BUFFALO, N.Y. - Bills coach Dick Jauron will return next season after team owner Ralph Wilson decided a shake up wasn’t necessary despite a third consecutive 7-9 finish that left unhappy fans demanding change.

If you thought the Jets firing Eric Mangini was a surprise , then you better be sitting for this one: The Denver Broncos fired two-time Super Bowl winner Mike Shanahan this afternoon .

When people look back upon Eric Mangini’s time in the NFL, he might best be remembered for (presumably) blowing the whistle on Spygate and serving as the fall guy for the Brett Favre fiasco in New York. But Mangini’s contribution to the American landscape was far greater: If the clip looks strange out of context, don’t worry, it was strange in context as well

While the Jets are looking for a new coach a name has jumped to the top of the list already, and it could be the biggest fish in the sea in terms of available coaches - former Steelers coach Bill Cowher. There are already reports going around the Cowher WOULD be interested in going to New York to coach the Jets

Because the Cowboys are the Cowboys, the media will claim that their implosion was the biggest choke job of the NFL season . And, to be fair, the collapse of Romo and company was Hindenburg-esque. But was it the worst?

San Diego Chargers 52, Denver Broncos 21 The Chargers are obviously that “hot team that nobody wants to face” right now, but that doesn’t mean they deserve to be in the playoffs. San Diego is three games behind New England in the standings, making them the beneficiaries of a flawed playoff system. The reason Denver is not in the postseason is that six members of their defensive front seven shouldn’t be starting in the NFL.

With Phil Savage already gone and Romeo Crennel next, the Browns are expected to do what has been rumored to have been done for close to two year - target former Steelers coach Bill Cowher. The former coach, along with Pats VP Scott Pioli are going to sit down with Browns owner Randy Lerner this week according to the Plain Dealer. Here is the report: Browns owner Randy Lerner is hoping to recruit former Pittsburgh Steelers coach Bill Cowher or New England vice president Scott Pioli to head his revamped football operation

Winds of change need to follow this blustery day for the Buffalo Bills

The Sunday Evening Spongebath is a running collection of random observations, notes, complaints and joy-filled remembrances from a Sunday in the NFL.   A shot of Ralph Wilson stadium at 12:30 p.m. ET shows a wind so vicious that it’s got the goal posts bent at about a 20-degree angle.

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. - Winds gusting up to 120 km/h tore a strip off the Bills’ practice fieldhouse and tilted both goal posts inside Ralph Wilson Stadium prior to Buffalo’s game against the New England Patriots on Sunday.