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According to Yahoo, he's 8-13 at 50+ yards in his career. He's 40-51 at 40-49 yards out. So, he's a pretty good long kicker. I'd put him at better than 50% for a 51 yarder. Again, I agree, the Titans may very well have gotten the 10 yards back. Hell, they may have scored a TD on a Johnson screen. But, the point is you MAKE them. You don't just concede that your defense can't stop them. Jauron told his team, with his decision, that he has no faith in them to play. And based on the final score, the players responded accordingly.

Whether they get the yards back or not is not the point. The point is you MAKE them get the yardss back. I agree a 51 yarder is no gimmie, but with their kicker its certainly in his range. The problem is Jauron just conceded the FG try, rather than giving his defense a chance to stop them - or God forbid get a turnover. Afterall, we have a guy in the secondary that leads the league in interceptions. Similar to earlier in the year when he took is offense off the field, late in the game when we needed 2 scores; today he took his defense off the field when we needed them to stop the Titans without a score. I'm sorry, but there's not a coach in the league that would not have backed them out of FG range. Jauron wuit on the team. What's so bad is its not the first time and much like the previous time, the team let him know how they felt by completely falling apart after that. If it's not apparent that he's lost this team by now then it never will be.

Are you suggesting that because the Titans converted a 3rd and long earlier in the game, you don't push them out of FG range and force them to convert a 3rd and long again? You do realize that a 10point lead with 3and half minutes left, and this offense, is a near insurmountable lead.

He is literally the lone bright spot on this team. When he made that pick, I just shook my head in disbelief. The guy is tremendous.

I'm fairly certain his contract status is no longer an issue. Surely, they could show tape of this last game and find Jauron in breach of contract because there's no way you can say this team is being coached.

And with 2 weeks to prepare, he gives them all multiple days off from practice and they come out with a mistake-filled, double digit penalty performance. Way to keep them sharp.

Every player on the team should have just walked off the field. How do you not accept a penalty that pushes a team out of FG range and at least force them to get it back? Unbelievable was Gannon's call and he's absolutely right. Unbelievable.

Can we just in fire him already and put us all out of our misery?

What's worse... a player dropping passes and not caring? Or a player dopping passes and the coach still thinks he doesn't need to practice with his starting QB?

To be fair, they reached that point about 2 years ago. It's only your optimism as a fan that allowed you to be entertained until recently. Don't feel bad, though. We're in the same boat together. There really isn't much to say anymore. The Bills are a bad team - period. They playing boring, uninspired football. They have boring, uninspired coaches. They have boring, uninspired players. Maybe they scratch out a win, maybe they don't; it really doesn't matter. There's absolutely no way this team can be considered relevant. We all know it, even the players know it. Everyone is just going through the motions - the players because they're paid to, us fans because its more habitual at this point. Maybe it changes this off season, maybe it doesn't. "8 weeks left and we all know the season is already over"... pretty much sums it all up.

Could you provide a link to the quoted article? I'm most interested in the date. Because, people change. Their opinions change. Their decisions change. So, unless that article was written in the last 2 months, there's more than a possibility that the situation has changed. By the way, I agree with Ralph, talk of selling the team when the owner has clearly stated that he has no intention of selling the team and as long as he's alive he'll be the owner aand keep the team in Buffalo, is distasteful. And if Kelly does have the notion to buy the team, he needs to respect Ralph's wishes and just shut up about it. Now, has Ralph run the team badly during the last decade? Yes and No. He and the FO have made some poor decisions, but I wouldn't say its from lack of trying. But, it's not as black and white as many suggest. There have been some good moves over the years, just not enough to negate the bad. And, yes, someone like Reese could be great.. but weren't a lot of people sayign the same thing about Donahoe? My point being, just because you or any one is convinced that's what this franchise needs, there's no guarantee that it's going to work.

