R. Rich

Well said. I'd much rather fortify the lines or add a stud playmaker for my defense than reach for a position on someone I am not certain will be a difference maker. Of course, I am not an NFL GM. Not smart enough, I suppose.

Just my opinion, but if I were the Bills' GM and inclined to trade up, it would be for someone like OT Russell Okung or DT Ndamukong Suh. I would get stronger up front FIRST before I did anything. The Jets took this approach, drafting D'Brickashaw Ferguson, then Nick Mangold and adding Alan Faneca in free agency. They did not keep using high pick after high pick on skill players and leave the lines to the wolves. Then again, maybe there's some great second round gems to be had for the lines, after we get a QB first. Oops, we said trade up for a QB, right? There goes that 2nd rounder and, depending on the target and how far you have to move to get 'em, there may go a future high pick as well. Well, there's always the 4th round and beyond.

You still haven't answered the question: which "real QB" do you take w/ the 9th overall pick? More than likely, neither Jimmy Clausen or Sam Bradford will be there.

Keep in mind the scope of "entire history", dib. It usually means, "in the days since ESPN".

I didn't get that one, though I did get one that said this: This is a hold up. Give us your cash. You can do so in three monthly installments or all @ once. You may get a return on it, or you may not. We'll let you know. Sincerely Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. The date on the letter: Don't worry 'bout it Todays date: You figure it out

This is commonplace and not restricted to journalism and/or research. There are many people I work w/ who speak to their claimants one way and to the people in their everyday life another way. Heck, there's people who speak of their claimants one way in public and then another in private.

Now that's a good one: Joe Buck is awful, but Gus "I Scream Freely" Johnson is a TBD fave. Interesting...

Revis, Mangold, and Harris....also known as Coulda, Shoulda, and Woulda.

He got paroled.

I guess that puts 'em on par w/ every other announcer, per TBD.

Haha!! Something like that.

Who could blame the guy?

After some very infuriating technical difficulties, the sim league is now back up and running. Week 8 results are now posted.

You have no chance to survive. Make your time. HA HA HA!

What? It makes perfect sense to me.

Ah yes, Walt Corey's "read and react" schemes from back in the day. Hmm... Well, if Walt doesn't want the job, I'll take it.

I kew it, too.

Your DEs should be prototypical Aaron Smith types, actually. Big and strong enough to take on double teams and still able to create havoc in the opponents' backfield. Sam Adams actually was more of a 3 technique (line up over the guard-tackle gap and shoot the gap) as he had good quickness of the snap (he used to take snaps @ DT AND DE for Seattle when they drafted 'em) as well as strength and toughness. Schobel and Maybin are suckers for counter plays and both have shown issues in the past in dropping back, traits that a 3-4 OLB absolutely MUST have in order to be successful.

Sigh....another attempt to move the team to a 3-4 that relies on Stroud as a nose tackle and Posluszny as an inside 3-4 'backer. Not good. Basically, the 3-4 begins and ends w/ a strong presence @ the nose. Stroud is more of a gap penetrator than a clogger, so he is miscast in that role. Posluszny lacks the David Harris-type size and power to really hold up as an inside 'backer. I'd be very concerned for the Bills' run defense were they to try this.

Yeah, 'til Schaub gets injured and is replaced by Ben Roethlisberger, who gets injured and is replaced by Kyle Orton, who is injured and replaced by Joe Flacco, who is injured and replaced by David Garrard, who is injured and replaced by...

I quite.

Who? There's only a couple guys who are truly of any decent caliber (and even that's debatable), and I really don't think they'll be available w/ the 9th overall selection. So, that means you reach on someone not of the caliber of the pick just to fill a positional need. To me, that isn't smart. To pass on a stud player of a different position just to grab a QB, ANY QB, is to watch All Pro caliber players slip through your fingers, something the Bills have become adept @ doing in recent years.

You shouldn't. We'll see. Right now, there isn't much more than lip service going on. What I am most interested in seeing is: 1. What kind of coaching staff is put together 2. What type of philosophies they intend to utilize on offense and defense 3. What personnel moves they make in free agency...if any 4. What happens w/ the NFL Draft 'Til these things happen, we really don't have a great idea as to what will happen w/ the 2010 Buffalo Bills.

Chaka Khan?

Thursday.