was 0-6 against the AFC East. “It’s a lesson learned,” said Josh Reed, who completed his seventh season with the Bills. “We know what kind of league it is and everybody’s fighting for that one goal. We just have to keep fighting.”'

Bills keep Jauron after collapse [9:46 AM]
The Sports Network reports: '"This is not to say that we will be complacent. In my discussions with Dick and our senior football people, the issues are recognized and I am confident they will be addressed."'

Bills role players among restricted free agents [7:08 AM]
BuffaloBills.com reports: 'Keith Ellison stands out as the most prominent of Buffalo’s restricted players. Starting all 16 games at outside linebacker in place of the I-R’d Angelo Crowell, Ellison finished tied for third on the team in solo tackles with 50 and fifth in total tackles with 82 in 2008.'

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