Fewell733

no thanks

Yeah, they seemed like nice people, but just completely nuts. And I really do mean that in the nicest possible way.

Lawrence Smith was injured all last year. And actually comparing how he played the year prior, he appeared to be better than Anderson. Though that really isn't saying very much.

The real point is that there is no such thing as reaching. You take the player that you believe will best help your team. That is the whole point of the draft. I still haven't heard what exactly wouldn't be considered a reach. A 2nd rd caliber tackle like W. Justice? Brodrick Bunkley, so far only a one year wonder and workout warrior? Is it that you wanted a DT in the first round? What is it that you people wanted at #8?

From watching videos of the two, I really don't think Huff is better. He had all the hype, but he seemed to do a lot of floating and shoulder tackled. Whitner seemed to play much faster and tackle way better. Seemed way more intense too.

I think it's a bit too apples and oranges. Willis gets harsh treatment on this board. Some of it deserved, a lot of it not. We are so quick to acknowledge the inferiority of last year's o-line and the incompetence of the coaching and wrongheadedness of trying to make Willis a bigger stronger runner having him gain 10 or 15 lbs. Yet still he had 1250 yards in a terrible offensive season. Schobel is tremendous and very consistent. I can honestly say though that I haven't a clue who would make more in the open market. Wouldn't be at all surprised if he got more than Willis.

Just curious, but what are the positions that you believe should only be considered at pick #8? And what is your basis?

Yeah, noticed after writing. Never said it was the best. It's widely available though, relatively cheap and quite refreshing (regardless of who it's made by). But I guess this thread went the route of the beer snobs. I would say if he's enjoying Sam Adams White Ale, he'll enjoy Blue Moon, and not break the bank doing it.

Blue Moon! Belgian recipe (Belgian Whit), made in Colorado, served almost everywhere around Buffalo now. They'll even drop a slice of orange in which makes it especially good. Great for hot summer evenings.

Couldn't disagree more about Schultz comment. Huge hitter and could cover. I think he had like 6 ints one year. Those defenses in the Wilson era were tremendous. And to defend Williams is quite something. I agree, he wasn't really as bad on the field as many here proclaim, but his play and motivation compared to the money and expectations- makes him a must for the list

I totally agree. If you watch closely on almost every running play you see Peters hitting guys on the second level. I really believe it was the interior of the line that caused the running game to suffer.

Somehow we all manage to forget the ridiculously poor officiating that stains the NFL week in and week out. I too tend to forget the frustration and fury towards the refs each summer, and come back as fresh, enthused and naive as the previous. Last year's playoffs were perhaps the clearest example. The World Cup officiating was awful though. But it was, at least, consistently awful. Does that make it better?

The Pats article was simply oblivious to the moves on the O-Line. It wasn't that they knowingly disregarded them, they seemed to not even realize that they happened. Tutan Reyes has been a starting guard for 2 seasons, and on a playoff team who is actually considered the favorite for the superbowl. He WILL be an upgrade over fat Bennie, who doesn't belong in the NFL. We'll have to wait and see about Fowler, but I've hated Teague for years, so just having anyone else in there gives me encouragement. On the defensive side we really don't know how the new system will work, but it would be hard pressed to turn out a worse effort than last year. Milloy, it turned out, was a major liability and Sam Adams barely saw the field as it was.

Marv's not your typical GM.

Ribery made himself a multi-millionaire at this WC. They were saying he may go to Arsenal. He's an amazing story- thrown through a windshield at the age of two in a horrific car accident. Somehow survived- though now has horselike mug and nasty 14 inch long scars on the side of his face.

Well, that was the end of Barthez on the national team. He was actually a surprise selection over Coupet - who was widely thought of as better. Barthez can't really be blamed for the loss, but he didn't do anything to help win it.

I would agree, a lot of chances got through- but no goals in those last 80 minutes while France had the pressure on, is still damn impressive. That save off the Zidane header was ridiculous. Couldn't believe when Ribery hit it just wide though. Henry looked so dangerous with the ball - I just wished he had shot a little more rather than try and make the perfect pass.

I wouldn't call the goal as being a dive- the defender was why he fell down going full speed, contact was minimal though. Then later when there was a clear foul in the box nothing was called. So it kind of evened out. All I was saying was that it didn't seem like it was really the better team (that day) that won. I don't fully understand what was hard to understand about that since france controlled the game for the last 85 minutes. Congrats to Italy though, tremendous defense and came through in the clutch of pks. I wasn't saying the officiating was awful, just kind of ludicrously inconsistent- as it has been most of the tournement. Obviously the red on Zidane was the right call though. But when Zidane was brutally fouled on the header where he hurt his shoulder, I couldn't believe that there was no call.

All very true. Tight match.

Trezeguit (sp?) is a great striker. But hasn't seen the field much this tournament which may have made him a little rusty. If Henry, Zidane, Ribery, and or Viera were still in though, he might not have gotten the call.

Great match. PKs are a terrible way to end things though. France did outplay them and it is stupid for such a tournament to end like that. Italy played well. Hard to say they really deserved to win though. France had consistent offensive pressure- Henry played great despite the concussion, Malouda played the best I've seen all tournament from him. Zidane didn't play very well at all imo. Strange officiating- not biased, just kind of all over the place as it had been most tournament. Shocked Zidane lost his head like that - probably a mix of exhaustion, frustration, and whatever that guy said to him. Crappy, but memorable, way to end a great career.

Peyton Manning is the most overrated player of all time IMO. The guy is a major choke artist who's never won anything- disapears when it matters most- and both he and the adoring media thinks he's God's greatest gift to mankind. He's the anti-Brady (except for the media adulation). Vick is also overrated- but most people have caught on to this. McNabb is not overrated. Culpepper is a major question mark. Half a season of mediocrity without Moss raises major doubts- but too early to know for sure what kind of player he can be without him.

I think that may have been a WWII jab? Maybe I'm wrong, but first off the French were there in 1918 after winning WWI with the rest of the Allies, and second, the Italians were allied with Germany in WWII. On the losing side, mind you. Also, all the teams dive a little- even the Germans - they just don't writhe on the ground for 20 seconds like the Argentinians, Portueguese, and Italians.

France doesn't dive.

I hate this kind of reasoning. The second you start caring about what people who don't matter think, the closer you are to failure. It's a loser's mentality.