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And so, they relegate themselves to a constant state of trades and UFA signings to fill their gaps. Because once you start it, it's hard to stop. So instead of paying the rookie minimums and finding talent, they sign others' monetary/performance ca$toffs to whopper contracts. The N.Y. hockey Rangers finally learned two years ago that this practice does not pan out even when there isn't a salary cap. I would say that one day it'll catch up to them, but I know better.

Fishing is for perverts and masochists.

KFFL is reporting that he's in negotiations with the NYC subway system for their T position. T for turnstile, that is. I swear to all things holy... In the Atlanta game, Teague stood upright with the dumbest look on his face at the LOS as JP was being ransacked by three Falcons about 5 yards in the backfield. A Center with any balls would've been back there protecting his QB, even if it resulted in a penalty.

It's more nearly accurate to use the analogy of a circle-jerk, but yeah.

As for Orlovsky, I'm a bit of a homer, don't you know. He's got decent arm strength, can move around in the pocket. In a preseason game I caught last year, the Lions QBs were doing nothing until he came in in the late 2nd after someone got hurt and he led two TD drives and was putting the ball where it needed to be. Doubtful that he's the one who gets the ax, as they were pleased with his progress. I think he'll develop into a quality backup and I hope he gets a chance to start somewhere. As it stands, it'll probably be a Kitna-McCown-DanO line-up for them. I wouldn't touch the other two with a 23 1/2 foot pole.

Tough game against an opponent who's playing a style, and with an intensity, Calhoun wasn't expecting. Combine that with an offense not hitting shots until late here.... And that's why they play the games.

Can't speak for that specific business, but running my own (very small, albeit) business, I can say that the reality on the ground is often far removed from the theory of a book or the back of a can of sealant. Have to make do with what you've got, and be creative in solving problems. Halliburton, KBR, etc. are THE people who do this type of contracting in hot zones. Doing otherwise is like hiring one guy with a pickup and a 6'x6' trailer to haul all of the garbage in NYC. While I'm a little leery about what the ultimate worth of what we're doing over there will be (and the macro cost of it), I don't doubt that, by and large, the right people are on the job when they're given a task. And the guys who do that stuff are to be commended.

On one hand, there's the numerous examples of guys in the NBA who were drafted by bad teams and played like sh-- b/c that was the culture, then went to another, better team and excelled. It's all a matter of environment. Millen is a grade-A moron who thought adding more first-round WRs and big$ name FAs would be the answer to his O's and team's problems. But, the NFL is not the NBA. Gunshy-ness in QBs doesn't go away. And Harrington did not show an ability to make good quick decisions or throw accurate passes; by year 3 that's a sure sign that he's not going to, ever. BTW --- it's pronounced Day-Twa-ah.

Buftex, believing the copy on the back of football cards is akin to believing a press release from 1600 Pennsylvania Ave is all three kinds of truth. You really think they'll put "Hands of stone" on there? I had a pal on the track team whose website bio said he "could be an Olympic qualifier." Even he cracked up about that. Uhh... could be, but he's not going to be.

They couldn't see if K-Mart was having a blue-light special? Poland Spring: what it means to be from Tikrit. Honest Al's Used Humvee Lot.... What? No sale!!?

As long as there's no incentive for some players to play college ball b/c they don't care about getting a free education and they're not paid.... there's going to be some skeeve factors for the most popular sports where recruiting is concerned. Pulling strings for academic eligibilty, sex parties for football recruits (was that Texas Tech?).... I saw some softie examples; was in a gen-ed class loaded w/ jocks and the prof got free tickets to a few games from the coach. It's for that reason that I used to go to some of the less visible sports, where they are truly student-athletes b/c there is no real pro league. As for the flap with BC, it goes back to when Miami and VT left the Big East for the ACC. That year, BC made a promise that they were committed to the Big East, that they were definately staying in the Big East. So, UConn built a $90M football stadium for upgrading to D-I thinking that Big East football would have a solid future. The next year, BC runs to the ACC (leaving the Big East high and dry for football programs, hence the nickname Big Least), and it was found out that they had been making hay with the ACC before and while they were making said promises. And to add insult to injury, BC's administration is the Boston Archdiosesce(?). Nice!

Hasn't been caught... doing what? I think M. Williams should've been expelled for the laptop episode, and I really didn't follow the team during the season b/c of it. But Calhoun had nothing to do with that decision; it was the Dean of Students (I actually wrote him a letter expressing my disappointment, as an alum). What's the other name? I've heard most of them. Yukon, UCan't, University of College Basketball....

