Bills News and Notes 6/15: All Owens, all the time
by Brian Galliford on Jun 15, 2009 12:15 AM EDT
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PrintY'all asked for a weekly photo caption contest; ask and ye shall receive. The above photo is an AP shot of Buffalo Bills head coach Dick Jauron during the last of three mini-camp practices last Thursday. Have at it; we'll vote on a winner sometime later this week. I'll be picking out my favorites for voting purposes; bonus points go to anyone who incorporates The Office into their caption, because the photo itself, and in particular Jauron's prominence and expression in it, has a definite Michael Scott feel to it.
Here's some interesting reading material from the past week that you may or may not have missed.
* The Globe and Mail calls the Bills' signing of WR Terrell Owens an "outrageous gamble" and a "shotgun wedding." On next week's reporting agenda? They're hearing Brett Favre to the Vikings.
* Speaking of Owens, he's helping the fantasy value of several of his teammates.
* One more Owens-centric article: when asked how his grasp of the Bills' play book is coming along, his response? "It's coming."
* Bills head coach Dick Jauron is on the hot seat after three consecutive 7-9 seasons, but he doesn't feel any more pressure than he has the previous three seasons.
* Jauron ended the team's mandatory three-day mini-camp a bit early, rewarding his players for an off-season of high effort.
* Here's an interesting article on the no-huddle offense from the Buffalo News.
* Second-round draft pick S Jairus Byrd, who has not participated in Bills team activities since early May's rookie mini-camp thanks to a stupid NFL rule, spent some time in Orchard Park over the weekend catching up with secondary coach George Catavolos.
* Byrd's fellow rookie, first-round pick DE Aaron Maybin, will be working out with Ravens LB Ray Lewis. Pray that some of Lewis' winning ways rub off on Buffalo's prize rookie.
* CB Ashton Youboty is looking for a healthy season in 2009 - a contract year for the fourth-year defensive back.
* Former Nebraska QB Joe Ganz will try out with the Bills.
* With mini-camps and OTAs officially coming to a close, all will be quiet on the western front until July 25, when the Bills officially open training camp.
* Buffalo's first three home games of the 2009 season - dates with the Buccaneers, Saints and Browns - have all sold out.
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Player in red hat : " Take your hands off my chest and get off of me!"
Jauron: " That’s what she said."
"I’m not sure how anyone can expect Buffalo to make the playoffs without blind offseason induced homeristic optimism being the majority of their reasoning." - kaisertown
That's an Office reference....
:-)
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by MattRichWarren on Jun 15, 2009 9:21 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, it’s almost like I said Office references would get bonus points or something. :)
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by Brian Galliford on Jun 15, 2009 9:37 AM EDT up reply actions
Exactly my point.
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by MattRichWarren on Jun 15, 2009 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions
I aim to please :-)
"I’m not sure how anyone can expect Buffalo to make the playoffs without blind offseason induced homeristic optimism being the majority of their reasoning." - kaisertown
Dick Jauron:
I guess his milkshakes do bring all the boys to the yard.
Godspeed Nick - RIP - 1986-2009
by norcaliangelsfan on Jun 15, 2009 2:54 AM EDT reply actions
* The Toronto Globe and Mail
It’s just The Globe and Mail, Brian, no Toronto in the name. It’s a Canadian national newspaper with a sever right wing preferance (kind of like Canada’s equivilant of Fox News if they were a news paper). Personally I think their sports section is one of the worst in the country as well.
by CanadianBillsFan on Jun 15, 2009 9:01 AM EDT reply actions
See the only Toronto sports team I like are the Blue Jays, I hate all the other ones (Leafs, Argoes, Raptors, Rock, they all suck). And as far that The Globe and Mail is concerned, if it didn’t happen in Toronto, it didn’t happen, thats why I don’t like their sports section.
by CanadianBillsFan on Jun 15, 2009 12:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Let’s go leafs?
So let me get this straight, your a Leafs fan, your a Bills fan, I’m guessing your also an Argos and Jays fan too… you are a glutin for punishment aren’t you?
by CanadianBillsFan on Jun 15, 2009 2:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Dick Jauron tenses in anticipation of the impending attack as he hears the shout of “PURPLE NERPPLE!!” from behind him.
No night spent pantsless is a wasted night.
HAHAHAHAHA
That one is pretty freakin funny.
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by MattRichWarren on Jun 15, 2009 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions
I had the o-line guys over for movie night last night, and we watched Deliverance…I’m already regretting it…If I hear “squeal like a pig for me” one more time today I swear I’m never hosting another one of these…Why can’t they take art seriously?!?
I love me some DB's...I might just be Dick Jauron's long lost twin!
For some reason I think you & I are the only two posters old enough to actually get this one…Must be nobody remembers when Burt Reynolds was a “serious” actor, and just flip past this when it’s on…
I love me some DB's...I might just be Dick Jauron's long lost twin!
So when Burt coated himself in Vaseline in the movie Striptease, you wouldn’t consider that serious?
No night spent pantsless is a wasted night.
Or Cannonball Run 2....
He was in Boogie Nights, too, right Joe?
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by MattRichWarren on Jun 16, 2009 10:01 AM EDT up reply actions
Boogie Nights was too close to soft porn for my taste. Heard about it, but didn't watch it.
