Steve Billieve

lol . . . its really only the players who are studying 12+ hours a day . . . basically are only interested in the one thing . . .

It's definitely a tough question once you accept the premise that you need to justify it. If we accept that we need to and I don't believe we do here are a couple points that I think are very relevant: 1. Total dedication to anything will ruin you. It doesn't really matter what it is. Dancers ruin their feet, gymnests ruin their knees. I'm a huge chess fan, by all accounts this is an activity that is almost universally held to be good for you, but for those who engage in it at higher levels of competition it is not. A shocking percentage of the best players suffer from mental illness late in life, which is really quite unusual as those things normally present themselves before 30. 2. Football has become relatively upfront about the dangers. Parents, children, and adult players are aware of the risk. 3. The greatest exposure to possible injury comes as an adult instead of as a child. This is different from activities like dancing and gymnastics where lots of damage to the body occurs without much of a chance to consent. Certainly this doesn't make the news as much, chronic joint pain, and bad feet aren't great headlines but we are talking about lifelong consequences to very young people. 4. Football is awesome. it's fun to play, its fun to watch, and just because there's a serious cost doesn't mean its not worth it. Either way its not our decision, its a personal decision for those who choose to play. Sure it has its problems but at least we're trying. We want it to be safer, we might not succeed but when you're talking about an ethical or moral issue effort does count for something. From the league to the players to the fans to the media we would all like it to be safer, we (for the most part) don't want players getting hurt. Getting hurt is a side effect not the point.

More and more it looks like KC will count twice.

I have them all the time . . . 38 - 3 Bills.

He's practically admitted as much.

Maybe you made me change my mind, at first I thought I didn't like them being tradeable. Do teams that do poorly get vastly more comp picks? It seems like the Pats* always have comp picks . . .

Betting at these sites definitely isn't gambling. Winning regularly is not related to luck. The reason I don't think it should be legal is I don't think it's related to skill either, its related to knowledge and computer algorithms that most people don't have access too. It's a swindle.

If Spiller had been our QB for that game we would have.

I feel like there are a half dozen guys not on an NFL roster who could have gotten us to 6-3. Whaley makes good decisions, he can't predict the future.

I think you spelled Pats* wrong.

Seriously, I want to know, do you think the same about Taylor?

Do you think the same thing about Taylor's passing yards? He's coming in at 31.

Worth it. No question. I'm sure he knows that his penalties are a problem. Passion does count for something, its just an area that really needs to be worked on.

When I imagine what this season would be like without Incognito and Glenn I tremble . . . Woods is definitely valuable . . . and then there's Gilmore . . . at least we don't have to worry about signing Harvin.

Yeah, definitely not a fan, I find sponsors dictating our uniforms to be the most disturbing though . . .

Things are definitely bad when we start propping up Bledsoe.

A sub isn't a sandwich. A hotdog is not a sub.

Nobody was really talking about the Bills drafting Carr . . . although there was some speculation about Geno Smith. I heard he was worse than EJ.

I didn't like Rex when he was on the Jets. It wasn't anything he did, or said, he was just on the Jets. I liked laughing at his enormous man boobs, and how angry he got when he was loosing, it was fun disliking Rex and I miss the good old days.

Yep. I'm sure a little upset with Rex right now, but when you have a really good year with a unit it's a little foolish to expect improvement instead of regression to the mean. Our defense has definitely had its moments so far this year, and the offense has put them in more than a couple tight spots. You have to give a coach longer than 7 games to implement their systems etc etc. It would be inconceivable if he was gone after this year, end of year 2 is the soonest he could get canned, and I think that would take a real stinker, like 2-14.

In moments like these I sometimes think, I could stop watching football . . .

Mike Tyson has continued to be a public figure and even done some acting, lynch also has shown an aptitude for this . . . Are you trying to prove his point?

It's like people can't stand for athletes to have an opinion and express it.

I wish more athletes would tell the truth. If I were him I'd be thinking the same thing.

I don't want to say there's no chance but . . . I think the only way that happens is if Belichick makes the decision for him and he wants to retire a pat*.