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actually, that should be until the show that they can destroy all other teams WITHOUT CHEATING...
Ok, I know as a Bills fan its totally en vogue to constantly make references to the Pats as cheaters, but seriously, they didnt get all those wins beacuse of a few minutes of extra film in warm ups. The big deal being made about it is comical, and makes us look whiny lil girls for always complaining about it and its exactly why BB and the Pats ran the score up on everyone in 2007, to shove it up everyones arse.
If BB wass the Bills coach next year, or Brady somehow became our QB, everyone here would wet themselves in excitement
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Not true....the stadium's still full on game day....I don't know if that speaks to our fans' resiliency or our masochistic nature...
Go Bills in 2010...when we have a new head coach who doesn't play to not lose but plays to win. I love the Bills but a leopard won't change his spots; Jauron won't get this team over the hump, he's proven he's not capable of it.
Only in Buffalo could a coach piss away a 5-1 start and still be welcomed with open arms by some people....
Werent you one of the idiots calling for Gruden who lost his last 4 games last year and pissed away the divison lead to miss the playoffs? The same guy who only had to beat the lowly Raiders in the last game of season to get in but lost...
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If we switched coaching staffs with the Dolphins last season, the Bills win the AFC East and the Dolphins finish last. That's how big of a difference coaching was. Can't make it any clearer than that.
The only thing you made clear with that post is that you dont know anything about football if you believe that to be true. Why do all the DJ blamers over look the fact that Trent went for 3 TD's and 10 Turnovers in his 4 divisional games? Why do they forget JP had a QB rating in the 50's in his two divisional games? Why do you ignore that Trent had 6 HORRIBLE, not even sort of bad, but flat out horrible games in his last 8 of the season?
You think some rookie HC was going to change that using a new system? About as dumb of a statement as I have seen on here.
You can NOT win in this league with QB play like that unless your D is top 3...scary thing is, that DESPITE all the QB struggles, DJ still has in position to win every game last year but one (AZ). Not to mention the injuries...
Like someone else mentioned, BEFORE Brady, BB in NE had a very similar record to DJ, in fact DJ has a slightly higher win % over those 8 years as BB had in his 8 years pre Brady. A QB will either KILL your coach or make him a HERO...DJ has never once, not one single season, ever had a QB.
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While I agree there is little to be gained by trashing DJ I am not sure why you feel compelled to defend him. Let's all hope DJ turns it around this year but his record suggests he will not. As far as the "very good offseason" goes only time will tell. We essentially have an all new o-line. Clearly a high risk potentially high reward situation. If it works the Bills FO will be hailed as geniuses. If not, we add to years of frustration and start looking for a new coach and GM.
Thats why I said, at this moment based on what we know of the players we obtained, it has been a very good offseason and every reason to be optimistic. Only time will tell if the draft was as good as it looks on paper (5 top rated players at 5 different need positions).
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I don't know how you can say anyone is riding the short bus when you lack serious reading comprehension. My original statement said that Jauron had a better record (win % wise) than Belichick PRE-BRADY. Since apparrntly, you struggle with the term pre, I'll explain further. Pre refers to before. So I was comparing Belichick's record before Brady.
Brady entered the picture after the Pats* were 0-1 in 2001. So including that 0-1 (since it was before Brady played), his career record was 41-56 or a winning % of .422. He had exactly 1 playoff win in 2 games. Jauron's record is 57-76 or a winning % of .429. Jauron is 0-1 in the playoffs. So PRE-BRADY, DJ had a better winning %.
So the point is that this guy, BB, that everyone thinks is this mastermind had a worse record than the guy you think is the worst coach ever. But I'm sure given BB's success PRE-BRADY, he would have been winning Super Bowls with the likes of Matthews, Miller, Losman, & McNown.
Exactly...very well said
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How many guys do we have that are in the top ten at their respective positions? On offense Evans and maybe Lynch , that's it.. On "D" maybe Schoebel? , maybe Stroud? I think McKelvin will be there too but not in 2009..
That's it, how pathetic,.. Hard to be an optimist when the talent level is a joke !
Thanks for basically saying "I know nothing about football, I just play Madden" so we know not to take your posts seriously...lmao...
