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If it plays out like last year and he sits out all of the off-season program and most of camp he's not worth the money he's making now. I thought he was pedestrian at best last year. He needs a full off-season regimen. So, yeah, I think he's got the upper-hand. If the Bills want him on board and not a distraction they need to get him resigned quickly.

I'm getting a bit worried that free agency is waning and the Bills still have major holes to fill. To my way of thinking here's what still needs to be filled (in order of urgency): Sign Peters. He has Bills over a barrel. They can't afford to open another massive hole on the O-Line. Sign a starting Guard to take Dockery's place. Sign a Starting Linebacker. Sign a DE that can get to the QB. Sigh a starting TE to take Royal's spot. Sign a serviceable RB to back up Jackson during Lynch's suspension. That's six glaring holes. Realistically, the draft can probably fill 2. (That also eliminates the old "Take the best guy on the board" scenario that teams like to operate under. The Bills will surely have to draft for need.) The T.O. shot in the arm was nice, but it is looking more and more like sugar coating on a sour off-season.

There was the Kirk Jones incident a few years back. Working both in journalism and tourism I'm quite convinced that was a hoax. The kid that went over in 1960 was Roger Woodward. I interviewed him for "Buffalo Soul Lifters." He is a really great guy. It will be interesting to see how this story develops. Stats kept by the park commission estimate that approx. 40 people per year commit suicide by going over the falls. If we include the Kirk Jones claim that means that 3 out of 1,960 people or 1 in 653 have survived. That number is probably even smaller bcause the suicide number includes those going over the American Falls where the big rocks allow no survivors. If that's the case it's not nearly the astronomical number one might assume for survival.

Here's a random Rick Azar story. When the movie "Sophie's Choice" came out in 1982 I went to see it with my parents. We were in a theater in Amherst and as we made our way to our seats I noticed Rick Azar sitting right behind us. If you've seen that movie (and I've never watched it again) you know it has a gut wrenching, heart-breaking ending. As the credits rolled many women in the audience were crying. I stood up and turned to see Rick wiping a tear from his eye. "Heavy movie, heavy, heavy movie," he said to no one in particular. And that's my brush with fame Rick Azar story.

The offseason suddenly got a whole lot interesting. For those of you with a sense of irony the news broke as the NFL Network was showing the Houston comeback game. I think the franchise made a bit of a comeback (to relevancy) today.

ESPN just confirmed as well. Holy Sh*t!!!

That's not porn - this, however, is much closer. It's the current Calvin Klein ad in Rolling Stone. Warning, besides the pic the commentary below it is NSFW. CK Ad The message seems to be "Hey girls, want to be gang banged by three pretty-boys? Then get in (and out of) your Calvin Kleins."

Thanks for the comments, guys. The column got picked up nationally so I've received a ton of email from all over.

Here's a link to my column about the Flight 3407 tragedy. Hope you enjoy. Column

Het current and ofrmer Falls residents. We had the first Happy Hour on Thursday to benefit Niagara Homecoming. It turned out to be a wild success. Here's a Linky Next one is March 5th from 5-7 PM at the Como. Come on out and have a great time. It's a cash bar with lots of free food. Also, don't forget to invite your friends and family back for Niagara Homecoming this June. Niagara Homecoming

Well, I knew that was coming. Thanks for getting it out of the way early.

Spent the past week catching up on shows clogging up the disc space of my TiVo. Wrote a column about what I have prioritized: Chevy's TiVo Thought it might make a good off-season discussion here. What programs do you TiVo so that you're sure not to miss them?

I'm no Mod, but this thread should be posted in the Off The Wall section - for all OT threads.

Thanks (Everyone) for the kind words.

30 Rock has the best writing like this example of a conversation between Liz (Tina Fey) and Jack (Alec Baldwin). Liz: Jack, do you have any pull with the Postmaster General? Jack: I used to, but we had a falling out over the Jerry Garcia stamp. I told him, "If I wanted to lick an old hippie, I'd return Joan Baez' phone calls."

Wonderfalls - FOX show set in Niagara Falls. Here's one I bet you'd never think of - The Honeymooners. It ran just one season before Gleason pulled it because he felt that they'd run out of fresh ideas (They also lost in their time slot to Perry Como, if you can believe it). Although he did bring the characters back in shorts on his variety show.

Here's a link to my column about the International Bowl. UB has every right to hold their heads high. UB Column

Don't know if it's been discussed, but Fred Jackson said in his post-game comments that the feeling on the field was that the Pats* had orchestrated the "scrum" to purposely engage dopey Preston and run out the clock. If true, it's just further example of how far Belicheat is ahead of Jauron in game situation management.

What is the sense of starting Losman - a lame duck - for any game ever again in a Bills uniform? I know the Bills are mathematically still alive for the playoffs, but when your road there involves two teams having to play to a tie, you're out. Let's say JP tears it up and the team wins the last three. Then Jauron and company look like fools for backing Edwards. Also, that would put some pressure on the team to give thought to actually re-signing JP. (I know, a nightmare if ever there was one.) At worst, JP gets a bigger contract elsewhere and the Bills get f***-all. More realistically, let's say JP is his same old self and leads the team to a 1-2 or 0-3 finish. He goes out the door to stink up the roster somewhere else next year and the Bills still have no idea if their number 3 can be a 2 or a 1. The only upside is to start Hamdan and find out what you have. The fact that the Bills wouldn't even consider doing so speaks volumes about the ineptitude of Jauron and Co.

How did you order tickets? Everything I've read said that they don't go on sale until wednesday. (Nevermind, I went to the Official site and found out that you can order now through Ticketmaster. The UB site still says that you can't order until tomorrow.

How cool was it to watch a big game as a Buffalo fan and actually see a win? Great game, made my whole weekend. Especially liked Spielman's comment that "The Bills won't be the only team from Buffalo playing in Toronto." It's bittersweet because Gill is as good as gone, but it couldn't happen to a nicer guy. Go Turner, Go Bulls!

Hope your wish comes true. Happy Birthday, Cindy (and many, many more)

Without looking it up my guess is zero.

Why do posts like these always seem to come from folks who have been on TSW for all of a cup of coffee? The title says "Schottenheimer interested in Bills." Like an idiot I bite only to read, "He is hinting on all his talk shows (NFL network) that he wants back in coaching." What does that have to do with him expressing an interest in this team? The fact that "He always speaks VERY highly of the Bills" is irrelevent. Does he have an interst in coaching here above another NFL city? Based on your insightful post the world may never know.