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I got both conditions from campy from eating improperly cooked chicken wings. Within a week, I was paralyzed nearly head to toe, with my joints on fire, especially the hips and ridiculously close to being on a ventilator as the inflammation started taking hold of my lungs. That monster attacked wherever it could until it was stopped with IVIG and organ donor rejection drugs. Barely survived it ten years ago. Spent six months learning to walk again and eating with a fork. Spent five years regaining everything. So yeah, it's possible.

I'm going to go with campylobacter food poisoning, with either a wicked acute case of Guillain-Barré Syndrome or reactive arthritis. Both illnesses would easily put you on injured reserve and both hit hard and fast after the bacteria is in your system. Both take months to treat.

To beat the Raiders, the Bills must shut down the run like they did at KC and force Campbell to beat them. I like those odds. I don't think these Dolphins are built for Florida weather. They were gassed pretty quick last night in the heat and humidity and their player rotation strategy backfired. That, above anything else, allowed Brady to do what he did.

"Everett isn't leading the life he envisioned, but he seems to have found a rewarding purpose in his life.." True of nearly everyone on the planet. Informative article but I *hate* the tone of despair and woulda coulda instead of appreciating huge second chances and the family around you. Some men would kill to be able to walk and run again. Some men would kill to be around their children that much.

I wouldn't be so quick to put the Philly game as a "win" for Philadelphia. They will ride high on the hype wagon. Yesterday's game may have had a far different outcome if Steven Jackson hadn't gotten injured. He was a hot knife through butter of the Eagles defense. The Rams run defense kept McCoy and Vick at bay until halftime. Vick was sloppy and got sacked three times by a very inexperienced offensive line. You can get to him.

You should only look at the statistics from the 1st and 2nd quarter. I'd even argue just the 1st quarter only matters. KC had to abandon the run game early because of the lead. The Bills shut down the Kansas City Chiefs on the road at Arrowhead. That is an achievement. The Chiefs are a run first team, and they could not run when it mattered most. The end.

I didn't wear the colors today. No Bills hat, not even a Bills t-shirt. The SO pointed out that the weekends I didn't wear the colors last year due to having to be elsewhere or doing something else besides watching the Bills in the red, white and blue....they won. It worked today.

He's a pretty big DB. Yet another guy who buys a Glock because they are "cool" and so "gangster" and whoops, managed to put a round in his leg because he's had little training and carries it around chambered in his sweatpants. If idiocy was punishable under state law, looks like it's about a two year sentence.

Three things lead me to the belief that the Colts will probably pull off a 1997 San Antonio maneuver here and land Luck. 1. You need somebody to get the ball to those receivers. Collins hit a wall last year. Couple that the offensive line is used to Manning taking the majority of snaps from shotgun and Collins rarely did in Ten. 2. Addai needs holes to run through. People complain about the Bills line. Indy's isn't all that hot either. It's a combination of aging players and stopgaps with no depth. At all. 3. The defense is alright, but injury plagued. Outside of Mathis, Freeney and perhaps Brackett, it's an average defense that's injury prone.

I'd say yes they are. There isn't much to the Colts after you take away Manning. Indy has a mediocre *team* with aging stars that's in cap hell, especially if Manning can't play anymore. That's a team that's primed to crash and burn.

I thought the Forbes article was lousy. Didn't just give you a list. No, it had to be a list in pictures. I don't buy these numbers. There are teams with debt to their eyeballs, and that's why they played hardball with this most recent contract. So what that the team is worth X. If you want to buy the team, you really want to take on all of the existing debt too? To me, a mountain of debt degrades a team's "worth" to a buyer. Debt is the 800lb gorilla that Forbes and the NFL doesn't want to talk about.

I wouldn't want a coach that doesn't want to and expect to win. What's the purpose of playing the game or following it for that matter without that specific expectation?

Acquiring Sam Young and getting Roosevelt back into the fold are two sound moves. I'm glad to see them.

I think watching the Bills defense this weekend will make you think you're watching the Bills defense of the early 90s. It's full of pissed off players all with something to prove and it's being run by one of the bigger off-season acquisitions in the league in Dave Wannstedt.

My offense pick: Ryan Fitzpatrick. I feel this is the year he'll cement himself as the franchise quarterback. The continuity with the staff and receivers bodes well for a successful season. My defense pick: Nick Barnett. Provided he's healthy, he'll produce similar to 2007. 100+ tackles, few sacks, couple interceptions. The 2011 defense personnel mirrors, and in some ways, improves upon, the 2007 Packers defense.

I always got the impression that for whatever reason, cheating on your wife is one thing, and cheating on your wife who's pregnant is another, crossing a very big line for those in the media and the NFL. Little doubt in my mind he's being blacklisted by both.

The Comeback is my vote. Blockbuster game. One of the best in the game's history.

Tom Nutten John H. Davis

Manning is in that territory now of wondering if football is worth it. Spinal surgery is like doing a pull on a car frame. It's never quite the same. It's slightly weaker than it was. If you're Manning, do you wonder if you're one hit away from very serious injury that doesn't last a week or a season, but a lifetime? He's made a ton of money, and has a future in broadcasting and media after football.

They will be the Spurs of the NFL. Bad enough just one year to draft another once in a generation player. Without Manning, the Colts aren't that good.

Overall, I'm not sure any team knows what it has until the second game. That being said, considering the run defense is what led to many of the 12 losses last year, and the upgrades to it, I'd say yes, the Bills are improved. I don't see teams running on the Bills like they did last year.

He better make it to the practice squad.

The Bills and Titans both surprise this year and have another showdown in Nashville in the playoffs on January 8, 2012.

At ESPN, lazy journalism gets you the same paycheck as putting effort into writing a story. So why not just go the lazy route? Clayton has been mailing it in for years now. Research is hard.

I don't think anybody knows what they've got until the second week of the regular season. Preseason is all about experimenting with different players, plays, schemes, line calls, etc and trying not to give away regular season strategy to the battalion of opposing team operatives there filming the game and taking notes about what they see. First week of the regular season, every player on every team is stoked just to be out there and gives 150% effort. Second week games, things "settle" a little.