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I'd still pick the best ILB (P. Willis) over Branch if the two were both available when we pick. LBs are more versatile, I'd rather have a Ray Lewis per se, than a Marcus Stroud. If the draft started tomorrow, our top needs in order of importance are: 1) OG 2) ILB and 3) DT

Thanks Jokeman, cleared that one up...

The conclusion of the Jets/Pats half had me thinking about this... The Jet player was running on the field and trying to get as many yards as possible before the conclusion of the half. Now, if it was obvious that a player would not be able to get out of bounds before the clock expires, could that player purposely lateral the ball out of bounds before time expires in a half, thus stopping the clock? Anyone know the particulars on this one?

13th if Green Bay loses, 12th if they win...

Another point to make... I wonder what our red zone TD% is after the Houston game vs before the game. When the Bills used to get into the red zone, scoring a TD was rare (overachieving almost), now, I expect them to score a TD whenever they get down there! Talk about change of mindsets, even down to the fans!

Obviously, the first would have to be the OLine shakeup after the bye week, but the other??? I think we all need to send XMas cards to the Houston Texan's organization for deciding to pass the ball on 3rd and 2. Nevermind the fact that they were running all over us that game with some guy named Lundy, but enabling us to stop the clock (with that incomplete pass) and subsequently produce a game winning drive, has changed this team's confidence level - starting with the guy who produced the drive - JP Losman.

Tell him how much you like him yourself... Robert Royal

I guess I need to watch their entire drive as opposed to the last 4 plays before posting huh?

Playcalling... yes he was getting rid of his passes quicker, but there was also never a DL/LB/DB in his face gettin ready to sack him either. On another note, did you see how AZ Oline was blowing CHI off the ball? Wow...

ha, just posted the same thing, 2 secs ago

7 out of 8 "experts" pick a winless team to win their upcoming NFL game... Thoughts? ESPN "Expert" Picks

Im sorry I may be mistaken, but I thought that there were other games this Sunday other than the TO's and Eagles?! 20 min into that show and all I've heard is TO this and TO that... this show sucks!! By the way, Mort read off some news and mentioned a few WRs, at the conclusion of this news his statement, "So there you go, news about wide receiver's without one mention of 'you know who'." Im thinkin, well you just mentioned that you didnt mention him, therefore mentioning him, right?

Maybe this one - WGRF

Somebody posted this site last game and it worked, Im going to see if I can find a station carrying the game - http://www.thegamelive.com/footballnfl.html

Anyone out there want to try and compute where this loss puts us before CBS does?

sooo many horrible teams!

I hear we are going to hit close to $3.00 a gallon by the summer. Want gasoline prices to come down? We need to take some intelligent, united action. Phillip Hollsworth, offered this good idea: This makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the "don't buy gas on a certain day" campaign that was going around last April or May! The oil companies just laughed at that because they knew we wouldn't continue to "hurt" ourselves by refusing to buy gas. It was more of an inconvenience to us than it was a problem for them. BUT, whoever thought of this idea, has come up with a plan that can really work. Please read it and join with us! By now you're probably thinking gasoline priced at about $1.50 is super cheap. Me too! It is currently $2.75 for regular unleaded in my town. Now that the oil companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned us to think that the cost of a gallon of gas is CHEAP at $1.50-$1.75, we need to take aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS control the marketplace.... not sellers. With the price of gasoline going up more each day, we consumers need to take action. The only way we are going to see the price of gas come down is if we hit someone in the pocketbook by not purchasing their gas! And we can do that WITHOUT hurting ourselves. How? Since we all rely on our cars, we can't just stop buying gas. But we CAN have an impact on gas prices if we all act together to force a price war. Here's the idea: For the rest of this year, DON"T purchase ANY gasoline from the two biggest companies (which now are one), EXXON and MOBIL. If they are not selling any gas, they will be inclined to reduce their prices. If they reduce their prices, the other companies will have to follow suit. But to have an impact, we need to reach literally millions of Exxon and Mobil gas buyers. It's really simple to do!! Now, don't whimp (sic) out on me at this point.. keep reading and I'll explain how simple it is to reach millions of people!! I am sending this note to about thirty people. If each of you send it to at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300)... and those 300 send it to at least ten more (300 x 10 = 3,000) ... and so on, by the time the message reaches the sixth generation of people, we will have reached over THREE MILLION consumers! If those three million get excited and pass this on to ten friends each, then 30 million people will have been contacted! If it goes one level further, you guessed it...... THREE HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE!!! Again, all you have to do is send this to 10 people and DON"T purchase ANY gasoline from EXXON and MOBIL. That's all. How long would all that take? If each of us sends this email out to ten more people within one day of receipt, all 300 MILLION people could conceivably be contacted within the next 8 days!!! I'll bet you didn't think you and I had that much potential, did you! Acting together we can make a difference. If this makes sense to you, please pass this message on. PLEASE HOLD OUT UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE $1.30 RANGE AND KEEP THEM DOWN. THIS CAN REALLY WORK

Did any of you happen to catch one of the plays that the Mean Machine ran? Straight outta the Buffalo Bills' playbook... Fake QB sneak with a lateral back to the running back, a la the Seattle game.