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File under "gimme a fcucking break."
SI.com awards the Pat*s the SuperBowl Title and League MVP to Brady if he doesn't injure his knee.
Look, I understand that the Pat*s are good (when was that last championship?), Belicheat is a god, and Brady is the wunderkind of the NFL, but this is beyond re-diculous . . .
Have your barf bag nearby . . .
Um, why beyond rediculous? If Brady's knee holds up, he has a MORE talented team now than he did in 2007 with even more offensive weapons. On top of that, they key weapons (Moss and Welker) were in their first year in that system in 2007, now they have 2 full years under it. They added a better TE in A. Smith, Joey Galloway, Fred Taylor, and more DB's...
So, in 2007 Brady and the Pats didnt beat the league, they destroyed every opponent outside of the Giants. Why shouldnt they be the favorites to win it all and why shouldnt Brady be the favorite for MVP? Truth is, until they show otherwise on the field, they are still the team to beat and Brady is one of the best all time, so of course he is a huge MVP favorite with all these weapons...
Sounds like you drank your Hater-ade this morning...
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Andre Johnson
How is he underrated? Just about every poll of the top 10 recievers in the league right now always have him in top 2...
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Who you be more confident watching Trent Edwards blind side Oher a top flight college left tackle or Walker a guy who failed at left tackle while he was in Oakland.
Oher
Wood
Hardgardner
Butler
Walker
All I am saying is that this line is better than the way our o-line looks right now.
WE FILLED 5 NEED POSITONS WITH 5 TOP PROSPECTS, BUT YOU WANT TO TRADE THAT FOR ONE GUY WHO WASNT EVEN THE HIGHEST RATED TACKLE?
Personally, I think our line looks VERY promising and I firmly believe it will be better than last year...
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Researching mind-numbing Jaroun quotes (redundancy, I know) for the other thread, I came across a long forgotten story which I felt was interesting enough to have it's own thread. The story bares a striking resemblance to what pains that the Bills fans are going through today (well those sane ones who have literally had it with Jauron-ball). A quick synopsis is that in Oct of 2002, then Chicago head coach Dick Jauron was called "a coward" by a caller during his a weekly radio talk show after a heartbreaking OT loss to the Lions. Dick responded that he had a lot better ways to spend his time.
The setup...
After going 13-3 the previous season and starting out 2002 with 2 straight wins then 3 straight losses, the Bears lost 20-23 to the Lions in overtime. Note the Bears final drive "let's try killing the clock with 7 minutes left" ultraconservative play selection which ended with a punt to the Lions with 2:21 in time remaining...
http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/chi/2002.htm
http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/playbyplay?g...p;override=true
Also note: the Bears lost 4 more games in a row after that OT loss, making it 8 straight losses well on their way to a fabulous 4-12 record.
Here was some press on the Jauron called a "coward" story...
http://www.dailypress.com/topic/cs-021028b...37.story?page=2
"On the air: Jauron cleared up the controversy over remarks he made on his radio show last week. When a caller suggested Jauron was coaching like a "coward," host Hub Arkush jumped in and defended the coach. Jauron, in turn, said he had, "a lot better ways to spend my time.""
http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-21...2;"Byline: Bob LeGere Daily Herald Sports Writer In light of the publicity generated last week by confrontational calls to him on "The Bears Insider" on WSCR 670-AM Monday evenings, coach Dick Jauron was asked if having to handle adversarial callers was difficult. "For me? No, it's really not," Jauron said. "I mean I'd rather not; you'd rather win all your games. Even then I'm sure you'll have some callers who don't agree with things you do. "
And here's a football forum (circa 2006) talking about the episode and the Bills' possible hiring of Jauron...
http://forums.thehuddle.com/index.php?showtopic=139708
"I give Dick credit for going to that show each week and getting smashed by callers, while keeping his composure.
and about the conservative approach I agree, I remember him saying something like "we just need to keep the game close, and hopefully will have a chance to win it with a field goal at the end." I understand about holding on to the ball, field position, ect......but I cant have my team play the whole game with a prevent offence and defense."
