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Sorry to put you on the spot - but who, at the RG position, do you feel comfortable about ? Only one I can think of is HanG and that is because he may make the transition easier due to experience.

Perhaps I am not making my point clearly. I am not saying that expecting young players to get better is a wrong thing. What I am saying is that our expectations about our OL play needs to be tempered till we have seen proof that they are better. For far too many years, expectations have been high for off-season changes (Fairchild comes from a good offensive system, Trent is ideally suited to run the no huddle offense, Maybin will improve and emerge in his second year, we will be fine without Jason Peters, ......). All I am saying is that if we are going into the season with no significant FA additions on the OL, the possibility of an ineffective running game and poor pass protections should be expected unless proven otherwise.

Thanx for replying to eball's question. I, for one, am worn with these pre-season rosy outlooks that so-and-so will be better with (a) different coaches, (b) one more year experience © different scheme (d) rosy predictions ad nauseum .... I would like to see someone with (good) experience brought in. If one of our existing players indeed blossoms and plays well, then we have a good problem. But, no way we go into next season with high hopes from the same players.

And I agree with you on your disappointment with Super 8. I am a Spielberg fan and seeing as this movie is supposed to be a homage to the Spielberg movies of the 70s, I was quite excited to see it. However, it dwells too long on the coming of age part and too little on the overall tale. If anything, Spielberg just has a feel for the moment on camera. He knows when to tug at your heart strings and when to get you charged up for an action scene. Unfortunately, JJ Abrams displays none of those characteristics in this movie. Just when the movie begins to pick up pace after a seemingly long 1 hour, he falls back into scenes of discussion and consternation between the kids and adults. The grip is immediately lost. Again, (without putting spoilers), the actual unfolding of the monsters story is very lacklustre and ends with a big whimper. No excitement, no emotion, no thrills. After a terrible Cloverfield, Abrams redeemed himself with the excellent Star Trek but loses himself once more. X-Men and Thor were pretty good.

I am not at all confident in our OL's right side and that is being kind to Bell. Even if Wrotto, Pears and Urbik are healthy, it is little cause for optimism. We cannot expect better results with the same cast of characters with the prayer that one year's experience will make a world of difference. One can only hope that one of those reliable FAs on your list is acquired by the Bills. All of the above is hope only and that is not a strategy. Best to go into the season with a realistic viewpoint and not set ourselves up for disappointment.

In which case we can keep Moorman for one more year ? BTW, I smell sarcasm and a pretty good one at that.

I am surprised at the lack of comments on your post. I am quite excited and hope that the deal gets done in the next 2 weeks. TC starting on time and a full season ? Fabulous.

Not sure how good this app is but I have used Google translate just for kicks. I type in one of the other two languages I know and the translation totally sucks. If I tried to woo someone with that level of translation, at best I can expect a guffaw out of the lady.

I am also a big tennis fan and grew up with Johnny Mc being my hero. I used to play tennis and started wearing head bands and custom made (by a tailor in India) ST shirts that resembled the ones he wore. Anyway, while I lament the fall of American tennis, I love the way Rafa plays and carries himself. Federer kind of raised the level of mens tennis overall but I think he is very arrogant and I cannot stand his attitude. Rafa on the other hand is a better overall player and is very modest. He is the working class player and I am not surprised that many Bills fans here also prefer him to Fed.

No but I would like to draw everytone's attention to the aptness of your handle

However, we are all fervently hoping that Dareus makes an immediate impact.

Can those that are bashing Fitz in this post, point specifically to what the FO could have done over the past 4-5 months regarding the QB position ? Be specific. I will even help by seeding this discussion with some ideas: - Draft a QB: Which one and why do you think that QB would be a good replacement for Fitz? - Trade before the end of past season (before labor issues): Again, who would you have traded for and why ? Further, what do you think the FO can do different prior to next offseason ? The original article's source data is shaky and this board has gone all in a tizzy about how the one guy who brought consistency to his position does not deserve to start.

Did you just smoke pot ?

Sad as this incident is, it decisively proves OBL was killed in the May 2 raid

Aaah yes. Most 'well to wheels' or lifecycle analysis conclude that corn-based ethanol is at best marginally net positive in energy. i.e. all the inputs towards making corn based ethanol (energy for fertilizer, agriculture, processing, production etc) take almost the same energy as is received when that ethanol is burnt in an automobile.

Careful now. Ethanol has 30% less energy content than oil derived gasoline. So, E85 will have (0.15 gasoline + 0.7*.85) = ~0.75 times the energy of regular, oil-derived gasoline. Energy 'factors' Oil-derived gasoline = 1.0 10% ethanol blend = 0.97 E85 = 0.75 Which means that you have to fill up E85 about 23% more frequently than E10. So at a buck cheaper (assuming regular E10 is ~ $4), you are about breaking even regarding $/mile driven.

From the title, I thought it was about my ex. Nevermind ...

I was not complaining. Simply adding to the list of 'things I learned from the movies' which was a stand-alone thread a while back.

BTW - what was the Jeremy Renner cameo all about ? Or did I mistake someone for Renner ? Seeing this movie reminded me of the things I learn from movies (that original thread is buried deep): - Men yearn for godesses but superheros and Norsk Gods like mortal women - Norsk Gods can come to modern earth and immediately pick up the dialect and understand its culture

Saw Thor last night and it was very good. As with you, I was not interested till a few weeks ago. But yesterday I had time to kill and the reviews were good so I saw it. Chris Hemsworth is mostly good though he does go too cute when he arrives on earth. I would have liked a bit more brawn and bit less sweetness. ANyway, I would never have expected a person with strong stage pedigree as Kenneth Branagh to direct such a movie and do it so well.

How about making this easy on everyone and stating the best picks ? That list will be much shorter... I will start - Kyle Williams - Lee Evans - Schobel umm... aahhhh ... (Note Nix was already on board when we picked Wood, Levitre and Byrd)

Methinks Nix and Whaley did the draft without his input to see how it turns out. Well, we did very well so TM was rendered useless. But, ofcourse this is pure speculation based on the timing. Just a point of reference - did you notice how the three picks we made from Gailey's senior bowl team did not mention Modrak having spoken to these prospects ? I just read about Nix and Gailey talking to them and scoping them out.

Just got the text message. Wow !

I think Buddy just got tired of Bill in NYC complaining about the Bills being too small and weak so went out and drafted Mt. Jasper