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Forget my usual format. It's free-form ranting today.
A disgusting end to a disappointing season. And hopefully the end of the tenure for a disappointing coach.
Many things went wrong today, but it all starts at the top. The mismanagement of the clock at the end of the first half, the chicken running play called with the wind at Buffalo's back before Lindell's field goal attempt, passing on 4th and short not once but TWICE (after losing the Jets game for making the same mistake)...
Meanwhile, Bellicheck used timeouts to conserve time with the wind at his back, made a brilliant play call with the Cassell QB draw, made another brilliant call with the pooch punt, etc. He put on a clinic against Jauron yet again.
On top of that, the Patriots have a whole litany of players on IR, including their star QB, and a good portion of their starting D didn't even make the trip to Buffalo. Last year, many people gave Jauron credit for getting to 7-9 "under the circumstances." Well, under similar circumstances, Bellicheck got 11 wins. At the very least, he kept them in the hunt until the late games on the last Sunday of the season. So, there's another myth to dispel: Jauron's 2007 season was not "good considering the circumstances." It was typical Jauron mediocrity.
And now we're 7-9 for the 3rd consecutive year. We went 0-6 the division and beat exactly ZERO winning teams. The Pats extended their winning streak against us to 11, and Jauron is 0-6 against Bellicheck. Even the attendance was embarrassing, and at the end it sounded like more people were rooting for the Pats than the Bills.
A disgusting end to a disappointing season. And hopefully the end of the tenure for a disappointing coach.
Many things went wrong today, but it all starts at the top. The mismanagement of the clock at the end of the first half, the chicken running play called with the wind at Buffalo's back before Lindell's field goal attempt, passing on 4th and short not once but TWICE (after losing the Jets game for making the same mistake)...
Meanwhile, Bellicheck used timeouts to conserve time with the wind at his back, made a brilliant play call with the Cassell QB draw, made another brilliant call with the pooch punt, etc. He put on a clinic against Jauron yet again.
On top of that, the Patriots have a whole litany of players on IR, including their star QB, and a good portion of their starting D didn't even make the trip to Buffalo. Last year, many people gave Jauron credit for getting to 7-9 "under the circumstances." Well, under similar circumstances, Bellicheck got 11 wins. At the very least, he kept them in the hunt until the late games on the last Sunday of the season. So, there's another myth to dispel: Jauron's 2007 season was not "good considering the circumstances." It was typical Jauron mediocrity.
And now we're 7-9 for the 3rd consecutive year. We went 0-6 the division and beat exactly ZERO winning teams. The Pats extended their winning streak against us to 11, and Jauron is 0-6 against Bellicheck. Even the attendance was embarrassing, and at the end it sounded like more people were rooting for the Pats than the Bills.
Opi!
& 
too!!
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