Albany,n.y.

I was looking at the parking cost at stadium lots & realized that it's not just the tickets that are low priced in Orchard Park. Parking starts at $25 per game, but it's even lower for season ticket holders. If one goes to every game, using the coupons, counting the exhibition game the 8 games cost $140. That's 7 games x $20 + the free parking game, that equals $17.50 per game. If you're like me & give your preseason tickets away, it goes down to $17.14 per game (6 games X $20 =$120 for the season). So for $120 I get a full season of parking. Now some games I'll go with others who will park in cheaper lots, so the cost will be even lower. Now let's contrast that to the 2 other teams in the division that are a day drive from Buffalo (for me they're closer to drive to than the Bills are). Jets: Season ticket holders $250 for the season. If you pay individually per game $45. Patriots (I couldn't find season ticket prices for parking) $40 per game. When I go to NE this season for the Bills game, I'm going to pay $50 to park in a private lot because the stadium lots are too difficult to get out of. The private lots near the stadium charge more because they're so much easier to get out of. The last 2 times I went I got burried deep in the lot & it took forever to get out the 1st time. The second time the Bills sucked so badly I was disgusted and I couldn't stand the prospect of an hour or so in their lot so I didn't wait until the end to leave, and got out without the wait. I didn't go to Monday night last year. Considering the private lots that are cheaper & the real cost of parking, parking at the Bills games is relatively cheap.

He wasn't considered a bust with the Patriots. He was the Patriots starting QB from the time he got there until he was injured in 1975. He started every game his 1st 4 seasons in the NFL. When Grogan performed well after Plunkett was injured in 1975 he was shipped to SF for 4 draft choices 3 firsts and a second-hardly what a team would pay to get a bust. The problems he had were with the 49ers and he got cut after starting for 2 seasons. When the Raiders picked him up in 1978 he didn't play that season & had a very hot & cold career the rest of the way.

I'm going to that game. I'm doing an NFL weekend doubleheader with the Bills on Sunday & the Jets/Ravens on Monday night. I got a bus trip for $139 out of Albany. The bus company has seasons in the upper deck where there are no seat licenses. I'm leaving right after the Bills game so I can get home Sunday night & not have to worry about something going wrong Monday. I wanted to see the new stadium & I figured I'd pick a game that does not conflict with a Bills game.

This game is one of the Bills' best opportunities of getting a win. Home against a traditionally slow starting team that is all banged up and got whipped the last time they came here. I still can't see too many wins, but this one I put in the W column.

If stadiums were paid for the same way one would pay to construct an ordinary commercial piece of real estate, they wouldn't run into these problems. You don't take a 50 year mortgage on a building with an economic life of 25-30 years. You tie the loan to projected revenues from that building, not a separate building. It's just simple economics, no banker would give a construction loan to someone who doesn't have a projected revenue to pay for the loan and wouldn't extend the loan beyond the building's viability. If you build a stadium where the revenue pays for the debt within a reasonable time frame you don't get a demolished stadium with debt remaining.

I hope that was a lame attempt at sarcasm.

Keeping his options open. He may still hope to get another NFL job.

When they build a new stadium & demolish the Ralph. Nobody's getting on the field anymore. The last time the goalposts came down, fans started cutting up the turf & the team decided that enough was enough.

Is beating out Levi Brown much better? I went back & forth on that one, depending on what I heard about Brown, but I was always adamant that Fitz wouldn't be cut & would be no worse than 2nd string.

1)Are you ever going to run out of excuses defending Brohm? I bet 20 years after he's out of the league, which will be about 21-22 years from now, someone will find you at the end of a bar still making excuses for the guy. 2)Troy Smith is on the SF 49ers: http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=nfp-20100907_49ers_sign_troy_smith_cut_nate_davis

Years ago the Texans drafted Drew Henson in the 6th round with the hopes of trading him for something better down the road. Casserly said when they did this that a 6th rounder has about a 10% chance of making it, so it wasn't much of a gamble. Now I don't know if Casserly just pulled that 10% out of the air or if he was stating it based on actual statistics.

