leh-nerd skin-erd

At lest part of his argument is that Pioli ws going to hire him but felt he couldn't sell him to the fans and media? Is that fact or speculation? And, he proceeded to hire a guy who fired his OC just before the season started as well, and brought his team to a 4-12 record. yeah, that worked well. You're right about fan interest, and fans will be interested if Nix/Gailey wins. If not, nothing.

'course the guy who actually replaced cowher ended up winning a super bowl.

a true marketing genius, one of elite stature worthy of our respect and gratitude, would remain deathly silent on the issue of utmost importance to his fan base. a true marketing genius would conduct interviews in a veritable cone of silence, allowing anticipation and yes--even frustration to mount as the natives became increasingly frustrated. a true marketing genius would set the wheels in place for a hiring so inspired as to blow the socks off the nfl media establishment! a true marketing genius upon securing the services of one of the most highly sought after coaches in todays nfl, would throw a little misdirection out. he might, in fact, encourage his new coach to reach out to an old friend to be his offensive coordinator. at the same time, a true marketing genius would casually slip the name of said offensive coordinator to a friend of a friend, perhaps neglecting to identify him not as the next offensive coordinator but in fact the next head coach. and a true marketing genius, a wizard of wizards, a get-their-asses-in-the-seat-and-ralphie-let's-count-the-cash marketing savant would set a press conference to announce the rather uninspired offensive coordinator and instead introduce the next coach of the buffalo bills as: William Englebert Cowher. (if 3 hobos can get 50 years of press out of walking on a knoll, i can get a few minutes enjoyment out of Cowher-Gailey).

it was an interesting read and if it were the mid-1990's i'd be loving it. my first thought was to run to OBD and yell "YER THINKIN WITH YER DIPSTICK BUDDY!" while knee capping BN with a, well, a dipstick. I'll be sick about it for a while, come August we'll suit up for another go at it.

See it through to it's natural conclusion. If the game is over, score being run up, lay a pasting on the qb or receiver and take the $25,000 fine.

true dat. one of the announcers commented yesterday that the jets o-line has played two consecutive years together without significant injury. that's pretty impressive (and lucky) and it shows. let's hope Nix gets it going on.

your in-depth scientific analysis proves your hypothesis beyond a shadow of a doubt. one rookie head coach + one rookie qb = GOOD for years to come. the only thing we can hope for is that T-rex Ryan fincally decides to get serious about weight loss, joins the cast of the Biggest Loser and takes a season off. You have to respect what they have done in the playoffs. It's actually kind of fun to watch an agressive defense be successful.

forget the obvious subliminal passive aggressive shot at the Buffalo Bills, I can't get over the "it's all about me" mentality on full display here. What is all this "I" stuff? It's a team game, Perry.

stick it to the man! stick it to the man! stick it to the man! give me a sweet deal well below sticker on a new ride. it's the only way to teach 'em.

in fairness, peter's departure in no way excuses the decision by dick jauron to blow uo the o-line with nary a plan to fix it. two interconnected but separate issues.

toss in a grassy knoll, three hobos, and jerry jones atop the texas book depository, and you're on to something.

is it "nunchucked" or "numchucked"? serious question.

awesome. i love it when pesky little things like factual details get in the way of doom, gloom, and self-loathing.

It's actually ironic as JP Losman was complaining recently that Vince Wilfork's flying elbow was one of the worst he's ever been illegally hit by.

is your last name: Zyzlryzbkawicz? (Obviously, I used a code as a test to fool any non-relatives. People say I'm gullible but without the code you'll never figure it out. Oh, in case we are related and you lost your codebook, Zyzlryzbkawicz = Smythe.)

my great uncle had a hook on his foot.

wasn't that a porn flick?

well, this the funny part about the criticism. he doesn't actually make a point, he speculates about what might have happened if things happened the way he speculated. if the point is that nix is a bad choice, how about they focus on why from a football perspective he's a bad choice? i'm not a big fan of soap opera journalism. he also criticized the bills for picking a gm when no one apparently knew they were looking for a gm? well, obviously the bills knew they were looking for a gm. i have returned to basics. he was a great choice if he wins.

tony d, a voice of reason in an unsettled world. ralph is a lot of things, but he seems to have made some sensible decisions in his life. i cannot for the life of me imagine that he has not set a plan in place for the protection of his family. there are likely 25 or 30 top-notch firms that a billionaire (or thereabouts) would have access to. it would likely have been the topic of many a late night chat sessions during a rich-guy owners meeting, and i'd be hard-pressed to think ralph skipped those sessions partying in the hot tub with al davis and the raiderettes. on the other hand, stories abound of some of the dumbest smart rich people in the world taking zero advantage of estate planning/wealth management, so it isn't out of the question. it would appear to me that ralph, seemingly healthy through his 70's....80's...and into his 90's would likely have planned this all out, regardless of what is said in public.

this is the absolute hypocrisy to the nfl that irritaes the crap out of me. wilfork almost blows a guys knee out and gets fined but does no time on the sidelines, a modern day success story from a D-# school pays homage to his roots (and should be an inspiration to many nfl hopefuls) and they hit him for $5k. in a relative world, freddy is doing 5-10 for tossing his gum on the street while wilfork gets a slap on the wrist for felonious assault. welsome to singapore.

coach sal got whacked?

i always kind of wonder at the simplicity of some of the pro-con arguments. did shanahan really need a discussion with the bills to add legitimacy to his resume? does cowher? i think when you're dealing with guys like this, at some point money is only part of the deal. maybe the appeal is a piece of the team for cowher. intergenerational family wealth can be tempting (i'd think). i've been kicked in the jimmy too many times with my love of the Bills that i'll simply hunker down and wait for the selection. either way, i'm in it for the long haul but it'd be nice to have cowher is the house.

i think that's damn funny. thanks for that.

do minions grovel? i don't think so, cat, they are mostly bidding-doers. minion is one of the great words in our culture. well done.

then we'll have to agree to...ummmm...agree, as it were. build a *&^%ing line!