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What the hell did the marketing gurus at the zoo expect? Marketing involves foresight. This had disaster written all over it. Cross promotions can be very successful campaigns if there is a synergistic relationship between the products being sold. That was obviously lacking in this case. Zoos are in many ways living science centers and, ironically, a proving ground for evolutionary theory. Yep. Makes perfect sense to cross promote with a museum based on the Judeo/Christian version of creation.
It wouldn't be so silly if the Creation Museum didn't hold itself up as anything more than an exhibit of Biblical stories. That in and of itself is a pretty cool thing. But they try to pass it off as the real deal. That's why it's so ludicrous.
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Many people not only forget that, but pretend like those throws don't equate or better Trent's Washington's toss and the comeback in Oakland.
Put simply, K-9, and all the people who are mad at JP for playing in the last game are being hypocritical.
I'm mad at it because if Trent comes back just as bad next week, it may have ruined him. I will hopefully like it because it could light a fire under him.
People who hate it, because they think Losman sucks are funny... because you can't complain about what's happening to Trent if you like what we did with Losman...it's backwards logic.
Who's mad that JP played last Sunday? Not me. Haven't said a damn thing about his appearance. I was hoping he'd do well. Always have. He certainly wasn't the reason we lost that game. Save your BS for someone who really IS MAD that JP played on Sunday. Perhaps you're confusing me with another poster.
As far as I know you and I were debating the 2005 season when JP was yanked for Holcomb. You said he was yanked for no good reason. I said that he was yanked because the veteran leadership on that team WANTED him yanked. Right or wrong, that's what happened. Obviously that wasn't a good enough reason for you but it was good enough for Mularkey and company. I didn't know, as you said in your response, that I was supposed to PROVE a good reason. How does one do that exactly? It's all a matter of opinion. No proof necessary. I suppose I could offer JP's performance over the course of the games he played that year but that's all water through the damn now isn't it?
As I said in my post, it wasn't the best thing for JP's development as a QB to have been yanked in '05. But it's real easy for a HC to do that when the vets are pissed, the first year starter hasn't done much to shut them up, and everyone sees their playoff hopes slipping away.
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Dearest k-9:
It has been my experience and first hand observation that playing well in cold temperatures requires acclimation to them. Especially in a contact sport like football that features passing and kicking. Getting used to throwing and receiving in different wind conditions and with slippery balls takes practice. Simply getting used to the added sting of hitting in the cold takes time. Science will tell us there are physical adaptations to exposure to cold weather that i am too lazy to enumerate. Those are sensible reasons to practice in the cold.
You have stated that most NFL teams do not practice in the cold. A reason for that may be that they do not practice in cold parts of the country.
Reasonable people may certainly disagree on this issue, but what I said did not make "NO SENSE".
I think the reason is that NFL teams are so wussy that a coach would face near mutiny if they asked their players to play outside in that scary weather.
Warm weather teams dont play well in the cold. http://www.advancednflstats.com/2007/11/nf...by-climate.html Perhaps you would be in favor of air conditioning their practice facilities a little?
Dearest Hossage,
I did NOT state that teams don't practice in the cold. Teams, including the Bills, do it all the time. What I said was that when the weather (wind, rain, snow, etc.) prevents a team from being able to conduct efficient practices in order to install their game plans, it makes more sense to bring the practice indoors. It ain't the cold, it's the rest of the weather that forces teams to work inside their fieldhouses.
That is why EVERY bad weather team (those that don't play in domes that is) has built indoor practice facilities the last 20 some odd years.
Cold in and of itself is no big deal and every player can get used to it. Blizzards, and/or gale force winds are quite another story. And they are the great equalizer on those stormy Sundays since NO TEAM will have practiced in those conditions during the week.
The best solution is to be able to RUN THE DAMN BALL!
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The Colts practiced outside all week this week. EVERY DAY. Dungy was on Sirius NFL radio today and said they went outside to get acclimated to the weather so that there would be no surprises this week in Cleveland due to cold and wind.
They weren't great, but at least the weather didn't beat them.
There's one. I'm not sure how many other teams do it. I do know that Tony Dungy is a damn good coach though.
So, did the Colts install and practice their entire game plan outdoors or just go outside to get acclimated? What was the average temperature last week in Indy? What were the average wind speeds during their practice times?
No doubt they went outside and ran some drills, etc. But if you believe for a second that they did the bulk of their serious practice outdoors in bad weather, NOT JUST COLD, but windy, etc. then you'd be wrong. It's one thing to get 'acclimated' to the cold, it's quite another to practice in weather that isn't conducive to an efficient practice.