And I refuse to watch any movie were a “Saved by the Bell” actor is the lead. Did Burt coat himself in Vaseline in all of those movies? Or were you talking about the serious actor thing :-P
"I’m not sure how anyone can expect Buffalo to make the playoffs without blind offseason induced homeristic optimism being the majority of their reasoning." - kaisertown
And I refuse to watch any movie were a "Saved by the Bell" actor is the lead.
What movie was Burt in with a Saved by the Bell actor in it?
No night spent pantsless is a wasted night.
Not sure if Burt was in Striptease, but I think the "Saved by the Bell" chick was in it?
I don’t know who else was in it.
Why does this quote remind me of what it is like to be a Bills fan?
" It is impossible for words….to describe…what is necessary to those who do not know what horror means. Horror….horror has a face….and you must make a friend of horror...." – Marlon Brando
You are thinking of Showgirls. Striptease had Demi Moore.
No night spent pantsless is a wasted night.
I think your right. I guess that is what happens when you have never actually seen the movies :-)
Why does this quote remind me of what it is like to be a Bills fan?
" It is impossible for words….to describe…what is necessary to those who do not know what horror means. Horror….horror has a face….and you must make a friend of horror...." – Marlon Brando
This is exactly what I'm talking about...
I love me some DB's...I might just be Dick Jauron's long lost twin!
Opps...Hit enter instead of tab...
He had roles that we other than comedic prior to getting in that black Trans Am…
:)
I love me some DB's...I might just be Dick Jauron's long lost twin!
Deliverance is a classic
and anyone who has not seen it should hang their head in shame.
"I’m not sure how anyone can expect Buffalo to make the playoffs without blind offseason induced homeristic optimism being the majority of their reasoning." - kaisertown
Agreed...
That one is on my top 50 list…My comment of flipping past it…How many people have discovered this movie by themselves, and not been turned on to it by someone else who had already seen it? Seriously, if you were flipping channels late & night having never seen this, and saw Burt as the main actor in a movie from the 70’s would you stop, or flip right on by?
I love me some DB's...I might just be Dick Jauron's long lost twin!
I would be willing to bet
most younger posters would not even recognize Burt right away if they were just flipping channels. No mustache….they would probably think it was Brando …… Which has inspired by change of sigs :-)
Why does this quote remind me of what it is like to be a Bills fan?
" It is impossible for words….to describe…what is necessary to those who do not know what horror means. Horror….horror has a face….and you must make a friend of horror….horror and moral terror are your friends …..and if they are not, they are enemies to be feared". – Marlon Brando
Ahh…I meant if you were flipping through the guide, and read “Burt”…but yeah, the moment he grew that ’stach, his look changed dramitically…
Was that Brando quote a line from Apocalypse Now, or just him?
I love me some DB's...I might just be Dick Jauron's long lost twin!
It is from the movie....The scene right before he is killed.
I gave the credit to Brando because I wasn’t sure people would know the character’s name
Why does this quote remind me of what it is like to be a Bills fan?
" It is impossible for words….to describe…what is necessary to those who do not know what horror means. Horror….horror has a face….and you must make a friend of horror….horror and moral terror are your friends …..and if they are not, they are enemies to be feared". – Marlon Brando
Dick: “I love inside jokes. I’d love to be a part of one someday.”
If the glove don’t fit, it couldn’t be Whit...
LOL. Excellent.
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by Brian Galliford on Jun 15, 2009 10:50 AM EDT up reply actions
Players rejoiced after Coach Dick Jauron notified them that while he would not partake, displays of emotion were in fact acceptable.
If the glove don’t fit, it couldn’t be Whit...
DJ: I wanted the O-Line to mesh, but this is ridiculous!
by CanadianBillsFan on Jun 15, 2009 12:32 PM EDT reply actions
Jauron:
[to the photographer]: “Hey, gimme that camera! The PR department has to approve all photos before publication.”
[to the two behind him]: “O.K., you two lovebirds, line up on the goal line, NOW!”
Get the Bills back to the big game!
DJ: “And I thought T.O. was going to be a pain in the ass!”
"I’m not sure how anyone can expect Buffalo to make the playoffs without blind offseason induced homeristic optimism being the majority of their reasoning." - kaisertown
After confusing “signing with the Bills” with “going to prison,” Geoff Hangartner attempts to shiv the first man he’s sees in an effort to gain respect.
If the glove don’t fit, it couldn’t be Whit...
If not for the sentiment behind it...
it’s pretty funny.
Playing Realistic Optimist at Buffalo Rumblings since 2008. Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.
by MattRichWarren on Jun 15, 2009 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Which sentiment? The prison shank part or the part where I likened playing for the Bills to a lengthy stay in the penal system?
If the glove don’t fit, it couldn’t be Whit...
The latter...
the Bills does not equal prison… that’s the Lions.
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by MattRichWarren on Jun 15, 2009 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Brian
Looks like you have another potential regular feature knocking on your door here. Just a suggestion…
Get the Bills back to the big game!
Did you miss where he said "weekly feature" in the first sentence?
LOL. :-)
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by MattRichWarren on Jun 16, 2009 9:38 AM EDT up reply actions
Guess I did
Oooooooops! Must have slipped my mind somewhere between the top and all the comments.
Another reason to get that synapse tune up…
Get the Bills back to the big game!
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