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    Sully is at it again but I find it hard to argue this time.

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    He's a columnist, meaning he writes his opinion. He's supposed to have an agenda, that's the point. As a writer, you should know the difference.

     

    Having an opinion does not mean having an agenda. Having an opinion requires evaluating the facts and making an informed decision on those facts. As a newspaper writer, he would generally have access to certain kinds of knowledge that his readers would not. Having an agenda means that he is pushing a particular theme, over the course of several pieces, which works outside his opinion, or fact, to establish that agenda.

     

    As someone who communicates in English, you should understand the difference.

    Sully is at it again but I find it hard to argue this time.

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    I happen to respect the man's articles and work. As a fan, I am eager to read his article's and listen to his opinion's because they "ring truth to my ears." IMHO, the man is spot on with his criticism of the Bills. I respect his forthright honesty and it never gets old to me. It doesn't get old because things haven't changed much in last ten years or so. Maybe, you are not aware of the Bills past performances? Maybe, Jerry can get some new material when things change around one bills drive. Until then, I will continue to support what Jerry has to say. In journalism, I thought speaking the truth went a long way. Personally, I could care less about whether he is a basketball guy, a SOB, a unhappy man, or the journalist caught in the wrong job, etc...All I know is the man speaks truth in an industry which often doesn't.

     

    Jerry, if your listening you keep on speaking the truth and I will keep on reading it.

     

    Well, the thing is, you're not really the arbiter of what is and isn't the truth. So there are many instances in which I don't think he's speaking the truth, necessarily. Different strokes for different folks, naturally. You're entitled to enjoy him every bit as much as those of us who don't enjoy him.

     

    Jerry, if you're reading this, do yourself and your paper and your community a favor and call it a career. There are plenty of reporters out there who I am sure are hungry and ready to do twice the work that you do...

    Hardy practiced & might play against Cincy

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    I think Hardy is not going to be cut. If Easley didn't have his season end the way it did, maybe. The only reason Johnson makes the team is for ST purposes alone. I think buffaloaggie's list is pretty much dead on.

     

    The only way Johnson makes the team is for special team purposes? I thought Johnson was locked in at #2?

     

    How would you rank our current receivers in terms of value to the Bills? At the most they keep 6. Likely 5 are going to get most of the playing time. So who get's cut? Hardy is not in the top 5 right now he would have to have an outstanding game against Cinci to get there or someone has to get hurt.

     

    Before the rash of injuries, Gailey said he was thinking they'd suit up 5 WR on a weekly basis. With the TE problems and Easley gone, that might change now, but to be #6 at the moment is probably an uncomfortable place.

    Sully is at it again but I find it hard to argue this time.

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    Peevo, I really agreed your post. IMHO, most Bills fans just will not accept when a journalist writes negative comments about their team. Proof being even when he is correct he receives a backlash of negative comments. (ie) Fans saying it doesn't matter if he is wrong or right...

     

    I happen to agree with most of what he said. I am able to analyze what he says w/o personalizing him.

     

    I disagree with this totally. I think from reading this board and other boards, the majority of Bills fans accept most criticisms of the team, while taking issue with the disrespectful way in which some media covers the team. There are also plenty of media members who are down on the team who do so respectfully who I've rarely seen criticized here. Being right about something does not give someone the right to be freely vitriolic whenever they please. Look: There are times when Jerry Sullivan has been on the radio, been plainly told by a caller or radio host a factual thing (as in, the sky is blue -- inescapable fact) that counters his argument, and he will not relent. That is agenda based, and as a journalist, that makes him bad at his job.

    Sully is at it again but I find it hard to argue this time.

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    I can't stand Sullivan and in fact don't read the guy, just get subjected occasionally to his anger on the radio. He's obviously an angry, self-loathing individual. No one can be that argumentative and spiteful over something as meaningless as football unless he's wracked with his own issues, and that is definitely the case with this guy. I've said it before on this board, he's a columnist in a newspaper that doesn't rank in the top 50 in the country for readership and is in a one newspaper town. That should tell you all you need to know about his skills and ability. If he was good, he;d be somewhere else, not toiling in obscurity.

     

    All that beind said, if he says our LBs suck, I'll take his back here. Poz is overrated and the rest as miscast and castoffs. Look, a LB is someone who makes an impact the first day he steps on the field. It's not a position where you need to grow and learn in the NFL. You have it or you don't. Great ones are impact players immediately. We don't have one. You can't look at them singularly as a group. They have to be measured in context with the rest of the NFl, both as a group and as individuals and both ways, they don't stack up. I see it as a weakness, not an asset.

     

     

    Well I don't agree that all good newspaper writers belong to major newspapers (there are plenty of up-and-comers or small-town guys that are good), and I don't think writing for a major newspaper lends any sort of credibility to quality.