The Bills work outside during the winter as well. Just not on days when the weather (wind, rain, snow, etc.) is so bad that it's impossible to get any meaningful work done. In that regard, it's smart to work in a place that allows you to install your game plan. Not that our game plans would do much good lately.
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That is indefensible. To play well in the cold you have to be used to it. To me, its just shocking really. Edwards clearly does poorly in the cold weather. We gave up against cleveland last year in that snowstorm. Its like the players, most of whom are not from snowy places, thought it was a fluke and a joke.
The poster above me says levy agrees with jauron. I have never heard anyone else who feels that way. Anyone from a cold place knows you have to get used to performing in cold weather.
I want a list of teams that routinely practice outside in crappy weather if they have indoor facilities like our field house. Most teams do now. Cold and sunny, no problem. Cold, windy, rainy? Makes absolutely NO SENSE to practice outside. Like I said, most teams don't. It's not even close.
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HONORED!? Moulds was a whiny veteran who didn't know what he was talking about. Lee Evans wanted Losman.
By the way, how did the Bills do with Holcomb? I forgot? he lead us to the playoffs right? Oh, he just beat Miami, who even JP had no trouble beating? That's right.
GO BILLS!!!, but you're a messed up fan if you think it's honorable to speak out against another player on your team (a young one in their first season starting to boot) in favor of...KELLY HOLCOMB... I don't know what you're talking about .
I'm not saying it's honorable. It's bush league on many levels. It's just a time-honored practice in the NFL. Has been for a long time. See the difference? Don't find meanings that aren't there.
The Bills sucked with Holcomb as well as JP. I was never a Holcomb fan. I was hoping JP could keep the job that year. He wasn't ready for it though. And the veterans on the team let the coaches know. It was a fractured locker room to say the least. Evans had NO status at the time.
It's obvious you don't have a clue what I'm talking about. If I'm not clear enough, my apologies. Your post said there was "no good reason" to bench JP and bring in Holcomb. JP's performance aside, my point was that the veterans and established team leaders, whiny or not, made it clear they preferred somebody else.
Surely you're not arguing that JP's performance suggested he remain the starter are you? Perhaps it would have been better for him developmentally to have stuck with him, but that point is moot.
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PS - I just noticed your post suggesting that the whole season was lost when Trent threw the pick 6 against the Jets. If you honestly believe that ANY season is lost on one play, then there is no reason to debate any issue any longer.
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News flash: most good bad weather teams DON'T practice outside in bad weather. That's why the field house was built in the first place. The idea is that it's better to be able to practice crisply with good execution and you can't do that in bad weather. Doesn't matter what the weather holds for game time. Look no further than our own SB teams in the early nineties. Never practiced outside when the weather was such that it effected their preparations. Better to have good practices. That was Marv's credo as it is most coaches today.
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By your logic, you've been extremely contradictory.
Mularky ruined Losman by doing the very thing you're mad at. In fact, it's the very reason Trent Edwards himself is playing. Trent beat up on Kansas City. Big deal. He is scared, wont look at open recievers downfield, and if he sits a half thats fine. The coaches didn't do to him what happened before to Losman where they just gave Holcomb the starting job for no reason, Edwards sat a half with a "groin injury", and it's an attempt to light a fire under his a$$ for next week.
If he bombs again next week, while you're done with Jauron, I'm likewise done with Edwards (and obviously Losman) and will be rallyign for a QB qith some god damned heart for a change!
Gave Holcomb the job for no good reason? Half the players on offense, including the undisputed leader Eric Moulds were ready to mutiny if the coaches didn't sit JP. The vets were pissed on that team. That's a pretty good (and time honored) reason to make a change.
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Just to play devil's advocate for a moment, McCargo's injury may the reason he's been so woefully inconsistent. He may have a had a hard time pushing through the pain which would make all of us question his toughness and motivation. And rightfully so. Every player has to play through pain now and then. Perhaps it surpassed the pain stage and is now an injury. Playing through injury is a different matter entirely. And not the most intelligent thing to do.
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It was just the four of us this year. I'm like many out there with an uncertain employment status (that appears to be getting better, but I'm not counting my chickens quite yet). So, when I'm not nauseous about my own situation - I'm even more nauseous reading about the economy, depression, recession, hyper-inflation, etc... and worrying about the kids and what the future holds for all of us.
Since there is no sense in wasting time watching crappy football played by teams that are meaningless to me - the wife and I raked a ginormous pile of leaves in the back yard and let the kids loose. What appeared to be a subdued, anti-climatic holiday this year turned out to be one of our best!
Here are some of the better shots I took and illustrate my reasons to be thankful this year (as well as every year):
http://www.stadiumwall.com/leaves/
I hope your day was filled with such moments.
