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I liked Gailey from the start, outside of the perplexing Kelsay extension. Perhaps that's more on Nix. There are two things I appreciate of Gailey as a fan: 1. The adjustments at the half. 2. This team plays to win.

What a nightmare.

The Denver one is the best. Literally did the LOL on that.

No more one year wonders on defense. We've learned our lesson. *Hopefully*

I'd argue the experiment failed instantly by having it played at the crappy Rogers Centre, which is, and will remain, the Skydome to me. The Toronto experiment would have benefited from having the game played outside in Toronto, on real grass, and set it up like the Winter Classic for the NHL..."make" the field somewhere. Whatever. Just something more unique than the bland product of two teams playing in a dome on artificial turf. Big deal.

I'll take Fitzpatrick. I admit that I was not a Fitzpatrick guy at the beginning of the season, but I've loved the way he's played. For a while there, he was the only man on the team that showed up to play, especially the Jets game. As a fan I admire that. I think his absolutely lethal timing for throwing an INT can be corrected. I think it takes time, coaching and mental adjustment to fully move from backup to starting QB. Besides, the more you play, the more you learn. He's only had 29 starts in his career (six seasons), including yesterday.

I think he "saw the light" with the prison stint. Prison destroyed that cloak of invincibility he thought he had. I think he is truly grateful for not A) being in prison and B) getting a second shot in the NFL. Without it, he'd not only be flat broke, owing millions of dollars to creditors, but have no means to ever pay it back.

Does anybody know *why* Alex Carrington is always inactive? You'd think he'd be good against the run.

His show is unwatchable. It should be, due to the smoking hot co-host. But it isn't.

So it's cold. Wussbag. His kids must be proud, seeing dad B word about "weather".

You know the minute Luck proclaims he's coming out of college next year, the streak will begin. It's like an ancient doomsday machine winding up. We go from sure fire #1 pick to somewhere in the 20s. We'll even pull out a miraculous win in Tennessee during the playoffs just for spite.

Glazer is wrong. Buffalo is the perfect destination for a guy like Merriman. He needs a low key, zero expectations sort of place to play well to get that last big contract. He can get healthy here, get the big numbers and get straightened out. Lastly, I wouldn't be shocked should he perform, that Buffalo would give him the big contract. One less hole to fill via draft. This team has had an excellent track record in signing quality free agent linebackers, and I'd like to believe that team's confidence in him would be rewarded.

The worst that happens is that he bombs magnificently in Buffalo and goes away at the end of the season.

I would put my money on the riot happening. I wouldn't mind Merriman for the remainder of the year. If I were him, Buffalo would be the low key, low expectation place to prove I deserve another big contract.

After I sign Ngata *and* David Harris in free agency, I go with the meanest, largest man that can get to the quarterback. If Luck is there, yeah, you'd have to take him.

Wade will finish out the season. He won't be back for the next football season, as Jerry Jones will throw bags of money at A) Bill Cowher or B) Jon Gruden).

Who does the o-line analysis, where they break down the number of plays, etc.? I think it's in a poster's blog. That's the take I'd enjoy reading.

I was wrong about Fitzpatrick. Really was. Yesterday really opened my eyes relative to how he can play, along with his leadership. I will grow a Fitzbeard in support.

I told you guys earlier in the week...this is the day that Fitzpatrick throws for 301 yards on our way to our usual 7-9. :-)

I'd keep the guys we've got (with exception of Modrak) and see if they can build a winner from my embarrassingly large amount of money I'd have as owner and willing to put into the franchise. Oh, and have at least one Fan Appreciation Day a year, where all seats and parking cost $1 a piece. Build new fans, and reward those who have persevered.

After watching last night's game, +1 for Buddy Nix.

He will never be healthy again. He's never going to give you close to 16 games of performance at this point in his career. Sure he's young, but the massive amount of steroids he did in such a short time...tacked on a few chemical years of wear and tear on the joints in his body. It amuses me that those that want Merriman badly do not want Burgess or Thomas.

On Saturday, Andrew Luck will declare he'll be in the 2011 draft. On Sunday, the Bills will start their impressive seven game winning streak with a win against Baltimore. Fitzpatrick throws for 301 yards. Just because.

He'll never be healthy again. Those constant, nagging injuries to the joints and ligaments is the price you pay for steroid use.

There have been plenty of one and done coaches, but in most cases, the owners felt that the team had more talent than the record reflected, and the coach got the ax. Not the case in Buffalo, where Wilson admits the team is short on talent. Gailey, at minimum, gets next year.