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Actually there are many. Unlike you, whose trollish posts so far have never disappointed.

Why not? I thought "minicamp All-Pro" was a high honor and predictive of great things?

Welcome to the altered states of Mr. WEO. We're still not sure if the pompous ass personality is his true self, and we're wondering when the Bills fan personality will ever make an appearance.

I don't think it was a matter of mental toughness on RJ's part. He was the starter going into 1998, and then lost his job due to injury and Flutie having the hot hand. Flutie started from then on, until the Colts 1999 season-ender and then the Titans playoff game. Then RJ was named the starter in 2000. Mental toughness would only apply if RJ lost his job while still healthy but having poor outings/losing. RJ's problem was staying healthy. Because of his maddening inability to throw the ball away. It seemed like he was worried more about his fantasy numbers, like completion percentage, than the number of sacks he took, and thus his health. There was no other explanation for say, running out of bounds behind the LOS with the ball in his hand, instead of throwing it away.

What does the, um...oh, nevermind.

Well, as the "leader of the offense," he'll need to learn to deal with that. It's not like everyone he encounters will check his ego at the door. As for banging starlets...

LOL! Green, Warren, Olshansky, Eason, Bowen, Hatcher, and Dixon play for 3-4 teams, and the latter 4 don't even start. Gaines hasn't played a game yet. Basically you have Freeney and Allen.

That's what people like to think. But the Bills weren't going to beat the Colts in Indy the following week, with their banged-up O-line and injuries on defense.

Look pally, just because you're out of touch and/or only believe what you want to believe, it doesn't mean that other people are like that. Garcia being gay has been talked about for years, especially considering the San Francisco tie-in. As I said, TO shouldn't have said it publicly. But that didn't force him to leave. He left of his own volition. I never said that TO agreed to the contract to avoid going to Baltimore. I said that he accepted whatever the Eagles gave him in a "fine, I'll take whatever, just get me out of Baltimore." And yes, since he agreed to sign it, it's his fault. But when the team starts talking about cutting him with little cap hit should he not come back from his broken ankle, since he returned early to play in the SB, it's wholly understandable that TO would want a better deal with more guaranteed money. And again, this was the underlying problem he had with Philly, along with McNabb and Philly disrepecting him. The 100th TD non-celebration was the straw that broke the camel's back, if you will, and led him to go public with his comments about the classlessness of the organization. But again, he was in the top-3 in receiving stats when they suspended him, so he was more than doing his job while he was "destroying the team." He more than made-up for it, with the contract he got from the Cowboys. Great, so we're in agreement that Jones possibly made the wrong decision. Therefore TO's getting cut by them wasn't necessarily a reflection on TO. Huzzah! I can more easily argue that throwing more passes to Witten hurt the team more than throwing more passes to TO would have done, because Romo has been a disappointment with his decision-making. And as you noted, TO had more yards and TD's despite fewer receptions. Hmmmm.

The Bills won games with RJ in 1998-1999 (forget the years after that, since that's when the salary cap blood-letting began). In the Chargers game to open the 1998 season, Steve Christie missed 2 very makeable FG's, and that was the margin of defeat. Against the Rams, the Bills were ahead when RJ went down with an injury (a recurring theme, and a concussion in this case) and Flutie failed to run out the clock, allowing the Rams to come from behind and win. And the first win of the season was against the 49'ers, with RJ starting. Then he got injured on the first play against the lowly (at the time) Colts and Flutie became the starter for the rest of the year and the following year. And lest we forget, when RJ left the field against the Titans, the Bills were ahead, only to see the ST's inexcusably give-up a TD (which may or may not have been a forward pass).

Yes, because I care what Florio thinks.

Yep, Johnson is considered to be a workout warrior. And that's essentially what OTA's and minicamps are.

That's the inconsistency that is Mr. WEO. Flutie was a cancer everywhere he went in the NFL, except for his last stop in NE, and that's the reason he was "relegated to the back of the bus." Along with the fact that he wasn't all that great a QB, experiencing moderate success with only the Bills for a 2-year period, thanks largely to the personnel around him, and the fact that RJ could never avoid a sack and/or stay healthy. His time with the Chargers was marked by "just losing." But you see, the difference is that he's been duped by Flutie's PR people, but believes he knows what TO is all about.

Actually, it is an indictment of Romo's leadership skills. Romo got that huge contract almost 2 full seasons ago, and should have established himself as THE leader of the offense by now. But he hasn't. Unless you consider throwing the ball more to Witten and being more concerned with banging starlets as being "a leader." The move to cut TO, as admitted by Jerruh, was so that Romo could become the leader, basically by default, since he's the highest-paid and most visible player on the team. We'll see if Romo can "carry that kind of weight." Most think he won't be able to do it.

I never said that I wouldn't take him as the QB of the Bills. Just that they won't win a SB with him.

"Do as I say, not as I do."

Florio's opinions have always been worthless. His site gained popularity because of his uncensored and sometimes funny takes on the rumors and scoops he's mostly stolen from others.

