SB Nation User Blog: Benjamin Salem

Congrats, Browns fans.

Benjamin Salem — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:04:35 -0000

I'm a lifelong Bills fan and I just wanted throw out some thoughts on the worst NFL game I've ever watched from beginning to end and get some perspective from a fellow suffering fan base that I wish nothing but the best for going forward.

1.) Was that the worst BROWNS win you folks have ever endured? A win is a win, but was that professional football we just watched?

2.) Reading your blog this week, it seems like Mangini and your ownership are about as popular with the fan base in Cleveland as Jauron and our ownership are right now with ours...how sad for two passionate fan bases starving for an overdue title. Does this game and the fact that Graham's FG attempt was probably no good cheer you up at all? Really, you're 1-0-1 over the past two weeks. Feel better?

3.) Rank these QBs: Anderson, Quinn, Edwards, Holcomb, Losman, Couch. Bleh.

4.) Ronnie Harmon sucks.

5.) Quick thoughts on the Sanchez and Edwards trades...personally, I findd it strange that Mangini is interested in helping the team that fired him less than a year ago (I HATE the Jets).

6.) We're going to lose our team once Wilson passes despite unwavering fan support for a team that never wins. Any pointers you can offer? I don't think the NFL's going to give us an expansion team to partially make up for the hurt though.

7.) I knew I was right about Robert Royal sucking.

8.) I don't think Clevelanbd is as bad as St. Louis, Buffalo, Oakland, Kansas City, Detroit, or Tampa Bay, but say you were...if you ended up with the first pick would you role the dice with a QB again and who would it be if you did? Or do you feel burned by Quinn (like us with Losman) and do you hide your head in the sand and gamble some other year at the game's most important position.

Thanks for humoring me since I need to vent now and I was banned from the Bills blog for not approving of our epic Ryan Fitzpatrick signing by the blogger who wrote this piece http://www.buffalorumblings.com/story/2007/12/4/213418/884 .

Also, Santonio Holmes was out of bounds in the Super Bowl last year, Kevin Greene used PEDs, Joe Table sucks, and Art Modell will rightfully rot in hell one day.

Go Bills.

1.) Was that the worst BROWNS win you folks have ever endured? A win is a win, but was that professional football we just watched?

3.) Rank these QBs: Anderson, Quinn, Edwards, Holcomb, Losman, Couch. Bleh.

4.) Ronnie Harmon sucks.

5.) Quick thoughts on the Sanchez and Edwards trades...personally, I findd it strange that Mangini is interested in helping the team that fired him less than a year ago (I HATE the Jets).

7.) I knew I was right about Robert Royal sucking.

Also, Santonio Holmes was out of bounds in the Super Bowl last year, Kevin Greene used PEDs, Joe Table sucks, and Art Modell will rightfully rot in hell one day.

Go Bills.

Year 4 of Jauron: An Historic Blunder

Benjamin Salem — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:58:31 -0000

Warning- Do not continue reading if you're bored of posts that point out the ineptitude of Dick Jauron and the borderline insane decision to bring him back for 2009. Choose to read draft articles if you wish. Personally, I'm unable to get hyped up about a draft under current team management, both on the sidelines and in the front office. In my honest opinion, Jauron's incompetence casts a shadow too large over this wretched franchise to look away from. I feel as if the context of how inept Dick Jauron is and how insane it was to bring him back for 2009 is the number one storyline for this franchise at this time. If you disagree, that's fine. "Diversity" is not "an old, old wooden ship". If you're tired of the topic simply move on to the multitude of cheery studies out there pertaining to which defensive backs Jauron and the inner circle will take in the draft come April. Personally, I don't have the stomach for it (yet).

In dwelling on how hopeless I feel about the upcoming season (while I get ready to watch the distant memory that is the Super Bowl), I figured I needed to look for context in searching for why I've lost all hope in this franchise. It's one thing to lose when you go out swinging, but I don't get that sense from the owner, to the front office, to Jauron, to his staff, to the players. Frankly, I understand the argument that the team is doomed from the outset because of Wilson, but let's be realistic. He's not selling the team (and I won't get into the ugly and morbid counterargument). Wilson is the Bills. The team needs to win in spite of him and dwelling on his presence is ridiculous because he's the one person in the organization who can't be traded, released, or fired. Speaking of fired, I also hate the front office setup. The "inner circle" is pathetic and the decision to replace Donahoe with Marv (a virtual legend in my esteem, mind you) set this franchise back even further, His lasting legacy as a GM is the creation of the inner circle, a laughingstock throughout the league. That being said, Wilson had the chance to bring in a real GM last offseason and he passed. With that, the only logical move to change this putrid product we've been forced to endure was with a new coach. In a fit of spite or frugality or hubris or some cardinal sin, Wilson defied logic and brought back the completely overmatched Dick Jauron. How historic was this slap in the face? Here's what I found:

