That was quite a 'bird' show in Tennessee

What’s with 86-year-old Bud Adams pulling a Bryan Cox and showing the Bills both of his middle digits? Geez, the “Comeback” game was nearly 17 years ago. Don’t tell me he's still holding a grudge about that. Wasn’t the “Music City Miracle’’ a good enough payback?

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Adams' histrionics reminds me of the time during the latter stages of a Monday Night Football blowout when the ABC cameras zoomed in on a fan who appeared to have fallen asleep in a near-empty section of the upper deck. Just as the camera closed in on him, the man awakened and flipped off America. Without missing a beat, Dandy Don Meredith drawled, “He’s just telling us that we’re No. 1.’’

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Is it just me or is Jon Gruden hogging the microphone in the Monday Night Football booth? Poor Ron Jaworski – who unlike most color men actually provides insight – can’t get a freaking word in edgewise.
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Speaking of Jaws, I like my friend Mike Catalana’s suggestion of turning the keys of the Bills football operations over to him. Hey, I’d trust Jaworski to get the right football personnel people and coaches in place, and, most of all, I’d trust his judgment on drafting a quarterback who can actually play in the NFL. Plus, the Bills need a new, hopeful face to put on this latest rebuilding project. Why not go with a guy who was an excellent quarterback and great commentator and football mind, not to mention a Buffalo native?
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The one good thing about working on my fifth book about Bills history is that it reminds me there were indeed times when good and exciting football was being played in these parts.

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Jacksonville’s Maurice Jones-Drew is the latest running back who must be salivating while watching films of Buffalo’s bottom-feeder run defense.
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I think it’s about time we see a lot more of Fred Jackson, and a lot less of Marshawn “Least Mode’’ Lynch.
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When I saw Bill Belichick go for it that deep in his own territory while nursing a late lead Sunday night, I wondered if Dick Jauron had suddenly hijacked the Patriots? That was just lame-brained. And Belichick continued to show his hubris by not backing off the decision the following day. Hey, Bill, hate to break this to you, but even geniuses occasionally make mistakes. The least you can do is admit it and apologize to your team for blowing their chance at a win that would have given you homefield advantage for the playoffs.
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