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Polian didn't have a deal with anyone for Manning. He was just investigating deals, but not enough of them. Then he got his walking papers. Irsay may or may not be working on a deal.

That is not what I said and I'm not sure how you got that. The McCargo thing was to sour Irsay on the Bills in general. there is no way anyone would have been able to see the Manning thing coming. Polian was trying to refrain from dealing with the Bills in ANY scenario,not just this specific one. Look, I don't know all the details and you could be right. All I know is what the Irsay girls said. It is probably just the front office trying to create options knowing full well that Manning has a say. With that as a given though The Bills do have a lot of pieces in place and Manning himself could probably attract one or two free agents like Mario Williams. He would have 2 games a year versus Brady and could rib his brother about playing in New Jersey. I don't know that any other team provides that opportunity.

All I hear is that they were looking into several options with several teams. I don't think it got that far really but yes a straight trade once Manning's bonus had been paid by Indy.

As I mentioned Irsay would pick up the big bonus which is due soon. Other than that I am just speculating that: Buffalo feels they are closer than they let on and Manning could put them over the top. Indy feels Fitz would be good for the community and help Luck; although IMO Luck could have Unitas helping him and he will still be a huge bust. Manning might be open to it as a way to maintain his rivalry with Brady and also have a fun loving rivalry with Eli. "The REAL New york team...." etc. Look, this is a long way from certain but my source does know two of the girls and you have to admit that the accounts all seem to make sense given the limited amount I know about the personalities. I doubt Manning himself knows and Archie may be a stumbling block but this could happen. If you think about the abrupt firing of Polian this makes a lot of sense. A lot of bosses put up with a lot of crap but lying/deceit is rarely tolerated.

Well I called it hearsay for a reason but I can tell you that a lot of the stuff I heard makes a lot of sense given the personalities involved.

As you know I live under a bridge which is usually a very good place to keep a low profile. In this case however it is one of those times where word gets around a small community quickly. I know someone who knows two of Irsay's daughters very well. My contact is reliable but I do not know Irsay's daughters. What I do know is that they like being around Hollywood types so I tend to believe the stories I'm hearing. Polian did not get dumped only because of the Manning thing alone. He got dumped for refusing to investigate all angles. Irsay wanted to pick up Manning's bonus as a show of thanks and good will. He wanted to then immediately trade Manning for a journeyman who could hold down the fort until Luck got good enough. Forever is a long time if you ask me, but I regress. There are 6 or 7 QBs who fit this scenario and you already guessed who one of them might be. Anyway, Irsay was quizzing Polian about the status and sensed Polian was lying to him. Although he was indeed trying to move Manning, he just faked it about actually speaking to the Bills about Fitz. Evidently he had all the details about Grossman, Orton, McCoy, Jackson, Moore, and Campbell/Palmer but was real thin about Fitz. As he drilled him it became clear that Polian's disdain for Wilson was still a major issue. Polian is also no fan of Nix but doesn't really hate him. Anyway the source says Irsay stormed from the meeting and was heard to say "We won't get fooled again....that's enough". When his daughter tried to calm him down Irsay said that Polian had made a trade for McCargo despite knowing about McCargo having a back back and also sucking. Polian did this to make sure Irsay would never deal with the Bills again but the whole thing backfired when Irsay found out. Fast forward to now and Irsay had had enough. He feels bad about the whole Manning thing but has to do what he has to do. Evidently he told one of his daughters "No one knows what its like to be the bad man, to be the sad man....". He is really depressed about the whole thing. He isn't 100% sure about the Manning/Fitz trade but wants to investigate it. He sees it as one of the top three scenarios. The fact that Polian got fired seems to back up all of these rumors/accounts of the behind the scenes goings on. Wow it would be cool to see Manning in Buffalo.

I'm not sure where you're going here. Do you want Evans or not? I would take him. If you grew up a Bills fan and the Bills moved to LA and you ended up playing for LA wouldn't you drop a pass out of loyalty to the Bills? Evans did that for the Browns.

That blue dress was real; it was not a proverb. But in all fairness to Obama and Boehner and Reid as much as they all suck they had nothing to do with the blue dress. At this point there is no way Monica is fitting in that thing anymore and they all know they would get in trouble.

I bet the other Brady sister feels left out. They could have at least mentioned her. Now everyone knows Julie and Tom but nobody knows the third sister.

No offense to anyone but isn't being a straight A student at Clemson kind of like being the smartest man in Canada?

I agree but Kraft likes to sell hi. Especially when his player only dates girls named Phyllis. Sy-Phillis that is.

I think we're all just slipping. Steely would have solved the mystery, and given motive, method and location all within three minutes. So what if all of it would have been wrong? It would have been complete.

I clicked on the link which I usually don't do. I'm glad it wasn't Peter Pan, but..... Did you see the guy's picture? He is a fat white guy. How many fat white corners have you seen worth that kind of payday?

I ran that theory past the Googlebot and it said no. I never heard of it but evidently the numbers show the douchiest place on Earth is somewhere called Massengill factory.

He never fought for that ball. It seems curious to me. Bad ankle or not, you have to try. Is it possible that growing up as a Bills fan makes it harder for him to give 100% as a Patriot?

I never liked Kudos but if she does maybe her Mom got her an extra box while shopping at Wal Mart. Nicely done by the little girl. I can't believe stuff like this actually happens.

She looks like she is about 25 which is 10 years too old for Sanchez.

That would make sense if the next four pages of invoicing weren't for "BB" monograming.

Geez. The dude gets a haircut and you start calling him Baldy? That is harsh.

If panties are such an insult then why are there 4 pages worth of invoices for them every month on your expense report?

He also likes to mock dead people.

No. Mine was right. You can probably look it up on the internet. Anyway, even if mine was slightly off yours is stupid. Dollars to donuts to pay them off? That is a short range. What about cars, vacations, women, beer? None of that stuff fits between dollars and donuts. I can't even think of anything else starting with D that would be good for a bribe.

If he grew up a Browns fan it is almost certain he hated Baltimore, who stole the Browns. All of a sudden the crappy season and almost intentional looking drop in the championship game, might make a little sense. Maybe if he came back he would be a back to his old self.

If we did this would we have to give them back their pick?