Do I really need to write who I think is going to win? Just look to the left. Would LOVE it if we got to knock off BC in the semis. To anyone who followed what happened in their leaving the Big East, it would be sweet revenge for those fecking backstabbing liars.

For someone just coming along and reading it, I think that's one of those sentences that Lewis Black says cause all of the aneurisms in the world.

Nice Keibler elves!

Add 10. But, no sh--, I get carded all the time by cashiers who say, "You look like you're about 19." Which I suppose is better than looking middle-aged (35 ). And, I forgot to tell LanaK, that no, I will not be posing for Cosmo, even tho they keep asking.

This goes down as a low-profile signing to the rest of the NFL, but holy ke-rist, you don't know how important it can be until you don't have a good LS.

In my profile. Not a very good-quality photo, tho.

Oh, to return to those days where on a 3rd and goal from the 1, the opponent can know we're going to run, and we still run and put up 6 points. The heady days of Carwell Gardner and Sam Gash blowing holes and smashing LBs. What we've had at FB for the past several years is pathetic for a cold-weather, run first, especially-in-December-when-it-counts team. Which is another plus about Bernstein.... he's outta friggin' Wisconsin. STL, you've gotta be kidding if you think he's still going to be there in the 6th. Even the low 3rd is a maybe.

Albeit, he could sign it with someone else.... It's not a bad deal for either camp. Provides the Bills with a receiver who, given an opportunity as #2 (who knows if he will), will be well motivated in order to cash in next year, but if he doesn't produce we can let him go w/ no hit. Davis stands to benefit in the example you provide.

Thanks for starting a thread on this. As I said on the college board, we really should be looking to draft a FB this year, as this is probably one of the better crops in a while and for a while. Add in that Shelton is 33(?) and didn't impress me too much last year. If Marv/Jauron are going to commit to the running game rather than just say he will like the past two regimes, he needs to fully commit. Time to get back to Buffalo Bills-style football, if you ask me. Which might mean using one of the early 3rds on a guy like Bernstein. It'd be nice to wrap this position up for the next 8 years and not have to worry about it. As it stands, we've been bringing in these small-school project FBs and depending on hybrids like Neufeld. Lots of people here on TBD who don't appreciate the FB. He is AS important or MORE important than any offensive lineman.

Moulds was disgruntled last season, when the FO wasn't seriously screwing around with his pay. I don't think him too low to not see the writing on the wall, and that he's going with the trade-or-release threat shows it. Relationships that sour like this don't generally get back to good terms. As for that last sentence, there's a lot of time for something to happen; from a draft-day deal to a Milloy-type release. And if it is a Milloy situation, there will be teams that will do what they need to get him, as he still can be a good-to-great receiver, just probably not in Buffalo. And to Peter, I'm not a "JP apologist," it's just that some of us take issue with a guy who holds a grudge against another due to circumstances out of his control, such that it affects the QB-WR effectiveness. I'm not saying that several weeks of offseason workouts would have guaranteed they'd be best buddies, but it would have helped both Moulds and the team if they were on the same page prior to camp, and it showed itself early in the season (and JP's performance was hindered when Evans got the heat) and exaserbated itself later in the season. Moulds is the one who didn't make the effort at the start, and refused to get over that Drew was no longer on the team.

Johnny, Lieberman and Dodd are the Connecticut senators until they choose not to run again or their hearts stop beating. And they know it. There are no consequences in whether they, or about 80 percent of the rest of both houses of Congress, support this or that legislation.

I don't think we differ all that much. I'm just more in the mindset of 'If he's done it once....' What happens the next time he deems that he's not being used effectively? Moulds hasn't really showed me that he's any better than my 5-y.o. nephew in learning what his role is and who is in charge. And I don't think this sets the proper tone in the locker room, even if it has been glossed over/smoothed out. It still happened and it's not going to be forgotten while he's still here. But the harsher look is further supported by what he's doing now in creating another publicly-aired flap with the FO (and BTW a FO now headed by the coach he didn't exactly enamor himself with as a young player), even if it is about something as delicate as a man's paycheck. If someone else wants this type of player, or can give Eric the situation that he wants, fine.

I don't know, if I'm on a job and call my boss an idiot who doesn't know his bippy from a hole in the ground, then get in my car and drive off.... You wouldn't expect to get fired? Moulds got a slap on the wrist. What does this say wrt anyone else doing the same thing? JP and Evans' syncranization last year was testament to what could have been had Moulds not been staring at his colon from the inside? Like I said, it was a problem of his own making. What's happening now is what needed to happen. It's how the NFL (and sports) is now that a player needs to "demand a trade" then the GM says that "X is under contract, and we'll blah blah blah" to get some hype going so both sides can get done what needs to get done. And I think it'll end up being win-win.