I've been following the NFL since 1988. That's a decent sample size since this period now absorbs just about half the league's history since the merger in 1970. I tried to figure out objectively why I was so down on the franchise I've cared about so much since I was in the third grade. For context, I decided to look up how many head coaches that, like Jauron, have begun a tenure with three complete losing seasons in the 15 seasons since Buffalo last made a Super Bowl. (Full-blown free agency started following the 1992 season, so the end of the Bills Super Bowl run following the 1993 season marks a nice cutoff in both team and NFL history as the beginning of the NFL's age of parody). Here are the coaches who had losing records their first three years on the job:

Ted Marchibroda- Ravens (96-98)

Mike Ditka- Saints (97-99)

Dave Campo- Cowboys (00-02)

Dave McGinnis- Cardinals (01-03)

Dom Capers- Texans (02-04)

Dennis Green- Cardinals (04-06)

Mike Nolan- 49ers (05-07)

Rod Marinelli- Lions (06-08)

Dick Jauron- Bills (06-08)

That's it, folks. Only nine total head coaches since 1993 have completely failed by beginning a tenure with their team with three consecutive losing seasons. There have been somewhere in the neighborhood of 150 head coaching tenures in the NFL during this period and these nine were the most complete in their failure. That alone, would explain my being so overwhelmingly distraught with the state of this team. But here's where the situation gets even worse- Of all these failed tenures, only two of these head coaches were brought back for year four, like Jauron will be in 2009:

Dom Capers: 2005

Mike Nolan: 2008

Dom Capers finished out his failed tenure in Houston by bottoming out with a 2-14 campaign in 2005. Mike Nolan was brought back for 2008 and made it to midseason with a 2-5 record before the 49ers decided to breathe some fresh air into their franchsie. So in the era of free agency, which dates all the ay back to the days where Jim Kelly, Thurman Thomas, and Bruce Smith were in their prime, Jauron is only the 3rd coach to completely fail in his first three seasons and get an encore. Both times before, it only got worse.

You can call me pessimistic and I'll disagree. You can say I'm out to bash Dick Jauron and I'll disagree. I'm just at a loss that the Bills would slap their loyal fans in the face by bringing back this failure and delaying the reconstruction of the coaching staff (no matter their motive) and I'm looking for context. Looking at the modern NFL era, Dick Jauron's tenure in Buffalo has been a remarkable failure, but bringing him back for year four is, without a doubt, an historic blunder which will only makes things worse.

The grass IS greener

Benjamin Salem — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:59:45 -0000

In all fairness, I have to disclose this simple fact before I go any further: I don't like Dick Jauron. Would he make a great neighbor? Probably. From afar, he seems like he'd be a nice guy to borrow tools from and we'd probably take turns shoveling each other's sidewalks if we lived next door to each other. But Dick Jauron is NOT my neighbor and he never will be (I don't get paid a seven figure salary to guide an NFL team to victories; I get paid five figures as an anonymous, humble public servant). Instead, Dick Jauron is a failure that has destroyed the only NFL team I care about. While Sundays in the Fall used to be a family event that I looked forward to with enthusiasm and anticipation, Jauron has turned these three hours each week into lifeless death marches where my family and I sit in front of the TV comatose with glazed stares on our faces. This is why I hate Jauron. It's not because he looks like a corpse or he acts like a zombie on the sidelines or he doesn't give the media anything worth reading; it's because he's sucked all the joy out of my Sundays, dragging the Bills down into complete irrelevance during his three seasons in charge of the team. The Bills have continually failed in the areas that matter most in producing winning teams. How bad is this outfit he commands? It's worse than I thought:

I'm often impressed with the knowledge of Brian's community of Bills fans. Just this week, I saw a poll on Buffalo Rumblings where Bills fans chose a pass rushing DE as our most pressing need by some huge number like 90%. I'm not even referencing some poll where only 50 people voted; I saw something like 400 votes the last time I checked. Once again, Bills fans prove to be uncommonly astute. In 2008, 11 out of the top 12 teams in terms of total sacks had winning records. Think about that. Getting to the QB leads to so many things: stalled drives, turnovers, short fields, momentum, etc. Consistent pressure on the QB may be the most sure-fire way to ensure a good team. Unfortunately, under Jauron the Bills have failed here:

