Old Coot

I think the hot weather will be a significant factor as the game progresses. No clue as to whether the weather will favor the Bills or Rams. Thoughts?

The firm I worked for at the time represented the Braves. I got to work on a few player's contracts. I remember one rookie was making $20,000 a year, much more than I made in the early 1970's

My Little League team and I played another LL team at halftime in the old Rock Pile more than 60 years ago. It was heaven to hear my name announced ove the PA system for a tackle. I guess that makes me an OLD COOT.

If your starting QB punts does he risk a hammy pull that takes him out of the game?

Can we merge this thread with an Edmunds thread.

Another thread says that the Bills have released Araiza. End of discussion. Onto the regular season.

Note: You are quite right. This is intended as a joke not a flame.

Blue cheese (stilton) sucks. Like Red Foxxx its too salty. Blue cheer, on the other hand, rocks; so does Blue Oyster Cult and Blues Boy King

Didn't like the sound of the Feds after some of "our guys" (Bills palyers?) on a RICO beef. What's up with that?

Jack jump over the candlestick

No. It was Fergy who was colorblind resulting in the switch to red helmets. The Bills wore red helmets for years before Kelly joined the team.

Brian Bosworth -- The Boz -- at LB Ryan Leaf at QB

"And his hair was perfect"

"Hey, you're gonna hafta pay for breaking that!"

Based on some of the moves they've made this offseason I think they are already in the process of doing this. Same on the offensive side of the ball. The Bills are not going to be stagnant. They are making intentional moves to keep their scheme more flexible than it has been. They do NOT need a MLB with Edmunds' athletic gifts to build a successful defense, that's crazy. McDermott has built several successful defenses with a wide variety of players. To be clear, I was not saying that a successful D cannot be built absent Edmunds. I was saying that absent Edmunds the Bills will need to restructure their D. It takes awhile for a D to jell; that's why I said the base D will likely be set back a year or two. In those one or two years, the Bills may lose other key players on D or O so that the replacement process becomes something akin to "Wack-A-Mole."

I'm betting the team will try to re-sign Edmunds. Why? He's a valuable part of the Bills' D. If he leaves who will replace him? As Joe marino says Edmunds is a physical freak, tall, huge windspan and covers alot of ground. Sure he has weaknesses but whoever replaces him would not be able to do what he does. Replacing him would require a restructuring the Bills' base defense and likely set back the D a year or two.

Good comparison, Shaw

It's difficult to pick one footballer because football is much more a team sport than baseball, basketball or hockey. The best offensive player has to be Jim Brown. The best defensive player, that's more difficult but I'll go with lawrence Taylor. He is single-handedly responsible for creating the left tackle position. Before his time, the tackles were considered interchangeable. Brady -- he's a pretty good QB -- the Otto Graham of his time -- with Paul Brown playing the part of Bill Belichick.

Johnny U -- Mr Football. He played when mugging the opposing team's QB was legal.

My sense is that to win the Super Bowl a team must be both good & lucky, especially during the playoffs.

Chacun à son goût