I know it's small annedotal story, yet it's one that I had never heard about and explains so clearly why we're so frustrated. He DOES coach like he's afraid of his own shadow. It was as true in 2002 as it is in 2009! I found this story very interesting and if you didn't I'm sure that you'll let me have it. Hey, anybody know if Dick is going to have a call-in show this season?
Thanks for stealing the time it took me to read this lame post that has no relevance to anything other than some fan who doesnt understand football calling into a radio station and calling him a coward...
I used to think the Raiders had the worst fans in football, I am starting to think its now the Bills fans...I mean, we have just had a very good offseason capped by a fantastic draft (based on what we know at this exact moment about the drafted players) and have all the reason to be optimistic, but yet you have your dirty panties in a wad about a dumb phone call probably from some drunk fan 7 years ago...
Let me ask you this, whats the one thing DJ has never had during any of the years he has been a HC? Give up...a Quarterback...pretty hard to win in this league or be "aggressive" when your QB is NOT capable of handling that...
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Everyone hopes Farve will fail...its just getting old
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Inspired by the was Oher the better pick thread I was wondering if you had the same post draft frustration that I did. Now assuming the Bills could have gotten the 21st pick for Peters (which was rumored to be turned down by Buffalo for some reason) Than the Bills could have drafted Maybin and Oher while still having the 42nd pick and their third and two fourths.
They could still have had Wood by using the 42nd and the third to trade up to take him and seal up the o-line. Than with the fourth round pick still take Nelson and pick up the tight end they wanted. Than after all that they would have still had the fourth round pick.
I know that its unfair to criticize when you know the outcome but I was angry when people were reporting that the Bills turned down the 21st pick for the 28th pick. Also lets say that only the 28th was available did you feel that the Bills should have tried to try trade up for Oher while he was falling. If it would have cost them their 3rd and a lower round pick than why not. I was thinking that at the time of the draft.
I liked Oher but not at pick 11, if you could have had him at pick 21 or 22 than that would have been a perfect draft addressing our two biggest needs. While still being able to get other needs addressed as well. Don't get me wrong I liked our draft but I thought it could have been better.
Geezus, on paper we have just had one of the best drafts we have ever had by acquiring 5 players at 5 different positions all ranked around 1 or 2 for their position, and yet people are still wanting to have had it go different?
1. Maybin - TOP ranked pass rusher in draft
2. Wood - Top 1 or 2 ranked center in draft (and the one I wanted of the top 3 C's)
3. Levitre - Top rated G in draft
4. Byrd - considered by many to be the 2nd best safety prospect in draft
5. Nelson - arguably the 2nd best TE in the draft
Then there were Nic and Cary who are steals where we got them, and Nic looks like a pretty promising LB prospect.
Its unheard of to fill FIVE positions with TOP rated talent at those positions in one draft. ONLY time will tell how each of them do, but as of May 28th, 2009 that is one hell of a draft to grab what looks like 5 top rated prospects at 5 different positions ALL of which are need positions on this team...
Cant some people just be happy, we have had a very good offseason to this point. No one truly knows what the draft really brought us, but based on the information at hand for all teams on these players, I cant see how it could have gone any better.
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the wild cat caught a few teams off guard. AND
We had Loss-man as out QB for 3 games. And we had Edwards for the others who was just as bad as Losman has ever played in about 8 of those games and aboslutely horrendous in his 4 divisional games
Fixed...
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(GULP) the Miami Dolphins! As much as we hate to admit it, they are the team in our division that showed the most dramatic improvement in the league. That cursed Bill Parcells continues his knack for taking teams in the crapper and turning them into contenders. To think that all the success they had with the Wildcat last year will only improve in its 2nd year, and now with the addition of this "slash-type player" Pat White its liable to be opened up even more! I kept waiting for Chad "int" Pennington to return to form but he played well, Joey Porter thrived in his new role and now they get Jason Taylor back. Bill Parcells will continue to haunt this team as if it was 1991 all over again!
I keep hearing the talking heads saying that the Pats* are still the team to beat in the AFCE, I just don't believe that Brady* is going to be the same QB we're used to seeing. Over a year out of football, the psychological effects of the knee injury, and the teams' overall losses at key positions ie: corners in particular will be too much to overcome.