     

    But Mr. Sullivan is bad at his job. It's not that he is harsh on the Bills that's the problem, it is that he's redundant, humorless and predictable. His writing is boring -- the prose is awful.

     

    I'm a writer. I work with other writers. I've talked with sports journalists about Jerry Sullivan. People don't take him seriously. Not because he writes for the Buffalo News (which is the paper of record for a pretty big population of people, still) but because he's sort of a guy who shows up with the curmudgeonly scowl on his face -- who can only praise things with which he is not associated. A grass-is-always-greener type. I think with Jerry, his talent left him a long time ago with his any reasonable sensibility. There seems to be some feelings from Mr. Sullivan that he's stuck in a place where his work has no impact. This frustration seems to come out in this really awkward bitterness toward people he perceives "accept" that so-called mediocrity.

     

    I also really hate his frequent and false protestations that he's not a fan. He's a basketball guy at heart and works in a non-basketball town, and I think that's part of the problem. But writing of any kind -- copywriting, technical, freelance poetry for crying out loud, is a labor of love. You don't do it unless you love it. And to write about certain subjects for this long obviously makes him a fan of those subjects. You don't write about legal and court issues for decades if you're not interested in the law and the court. You don't write about the Bills for decades if you're not interested in the Bills. This isn't a means-to-an-end, work-because-I-have-to clerical type job.

     

    So I hate when guys like Sullivan or Schopp hold that over other fans heads. Not only are they fans, they are some of the biggest fans there are.

    Bills in Madden 11

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    I apologize if there is already a Bills-Madden 11 thread, I couldn't figure out how to search with the new board :bag:

     

    Overall, I like this Madden but there's a couple things I can't stand. I constantly find Kyle Williams or Troup offsides when the opposing O is in hurry up. Also the game switching my players before the snap is kinda annoying as well. Changing the buttons for the Defensive alignments and coverages was kinda weak. I kinda like the no turbo button, it makes it easier to control the RB I think, and Spiller just is amazing in the game. I'm constantly busting off huge gains with him. Jackson is pretty good in the game too, very hard to bring down. Edwards is surprisingly accurate on most throws. I have Easley as my #4 and he catches everything thrown at him. Too bad the kid is hurt, I was really excited to see him play this season. Plus I'm originally from CT. :D

     

    Feel free to add me on Xbox Live if anyone plays - sevenw0rds (the 0 is a zero). I call dibs on the Bills. :w00t:

     

    Edit: and now I find the search bar. :wallbash:

     

    I wish that the Injured Reserve worked properly so that I could sign another guy to my roster without having to cut someone.

     

    I went 9-7 with the Bills in 2010. Trent Edwards went 5-4, Levi Brown went 4-3. I let Fitzpatrick and Edwards contracts expire, waived Brohm. Brown is the starter. Signed UFA's Josh McCown and Josh Johnson to back them up. Finished 2011 at 11-5, hosting a playoff game against the Patriots.

     

    In 2011 CJ Spiller ran for 1600 yards as the feature back (800 in 2010 in platoon duty).

     

    I drafted Luther Davis and DeVier Posey in the first and second round.

    Easley and Batten to IR

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    Posted · Edited by wardigital

    Of course! How did I miss that? :doh:

     

    PTR

     

     

    Well, if we're looking from last year we have a lot of different guys (from opening day, anyway). Different #2 and #3 WR, will have a different #1 TE now at least for the first four games, no Butler, no Schobel.

     

    If we go back a few years then we're missing virtually the entire O-Line and a CB as well.

     

    Now, I agree with you that they'll probably win 6 or 7 games again, but I do think that the roster, at least on paper, is the ugliest since the 3-13 season.

     

    We have had a couple definite improvements though, too. Byrd, the running backs and maybe Andra Davis. Also Trent Edwards is probably a very small, marginal improvement over JP Losman, so there's that.

    Unexpected source sheds light on Bills

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    :wallbash: how :wallbash: many :wallbash: current :wallbash: Bills :wallbash: have :wallbash: an NBA HOFer :wallbash: they :wallbash: call :wallbash: daddy?

     

    What does that have to do with morality or character? (Or even Family?)

     

    We've had a lot of Ivy league people involved with the organization recently and that hasn't amounted to much intelligence. And it wouldn't mean anything a commencement speech at Yale or something said had anything to do with the Bills.

     

    Perhaps if you bashed your head against the wall less, you wouldn't accept so many silly premises. :P

    Unexpected source sheds light on Bills

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    The brilliance of crayonz joke is that he gets literally everyone to accept the premise. Why should the Bills take character cues from any basketball player? There would be thousands of people in thousands of occupations throughout history who would serve as better examples, regardless of whether or not Malone is a good guy or whether or not the Basketball Hall of Fame is a class organization.

     

    The joke is in the absurdity of getting you to accept the premise.

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