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Ralph and in general the Bills organization are often accused of being cheap both on this site and with the fan population at large. Right now, Fitz, Jackson and Johnson are all setting their sites on new contracts. Each of these guys has worked hard and succeeded to different degrees. We can all argue about which one deserves it most/least but I'd think we'd agree new contract talk is important for all of them. They also have one other thing in common which is interesting to me. All of these guys were low draft picks or UDFAs and really haven't had a "career contract". In my opinion this brings a danger and reason for the Bills to be careful. It is different from the danger presented by a high pick like Maybinot or Hardly. Maybinot stole money from the Bills out of arrogance, learned a hard lesson and is now working his way back up the ladder. His lesson is one of a journey. We will see where it leads. Hardly also had a lesson and it appears his journey is over. I'm not sure these examples mean much about Fitz/Jackson/Johnson but the lessons being learned are not surprising given human nature. A different example is that of Merriman. The team and the player both wanted a revival of past glory and a miraculous recovery from an injury. Other times players were just getting older and weren't able to keep up. See the Redskins for examples galore. It is in human nature to deny hard reality and think you can turn back the clock. I don't think these examples map well to Fitz and crew either. Our three guys would seem to be the perfect type of player to sign. They are self motivated, hard working and eager to prove themselves. They are the underdogs and they have climbed the mountain. Here is where this gets tricky. I think the Bills need to see where each guy's motivation lies. If they get a big contract, is this something they view as the end of the rainbow? Does all the hard work stop? Is their real goal winning, and will the contract drive them to keep improving? This is all tricky when measured against human nature. The Bills almost need a psychologist on the negotiating team if you ask me. Be honest; did you think Kyle Williams would lose his work ethic after he got the big money? Did you think he would be sitting every week while the defense languishes on the field? Did you think he would be "injured", "injured", "injured"? I sure didn't. How can the Bills best assure this won't happen with Fitz/Jackson/Johnson? Williams is the better model than Maybinot or Merriman. Buyer beware on all three of these guys. It doesn't mean you can't pay them, it just means know as much as you can about what you're buying. You don't want to end up with four Williamses that is for sure. I think "cheapness" is the card that the Bills hold in this situation and in any negotiation you need to make use of all your cards.

If the Bills had picked JP over Trent like the Dolphins just did, maybe it would have worked about better in Buffalo. Instead we got treated to three years of a Glove Wearing Mary.

More Los Gatos and more and even more When will it end?

Well that's sort of lame. If you excluded all that stuff even Beerboy is profitable.

How did they know it was a girls luggage?

There was some of that crap too but lots of the words were subtitled.

Plus the dorks.

Exactly except I wouldn't fly Southwest because my Flear jet is more convenient. Anyway, the special train people are only trumped by the spandex mafia and their bikes. Geez Louise. Maybe we can have those dorks only be allowed to pedal on train tracks. That's when I would contribute mucho $$$$$$$ to a high speed rail program.

I don't know much about politics or all the financial stuff in here and I am NOT reading three pages of crap, but I am wondering if anyone pointed out if people that ride trains are either dorks or yuppies that spill coffee. Do you really want to spend 3 hours of your life with those people?

I liked that one too. I thought they changed a few things from the book. Most things were small but the big one was that even though they were in Finland in the book, they still spoke English. In the movie they spoke Finland and had subtitles. I would have made the chick in the movie more normal looking. Hot even. More $$$$$$$$ at the box office. It was ok that she was freaky in the book. Overall the story in the book was good. I was able to figure some of it out but not all of it. I like the use of technology to figure out mysteries from a time with not much technology. I would be more specific but don't want to ruin it. I saw the trailer for the American movie and it looked pretty decent.

Words of wisdom for those in the park: Sparing soap Saturday sires smells Sunday suddenly sending swarming simpleton sappy scumbags scurrying seeking scent safety.

Had the Bengals last weekend, thought it was easy do didn't ask. Beerboy awfully quiet. Any thoughts on week 7?

If he was talking about the people in the park, rather than the reporter it could have been: Drunken derelict douchebag deadbeats debate derivatives deal despite dubious discernment.

The OP should have named the thread Tough Turk talks turkey toward treasury thugs.

After the trade deadline if they get Spiller to clear waivers they can still trade him.

Hasn't Spain taken over France yet? It is right next door.

So Obama proactively bent over and grabbed his ankles but it's no big deal because they were only going to screw him anyway? Is that a good analogy?

RIP and thanks Kent.

Was the father of this year's Kentucky Derby winner Rusty the farting horse from Seinfeld? And what are you rambling about with the self mapping stuff?

Foreign policy

Lolololololololololololol. Pedigree. Lolololololololololololol Do you even know what that word means?

I have as much or more respect for old people but let's face it, they don't write good constitutional amendments because they ramble on with minutia so meaningless that it is hard to imagine that they didn't include a provision requiring congress to send someone over to their house to help them open a jar of strained apricots whenever necessary. In addition pictures seem to indicate that they forgot how to properly tie their own damn tie.

No because he put a "k" in the word.

Another protestor being held don by the man.

I don't get it.