My 3 year old son was doing snow angels in the humongous pile of leaves we raked the other day. Well, I raked, he tried sweeping them off the lawn. When his 7 year old sister came home she promptly did a 2 1/2 sommersault in the pike position with a half twist into the same pile. I didn't have the camera with me but every time I think about it I get a huge chuckle. They are good for a hundred laughs a day.
We are blessed indeed. Every one of us.
Back at ya, Scott.
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So there is no scientific evidence that homosexuality is a natural physiological phenomena. OK. Can someone link me to the all the scientific evidence that heterosexuality is a natural physiological phenomena then?
Science can't explain why I am sexually attracted to women any more than why homosexuals are attracted to the same sex. Survival of the species, you say? OK. Then why are some people naturally sterile? Why are some people asexual?
As researchers discover more about the brain and how it works in concert with the myriad of hormonal and other systems in the body, I'm confident they'll discover the answers. In the meantime, seems to me to be a no brainer. With the billions of cell divisions, electro/chemical balances, and myriad other things going on in our bodies at any given time during our development, it's a good possibility that there will be natural deviations from the "norm".
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I'd change the game plan for Edwards right now, let him air it out see what he really has. I mean the season is lost, you may as well find out if he really is the QB.
Just curious. Is it your contention that the way to find out if a player "really is" a QB is to simply let him air it out? I agree that may be a good way to find a passer. But we need a QB. Passing is just a part of being a good QB. Not saying it isn't important, but the greatest 'passer' in the world can still be a sh*t QB if he doesn't possess the other elements critical to the position.
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The 7 or 8 in coverage aren't all deep. They give opponents a chance to clog up the whole field, including the short routes.
And yes, with minutes to throw, against the terrible teams, he threw some long ones. Where have they been lately, when we have been having trouble?
Didn't say the 7 or 8 were all deep. That would be simply stupid for any DC to try. They're always 2 deep, minimum. And looking at the Cleveland game, like many last year (Denver, Jax for example) they are often times 3 deep. But I digress. The point is that our passing success earlier on (not just in the last two minutes of games BTW), combined with our inability to run the ball, caused teams to drop more players into pass coverage as they DARED us to run. Until we started running and finding our backs on swing passes like the other night, we couldn't have any success.
That said, we had a few opportunities the other night. Cleveland HAD TO adjust because Lynch and Jackson were killing them. Edwards, having lost his confidence, either didn't see, refused to throw, or waited and waited until his receivers found even MORE seperation. In any case, he missed the opportunities to really make Cleveland pay.
As for where they've been lately? They've all been inside Trent's head. It's obvious he's pressing. He'll either be a better QB for having gone through it or not. We'll see.
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Please, that was not some exotic defense the Browns were playing, it was BASIC defense. The picks were due to poor decisions & throws by Trent PERIOD.
Agree that TE sh*t the bed on the picks. But to suggest that was basic defense the Browns were playing is not true. Dropping 7 & 8 into coverage is not basic defense in any way shape or form. Edwards should have seen this immediately and started checking down earlier to try and force Cleveland to play the pass more honestly. That would have avoided the picks. However, Cleveland didn't do much adjusting even AFTER the first quarter, so it was correct to take what they gave us most of the time. I say most of the time because it was obvious TE missed some golden opportunities to hit Evans and Parrish. He also missed Royal a couple times as well that I noticed.
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Yes it is serious. He did not look at him the entire day. There was not one play call to just get him the ball. Did they talk when they were on the side lines (Edwards, coaches, Evans)? Kelly always made sure Reed got the ball, everyone forces a few to TO, Manning/Harrison...... You can not go a game without throwing to your #1 receiver.... Has Edwards explained it or been asked? This comes after a lousy week where he ignored Evans vs. NE. A very serious question.
Tony, Tony, Tony. There were several play calls for Evans, even by Schonert's own admission and Edwards' as well. He was scared to pull the trigger on them though. He was doubled all night and QBs MUST have the confidence to throw into double coverage. TE did that plenty early in the year (remember when Evans was averaging 20 yds. a pop and Edwards had a gaudy YPA over 8?), but he was playing with confidence then. He isn't now. Hell, he had ALL DAY on some throws and you could tell he was thinking about pulling the trigger on longer routes but was gunshy. It happens to young QBs.
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i wish him well in the CFL.
He'd do well in the CFL. Hell, he could still GO LONG in the red zone!
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The aftermarket has proven to be very adept in meeting those needs, much in the same way you can get service & parts for virtually every car that has ever been produced. I don't recall this outcry when GM killed Oldsmobile or Chrysler did with Plymouth. Your fear would only be realized in a full liquidation. But the prospect of GM liquidating completely is as remote as the plagues descending before the San Diego game.
