Sisyphean Bills

Did he sign with Eugene Parker? http://espn.go.com/blog/buffalo-bills/post/_/id/8959/spiller-will-hire-agent-reach-out-to-byrd

Well, I did read on a message board that mechanics and accuracy issues were not only fixable, but easily fixable. So take that for what it is worth.

I think the script they may have been reading from goes something like, At this point, a big red, glowing check mark appeared over Doug Brandon's collective head and the page was turned. Had they read the next paragraph...

I didn't even get my wagon out of the styrofoam packing peanuts, much less hitched up. Dang.

Seriously though, is there evidence that the playbook is insanely complex? Anything at all?

Let me get my Magic 8 Ball...

Do you mean because we need a QB before we can have a QB situation? Or do you mean you are elated with EJ's progress so far?

Restating that: if Jauron had allowed someone else to coach, he'd have been a great coach. Hmm. I guess I can't totally disagree with that.

Tom Brady hasn't won a Trophy in a few years.

Does he bring anything to the table in terms of special teams? Fumbling is a no-no, but that's been touched on. Can he keep his QB from getting killed? Unless he fits the part of an NFL RB, he could be a rocket surgeon in his spare time and will get cut.

Who?

That list is very uninspiring all the way around.

I'm still trying to figure out why it would surprise anyone that a former Bill was a target.

Sounds like a good urban legend...

It's like he is the first gay man on the planet.

It might not have been the most popular move, but they already had a veteran QB under contract. Actually, two of them. They let them both go. (But I've been told this was a great cap move.)

Unfortunately, heaping all the blame on Jauron still seems like the company line. Jauron was the fall guy for the Maybin pick, no doubt. He was the guy jettisoned overboard with the concrete life preserver and all, but he was part of a team of people who all ultimately signed off on that pick. Modrak set the Bills draft board and was completely gung-ho on Maybin. Modrak preached about how versatile Maybin was, that he could play both sides, play the run, had great quickness and agility, would have no trouble packing on muscle, etc. And let's not forget Russ Brandon was right there clapping his hands too. Yes, Jauron deserves his share of the blame, and it may even be a lot of it, but the Maybin gamble was an organizational mistake. Maybe he'll un-retire and play TE for someone...

Curry without a doubt was the bigger bust. There were plenty of people, myself included, that saw Maybin for exactly what he turned out to be - a huge boom or bust gamble.

The poisoning the water hole idea isn't completely baseless, though. New ownership is unlikely to invest a cool $1B on this franchise and have zero ideas. They will talk to people outside the Bills organization. And, mortgaged drafts may cool the heels of an outsider just a little as to the attractiveness of the job. On the other hand, it's entirely possible they could be talked around the problem of a couple missing picks too.

The sad thing is even with the bust Maybin, that was one of the Bills very best draft classes in some posters' lifetimes. And, Eric Wood is all we have left.

One possible problem is that teams see they have no leverage with the guy. His own agent is running around and tanking his rep for him. Instead of letting it go and confirming that Lyerla was dismissed from the team, he's calling up reporters and demanding that they retract and state that it was Lyerla's decision to leave the team. In other words, the agent is emphatically telling everyone Lyerla quit and valued snorting nose candy over playing football. How do you keep him in line as his employer? "We won't let you play if you don't get straight" is an empty threat apparently. The record is there and broadcast in stereo.

On the other hand, I'm not sure he collected all of that $25M / 5 yr deal that he held out for. And something tells me throwing oneself a jet-set birthday bash in an Atlanta nightclub isn't on the Forbes investment list either. Though, I'd guess your take about the music scene is a good guess...

He was playing pretty well for Oregon before he took the Titus Young Sr. bullet train. Despite his football talents, wouldn't want him anywhere near my team, even with a dozen chaperons watching him every second of every day. OTOH, they took Henderson.

Did the Argonauts ask him to put on a little weight?