Simon

It's right there on your TV if you're watching. In fact they just flipped him to get him over Richie

Yes he has, although last week was his first minor stumble

I thought he was rock solid last year too

In a huge way. He's been better than Richie

I know it's early but aside from one play John Miller is doing very good work on Aaron Donald

Roman needs to get him outside the pocket by design

He got kicked in the face

By the end of that game I was convinced that he had just played his best game as a Bill and almost certainly graded out the highest among the interior linemen. Solid in passpro and there were multiple instances where he got into the second level squared, set and ready to rock. Too bad neither of our backs seemed inclined to follow him.

Considering it was going on throughout last year as well, nobody should be surprised.

No argument with your first statement. But regarding the guys you listed, I think we have a purty good idea of what we're likely to get out of all 6 of them. Brown, Washington and to some extent Miller all have some wild card in them and are going to have a significant, ongoing cumulative effect on how this season goes in those parts of the field that count on every down. Hope yer all clean and dry down there, boss. (wait, are we still doing phrasing?)

I think the Bills have three tells that could give us a very good idea of how this season is likely to go. Tomorrow might be a good day to keep a close eye on Zach Brown, Adolphus Washington and John Miller.

This is a gorgeous cover with a female vocal and an acoustic arrangement that far outstrips the original one hit wonder. There's also a DCTommyTutone cover on the same album; sort of pedestrian but pretty unique.

Damn man, wherever you're at sounds a lot like the tiki deck at my camp on a Saturday afternoon.

A Greasy Granny came up on my Ipod when I was cutting the grass this afternoon. That's as close as I can get.....

I think that was the working title of their third single as well. Skip the singles and check out stuff like Gorilla Boy and Cleopatra's Cat. Some solid writing with a skilled and very tight band.

You should consider giving some of their stuff another listen. I always considered them some gimmicky pop band but a couple years ago a bass player I respect talked me into reconsidering that stance. They might not be your cuppa, but there are a couple serious musicians in that band. A live taste from a few yeas ago

If it was in PPP I wouldn't have touched it. If it was in OTW and it was going political I would have moved it over here. I would only use the lock feature for redundant threads or new threads during games. Maybe I was high and hit the wrong button. Sorry about that Chief, errrrr Chef.

I don't recall that at all. It doesn't strike me as something I would have done (at least the locking the thread part), but if that was the case, I apologize.

Many of these posters are a microcosm of our society at large. They are frequently reasonable people who self-identify as conservatives, yet still take an outsized joy at the excesses of the state. When the reasonable members of our conservative class place more value on playing the role of culture warriors than they do on defending the American tenet of personal liberty, I think that is absolutely symptomatic of the ongoing decay of a republic that claims to be based on the ideal of freedom.

The slavish devotion to Draconian law enforced upon the "other" is a potentially interesting debate. But the fact that so many of y'alll take such glee in it is a troubling symptom of a theoretically free republic.

Yeah, minus several hundred dollars worth of his own property.

Sorry you had to deal with that horseshit. Maybe someday the rest of these big motherment communists will remember they're Americans and defend to the death your right to smoke it, regardless of whether they agree with what you smoke.

If guys were making Pro Bowl votes based on 34 criteria, I know you know he would have made a whole lot more of them. I'd take a consistently Pro Bowl quality DLineman around the #20 spot every single time.

As much as I loved the guy's game, he probably wasn't all that scheme diverse. He was a perfect fit for what Lebeau wanted to do on the edge, but he would have been pretty pedestrian as a 4-3 end. He would probably been effective as a DT in some 4-3 Unders and that's about it. But he wouldn't likely have been the same kind of impact guy he turned out to be. I see Lawson as the same kind of great fit for Rex, but with some added potential to be used in other roles. If Rex pukes on his shirt and is out of here in the next year or two, Lawson could probably still be effective in 3 different roles of virtually any 4-3 you want to run. He's strong enough at the POA to play outside or inside at anywhere but the Nose and he's going to be a handful for one guy in most passpro situations. He's not likely an athletic enough closer to put up big sack numbers but I think he'll be a factor in moving QB's off their spot and forcing them into more difficult throws; which could be a boon for a dangerous Bills secondary. Setting edges upfield is likely to be his forte, but if it came down to it, kicking him inside next to Dareus could still be a great tandem to build out from. Aside from the physical fit, I think you should give more credence to the fact that guy has great motor and really seems to take pride in winning physical battles. He's exactly the kind of ballplayer Whaley wants to stock this roster with and if he stays healthy he could spend years dominating matchups at a few different positions.