Sneaky Jauron and Elusive Edwards...Call me Crazy.

I agree that it is almost unbelievable that Trent would have regressed to this point and it really seems fishy. Buddy I hope your theory is true and we will find out soon enough.

Still, I question the logic of playing your starters for a complete half if you really think it’s risky and you want to avoid injuries. Maybe it’s to better selll their ruse… Sept 14th baby! That’s when all the chips will be on the table!

Dick Jauron is a smart man

No one is debating that. The question is….Is he a good coach? I am leaning heavily toward No.

The Bills are not putting all of their cards on the table .

I don’t want them to put all their cards on the table, put I do want them to know when it is their turn to play.

for meaningless preseason games

The score of the game might be meaningless, but for most teams, the preseason is not meaningless. They use it to iron out the rough spots, sharpen up their game, take it for a test drive…. you know……get their team ready to play when it does count. The Bills appear to be regressing instead of progressing.

Their tactics are shady and they work from behind the scenes.

I don’t know of any coach in the league whose plan for the preseason is to make their offense look like a complete disaster, and their QB to look like he is about to wet his pants. If that is his plan, Jauron should be fired on the spot.

Has it occurred to anyone that they may be just taking it easy, having fun?

If so, BAD IDEA. You play like you practice.

Call me crazy.

You are crazy :-) But thanks for posting.

Hey, I agree. Be prepared to be in the distinct minority. :)

And we aren’t showing everything. But I can’t believe the Bills would scooby doo the whole thing and look bad just to throw other teams off.

You heard how disappointed the players sounded in the post-game. Did Jauron instruct them to act that way, did Jauron want Edwards to throw a pick 6 on purpose?

I just can’t believe that, because Jauron hasn’t had a precedent of doing stuff like that.
Edwards last season also had games during the season last year where he was very skiddish and checked down constantly too.

I wouldn’t call you crazy because it’s a good idea, I just am not sure it is happening. Also I think the Bills aren’t going to be as bad offensively as they were in this game I don’t think again unless they get injuries.

I really believe that they will be better than advertised so far. And no, I don’t think the INT was staged. But I don’t believe they are too worried either.

Players may have been slightly disappointed, but like I said, they are actors in the public eye as well. They have to up their emotions whenever they can.

I guess I just wanted to write this because there are so many Debbie Downers out there and this site needed a little positive influence, other than Aaron Maybin. Even if it is a little outlandish.

I’m not as soured on Edwards as I was. He didn’t have as bad of a night as I thought he did.

Bold phrase LOL

Blockquoted paragraph I’m not as soured on Edwards as I was. He didn’t have as bad of a night as I thought he did.

I would love to think that this is the case, but I am not as crazy as you FF85.

wait, girls visit this board? some guys need to change their avatar!

i would be thrilled if this was the case. i don’t know, though, that it’s possible to throw a game like that.

because that’s how they practice. no live hitting, no tackling drills. how do the coaches expect the players to go through a relatively light camp and “turn it on” for games? you play the way you practice and we are seeing it with this team.
Jauron has no master plan of hiding his great scheme to take the league by storm. He by no means is an idiot but what you see is what you get from him. conservative play calling dictated by not making mistakes and the defense playing bend but don’t break between the 20’s and only allowing fg’s most of the time.
Jauron’s way of offense has permeated Edwards and now he is in survival mode, doing what the coaches want him to do. It is so blatantly obvious that teams have no respect for the Bills down the field play ability. It is non-existent so to think that there is some sort of contrived plan that will be unleashed come Sept. 14th is wishful thinking.

I just can’t grasp how we regressed so quickly. That’s why I’m not buying it

Um, we finished the final 10 games 2-8 last season. That’s pretty awful. What we’ve seen so far seems more like a lack of improvement. I think we just anticipated seeing more progress from our offense than we have. But, I’m not giving on them, either.

And with the notion we’re faking it so far: Leave it to woman to think of that. : )

I’ve seen the Bills have good preseasons and I’ve seen them have bad. For the most part, it’s had no measurable bearing on the regular season record. I agree that it’s not worth getting worked up about. I think the most worrisome aspect of the preseason has been Trent’s seeming lack of confidence. The two most important parts of the preseason are to remain injury-free (which we’ve done pretty good at so far, except for TO) and to have confidence going into the regular season.

On the other hand, I know we’d all love to see Trent play really well and make DJ look like a genius, but let’s not forget that we were playing against the Steelers. You know, the reigning Super Bowl champions. In their home stadium. Their defense can make just about anybody look bad.

However, I don’t believe that the Bills, or any other team, would ever intentionally throw even a meaningless preseason game. They’re still professionals and a lot of them still have many reasons to still play hard. I’d really be disappointed if I ever found out that DJ, or any other Bill, wasn’t doing their best to prepare.

And I hope you’re right.

Game Planning for the Patriots. For example: Do we want to get into a passing game with the Patriots? Or do we want to run the ball against them. Do we want Brady on the field more or less than Edwards? So much focus on Edwards and our Offense’s inability to move the ball maybe we are going in the wrong direction here. This preseason leaves alot of unanswered questions regarding our plan for Sept 14. Maybe we are drawing defenses so close to the line that we are leaving the deep middle open. Maybe the check downs are setting up the RB’s to bust through the LOS for big gains. Leave it to a Femalefanatic to create the most obvious thought.

Interesting thoughts. I do think the pre season playbook extra small and extra vanilla this year. While in Rochester on vacation I did attend a practice. The execution was much more impressive than what I have been seeing in the games.

Interesting point.

That’s why I think that the Bills should switch to 3-4 defense, because that way the offense would be able to practice against it day in and day out. Then maybe when they played against a 3-4 in a game, they wouldn’t be so bad. Isn’t Maybin supposed to be better in a 3-4 anyways?