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I'll predict that JP will go to one of the two Northern California teams as a backup. He'll see a few games, fumble a few times, get sacked while he panics upon seeing his primary read covered, and then talk about his performance afterward as if it was really good but not quite good enough.

Well fans, we can at least take comfort knowing that he won't be taking over John Guy's job. Although I think that job should be vacant at the moment.

Dockery was a 2 to 3 million dollar guard, tops. That's the value he showed on the field. Solid and unspectacular. But the part that makes me perfectly content to see him go is this: He made his mistakes at the worst times in games. Consistently. We have had too many guys like that. I do think that John Guy has not lived up to expectations. I also think that Russ Brandon is impressing no one.

I can't believe that a few people agreed with this "analysis". Worried about golfing and homesickness...and in February? My god, there's always something in Billsfanland.

by the drafting and coaching job that Wisenhunt has done in 2 years. They're BIG, fast, smart, and consistent. It's really, really great to see a FORGOTTEN NFL franchise make the Super Bowl. I'll be pulling for them to win it. Kurt Warner is often criticized for the wrong things - he's one helluva QB, and if he wins the SB, he's a shoe-in for the Hall. What a game...

Nice backtrack. First, you didn't just softly regard it as a rumor - you were arrogant and haughty, certain that you would be proven right. And DRC looking "great" does not make LM a bust - they both look good. Your revisions are entertaining though.

Many Bills fans say this every year about the Pats. It's no doubt fueled by wishful thinking, but there's some serious denial at work as well. Every time the Pats lose coordinators or players, the assumption is always the same: rebuilding, won't be the same, etc. None of those people in the organization were critical. Not even Pioli. They have made many, many mistakes in the draft, like everyone else has. But the one constant is Belichick. He's the best gameday coach in the league, and possibly of all time. His players are always prepared for every situation, no matter how rare or improbable. What happened to us week 17 never happens to the Pats - because he's a master of situational football. As long as Belichick is the coach, there will be no such thing as a "down year" for the Pats. I don't care who is injured or who they lose to retirement. They just had their "off" year, and finished with 11 wins. They are a team on the rise. What are we? Who knows. Probably a team in stasis. 7-9 seems to be the safest prediction. And as long as we have to get through Belichick to make the tournament, I really don't like our chances. It doesn't help that Parcells joined Miami. They went from 1 win to the playoffs because of Parcells, period. When he leaves Miami, which I hope is soon, he will leave a much improved team, like he has with every franchise he has put his hands on.

First of all, it's Felser. Secondly, Tebow isn't going to be a high pick, and he won't be brought in to QB the Bills. Now that that's out of the way, I guess we can move on to the next thing.

He made a few minor plays while he was a Bill, and had one really good playoff game for the Ravens, with some of the best defensive talent in the league around him. Now we should have kept him. Such is life in Billsfandomland.

Yup. You won't hear anything resembling humility from that type of guy. All you'll get is self-aggrandizement.

The Bills aren't the laughingstock of the NFL. That goes to the Lions for their sucking and the Raiders for their organizational insanity. The Bills are just a forgotten team. We thought we had turned the corner. We hadn't. We thought that in 2003 and again in 2004, and the head fakes have turned expectations so far down the Bills seem irrelevant to any discussion of football. But they're not the laughingstock. The sun also rises.

Now that's a post. You define Fan, Joe.

Uh, no..that was Belichick trying to win a game, which he usually does. It's called tactics, and if you want to win a football game, you need to employ them. The game within the game. It's not all about lining up and putting a man on a man and seeing who wins. It's chess. You try to gain every advantage within the rules. The punt was brilliant, and brilliantly executed, as usual. Starting a false melee and failing to get up off the turf? Belichick had him prepared for that situation, and he has used that tactic MANY times in the past. I think we've even discussed it here before. The Bills should have been prepared for that; they were not. They all should have been running immediately to the line; they did not. Before that, they should have been running a no-huddle, yet they did not. The team was unprepared to play a game against Belichick, and Belichick took advantage yet again. Belichick is only "adding to his own legend" by continuing to outcoach lesser football minds. He might be a jerk, I don't care. All I know is he's the best coach in the game.

