JohninMinn.
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One thing I always wondered is where do you draw the line on "stepping on something to kill it"?
I mean, if you saw an ant crawl across your living room, you would step on it, or "squish" it with a tissue, without a second thought.
But what about a lady bug? Just because they are more aesthetically pleasing than a cockroach, we decide we will open a window and let them out? What kind of crap is that?
And then living down here, you see more small lizards than you do insects. I was at a friends house and a tiny little lizard was in her kitchen. I told her to just step on it, and she said "oh my god, no!"... Now, was that simply because it would cause more "guts" to spew out? Or did she dismiss the idea of stepping on it because it is higher on the food chain, or perhaps because it would feel more pain?
Now, say a mouse is in your house. Now we're talking mammal. Sure, you'll set a trap. But given the chance, (and assuming they aren't so damn fast this would be impossible), would you stomp in the little sucker with your boot and kill it? Why not? You would if it was an ant or a cockroach.
Just some food for thought... Comments?
It's a judgement call with me. I try to respect life but health and safety of me and the family come first. I used to kill for the thrill but age has softened me up a tad.
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While attending a Michael W. Smith concert this past December, the PETA folks were gathered at the door passing out brochures asking the question "What would Jesus Eat, and What would Jesus Drive"? This really irks me good, but a good friend of mine answered it for me. Looking PETA mite in the eye, he flat out told him off. Jesus would drive a Dodge Magnum extended cab pickup truck with a 8-cylinder, dual exhaust Diesel engine with a very large ladder rank and topper. For everyone knew, Jesus was a CARPENTER, and all carpenters would drive that if they had the choice.
The PETA guy about crapped his drawers and came back with, well he was still a vegetarian. In which my friend replied, sorry pal, he was a jew, and jews ate passover meals which included gouging out the eye of lamb, and giving it as an honored present to the head of the table, which was obviously Jesus. All the people around clapped and cheered, and the PETA people beat feet out of the area. Those guys are morons, and not only out of touch with reality, they usually make it up as they go.
That's a perfect response. I wish more people were familiar with the Bible and how God wants us to live.
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I wasn't trying to be an ass, but I didn't like being referred to as a homosexual because I stated that a 59 year old person looked good for their age.
Here's a photo, tell me he doesn't look good for his age.
That would have been a perfect time to put that peter pan fairy picture in. I cracked myself up thinkin about it...
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How come nobody mentioned the Hummer????? I picture anyone behind the wheel of that monstrosity an egocentric retard. UGLY! and STUPID.
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I picked a bad day to quit sniffing glue..... oops wrong movie
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There goes the season ticket base...
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22. Alex Smith, TE, Stanford (6-4¼, 257) | previous rank: same
Last game: 1 rec., 30 yds. in a 41-6 loss at California
An incredibly gifted tight end with tremendous body control to adjust to the poorly thrown ball. Smith is a great hook-zone threat and can stretch the deep middle with his speed. Smith should hold on to his spot as the top TE on the board now that he's become a complete tight end this year.
Me and Drew vote for this guy!
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This thread is easy to sum up. Bills fans under the age of 12 want JP to start.
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The Bills were one of only two teams with just three 20-catch receivers. Twenty-two teams had at least five. Bledsoe had no dependable third option at wideout. Tight end Mark Campbell was just becoming a viable part of the offense when he was lost for the season. Then tight end Tim Euhus went down. Eric Moulds, like many a star wideout, wants nothing to do with the lead pass thrown over the middle.
Bledsoe's receiving options were, to some degree, minimized by a simplified offense designed to protect him from the sack. But let's be honest. When Josh Reed is your third receiver, how many times are you going that way anyway? Releasing Bobby Shaw might have made a necessary point, but it also gave Bledsoe one fewer experienced receiver.
To say that Bledsoe can't win a Super Bowl is a safe play against the odds. Many great ones haven't. In fact, of the league's current starting quarterbacks, only Tom Brady and Brett Favre have.
He's expendable...
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The Bills were one of only two teams with just three 20-catch receivers. Twenty-two teams had at least five. Bledsoe had no dependable third option at wideout. Tight end Mark Campbell was just becoming a viable part of the offense when he was lost for the season. Then tight end Tim Euhus went down. Eric Moulds, like many a star wideout, wants nothing to do with the lead pass thrown over the middle.
Bledsoe's receiving options were, to some degree, minimized by a simplified offense designed to protect him from the sack. But let's be honest. When Josh Reed is your third receiver, how many times are you going that way anyway? Releasing Bobby Shaw might have made a necessary point, but it also gave Bledsoe one fewer experienced receiver.
To say that Bledsoe can't win a Super Bowl is a safe play against the odds. Many great ones haven't. In fact, of the league's current starting quarterbacks, only Tom Brady and Brett Favre have.
Someone said Jerry The Fairy was right on yesterday. Well Bob is the one who knows football. BTW I hope Moulds is ashamed!
