Bills fire Jauron after dismal 3-6 startNFL.com Wire Reports The
Buffalo Bills have fired coach Dick Jauron, a team source told NFL ****'s Jason La Canfora.
Defensive coordinator Perry Fewell is expected to become the Bills' interim head coach, a Bills source told NFL.com's Vic Carucci.
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| Dick Jauron couldn't help the Bills end their long playoff drought. |
In just short of four seasons with the Bills, Jauron compiled a record of 24-33 (.421 winning percentage). The Bills failed to make the playoffs in each season under Jauron. Buffalo has not made the playoffs since 1999, the longest active streak for a non-expansion team.
The Bills represented Jauron's third stint as a head coach in the NFL. Jauron served as head coach of the
Chicago Bears from 1999-2003, and then as interim head coach of the
Detroit Lions for the final five games of the 2005 season. Jauron's overall coaching record is 60-82. The highlight of Jauron's coaching career came in 2001 when his Bears finished 13-3 and claimed its first division championship since 1990.
On Monday, defensive end
Aaron Schobel questioned the Bills' lack of direction with seven games remaining in their season.
"It's embarrassing," said Schobel, the longest-tenured player on the Bills roster, a day after
a 41-17 loss at Tennessee dropped Buffalo's record to 3-6. "I mean, we're technically, mathematically still in it, I guess, but it's like what ... are we doing here?"
Speaking within earshot of several Bills officials near the entrance of the locker room, Schobel expressed his frustration, but stopped short in explaining what he thinks the franchise's problems are by saying: "That's about all I can say without saying what I want to say."
Receiver
Terrell Owens was also upset following the latest loss during which he had an animated exchange with several coaches on the sideline.
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