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Or what his favorite Dustin Hoffman role is.

That's the point though. Make it abundantly clear what other teams are willing to give up for Byrd so that Parker comes back to the negotiating table with the Bills with a realistic level of expectation, and knowing full well exactly how much leverage he really has (not much).

When I'm not flying off the handle at people like WEO and NDBUFFCUSEFAN, I can be quite level-headed.

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Yeah, apparently all these guys were able to wake up in the morning and fulfill their obligations and instruct the high school kids who look up to them: Others attending include Allstate Sugar Bowl Most Valuable Player Teddy Bridgewater of Louisville, A.J. McCarron of national champion Alabama, Zach Mettenberger of LSU, Nick Montana of Tulane, Tajh Boyd of Clemson, Jeff Driskel of Florida, James Franklin of Missouri, Tanner Price of West Forest, Marcus Mariota of Oregon, Aaron Murray of Georgia, Tyler Russell of Mississippi State, Connor Shaw of South Carolina, Justin Worley of Tennessee, Scotty Young of Louisiana Tech, Bo Wallace of Ole Miss, D.J. Williams of Grambling, son of Doug Williams, and Kolton Browning of ULM. http://www.sportsnol...ticipants-.html

Obviously the most dubious of the coaching hires. Also, Marrone and Crossman go way back so there's that too. The only thing that I could think of as a possible defense of Crossman is that a special teams coach is only as good as his head coach allows him to be. In other words special teams coaches are constrained by how much practice time they are allowed and which players they are allowed. If a head coach doesn't put proper importance on special teams (Wade Phillips anyone?) then that special teams coach is likely doomed to fail. I'm not saying this is the reason for Crossman's mediocre track record… I'm saying that it could possibly be a reason.

Damned fine lacrosse player too.

He's not just another 20 year old. Section 122 speaks for me on this matter. EXACTLY. For some reason a lot of people posting here are having a hard time distinguishing between a 20 year old BMOC going out drinking on any given night and the same person doing it before a big event (being a celebrity instructor at The Manning Passing Academy is a big deal for all involved) and after being kicked out from said big event. The guy does something to draw significant negative attention to himself and his response to that is to go out drinking? I was an irresponsible partyer too but Johnny's actions are a little bit more significant than just going out for a little fun. He couldn't take ONE night off? He possibly has a drinking problem. Exactly. He was known as Broadway Joe, not Hackberry Joe.

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Exactly. Allowing Parker to seek a trade within certain parameters would settle the issue of Byrd's market value. Well done.

I disagree. I think what happened is that Marrone never considered that he was having a conversation with a Bills fan who happens to post regularly on the most viewed Bills message board.

More likely they were holding their breath, hoping beyond hope that he'd stay on the straight and narrow.

Cost overruns? That would be in the contract. In Atlanta, any cost overruns for the Falcons new stadium will be absorbed by the team, not the taxpayers. Anyways, that wasn't the point of my earlier post. The point is that you're seeing more and more stadium projects where private money makes up the majority of the financing whereas it was not long ago where the majority of financing was always at the taxpayers' expense. In Pittsburgh for Heinz Field, the financing was 25% private, 75% public. When PNC Park in Pittsburgh (home of the Pirates) was built the stadium was 20% private, 80% public. When Lucas Oil Field 5 was built 5 years ago, the Colts only paid for 16% of the cost. This was typical of stadium projects not even 10 years ago. My citing of the Raiders project was to show the continued trend that the financing is shifting in stadium deals towards more private money. If the people in Oakland only have to ante up 37% of the cost of the new stadium to keep their beloved football team, I think that's not a bad deal at all.

People like that are the problem with this country.

On the other hand though Peppers signed his contract 2 years previous to Mario's so there was more or less the normal amount of inflation, The reason Byrd wants to be highest paid is presumably because he knows that subsequent safety contracts will exceed his. However with a suddenly flat salary cap, this may or may not be as true as it has been in the past.

That depends on your source. I've seen studies suggesting that as many as 93% of stats are made up and other studies stating that as few as 62% of stats are made up

The Oakland Raiders, after digesting the findings in a stadium study they commissioned have proposed an $800 million stadium which will seat 50,000 which would be the smallest in the NFL. Their proposal is to spend $300 million of their own money, get a $200 million loan from the NFL, and have the remaining $300 financed. That's a pretty fair breakdown: 37% private 25% from the league, 37% public. While I'd like to see 100% private funding, this is heading in the right direction. The one positive thing I'll say about Jerry Jones is that he financed the majority of the Cowboys stadium. BTW, the ownership of the San Francisco Giants paid almost entirely for AT&T Park.

I was gonna post the same thing. What does he mean by "everyone??????"

^^^^^^^^^^ I hardly think my description was a "nefarious portrayal." It was pretty much a neutral statement of the facts. arrest + disorderly conduct + fake ID + night of drinking

Hope it comes in handy. I keep it on my desktop during our fantasy football draft. Typically the 12 of us all draft in the same room and we're all at our laptops so it comes in handy along with these ones: http://instantrimshot.com/index.php?sound=priceiswrong http://soundfxnow.com/tag/game/ This last one also has the Final Jeopardy music which I use when someone is taking too long to make their pick.

How do you… never mind.

I've never been to Moe's but it sounds dissimilar. The main things you have to know about Mighty Taco: Mighty Taco built their success on what I'd call Gringo Mex, not anything closely resembling Mexican or Tex-Mex. In other words, the tacos and burritos which made them famous are made with ground beef, not sliced beef or sliced chicken. The first time many Buffalonians had "a mighty" was at 4 in the morning or thereabouts… after a night out on the town. Some of the popularity of Mighty Taco is based on a combination of habit, nostalgia, and sentimentality. There's an outside chance that you won't like their product but seeing as you're on a WNY football and culinary journey, it's highly advisable that you try it out, if only to cross it off your list. That said I find their food scrumptious. The flavor and texture are good and the portions are satisfying both by weight and by effect.

Perhaps it was the lack of a glove which contributed to his lack of accuracy?

Well, there's a difference between the person who demonstrates a hearty enjoyment of alcohol before he's drafted and the person who demonstrates the same after he's drafted. Perhaps I should have said, "For his own sake, the kid needs to straighten his act out"

http://instantrimshot.com/classic/?sound=rimshot