RuntheDamnBall

Not at all. It simply makes them lazy at their job.

Oooh, someone oughta hold him to this one.

I prefer snake-oil salesman, and damn if he isn't effective at it. Hell, we're all talking about his relevance instead of elevating other people in the discussion.

I actually think it's highly likely that Vick is toast and that Tajh is the #2. Maybe I'm too high on the kid, but that's my gut feeling.

What do you think of Steve Smith as a player? What about Jerry Rice? Watkins is an inch shorter than Rice with more bulk to him, FYI. Smith is the toughest MF pound for pound in the league over a decade +, and a HOF if I had a vote. Size isn't everything. It helps, but Mike Williams has it -- with a track record to boot. There are definitely some moving parts to this WR corps but I think there is a lot of balance. For me the main issue is that we are trusting very hard that Mike Williams will not f--- up at life any more.

I'm very much with you on this point, but we're also dating back to the Gailey years -- and perhaps even further back -- where two of our best weapons are in the backfield, yet the team refuses to put them both on the field at the same time. I simply don't get it, yet there has to be a reason for it. Is it the notion that there is somehow a greater injury risk using both backs on a higher # of plays? Something else? Blocking deficiencies? For me, I feel like it would create situations where DCs don't know who to key in on, or what kind of run play is coming. Both backs are also fairly versatile pass catchers. What is not to like? I know we're not alone here in having wished for more creative usage of the backs.

In his favor: has totally not killed anybody yet. Against him: coked out conspiracy theorists don't often make good teammates.

No doubt. I'm talking about back when Russell Wilson was drafted, when BR was definitely a haven for amateurs -- with a few people who knew what they were doing building up a dossier of bylines.

Cutler is just good enough to get you to the playoffs and lose. I would rather swing and miss with EJ than trust this loser.

I'll give him a chance. He is totally welcome to come clean my house, under adult supervision.

Good find. Though that Bleacher Report article could have been written by the guy who served your coffee this morning at Tim Horton's. I do almost believe, though, that they brought in McSham to make Kiper look more legitimate. Has there ever been a person who has advanced so far by being so wrong? (I think I just got this moved to PPP)

No way they do Fred like that. And I'm not sure who y'all were watching last year, but Fred and CJ led one of the league's best rushing attacks. There are miles on those tires, but he still has some time to go. I hope he retires a Bill, and he strikes me as a guy who will know his role and excel in it. If we cut him, he is going to go to NE and be their next Kevin Faulk for at least 3-4 years.

This is the kind of post that usually comes up when one person is operating a couple of handles...

Actually, EJ comes from one first pick that turned into both him and Kiko Alonso, so I don't know how he could possibly be characterized as "negative money in the bank." Nobody cares to bring this up.

There's plenty of room for neutrality, indifference, whatever you want to call it. Am I silencing you from sharing your posts? Am I deleting them? You're free to share, I'm free to respond and comment on the optics of it, you're free to hate what I write and to ignore it -- even to ignore me as a user. It's a pretty damn groovy place that SDS and others have set up here. I feel like I'm actually being very un-touchy-feely about all this, which is kind of an irony considering my position. If the Rams can't take the heat from Matt Lauer, I think they are completely f---ed to begin with. I'd imagine they are far more concerned about the Seahawks, Niners and Cards. I think the media presence will turn out to really be a non-issue and the team, I'm sure, can do what it wants to keep it from being a circus. If Sam wants to court the circus element more than he wants to play the game (which I doubt is the case), he doesn't stand a chance.

Are we about to see a thread breaking down all of the backups in the league, or is this a tossed-off, unqualified statement?

Warrior in practice, pretender on Sundays. Please let there not be enough seats on the bench for this guy.

Because you obviously care enough to keep responding? I am sorry that these judgments seem for you to feel like something handed down to Moses on the mountain, but they are simply me observing that you do in fact seem to care a lot. I don't care about Game of Thrones so I don't respond to that thread...

Can you give us your way too early practice squad, too?

Three highly rated OL (not perfect specimens, but all given top 3-round grades at some point) and you're that dissatisfied? Disagree about the jobs w/ new ownership. As a new owner I would be a bit peeved about not having a first round pick in 2015 if the team hasn't made the playoffs.

I'm pointing out that the "I don't care" posts are counter-productive to someone who holds such a position. No judgment, whatsoever. Unless, in saying "I don't care," you're actually saying that you would like for people to keep discussing it. The first paragraph refers to the point about the STL evening news and not the OP, by the way.

I do? I have? Show me. I would say I'm being a pretty neutral observer pointing out factual information.

That's Disney for ya.

I would imagine. I would also imagine that round 4-7 picks do not get the top story on the evening news in a usual situation. The other round 7 picks are not a story and are usually not a story, unless there is some kind of human interest element (guy was raised by donkeys, gets drafted; first NFL player from Antarctica gets drafted; guy who has never played football before gets drafted...). The fact that there are other R7 picks is something that doesn't make much difference to people, and the fact that an openly gay player got drafted for the first time ever does make a difference to people - enough that even some who want to assert it's not a big deal, come here to comment on it! The best way to show that it's not a big deal is to not contribute to the volume of commentary. I am not saying "shut up," I'm just saying that logically, those who do so are extending a conversation that they've already told everyone is useless -- and that makes no sense. You can say anything you want, and anyone is free to call you a nuklzhead for it

Only ways CJ goes are if he wants to go and a deal can't be reached, or he flat-out sucks/gets injured badly this season and torpedoes his value. In case 1, he is going to be franchised and potentially traded after that; in case 2, the Bills have a hard decision to make, but hold better cards in a negotiation. He will not be traded before the season starts unless Brown just dominates in camp or someone comes offering a first-rounder and more (which ain't gonna happen).