The Jets, I think this team over-achieved offensively with Brett at QB and in spite of all the good moves they made defensively, they won't be able to score enough points in this division to compete.
Maybe I'm completely wrong on these assumptions about the upcoming season, what do you guys think? Anyone else see the wildcat offense as being similar to the K-gun offense for us in the early 90's?
Oh, and in case you were wondering about Brady, we are talking about the QB that had the slowest 40 time, lowest high jump, and weakest bench press ever at the combine...he doesnt rely a lot on explosiveness, so even with a bum knee he should be lethal...
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(GULP) the Miami Dolphins! As much as we hate to admit it, they are the team in our division that showed the most dramatic improvement in the league. That cursed Bill Parcells continues his knack for taking teams in the crapper and turning them into contenders. To think that all the success they had with the Wildcat last year will only improve in its 2nd year, and now with the addition of this "slash-type player" Pat White its liable to be opened up even more! I kept waiting for Chad "int" Pennington to return to form but he played well, Joey Porter thrived in his new role and now they get Jason Taylor back. Bill Parcells will continue to haunt this team as if it was 1991 all over again!
I keep hearing the talking heads saying that the Pats* are still the team to beat in the AFCE, I just don't believe that Brady* is going to be the same QB we're used to seeing. Over a year out of football, the psychological effects of the knee injury, and the teams' overall losses at key positions ie: corners in particular will be too much to overcome.
The Jets, I think this team over-achieved offensively with Brett at QB and in spite of all the good moves they made defensively, they won't be able to score enough points in this division to compete.
Maybe I'm completely wrong on these assumptions about the upcoming season, what do you guys think? Anyone else see the wildcat offense as being similar to the K-gun offense for us in the early 90's?
hahahaha, are you serious? So the 16-0 Pats who were dropping 40pts+ like it was nothing, who now have more weapons this year than that year, and the key weapons of that year (Moss and Welker) are now 2 years in the system (where that 2007 was both their first year) somehow dont scare you?
This team destroyed us, not beat us, destroyed us, and pretty much every other team in the league that year, and now they have even more weapons...Yet, Miami is the scary team?
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why is CB different then any other position? wouldnt it be nice to have too many tackles and just be able to plug another in one when goes down?
winning in the playoffs is just like winning in the regular season, you need to run and stop the run and that starts with both lines and on defense, a good pass rush will slow down any passing attack, perfect example is what the Giants did to the Patriots in the super bowl
Because its harder to fill in a decent DB than a Tackle...if a Tackle is marginal, the QB's ability can overcome that, RB can offer assistance, TE can offer assistance, etc...its much easier to mask a backup OL player than a DB split wide trying to cover a Randy Moss who will torch him on every play and that leads to points and that leads to a loss...just to be clear, I am not saying its easy to overcome a fill in OL player, just saying in comparison to a fill in DB, there are more things you can do to mask his deficiencies.
DB is one of the hardest positions to fill with a marginal player, and to do so, you need to have a great front 7 and safetys to do so.
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I would have to say....... TO. It took 13 years and a move to Buffalo before anyone to realized he is actually better than Jerry Rice.
Largent?? He played in 7 Pro Bowls, was named to the all 1980's NFL team, he retired as the best WR in history, holding all major records at his position and is in the HOF.
Herman Moore is also a good choice.
I said Largent was not underrated when he played (hence the pro bowls), but is now very underrated by the casual fan...he gets lost in the shuffle with all the gaudy numbers of todays NFL, but he had gaudy numbers before it was the new trend.
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Well that explains why little has been said about him. Anyone heard if the staff has confirmed he will be playing safety?
They confirmed this on draft day...
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He wasnt underrated when he played, but he is now, and that is Steve Largent...as good as they come, but he gets lost in the shuffle in todays NFL talk of the greats because of the much more gaudy numbers being put up.
