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Does anyone else get the feeling from reading Chris Brown's blog that he is in JPs corner? It just seems like if he decribes a mistake that JP makes in OTAs, he minimizes it, while also playing down anything good that Holcomb does. He does not sound too thirlled with Nall, either. Do Brown's opinions ever forcast which way the team is heading? I have not been reading him long enough to know...

Show up on time for Jim Kelly's golf tournament?

If you read this quote from Peter King's mailbag, you'll see that some Dallas fans have been reading this thread... "EVEN THIS COWBOYS FAN LAUGHS AT MY PICK. From Elizabeth Pugliese, of Washington, D.C.: "I have been a Dallas fan practically all my life. But Dallas in the Super Bowl this year? No way. It will be another disappointing year. They forgot to address their most glaring need: an actual quarterback. Drew Bledsoe cannot get it done in the clutch -- or any other time. It is not just his lack of mobility (moving in one game does not make him a mobile quarterback); he does not make good throwing decisions, he can't throw accurately enough to ensure that the ball gets to the guy on the route, etc. Then there is T.O. It is all the same hype from when he went to Philly. When he is not getting the ball, regardless of what Bill Parcells has said, he is going to throw temper tantrums, then short-arm passes to prove how important he is. No way. I'm not even holding my breath for the playoffs this year."

There have been multiple OTAs. Most veterans have come to at least one of these voluntary events. I bet if you look at the percentage that have attended at least one, it would be near 100%.

I'm not throwing him under the bus either, but if he's not careful, he may be throwing himself under A TRAIN...

Is Chris Brown planting a little seed here to pave the way for a Wilkinson signing? "Even though McCargo and Williams have raised the level of talent at the position (DT), they're still missing that stud nose tackle that every team would love to have."

This quote from Chris Brown's blog makes it sound sike the coaches did not approve Willis' absence... "Thought you might be interested to know you can find Willis McGahee talking football on the NFL Network Wednesday night through Friday night in studio for the NFL Total Access program. I believe he'll be there in person today and tomorrow and they'll re-run his Thursday appearance Friday evening. I'm a little concerned that this won't exactly endear him to the coaching staff. I understand these OTAs are voluntary for veterans like himself, but to see him spending his time like this is a bit strange to me."

Unless I am mistaken, Carson Palmer was also handed the starting job over a proven vet, without any public fallout from his teammates. One could wonder, as others have in this thread, if this was becasue Carson was well liked by his teamates, while JP had alienated his. Alternatively, it could have been that Marvin Lewis had better control of his team than did Mularkey, which I think is probably a given. One could even speculate that Kitna handled being passed over better than Bledsoe, and that this too contibuted to the different outcomes. However, despite the fact that poor coaching definitely contributed to the veteran revolt...you still gotta wonder what they really think of JP! But I must agree with those who say they have seen nothing to dislike in his public statements since coming here.

If part of football character includes giving no ground and imposing your will on the other team, taken to extreme, I could see it resulting in actions like Butlers. Maybe his problem is he has too much football character- a warrior mentality that got out of hand!

levy addressed his definition of character in one of his initial press conferences, saying that he did not mean personality, but rather football character. He described this as someone who works hard to prepare off the field and always hustles on the field. It has struck me in the various descriptions I have read of Donte Whitner that he has "football character" in spades. As for Travis Henry, the season he played on a broken leg, he established to me that he has football character. And whining? Would a guy with "football character" just sit back and say "sure, give Willis the job?" I think not.

My understanding is that the issue is the estate tax, not whether the heirs are interested. The heirs would have to pay 50% of the value of the team in taxes to the govt., and there is not enough cash in the estate to cover that. Therefore, his kids will be forced to sell the esate at his passing to cover the tax liability, whether they want to or not.

Five Players in the Right Situation- 4. John McCargo, DT, Buffalo: For all those critics who have been skewering Bills general manager Marv Levy for picking McCargo 26th overall, think about this: A lot of teams thought McCargo was the third-best defensive tackle in the draft after Ngata and Brodrick Bunkley. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writ...aft.luck/1.html

Ok, how about yesterday's big free agent signing? Tutankamon Reyes!

For all you guys that insist on the sancrosanct Sunday afternoons in front of the TV, I have three words. Tape the game. My kids play soccer on Sunday afternoons in the fall, and I can only imagine what would happen to their fragile psyches if I skipped their games to watch my beloved Bills. But with taping, I can do both, plus fast forward through annoying commercials. As for women and the draft, I gotta believe it's a guy thing. While I consider myself knowledgable about football, and do read the pre-draft college player evals etc, watching the draft itself is about as excitng to me as watching water drip on a rcok. And by the way, what's a honey do list? If it is what I think it is, I can only imagine my husband's reaction if I put such a thing in front of him!

I think Takeo also does a good job representing our team and what we want them to stand for, on the field and off

he he. my bad!

As expected, franchise tag placed on clements. announcement is on BB.com. Levy states they are still hoping to do a long term deal.

Sports-hernia vs. hernia In the groin area, there is something called the inguinal ring, which is basically an opening created when several muscles and tendons overlap, but not completely. Tears of the any of the muscles/ligaments that form the inguinal ring can lead to groin pain, and are called sports hernias. If the damage to the ring is sufficient to cause the ring to expand in size, the abdominal contents can pass through the ring into the scrotum, which is the more familiar hernia.

Previously, when I logged onto TSW, each topic had a red flag beside it if there had been new post since the last time I was there. Today I logged on, and no red flags! Now I realize how helpful they were, and I want to bring them back. I assume I must do something to my control settings, but can't figure out what. Anybody know?

Isn't it odd that they would hire the line coach before the DC? maybe grey is staying!

http://www.superbowl.com/news/story/9185158 "In other football news, Harvard grad Marv Levy is now the Bills' general manager and Yale alum Dick Jauron the Bills' coach, giving Buffalo an all-Ivy front office. Pip pip, you chaps! On an exclusive basis, TMQ has learned that the Bills will replace their locker room with a lecture hall; players will be required to write term papers; the traditional Gatorade shower in the moment of victory will become a fino sherry shower served with priscutto and melon. Fans will cheer, "Please see fit to exert reasonable effort!" After bad calls the crowd will shout at the officials, "We beg to differ!"

I think that given all that happened last year, penciling in Holcomb as the starter going into mini-camps may be best, both for JP and the team. For JP, he's told us he plays better with a chip on his shoulder, and this is supported by his improved performance after his benching. It would also give him the opportunity to win the job, and thus win over his teammates. For the team, this would send the message that jobs are earned, and that the Bills want to win now.

I know that cocky was his rep coming out of college, but I have not found JPs public statements since arriving here to be cocky, nor have I heard of a crappy attitude. By all accounts, he was working hard...

I live in NJ, and was reading my local paper, not usually a source for Bills news, and came accross a jets article that mentioned that Henderson was let go and will be interviewing wth our BIlls. I found the same artricle on line (link below) http://www.nj.com/sports/ledger/index.ssf?...2640.xml&coll=1