Astrobot

Don always professed that there was no life after death. I wonder what this will do to him. Love and Light to you both, Don (who Freda called "BooBoo" on the show) and Freda.

I teach in Brighton at an independent school. I'm amazed that we get any students from the Brighton-Pittsford-Fairport area, given the high quality of the public schools.

I'm right next door in Penfield, and we'd love to live in Fairport. The older homes along Church Street and the neighboring streets, plus the homes along the Canal are picturesque. The downtown main drag is great, too, especially at holiday time, with the lights. They have a great amphitheatre, community center, etc. Penfield is trying. Very trying.

Add to all of this the fact that Parrish can throw the ball. He was perhaps the most explosive running and passing quarterback in the state of Florida during the 2000 season, passing for 2,201 yards.

Greer is literally the lightweight in the Bills' secondary. He weighs 40 lbs. less than Clements and 15 lbs. less than most of the CB's. We are up against some large receivers, playing more bump, and seeing more TE's deeper. We can't afford to keep the lightest guy in our backfield. Denney will be beat out by Gause, Ritzmann, or Osunde. My guess is Ritzmann.

Greer. Denney. Gone.

I hope we don't see a 3rd and 7 all year. My pipe dream is that the running game works so well that it sells the play-action off the run, and we don't get into 3rd and long as often as last year.

53 Man Roster (Originally Submitted by Astrobot 5/16/05) -- I've made very few changes to this. Any disagreements? QB Losman (Holcomb, Matthews) – Woodbury, Thompson gone HB McGahee (RaShard Lee, Shaud Williams, Lionel Gates) – Lee, Gates super in Aug, --- Travis Henry traded to Jaguars FB Shelton -- Burns is gone. We may still acquire another FB-type back WR Moulds, Evans, Parrish (Aiken, FastFreddie Smith ) -- No Reed TE Campbell (Euhus, Everett) -- Plus a knee surgeon yet to be named OT Williams, Gandy (Peters, McFarland) -- Gandy-Villarial side impresses Mularkey OG Villarial, Anderson (Tucker, Geisinger) OC Teague (Preston) -- Preston quickly picking up the line calls, gets starting time in August DT Adams, Edwards (Tim Anderson, LaWaylon Brown) -- Brown the surprise here; Anderson and Edwards do platooning DE Schobel, Kelsay ( Ritzmann, Gause ) -- Gause and Ritzmann are demons on ST OLB Spikes, Posey (Stamer, Haggan) – Haggan much improved MLB Fletcher (Crowell, Ezekiel) -- Ezekiel the feelgood story of the summer SS Milloy ( Wire ) FS Vincent (Baker, Leonhard) -- Leonhard works his way off the PS onto ST CB Clements, McGee (Thomas, King ) -- King outplays Fontenot and Ward, who are relegated to PS K Lindell -- Looked at June cuts but Lindell holds them off P Moorman LS Dorenbos PRACTICE SQUAD (8 people): OT Gudmundsen, Pruce TE Cieslak -- TD likes his size and catching ability FB Goldsberry or we sign a June Cut CB Fontenot CB Ward K Steve Baker or we sign a June Cut LB Hunter -- Hunter will be the next Stamer / Haggan ST guy along with Leonhard

Welcome. I like your screen name. Show-Bull is one of my favorites, too. I think the emergence of Kelsay this season will actually be synergistic for both Show-Bull and Kelsay.

Good News: Price of lamb is down at my Wegmans. Bad News: Very difficult counting sheep last night.

I think I'll wait until the reality show, "People Trapped in a House Watching World Series of Poker" is on.

Spot On. That said, would you take Peerless Price back as your #3 with Moulds and Evans?

We should look at anyone who has a 40" vertical jump as a RB. He had a 5.1 ypc this season at OleMiss, and can catch passes. "For his career, Pearson totaled 1,441 rushing yards on 330 carries, with 12 scores, to average 4.4 yards per carry." However, he was only a starter for 9 games. Would you take him in RD#4? I'd also hope we're looking at the DT, who Miami said they want and would take as early as RD#2 or 3.

"Pie. I wish I could remember pi. "Eureka", cried the great inventor. "Christmas pudding, Christmas pie, is the problem's very center." If you can remember that, and count the number of letters in each word, you have remembered pi to 20 places. Astro

Houston Texans = SOUTH NO TEXANS Pretty sure this means the Texans aren't going to win the AFC South this year. Indianapolis Colts = SPINAL DISLOCATION Peyton's Place will be on the bench, leaving Jim Sorgi or Travis Brown to take the Colts to the promised land. Maybe next year. Jacksonville Jaguars = CONJUGAL SALIVA JERKS The defense of the Jaguars becomes the new bad boy Defense of the NFL. Jacksonville's defense should be one the league's best with the signing of defensive end Reggie Hayward and the continued maturation of linebacker Daryl Smith and defensive tackles Marcus Stroud and John Henderson. Tennessee Titans = TASTES NINETEEN The Titans are still young, so don't play with them. Remember, they are without WR Derrick Mason, and who's behind Drew Bennett at WR?

