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It should have been over prior to the regular season!

Unbelievable... "Why are we the 30th defense in the league? I think coaches got arrogant, I think Gregg got arrogant," the player said Tuesday, asking not to be identified. "They thought they figured it all out. They thought, 'We can win with scheme, we don't need players.' Don't be mistaken, this is a player-driven game, and so you need players. Any time in life when somebody thinks they've got it all figured out, it's going to come and get you. It's going to come and get you … the sentiment is a lot of guys are mad because the coaches think it's all about them. They think they're f------ geniuses, thinking they can just let guys go and get away with handling people badly." To be specific, Redskins defenders, particularly in the secondary, have regressed, Taylor being the main culprit. Out of the University of Miami, Taylor was arguably the most-talented cover safety to enter the league in years. His first preseason game, he intercepted two passes, returning one for a score. But he's been tinkered with so much now, Redskins players say he no longer plays on instinct. A lot of Taylor's woes can be traced a lot to the hiring of Steve Jackson as Redskins safety coach. Jackson came with Williams from Buffalo, where he was a lower-level defensive coach, and Jackson supposedly was hurt when Williams chose DeWayne Walker as his main secondary coach in 2003 and 2004. He wanted the job himself, and when Walker left after the 2005 season, he assumed he'd get it. But Williams' old defensive coordinator in Buffalo, Jerry Gray, had just become available, and Williams hired him. Jackson was ticked. So Williams threw him a bone, a bone which has literally torn up the secondary. He made Jackson safeties coach and Gray cornerbacks coach and allowed Jackson to run his own meetings. That means that the Redskins' safeties and corners do not meet together, which is practically unheard of. "Talk to any coach in the league, and ask them, 'Have you ever heard of corners and safeties not meeting together?'" the Redskins player says. "They'd say, 'What are you talking about?' That's crazy. But ever since minicamps, OTAs, training camp, we hadn't met as a secondary. On the field, the corners will start making a call or doing something, and the safeties will be, 'What are you talking about? We didn't go over that.' So now the corners are expecting help in certain situations, and the safeties aren't getting there in time. And people got beat in the secondary.

If you would have asked me beforehand, I would have guessed that you can't even play D-1 football at the age of 15 or 16. I could see 17 maybe. Goes to show how much I know!

Holy Crap...I wonder how much input Greggo had in the Archuleta signing. A $10 million dollar bonus/$35 million dollar contract and he is benched halfway through his first season.

So you are saying that the Bills opponents determine how good a team is by how much press they are getting?

"Buffalo HAS the potential..." with HAS being the key word. Doesn't mean sh-- if Ralph doesn't want to lay out the cash.

This is the same crap we heard about DB during his stay here. The bottom line is that the Bills have a straight ahead style runner who can't make anyone miss and doesn't have the beef or the willingness to run through tacklers.

Yes he is a good pass rusher, but there is more to playing DE than just teeing off on each and every play.

1. JP Losman is a good young QB. He played well the second half of the year. Agreed 2. Willis McGahee will be resigned. Levy and Jauron like his toughness.WM is gone after next year. He is an average RB with no elusiveness 3. Lee Evans is a All-Pro reciever.He is on his way to a very good career 4. Aaron Shoebel is a all pro DE.All Pro?? I don't think so. This is reserved for the TOP 2 DE's in the NFL 5. London Fletcher is a stud and will be resigned. Wilson, Levy and Jauron like him.Good player, but is at the age where some players hit the wall. Be careful how long of a contract you sign him to! 5. The Special teams are great.Agreed 6. The team is full of good young players.Only time will tell which of these young guns become above average starters 7. The coaching staff is good. (they made some bad calls, but who doesnt)I have no problem with the coaching staff. They appear to be an upgrade over the previous two regimes 8. Marv Levy knows what hes doing. Just look how the team is compared to the past.I'm not sure how much input Marv has at the draft and in terms of FA. Are most decisions primarily coming from Modrak and Guy??? 9. The Bills will have alot of Cap space to work with.Doesn't mean Ralph is opening up the pocketbook! 10. This team is close to being REALLY good.No, the team is close to being GOOD. I would consider the term "really good" to be associated with a record of 12 wins or better and I believe this is at least 2 years away.

Pro Bowl or not, Schobel's play against the run at the point of attack continues to be average at best.

...I know it's a different sport, but how do you explain the Sabres selling out ALL 41 home games this year well in advance, when all the games(or almost all of them) are on TV?

You sent him CASH and now he doesn't respond to your emails? I can't believe this!!

Stick to your guns! I already told my wife to not even think about buying me ANYTHING with the slug on it. Not even a stupid keychain!

http://www.wgrz.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=43477 Come on cablelady...make it happen!!!

Pro Bowl voting is a joke. If you want to see what players are really the best in the game, wait for the AP All Pro team to be announced.

Greta post. Let me know how you feel the next time the Sabres go on a winning streak. Friggin' weathervane!

May Santa bring you coal in your stocking! Not only is It's a Wonderful Life a Christmas classic, it's one of my all-time favorite movies!

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I can see Ralphie using this as an excuse not to spend a lot of money in free agency. The sooner he sells the team the better. Believe me, they will find a buyer committed to keeping the team in Buffalo.

It can't be stated any better than this.

I am not so sure why so many people(led by the WGR schmucks) are upset about the games being blacked out. This is not a new policy, has happened many times before, and in games that actually were important(Houston v. Bills greatest comeback game). The fact that games are being blacked out in ANOTHER season that will fall short of the playoffs should not surprise or upset anyone. You want to see it, buy a ticket. If not, go Christmas shopping. I'll see you at the mall!

The manager(whose name escapes me) and his asst.(Robert Wuhl) in Bull Durham never fail to crack me up.

Should the words shrewd, smart & Hillary ever be used in the same sentence?