TMQ - Jauron was unprepared

[Pinkerton Security]

Sour Play of the Week No. 1: With Miami leading 20-16, Buffalo faced second-and-1 on the Dolphins' 33 in the fourth quarter. Many of football's biggest fiascos happen on second-and-1 -- the tendency is to waste second down because converting on third down will be "easy," and a fiasco follows. On the play, Buffalo threw deep -- incomplete. ("It's a free play," offensive coordinator Turk Schonert may have thought.) On third-and-1 the Bills ran a quarterback sneak, and Trent Edwards stretched forward with the ball and fumbled. The Bills would have been better off with second-and-10 than second-and-1! Buffalo's possession results in the fourth quarter: interception, fumble, safety, fumble, muffed punt. Budgies note: Sometime not long before kickoff, Buffalo reached a contract extension agreement with coach Dick "Cheerio, Chaps" Jauron. Was Jauron personally involved in negotiating the extension in the days leading up to the game? The Bills seemed poorly prepared in game-plan terms, and seemed not to take Miami seriously as an opponent. If a player was involved in midseason contract negotiations and then performed poorly, he'd be hammered by the sports-yak world.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=easterbrook/081028&sportCat=nfl

[Dozerdog]

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2nd and 1 is a great time to toss one deep. The defense is usually crowding the line. If it connects, we look like superbowl champs. This is all second-guessing.

If Trent didn't pull a rare bonehead play and try and stretch the ball over his own offensive lineman's helmet and just done basic ball protection, we would have been fine.

Talk about a writer stretching for any concievable angle.

[B-DON]

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when did jauron get extended. been gone for a few days but i have not seen or heard this anywhere

[Dozerdog]

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This guy has to toss in a "Cheerleader of the week" gimmick into his articles to get people to come back?

Did Phil and Wys co-write this?

[justasportsfan]

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of all the plays to blame Dick, this wasn't one.

[Dozerdog]

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when did jauron get extended. been gone for a few days but i have not seen or heard this anywhere

Apparently during the coach's film review period according to the writer

[Night Train]

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Easterbrook grew up locally & loves the Bills. He doesn't take kindly to losing to the Fins, like all of us who vividly remember the 0 for 1970's vs. Miami.

That was a personal shot of frustration, like many here the last 48 hours.

[patmoran2006]

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I agree with Dozer about the long pass call and that it was on Edwards that the fumble happened next.

But I dont think we were very well prepared on either side of the ball, and it didnt look like we took Miami seriously enough-- and that does fall on the head coach.

[B-DON]

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Apparently during the coach's film review period according to the writer

lol, but honestly, did he get extended or is this writer just throwin stuff out there?

[Dozerdog]

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He signed a 3 year extention this week

[Pinkerton Security]

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This guy has to toss in a "Cheerleader of the week" gimmick into his articles to get people to come back?

Did Phil and Wys co-write this?

Easterbrook is one of the best writers on ESPN. I really think you should read his article, its always very analytical and generally very fair.

As far as the cheerleader of the week, if you read him with any frequency you would know he is a very smart guy who usually tastefully sprinkles in cheerleader tidbits with a twist of wry humor.

sounds like I'm paid to promote the guy but he really isnt just a gimmick dude.

[justasportsfan]

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Jauron biggest mistake was putting in McGee who wasn't ready to play.

[Dozerdog]

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Easterbrook is one of the best writers on ESPN. I really think you should read his article, its always very analytical and generally very fair.

As far as the cheerleader of the week, if you read him with any frequency you would know he is a very smart guy who usually tastefully sprinkles in cheerleader tidbits with a twist of wry humor.

sounds like I'm paid to promote the guy but he really isnt just a gimmick dude.

He's wayyyy off on blaming Jauron on TE's fumble

[Pinkerton Security]

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He's wayyyy off on blaming Jauron on TE's fumble

agree. totally trent's fault.

just dont base the writer off of one comment. As was stated above, hes a Buffalo area native who is probably angry like some of us.

[trapezeus]

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agree. totally trent's fault.

just dont base the writer off of one comment. As was stated above, hes a Buffalo area native who is probably angry like some of us.

i'm with pinkdogg on this. TMQ is very insightful and super analytical. perhaps the specifics he cites aren't all that accurate here, but the point that the bills looked very ill prepared for the game is true.

the bills success has been its ability to make adjustments in the second half. when they've done it, they've won games. when they haven't they've lost. Poor play, poor coaching cost the team the game.