RJ (not THAT RJ)

Yes, the host of Rocketship 7, David Boreanaz's Dad. Although he no longer uses the "Dave Thomas" stage name. He is Dave Roberts here, weatherman on ABC 6.

I am with you completely on this, Dean, and I share your frustration that the reporting seems to be skating over what should be the crucial facts of the story.

You make an excellent point there, and I do not think it makes sense to be too hard on Crowell, who obviously tried to play through the pain and only submitted to the necessity of surgery at the last possible minute. What bugs me about Tim G's reporting is that he continues to use the "5 weeks" theme as if it is a given, without appearing to consider the possibility that team doctors felt his recovery would take longer. Without that assumption, the argument that this had to be some kind of "FY" (which, as someone who once taught at an "F.U.", I prefer to use) by the Bills has much less foundation. It is quite possible that a quick scope would have healed in that short period of time, but it is also possible that he would never be all the way back until he had the "works," which he is having now. Graham appears to realize that, but his recent article suggests that Crowell is just getting the works now because the Bills were big meanies who put him on IR. How do we know that his doctors did not tell him this was his only real option? This does not have to be a story that reflects negatively on either Crowell or the Bills, but Tim Graham and various posters to this board appear determined to make it so, one way or the other.

Gary Papa is on TV here in Philly now. As is Dave Thomas of Rocketship 7.....

mumble mumble... right there... BOOM.... mumble mumble... sorry about that Al, I'll open a window... mumble mumble... too much Turducken.... mumble

Good points, Lori. I actually have a related question for you. Watching the replays, it sure looks to me that the SD player picked up the ball very quickly after it hit the ground; there was no sense that he got it because anyone else stopped running because of the whistle. With that in mind, what was stopping the officials from, for want of a better word, "just giving it to them"? I realize that some rules are fixed in stone, and we would not want officials ad-libbing too often, but once Hoculi realized his mistake, why not recognize that it was a fumble and treat it as such? I may have answered my own question, and I generally agree that SD had plenty of chances to win the game anyway, but I am surprised that more commentators have not asked.

I wouldn't. Diminishing returns, man. He has had the most success when he had the least input into the makeup of the team. As he has demanded and received more control, his level of success has declined, as has his willingness to stick with the teams. The Dolphins will be his last stop, and I will be shocked if he is still there in 2010.

K-Gun offers another excellent justification for the BPLoDR I give him less than three years before he throws up his hands.

Amen to that... goodness but the other sites are ugly and busy! Thank you SDS for keeping TBD so awesome!

Just to make trouble, I have to say that is also the proper response to the "tuck rule" game as well... The Raiders had plenty of chances to win after they got hosed. For the record, I typed that with clenched teeth....

That is an interesting stat. Even if past performance is no guarantee of future earnings, it is worth remembering that the Bills have started 3-0 in: 1964 1965 1975 1980 1988 1991 1992 And the only year in which they did not make the playoffs was 1975. 6/7 = 85.7% So... Well, that means they need to keep winning. Go Bills!

Davis is an excellent example of an owner thinking that he and not the coach is the reason for his team's success. He caught lightning in a bottle giving a young unknown coordinator (John Madden) the HC job in 1969, and then again with Tom Flores, and keeps trying to repeat it. That and his belief that young coaches will be easier to control has seriously messed up that franchise. Take away the good years of 2001-2002, and the Raiders have been stumbling for at least a decade.... Could not have happened to a nicer guy.

That was all Jack Del Rio. Tarzan think make tough wear dark color in hot sun. Tarzan big tough coach. Ugh.

Exactly right... especially since it was 4th and a bunch... 4th and 1, maybe you consider going for it, but on the whole the kick was the right call.

I watched a lot of that game and was struck by how uncomfortable Favre looked. None of his throws had much confidence, and I was actually quite surprised to read that he was 18/26. He was no threat at all to the Pats, and I have a hard time imagining him getting much better as the pressure mounts this season. If history repeats itself, first time as tragedy, second time as farce, then Favre is a repeat of Bledsoe. Sorry Jet fans!

Amen brother!

Woo hoo... go Phightins!

Keep 'em comin'!

wow... was that something or what?

new rule this year; the only call 15-yard face masks

I did not know that BRH was French.....

Maybe he is in the locker room reading his press clippings. Wait.. there he is!

My guess is they might let him try again at the start, but they can't keep swinging Lang from right to left, so if he is not ready, he comes out and stays out.

Neither was Jason, apparently.