Dick Thinks Job is Safe

All Buffalo Bills fans seem to be turning against Head coach Dick Jauron. These calls for his head have some merit to them. This is a team who started out 5-1 and now has lost five of its last six.

This is a team who went from coming behind in games and being good when it mattered most to missing game winning field goals and not amounting to anything in the fourth quarter. Most of this blame does have to fall on the coaching staff at some point.

Yes, there are definitely other issues for the Bills. Two main issues with the Bills are the injuries to Trent Edwards and this Pro-Bowl left tackle. If you look at the San Francisco game, you can see that on quite a few of the passing plays, the defensive end literally ran right around Jason Peters and got pressure on the quarterback.

Most Pro-Bowl offensive linemen at least engage the man before getting beat. Peters seems to be letting defenders right through him.

The injuries with Edwards are another problem the Bills are facing. Edwards looked stunning at the beginning of the season when he led several fourth quarter comebacks. Then he went to Arizona where he got his concussion, the Bills lost to the Cardinals.

Edwards last week against the 49ers left the game at halftime with a groin injury which also has caused him to miss practice this week. Once again, without Edwards at the helm, the Bills have no fight in the fourth quarter. The Bills seem to have no confidence that J.P. Losman can lead them on a fourth quarter comeback.

In the end, the blame has to fall on the coaching staff. There have been many of times when Bills fans have been left scratching their head at some of the play calls of Jauron and Offensive Coordinator Turk Schonert.

Why do you run the ball with Fred Jackson on third and two with Jackson lined up at fullback? Why do you go for it on fourth and three with seven minutes to go and you are only down seven? Why do you run the ball three straight times with the game on the line on a cold and windy Monday night in Buffalo? Why do you stick with your quarterback when he throws three interceptions in his first six or so passes? Why do you pass the ball when your running back has ran 16 times for over 130 yards?

In the end, these questionable decisions have cost the Bills victories this season. To conclude, Jauron was signed to an extension following the loss to Miami in late October. Since then the Bills have gone 1-4, with the only win over the lowly Chiefs.

Yes, Jauron is not an offensive guru, but as the head coach of a football team you must monitor all aspects of your team and question things that do not sound right to you.

Jauron has failed to do that with the offense and the Bills sit at 6-6. Thank you very much Mr. Jauron but I think we can do a lot better without you around.