*Fewest total sacks by team since 2006:*

1. Browns: 73

2. Bengals: 74

3. Redskins: 76

4. Chiefs: 79

5. Colts: 83

6. Texans: 84

7. Buccaneers: 87

8. Bills: 90

Not surprisingly, these teams have pretty much failed over the past three seasons (other than the Colts and their amazing offense and their defense that caught fire for 4 weeks in the '06 playoffs). By my count, these 24 seasons have produced 6 playoff seasons. When you look at the sack totals for the past two seasons, Buffalo's sack totals are even more inept:

1. Bengals: 39

2. Browns: 45

3. Chiefs: 47

4. Bills: 50

Not surprisingly, none of these teams has made the playoffs in the past two seasons. We need to get to the QB.

Offensively, the Bills don't score touchdowns under Jauron and his inept coaching staff. Jauron's had three years to make this offense a reflection of himself and I guess he has to some extent- when you look at the numbers since Jauron took over, the Bills offense has been a complete failure:

*Fewest offensive touchdowns since 2006:*

1. Raiders: 62

2. Bills: 78

3. Rams: 80

4. Buccaneers: 81

5. Browns: 81

6. 49ers: 82

7. Dolphins: 87

8 (t) Lions: 90

8 (t) Chiefs: 90

You need to score touchdowns and not settle for field goals on offense. Out of the 27 seasons represented above, these teams have produced three playoff seasons between them.

Pressure on the QB and the ability to get 7 rather than 3 is the key to winning games. It's as simple as that. It has nothing to do with how animated the coach is, it has nothing to do with character, "heart", loving the coach, or anything else. Coaches need to produce schemes that get to the QB and plays that generate touchdowns when you get into scoring position. Jauron has proven unable to do either throughout his pathetic career.

The NFL is a self-designed league of parody. Since Jauron took over, only four teams have failed to garner at least one .500 season:

Bills

Lions

49ers

Raiders

Three of those 4 teams will begin the 2009 season with a different coach than the one that started their failed 2008 campaign. The only team that endorses failure is Buffalo. When you look at it objectively, the grass is most definitely greener for fans of any other franchise. Dick Jauron has sucked the joy out of being a Bills fans and Ralph Wilson's acceptance of failure has taken away any hope for improvement down the line. No dawn ever comes for a fan of a team coached by Dick Jauron, nor is one ever anticipated. It's like it's night all the time- all night forever.

If Jauron had any integrity, he'd simply quit

Benjamin Salem — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:25:28 -0000

So Ralph Wilson and his inner circle are completely okay with the direction of this team? That's understandable, I suppose. Wilson's $25,000 investment in this franchise is now worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Despite a decade of missing the playoffs as well as a brutal export of one of its home games to a foreign country, the team hit lofty season ticket sales goals last year and has managed to sell out all of its regular season home games the last two years. Business at OBD is remarkably good.

Bills fans are obviously remarkable in their fierce loyalty to this team and Western New York is on par with a minimal number of places around the league like Colorado, D.C./Northern Virginia, Western Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin as one of the best collections of fans in the nation. Take it from someone who has lived in the Philadelphia area for almost 30 years and cohabitates with a fan base that uses their football team as nothing more than an excuse to drink at socially unacceptable times of the week and commit petty street crimes; Buffalo fans are phenomenal. Unlike Eagles fans, Bills fans are remarkably astute about their team. The merits and drawbacks of the 7th linebacker on the roster are fiercely debated at all times of the year as evidenced by this blog. So when something like 90% of the Bills' fans in polls from all over the place including "The Buffalo News", espn.com, this web site, etc. believe that Dick Jauron is completely over-matched as a head coach in the NFL, they certainly have a degree of credibility that some fan bases probably wouldn't deserve.