At this point, no way the US even entertains bombing them. They'll let this situation flesh itself out. And I just learned that The Supreme Leader Khamenei, has control over the nukes. I think he's enlightened enough not to use them unless in dire circumstances, which is true of the US.

SF: He had been with the team for 8 years and realized they weren't going anywhere (they haven't made the playoffs since the year before he left them). He also hated Garcia, who is a dick and has an overly-inflated opinion of his own talent (their careers post-breakup tell the tale). Now he shouldn't have said what he did about Garcia's sexual orientation publicly, but everyone was thinking it. Philly: No, the team not celebrating his 100th TD was not what "set him off." And actually, I retract what I said about the media feeding you because NO ONE would ever claim that this is what started his downfall with the Eagles. All you know is that TO criticized the Eagles for not doing it, and 2 days later they suspend him for the remainder of the season. No, it was doomed from the beginning because of his icy relationship with McNabb, and his contract. You'll recall that McNabb never wanted TO in the first place. But they worked together and did well. Then McNabb claimed that the Eagles didn't need TO after he broke his leg late in the 2004 season, and things really got bad after TO revealed that McNabb got tired and puked on the final drive of the 2004 SB, and that he'd rather play with Brett Favre. They didn't talk during training camp before the 2005 season. But they put aside their differences and again worked together and TO was top-3 in receptions, yards, and TD's in the NFL when the Eagles suspended him. But mostly this was about his contract. You'll also recall that his original agent forgot to file the paperwork to make him an UFA while with the 49'ers, who traded him to Baltimore. He ultimately got traded to the Eagles, and accepted a below-market contract that was severely backloaded to boot, just to get out of Baltimore. And he might have accepted it had the Eagles not started to talk about how they could cut him should he not return from his broken ankle, which he rushed himself back from early in order to play, and have a great game, in the SB. He fired his old agent and hired Drew Rosenhaus, who as we all know is a master at orchestrating getting his players more money and/or out of situations in which they don't want to be. And he found a team willing to pay him what he was worth in the Cowboys. Dallas: If you read the article linked in this thread, I mean REALLY read it, you'd realize that Jerruh is disappointed in Romo. And remember that Jerruh gave Romo a 6-year $67.5M contract extension with $31M in guaranteed money at the beginning of the 2007 season. And since Romo is 28 and TO 35 and he had far less invested in TO, he made the decision to make TO the scapegoat for Romo's lack of leadership, poor decisions off-the-field, and clutch play. But Jerruh is already regretting the decision, mostly because of the financial hit he's taken, while the on-field hit is yet to be felt. If anyone truly thinks that the Cowboys will be better off without TO and with Romo continuing to target Witten even more (I'm guessing the "someone else" who will probably catch what would have otherwise gone to TO), or relying on Roy Williams, who has only surpassed TO's production last year (except for TD's, since Williams has never caught more than 8 TD's in a season) once in his 5 years in the league, they're fooling themselves. But hey, we'll see, just like we'll see when it is that TO "destroys" the Bills.

The Eagles win a SB with McChoke as their staring QB? LOL!

I was waiting to see whether the protesters would take to the streets after The Supreme Leader dared them to do so. And they did, which is a HUGE sign of defiance, since things never got this far in the past 30 years (and actually, protesters have taken to shouting from rooftops "death to the dictator, which ironically is what they did during the final days of the Shah or Iran). I was also curious to see if Mousavi was willing to die for his cause, and it appears he is, as he has "taken a bath" and is "ready to become a martyr." All the while, A'manutjob (kudos to Jay Leno for that one) is playing the hypocrite for criticizing the US for "meddling in [their affairs]" when Mousavi is really the one pulling the strings.

Hardy's injury occurred late in the season (game 14). And with just TO's addition, the Bills don't need to rush him back. Johnson's potential emergence is just gravy. As for Digi, it hurts depth, to a degree. As has been said, it's not like he's an impact player.

Ah yes, Romo's "reputation" as a bum is all because of TO. That's hilarious. I guess TO is the one who suggested to Romo that he, Jessie, and Jason have a 3-some in Cabo before a playoff game? Or that Jessie sit in the stands blowing kisses and distracting Romo? And hey, we've seen that Romo throwing more passes to Witten than TO has really worked well for the Cowboys the past 2 years. I'm sure the practice bubble collapse was because TO "destroyed" it. It's obvious you know little about TO, beyond what the media (that is, outside of john wawrow) has fed you. Or what you choose to believe. His 100th career TD was in the 3rd game of the 2005 season (he joined the Eagles in 2004). Yeah, and someone else will catch all those TD passes. Like Roy Williams, who's caught more passes once in his 5-year career, but hasn't had more than 8 TD's in a season. But hey, it's just that simple!

Flutie rode a great team in Buffalo that got screwed by the refs in 1998 (the "just give it to 'em" game against the Patriots*, which would have put the Miami playoff game in Buffalo) and suffered a bunch of injuries towards the end of 1999. Take a look at his work (and W-L record) with the Chargers.