It's the only time I've ever been on the field.

Darrick Holmes was traded for a 4th when he was in the last year of his contract. Lynch is worth at least that if not more as soon as a contender has a RB go down & Lynch is proven to back to 100% physically. I think it's only a matter of time before one of our veteran backs gets traded & Bell is promoted to the roster.

If Gailey wins 3 or 4 does that make Jauron/Fewell geniuses? Our schedule is much tougher than last season, we have one proven WR and no TEs. Spiller can't do it all by himself.

#1 next year?

The only thing I'm surprised at is the number of people here who couldn't see Fitz was always going to be here & be no worse than #2 QB on the depth chart.

Do you mean Lake Bell, the actress who has been on Boston Legal & most recently How To Make It in America?

The map shows Albany getting the Bills game. For me it doesn't matter because I'll be at the game

How's Graham Harrell doing? Cut more times than Nicole & Ron.

The teams who watched the tape of Thursday's game were surprised the guy was even drafted, and the Bills, after watching the tapes were pissed that they drafted him. Anyone who questions the Bills judgement just has to look at Brown's performance in the Lions game. He Marangi'd any chance he had. When he calms down he should try to get himself to the UFL before there are no jobs left there either. Brohm has been there throughout camp and did enough to make the team. Why bring in Smith? LeFevour was claimed on waivers by the Cincinnati Bengals, so he's not available.

Claimed by the Bengals, from KFFL: Bengals | Dan LeFevour claimed Comment (0) Sun, 05 Sep 2010 11:21:54 -0400 The Cincinnati Bengals have announced they have claimed free-agent QB Dan LeFevour (Bengals) off waivers. Read more: http://www.kffl.com/hotw/NFL?page=1#ixzz0yhNrlsdU

These guys all get a shot with free agency. A good example is Shaun Hill, who is now Detroit's #2. He was on the bench in Minnesota & got his chance after he left for SF. Besana actually got his shot in the USFL after the Bills let him go, he was the starting QB for the Oakland Invaders the 1st 2 years of the league, but in the 3rd & final year, the Invaders merged with the Michigan Panthers and Besana ended up backing up Bobby Hebert.

The open competition was in mini-camp, it was for the coaches & players involved, it was not changed during preseason and it was not for the fans to see their favorite QB play with the starters. People seem to forget that when Chan arrived, Ryan Fitzpatrick was #1 on the depth chart, not Trent Edwards. Edwards showed enough in mini-camp to get the edge on the depth chart, Levi Brown showed the least & was dropped from any further consideration once camp opened. The order didn't change in camp & preseason, mainly because Edwards continued to outplay all the other guys, as confirmed by our camp visitors who posted their observations here. Edwards earned the right to start every preseason game, Brohm did not-it's as simple as that. Also if Trent goes down or sucks, Fitzpatrick will get 1st crack at starting, not Brohm.

I think virtually every QB gets his chance sooner or later. That's because teams are always looking to get maximum value out of their backups. While the hit rate isn't that great on traded QBs, it's no worse than a mid 1st round QB. We have the Robs, but we also get the Schaubs and Brunells who have productive careers after being traded away from the team that they were backups on. Brady would have taken over for Bledsoe sooner or later because he was their best QB in camp in 2001. Between preseason & practice, all QBs get enough of a look that sooner or later their talent is recognized. Likewise, guys like Gary Marangi eventually get the opportunity to show how bad they are & are quickly out of the league as soon as they are exposed.

Parcells is a great head coach, he's not coaching the Dolphins. He'll be in the HOF for his coaching, not his front office abilities. White was one of the stupidest draft picks last year. Who spends a 2nd rounder on a QB whose only ability is to run a wildcat offense? Wildcat offenses work better with a RB who can hit an occasional throw, not a wildcat QB. Ronnie Brown was already their wildcat QB, it was a totally wasted pick.