Dan

Ask Jamon.

I fully expect a coach with the credentials of Shanny to leave without a contract. You never take the first offer. Not when there's so much time for things to change. So, it won't surprise me at all. But, that doesn't in any way mean that he won't still come here. If he's as smart as we all think he is, he'll still consider all his options and take the best all around offer on the table at season's end. And I would think that, although important, money isn't the most important aspect of his decision.

Using logic like this, some people here have been rooting for the Bills to lose out for about 4 years now. I wonder if they even like the team they're supposedly a fan of anymore?

Playing the way he has this season, I would disagree. He may have played some great games and had some great potential; but that is all in the past. He's not been good in quite some time.

False start penalty, as well. FWIW.

Agreed, that final drive was a stark contrast to what Trent has done. However, it also showed the good and the bad of Fitz. He's better than Trent in that he can move just enough in pocket to find an open receiver and get the ball downfield. On the other hand, he's just innacurate enough to miss TO with 2 passes and we lose the game.

I wouldn't say he sucks. But, he does look slow this year. As I recall, during Preseason he said he gained weight this past off season to better help him take hits. ?? I wonder if he's still at the higher weight, because he just looks slow.

We definitely need a proven coach. However, this is not the week to be dumping on Perry, IMO. He had less than a week to wrap his head around being a HC and had to remotivate his team. I'd say he did that. Yes, he made several critical errors that probably cost us the game. But, in his first ever game as HC with just a few days; I'll cut him slack for a week. Wood's injury is just horrible. No other way around it. Here's to praying he can come back healthy next season. Agreed, Fitzy is not the guy. He's better than Trent; not sure how much of a compliment that is though. It wouldln't upset me at all to see Brohm next week or the week after. Why not, right? They got the guy; it had to be to see him play. I'm still puzzled by that move knowing you'll almost certainly have new HC next season. Is it just me... we lost and that always sucks; but, why do I feel so good. It's as though this huge weight has been lifted. Here's to better days ahead.

Moorman definitely bobbled the snap. No question.

Yeah, but wait till the Jets get in that neww stadium. They'll be unstoppable - easily Super Bowl favorites. How could they not be? They'll have a new billion dollar stadium.

I think one of the differences, and of course this is pure speculation on my part, is that Ralph literally puts a gag order on staff at OBD. That's why we rarely even hear full contract terms. I get the feeling Ralph likes his privacy and demands it from his staff. Look at Fewell's answer regarding his conversation with Ralph; something along that lines of, "that's was something said between me and him". Period. No elaboration in any way whatsoever. Perhaps I'm wrong. But, if so, then it becomes extremely difficult for anyone to uncover the truth about the man behind the curtain.

COmpletely agree. I really hope it's a top notch candidate. We need that, if for nothing else, just to establish an air of credibility to the franchise again. However, if one is not hired, I don't think it necessarily means Ralph didn't try or want to. We'll just have to hope and see what happens.

The reports that make me happiest.

I disagree. Why is it that we don't know anything that's going on or we're being lied to, if someone other than Shannahan is hired? Just because a team source says they're interested in someone, that doesn't mean they have to or will hire that person. It simply means that... they're interested. So they'll research, review, and perhaps even talk to that individual. But, to continue with the Shanny example, suppose through that process it's revealed that Shanny wants to do something completely contrary to the ownership? Suppose, they make a huge offer to Shanny, but he turns them down - after his own careful consideration? Does that mean we were lied to? No, it means that for various reasons, that we may never know, Shanny didn't work out. So, why is ot a lie? It's not. The world is not black and white. Reporters write what they hear and research. But, that doesn't mean the story doesn't change a week later. And just because a story changes, that doesn't mean the initial story was wrong or a lie.

I wouldn't necessarily say it's strictly your defense of Trent, but rather how you're defending him, that is creating ire. For example, in this thread you've completely fabricated conjecture regarding TO as though he is the root of Trent's demize.

Are you implying that I have to actually read news artcles and consider the contet therein and, subsequently, draw conclusions from all those words? It'd be much easier if you just told me what to think in the headline. It would save us all a lot of time.

The Chroise shall rise again...

Tim, Something I would think might be an interesting indicator of things to come might be the practices. I'm a firm believer in the "practice the way you play" philosophy. Under Jauron this season (perhaps its been each season and I didn't pay attention until this year), it seems we haven't had a single week where all the starters practiced together for the entire week. That is to say, each of Chris Brown's practice updates lists players not participating in practice, and many times its seems Jauron was just giving the guys a day off because they weren't listed as injured. So, my thought is... this week and/or next week, does Fewell have everyone practicing? Do some of the players get a day off to stand around and "rest"? What's the demeanor at practice? Is it more "spirited" or does it seem "business as usual"? I'm sure everyone will be looking at the play on Sunday as some indication of how the team is responding to the HC change. But, it may be interesting to get some insight based on their practice habits. I'm not sure you're able to view the practices, but maybe you're in the know enough to get a handle on this. Perhaps I'm barking up a dead tree, as well. Either way, thought it was worth asking/posing. Dan

Perry expects them to play like hell, as opposed to taking practices off, taking Sundays off, and not worrying about the score as long as they all tried real hard. I wouldn't expect the playes to like him at all. In fact, several of them are probably crying right now at the thought of actually having to practice this week.

I'm sorry but if you watched that game and came away with "the Bills showed me something positive" then we must have watched completely different games. I saw a team that was underprepared and unmotivated. They made alot of mental mistakes, were consistently out of position, and in the end completely gave up; hence, the blow out score. In the past I could have argued that the players were at least playing hard for Jauron. But, after Sunday, it seemed blatantly obvious to me that he had completely lost the team.

A friend, who's a Fin fan, texted me late afternoon. I did a quick check of TBD and saw an aritcle. Didn't have time to read it, just started calling my friend, then sisters to discuss the good news. I'm still somewhat in shock. It's hard to believe it actually happened. I hoped it would, I wanted it to, but no way did I think he'd be fired mid season. I'm staying away from the reports of looking for a new GM type stuff. Because, let's be realistic here, do we really want that? It'll certainly mean the impending end to mankind. So, I'm a little nervous that the end of days could be upon us.

Never heard of him.

Must be related to your internet connection. I watched it live and it looked fine. No skips or anything.

True, great players go a long way to making a great coach, but how many times did Shanahan's teams look unprepared? How many times did they lead the league in penalities? How many times were they in the playoffs? Shanahan is a great coach, period. If he were to end up in Buffalo, the the world would come to and end about 3 years sooner than expected.

Ya know it's quite telling that you pick the night Ralph fires the head coach because he's not winning and come here spewing stuff like, "He has no interest in putting a competitive team on the field".