Agree with aftermarket ability to fix/maintain vehicles. Who backs the warranty period on cars sold by a bankrupt company? I'd want to know that before I bought a car from such a company.
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Disconcerting at best. Damn right they should worry about an America with protectionist leanings. Ironic that all these patriotic American companies that sent their jobs to China over the years would be unwitting ebablers. I've been saying for years now that Communists with money is very dangerous. Communists with money largely generated by American corporations makes my blood boil.
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D has been a big disappointment at critical times. That's not to give Edwards and the offense a pass but those 4th quarter drives by the Jets and NE that EACH ate up more than half the quarter, when the Bills STILL had a chance, is inexcusable. Sure, TE may have thrown another pick or lost a fumble anyways, but the point is the D didn't get the ball back for offense for TE to have a chance to screw the pooch again. Additionally, that 98 yard drive given up to Cleveland Monday night, especially after they looked so good in only giving up FGs after the INTs was a big letdown.
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Greer, Whitner absent
By Chris Brown - Posted November 21st, 2008
Jabari Greer and Donte Whitner were not even in attendance at practice Friday making them both very unlikely to play Sunday. We’ll get the official word from Dick Jauron around 12 noon on their status.
Aaron Schobel is also absent.
Bryan Scott is dressed for practice, but looks extremely limited and it would be a surprise if he’s listed as anything better than doubtful, meaning George Wilson would be the team’s starting strong safety Sunday.
WR Josh Reed is practicing for a third straight day and is expected to play Sunday. To what degree is the big question.
Perhaps they ease him back into the lineup and he comes in only on third downs and leaves the blocking and run down work to Steve Johnson.
Tags: Aaron Schobel, Bryan Scott, Donte Whitner, Jabari Greer, Josh Reed
Cool! Let's see what the kids can do. Can McKelvin and McCorner show some promise? Can McWilson adapt to playing some SS if needed? Is Wendling able to translate his athleticism into DB play? Will the front seven be more stoked as a result? As I recall, Fewell did some of his best coaching last year when he HAD to get creative with his personnel. This may not be as bad as it seems right now. Hell, they didn't trust Greer until he was forced into the line-up.
Look for KC and Thigpen to test these kids early and often.
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People keep repeating this, but there's no rational or medical supporting reason. Trent looked just fine in the San Diego game. Why would his concussion symptoms have somehow reappeared after that? Put simplistically, a concussion is a brain bruise. Once the bruise heals, the symptoms go away. Have you ever had a bruise that completely healed, and then suddenly reappeared all by itself?
I'm not going to add to the conjecture about Edwards' concussion but to charactarize that type of injury as a "brain bruise" and then go on to compare that kind of bruise with any other is just too much of a stretch.
Lets assume for a second that it simply IS a bruise and that it heals like any other kind of bruise. Is there any other part of the body, say an arm or leg that, if it gets a bruise, your neurological functions would be impaired? Where synapses and electro/chemical reactions vital to life may be altered, however briefly or severely?
Lots of weird things can happen when your brain smashes against the inside of your skull and back. Simplistically, THAT'S what a concussion is.
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Hard to say. In his only fulll season he has been the best Bills QB in a while. Trent's season looks like it'll come up short compared to JP 2006. Worse numbers and particularly weak in touchdown passes with too many turnovers for a guy who's strength is to move the chains and keep the offense on the field. Take all the emotion and subjectivity out of it, the offense is a bit more productive and more explosive under JP. Trent's preference to keep it short means defenses play closer to the line and reduce the run game as well.
That's why teams have been dropping 7 and 8 into coverage lately. Right. And I'm sure that has NOTHING to do with the fact that Evans was averaging over 20 yds a catch at one point and TE had a YPA average over 8 as well as the fact that we couldn't run the ball for sh*t all year. Yep. It's just Edwards' preference to throw short.
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It hit him right in the hands...they work on that type of catch constantly in practice...hes paid to make that INT...just because you break up a pass doesnt excuse the bigger play you left on the table...I guarantee you he is hearing about it film review today...
Right. The old "jump in front of the receiver, lay out horizontally in the air, and make an INT" drill. Teams practice that all the time.
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Jim Schwartz, Tennessee's D-Coach, for next Head Coach of the Bills in '09
No thanks. I've had my fill of DCs from a league leading defense in Tennesse.
Now, if his defensive players come with him, by all means, sign the guy.
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favorite christmas songs
in Off the Wall Archives
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Little Drummer Boy.
It's what Christmas is ALL about.
As for the artists, anything by Nat King Cole and Johnny Mathis. What can I say, I grew up to those guys. My mom loved 'em.