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I hate people on this site that act as if they are "in the know" about players, but that being said I do know that JP has had no recent calls, no interest and will not be playing ever again in the NFL, barring a team having an incredible run of injuries at the QB position (and that probably won't be enough). If anyone calls he may not even accept an offer to tryout..this is not me guessing this is what JP feels about his own future. Go ahead and rip me if you wish, but he is still living in Buffalo and is actually exploring business ventures in the area. He actually is counting on the five years of service in the league and collecting a pension in 25 years. Kind of sad considering he has a cannon for an arm...you would have thought someone could teach him the game.
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this was added after much questioning of my comment
maybe this helps with my "credibility"
this article was written and published 2/9/05
bills released bledsoe one week later
first link is story I wrote for the Buffalo Beast
link two is confirmation on date of Bledsoe release
http://www.buffalobeast.com/68/wideright68.htm
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2005/02/16/bledsoe050216.html
maybe this will get people off my back
What a noob lame post...geezus...there are actual teams that have some shown some interest in him for one, and two, as others have said, he could play in the CFL or AFL as a worse case scenario to try and play his way into a better opportunity...
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I can't think of a single instance in which DJ outcoached the other guy and won a game for us. So many the exact opposite.
Terrible, terrible.
Thats because you cant think, nor can you see because you apparently havent watched out QB position be utterly awful in more than half of our last 48 games...thats 24 losses right there...
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Grandious? Verbous? Me a joke? I make no bones about being an idiot, I'm not coaching this team though.
To get back to the topic if you want to play the "he has no talent" card you are surely mistaken, Dick Jauron has great input into who this team drafts/acquires in the off-season, want proof look at the 16 DB's on the freaking roster.
Are you really going to argue that the Bills were that un-talented last season?
I'll give you the first 7-9 season as the team was still suffering from the lingering effects of Donahoe but year 2 and 3 Dick's system (or complete lack thereof) was in place and the team failed.
Played hard all season long? To start a season 5-1 and finish 2-8 is no indication of playing hard all season long.
To not win a single game against anyone in your division and to put up 3 points (9ers) and 0 points (Pats) in your own house is no indication of a team playing hard.
How many losing seasons do you need to see from this guy before you stop using the "he is well respected around the league" argument? Of course he's a nice guy, that's why his players love him, practices seem to be easy and not once does he ever seem to criticise anyone. I'd love him too if I was an opposing NFL coach, he's quite easy to beat.
LMAO...go back and look at the games our beloved Trent and the outcasted JP put up at QB in our last 8 games...we should have been BLOWN out in 6 of those games based on how they played, yet had a shot to win all of them. We didnt miss the playoffs becuase of DJ, we missed the playoffs because of DISMALL, not even sub par, I mean outrigh DISMAL play from both Trent and Losman in almost every game of our last 8 games...Trent had 3 TD's to 10 turnovers in his 4 divisional games...Losman was just as bad...I dont care if you are Vince Lombardi, that doesnt get you to the playoffs.
The good news is that Losman is gone, and Trent has another year under his belt and more weapons to help him develop in this critical third year.
I have friends in the NFL circle, and I assure you the only place DJ isnt respected is on these fan boards. I have said this many times, but our 7-9 season in 07 was considered one of the best coaching jobs in the league that year in NFL circles considering all we endured, the injuries, rookie QB, etc...
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Bills will go 2-4 to start the season and Jauron will be sent packing, finally.
He is not a winner, never has been a winner and never will be a winner.
You write as if he's never been given a shot to succeed, this is his 9th season, how many chances is the guy going to get before he is officially never considered for a coaching job again?
Bobby April should have been named head coach after last season, there would have still been "continuity" and a coach with some balls.
LMAO off at how you think Coaching ST can so easily translate to Head Coaching...I will bet you money that if DJ is fired, April will not be our next head coach...I like April, but if DJ doesnt work out, we will be brining in a proven HC.
All of this is mute though, because DJ isnt getting fired because we will make the playoffs
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I went JP because he was so grossly mishandled and might have developed somewhere else. He was raw coming out of college, he needed a good fit, and we didnt provide it. I think he has more talent and leadership potential than lame RJ ever had. They both bombed here, but RJ had more talent to work with IMO and better situation. RJ should have never been starting in the first place, Flutie was the better QB.
Patriot*s Ball-Washing taken to new heights by si.com
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hahahaha, Tim you just beat me by a hair to the same post...