Wilson, his marketing guru GM, and his inner circle can't sell the fans Jauron's merits as a coach at this point. We've all seen how he manages a game, constructs a coaching staff, and constructs a game plan these past three years. Even Wilson himself has reportedly been irked by the game day management of his franchise under Jauron (regardless of who he chooses to direct the blame at). Instead, Wilson and his inner circle seem to be selling the Jauron renewal by claiming that Jauron is some sort of saintly human being that "deserves" a chance at redemption. Dick Jauron's "loyalty" has apparently earned him a 4th try to win an 8th game, a 7th chance to beat the Patriots (who Jauron reminds us all that we "don't match up" with - especially in terms of the head coach matchup), another crack at mustering one win in our six rivalry games against the Jets, Patriots, and Dolphins in 2009. Well here's a question: why doesn't Dick Jauron's supposed honesty, integrity, and loyalty qualities extend to the fans of the franchise he has helped run into the ground? Dick Jauron has to know somewhere inside of him that he's overmatched as an NFL head coach and really, he's just coming back in 2009 to steal another paycheck. If Jauron had any of the supposedly virtuous qualities that Wilson and his ragged players are trying to sell us, he'd be honest enough to walk away and give the 2009 a chance before it begins.

Reading all the Bills articles around the web this morning, nothing irked me more than reading the ringing endorsement of this decision from Jauron's players. People like Robert Royal, Chris Kelsay, and Trent Edwards are all just thrilled to stick with the status quo. The lead article on the Bills' official web site today is in fact entitled "Players excited Jauron retained". To me, that's the real problem here. As Wilson said after the Toronto disaster, it's really all about the players. Well, these are Jauron's hand-picked players who haven't experienced anything better than 7-9 these last three years. Do they want to try something different? No. They're perfectly fine with how things are. Today, they're excited, but where was this excitement in Foxboro this October with the division lead on the line against a team that ran up the score on them on national television in their own building the year before? The Bills didn't even put up a fight that day and simply took to Jauron's belief that beating New England would be nice, but really isn't all that plausible when you look at it honestly. Well, I'd like to make that plausible someday soon. If Dick Jauron can be as honest about the odds of his players playing with the Patriots, he should be as honest about the work he's done with this team. He should simply walk away because he's proven not to be good enough. While he's at it, he can take his excited December vacationers like Chris Kelsay and Robert Royal with him.

Groundhog Day

Benjamin Salem — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 15:57:38 -0000

(Note- this is long and boring and is more for my sanity than anything else. I wrote a condensed chart of my draft and free agency ideas at the bottom if anyone's interested in just skipping ahead.)

I've made my utter despair about Buffalo's coaching staff pretty clear to my pen pal, Brian Galliford over the past two seasons and he's informed me that he's not interested in my frustration over this travesty going forward. Fair enough. I won't re-hash the mind boggling game day decisions over the past three seasons and I'll leave the coaching situation at this- Horrible gameday management aside (and really, that's the most important role for a HEAD coach anyway), Jauron's overall philosophy of how football should be played in terms of offense and defense is completely pathetic. This roster is completely of Jauron's making. We've seen him for three years and we know what we have in him and what his teams will look like. Going back to his days in charge of Chicago, Jauron's teams play to "stay close" and ultimately lead to a subpar offense, bad QB play (no matter who's behind center or calling the plays), paired with a defense that doesn't make big plays in terms of sacks or turnovers and prides itself on avoiding disasters for 60 minutes at the expense of giving up a boat load of yards underneath. None of this offseason stuff matters until Wilson pulls the trigger on this coaching staff. I totally agree with those of you who have written that the problems with Buffalo go further up than Jauron, but seriously, it's probably unrealistic to ask for Wilson to get out of the way at this point. The front office structure is a mess, but the best we could hope for now is to see Wilson bring in someone better than Jauron to handle that portion of the "inner circle". Personally, I'd like to see Wilson fire Modrak, Guy, and Jauron today and bring in a GM/president to hire a new personnel department and coaching staff of his liking. But frankly, there's no chance Wilson will be willing to relinquish the power it would take to pull this off. So we're stuck with the backwards front office we have currently and can only hope that Jauron's place in the "inner circle" is manned by someone more competent by the end of January. My endorsement right now is Rex Ryan who is ready to be a head coach and has experience getting production out of both 4-3 and 3-4 fronts. I think he could make the most out of our current personnel while simultaneously molding the roster as he sees fit.

As far as the roster goes, here's my take:

QB: I think I'm not sold on Trent Edwards but that I want him back as the starter for one more year. The fact that he's "green" doesn't really matter to me when I watch young QBs like Flacco and Ryan this season and Brady, Roethlisberger the Mannings, etc. play much better football in their first and second seasons earlier this decade. I think the days of having to be ultra-patient with quarterbacks are gone forever. They get it early or they don't get it at all in most cases. In regards to Edwards, I'll give him this- He was outstanding early this season before reverting back to his 2007 form before and after his groin injury. The fact that he was so good for the first 6 games of the seasons leads me to believe that he has the ability to play in this league and maybe a new coaching staff would be able to get him to produce at that level for a full season. I'd like a grizzled, veteran backup added as a free agent and I'd give Edwards another year.

