???Remember that time that players on the Buffalo Bills were model citizens?
???Yeah, me too.
???At one point, being a stand-up guy was a requirement for gaining entry to the locker room at Ralph Wilson Stadium.
???Not anymore.
???How fitting is it that three bad apples have to ruin the whole bunch?
???First, running back Marshawn Lynch decided to hit a woman downtown with his SUV in May 2008. While he wasn't criminally charged, he lost his driver's license and car registration. Ko Simpson followed in his footsteps and had to break the law, as he fought with police in a crowd in South Carolina on Jan. 1, where he screamed, "I'm Ko Simpson with the Buffalo Bills. I am worth millions!"
???Yeah, Ko. You're also an idiot.
???This wasn't it for Ralph Wilson's investments. Lynch then decided it would be okay to play with guns and marijuana in Culver City, Calif., where the law finally caught up with him. He pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor gun charge and was sentenced to three years of probation. The NFL also suspended him for three games, which he plans to appeal.
???But that wasn't the worst. Early Saturday morning, defensive back Donte Whitner - the team's so-called leader - allegedly fought with police in front of the House of Blues in Cleveland, and was so disruptive, that he was zapped by a Taser.
???The last time I checked, I lived in Buffalo, not Cincinnati.
???What's going on with these players? Where did their respect for their team and their fans go?
???I think the answer speaks for himself.
???Here's a hint - it's in the same place that head coach Dick Jauron's spine is.
???If the Bills had a head coach that didn't support mediocrity, I can guarantee you that these idiots wouldn't be breaking the law. But why should they play by the rules when they can give a joke of a performance on the field and get away with it?
???Jauron's "everything's good when it really isn't and I'm not going to do anything about it" mentality is one of the main reasons why these knuckleheads think it's ok to hit women with cars and smoke weed while loading pistols. There's no discipline.
???If Wilson made an attempt to get a coach that actually put his players in his place, you wouldn't see Beast Mode getting high in public. He'd be smart enough to smoke up in the confines of his house.
???Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Jon Gruden would be a perfect fit on One Bills Drive. He's great at turning horrid programs into contenders and he's not afraid to scream at a player so hard that they go home and cry into their pillow.
???As the NFL offseason slowly begins to wind down, one can only begin to wonder if another Bill is going to go against the law. Will we see rape? Murder? Tax fraud?
???What's for sure is with Jauron in the hot seat, the chance is there more than ever before.
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