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Don't forget Jauron's fire and passion, even as the game slipped away. That bodes well for the rest of the year.

He never did get to "injuries," which is shocking -- but then, it was only a 3-4 minute press conference. I guess the media is as sick of this as we are.

Jesus, he sounds bad. "Gotta do a better job" - check "Need to make plays" - check "Young guys" - check And hell, we're still in the first two minutes!

As someone else pointed out the other day, Brandon won't let Jauron get fired till the end of the year, so that the firing (and hiring of Mikeggick Willarkeyron) can be used to sell tix for next year.

As our dads taught us, life's not fair. It sucks, but there you go.

I don't think you've been off on your own on that one.

Raiders are a worse-run team, but their fans don't live under the spectre of imminent relocation like we do. We're the most hopeless organization in pro sports.

At this point, he's got the confidence of latter-day Ken O'Brien out there. He's psychologically ruined. He's been broken down like a Parris Island recruit, but Sergeant Jauron ain't gonna build him back up.

How'd I forget that?

If you were making up a Jauron Presser Bingo Card, what would be the words/phrases that you'd put on it? Injuries Try harder Keep it close <sigh> Gotta do better What else?

God and baby Jesus, this is absurd.

Agreed. They have different roles. But it's more difficult to find people who can assume Evans' role -- that is, it's harder to find guys with serious wheels who can bust coverage and get a handle on long passes.

Hey, I'm not the one who just defended the idea that Josh Reed is a better WR than Lee Evans. Carry on. We all need to work out our frustration in different ways.

By those metrics, Fine is an All-Pro.

Evans just made a helluva catch on that drive that Reed couldn't make in his wildest dreams.

He wasn't "playing to win" there. He was playing to "keep it close." Big difference.

Yay

Dick's gonna kick the figgie when Lynch gets stood up on third, isn't he?

That's five layers of protection right there.

Agreed with everything you say about RW, but we don't get to pick new teams unless (until?) the Bills move. Those are The Rules. This is our team, until death (and relocation is surely death of the team) do we part. But yeah, I just want to get the ownership issue and the future of the team resolved ASAP, so that I can go forward either as a Buffalo Bills fan with renewed hope, or as a fan of any team other than the LA/Toronto/London "Bills." Because this is killing me.

And while Ralph will eventually have to can Jauron to appease the masses, he will NOT get rid of Brandon. Because Brandon has made him a lot of money. And we will not get better as a team until we have an accountable and capable GM.

We have a GM?

Hell, I hope we're wrong. I hope that the Jacobs family is ready to step up and keep the team in Buffalo. God knows, the fan base has made it a profitable place to play during a decade of despair and shame -- it's not a horrible business move to keep the team in WNY. But the odds are against us in finding a local buyer, and that means there's very little hope. Because I'd bet big money that this team won't even make the playoffs, much less win a Super Bowl (or even AFC Championship), as long as RW is alive.

What makes this so existentially depressing is the knowledge that the team really can't get better till Ralph and his seemingly inescapable incompetence go to that Grosse Pointe in the sky -- but that once Rlaph dies, the team probably won't be Buffalo's anymore. So we're left savoring whatever crap they serve up as Bills' football -- because a 7-9 team, or even a 2-14 team, is better than no Buffalo Bills. In other words, "wait till next year" -- the eternal cry of the fan of a losing team -- doesn't really apply to Bills fans anymore. This franchise likely won't be a contender until it plays its games somewhere other than WNY. Gah. Time to get loaded.

Ex-actly. Until we have a GM who is accountable for the hiring of an HC and the talent on the field, we won't have an HC or player personnel worth discussing. As long as Brandon and Guy and everyone else can play musical chairs with blame, we will suck out loud.