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I actually like Jimmy Johnson. However, he will not come North of the Mason Dixon Line. Seriously; too cold here for him regardless of how much you pay him.

When brought up to speed on the Bills' tackle problems iconic literary character Charlie Brown responded, "Good Grief!"

Man, Thoner, please don't. I hear you completely, especially with Ngata. How...HOW did we not take that guy? Who...WHO valued Whitner more than him in that draft besides us?

Seriously, I'm thinking we move up to 8th. I truly see us getting passed by Tennessee (probably as soon as this week), San Fran and Seattle. I don't see the first 7 teams sliding, rather, i don't see them being more successful than us the rest of the season. 5-11 for us, with those other three I mentioned getting, at the very least, 6 wins each.

I laughed out loud.

Bingo. Very, very Bingo.

I don't know, SD, I watched the first game between these two earlier this year. They took every shot they could at Ocho. I believe they got 2 unnecessary roughness penalties (possibly 3) and Chad got up, every single time without hesitation. I thought he made them look bad and weak. This should be real good.

As long as Ralph doesn't have Chuck Knox, Marv Levy, Lou Saban coaching, or Jack Kemp, Joe Ferguson, Jim Kelly, Doug Flutie, Elbert Dubinion, Booker Edgerson, Cookie Gilchrist, Tom Sestak, Fred Smerlas, Joe Cribs, Thurman Thomas, James Loften, Andre Reed, Frank Lewis, Jerry Butler, Wil Wolford, House Ballard, and insert most starters from 63-68, 80-82, 88-93, 98-99, as well as Bill Polian... ...yes, we are going to suck. One more thing; he has to pop back into the Way-Back Machine with Mr. Peabody and knock about 30 years off his age, b/c I very much doubt a 91 year old can think dynamically enough in this day and age in the NFL. Sorry for the Ageism.

Agreed, I mean I know what the OP is getting at here, but come on. If you blow this team up there are probably 12 or more guys you are DEFINITELY keeping around and then it gets gray. Randomly: Hangartner Wood Levitre Jackson Evans Byrd Poz Butler Lynch (sorry for some of you, but yes) Schoebel Palmer Florence Williams Stroud McGee ...and i am probably missing a couple.

Good point SB12. Not to make excuses on how other players have handled big rookie contracts (Mike Williams), but this "practice squad" guy could come in start and possibly be able to turn around his fortunes in a short time and be able ask for millions which could be great, GREAT motivation for the soul.

heart issues and injury prone? OK, those qualify as important concerns. However, I'll still get the ball rolling and coin in it right now: JAMON-JI!!!!

I am with you, John; I believe (hope) that D. Bell can make some strides in the off-season, so I am honestly willing to stand pat on him. Up until yesterday, I seriously would have take a look at how cheaply we could get Smith away from San Francisco... ...yeah, that's not happening now. SO much for me being ahead of the curve.

I'll third that, after Dr. Dankenstein's 2d, above.

Yes, and he was in sort of demand but ended up taking less money to play for the Jets which was more like the scheme he played in Baltimore, and wanted to avoid being "miscast" as he was at the end of his Bills tenure. *with a very bad church lady voice* Great Baltimore defense and great Jets defense, but not so good in Buffalo... hmmmm....could it be....COACHING!!!!!!

True, Biscuit. Don't get me wrong, we would still suck, but the season would still be alive and I would be looking forward to the next few games.

For a few years I've liked the Bengals...Thank heavens their season has been awesome so far. I've caught every game on the Sunday ticket, and seriously, I've been watching less and less bills, just DVRing them. In the NFC, ever since the Bills lost to the G-men in 2007 I just love them. I can't explain it. I just like that team; the way its built, who plays there, how there coached, the way they play. ...and when they beat the Patriots in the Super Bowl...

This. Seriously, please trust me, it is this.

My apologies to dublinguy on my earlier post. I never want to insult anybody and that was not the intent of my post, it just sort of sounds that way and that is the first thing to apologize for. Secondly, I gave an incorrect response to his original post which dealt with all time ineptitude. Sorry, dg, I am just frustrated. Peace, brother.

Great post, MRM, but you know what might be lost by some in what you stated? That Denver team finished 8-8, lost the division and the owner blew-it-up. A seeming disaster on their hands. Umm, until they started playing the games this year. Where are they now?

I seem to remember that while Ralph Wilson had Thurman as his running back, he did fairly well, too, both at the ticket office and in the pocketbook. How beholden to Ralph does Thurman have to be since his last paycheck from the Bills was almost 10 years ago, ya know, before he got cut? Hey, the most honesty comes from the ones we love. Sorry, but Thurm is pitch perfect on this one.

Really? Really, we are going to be saying this about an organization that is 3-1 (should be 4-0) with a killer defense, a pro-bowl QB, with a first round draft pick who hasn't started a down yet but still they have a good OL (even after Levi Jones), with a coach in an overtime game who went for it on 4th and 11...to try and WIN the game, with great free agent pick-ups and a well constructed draft and a beautiful stadium (if you've ever been there) and whose only reason they went 4-11-1 last year is that our current back-up was their starter for most of the season. Really? I'm sorry, and i am not trying to be insulting to anyone, but God we are delusional as Bills fans (for example, going down to Florida thinking we are going to win against a team that lost to SD, Indy and Alt - 3 playoff bound teams, and lost their starting QB, but we were starting 4th and 5th string tackles, but that's OK) I'm sorry, again, but what even gives us the right? We suck. We rival Oakland. The only reason we are not in the same breathe right now is b/c we played Tampa.

Geez, BB, that was best lead in for a thread. That is exactly the way I feel. Nicely done. ...I am not happy about it, mind you, but still, nicely done.

More importantly right now is who is starting at tackle?

Who wins every place that he goes? Who wouldn't be too demanding (money wise, and to some degree, control wise) at this stage of his career? Who loves teaching the game? Who would Ralph Trust? Who has history here? ...Schotzy. It has to be be Shottenheimer.

we need beast mode, b/c having the leagues 4th leader rusher and 2nd overall in nonQB yards from scrimmage in Jackson just isn't quite cutting it.