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A simple yes or no will suffice. Do you believe that the Bills can win a Super Bowl with DB as our starting QB? I don't care if DB can get us to the playoffs...who friggin' cares. I don't believe that he can lead us to the promised land(if by chance we get in the playoffs), therefore it is time to turn the page and go with JP in 2005.
Bills ready to stick with Bledsoe as starter
By JOHN WAWROW, AP Sports Writer
January 4, 2005
AP - Jan 3, 1:18 pm EST
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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) -- Sub-par numbers aside, quarterback Drew Bledsoe is confident he's earned the right to remain the Buffalo Bills' starter heading into next season.
``It's my team,'' Bledsoe said this week after the Bills missed the playoffs for the fifth consecutive year despite a strong finish.
The Bills -- from coach Mike Mularkey to team owner Ralph Wilson -- agree with Bledsoe.
``It wasn't all Drew,'' Wilson said, following Buffalo's season-ending loss Sunday to Pittsburgh, when Bledsoe struggled.
Mularkey shrugged off questions of Bledsoe's so-so passing numbers, saying the only figure that counted was the nine games his quarterback helped win this season.
``It's do you win or lose? That's the stat that comes out most,'' Mularkey said. ``I don't know what the rest has to do with performance to be honest with you.''
The Bills (9-7) enjoyed their first winning season since 1999, and first in three years since acquiring Bledsoe in from New England in 2002.
2005 Version Yes!
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Uhh!! I believe Mike was sticking up for You. BTW I don't doubt your info is legit. I have known people in the Bills organization over the years and still do to some extent but don't share stuff anymore here because whats to gain? I have friends from TBD that I share info with that know that what I tell them is usually 99% correct but won't post it here anymore because it just brings childish scorn. There are other posters that I know, that have good insight into what the pulse of the Bills is, so-to-speak, that share info with me that won't post it here also. IM a little older than most here and for most of my generation you could count on a persons word. Too, too bad for those of you in the me generation that you can't believe or trust anyone.
Well said Steve.
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With props to FTG over at Billzone for pulling this info together, here are Dredfuls numbers for 2004.
Player Att Comp Yds Comp% Yds/At TD INT INT% Long Sack/Lost Rating
Bledsoe 450 256 2932 56.9 6.5 20 16 3.6 69 37/215 76.6
The numbers don't lie folks. Whine about the OL all you want but I believe McGahaee had over 1000 yards rushing behind that line in LESS THAN a full season.
Could Losman put up numbers like this? Absolutely.
Deny it all you want, reality will eventually hit you in the face.
From the Buffalo News:
"I don't think that Drew has a heckuva lot of time to throw the ball. The guys are right on top of him. By the time he gets back, boom. We've got to straighten the offense out all the way around. There's not much blocking. The whole scheme of it has to be straightened out. I just think we've got better players than we've shown." This was Ralph Wilson's response.
Ron Jaworski, the former Philadelphia Eagles great quarterback and ESPN analyst, agreed with Wilson after the game.
"There is no doubt in my mind he can still win," Jaworski said. "Drew is one of those guys who needs protection. He's what I call a plant, step and throw quarterback. He needs to be comfortable in the pocket where he can do that. If you start showing color in his face and he starts throwing off his back foot because of pressure up the middle, he becomes a little bit erratic. When you build around him, you have to start with the interior of the offensive line. I think Drew is still a very, very good quarterback in this league."
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So the the Bills didn't beat the Steelers, so what? They squished the fish not once, but twice. They turned around a miserable season and almost made the playoff's. My hat is off to Mularkey and his coaching staff. He did what Wade and Greg couldn't conceive of, that is having a winning record. He turned a team around that had one of the worst offensive lines in the NFL, into at least above par.
Sure, they weren't in the playoffs, but did anyone expect the Bills would be there last August? Every reporter and sports mag, listed Buffalo as DEAD LAST in the AFC East, 'put a fork in them, they are done'. Instead, Buffalo came in third, and should have finished second. Sure, Bledsoe doesn't look so hot, but then neither does Losman. My vote would be for Mathews, who actually had pocket awareness last weekend, when they played San Fransisco. Losman, looked like Rob Johnson, are they clones? And Bledsoe was oblivious yesterday. He hadn't a clue that he was about to be blind sided. You can't tell me QB's can't sense when they are about to be hammered. Ask Marino, if he didn't sense when BRUCE was nearby, I'm sure he did. But Bledsoe can't, or is incapable of sensing impending doom. Maybe he has been hammered so often, that the god given ability to sense danger has long since disapeared, or maybe he never had it, but its time for him to step down, or at least laterally.
My hat is off to Mularkey and his staff, for turning around a team that was good as done last summer. He made me feel proud to be a Bills fan again, especially in Vikings country. I have never been ashamed of the Bills, going all the way back to 1963 and my first game. Even in those horrific years of 2 and 14. To me, if you can squish the FISH TWICE, its a winning season, no matter if you make the playoff's or not.
GO BUFFALO!
That not JohninMinn.'s Opinion
What data are we using to say JP isnt ready?
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Remember his body language showed immaturity and a just survive mentality. He's just a kid like you. Big Ben is a freak.