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they committed fraud on 1250 people 850 of the abused fans got seats because they then screwed over 850 Dallas Cowboy staff and families by taking their tickets away on game day. Jerry should go to jail

how dare you blaspheme this almighty journalist who graces the board with his presence. truly not a good plan to remain in the good graces of TBD

Cows have a unique stomach that is designed to process and digest grass. they are grass eaters. Their system can not by itself process corn. As noted above, a corn diet will kill a cow. That is why cattle are pumped full of anti-biotics and drugs to stop the sickness and allow them to digest their corn diet. The biggest benefit that it only take 18 months to get a corn fed cow to the alsughter house instead of the 4.5 years it takes for a cow raised strictly on grass and greens. The massive corn diet causes all of the bad things that are now attributed to beef - like high fat, high chloresteral, omega-6, etc. grass fed beef is a very healthy food which provides a low fat, high omega-3 source of nutrients. and people wonder why 1 of 100 kids are now born autistic

the landmines are a result of the litigation- but the litigation is initiated by a decertification of the NFLPA - which is out of the owner's hands. Clearly the union intends to decertify if there is a lockout - so how are the owners in worse shape legally if they do not initiate a lockout?

admit it you are an enabler futilely trying to justify and support a decade of inept talent evaluation you cite 2 examples where the Bills butchered 2 picks and players that were available when they selected became impact play makers- while we picked less than average producers NFL talent evaluators get paid to identify which colege lplayers will become good pros it is not as much of crap shoot as posters would like to believe maybe if the Bills hired some NFL caliber talent professionals - their draft would not be so much of a grope in the dark

if having a great defense is so important - why not hire a super-star defensive staff to build a great defense instead we hire a defensive guy with zero experience in converting or running the 3-4 defense which the GM and HC are adamant about implementing. That worked well last year - so now we bring in Wannstadt who has even less experience with converting or running a 3-4 defense. Green Bay wanted to change to a 3-4 so they hired an expert 3-4 DC in Dom Capers who quickly made the defense great. Instead the Bills hire boobs and clowns with no real plan Won;t much matter who the Bills pick on defense with this clown show running things If they take a QB, at least Chan might know what to do with him

what is "absurd" is that supposed a quality jounralist as yourself won't report anything but the union sponsored "lockout" scenario. 1. of course the NFL has made plans if there is no deal by March 3. Contrary to your opinion, there is a strong possibility that those plans include something other than a lockout initiated by the owners. There may be a work stoppage (for which the league is better prepared than the players), but it will have to be initiated by the players. 2.of course the players like the current deal. Too bad for them the CBA and its favorable terms expire on March 3. 3. The owners do not have to lock out the players to continue the league. a. One highly probable scenario is that the owners will bargain up to March 3 and declare they are at an impasse with the Union. Won't be hard to make that argument since the NFLPA is more concerned with lobbying through hte media than coming to the table to negotiate. b. The owners can then impose their last proposal as the new rules to apply after March 3. Those rules will likely include rookie wage scale, 18 game schedule and other items under the current CBA. Any and all players will be invited to play under the new rules. c. By providing new rules. the league would continue medical care for those agreeing to play under the new rules, thus defusing one of the union's most hyped issues. d. The owners would also neutralize the entire NFLPA media propaganda program of blaming the league for any work stoppage. This perception will weigh heavily when the NFLPA lobbies the courts and Congress for help in its anti-trust litigation campaign. 4. of course, the NFLPA has plans as well. Unfortunately, they have been formulated by a high profile litigator a. The NFLPA will then attempt to de-certify. This is the union's entire gameplan - but there is a real strong possibility that the court throws out the de-certification as a sham. Although it worked last, the last time also provided a clear blue print of the union not disbanding and still effectively working to represent the players. If the union loses this case, it is game over. b. Let's assume they can de-certify. Now the individual players have to decide whether to accept the league's new operating rules and play under their contracts. If not, they can individually break their contracts and collectively (without NFLPA support) try to force a work stoppage. You are correct, they all agreed to de-certify in early 2010 while still playing. Agreeing to some future legal mumbo jumbo is hardly proof of solidarity. Even a crack journalist should be able to conclude that the dynamics will be much different when individual players have to decide to miss game checks for a continuing period of time. Solidarity is much harder to come by when the player is the one taking money out of his pocket. History has proven that any player induced work stoppage won't last very long. It would seem that players due roster bonuses would be able to collect, although the owners could impose contractual consequences as part of agreeing to play under the new rules. c. Even if some players strike, the league can still play with whoever shows and hire replacement players. If games are played, I would guess that that the TV revenues that need to be repaid would be greatly reduced, thus putting the owners in a much better position that the striking players. d. Some players (again without support from the NFLPA) will then also sue the NFL for anti-trust violations for various restraint of trade items such as the college draft and free agency. The NFL may be optimistic based on recent rulings that their downside is limited in court. 5. The owners could conceivably try the above and still lock out the players at a later date. Most of the players will not feel any big impact until they start missing game checks. The owners may in fact lock-out the players. It would just be refreshing if the mainstream media actually acknowledged the possibility of another option.