Thanks Rayzer, good luck with yours too! Humans should have been made more durable!

I hurt my lower back on Wed (18th) and suspect that it might be a minor disc bulge problem. I have had a bulged disc in the past and I know how that feels (extremely painful)! However, this problem does not keep me from walking normal nor does it hurt that much to run or jump after the lumbar is warmed up. Also this time I did not feel a small *pop* in my lower back, just knew that I landed on it wrong (doing explosive workout combined with weights). It does give a sharp pain periodically but again, not as painful as the previous bulged disc. Could it be that the disc just got squished but is not necessarily bulging out? What is the timetable on a return from this problem (I'm a pretty fast healer). Was almost done with a 12 week vertical jumping program (horrible timing). Thanks for all of the input in advance.

Thanks all, I appreciate the help.

I've been waiting for the Richard Pryor movie "Moving" to be made into a DVD but it hasn't happened. Does anyone know where to go to make the request? By the way, if you haven't seen it, I think it's Pryor's funniest movie. A must see for all of you comedy enthusiasts... Rent it tonight! And send in a vhs to dvd request.

He would make a good backup to lawyer milloy

'Fear Factor' suit waste of court time Here we go again - another frivolous lawsuit before us. A Cleveland man wants $2.5 million for the pain and suffering he incurred while watching an episode of NBC's "Fear Factor." It seems the Ohioan couldn't take a recent episode where contestants were asked to eat rats mixed in a blender. For those not familiar with the show, "Fear Factor" is one of many reality-based television shows on TV today. The show's premise brings contestants to compete against one another in a myriad of stunts and dares. The contestant who successfully bungee jumps from a high rise building or stays the longest in a crate filled with snakes or eats the most worms and insects comes away with a $50,000 prize. The sight of the mixed rats caused the Clevelander, he claims, to vomit and his blood pressure to rise, which in turn made him dizzy and lightheaded. And, as a result of his dizziness, he ran into a doorway in his home, causing injury. The man admitted he didn't expect to see the $2.5 million, he just wants to make NBC officials aware that they went gone "too far" with that episode. He said previous episodes didn't bother him. Obviously, the man could have simply turned the television show off. But he didn't, and once again we're amazed that another stupid lawsuit along the lines of the McDonald's hot coffee ordeal has come to fruition. No one forced the man to continue to watch "Fear Factor." Common sense reigns with most of us, and if we don't like what we see on TV, we turn the channel. We agree with NBC representatives that "the claim is completely without merit," and the lawsuit won't put an end to "Fear Factor." In fact, it probably will increase ratings as those not familiar with the show will now watch to see what all the hype is about. "Fear Factor" continues to appeal to a mostly younger, yet very large, audience. Until that popularity ends, the show will survive on its ratings. Story

Funny Stuff... How About a Computer Voice That Says, "Dis Is Bruno. Waddya Want?" Yours truly love to ride Amtrak but hates "Julie," the computerized voice on the Amtrak 800 number. "Julie" seems to exist exclusively to prevent callers from talking to a real agent. Once I tried to ask "Julie" out, and she replied, "I'm sorry, I didn't understand your question." Well, I got that a lot when I was dating. Julie's voice has about as much personality as Amtrak's trains. Now we learn "Julie" is a real person -– you'd never guess it from the authentic way she imitates a soulless machine -– named Julie Stinneford, profiled in this article . Stinneford is "a professional voice talent," the article reports; Amtrak claims 90 percent of callers like Julie, which I find about as credible as the railroad's latest budget request. Everyone yours truly knows who rides Amtrak HATES Julie and tries desperately to get past her to speak to a real person. Why, exactly, did Amtrak hire a person to imitate a computer? And remember, Amtrak used your tax money to hire a person to pretend to be a computer. Tuesday Morning Quarterback suggests having fun with Julie by calling the Amtrak number, 800-USA-RAIL, and trying to confuse her. I did, and part of the conversation sounded like this: JULIE. How many people will be traveling? ME. It's a big country. How should I know how many people will be traveling? JULIE. That sounded like you said, "One adult." ME. I was being evasive. But I refuse to tell you why I was being evasive. JULIE. My mistake. How many people will be traveling, and please be sure to say if there will be children or senior citizens. ME. Of course there will be children. Children are our hope for the future. JULIE. That sounded like you said, "Eight children." ME. Do you have children, Julie? I'm starting to worry that machines will have children. JULIE. You need to say what kind of adults will be traveling. ME. The dashing, irresistible kind. It's me, after all. I'm sort of a 1940s-movie handsome-stranger-on-a-train kind of guy. JULIE. I'm having trouble understanding you. Tuesday Morning Quarterback