RuntheDamnBall

Apparently you insist upon making comments that I've already replied to, and have already been made about 5 times.

Dude, stop talking that way about Whitner.

I don't really want to trade the kind of picks it would probably take, honestly. I don't think the Bills do, either.

Picture yourself being the Giants. What would you want from the Bills? Marcel Dareus (Bills say no). Kyle Williams (Bills say no, also, coming off injury). Fred Jackson (not worth an all-pro DL, coming off injury). McKelvin (seems crazy, not that good, possible only if Perry Fewell loves him). Spiller (Bills say no). rights to Steve Johnson (not worth enough to Giants, they'd still have little bargaining power). Aaron Williams (Bills say no). Donald Jones (so crazy, it just might work!) So... there's that.

Which would you rather explain first: why you decided to be a douche, or why this shirt is the "Best shirt EVER"?

I know this is likely not a choice the Bills have or are going to make, but consider this: what if they gave money to Routt that prohibited them from getting Mario Williams? I hate the idea of early CB picks, but if they find a very good one in round 2, given the new draft salary cap, I am more than happy to see that happen given what we're contending with in the AFC East and a passing league.

*crickets*

let's team him up with McCargo and Williams. Reunite the Wolfpack. It's bound to work.

ZING.

Just a lifetime of having watched too much TV. The Wire's Season 5.

DOOOOOOMED.

The crazy thing is that they actually promoted McNulty after he fabricated that serial killer and planted all that evidence. Seems unlikely he is going to get along with a good Christian like Frank Reich.

Lasted barely a year? They were implementing it over two seasons. They obviously stepped back once they shifted more to 4-3 looks in mid-season, but 3-4 came in with Gailey. These guys are definitely off the mark.

Plus at least thirteen of those TDs were obviously the result of videotaping. We should save the $ that Ralph would allocate for gronk's next contract and spend it on a couple of HD camcorders.

Doesn't matter if it's Marshall Faulk, if you can get a first rounder for a RB over 30, you seal the deal, sign the papers and hope the other party doesn't think twice about it. I love Freddie Jackson. But he is not worth a first rounder right now, and never will be in the future, so if that kind of value is coming back, you have to take it. Edit: all said with the obvious caveat that you would have to be dealing with a GM markedly dumber than Matt Millen in order to pull this off.

Shoulda just stopped right there and you'd have a winner. Also, I love how the most savvy fans in the room go through straw men like nobody's business (we should cut Fred Jackson, we're "worshipping average," fitz is a super bowl QB, we're 17-2 without the rib injury, how about all these amateur orthopedic surgeons, etc). Nobody worth their salt is arguing these things, yet they are assembled as the primary evidence in the case that things suck and will never get better. There is a lot of middle ground between cheerleader and Andy rooney, and a lot of people here could do to seek it out. Somebody comes along and says something as benign as, you know what, maybe the injuries had something to do with the failures, and you guys hear "the bills would have won the division without the injuries." If you don't want rational discussion, why not just say so? There are likeable players on this very flawed team that needs depth and needs to stay healthy, I intend to root for them and that doesn't make me any less of a realist than anyone else here. When they suck, I'm disappointed. Surely no one is planning a parade. But if we're here, we may as well be realistic and discuss what actually might happen instead of holding on for dear and bitter hopes that Ralph wilson dies, everyone gets fired, and... Then what, exactly? Enjoy your urinated-upon toasted O's, y'all.

Quiet, you, you're taking away precious time. This altar to average is not going to sand and stain itself.

meh. He's under contract. If OBD is seriously entertaining trading Fred, it's only so they can draft another quality RB for the future. In all seriousness, I don't think it's anywhere near possible that the Bills don't get all the value they can out of a cheap and controllable asset for at least one more year. What happens after that is anybody's guess. Hell, what if he came back out of sync after the injury? I hope not, but anything can happen. Personally, I am just hoping Chan figures out how to get both FredEx and CJ on the field wreaking havoc on defenses together.

Barnett is one that the Bills clearly won. The fact that he happened to be a good value pickup, too, doesn't change that we got a former first-round LB from a championship team, a starter, who had been in conversations with other teams. TKO is definitely the last premier free agent we had, and I am not sure how often a guy like that comes available. He was really a special player who was probably building a HOF resume before catastrophic injuries took hold.

Pway for Tommy!

And did Montana pass the "reigns" to Young (which worked out) or Steve Bono (not so much)?

He'll be here as long as he derives enough stimulation to his ego as a self-proclaimed truth teller. Some people really get their jollies that way around here. Like against New England? Against Oakland? Against Philly? Remind me what happened in these pressure-packed games. As for what was written, no sh-- Fitz, who we now know was trying to throw a football and absorb hits playing with cracked ribs for 9 weeks, played a role in the losing streak. So did losing Kyle Williams, Fred Jackson, Eric Wood, and others on this "talentless" roster that somehow beat the Patriots and went 5-2 to start the season. Regardless, I'll reiterate. No one is saying Fitz is a Super Bowl QB. There is plenty of room for debate as to whether he could lead a team to the playoffs if that team remained healthy during the season. Truly smart people don't have to act like everyone who disagrees with them is an idiot with the wool pulled over their eyes. I think this team has made obvious missteps, but what happened in weeks 1-8 says as much to me about the team as its big slide did. I think it can compete with relative health and more pieces added to the roster. Time will tell. Regardless, I don't get my rocks off on talking about how my team is a bunch of losers, so I'll refrain from it. Others are free to pursue their own path to pleasure.

This just reinforces for me what I cannot stand about Patriots fans. Way to handle a loss with class. Way to handle a history of success with grace. Way to miss the point about greatness by using Jim Kelly as a pejorative (never mind that few of this year's Hall of "Fame" inductees won the big one, much less made it four times). If this guy thinks Brady is the source of the team's problems, he should probably stand there and take the shots the Giants were dishing for five minutes. At least you'd see a column of justified crying to follow. I couldn't be happier with these results because they show just how entitled and whiny that whole team and most of its fanbase are.

Don't you think it's a lot more likely that cracked ribs would cause a guy to force throws, be less accurate, make more tentative throws, and get rid of the ball too early, as opposed to some nebulous contract-status bogeyman? Intangible causes like this are of course difficult to argue, but you could argue by the same token that a guy is forcing things when he is playing for a contract. I'm not saying this perspective has zero merit. I'm just saying that if you were to choose cases between a serious upper-body injury or an unquantifiable mental block affecting Fitz's play, the former seems to be a lot more rational of an explanation.