San Jose Bills Fan

It's not a big deal. I was just curious if there was some hidden meaning. And it's more than made up for by the fact that your avatar is delightful.

Yes. It's very bizarre to hear that single voice in the wilderness. Well, it's hard to play quarterback when you can't throw the ball well and doubly hard if you can't remember the play calls or read defenses. http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nfl--jets--release-of-tim-tebow-could-be-blessing-in-disguise-of-qb-is-willing-to-take-stock-145252244.html A week later, the Broncos played against the New England Patriots, a team that was almost comically bad on defense at the time. Instead, the Patriots made Tebow look like he needed to go back to Nease High in Jacksonville for remedial work. The Patriots played the simplest two-deep zone that you could imagine, refusing to blitz him until he broke the pocket. The result was a 9-of-26, 136-yard passing performance along with only 13 yards rushing on five carries. This was the kind of game where even an average NFL quarterback would have thrown for 300 yards, as one AFC coach said a month later. Granted, that quarterback still would have lost to the Patriots and Tom Brady, but that's not the point. This was yet another illustration that Tebow isn't ready to play conventional NFL football and he's not quick enough to play read-option all the time. Tebow can't read defenses. He can't explain the differences between two-deep, three-deep and zero coverage, much less see them. He was never trained to do that at Florida by Urban Meyer…. Blame that reality on whatever you want. It could be the fact that Tebow is dyslexic. Coaches and players who were with him in Denver say that Tebow would get to the line and immediately lose track of the play call from the huddle in the jumble of what he was told and what he saw across the line.

As long as he doesn't become winded.

Sound thinking.

Gotta run to work so I'll address this silliness later. But in your attempts at being "objective" this sentence is particularly ridiculous. More to the truth, the Jets have missed the playoffs the last two years.

I'm not sure what you're reading because the article by Dan Hanzus was mocking and scornful of both Norris and Tebow. Also, to judge Norris' work you might want to actually link to it: http://www.wnd.com/2013/05/the-ultimate-clutch-player/

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That's weird. It says right here that in the most recent NFL game either team played that Sanchez went 17-35 for 205 yards and 1 int in a 28-9 Jets loss to the Bills. BTW, damn !@#$ right we slam Sanchez. We also slam Brady. It's what every NFL fan does when it comes to the quarterback of a divisional rival.

He had back issues in college? Do you have a link for this? I know he played all four years, started 3 games as a freshman before starting his last 3 years and didn't miss a game to injury. I'm surprised to hear he had back issues at UCF.

And rightly so. I'm sure fans of the other AFC East teams will be having a field day with this. The only mitigating factor is that the Bills have become somewhat irrelevant. However I'm sure if you read the PFT comments on this subject (and on the Bills Mount Rushmore subject) you'll find plenty of venom towards and sport being made of the Bills. It's the nature of the beast.

I just read the article. Let me start by saying that I believe that both individuals and corporations pay too much in taxes in this country. I also believe that the amount in question (in the grand scheme of things) is insignificant. Also the piece is written by Doug Farrar who's an excellent football writer but is quite possibly not qualified to editorialize on this subject. That said, I'm troubled by the idea that the NFL can enjoy the same status as, for instance, a Chamber of Commerce. In addition, there's some sort of shell game going on with the NFL's money. I think it's a very fair question as to whether this is an appropriate tax status for professional sports leagues.

Thanks WEO. It's interesting that MLB gave up their tax exempt status.

So he had a firm hand on the tiller?

Well, at least we'll see the baby!

You got off with Urlacher?

I'll take the over. Of course I always take the over so it's not any sort of prediction.

Which brings me to a question you've been asked before: Is the misspelling of sandwich in your username intentional?

Two questions in my mind: 1) Is this a valid legal status? 2) Is this an appropriate status? The NFL as a whole is a money-making venture after all. Still haven't had a moment to read the article but the implied question is whether this status is a justifiable tax dodge. What is the status of the NBA? The NHL? Major League Baseball? These are the first and most obvious questions.

Or, he was being manipulative. Just another possibility.

Legit nominee for sure.

Besides Crabtree, two of the other top 5 receivers on the Niners, Kyle Williams and Mario Manningham are coming off ACL injuries. Plus they lost Delaney Walker in free agency….

In the last 5 games of last year, Crabtree had 3 100-yard receiving games including torching Patrick Peterson for 172 yards and 2 TDs. In 3 playoff games he had 2 more 100-yard games including the Super Bowl and 3 TDs. Crabtree's an ascending player who is considered part of the nucleus on that team. The word is that he's bulked up and is in "the best shape of his life." http://blogs.sacbee.com/49ers/archives/2013/05/the-skinny-aj-jenkins-muscled-up-this-offseason.html

If you added the NFL to that list, you could then ask the question "which one of these things is not like the others?" Haven't read the article yet but I'm curious to know more on the subject.

Wow. By the end of last year, he was one of the best receivers in the league. This is major.