Sisyphean Bills

Shouldn't the difference in competitive balance between the NFC East and the AFC East be self-evident to anyone that actually watches the games?

The won/loss record is one of your so-called "'facts' in dispute"? And, now you proclaim to speak for everyone.

Since you asked: Jauron was hired by the Bears in 1999. They hired a Angelo as GM in 2001. The Bears did not have a GM before Angelo since 1986. Jauron replaced Wannstedt in the brain trust of Wannstedt, Mark Hatley, and Michael McCaskey. McCaskey was "excused from further responsibilities" by his father, Ed, over the bungled hiring of McGinnis, that led directly to Jauron getting the job, and replaced by Phillips. Jerry Angelo came on board in 2001 to fill the void left by Hatley, because Hatley had bolted to Green Bay as the result of an feud. I recall reading that Jauron stepped into Wannstedt's contract as a combined "head coach/GM" like position during this turmoil in 1999. (Being the "head chef and grocery buyer" was the rage at the time; Jimmy Johnson in Miami, Holmgren in Seattle, Lewis eventually in Green Bay, and so on...) I don't know this as an absolute fact, because I've never seen the contract -- only reporters articles. But, it is in fitting with the chaos and desperate scrambling of McCaskey to try and save face for himself and the franchise to have offered the moon to someone to lure them in very quickly. On the other hand, I know nothing.

Thanks for your agreement with my original position that Jauron has played a not-insignificant role in building his teams. "Those that don't learn from the past are doomed to repeat it."

This cannot be true as Jauron has no input into the process. Never has. In fact, the only thing holding him back as a coach is his front offices that give him garbage talent. Back to the other point, yes, this offensive line has no depth and is one injury away from becoming overly porous. It is also true that, outside of Peters, this line is not stocked with Pro Bowl talent across the board. Dockery is above average and the left side held it together last year, but as a unit their run blocking wasn't where it needs to be. They did well in pass pro and were helped with Edwards (and to a be consistent some degree of it was Losman, who did play a few games) getting the ball out quickly on those 5 yard and less patterns that Fairchild focused the offense around.

How can you afford a Hamdan jersey? Don't you pay your Bills?

Why not? You should see all the busts there.

Can we mix up committing the crimes and helping to cover them up? The Bills could double dip in this regard, if so. OJ Simpson murders two people and has Al Cowlings drives the white Bronco on a wild goose chase.

You just don't get it. It's JP's fault, not St. Jauron.

It's Favre. I didn't say he was unbreakable; I said the exact opposite, in fact. He had many injuries over his career, but played through it. You never saw him take a month off after falling on a football. To your question: yes, Favre was addicted to painkillers. Vicodin to be exact. That was news 12 years ago. The guy played for 17 seasons, starting 16 years and holds the record with 275 straight starts. His painkiller addiction notwithstanding.

I'm sadly surprised he didn't mention that the Bills have the best head coach in the NFL.

Oh, Favre got injured plenty. But, there aren't many that are going to continue to play QB in the NFL with a broken hand, etc. I haven't seen it mentioned in this thread, but Trent has expressed that he has "other interests" outside of football in the past. If serious, that may throw a wet blanket on any long-term playing arrangements (ala Robert Smith).

He's not a bust. But, he knows a bust when he sees one.

Going to offer a bull as a sacrifice and eat its testicles raw, are ye?

We don't call him St. Jauron for nothing!

Egads

Thankfully, this argument doesn't apply to coaches.

Those numbers are on the low end. About double that would be very good for a rookie. Exceptional would be to post 80-100, over 1000, and 10+ TDs.

Hope you didn't jinx him with that comparison.

This year's 5 yard outs are more likely to confuse the opposition than last year's 5 yard outs.

Do you mean personally? I never said I hated Jauron. Hunh? Who are the these so called practice squad players? Schobel, Tripplett, Williams, Kelsay, Whitner, McGee, Crowell are more than 1/2 the defense. All that would be great and an incredible change of spots. Are you guaranteeing this for this upcoming season?

I don't understand your question. Did I say Chris Villarrial was not legit? No. On the other hand, you don't even mention what he said. So, are you just name dropping? I take it that means you aren't going to answer all my questions. I'd like one more attempt to set the record straight. Dick Jauron was hired as head coach of the Chicago Bears when Jerry Angelo was working in Tampa. Dick, like Wannstedt before him, at least as far as what I recall, was given both the head coach and personnel responsibilities. (No, I don't have his contract.) The Bears had no GM at this time. Jerry Angelo was hired later and was given overlapping responsibilities with Jauron as far as player personnel and staff. Unsurprisingly, this became a problem. I overstated that Jauron was in complete control; typically, these decisions are made by more than 1 person. Still, I find it disingenuous to read repetitious arguments that Jauron has no say in anything that happens in relation to the teams he coaches. I will adopt the party line though and assume that is true from now on. I don't really follow all the arguments about which QBs are "obvious busts" and which are not and who deserves a chance and who has had a chance and who sucks and doesn't deserve a chance and so on. I consider football a team sport and it is thus impossible to focus on a single position and lay all the blame at one player's feet. In the case of Cade McNown, who was more interested in chasing bleach blondes with larger bra sizes than IQs than being a QB, he was a major mistake as a 1st round pick. Anyway, it is all subjective unless the terms can be defined as to which QB sucks and which one doesn't. Since no one (and I don't mean you personally, Lori) will define terms, it's not worth debating.

Luke Drone will lead us to the promised land should Trent slip on a banana peel.

Dick Jauron has the coaching genius market cornered.

Not really. But I take it you mean the other one.