San Jose Bills Fan

You still in Morton's Corners? I LOVE me some Southern Erie Country… one of the most beautiful places on earth for this boy.

Nope I'm just the messenger. According to me in the "Dinner's on Me" thread, the Bills are going 15-1 this season!

He's not right? Why then why don't you state your counter opinion? Why is Bob wrong? If you think you know the objective of oddsmakers, why don't you just come out and say that it is? According to the link that Code Monkey posted, this is what the oddsmakers strive for… it sound pretty similar to what Bob Chalmers said: "Now, if a bookmakers job was solely to predict the final score of a game, we could safely state that they aren’t getting any better at their jobs. But that’s not their job. Instead, they’re trying to manage to a balanced book so correctly predicting the final score differential is a distant second to ensuring their line generates equal betting action on both sides of the game. It’s irrelevant to the bookmaker if the final score makes that point spread look ‘wrong’ by 5, 10 or 20 points."

Yes we did. Someone else brought up the idea of pursuing Braylon. And it'll probably happen again some time in June.

Also with TJ Graham's background as a top NCAA sprinter, he probably belongs there too… as does Ron Brooks who appears to be an exceptional athlete. It seems like the OP favored big guys on his list.

? Levitre has short arms and that's why despite playing tackle in college, he was projected to guard in the NFL. He's not horrible as an NFL tackle but whatever success he has on the outside is in spite of his arm length. As for Zebrie Sanders, wouldn't that be kinda funny if he became an official after his playing days were over? He'd be Zebrie the Zebra.

I have to disagree with SDS. My view is that football will weather this storm because of: 1) improvements in equipment 2) increased protocols/precautions (ie-baseline testing) 3) rule changes many of which have already been instituted (deal with it people… consider the alternative) 4) a re-evaluation of football fundamentals such as tackling accompanied by a de-emphasis on the use of the head (helmet) as a weapon As I've stated numerous times, there are aspects to football where the violence is gratuitous… Warren Sapp's hit on Chad Clifton… the hit on Kurt Warner during the interception return, and numerous spearing and "excessive force" infractions. If you can't enjoy football without these elements, I would suggest that you're the person who can't watch auto racing without the crashes… or hockey games without the fights. I'll be perfectly happy watching a slightly less savage form of american football. It'll still be plenty brutal even with some of the changes. You'll still have great, hard-hitting games. You'll still have teams "imposing their will." What you'll lose is the criminally violent aspect which didn't even exist in the game until fairly recently.

Glenn will be the starter on opening day.

The wife and I ate in tonight.

Do you have any dietary limitations?

I think they announced the finalists… Megatron and Cam Newton.

Why are you so negative?

He links to a story about 31-year old offensive lineman Jacob Bell deciding to retire just 5 weeks after signing for the veteran minimum with the Bengals. Bell was quoted as mentioning Junior Seau and being concerned about his long-term health and measuring that against the additional $825,000 he would have made for playing one more season. Of course the OP was so disjointed that for all we know he thinks it was Demetress Bell who retired due to concussions.

whiskey, tango, bravo… Crayonz?

Deported? To where?

He must have some large-caliber "guns."

? Have you spoken with Crayonz about this?

In the "Dinner's on Me" topic, I predicted the Bills would go 15-1 so I think you're basically preaching to the choir.

I love London Fletcher but that was 5 years ago… Jabari Greer was 3 years ago. That was the old regime.

Interesting. When I worked in the sports media, a lot of the retired Sabres would sit in a similar relative place in the Aud and the Arena (higher up in the lower bowl at one end of the venue). They always said it was the best place to watch the game. Speaking for hockey, the boards are an obstruction so it makes sense to sit behind the end boards rather than the side boards. Also that vantage point is a nice compromise between intimacy and overview and a good compromise between the vertical and horizontal perspectives.

Hopefully the Bills don't eat at the same time they're showing us the baby.

If I agree with the original thought, do I go + or - ?

TCali is a great guy… he lives up that ways.

And then you finally gave Cater the boot? I met Kurt Schulz once. I was working at Hodge Liquors (along with a few others, the oldest liquor store in the US as it opened the day after Prohibition was repealed) and Schulz came in with his girlfriend (wife-to-be). I guess he used to hang in the Elmwood Village a bit. Anyways he's from the state of Washington and asked me what Washington State wines we carried. We got to talking a bit and he seemed like a pretty cool guy. As for Kendrick Office, that seems a bit arbitrary. There's been thousands of mediocre, nondescript guys who've played for the Bills. Any reason for your dislike?

I hear every free agent and draftee is really pissed off at Kelsay. The unresolved number issue for Mario Williams is the domino that's keeping everything standing. He's the big guy and without having a number, they don't want to issue others thus, going out of order.