RB: I think that obviously, Lynch and Jackson are the brightest spots on this roster. I'd consider adding a cheap veteran for depth behind them this offseason as Lynch has now missed games in both his two seasons and there's no guarantee that Omon can play in this league. Also, if Buffalo employs a FB next season, I'd like to see them bring in one that they actually like or else don't play one.

WR: I realize that last year I wanted a WR and disagreed strongly with the DE contigency among this fan base as the draft approached. My reasoning was that Schobel, Kelsay, and Denney were already tying up a ton of money and that they would bounce back from their injuries in 2007 and play well in 2008. I was wrong. This team needs line depth on both sides of the ball before anymore skilled position players are drafted in the next two years. I still believe Josh Reed is too small, slow and unproductive to play a major role in an NFL offense, but you know what? I'm more disappointed in Roscoe Parrish at this point than Reed. I'd look to trade Parrish for a 3rd or 4th round pick and I'd bring in a veteran WR on a cheap one or two year contract to play with Evans in the starting lineup until either Hardy or Johnson can take the job through their play. Reed's connection with Edwards makes him a serviceable #3 for next season, but for the love of God, he can't start in the NFL. There has to be a cheap alternative out there in free agency.

TE: I think Robert Royal sucks. Derek Fine and Derek Schouman appear to be aqdeqaute situational NFL TEs, but Buffalo needs finally to find a true starter in the first three rounds of this year's draft. I think this team needs to concentrate on the lines in nthe first two rounds, so grabbing a pass-catching TE in the 3rd round of the draft seems ideal to me at this point.

OL: I think we need to start over here and I know you guys won't agree with me. Levy's intentions were in the right place with this line, but despite their pedigree this line just isn't good enough. I don't "hate" Jason Peters, but I really do think he's wildly overrated. That being said, he's a young LT with two Pro Bowls on his resume. I'd try to trade him for two first round picks to a team that thinks it's a player away this offseason. I'd cut Derrick Dockery too and take the salary cap hit nopw rather than later. I'd sign a better LG and draft a LT and C in the first two rounds of the draft (assuming Peters was traded). I just don't think this line is good enough to keep marching the same group out there, regardless of their salaries. In rounds 5-7, I'd try to draft 1-2 interior linemen for depth.

DL: I think this team needs a pass rush. I'd like to see the Bills cut Kelsay and draft a DE in the first round of the draft. I don't think we can count on Ellis ever being anything. Denney's OK for depth and we have to pray Schobel comes back strong for another year or two. Even if he does, this team will probably need to draft a DE high in each of the next two drafts. As far as the interior goes, I'd draft for depth behind Williams and Stroud. Maybe look for a monster 3-4 nose tackle in the 4thn round that would give this team the ability to play a few 3-4 fronts next season.

LB: I think Posluszny played poorly most of this season. I think Kawika Mitchell struggled more than people think because they were blinded by three phenominal games he had (Seattle, San Diego, Denver). I think Keith Ellison wil be selling life insurance in 2009. I'd move Posluszny to the the strongside where he wouldn't be slowed down by having to "run" the defense and I'd spend money on a MLB in FA. I think Mitchell spent some of this season "free-lancing" and with a better MLB, he could play well like he did some of the time last season on a much more consistent basis.

DB: McKelvin needs to start next season based on his improved play down the stretch and the investment this team made in him. That being said, I don't want to see another DB drafted in the first round as long as I live. LINES, LINES, LINES, from here on out in Buffalo, please. Whitner is not a difference maker and probably is too small to play strong safety. Ko Simpson is a joke. I'd sign a veteran strong safety and move Whitner to free safety understanding that's he merely adequate and will never be the great player we all hoped he would be when Buffalo drafted him 8th overall. I'd draft a CB late in the draft to play behind McGee, McKelvin, Youboty, and Corner in 2009.

