MadBuffaloDisease

So the Pats only have 2 good players? Doesn't take a mind-reader to know what Brady was thinking when Branch was traded with the Pats sitting over $10M UNDER the cap.

Well that makes 2 of us. I was only talking about the reticence of the Pats' organization to pay-out large money contracts to anyone not named Brady or Seymour. And I'm sure that had Brady known that Krafty would be hoarding his money, he wouldn't have agreed to take less than he could have gotten on the open market.

Who said ANYTHING about ability? Oh wait, you must have meant signability. Keep on smackin'!

Koppen's an UFA after the year is over.

Who was "picketing to get...Brad Butler banned for life?"

Yep, just like Branch did.

One guy I'd want the Bills to take a look at, depending on his physical, is C Dan Koppen of the Pats. You KNOW that the Pats won't pay him a lot of money.

I had only read about the play and figured it was Haynesworth trying to squash Gurode's head. After seeing the clip, I don't thikn Haynesworth tried to "step on" his head, and he didn't. He scraped his cleat on Gurode's head which is still a despicable act, but nowhere NEAR trying to "stomp on" Gurode's head. I think the 5 games without pay, plus whatever Fisher does to him, is punishment enough.

Uh, not exactly. You see yards per attempt is part of the QB rating formula. So while his rating goes up for a completion, it goes down for lowering his YPA. http://www.supernfl.com/QBRating.html Not really.

I don't know about bulking-up, but a full year plus in the Bills' S&C program will only benefit him.

Exactly. And in fact, I think that CV would have a harder time with Harris than Duke will. That's not saying Duke will come close to shutting down Harris.

"Missed it by THAT much."

...burn your tongue.

I agree that the coaches would have taught his squat. However the experience would have been valuable.

Okay. When JP gets the same O-line, defense, coaching, and ref calls, THEN I can start comparing him to Brady.

And on penalties, you want JP to...tell the player it's alright? Bark in their face? Show no emotion?

They obviously missed Alexander. How much I can't say, but they definitely missed him.

Kutcher's too small to play punter. Youboty OTOH can play CB.

We'll see what he can do with a whole week to prepare and get starter's reps.

Receivers should be able to catch the ball if it's within a few feet of them. That's their job.

Lindell blew a kick though. Oh wait, was he still on the list?

I just want to see improvement from the team. And hopefully next year the get the O-line they need.

The team people are sick of seeing and want to see lose? It's like "Private Parts" where they say that the average Stern fan listens to him for 2 hours whereas the average Stern hater listens to him for 3 hours. And I don't think the Pats get as many calls as they used to, but that first Bills game was ridiculous.

Thinking conspiracies don't happen is the hallmark of naivete. Thinking big business (and there aren't many businesses bigger than the NFL) doesn't "conspire" to keep themselves profitable is laughable at best and ignorant at worst. But hey, don't just take my word for it. You can conduct a poll among most NFL fans and get the same response. That is IF you're as rational as you claim.

The Pats-colored glasses are what keep you from seeing the INORDINATE number of calls and non-calls the Pats get in most games. Not all, but most.