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.
TMQ - Jauron was unprepared
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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.
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Originally posted by B-DONwhen did jauron get extended. been gone for a few days but i have not seen or heard this anywhere
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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.Anonymity is an abused privilege, abused most by people who mistake vitriol for wisdom and cynicism for wit
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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.
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Originally posted by DozerdogThis 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?
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.
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Originally posted by pinkdogg32Easterbrook 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.
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Originally posted by pinkdogg32agree. 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.
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.
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