In summary:

Rex Ryan- Head Coach

Cut:

1. Kelsay

2. Dockery

3. Royal

Trade:

1. Peters

2. Parrish

Don't re-sign:

1. Greer

2. Losman

Free Agency:

1. MLB

2. LG

3. SS

4. WR

5. backup QB

Draft

1a. DE

1b. C (after trading Peters)

2. LT

3. TE

4a. DT

4b. OLB (after trading Parrish)

5. G

6. CB

7. C

Go Bills.

Give Bobby April a 3 game test drive

Benjamin Salem — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 01:22:01 -0000

Listen. There is no way in hell Buffalo can bring Dick Jauron and his completely inept coaching staff back in 2009 ancd that's not up for debate at thios point. Jauron's ineptitude totally transcends the many losses, the bottom dwelling in the standings, the terrible offensive and defensive statistics these last three years, and all the many measurable failures- this team doesn't even show up anymore. Our coaching staff is completely overmatched week in and week out and for a fan base that continues to buy tickets and support this putrid franchise with record season ticket sales, there is no way Wilson can bring this career loser back for a fourth 7-9 season without it being perceived a s a giant middle finger to this starving fan base. Wison needs to pony up and hire the best head coach possible, regardless of compensation. That being said, why not give Bobby April a test drive as head coach as we play out the string, yet again, these next three weeks. Honestly, I'd prefer a proven, winning NFL head coach for the first time since they hired Chuck Knox, but there would be no harm in seeing what April could do if given a chance these next three weeks. One thing's clear, anyone that will not factor into the futurfe of this team shouldn't be involved in these next three games. This includes JP Losman, Duke Preston, Keith Ellison, Robert Royal, and especially Dick Jauron. Let's at ;east use these last three weeks to gain some experience to people who could possibly contribute to a winning team in the future. The proven losers above need to get out of the way now that 2008 is a complete failure like the 8 seasons that came before it.

The debate is over...Jauron's time is up

Benjamin Salem — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 22:34:40 -0000

Losing at home to Mike Singletary, Shaun Hill and the 49ers is the final straw for the Dick Jauron experiment. No reasonable person can argue that Dick Jauron and his staff bring anything positive to the Bills in terms of gameday management, weekly preparation, roster management, or any other tangible skill set. The Bills have only one active player (JP Losman) who was neither brought in or re-signed by Dick Jauron's regime. This is Dick Jauron's team through and through and Dick Jauron's team is a last place outfit in year three of his tenure. Tom Donahoe's mess has been removed neatly, but unfortunately, it's been replaced by an equally brutal disaster. It's not fun to admit, but it's not questionable any more- this new mess needs its own cleaning up pronto.

I don't buy that Ralph Wilson is a senile cheap skate who doesn't care about winning. He's a reasonable businessman who puts adequate money into the team and cares about winning, but unfortunately, he has a misguided history of placing insufficient value on the coaching staff he employs. Look at the Dolphins. They went from 1-15 to Super Bowl contenders in one year and all it took was landing a proven winner in Parcells and his chronies to turn the tide. Just as Parcells is proven winner in the NFL, Jauron is a proven loser as his 8th season as a head coach comes to a close. Even if it means cheaping out on a linebacker, or a safety, or a wide receiver, or whatever, Wilson needs to woo a Bill Cowher, an Andy Reid, a Marty Schottenheimer, a Brian Billick, a Mike Holmgren, a Jon Gruden, a Dan Reeves, a Dick Vermeil, or whoever should be available this offseason. If he needs to use draft picks to get his man, so be it, but Wilson needs to give this team some honest, thoughtful, resilient, and most importantly, tenacious direction at the top. The current rectionary direction of this franchise a disgrace and the loyal fans of this team deserve so much more. It's not fun to rebuild, but it doesn't take nearly as long as it used to. Give this franchise a chance, can Dick Jauron tomorrow.

Poll

Benjamin Salem — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 05:31:59 -0000

In light of Buffalo's sad, disgraceful and openly lethargic effort in Foxboro this weekend (when first place was on the line against a team that has owned us for an entire decade, was caught cheating against us on multiple occasions, ran up the score on us in our own building in front of a national television audience last year, and was ripe for the picking with a lousy backup QB at the helm), what is your personal impression of Dick Jauron's mental makeup?

Poll

Can Dick Jauron feel pain?

Yes. Dick Jauron's CPU is a neutral net processor, a learning computer. The more contact he has with humans, the more he learns.

3 votes

No. Dick Jauron knows not why you cry. That is something he can never do.

8 votes

Not sure. However, I've got a softball bat and an 8-beer drunk going on right now. Let's find out for sure, once and for all.

10 votes

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