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Wait- what's sarcasm font?

I actually googled "IOW" and two things come inferring that it may mean "in other words" followed by pages of results for the "Isle of Wight" off the coast of mainland England; evidently IOW is a fairly common acronym for the Isle of Wight. So it's not like you asked me to look up who won the War of 1812 or a mathematical equation. "IOW" is not an official thing that I can just go look up and find a definitive answer to. Next time, just say "in other words," would ya? You'll feel like a kid again, I promise you.

See that one I got. Is there a database for all made up internet acronyms that I can refer to next time? And I can see how "IOW" could come in handy. Typing "in other words" is thoroughly exhausting. Phew, can't believe I just did it.

Also I can't believe Aaron Williams has the same giant Jesus "all eyes on me" shirt as I do.

Guys we need to relax on the overuse of acronyms. FWIW everyone knows, that's OK. But you can't just make them up. Pray tell, what does "IOW" stand for?

Also why is everyone all, "Yeah I know Sammy, he would never get in a fight at a bar... Doesn't sound like the Sammy I know..." Not saying he was involved but how does everyone know him so well?

I think it's wise that we wait for the results of that paternity test (insert Maury Povich joke here) before you give the dude a free pass on that one. There's still a lot of info that we're going to find out in the next few weeks. Back to the topic at hand...

Philbin looks EXACTLY like Ted's dad in Bill and Ted's.

Wow. I actually agree with you on this one wholeheartedly.

What if he's good though? I mean I literally have never heard anyone be this critical of guys we have who have been in the league for two years- "he's only played two years... give him time... Doug Marrone is now coaching for Jacksonville..." Yet people are adamantly critical of a guy who hasn't even participated in a minicamp session as of yet. This board is thoroughly amusing and frustrating sometimes.

We happen to have a very unique situation- we have a guy who is one of the best field goal kickers in the league yet one of the very worst at kicking the ball to the end zone on kickoffs. I would strongly disagree with anyone who did not think Jordan Gay was worth a roster spot last season. He is taking the spot of a backup/special teamer. Don't forget, there are always going to be injuries. By the time the games came around there were only a few players that he dressed in place of- Koundjio, maybe Randell Johnson, etc. The yardage we gain in field position by dressing him vastly outweighs the value in dressing an 8th lineman or something.

Kenny Ladler will make the team before Meeks. Also I think Jordan Gay is absolutely worth a roster spot and I'm willing to bet the Bills feel the same.

Ha. That may be the first time I would openly admit to trolling for a response.

Let me know when EJ Manuel ruins a practice by embarrassing the secondary.

Freaking Obama.

Not trying to argue and certainly not trying to turn this into an EJ thread. I believe I have been pretty consistent though: a) I'm not going to pretend to know more about how good a college player is going to be from catching a few 4th quarters on ESPN than an NFL scouting department. I trust Doug Whaley. If he loves Grayson or Petty or whoever and the Bills draft them then it will be pretty easy to sell me on them. b) I think it's ridiculous for someone to scoff at or dismiss the idea of trading for a guy who is two seasons removed from one of the best rookie seasons in the history of the NFL while telling everyone it's way too early to judge EJ Manuel. And c) for the record, I am all for giving Manuel a chance. I would be thrilled if he took control and emerged as the franchise QB. I just don't think it's going to happen at this point.

If you love one of the QB's you take them. If you don't you don't. But you don't not take a QB even if you love him because you have Matt Cassel, EJ Manuel and Tyrod Taylor on your roster.

I don't feel victimized whatsoever. Look at this thread right now- people scrutinizing his age because he's like one year older than most seniors. I'm just pointing out the irony, that's all. My biggest pet peeve is when people have unwavering, steadfast opinions on how good of a pro these kids are gonna be before they're even drafted. I remember in 2011, half this board was all "BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!! I can't believe Carolina is actually gonna take Newton!!!!! What a joke!!!!!" As opinionated as I am, I prefer to judge players after they've been in the league a couple years. Half you guys are like the 15 year old Jets fans in the audience who put their hands on their head in disbelief when the Jets take a cornerback in the fourth round on day three of the draft because he wasn't the highest rated cornerback on Mel Kiper's big board. It's a freaking crapshoot.

This is the thread where people will tell me how good or not good Bryce petty is going to be as a pro yet many of those same people tell me I'm not allowed to have an opinion on Manuel yet because it's still way too early. That being said, I like petty a lot and would be thrilled if they could get him at 50.

This is such a wonderful thread. An incorrect rumor based on nothing and then all of my very favorite posters- you got the "IN" people and then the people who scoff at the idea of RGIII yet defend EJ Manuel.

Really? If Norwood's kick is a few feet to he left, Kelly has one. If that dude on the Rams doesn't make that tackle, McNair has one. And that's just the guys whose scores we actually know of. I have a hard time believing that Ben freaking Roethlisberger scored higher than 22.

You're g****mn right he did.

Hell yeah. I feel ya brother.

Right I get that too. Most reporters are probably saying, the pats game is one of the harder games on our schedule, I'll give them a loss in that one. But I don't think many people will have them going 13-3 this year. This is just so stupid. Who cares what the mike rodaks predict for a bills-redskins game in December in freaking April? I know the lions reporter from college. He is a complete strunz. Let's all just move to the next post. This is not "bulletin board" material for the bills, it's tabloid sports gossip, it's utterly meaningless.

I kind of think people don't really get what type of prediction this is. Each team's reporters picked their game by game and the record is based off of those predictions. So I'm sure every team's reporters that play Jacksonville has them winning so I'm sure the Jacksonville prediction is 0-16. That doesn't mean anyone thinks the jaguars will actually go 0-16. Just like no one thinks the bills will actually be 5-11.