Quick hits while riding out the first storm of the winter ?Something tells me that Mark Teixeira won’t be wearing a Red Sox uniform next spring. I’ve listened to expert after expert say that owner John Henry’s email, in which he said the team wouldn’t be a factor in the high-stakes negotiations for Teixeira, was a ploy, and that the Sox are indeed still in the game.Maybe. And the Red Sox certainly need another slugger in the lineup.But something says here that the Red Sox, having been duped by agent Scott Boras into signing J.D. Drew, aren’t eager to allow him the upper hand here.If Boras stops being an insufferable, ham-handed reptile (unlikely), then maybe he and the Sox can do business. Otherwise, and with two World Series championships as collateral, don’t expect the Red Sox to overspend for Teixeria.I could be wrong. I could wake up tomorrow with the news that they’ve worked this out and that Teixeira will be heading to Fort Myers in February.But I’m not optimistic.uThe Buffalo Bills are at Denver tomorrow, and let’s just hope, for the sake of Dick Jauron, that if they lose, at least they lose comfortably.Last week’s loss to the Jets had to be excruciating. Not only did the Bills snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, Jauron left himself open to second-guessing unseen in the NFL since the famous Joe Pisarcik fumble of 1979.The long and the short of it: The Bills were up, 27-24, with 2:06 to go when Jauron tried to steal a first down before the two-minute warning. Quarterback JP Losman dropped back to pass, was hit, fumbled, and Shaun Ellis of the Jets ran it in for the game-winning score.Jauron’s been scorched from here to California over not keeping the ball on the ground, but, really, it isn’t his fault Losman coughed it up. If he’d been sacked, gone down, and held onto the ball, the Bills probably would have punted, and perhaps would have won.Instead, they lost. So, if there’s anyone badly in need of a victory, it’s Dick Jauron. And it probably wouldn’t hurt if the Bills won next week either, even if it means b eating the Patriots.Anything other than that, and it’s really tough to see the Bills hanging onto him, contract extension or not.uNow that the whole East Lynn Pop Warner experience is over, a few words. First, Lynn’s Bob Smith couldn’t have said it any better when he outlined the flaws of Pop Warner’s, and Disney’s, complete lack of support when it comes to these national tournaments. And second, the East Lynn kids did the city proud, coming away with a victory and representing us well off the field as well.That might not seem like such a big deal, until you consider the horrendous behavior of the Dorchester kids, who got into a fight in their hotel cafeteria and got kicked out.As for the financial aspect of the tournament, it’s really sad when a corporation such as Disney, which probably cannot accurately count all of its money, forces 11-year-old kids to beg for the funds to play in a tournament the corporation sponsors.Let’s hope that in the future, the Pop Warner organization is able to come up with a better arrangement, and guarantee better treatment, for its participants.uOne of the NFL’s selling point, for years, has been parity. The league brags that its entire financial structure is set up to ensure that all teams have an equal chance to contend and to make it to the post-season.Well, if that’s true, then why are the Patriots in jeopardy of going 11-5 and being shut out of the playoffs this season? The only reason for an 11-5 team not making the playoffs is a group of wretchedly bad teams on the other end. And we certainly have some horrible teams stinking up the landscape this year.The year the Patriots won the Super Bowl for the first time, they earned a bye with an 11-5 record. Three years ago, the Pittsburgh Steelers got into the playoffs with a 10-6 mark, and climbed all the way to a championship.This is one of those curious season when a pretty balanced AFC East got to feast on a pretty balanced