MadBuffaloDisease

Wasn't that the Bills' 2nd consecutive road game against a team opening the season "at home?"

You said I had bird flu because I said JP was too injured to play.

David Cone...the dentist?

It's official. You are the only one with bird flu, Johnny. It's obvious from the coaching staff's actions that JP is too injured to play.

Why not play the starters for the 1st half against the Bills, and then 1 quarter like today? And again do you THINK Bellycheck cares about Pgh, after beating them IN Pgh earlier this year? Give it up. The Bengals lost. Not that intentionally losing to avoid having to face Pgh is any better. I doubt they advance past the 2nd round, and if they DO get Pgh, they're not winning a game in the playoffs. And that's NOT because the Steelers are great. They're having problems with the Lions in Pgh!

They'll lose today...but Miami is going to beat the Pats. And why play the starters and then put in the backups today, if he's trying to "trick" Bellychick?

WRT the Steelers, they're tied 14-14 with the Lions AT HOME while the Chefs are up 14-3. If the Steelers end up losing and the Chefs end up winning, the Steelers don't make the playoffs.

Yep, JP really WAS too injured to play. There can be no other explanation now.

They must have read that PFT.com report that TD and MM were going to return. A big FU to Florio.

Well this (I'm assuming) loss will seal the fate of the current regime. Looks like Holcomb blew his was last weekend. Wish he hadn't.

I guess JP IS too injured to play.

I agree. I'm just trying to shake this bird flu and think that IF the coaches are playing to save their jobs, they'll give Holcomb the hook and put in JP, if he's healthy enough to play. If not, they'll stick with Holcomb or put-in Matthews.

So much for the QB controversy. Let's see if JP is REALLY hurt, and if they put him in the game now.

Holcomb wants the coaching staff and FP gone as well.

Jets definitely. Miami probably. Jets today, yes. And last weekend's win against the Bengals was thanks to 14 points from the defense and ST's.

The Bills have (really) won 2 games with JP and should have beaten Miami. They've won 3 games with Holcomb and SHOULD win today (although that's not a given after what I'm seeing so far). Holcomb is NOT that much better.

Yeah, good point about different carriers having different technology. And unlimited "in-calling" is Verizon (which I have) which means you can call any Verizon customer on your cell and incur no charges.

The FA period begins in about 2 months and the draft is in 4 months. The Chargers won't know what to do with Brees before then. The safe thing would be to franchise Brees anyway, since I think they have a lot of cap room, and then remove it later if he can't return. But will be return at the same level? Unfortunately for the Chargers, it's the ONLY game in which he's played and he didn't look good at all. And that was with Denver playing some of their backups and in SD. And with the uncertainty surrounding Brees, trading Rivers would be foolish, even for a 1st rounder.

I heard Maurice Clarett is working as a cell phone "carrier." Except that you probably wouldn't like the gun he points at you. And you got a cell phone and no plan? That's strange. Usually you can get great deals on phones by getting both together. In any case, do some research and find out which has the best reception in your area, not necessarlily which is the cheapest.

Mark Pike was 272# and used to play ST's for the Bills. He had probably the same speed as Peters, but was over 40# lighter. For his size, Peters has rare speed.

No one called him a bust, at least not me. I said he looked bad, which he did. Sure he is more or less a rookie of sorts, but the idea was for the Chargers to trade him for a 1st rounder this off-season and lock Brees-up long term. However both of those are unlikely to happen now. And you have a worse case of bird flu with your belief that the Bengals would rather lose a 1st round bye than play the Steelers. Actually it's more like Ebola.

Peters doens't have the speed to play TE. And he could STILL be used as a TE by making him tackle-eligible on every play.

If the Bengals lose today and STILL have to face the Steelers because the Pats also lost, I'll LMMFAO. Of course they can pray that the Steelers lose today. But a 1st round bye is THE most important thing, not avoiding a particular team, and again, if it's true that they wanted to avoid the Steelers, they aren't making it past the 2nd round anyway.

Rivers did nothing today in a meaningless game against a disinterested opponent. His trade value is based on his previous salary (two years ago) and his time in the league versus what a Top 5 (Leinhart) will command in new 2006 $$. I think that most teams that were interested in trading a 1st rounder for Rivers would have liked to see better play from him. As I said, at best it's a "wait until next year," but that won't help move Rivers THIS off-season. And many times, the potential of a rookie outweighs the known of a guy who has played in the league (although essentially a rookie, he's been in the league 2 years). Just look at Travis' trade value last off-season for proof of that. After seeing the injury, I'd be surprised if it were just a separated shoulder. But even if it is, he likely won't be healthy/ready before the decision to franchise him rolls around, and casts uncertainty on what to do with him, and limits what the Chargers can do with Rivers.

I never said career ending. Just something that could keep him from starting the season, which means... The problem is taking a chance and re-signing or franchising Brees, only to have him never come back the same. And Rivers' trade value took a nosedive today, and given that and Brees' injury, dealing him likely won't happen.