Pittsburgh Steelers = TRIP BEGETS HUSTLERS, BEGETS LIP THRUSTERS The Lip Thruster is obviously Bill Cowher. They "trip up" at the beginning of the season, with a loss to either the Titans or Texans, and then lose to the Patriots before their BYE week. Cowher chews them out, and they begin a good run to the playoffs. Baltimore Ravens = the Ravens, who are TRAINABLE MOVERS since they originated in Cleveland, have a VARIABLE MONSTER of a schedule. They have Indy in Week 1, then Tennessee, then their bye week. Their VARIABLE MENTORS include a great game day head coach, but Matt Cavanaugh as your offensive coordinator??? They have a REMOVABLE STRAIN in that they are swtiching defenses to the 4-6, which will cause more problems than it solves, IMHO... Cleveland Browns = VEND NO SCREWBALL. The Browns will have a tough time vending tickets with what will be the worst record in the NFL in 2005. Aside from having the league's most brutal schedule next season, they have a 1-2-3 punch at QB including Dilfer, Doug Johnson, and Charlie Frye. Cincinnati Bengals = ENTICING CANNIBALS? This is the trendy pick to win the North, but the pick might eat you alive.

Oakland Raiders = RAILROADED, SANK (was Al Davis railroaded into the wrong acquisition, Moss? Were the Oakland Raiders sunk by their schedule--they not only have four games in the Eastern time zone, but two of them occur in the first three weekends -- against New England and Philadelphia) San Diego Chargers = GRANDIOSE CHARGES (they won't repeat last year's grandiose performance. They face a crazy road season, jumping three time zones five times this year. At New England. At Philadelphia. At the New York Jets. At Indianapolis...) Kansas City Chiefs = FANTASY ICES HICKS (Eric Hicks , respected leader on the Chief's D, helps pull a new D together in a hurry, including new players i.e. linebackers Kendrell Bell and Derrick Johnson, cornerbacks Patrick Surtain and Ashley Ambrose, and safety Sammy Knight) Denver Broncos = BRONCS END OVER (Denver's a big question mark. Is TE Putzier a pro or a putz? I've seen him compared to Shannon Sharpe, but is he as sharp?….Will Tatum Bell stay healthy for 1 season? Do they have a punter? Will the former #1 picks by the Browns, acquired by Denver, be a help or a hindrance? Will Ekuban get healthy? Will Chris Myers long-snap for them after learning how at this year’s Senior Bowl?)

AFC EAST New England Patriots = Non-Re-Adapting Welts (obviously a reference to losing both coordinators, and the inability of the team to remake itself without them) Miami Dolphins = A Hominid Limps (the only hominid on the team would be Ricky, and a leg injury) New York Jets = New Toy Jerks (The Jets swap for Laveranues Coles bites them in the arse...) Buffalo Bills = A BLOB FULFILS (Which Blob? Mike Williams goes Pro Bowl? Or Edwards replaing PW? Or does Mauck make a comeback?)

OMG, this is turning into a football post. I'll give you StLouis for one more year, although I'll be surprised if The greatest Show on Turf gets 7 wins. Cincy's is a stretch by your own definition. They have to show us something before they can be called great. Buffalo is in the same boat. Evans COULD be great, but Moulds-Evans-Parrish-Reed has to be in the 2nd tier for now. JAX is exactly like us in the WR department--one star, one flop so far, one good rookie, and a decent draft. The Lions, Texans, and Cards have a good corps, but both can be stopped because they haven't the ability to use a better offensive set than the 3-wide.

Sorry, I did forget the Cardinals. Of course, it's so easy to... I believe it was Wilford that beat us last season, and everybody here lusted after Matt Jones. Jimmy Smith has 696 receptions in his career for 9,804 yards, more than any other receiver in NFL history in any eight-year span other than Jerry Rice and Marvin Harrison. He'll be good for 1000 yards again this year.

No, that's marketing. Don't you want to watch now? The ad biz often writes its own stories to bring it on home to you.

Uh, no. The League best receiver CORPS may be: Oakland's (WR Ronald Curry joins Randy Moss and Jerry Porter) or Indy's (Marvin Harrison and Reggie Wayne on the wings, Brandon Stokley in the slot and up-and-coming tight end Dallas Clark) or Jacksonville (Jimmy Smith , Reggie Williams, Matt Jones, Ernest Wilford) or maybe even the Lions (Mike Williams to go with Roy Williams and a healthy Charles Rogers ) or Texans (Andre Johnson, Corey Bradford, Jabar Gaffney along with rookie speedster Jerome Mathis). Moulds, Evans, Parrish, and Reed would rate below Oakland, Detroit, and Indy, and for now above Jax and Texans.

If you save the "Entire CD" to your computer, why does it say "Unknown File Type"?

I think the Offensive Coordinator is faily green, as well. He does like to use the TE deep rather than use the TE as a blocker, so this can hurt C-Mart's numbers in 2 ways--less blocking and more throwing.

I think you nailed it on the head. C-Mart has his work cut out for him this year. Not only is he battling Father Time (otherwise known as Jerry Rice's brother in law), he doesn't have the O-Line he's enjoyed in years past. The Jets like the two young tackles they drafted in 2004 (Adrian Jones and Marko Cavka), but don't expect either to set the world afire this year. We hope C-Mart has a 1000-yard year--that's only 63 yards per game, well below his 100-per-game average last year.