Bills officially start rewriting history to remove Dick Jauron

[Spider-Dan]

Pretty soon, Dick Jauron will never have existed.

http://espn.go.com/blog/afceast/post/_/id/7242/jauron-a-vanishing-act-in-team-photoshop

Jauron a vanishing act in team photo(shop)
Tim Graham, ESPN.com

Even at first glance, the Buffalo Bills team photo simply didn't look right. Without serious examination, something is out of kilter.

Upon closer inspection, several items are amiss -- and one notable person is a-missing.

Before Sunday's game against the Miami Dolphins, the Bills gave away team photos as fans passed through the turnstiles at Ralph Wilson Stadium. Former head coach Dick Jauron, fired two weeks ago, was removed from the team photo as though he never existed.

Jauron evidently was seated to owner Ralph Wilson's right when the photo was snapped in mid-September, but Jauron was erased and the rest of the row altered to fill in the vacancy. Interim head coach Perry Fewell is stationed on a back row with the rest of the assistants.

Bills fan Matt Irving grabbed a few of the freebies Sunday. Friend and fellow Bills loyalist Joshua Fitzgerald scanned a copy and posted it on the fan message board at TwoBillsDrive.com.

The Bills' team photo was taken between Weeks 1 and 2. Terrell Owens posted personal pictures from the shoot on his Twitter page Sept. 19.

Besides, there are several lapses of logic to indicate the rubout.

Players acquired before Jauron was fired (tackle Jamon Meredith, linebacker Chris Draft, defensive back Todd Johnson) aren't in the photo. Players cut before Jauron was fired (running back Xavier Omon, linebacker Alvin Bowen) are present.

More telling is the visual evidence Jauron was erased like he was Leon Trotsky.

Other players seemingly were jockeyed around to keep the numerical-order motif, with the player on the left in the first row wearing the lowest uniform number and running through the highest number to the right of the fifth row.

The sequence was interrupted only by Wilson in the center and chief operating officer Russ Brandon to his left in the second row.

So who was depicted in the prominent spot to Wilson's right? Rookie cornerback Jairus Byrd, a fine player. He's tied for the NFL interceptions lead and could be defensive rookie of the year. But he didn't start a game until Week 3.

Furthermore, there's a phantom khaki pant and sneaker underneath Byrd in the team photo. The players are in jerseys and game pants. Coaches are in khakis.

And there's more. Defensive backs Terrence McGee and Ellis Lankster, on the left of the second row, have the same torso. The shadows and wrinkles on their jerseys are identical. The only difference is a doctored digit.

At the right end of the second row is defensive back Cary Harris, who looks like he has been amputated from the left knee down. It appears McGee was sitting in front of him, but was moved up to the second row so everyone could slide toward center and fill in the big blank.

Various body parts have been copied and pasted to fill in spaces that had been covered. Cornerbacks Ashton Youboty and Leodis McKelvin have the same left arm, noticeable by the six-fingered hand dangling from it. Their hands are resting on imaginary legs.

The Bills declined to comment on the photo.

If only Bills fans could wipe Jauron from their brains as easily as he was removed from the picture.

[Dave Gray]

I don't understand why you would do this.  You're going to get caught.  It's going to get pointed out and ridiculed, and you're going to get egg on your face.  It's better to just keep Jauron in the picture.  People in PR amaze me sometimes.

[Sunstroke]

Some people in PR have no ability to R with the P...

[JVides]

I don't understand why you would do this.  You're going to get caught.  It's going to get pointed out and ridiculed, and you're going to get egg on your face.  It's better to just keep Jauron in the picture.  People in PR amaze me sometimes.

Yep.  I still call the Gators "crocks" for having a crocodile on their team media guide a few years back.  Oh, and the spelling is important there.  I added the "k" for the meaning attached to that word.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/college/news/2003/07/29/florida_croc_ap/

[Dave Gray]

The Gators/Crocs thing was different.  That was just an oversight, an accident.  This shows intent to be manipulative.  Did they really think that nobody would notice?

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

I can understand how this would happen.  They had a plan to hand out a team photo and a marketing deal with the hostpital so they need to hand out a photo.  Handing out a team photo that includes a backup player that has been cut and replaced with another guy who never plays is one thing, but you don't want to hand out a team photo that includes the now fired coach.  They didn't have time to organize another photoshoot so they had someone "fix" the photo in photoshop. 

[YoFuggedaboutit]

I'd love a picture of the 2004 Miami Dolphins without Dave Wannstedt.

[stinkfish]

I'd love a picture of the 2004 Miami Dolphins without Dave Wannstedt.

Good on ya Tommy Personally, I'd like to see Jimmy Johnson expunged from Dolphins history.