North Buffalo

Big power forward on Fordham, backup center with softhands but build like a linebacker 6'6" gave UMass fits when he was in. Believe he was a senior.

Whole crew of Buffalonians down there, lived there for 21 years and hung out on Sundays at Grevy's in Fallschurch and CJ Nickels in Springfield. Lots of transplants.

Revis was a nice luxury, Bills really need. To lock down a guard and a TE, Clay hopefully, but they need to get their plan Bs and Cs in order

What abt Chris Long: Rams

agree with posts saying why, keep him draft one in 2nd or 3rd and unless Powell plays special teams or linebacker forget him. Jackson is a future coach, keep him on team. with Shady he wont have to the work like last year with fragile Spiller being out. And he can teach on the field.

So Suh has reportedly agreed to 60 mil quaranteed, with Miami, 114 mil total not sure years. McCoy signs extension

Western NY is different than upstate, but seriously had someone from Yonkers recently say I lived upstate in Northern Westchester. Growing up in Buffalo I always thought anyone Poughkeepsie and south was part of NYC and really so was Long Island. But hey it is all about perspective. When I lived in VA, I told people I lived in DC because I was just across the bridge. But people on the MD side seldom traveled down south to VA despite being just across the bridge and vice versa.

Ah when in doubt blame Obama or Bush... both have been incompetent boobs...

Agreed Warren Sapp is a pos, hence his recent arrest, still a helluv a football player.

ESPN stating Panthers aren't going to resigning Hardy, also he faces 6 game suspension

Exactly and Carroll admitted as much at the end taking responsibility and hey the rookie made a great play, not only stepping in front but actually catching the bullet... How many other DBs would have dropped that one as they were getting hit. They play DB for a reason, their hands prevented them from being WRs. Heckuv a catch for the rookie... no one could have expected that especially after he had been burned all game long.

Trade??? Revis is pending FA... No need to trade and I think it would awesome! Two shutdown corners and a bunch of young guys to back them up, play Nickle etc.

HA HA ha HA HA.... NEVER LIKED THE GUY... Well spoken but always talking with a chip on his shoulder and his side of the street has never been clean despite his often getting on his high horse....

Sure he does, but that doesn't mean he should. This especially Sherman, There are ways to do it and even though I agree with him too, there are times when the mouth piece should be someone else other than the player. If he feels that strongly about it he should go after the perceived injustice through alternative means and stay above the fray. Let others carry his water and bringing out the facts and making the accusations. Be the guy keeping up the pressure without leaving finger prints. Lynch is a knuckle head that can run. Yes he came from tough circumstances, but he is clearly a sellfish mommas boy that has no consideration for anyone but himself. Sherman just needs to find a way to use others as a mouth piece and take the focus off himself if only to protect himself and keep the agenda of making the league transparent and responsive going. I think a lot of folks would support him even more.

And the Jets let go of their two best corners in Cromartie and Revis. They didn't have patience to wait for Revis knee (over 1 year normally) to heal. Bad GM decision making. Rex wanted him back... but shorted sighted Isik screwed the pooch on that one.

Interesting read, living in the NYC area and being lifelong Bills fan, but not as close to Jets as you, the Jets D as you, imo Rex has been defensive coach. So part of what you write about his style has worked for the D despite your criticism of the Bart Scott deal. On offense, management screwed the Jets offensive line and skill positions and left running the offense to an over the hill veteran and a ill supported wet behind the ears rookie who may not be NFL material. The Bills have plenty of skill on offense and an improving line that may be better for the ground and pound that Rex espouses. That being said, we shall see what space Rex gives the new OC Roman to run it and with GM who is a much better, though unclear if elite growing personnel guy, how much talent especially at QB he is able to bring in to support Rex. Roman has a rep as a discipline kinda guy, so maybe those concerns that you expressed are unfounded. But yes on the offensive side the jury is out. Interesting.

Agreed, but some button pusher, er bean counter justifies it to increase minorly the bottom line so useless middle thru top management can justify their outrageous raises. And we complain about government incompetence... A guy I play hockey with works for a company that comes in buys companies then reorganizing them by firing middle management and restructuring CEO pay while supporting key personnel.... Novel idea, support the guys that actually do the work. Don't be surprised to see SI bought out again... forget who their are owned by?

