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The 'starter' label may mean less than Gailey saying that CJ will get the majority of carries (assuming that 'majority' doesn't mean 51%).

http://www.buffaloru...spiller-starter quoting this tweet: https://twitter.com/...296483570094080 Re-reading, it's not clear where the starter declaration came from. Just don't shoot the messenger. kj Edit: Here is the tweet that quotes Gailey saying CJ starts this week:

Maybe that's why the Patri*ts run the no-huddle so much, so that the pre-snap stuff is done before the mike is shut off? (Yeah, it makes no sense. But it's the Patri*ts and I don't need to make sense. My all-consuming rage says it makes sense. Good enough for me.) kj

Are you invoking the Crayonz Corollary? kj

As long as he isn't driving home, good for him.

Pardon my shouting, but: I DON'T WANT A MORAL VICTORY.

Yeah, we suck. But do the refs really need to do that?

He said "star coaches."

Which one: Delano or Delano?

Another fridge.

You've opened yourself up for it there

If only we had grabbed Volek when we had the chance...

Finally something to smile about around here.

Thanks for clarifying.

Just curious, is it common to collaborate like that with reporters from other papers, to go in on an interview together?

That monster game included another 100 yard running back and close to three hundred yards in the air (or something like that). I am not going anywhere near a tv, radio, or PC this Sunday. Pain is coming. Plus the margin of defeat vs the patri*ts always increases by a lot for the second fame. This one is gonna hurt.

SageAgainstTheMachine--the TS Eliot of TSW.

And the bonds from Arlington are tax exempt municipal bonds (which lowers the interest in debt issues). Another form of public subsidy to the stadium.

Not so recent and only Rex in the current incarnation of the league.

Spiller up the middle on short yardage? That'll never work.

Moving his fridge.

I know someone in this thread is Crayonz, but I am not sure which one. kj

Yeah. That and the cheating. kj

I have noticed a big change in the quality of football reporting this season, as reporters and bloggers (and even some TSW members!) rely on the NFL's coaching tapes. It really has become educational about the Xs and Os, and has changed analysis for the better. Put it this way: I never found Pete Prisco to offer much of anything really strong prior to this season. And now he writes stuff like this, every week: http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/blog/pete-prisco/20686618/petes-pics-bears-show-diverse-looks-on-defense SI has a guy who does similar stuff every week, as well. So does Buffalo Rumblings, and WGR I believe. This is a level of detail and analysis that you didn't get before. I don't mind the profiles of the players or the insider conversations that amounted to nothing, but that didn't really help you understand what was going on on the field. (And I still don't understand much, btw.) Hopefully the John Claytons and Peter Kings will lose even more 'media share' to this trend. Maybe a little too soon to announce a gold age of football analysis, but it is definitely a change for the better. kj Also, Pricso talks about Lovie Smith's change from a Tony Dungy-trained boring Tampa 2 guy to a guy who throws a lot of different wrinkles and looks at the other team. So a defensive coach has had to evolve with a changing league. Huh. kj

Wannstadt's defensive scheme would have totally shut down that team. Or at least in 1968 it would have had a chance to be competitive.