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The C300 is made in South Africa. They can buy one now. I used to joke that I would never buy a Japanese car after WWII while I have driven 2 German made cars & 3 other German engineered cars, including 2 that were built in Pennsylvania before they closed the VW plant.

I just want to know if I get down to N.O., do I get free parking for my Mercedes?

I don't remember Jim Kelly's father ever playing a down in the NFL & that didn't mean Jim wasn't going to be a HOF QB. Archie Manning is about the only father of a future HOF QB who even played in the NFL. This isn't horse racing where the great QBs are retired to stud to produce the next generation of QBs.

I disagree. Ponder is just another prospect, Luck is projected as a once in a generation player. If Minnesota is bad enough to get #1, Frazier might not even be there, but even if he stays, Ponder becomes an afterthought. Here's some history to look at. When the two JJs came to Dallas they spent 2 1st rounders on QBs in the same year. They took Troy Aikman in the regular draft & Steve Walsh in the supplemental draft. They then let things shake out, kept the future HOFer & eventually traded the other guy. Minnesota will have Ponder & Luck in camp next year if they draft #1 and then trade Ponder if the price is right. Here's more history-The year the Jets signed rookie Joe Namath, they also signed Heisman winner John Huarte. Huarte lasted a season & was traded.

We've already lost almost half the entrants in our pool because people have tried to get creative & failed. In prior years I have plotted out the whole season & saved teams and got eliminated because I tried to get creative and ended up kicking myself for my creativity. So now I just try to take the best matchup each week and not worry about future weeks because if I do, I won't make it to the future. I've been eliminated twice on opening day by getting too cute with early season selections. I do look at the whole season, but I don't save a team for the future if it's the surest thing this week. My though now is to look for key injuries as the season progresses & a game that I didn't even consider 3 weeks ago may fall into my lap due to 1 team's injuries. Right now, if I make it that far, I consider week 10 to be very tough and I'm hoping that I have a game fall to me. Otherwise I won't make it past week 10. In the past I've never been able to get by a week that I saw as a landmine, as I do with week 10. Right now my rules are 1)Try to avoid road games 2)Never pick a bad team to win 3)Make sure my QB isn't injured or banged up before the selection. 4)Try not to beat a really good team We lost some people who picked the Eagles this week in spite of Vick being all banged up. Sure it looked good on paper, but playing a banged up QB is never a good idea.

Care to change your opinion now?

His scheduled press conference for today has been cancelled & the Dolphins are now on their bye week, the perfect time for a coaching change. http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/03/tony-sparano-press-conference-for-monday-canceled/

My honest answer: When I went game by game I had the Bills 4-12 before the season started, but I had them 3-1 after 4 games. Since I had the NE & Cincy game the other way, I'm more optimistic that they're a lot better than the 4-12 I predicted. Still, I'm not expecting them to continue winning 3 out of every 4 games they play because outside of the games vs Miami & Denver they are going to have to play to the best of their ability to beat any of the other teams on the schedule the rest of the way. I still can't see better than 8-8, even with the 3-1 start.

He's the weekend sports guy for Albany's local NBC, that's right, NBC, station. He's not even the main sports anchor. Fortunately (or not, depending on your viewpoint) I had 4 guys over my house to watch the game & with all the converation, I never heard a word the announcers said.

Peter King showed the rule on the SNF pregame & if you follow the rule to the letter of the law, the call was correct since the player had no intention to advance the ball at the time he put it on the ground. Now Dungy disagreed, but ever since his dirty players took out Jim Kelly's knee in 1994, when he was one of the dirtiest DCs that year at Minnesota, I've had zero respect for him.

A team with a rookie QB can be very inconsistent. But, inconsistent also means the guy can be good on any given Sunday, especially when playing a home game.

I do-they're at practice every day & know a lot more about these players than some guy posting on the internet who hasn't been to one closed practice. Face it, the coaches see things we never see & know more about these players than we'll ever know. That's why I find it hard to criticize any coach on who he gives playing time to because I'm not there with these guys 5-7 days a week. That is especially true when a fan suggests starting guys who the coach isn't starting, many whom have never started a game in the NFL because the team has better players already starting.

