Dan

I thought Trent texted Russ (or Jauron)?

Offense: Jackson Defense: Schobel Rookies: Offense: Levitre Defense: Byrd Honorable Mentions: Moorman - remains one of our best, all around contributers.

OK. Ralph is THE man. I've never seen his wife before, but I'd think we could all only hope to be as lucky as he is when we're 91. Back on point,this is all highly interesting. If you connect some of the dots here... you get Ralph passing ownership to his wife, who will in all likelihood outlive him, with no tax penalty. She's not interested in running the team, so she brings in Kelly (with Thurman, et al.) to be President or some other such title. But they basically run the team for her. They, then go after a GM, Coach, new FO. Interesting to hear Cowher's name come up, too. Never would have thought it realistic that he'd consider Buffalo. Not sure of the validity of any of this, but intriguing speculation none the less.

Technically speaking, he's only missed 16.5 games. He hasn't missed this coming Sunday's game... yet.

This past weekend on ESPN, they had him talking to/interested in Tampa Bay and Carolina. Not sure who the 3rd team would be though.

Well, I'm going to guess that you didn't watch the game. Either that or you are indeed basing your opinion off some mental fabrication of a game that you thought you saw. Could you explain how he made all these "piss-poor decisions"? How many times did he not see the guy that was wide open or throw into bad coverage? Certainly he made some poor decisions, but that's to be expected by any young QB. However, by your "brutal" analysis you're implying he made many poor decisions. He actually attempted 2 deep balls. One was underthrown; the first was overthrown. I guess you missed the first deep throw to TO? Both passes, to me, looked likes a QB and WR just not being familiar with one another more than a bad throw. The underthrown ball is something yo see every day, in every game. Typically the WR adjusts his route a little to make an attempt at the ball. TO, IMO, didn't even try; hence, the it looked like a really bad pass when, in reality, is what jsut a sorta bad pass. Why would he even try to hit defensive backs in stride? I considered it a good thing that he didn't throw to too many DBs. And considering he didn't have 4 interceptions nor did he have multiple "near" interceptions, I'd think he did a decent job of avoiding the DBs. 80% of his passes went to targets out of the backfield? According to nfl.com, the RBs/FB caught 41.2% of his completions. Now, I didn't run any fancy statistical analyses or anything, but I'm going to go out on a limb and say that 40% is statistically less than 80%, in this case. Perhaps a few posters here are being overly optimistic; however, I'd say you're guilty of just the opposite - being overly pessimistic.

Talking to loud on a cell phone is one of my pet peeves., too. My wife does it all the time... I have to remind her to use the inside voice. I really don't get all the personalized ringtones with all the cools songs and stuff. Sure it's great if you're sittin around with buds, but does anyone ever look good with Tone-Loc's Wild Thing blasting when they get a call in public or in a meeting? Personally, I have some classical piece as my primary ring tone. Not that I like classical music, so much. But more so, because when I forget to turn it off, it sounds more understated and unobtrusive. I agree, etiquette and consideration for others are all but lost. Go anywhere in public and it's obvious. Go to the store and watch the idiot standing in the middle of the isle, oblivious to the people that may want to walk by. Or the driving thread.

While I whole heartedly agree with most of your post, I don't understand why talking on a cell phone in a restaurant is considered to be rude. If 2 people are sitting at a table, they're expected to have a conversation. So, why can't I have a similar conversation with someone on my phone? I eat alone all the time and quite often have a phone conversation while in the restaurant waiting on my food. Granted, I think you should keep your voice at a conversational level - something alot ot people on cell phones have difficulty doing for some reason. But, I'd say the same if it's 2 people sitting together at a table - neither should be yelling at the other.

To be fair, the league has mandated that we cannot play Hamdan in a real game. So to say he's not the answer, is to speal without knowing.

I'm glad Dr. Dank hada good time in Atlanta, although I doubt there were 300+ people at some party he could attend. Come on, now.

I'll tell ya one play that really stood out to me... (I don't recall all the specifics, but since when so specifics matter around here) The Falcons had an all out blitz coming. Brohm recognized it, took 2 quick steps and fired the ball to Evans (I think) on a very quick slant. Of course, he didn't catch the ball so it just goes down as an incompletion. But, seriously, when was the last time a Bills' QB recognized the blitz and threw 2 his hot receiver before getting sacked? He actually looked like a competent QB on that play. Sure, it would have been nice to see the ball actually get caught, but I'd wager the receiver wasn't expecting the ball to come out so fast.

Wow, the Lions have had some bad teams this decade.

And all that extra rest didn't help the Bills one bit when the Super Bowl rolled around. And neither has it helped the Colts every other time they've had their playoff seed wrapped up early. So, yeah, I agree; the fans showed up to see Manning and the Colts win. And what do they get? Their team sitting on the sidelines while a bad team rolls right over them. At least the fans let them hear it with some boos.

Good point! Just what we need to end the season with a prime time matchup with the Colts 3rd stringers and get blown out. Since, they started sitting the starters, they're outscored 18-0 and have 9 yards of offense.

IMO, it's not only disrespectful to the league, but especially to your fans. There's no guarantee that sitting your starters is going to win the Superbowl, so they're just pissing away what could be a perfect season.

Are they seriously just throwing away a perfect season? Horrible, IMO.

If Lynch is traded, who's the 2nd RB next year? Or do we draft another RB with the pick we get for Lynch? Yeah, this makes so much sense.

Despite the fact that Poz had 3 games in a row with an int., is a solid tackler, and is responsible for getting the defense in position. All while coming off a broken arm in week 1. Yeah, good guy to rag on.

Corrected. Some, of us have very much appreciated his play for the last 9 seasons.

I'd go with a solid 5. Not bad, but not good. But, I'd give Trent and Fitzy solid 3.5 and 4.5, respectively. So, Brohm's gets another week to lower his mark.

True. 2nd and 19 let's run it, that'll trick 'em. Pathetic.

Overvalue our opinions much? If the Bills' coaching staff is spending even 5 minutes of their time on this board, much less considering the many inane opinions, I'd be shocked.

I would completely agree. My whole point is things can look really bad or look pretty good; it all just depends on how you want to see it. But, until the new GM/HC is hired, we really have no idea how this team will change. Even with the new hires, it may be several months before we see what the new plan is, if any.