the only side calling for an impending "lockout" is the NFLPA and the blind sheep media. Their entire strategy relies on the league keeping the players from playing because the players do not have the solidarity or the stomach is stay away from the game for any period of time if they have to personally made the decision. Why would the owners give up this incredible piece of on-going leverage on March 4 when the players won't feel the impact of lost game checks until September.

yeah #3 is way too high for a projet those players belong in the 8-12 range of the 1st round the Bills have mastered identifying the "project" player Buddy himself is 2 for 2 for Maybin and Spiller

your premise that "every player is a crap shoot" always applies when the Bills pick players, but not to other teams with NFL caliber talent evaluators. Good talent evaluator do not screw up the process every year, unlike the Bills who consistently manage to take players in the top 12 who have no business being drafted there. but hey- it's not Modrak's fault that he has no clue what attributes are critical to producing in the NFL if the Bills could evaluate talent, then maybe BPA would even be possible

sure it was a marvelous - the league has a vested interest in making sure it was a marvelous choice not such a marvelous thing for Russ Grimm - who had already been awarded the job

so did Jamracus Russell any NFL QB needs to be able to have the mental acuity to process things in pocket in college, QBs can get by on single reads and their athletic ability This applies to all of the QBs coming out this year, and every year - just seems that the Bills always draft the QBs lacking gray matter

untilk Tebow lit it up the last 2 games, I thought the odds were very good the Bills would acquire Tebow at a bargain basement price since McDaniel got fired. now - no chance As you note, contrary to the bogus company line, the Bills desparately wanted to trade up to get Tebow to run the spread offense - which is why they took Spiller as well. Remains to be seen if Cam Newton has the brains,but he is a better athlete than Tebow and would be fun to watch a run and gun offense.

The Rooney's actually went so far as to tell Grimm he had the job- but were essentially forced by the league to hire a minority since after all, they had named the minority interview requirement after Rooney. Also explains why the Steelers seem to get so many favorable calls and rulings, but it could be that the league is ensuring that your showcase minority coach is a success.

so what scheme would Maybin be a stud and justify his top 12 selection? he already has proven useless in the 4-3 and 3-4 maybe a flag football scheme would be more appropriate

Bills should have have kept their extra pick and drafted Harris instead of POZ in the first place

"We don't know for sure how good the Bills guys are," the past history of immense injuries gives us a pretty good indication of how "good" the Bils trainers are. However, there is hope that the power lifting background of our new guys will help Merriman with a new, undetectable performance enhancing program Buddy must be thinking the same thing -

this does seem to be the Nix / Gailey modus operandi - which is why they treated the 2010 season as a throwaway talent evaluation period so they could watch the games first hand. seems the entire scouting process is built the same way seems these guys can't evaluate off of film - so they are severely limited in the number of players they can see personally also does not help when you combine the above with an aversion from leaving your vacation home in Florida

the problem with your theory is in the identification of the best player available our talent evaluators have proven to be totally inept at knowing what attributes of college players will convert to NFL production. consequently, even if they were using BPA (which they may have been), the Bills did not grade the players you listed at the top of their draft board. all of that falls on Nix, Modrak and the scouting department. Nix was on board for Maybin and Spiller. Actual production showed neither player was anything close to BPA Expect more of the same going forward

see post #29 thanks for playing

you do realize that Wannstadt can't interact directly with those prospects from his office in Buffalo to assess their character and temperment in real time situations? drafting "football" players has been a problem for the last 10 years which is why we end up with with wussies like Maybin and Whitner. there is no excuse for your top defensive guy to miss these practices so he can watch tape from last year

you are correct how can anyone doubt the veracity of a self-serving fluff piece put out by the team being accused of being moronic in keeping an incompetant talent evaluation staff? of course, the article does not question the stones of Modrak for staying employed in an organaiztion which has ignored his recommendations for 10 years I suppose the fact that he lives in Florida in semi-retirement helps him get over the slight and stay employed. It would seem the factual history of 10 years of bad drafts would have a little more weight than some self serving propaganda good to know that Ralph may have figured out the problem --- 92 must be the age of enlightenment

can't make that conclusion Buddy already was on board with drafting a similar pass rushing LB who weighed even less - in his attempt to get a impact playmaker

hastily typed my but -- you were just intentionally distorting reality to support your position. the owners have no need to pro-actively lock out the players and take the PR hit for causing the work stoppage- they can get a better answer by bargaining to an impass (which they may already be at) and imposing their last offer The owners know the players don't have the stones to strike on their own for any period of time - so why should the owners make the decision for the players. The union's whole strategy is hoping that the league locks them out - because they don't stand a chance if they have to de-certify and individually choose to not work. you also fail to note that the TV money they get in 2011 is just a loan if there are no games. However, if there are games, even scab games, my guess is most of that money does not need to be paid back

that sounds like a good plan miss out on a once in a lifetime opportunity to meet and evaluate players face-to-face that the Bills will consider drafting so he can arrange the furniture in his office gee- what do you think is wrong with this picture? but then again, the Bills scouting process has ignored the face to face stuff for years - so that makes sense