I'd bet that it's also a reality that you spend a curious amount of time in front of the mirror.

Don't really care if you're right or wrong, "skoob", but you certainly reveal a lot about the type of person you are when you make the effort to point out that your car is worth more than most homes in Buffalo. How utterly irrelevant, juvenile, and embarrassing. What are you compensating for?

Ego. He likes to take frustrated teams and turn them around. The guy can't get enough of the Legacy Building game. He turned around the NY Giants. He turned around the Patriots. He turned around the Jets. He turned around a dreadful Cowboys team. He turned around the Fins. He's batting 1000 in the Before/After measure. And for the most part he has done it quickly. He's the best at franchise building, ever. All time. How could ANY Bills fan not want him? The Bills haven't made the playoffs since 1999. I think that's now an NFL record? Exactly the kind of team and situation he likes to ride into. But you have to pay him, and pay him big. So unless Ralph DESPERATELY wants the Lombardi before he joins the Quiet Invisible, Parcells won't happen. But I'd love it.

They deserve it, and it's better than seeing the Pats win the division. I've said it for years: Pennington is underrated because he doesn't have a laser arm. He wins. He understands critical situations and can READ and EXPLOIT. But the real reason the made the playoffs: (repeat): Under Parcells, they had the DARING TO INNOVATE. They brought the Wildcat to the NFL, and I think I read that all but three teams tried it this year after they beat the Pats with it. And now teams are actually scouting players in this draft to employ in that scheme. Men who change the game and force others to play catch up: Those are your winners; those are your Hall of Famers. I won't exactly be rooting for the fins, but you have to respect how quickly and convincingly Parcells turned that franchise around. He's my #1 pick to take over the Bills, followed by Cowher. Short of those two guys, I'm not sure how much we gain by starting over without DJ.

Nobody should want a top ten pick. The best values in the first round come at the bottom, rewarding the already successful teams.

Give Bill Parcells the money and control he needs and we'd finally have a football mind capable of matching wits against Belichick. You can't pit Good Ol' Jimmy from Chess Club against Gary Kasparov. Many people hate Parcells but if he's the closest to a sure thing if you want to turn a franchise around. Look at Miami in one season - they deserve to make the playoffs this year for many reasons, but the big one is: Under Parcells, they had the DARING TO INNOVATE. They brought the Wildcat to the NFL, and I think I read that all but three teams tried it this year after they beat the Pats with it. And now teams are actually scouting players in this draft to employ in that scheme. Men who change the game and force others to play catch up: Those are your winners; those are your Hall of Famers. The Bills haven't innovated anything (save for New Ways to Be Mediocre) since the early 90s, and it IS why Levy is rightfully in the Hall.

DJ will scratch his face a few times, tell ralph that "they like to play", "they play hard, y'know..." and the like. I still like DJ. I just wish he was a better gameday coach and strategist because then we would have the whole enchilada. He really is a great guy that it's easy to be proud of, y'know, outside of W/L record and all.

Good god, Schonert doesn't learn, does he? RUN RIGHT - Do more of what is working and less of what isn't. You need ONE YARD in a critical game-deciding situation. You have trips right and a great RB. RUN THE BALL! Coaching.

I have nothing left to say in defense of our coaching staff. They've beaten me into submission with bad calls and lack of situational preparedness. I like DJ. I really wanted him to succeed and be our long term guy, cuz switching coaches means more time to wait to be competitive. But seriously, winless against Belichick is not an item in Ralph's PRO DJ column, and it's critical.

Yup. That's Dockery's guy. He looked baaad on that play. Dockery has been solid since joining the Bills, but not 60 million solid. Try half that.

I sure as hell hope that the Bills have the sense to give Fred Jackson a long-term extension. If we lose that guy I'll be fuggin pissed.

our dline just isn't good enough to beat the pats oline in this type of game. I can't believe how low-impact our DEs are. I like Kelsay and Denney, but they're both run-stopping LDEs. Having one of them on the right means nobody has to fear an edge rush. And what are we, last in the league in sacks? I feel like whining a little bit today.