Sound_n_Fury

Yeah, you'd probably do Hillary Clinton too....

I agree, She's always reminded me of a Wal-Mart check-out clerk with a bad hangover. Something about that droopy face look and skanked-out body....

I don't get the negativity. This guy might turn into the next Chris Bober (remember hot hot many folks were to get him last year) with the right coaching! If he falls on his ass, so what. But wouldn't it be sweet if he turned into a servicable/good backup that the Fins' gave up on too soon, even though they have their own OL problems?

IMO, Smith and Sobieski have shown all they have and are gone. Bannan was shifted back to DT and is out of the mix. That leaves one open spot behind Anderson, Villarial, Tucker and Geisinger.

I thought Price's knees were shot and that's why he's not been resigned?

Who gives a ****...it's May. Some of these guys don't even last one OTA session...

http://www.maxmon.com/1874ad.htm

The NFL will never allow another publicly owned team (too much financial disclosure risk for the other owners).

Ralph's league-wide stature is underrated. All the more reason why he should be in the HOF: http://www.nola.com/printer/printer.ssf?/b...00674253460.xml Smaller markets in line for help NFL owners putting minds to work on spreading wealth Wednesday, May 25, 2005 By Josh Peter Staff writer WASHINGTON -- Financial help could be on the way for small-market teams like New Orleans, NFL owners said Tuesday. A committee set up last year to study plans to reduce the financial gap between the league's small-market and big-market teams is moving closer to identifying a solution. "The real goal is to determine what it is that we have to do to see that everyone can be competitive," said Bob McNair, owner of the Houston Texans and chairman of the committee. "That's the goal. We know that parity in the league is very attractive." Saints owner Tom Benson cited the financial gap as the primary need for financial help when in 2001 the state of Louisiana agreed to give the club a total of $186.5 million in inducements. That deal expires in 2011. The gap between the small- and big-market teams remained an issue when the Saints and negotiators representing Gov. Kathleen Blanco were discussing a long-term deal before the team recently cut off talks. The NFL committee studying the issue released a report that showed the gap continues to grow, said Kansas City Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt. "There's no surprise the revenue disparity between the top and bottom teams has gotten greater as the years have gone by," Hunt said. "And they seem to be accelerating, in particular in relation to stadium revenues. So that's the main thing." Since 1992, work on 18 new or renovated NFL stadiums has been completed, and those teams have kept the majority of local revenue generated by new amenities such as upscale luxury boxes and club seats. Four more teams -- Dallas, Indianapolis, the New York Jets and the New York Giants -- have discussed plans for stadiums this week at the league meetings, Benson said. In the most recent negotiations with the Saints, Blanco has proposed a $168 million renovation of the Superdome, but has asked the Saints to contribute $40 million toward the project and accept a reduction in inducements. Benson has balked at the plan, offering to contribute $17.5 million toward the project and insisting that the state pay him the full amount promised as part of the deal signed in 2001, according to the state's negotiators. On Tuesday, Benson said any new revenue-sharing plan would not affect his stance on the terms he wants as part of a long-term lease with the state. Ralph Wilson, owner of the Buffalo Bills, recently called attention to the issue when he said a new revenue-sharing plan was essential to keep the Bills financially viable and competitive with big-market teams such as the Washington Redskins and Philadelphia Eagles. "I feel strongly that Ralph's right, and we have to have a better revenue-sharing system," said Pat Bowlen, owner of the Denver Broncos. "How that is going to work, I'm not sure." Though Bowlen said an effective revenue-sharing formula is critical to preserving the league's financial health and popularity, he predicted the issue would be difficult to resolve. Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and Redskins owner Daniel Snyder are among the big-market owners in favor of keeping money generated from sources such as luxury suites, stadium-naming rights and local radio deals. "There's lots of different ideas and lots of different agendas," Bowlen said. "So it's not something that's going to come very easy." McNair seemed to be making that very point when he said he was willing to help small-market teams but could do only so much after paying a $700 million expansion fee for the Texans and contributing $100 million toward a stadium for his team. "There are limitations as to what we can do because we incurred a lot of debt when we paid a big price to buy a big market," McNair said. "And that's one of the considerations that has to be kept in mind. "Other teams have built stadiums in order to generate a lot of local revenue, and they incurred a lot of debt to do that. By the time you take the high-revenue teams and subtract from their income what it costs to service their debt, the difference between the high-revenue teams and the low-revenue teams is not that different." The Saints, for example, rank near the bottom of the league in gross revenue but have no stadium-related debt.

God, I hate MBs like that (and Billszone) that allow photos and other crap.

You're joking, right??

Not Prisco...

Good catch. Jones bio and grade are not on the ESPN site for some reason. I realize no list is definitive and the grades are for 2004, but this may be a good example of how Shelton's value is lower around the league than many TSW posters have convinced themselves it is. It will be interesting to see which of the four teams Shelton's visiting with end up signing him (I'm betting the Texans).

The problem with Ground Zero redevelopment seems to be finding tenants to go into whatever office building is constructed on the site. There's no great demand for the space, as many firms have relocated from lower Manhattan and have spread their people around in different locations to minimize the risk of having "all their eggs" in one basket, so to speak. I doubt we'll see anything on the scale of the World Trade complex constructed in NYC ever again.

