jimmy10

No way he goes in the division. Let's pick him up when the Jests cut him to save cap space.

Yeah, Tom's little salary for throwing a ball around is basically their grocery budget.

I certainly hate Tom Brady as an on-field player, but I can't hate him as a person. I don't know him. And a man's got a right to spend his money how he sees fit.

You know, that's a good point. It's not a lock that Marrone will want Nassib. Yes, he knows him better than any other coach, but that means he knows not only his strengths, but also his weaknesses. His job is to win in the NFL now, and presumably he's got a pretty good idea what the barometer for NFL QB success looks like. He was able to make Nassib into a very respectable Big Least QB, but could know very well that it won't translate. The notion of a new coach salivating over his own college QB in the upcoming draft sure would make for some good misdirection and smokescreens.

I was just a kid, but I was at Bo's first game back with the White Sox in 93. It was pretty awesome.

Why are we so uptight about PC people? I would think Mac users are more likely to protest tobacco usage.

We have no proof Brady's not a racist too. He sure throws to Welkah an awful lot. (Kidding. Mostly.)

A pop-up slide or running into the catcher, yes, leading with the spikes, no. It's illegal interference and can lead to being called out. No matter the sport, it's leading with the feet with the intent to injure and a dirty play. Brady's a b*tch and Ty Cobb was too.

Yeah, last night they played a montage of his 3 or 4 injury-causing hits on the Pats the last few years. Not a single one of them looked especially dirty. The Gronk hit, it looked like he just had his legs wrapped up like an old-school tackle.

In baseball we call it "spiking." I played catcher and third base and have scars on the side of each leg from getting spiked by sliding runners. Kicking, spiking, slide tackling, whatever the semantics debate settles on, a dirty play is a dirty play.

Scanning some of the Chowderhead message boards, their defense of Belichick's pissiness comes down to two main points: 1. He and Brady hate losing. Yes, so we should all lay off and be sensitive about their feelings. After all, this league made up entirely of world-class athletes and coaches who have dedicated their lives to a sport? All of THOSE guys like to lose. Brady and Lord Grumbledore are the only ones who are ACTUALLY competitive and DISLIKE defeat. 2. The media have mistreated Belichick ever since "Spygate" (chowderheads actually put it in quotes) and so therefore he doesn't owe the media nothin'. This point is pretty funny because it completely ignores the constant fawning-over the Pats receive. So basically it all comes down to hurt feelings, according to the Massh*les. Well, boys, I think you could all just pop a Midol and get in front of the camera for 90 seconds instead of looking like the bunch of sore-ass losers you are. Happy Patriots Schadenfreude Day, everyone!

That was such a supreme b*tch move by the biggest b*tch QB of them all. Penalty or no penalty.

He's busy hawking money clips in Vegas.

Is being from Rochester, New York, motherf****r also a good enough reason..?

Stock photography is cheap!

The man's got a right to put together a staff as he sees fit. Sure, institutional memory can be useful, but this is football, not business or politics. I remain cautiously optimistic and will be until things look bad on the field.

At this point, I think some here are wondering if Ryan Leaf is available.

Because I think we've already got guys who can go underneath for those 8 yard catches. Plus Welkah would likely command too much money.

As much as I hate Welker for what he always does to us and kinda wish he played for us,I agree with most others. We need tall, rangey WRs who can go up and GET it like a center fielder. And of course, a QB who can get it to them.

Youth, experience as NFL players... This definitely ain't your father's Bills coaching staff. I'm as cautiously optimistic as anyone, but I love what appear to be bold moves not entirely devoid of intelligence.

CAN'T WAIT ...to retire.

The NFL humor blog Kissing Suzy Kolber posted a pretty funny article when Chan was hired, made up fully of Bills' fans very cold and very un-fuzzy reactions. Warning, very NSFW language: http://kissingsuzykolber.uproxx.com/2010/01/a-children’s-treasury-of-chan-gailey-hatred.html

Oof. I'm 35, and thought I was getting old when guys my age were starting to retire from pro sports. Now they're becoming coaches.

Some Werther's Originals and a couple funny "Life in These United States" stories from Reader's Digest.

I like his bit about not liking to be tagged as an "offensive coach." O-lineman are like catchers in baseball, they have to know everything going on all the time, on both sides of the ball. O-lineman tend to be pretty smart, too. I hope it translates to his coaching.