clayboy54

I'm sorry to hear of the loss of your friend and family member. I had to have our 18 year old cat "Benson" put to sleep a couple years ago. It was the toughest thing I have ever been through. Honestly, when I lost my mom it was not as difficult because we had a chance to say our goodbyes. Our pets depend so much on our love and care and give us back so much joy that its almost impossible to just say goodbye to them. But, it is our responsibility to not let them suffer for our grief. You did the best you could and that is the right thing to do. We got a couple of sisters from the same litter a few months later and now "Phoebe" and "Zoe" are the loves of our lives. I'm sure there will be a little kitten that needs you somewhere down the road.

That is absolutely correct! Jacobs was the brains of the entire championship defense, at least on the field. No disrespect intended toward Joe Collier. Harry was a true student of the game in a time where he made all the defensive calls on the field. His on field play was aided by DTs Dunaway and McDole, so he was always able to roam. Sideline to sideline play was not the norm for the time, and much of the credit of establishing that kind of play from a MLB should go to Jacobs. The heart and sole of the LB corps was Mike Stratton, though. Pound for pound, he may have been the most solid hitter in Bills history. Somebody earlier wrote that TKO "kills" people on the field. Well, in 1965 Stratton really did kill KC fullback Mac Lee Hill. Sure he died later in a Buffalo hospital, but he died as a result of Mike Stratton's viscious but clean shot. And, as previously stated, The Keith Lincoln "hit heard round the world" will live on forever. And, these were not isolated instances. Stratton played this way - play-in and play-out - for years. Plus, Mike was a monster dropping back in pass coverage in a day in which that style was not as common. He became an accomplished pass defender against offenses the likes of Sid Gilman's San Diego Chargers, which revolutionized football and pioneered the modern passing game. Today, neither of these guys would compete on the field with physical specimens like Takeo Spikes, London Fletcher, et al. But in their day they were every bit the player and perhaps more so the innovators.

Its the secret code name for "Rob Johnson." So, for all those that are bashing JP, look out. He could be activated at any time.

and who replaces Tucker? Maybe a trade is in the works.

But, the troubling issue came in the 97 Rock post-game show when Reed said that he has to drop the first one before he can focus enough to get the job done. If I was TD and heard that, Reed would be on the next bus to New Orleans. That said, I'd settle for the next plane to Baghdad.

No worries, I hear New Orleans has one they'll be selling for cheap!

They would never go in the back of the truck. Thats where their lunch is stored.

Great story, Lori! You are much better than most of the full-time beat writers covering the Bills. You are definately better than any of the wannabes on the net. Its nice to see solid and well thought out analysis coupled with good writing skills, and proper grammer. I'll look forward to reading your "column" every week.

Hey, its right across the road from the Coors factory. Seriously! What do you expect?

While I might consider buying into your criteria for the BS QB Standard in the regular season, I most certainly do not consider it even slightly relevant for the pre-season and honestly, it is roughly equivalent to dog-poop for a training camp scrimage. 1. Imagine yourself in your first pro start at Lambeau Field with 66,500 fans. Imagine the pressure brought on by fans like us who expect perfection and little less. Imagine knowing that this meaninless practice game is televised nationally for all the prognosicators to pick apart. RESULT: JP is lucky he didn't poop his pants. Anything beyond is a huge victory. 2. This is the first "real" contact drill against players that don't like you. Even with a red shirt on, the speed and the flow of the game is much different from the St John Fisher pace. No matter how much studying JP did since January, this was his first chance to try the 2005 playbook at full throttle. RESULT: Handles the flow and pace of the game conditions extremely well and did not lose control. Now, assuming we can see some improvement from week to week over the next 4 weeks and JP is not injured by foolishly running in a bootleg instead of throwing the ball away, as you pointed out, you have my permission to make a case for your BS QB Standard in week 1 against the Texans. Until then, kindly keep a training camp perspective for a little while. :-)

I just feel like listening to gas-bag ego-maniacs who love to hear themselves talk is not good radio (or TV).

Lets see... Jerry Glanville or Chuck Dickerson... I can't decide who I hate more.

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He joins Coy Wire as best athletes without a position. Both will have to make it as solid STers if they hope to stick, IMO.

The gave him #11 to make sure that for the forseeable future no QB or K will be given the chance to ruin their careers.

I got OJ's autograph during camp in his rookie year at the old Camelot Inn and he was extremely nice to me. Unfortunately, he signed #30 under his name, because #32 was already taken. As for Flutie, a friend of mine has an autistic child and has a foundation for autistic children here in Indiana. I contacted Flutie's foundation and asked if he would consider sending something to be auctioned for the benefit here. He sent a signed copy of his band's CD. I thought that was very kind of him. Of course, he was a Charger by then. Go figure. I remember having a tough time getting Conrad Dobler to sign or even speak to me. I did tell him how much I admired him over the years and he basically blew me off and didn't even say thanks. During the same era, Ron Jesse was exceptionally nice and took several minutes talking with me personally. Jim Haslett and Isaiah Robertson were a-holes to me and my friends. They were nice to the women with big chests, however. Jim Kelly was great to me, joking and clowning around.

The wounded were injured trying it for themselves.

Wow... the Gold Club in Atlanta is closed now? Thats too bad. Well, IMO the best places in the US are in Phoenix. And, yes I've been thrown out of one of them and chased down the street by the bouncers. Whew!

I would love to see Lou Saban on the Wall. It'll never happen because of his rocky relationship with Ralph, but he meant more to the franchise prior to the Superbowl years than any other individual. He brought us our ONLY championships, and he brought us OJ's 2000 yard season with the Electric Company. Lou is getting up in age and it would be nice to honor him once more while we can.

If the market won't bear it, the price will come down. That's the beauty of free market economics. Whoops, I forgot you're in Hillary country.

I was told that TD wants to go back to the old leather helmets and high-top cleats for the "throwback" uniform. Don't worry about the colors... they'll all be black & white and shades of grey. They didn't have color TV back then. Seriously, I sure wish they'd bring back the great jazz band that used to play for Bills games in the corner opposite the Dodge St tunnel at the Rockpile. They were really good.

He worked at WBEN for awhile before he left town, not while I worked there, but back when my mother was on the TV side. She always had nice things to say about him.

I think most of them ARE high school punks

with the new rules that allow no contact at all with receivers downfield, my guess is that the game will be seriously opened up this season. Maybe we're on to something... like the second coming of the chuck and duck game. If thats true, then stocking up on receivers will be the best plan and would explain the choices to all of you.

I wonder what it would be on crack?