Billions of tourist dollars speak pretty loudly to politicians: "In the simplest and broadest terms, the short-term economic impact of hosting the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games on Georgia's economy is projected at $5.1 billion. Out of this amount, $2.6 billion will be generated through ACOG's expenditures and $2.5 billion through spending by out-of-state visitors. Hosting the Games will add $1.9 billion in earnings to the state's economy and over 77 thousand full- and part-time jobs. The Games should boost Georgia Department of Revenue collections by $176 million." http://www.selig.uga.edu/forecast/olympics/OLYMTEXT.HTM Here's the website for NYC's bid for the 2012 games. Check out the "Olympic Stadium" portion of the venue descriptions: http://www.nyc2012.com/en/olympic_map_flash.html

Give me an "O." Give me an "L." Give me a "Y." Give me an "M_P_I_C_S"

LOL. What's in the Gatoraid down there? Titans | Reyes Misses Practice - from www.KFFL.com Mon, 23 May 2005 22:45:03 -0700 The Nashville City Paper reports Tennessee Titans rookie RB Walter Reyes missed practice Monday, May 23. He went home over the weekend, when the team did not practice, and had trouble getting back. He is expected back with the team Tuesday, May 24.

Great. It's only a matter of time (minutes?) before that pic becomes someone's avatar and we have to look at it over and over and.....

Well, how about this: At least Shelton (a former #1 pick who played adequately before his ankle injury) had a team to be cut from...unlike Gandy who was a street FA (with just as many question marks about durablity) and who's best position is Guard. TT is probably as good as Shelton, hence the Bills lack of interest in LJ. However, moving him to OT means disrupting two positions on the line, rather than one. I'd rather have TT making the line calls with a rookie QB than I would Tucker, who'll essentially be a rookie at the position as well.

ROTFALMAO! Sounds like a perfect place for TH. He and Calico could be crusin' buddies!

That pretty much confirms that Bowens is going to retire. Ends up being a wash in that case.

Well, here's the OT rankings by Scouts Inc. from the ESPN site. Shelton's ranked 51st, while JJ is 13th. Quite a gap. (BTW, for all the folks down on MW, he's ranked 18th) 1 Jonathan Ogden OT BAL -- 97 2 Orlando Pace OT STL -- 96 3 Flozell Adams OT DAL -- 88 4 Jordan Gross OT CAR -- 85 5 Willie Roaf OT KC 83 6 Chris Samuels OT WAS 83 7 John Tait OT CHI -- 80 8 Bryant McKinnie OT MIN -- 79 9 Tarik Glenn OT IND D 78 10 Levi Jones OT CIN -- 77 11 Kyle Turley OT STL -- 77 12 Tra Thomas OT PHI -- 76 13 Jonas Jennings OT SF D 76 14 Maurice Williams OT JAC -- 76 15 Jeff Backus OT DET -- 75 16 Jon Runyan OT PHI -- 75 17 Jon Jansen OT WAS -- 75 18 Mike Williams OT BUF -- 74 19 Willie Anderson OT CIN -- 74 20 Chad Clifton OT GNB -- 74 21 Brad Hopkins OT TEN AD 74 22 Luke Petitgout OT NYG I 74 23 Todd Weiner OT ATL -- 73 24 Stockar McDougle OT MIA -- 73 25 Matt Light OT NE -- 73 26 Wayne Gandy OT NO -- 73 27 Jason Fabini OT NYJ -- 73 28 Fred Miller OT CHI A 72 29 Ryan Tucker OT CLE -- 72 30 Matt Lepsis OT DEN -- 72 31 Mark Tauscher OT GNB -- 72 32 Ryan Diem OT IND -- 72 33 Langston Walker OT OAK -- 72 34 Wade Smith OT MIA -- 72 35 Todd Wade OT HOU -- 72 36 Chris Bober OT KC -- 71 37 Marvel Smith OT PIT -- 71 38 Todd Steussie OT TB A 71 39 Kevin Shaffer OT ATL -- 70 40 Mike Rosenthal OT MIN -- 70 41 Scott Gragg OT SF A 70 42 Chris Terry OT SEA C 70 43 Derrick Deese OT TB A 70 44 Mike Pearson OT JAC B 70 45 Chester Pitts OT HOU -- 70 46 Kurt Vollers OT DAL -- 69 47 Damion McIntosh OT MIA I 69 48 Kareem McKenzie OT NYG -- 69 49 Bob Whitfield OT NYG AID 69 50 Ian Allen OT PHI -- 69 51 L.J. Shelton OT ARI -- 69 52 Kwame Harris OT SF Y 69 53 Adam Meadows OT CAR D 69 54 Orlando Brown OT BAL A 69 55 Victor Riley OT HOU -- 69 56 Qasim Mitchell OT CHI -- 68 57 Anthony Clement OT DEN -- 68 58 George Foster OT DEN DY 68 59 Rosevelt Colvin OT NE ID 68 60 Brandon Gorin OT NE -- 68 61 Kenyatta Walker OT TB D 68 62 Ephraim Salaam OT JAC B 68

Five years: http://www.nfl.com/teams/story/BUF/6561634 ...maybe: McGahee Chat Highlights From ESPN.com April 14, 2005 http://www.wgr550.com/bills/fullstory.php?id=0786 Ben (ny): if you play really well this season will you ask to renegotiate your contract? Willis McGahee: I don't know, Ben. You will have to wait and see.

10 career INTs in 99 games...must be a pretty short nose! http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/stats?statsId=4290

http://insider.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2066417 • We hear the Cardinals' release of OT L.J. Shelton is seen as vindication of a Bills brain trust that was heavily criticized by some media members for not pulling the trigger on a proposed Travis Henry-for-Shelton trade. GM Tom Donahoe caught a lot of flak for not making that trade, but he said time and again that a player-for-player swap was not equal value. The Cardinals' decision to give Shelton his outright release is seen by the Bills as proof of that fact.