Patriots vs. Bills

-Coast

As we all know, the Bills finish their season Sunday against the Patriots. New England has won 15 of 16 meetings. What a pathetic stretch and amazingly enough it isn't the most pathetic stretch the Bills have had against one team (20 straight L's vs. Miami). Even worse is the way the Bills have lost these games. They haven't even been competitive for the most part. The Bills have been outscored by a ridiculous 419-181 since the beginning of this laughable stretch of games in the year 2000. That is an average of 26-11. How do you lose to a team by a 15 point margin for a stretch of nearly 9 years?

Even more embarrassing is the way the Bills lose their 2nd meeting against New England. If we give Bill Belichick more material to game plan as well as an earlier head to head match up, the results are incredible. The Bills have been outscored 231-65 in the 2nd meeting since 2000. This is 29-8 per game. 29-8 per game? Have we been that pathetically outcoached for 9 years in a row. Uh, yeah we have...Phillips, Williams, Mularkey, Jauron vs. Bill...ugly.

At least Jauron has improved our performance against this hated division rivals. Under Jauron, the Bills are 0-5 vs. New England. They have been outscored 161-50 (32-10 on average). In each of the 2nd meetings, the Bills have been outscored 84-16 (42-8 average). Basically the Bills are Ohio State and the Patriots are an SEC team playing in the BCS championship game.

So, do the Bills have a chance Sunday? Uh, no. Let's be serious. This is a must win game for New England. Bill Belichick has 15 games to watch a Dick Jauron coached team. He might know what plays we are going to be running before we even do. I can picture Bill just sitting in a room laughing to himself as he watches us run it three times vs. Cleveland, pass inside the 5 vs. San Francisco and Miami, Pass vs. the Jets, the list goes on.

The Bills need a few things to happen Sunday. They need Trent Edwards to look like an NFL quarterback and they need their coach to have a bad day and they need to lose. We cannot compete with any elite teams with Jauron as our coach. We are not a smart team. We are not a tough team. We have some decent young players, but we have no one to guide them. We can't afford to allow our 23 year old quarterback waste away behind poor coaching. The sad reality is that Dick Jauron will be coming back. The Bills are the only organization that is pathetic enough to extend a guy who will have records of 7-9, 7-9, 7-9.

A year ago, the Bills went 4-0 vs. Miami and the Jets...this year, 0-4. They have improved, we have gotten worse. We had a ridiculously easy schedule this year, but we lost home games to Cleveland and the 49ers. We had 5 wins and a 16-7 lead at 3 PM on October 26th. Since then we have lost 7 games and won 2. Wilson says he is unsure and needs to meet with his staff to make a decision about the future. In any other organization, Dick Jauron wouldn't make it past Monday.

New England 37 Bills 14