Felonious Monk

I don't know "Rob." I don't log on here just to read his posts, or anyone else's for that matter. I am not a regular here. Does that mean I can't have an opinion? Sure seems that way.

I doubt you'd say that if he weren't a Bill.

Point taken. But what Vick and Incognito did was premeditated, and sickened/outraged many people outside of football for years. Vick woke up knowing he was going to kill dogs. Incognito woke up knowing he was going to bully a teammate. The forums went nuts, saying neither would ever play again. I doubt this guy woke up saying, "I'm going to punch Geno in the face today." Tempers flair in training camp. It was reactionary. No "rights groups" are going to come after him. There won't be daily articles about him in every newspaper across the country. Question: Does he get cut if he punches Geno in the face but doesn't break his jaw? I'm not defending him. I'm just saying that if he has talent, he will be conditionally invited to someone's training camp in the future. He'll undergo anger management -- sensitivity training -- all the crap that says, "I'm a better person now!" If he can ball, he'll be given another shot. Maybe even by Rex. If he sucks, we'll never hear about him again. Time will tell.

We said the same thing about Vick, Incognito, etc. My money says he'll be given a chance by another team. Not this year, though. Time seems to water down these types of incidents.

Nothing in 2014/2015, but my biggest one: September 7, 2003: After we clobbered the *Pats 31-0, I turned to a friend and said, "They're back to being our b*tch!"

I'm a die-hard Mets fan. I was 12-13 when they won in '86. I remember all the players on that team -- At that age I saw them as "characters" -- fun-loving guys messing around. Fast forward 25ish years. I read this book: The Bad Guys Won "A Season of Brawling, Boozing, Bimbo Chasing, and Championship Baseball with Straw, Doc, Mookie, Nails the Kid, and the Rest of the 1986 Mets, the Rowdiest Team Ever to Put on a New York Uniform -- and Maybe the Best." Well, the subhed kind of gives it away, but that book really shed some light on what went on behind the scenes: 1). They regularly trashed airplanes. 2). Keith Hernandez, Doc Gooden and Darryl Strawberry were linked to cocaine. 3/4 of the team was. 3). Hernandez was repeatedly said to have sexually harassed women and was a notorious womanizer. 4). Team members were constantly throwing punches at each other -- and not jokingly. 5). I saved the "best" for last: Doc Gooden told a story of when Kevin Mitchell decapitated his girlfriend's cat during an argument right in front of him. Despite all this, a group of misfits with "major off the field issues" won a championship. That worked back then. Do I think they would have won that World Series today? Not a chance. Back then there was no TMZ -- No Internet -- No social networking. It took months, if not years to find out what really happened. So it wasn't an instant "distraction" as it is today. Some of these would have been "scandals" and -- especially in New York -- that team would have finished in last place. Today's players are doing what they've always done -- actually, much LESS because there are drug and misconduct policies in place. The difference is that the whole world is instantly privy to their private life due to technology. Mr. McCoy: Bring us a championship and we'll all chip in to get you a stadium full of strippers.

Their stock went down 69 cents today. They must have panicked.

Today was a good day for me to call, apparently. I'm up for renewal in September, coming off my first two years. For agreeing to a one-year contract, I got: 1). Free Sunday Ticket 2). Free second half of MLB Extra Innings 3). 15 International channels that are important to us 4). New dish/installation 5). Some miscellaneous credit that I didn't bother to question because at this point I was giddy. 6). My bill was reduced. I'm paying $40 less per month. Same core package -- we didn't lose a single station. So, it went like this: I called the billing department, and the first woman with whom I spoke said she couldn't help me. She was rude, but I played nice. I said, "Well if that's the case, I'd like to give notice right now that I'm canceling service in September." She sent me to customer retention and I got a very friendly woman. I told her that, because our contract is almost up, the wife and I are re-evaluating our options, and whoever gives us the best deal would win our business. "You play fair with us, we'll play fair with you" were my exact words. First words out of her mouth: "How about free Sunday Ticket? Is that a good start?" And we went from there. Keep calling until you get someone who is willing to work with you. Play nice. It obviously varies by situation -- Last September I was entering the second year of my contract and they offered it to me for $151. I didn't think they would do anything because they had me by the proverbial "short hairs." Now that contracts are 12 months, I'll do the same thing every year until it doesn't work anymore.

And if he doesn't pan out, the Browns have a backup plan.

Yet you posted. How's ignore working?

I see how it is. You guys all rush to defend the beaten vet -- who by the way, wrote this: "Can I get you a napkin to wipe the Marshawn dribble off your chin?" Yet you ask how old *I* am? I thought you guys put me on ignore?

Judging by the way you got clobbered here, it's for the better. WOW I must have REALLY pissed you off!!!

No problem. Just dispute the facts that PTR didn't. It's really that simple. Show me how Seattle's OL has been anything resembling good all year. In the absence of that, you're just a soured Bills fan who won't admit that Lynch is any good. Translation: You got your ass kicked. Congrats.

LMAO! So, if the Bills score late against the Raiders and we win that game -- according to your "logic" -- we have a great line? Did you even watch the first 3.5 quarters of this game? Wow. Just wow. Sure, give no props to Lynch because he's a former Bill and you're a homer fanboy. We get it.

Thanks for conceding!!!

Or maybe Wilson and Lynch are just THAT good and you have lost this point handily. Show me how Seattle's line has been anything better than below average ALL YEAR.

The two are mutually exclusive. You're a homer, and you are wrong about Seattle having a good line. Next?

Same old PTR. Homer to the end. Did you catch the first 3.5 quarters of this game? Seattle's OL has been below average all season. Do you ever research the stuff you comment on? Judging by years of inane posts, that's a rhetorical question. https://www.profootballfocus.com/blog/2015/01/08/2014-pff-offensive-line-rankings/2/ Post something to back up your lunacy or go away. Preferably the latter.

An elite RB compensates for a bad line. Same with an elite QB. I understand your confusion. We haven't had either in infinity.

Please tell me again how this is a QB league and RBs are worthless.

God I hate Seattle.

You call it success; I call it progress. Sad that some fans can't see how a couple of playoff appearances will get the Bills more national exposure and some respect around the league. Playoffs might make the Bills more attractive to free agents who are on the fence. But hey, for those fans who have no vision and enjoy being the laughing stock -- Enjoy.

A team that hasn't sniffed the playoffs in 15 years.

Everyone says it's a "passing league." Just how much of a passing league will it be in a few years when Manning, Brady and Brees retire? Among them is a guy who owned the single season TD record, the guy who beat it and is the current record holder, and the only guy to have ever thrown for 5,000 yards more than once. Oh, and that last guy was, until recently, the record holder for yards in a season, which was beaten by Guy #2. Elites left: Rogers... ???? Next tier: Luck, Rivers, Roethlisburger, Wilson (Romo? Flacco?) QBs who looked bad/sad this year: Newton, Dalton, Kaepernick, Ryan, Bradford, E. Manning, Stafford, Cutler Those not worth mentioning: The rest Take away those three sure-fire future HOFers and look at the remainder of the list. After they're gone, RBs like Murray will be in high demand again. Jerry Jones, as usual, is short-sighted.

This. Couldn't vote because I am on the fence.