SageAgainstTheMachine

Ugh 20 degrees and a blizzard here in Ithaca. I'll be in Fort Myers in a week though.

I remember Paetsch playing well two years ago, but his game was incredibly sloppy this season. In just 11 games, he's racked up a negative 5 in the plus/minus. A lot of that was the direct result of bad giveaways in the defensive zone, a couple of times right in front of the net. And I agree, Butler shouldn't be up in Buffalo if our defense is at full strength. Once Rivet returns, he'll be headed back to the Pirates. But in terms of being a stop-gap defenseman, I just wonder why it took us 32 games to decide to give him a shot, as I've heard he's been considered NHL-ready for quite a bit now.

Use the present perfect tense much?

40 shots for the Kings, 22 shots for the Sabres...all in all, the difference was goaltending. I'm going to keep my eye on the Kings and see what they're capable of in the next couple seasons if they can get their hands on a real goaltender. As a Sabres fan though, you have to be excited by what you saw from Chris Butler. It makes me wonder why we wasted any time with Nathan Paetsch this season.

Agreed completely, but to answer the OP's question, people are calling Hardy a bust because he was a second round pick, while Steve Johnson was a 7th round pick. Frankly, any kind of production at all from a 7th rounder in his rookie season is a plus.

Uh, thanks.

What team did you play for? What position were you?

I don't get why I hear people complaining about ND getting a bowl bid. I don't like them either, but they're 6-6. That's bowl eligible, it's not like they're breaking any rules. Personally, I think a team should have to win 8 games to be bowl eligible, but this is the way it is.

When my niece was 2, she used to pronounce "fork" as f*ck. The best story came around Christmas though. It was cold outside, and she came into our house with her winter jacket on. After a while, she complained about being hot so I asked if she wanted to take her jacket off. She responded with, "No, I don't jack off."

And I was wrong. He went to San Jose State. My bad.

I'm pretty sure Jeff Garcia jumped right to the CFL, if I'm not mistaken. Of course, I could look these things up I suppose.

The following schools are represented by the 32 starting QBs in the NFL...just goes to prove a good pedigree isn't necessary to make a good QB AFC: Stanford Marshall Southern Mississippi USC Miami (Ohio) Miami (Florida) Harvard Delaware Tennessee Penn State Virginia East Carolina LSU Coastal Carolina NC State Vanderbilt NFC: Ole Miss Syracuse Auburn Eastern Illinois Central Florida Alabama State Purdue California Northern Iowa Maryland Boston College West Virginia Louisiana-Lafayette No College Purdue Boston College The only repeats are Purdue and BC and it's an overall eclectic list. I can see "Buffalo" sitting on there nicely

Well I think he got some good national exposure against Ball State on ESPN2. He didn't take the field all that often because of the fumble recovery TDs the Bulls had, but he tossed 3 good TDs to Naaman Roosevelt. He can definitely solidify a reputation by performing well in Toronto, and then who knows? With a good combine, I could definitely see round 3.

Very true. And Byron Leftwich. He isn't a starter, but he showed some signs of being back to form when Roethlisberger went down earlier this year. I could see him starting somewhere next year.

Yeah, I don't think OBD has any delusions of resigning Greer, that's why we drafted the way we did. Personally, I'd start McKelvin because a CB coming back from injury is always a scary thing to put in your starting lineup (think McGee against Ginn). On top of that, he would most likely be matched up against Eddie Royal, one of the speedier guys out there, as McGee will be matched up against the bigger threat Marshall. If Greer has lost half a step due to this injury, I do not want him on Royal.

yep, thats the ticket...im not the biggest RATM fan, but sage is my last name and I've always enjoyed the pun

That said, I'd hate to see the Bills draft him. It would put way too much pressure on Trent. We would be calling for Willy to start the first time that Trent threw a pick or fumbled the ball.

How in the world do you consider these horrible choices? Billick is a Super Bowl winning head coach and Nolan mightve sucked at being a HC, but how can you say you wouldn't want him as the DC? That's what vaulted him into the head coaching world in the first place.

Bobby April for MVP! Bobby April for President! Bobby April for Jesus!

Here's what I wonder. When an offensive or defensive coordinator is responsible for a consistently good unit (think Steve Spagnuolo and Jason Garrett), they pretty much instantly get on the hook for a fat contract as a head coach. But April has put out a consistently good product since he became our ST coach, and you don't even hear a whisper about a HC job for the guy. Yes, I realize that offensive and defensive prowess are higher priorities for any team, but April has been around football for a very long time, he has an intimate knowledge of the personnel on our team, you can tell that he has the respect and admiration of all the special teamers (you can just tell how excited they are to play their positions, even though it doesn't come with the fanfare of an offensive or defensive starter). So yeah, I say give the guy a chance before another team wises up to the idea and steals him out from under us.

Ummm, no matter how much money we came up with, we don't work for the Bills and we don't have the power to hire a coach. If I was a billionaire, do you think I could just call up Bill Cowher and say "I'm going over the head of the front office, you're hired for 10 million a year"? Of course not. How, in your mind, would this work?

Brilliant analysis, just brilliant.

Don't forget Leodis. Pretty solid day at corner after the first quarter, and wouldve had another TD without the ticky tack holding call on Corto.

That isn't crayonz, it's The Todd.