Dan

To be fair, I think some of the dislike for JP is non-football related as well (present company excluded of course). Not that there's anything wrong with that.

I finally found a quite for my sig line. Thanks.

Nope. Crayonzian posting at its finest.

Now that is awesome!

I just spent 5 minutes rereading that post several times, finally did a search on the page for "if". Still couldn't find it - unless you count in the word dIFferent. I thought maybe it was just me. Friggin awesome.

Sure it all sounds credible... but, unless you drive a Ferrari or some other real cool car, I don't buy it.

Good and solid and logical post. Too bad you wasted it in a crayonz thread (gotta love em).

Exactly my point! And the players have no choice but to walk into that fight completely unsure of how its going to work.

Especially with all the super secret deep sources that drive nice cars. I think my world is crashing down all around me.

Well, yeah, when you say it like that it sounds bad. But, it's tough to win in the NFL. All the teams are good. Not that the Bills aren't good. Because those guys play hard. But, the other teams play hard too. So, it's makes it tough. Not that you wouldn't want it tough. So I wouldn't say it's bad, it's just tough.

That's a good point. However, I interpret a statement like that differently. A team is willing to follow a good leader into hell with squirt guns because they know/trust that their leader wouldn't lead them into hell unless he had a plan that would work. In essence, they know that he/she is going to develop a viable plan of attack and equip his team with the proper tools to accomplish that plan. So, a good leader would insist that they draft some Firemen and bring in some of those planes that dump water on the wildfires before heading off to hell with a handbasket of squirt guns. So, in short, I don't want a guy that heads into games off with weak plans doomed to fail. I'd like to see someone coach this team that can properly assess our opponents and develop/implement viable plans to defeat them.

I'd love to see him back on the field in place of Ellison. However, it doesn't change the fact that we still need to get a good OLB either in FA or the draft. It does make you wonder about the accuracy of the stories this fall. Perhaps they were on target, but after 4 months and little interest from other teams on one part and poor LB play on the other's part, cooler heads are prevailing.

Interesting you say that, because while watching the game that's exactly what I was saying to myself. The wind served to be a great equalizer. The big offensive threats of the Pats* were grounded. The kicking/return game of the Bills was nullified. The game became quite simple - run the ball, stop the run. But on numerous occasions you witnessed the difference in coaching. The decisions to punt vs going for it. When to try the field goal/when not. How to use your timeouts. When to throw and HOW to use that short pass when you know the entire defense is within 10 yards of the LOS. Creativity in the play calling even though everyone knows you're going to run. Yesterday was the absolute final nail for me. It was painfully obvious how under prepared our team was in comparison to the Pats*. The in game decisions were marked with confusion and and looks of helplessness. A new coaching staff may not be better, but I find it hard to believe that they can be worse.

Thanks ans4e64, lgb, & cantankerous. I should probably add that I can't see next season being any different unless a HC and OC combo comes in that actually knows what a real NFL offense looks like AND has an actual idea of how to implement it. So, I'd say our biggest problem is the coaching - no shocker there. So, I'll hold off bashing any specific player until I see a new coaching staff trying to implement a professional offense.

I think our Offensive coaching problems are so severe that's it's almost impossible to accurately determine if any specific player is a problem. We have no offensive identity. The OC has zero situational awareness when calling plays. The blocking schemes are dysfunctional, to say it nicely. The coaches have no idea of how to use the personnel that are on the team. The QB rarely moves in the pocket to create passing lanes. They regularly play without tempo and in complete ignorance of the game clock. Basic NFL plays are almost completely absent from our playbook. Just to name a few problems off the top of my head. We all spend so much time talking about this play or that playor about this player or that player; but when you watch the Bills play and almost any other team it is blatantly obvious that we don't have a professional NFL offense. Timing routes, play action, slants, offensive rhythm - when was the last time we saw a Bills' offense with any of those things? It would be embarrassing except that most of my friends don't watch the Bills play so they have no idea our truly inept our offense can be.

Sources deep within the NFL head offices say it'll be an all Manning SB. Take it for what its worth... my other car's a Saturn.

To be fair... they're all really good sauces and it's really tough to pick any sauce on the menu. They're all just so good. You really have to give McD's a lot of credit for that. It's not that you want nuggets with no sauce on them. But, it is tough.

That's what I find most interesting in the post.

Just a little quick searching.... Average Home Cost in Buffalo, NY is $101,804 (source) The MSRP for the BMW 750 series is $76,800 to $79,900 (source) So much for that argument. Sorry to bust your bubble, but maybe you're not as better than all us lowlife bums as you think. If you have pertinent information, by all means share - just expect to be called out on it. But, if you come here and say... I have a secret inside source that tells me Jauron may or may not be fired. What do you expect? Everyone to bow to your insight? You posted a rumor that as far as anyone here knows you completely pulled out of your ass. Yet, you want everyone to believe you at face value because you drive a nice car and have met Turk. Sorry, but try again.

Another Dallas fumble and long return for TD. 41-3. wow.

Precisely. Mitchell is yet another in a long line of examples of why this coaching staff needs to go. Mitchell plays best at stopping the run and blitzing the QB. So what do we routinely do... drop him into pass coverage. Just an outstanding example of not putting your players in the best position to win.

Please explain to me how a new owner next year, that keeps Jauron et al. coaching, is all this team needs to be a playoff team?

All I'm saying is Dockery played better than Peters did today. I'm not suggesting Dockery is great or anything, just noting that for as bad as he may have looked at times, at least he was out there. Peters, once again, ends the season on the bench asking for more money.

We can always blame Peters! Seriously, though, it would be nice to see the guy finish a season. For as much grief as some of the other guys on the line get, at least they're on the field earning their paycheck for a full season. Pay him or not, I hardly care at this point. But, he's definitely got a screwed up attitude that makes me question his desire. Bill calls Dockery out in the OP. But, does anyone stop to consider that maybe Dockery's play is affected because our Pro Bowl LT is on the side line again.