2020 Our Year For Sure

We're still here. Unfortunately there's going to be about 8 or 9 threads daily calling out Jauron until our next win, so we're not looking to get into a debate in every single one.

The bride played Fred on Angel. I was wondering if I'd see her again.

The rough time we've had against winning teams is certainly worrisome. Jauron is by no means perfect, and nobody here should claim they're 100% sure he's going to get us where we want to go. But until this becomes a real problem and keeps a Bills team that belongs in the playoffs from getting there, it isn't enough to say he should be out of a job. Which is exactly why I didn't use injuries as an excuse. And you may not care what his temperament is, but countless posters here have bitched about him not having "fire" or "passion." The bottom line is indeed the bottom line, that being that he's overachieved in two complete seasons, with the jury still being out on his third. So far the third season isn't going too badly: Jauron's Bills are over .500 and sitting in the thick of a playoff race.

If injuries are a legitimate excuse, then Jauron's tenure has been all the more impressive. I didn't want to go there.

And yet the Bills won more games under Dick Jauron in his only full seasons with the club than we had any right to expect, given their personnel. The very definition of overachieving. You may not like his temperament (in which case you probably wouldn't want this guy as your head coach either), but the results thus far have been positive. One tough skid where we've dropped 3 out of 4 doesn't change that. He's done well with what he had in his first two seasons, and just past the midway point in his third season, he has his team at 5-4 and right in the thick of the AFC playoff race. Its understood that the way he goes about his job rubs a lot of people the wrong way, but the W/L results during his tenure here don't justify all the complaining, imo.

Whatever floats your boat. The Bills have made it clear they disagree. http://blogs.nfl.com/2008/10/16/gonzalez-h...mself-to-blame/

lol So has Brian Moorman.

He's coached two complete seasons in Buffalo, and overachieved in both of them.

Yup. Jauron is a conservative control freak who vetoes any playcall from his offensive coordinator that involves downfield passes. I'm still working on exactly how JP Losman and Lee Evans once connected on two 80+ yard touchdowns in the same half.

Right, and this problem isn't solved by Fewell screaming into the headset, "JUST BLITZ!!!!!11" This defense isn't built to blitz at any of the three levels. The coverages aren't made for it, the secondary isn't built to play man-to-man bump and run, we're made to play with less than 4 linebackers on the field, and the linebackers aren't particularly good at blitzing. I'm afraid there's just going to be a lack of a pass rush until we can improve the personnel along the front four. It was foolish to go into another season with Kelsay/Denney manning a DE spot...some of us were ignored when we were screaming as much prior to the draft. All that said, I do think Fewell calls significantly more blitzes than people are giving him credit for...the posts saying he only calls 2 a game are laughable. Poz alone probably blitzes a good 4 times a week.

No. Its more important to have a roster spot for Matt Murphy, Copeland Bryan and Justin Jenkins than Angelo Crowell and Aaron Schobel.

Its not really about being excited, its about looking at the big picture.

There have been PLENTY of early round offensive linemen who have come out of school and been good from day one. Just about every first round guard whose been drafted in a good while.

I'm not sure we'll have the money to pay the going rate for quality FA linemen.

Maybe only one DE, we did take Ellis last year. I'm definitely down with two interior linemen and another DE though.

San Diego.

Who is Cooper Anderson?

Maybe its just the first time in the last 8 years.

I believe 'Sheed comes off their books as well.

Confucius say, "Run Ari, run!"

lolz

Report: Nuggets send Iverson to Pistons for Billups, McDyess Interesting. AI doesn't exactly fit the prototype I associate with Detroit. I saw some fantasy writer say he's been going through the motions, knowing he'd be traded soon, fwiw. I think its a good idea for Detroit to change things up.

Is the book on Fine that he's fast for a tight end? Or just mediocre speed?

If DJ takes the "heat" for losing 3 out of 4, how much credit will you, BillsVet, give him for owning a 5-3 record? Somehow, I think it will be very little.

And I'm off to watch the Knicks hopefully give me some silver lining here. Enjoy the rest of your weekend.