As a former professional photographer, you have no clue what it takes to achieve printable images that are worthy. Knowledge of lighting, angles, the gear you use, different styles of shooting, depth of field. Yes taking pictures of models seems ... whatever. Still, in order to do it well, you have to put your balls on ice and work with all your skills with your gear and then you have entertain the models or whatever subject you are shooting in order the achieve the desired look and image. Then there is the business side. What you do has to be able to make money and operate under a budget. The gear needed to take the quality of images produced in a magazine can often cost over $100,000. The cameras cost $40,000-$50,000 before lenses and lighting. So its not the employees that cost, but the gear and the people involved in a shoot set up. Internet postings don't require the same level of expense, but newer monitors are starting to allow greater definition and therefore better gear and knowledge of photography. Too bad SI is unable to bridge that gap:(

This may have been already said, can't believe that this thread is 111 pages long... but adjusting air pressure, yup their is a rule, has been going on for quite a while in the NFL from reports I have read and heard. So really the only big deal about it is the Brady obviously lied and Belicheat explicity condoned it with knowledge and therefore lied. As far as the crime, it seems pretty minor and occurred largely because the Ravens were crying over not figuring out the eligible deal soon enough to defend it and let the Colts know about the rule that I bet Andrew Luck has violated. Still, I say give Belicheat and his gang all the grief they can handle over this I love to watch the bumbling NFL executives tripping once again over themselves in their handling of an issue that the press got traction with. My only question now is are the games fixed and does the Superbowl minus the creative advertisements... less creative last year, mean anything for the sport. Somehow the two teams involved and the game seems tainted and almost unwatchable.

Kinda like Bill Clinton saying he didn't inhale, or saying he didn't have sex with that woman.

Brady is a bad liar, and Bellicheat you can tell is lying when his eyes start moving back and forth and his lips start moving. I know it won't happen, but imo they both should be suspended for the Superblow and short of that, they should be suspended for next year. NFL needs to take action immediately or Superbowl becomes irrelevant. Patriot lemmings are justifying it because it didn't affect the outcome against the Colts, but it did against the Ravens and possibly other games. I assume they have been doing this for a long time and again any close they have been in should be vacated this year. P.S. AFC championship game should be replayed with the Ravens and then the Superbowl. I am going to avoid this year's Superblow. Can't stand Seattle and now Patriot cheating makes this whole thing again seem like WWE,. scripted and planned. What a joke the NFL has become, worse than the NBA.

Foles if available, Hoyer or Matt Moore is an FA too. And then draft 3 of them. Take the kid Lacotta out of UB in a late round.

I live in the NYC area and Isik was considered the issue. They let go of a lot of their talent especially on offensive line and never replaced them. Also they were using free agents at skill positions that didn't pan out and didn't draft to fill those positions. Unlike the Bills they are very weak at receiver and running back and letting go of Revis was a mistake. DB is also a glaring position of weakness for them, so while both teams need a QB, the Jests need everything else as well except D line. If the Bills can somehow find a QB in this draft that the talking heads are not clued in on then maybe the Bills have a chance. I still say draft 3 QBs in this year's draft, bring a couple FAs or trade for a QB and then go after quards and DBs in FA and in draft.

And that is a good thing. Watkins is not the problem, the offense and its philosophy was this year. Bills need to develop a QB, that is obvious and in the mean time find one they can sign or trade for. Carolina has a few, once the Cardinals get healthy you think they might let go of one? I would be very interested in knowing what other teams have as younger backups that could be ready to take the next step. That being said, the Bills have what six or seven pics and has been stated in another thread use them to draft say 3 QBs and 3 linemen and an DB. Just saying, it doesn't sound like rocket science or that it could even be measured by rocket science so Whaley and Rex should be able to handle this task..

So should you with that lame avatar... Still is this something done after they see the formation of the D? Interesting, taking the thinking away from the QB, no wonder young good QBs are hard to find, they are being told what to think, not trained on how to react to what they are seeing. I say, make them change QBs every quarter as punishment.