I already have next week's pick down to only 1 game -The NY Giants at home vs Seattle. West to East coast road team, Seattle is only competitive at home. Here's the knock on the other games: Eagles @ Bills-After Bills loss at Cincy & Eagles shaky play, how can anyone have confidence in picking a winner in this game to survive to week 6-too tough to call New Orleans @ Carolina-The road team is the favorite, but it's a division game & sooner or later Newton is going to win one by himself. But if I had to pick a game other than the NYG game, this would be up there among my choices & I'd go with NO. Oakland @ Houston-Houston's top WR may be injured, plus I can't use Houston because I did in week 1. KC @ Indianapolis-Rule #1, never pick a bad team to beat another bad team in suicide, especially on the road. Cincinnati @ Jacksonville-see KC @ Indy. Arizona @ Minnesota-Arizona isn't good enough to trust, especially on the road & Minnesota is winless. Never pick an 0-4 team to get its 1st win in suicide. Tennessee @ Pittsburgh-Tennessee has looked good but is on the road, Roethlisberger left the game this week and was last seen in a boot. If Ben is completely healthy & ready, this could be Pittsburgh as a contender for this week's choice, but who wants to gamble on Ben being ready, especially since I have to get my picks in days before the game. TB @ SF-The 49ers are overachieving, but I prefer TB. Too dangerous for me. SD @ Denver-I lost last year on opening week playing SD on the road in a divisional game-I won't be fooled again. Plus-I've already used SD. NYJ @ NE-Way too tough to call -unless the Jets lose a lot of players at Baltimore tonight. GB @ Atlanta-No team goes undefeated. Plus, I just used GB (Which for the record was my 3rd blowout win this year in suicide out of 4 games) Chicago @ Detroit-See GB @ Atl Plus I've already used Detroit.

Hairston played LT after Bell went out & I didn't see anything bad, so I don't agree with the nothing next to his name.

I'm going to answer in the most positive way: Maybe they were at the 2 home games the past 2 weeks & since they are home today, it's easier to post after the game since they're not stuck in stadium traffic or doing some dinner tailgaiting.

Buh Bye. Road games are a beyotch.

Sal is on NOW Edit: Sal just had a great 1st segment with Ryan Fitzpatrick's high school coach. They talked about Fitz's leadership and how he was interested in a good education when he chose Harvard. Next up the Cincy game talk, then baseball completes the hour before WGR goes to HS football at noon.

I think the most amazing thing was how many posters thought we were going to cut Fitzpatrick before last season-this was AFTER he had come in and was the QB responsible for 5 of the 6 2009 victories. By that point, he had proven to be the most consistent WINNING QB on the team. Most of the cut Fitzpatrick brigade used the old "Ralph is Cheap" stuff and thought just because he was the highest paid QB on the roster going into 2010, the Bills were going to cut him & save $. It was as if what he showed in 2009 wasn't enough. Now I must admit, I still viewed him as a top notch backup on a Super Bowl contender, like Frank Reich, but so far he's exceeded my expectations-which is great. I'd rather be proven wrong by him winning a Super Bowl as the starter than be right.

That still doesn't make Tebow the better QB just because Levi is home & he isn't. It's much easier to send a 7th round pick home than a 1st a year later. It's only a matter of time before Tebow switches to TE or joins Levi in fron of the TV on Sundays.

When Denver drafted Tebow, it was one of the worst 1st round picks of all time. The best thing Tebow can do is change positions to TE & hope for the best. Just another example of how over his head Josh McDaniels was and how insane the higher ups were to listen to him. When a team jettisons a highly drafted QB on his 1st contract, and gets virtually nothing in return, it's usually a very bad sign. The Broncos have used a 2010 1st round pick & will get a 2012 5th rounder at best-in other words, if he's let go, Denver considers him a bust at QB & it's a fire sale. Tebow is quickly becoming the Aaron Maybin of QBs. Let's get real here before people start throwing out names of other traded QBs: Favre was a second round pick traded for a 1st round pick 1 year later, Young was a special USFL draft pick traded for a 2nd & a 4th round pick, hardly the fire sale you'll see on Tebow.

He's 18 for 33, 54.5 % on FG attempts >/= 50 yards.

Only Drew Bledsoe throws it out of bounds on 4th down, and only a dumb DB catches it deeper downfield on 4th down.

He has a show of his own on Saturday morning.

This thread is about disliking Wilfork, not liking him.

I heard it'd because he's always talking, like a Senator would do during a filibuster.