Well thanks for wasting 20 minutes of my life. I tried that and got a lotta natta, well unless you count the several TSW references. Oh well, my fault for being bored and trying to avoid doing what I really should be doing today. So where is this recent text of Ralph's Will that says he cares nothing about Buffalo and will put the team up for auction? Also, can you please provide some proof that the league will actually allow the team to be sold to the highest bidder? While you're at it, provide some evidence that I or anyone else has said that "Ralph Wilson has made arrangements after his death to keep the team in western NY out of the generosity of his spirit". Myself, and a few others, have suggested that there are far better ways to estate plan than to die and sell off all your assets in an auction. Perhaps that is Ralph's plan. However, I'm of the opinion that Ralph has a little more intelligence than that. I'm not suggesting that he has solid plans to keep the team in Buffalo, mind you. I'm simply suggesting that it's logical to assume he's made provisions for the teaam after his passing and he's decided not to tell the world of those plans. But, what you fail to realize is that the absolute only way for the Bills to absolutely stay in Buffalo is for Ralph Wilson to stay alive and continue to own the team. Once the team changes hands, regardless of who buys them... all bets are off. Unless, of course, the new owner promises to keep the team here and is as true to his word as Ralph has been regardless of the financial situation. But keep in mind, any new owner will suddenly be 100's of millions of dollars in debt and that can change a lot of priorities real fast.

Agreed. The single best move this country could make, and perhaps the only way to actually change anyting, would be to have term limits on Congress peoples. Lobbyists and other Special Interest groups spend an incredible amount of time and money buying these legislators for a reason. The President is largely irrelevant in the discussion of the real problems in this country. Who's had more influence on this Health Care Bill, Obama or Pelosi?

Somehow, I don't believe you. I'm not sure why? Maybe its the fact that every post you make disparages the man. There's one thing you're forgetting. You assume Ralph made a Will however long ago and that's it.. now he's waiting to die. Don't you think he could have changed his Will several times over? Do you really think someone that has made as much money as Ralph has is just going to let the chips fall where they may after his passing? Selling your assets to the highest bidder is a lousy plan.. lousy. I would be absolutely shocked if that actually happens upon Ralph's passing. But, by all means, continue with your diatribe. It never gets old.

Just watched the end of the game on NFL Network. Shoeless Rob completed a 2nd down pass to Price, who goes out of bounds with 20 seconds left (hell of a play all the way around!). Then we kick the FG. My first thought was exactly what you said... what coach kicks that with 20 seconds still on the clock? Now the thing they never showed was whether or not Price got the first down. It looked to me like he did (but then again that lateral looked forward to me too), but it was hard to tell with everyone on the sideline and they never displayed the down and distance on the FG try. So, if it was 3rd and short, I can see going for the FG because if you do a QB sneak and don't get the first down, you have no time to get the FG off on 4th down. However, if it was a first down, then Wade blew it horribly. I'd say either way he blew it, because if it was 3rd down, he should have asked for a measurement because it had to be close. That would have bought some time to at least think about things. I understand all that. And its all well and good. However, there's a reason that was the first and only time that a season long starter, whom was healthy, was benched the week before a playoff game. Regardless of how we got to 10-5, we got there. And if it ain't broke, you don't fix it. As it turns out, Rob played well enough to win that game. However, I still say you don't disrupt the team chemistry that got you there. Could Flutie have scored more than 16 pts? Who really knows? I guess it's fun to speculate and debate (for some). However, I didn't like the move then and I don't like it to this day. Not because of Rob or Flutie's play, but because of what it meant for our team.

Wolverines!!!

Maybe Marv did tell him that. However, Marv was blowing smoke like everyone does before the draft or he was overruled in the draft room?

I kinda like crayonzes's questions.

Agreed. I said it before and after that game.. . the winner of that game goes to the Super Bowl. The Titans and Bills were the two toughest AFC teams that year. We both had better defenses than the other AFC playoff teams. About the game, well it's like I've said since then... being a Bills fan ain't for the faint of heart.

I kinda like it. They should have audio problems more often.

Are they having technical problems? Or did they just realize no one wanted to hear Matt Millen blow air?

Can someone just explain how we got a player injured on the Bye week? I'm fairly certain this is a new low in Bills' futility.

I thought we'd have 2 injuries over the bye week. So, I look at it as surviving the bye week pretty healthy if only one player got injured while sleeping on his couch.

Yep. I agree. I heard they only last about 7 or 8 years too. They're kind of expensive to replace though... about $170.