Malazan

Exactly, how many hallucinagenics are you willing to take?

Can you tell me the four players who were on the line for the majority of that drive? what does 'vaulted' mean in this context?

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Something about the Presidential election

I wish they added a feature that data mined your posts and weighed your opinions so like when someone goes apesh*t over a rookie QB in preseason, it would like add a tag to their post that says, "I thought Rob Johnson, JP Losman and Trend Edwards were good choices too".

I'm not sure that is their base offense. Thought they played a modified spread which has they put a second TE out there.

The question is, will you be excited to see him play after a game that matters

That has been their history. it would be interesting. We might see a lot of two TE sets.

I'll defer the k-9's post following this one. It's much better.

or send a great message. If people actually read the whole article he answers *why* that is the right thing to say in that same article.

That offense does not exist outside of imagination. I'd be interested in more theories on it though and how those theories compare and contract to the stats from last year. Every NFL coach disagrees with you. Every team needs the guy who can pickup 3rd and 2. Teams often have a 3rd down specialist. I notice that instead of bringing up stats and numbers, you're relying on the 'feeling' argument and also ignoring the question of what does getting rid of him, 'gain'. How does *not* having Brad Smith in the 3rd QB slot help. You're proposing to remove him for Tyler Thigpen (please note, his roster spot is Thigpen's spot. The Kicker, Potter will not take the '3rd QB spot'. If it's not Brad Smith, it's Tyler Thigpen).

He was one of the top rated QBs in the first half of the season. Did you mean "Fitz has to be waaay more consistent than he has ever been to get us anywhere"?

I don't get this. He seems like a great guy who could be a good player, but he hasn't shown anything that points to him being ready to start. Somehow, the name, Tank, seems to have qualified him for the hall of fame though.

It's ok not to know much about professional athletes. They use many motivational techniques such as bulletin board material, rousing speeches from coaches, bounties, accountability, etc. I'm sure as you watch professional sports more, you'll pick up on these things. We were all newbies at one time so ask any questions about things that confuse you and there's likely somebody who can answer it for you.

The price would likely include a legitimate starter in addition to the #1 pick as another number one or package of picks that would make the Ricky Williams thing look sane.

3rd and 1: Wildcat had a 60% success rate. Smith was only stopped one time. 3rd and 2: Wildcat was 100% successful. You are welcome to keep denying the numbers all you want. It doesn't change them. I'd like to meet the NFL coach who if you told him, you had a 3rd down back that was just under %100 on 3rd and 2 or less, that he'd think 4 million a year is a dealbreaker. Why is this a concern? He's producing on 3rd down when he is called on. If you cut every player that didn't live up to their contract, there would be very few players. Mario Williams is unlikely to ever live up to his contract, should we cut him? Who's this receiver that was unavailable to the Bills due to money?

90% of the people bitching couldn't tell you what conference troup was in off the top of their heads.

Yes, if Fitz and VY goes down, we'll be thanking the gods for Tyler Thigpen....riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight. Since the people who wanted to cut him have no idea, I'll supply the numbers: 3rd and 1: Wildcat had a 60% success rate. Smith was only stopped one time. 3rd and 2: Wildcat was 100% successful. That's disregarding his ability as a returner. I honestly have no idea why people want to cut 80% of the depth on this team. Especially guys who who are money on 3rd down.

all of you who want to cut him, can you tell me his 3rd down success percentage out of the wildcat last season? If you can't, you should probably consider whether your opinion is based on how you 'feel' (something you should discuss with a therapist) or hard evidence.

Preseason Win % | Regular Season Win % 1.000 | 0.495 0.750+ | 0.508 0.500+ | 0.535 0.400+ | 0.533 0.250+ | 0.442 0.000+ | 0.450 0.000 | 0.473 Brian Costello of the NYT: "Marvin Lewis called Rex Ryan before the game to hash over some details, one of which was to request that he not run the Wildcat against him. Ryan obliged his former defensive coordinator from their time in Baltimore," Marvin lewis takes it seriously. For sure. ------ Ed Kilgore: "As for the preseason, coaches and players will tell you the games mean something because, well, they DO keep score after all. But that just isn't all that true. We all know that Marv Levy could have cared less about the pre season during the Bills Super Bowl runs, but once the regular season kicked off, his teams were ready to play." ------ That's three well respected coaches and numbers telling you that they don't take starters playingin preseason game seriously. Coaches’ primary goals are to have a virtually injury-free, established 53-man roster, discover a few guys, and gain experience and reps. Essentially, for coaches, preseason is the main opportunity to focus on the players by developing talent and teaching the game.

Vet's just unhappy. Bills winning won't change that.

I would rather have had Andrew Luck. Another Buddy asleep at the wheel moment missing out on trading for him.

His 'elite' category needs to be much smaller.

That is strange because all coaches and players (not fighting for a roster spot) disagree with you beyond lipservice quotes. Ask Tom Brady how important it is...an offense based around timing and passing...he has 7 pass attempt for 30 yards int he preseason. How many coaches and players would gladly do away with preseason?

Welcome to 'Objectivity'