Albany,n.y.

I was talking about fans rooting for the team to win. I was not talking about the players on the field. They would be crazy to play to lose so that the team has as chance to draft a player better than them to replace each with. As a fan, I do not want my team winning meaningless games in December if it costs them the #1 pick in a year when an impact player is available. I would never expect the players to want to lose. On a bad team, they're fighting for their professional lives.

That's why I have a problem with people who want to win meaningless games in December. Months ago I started a thread that stated that if the Bills are in contention for the top spot in December, I'm rooting for them to lose. I got it from the "You play to win the game" people. Some were just in denial as to how bad we were going to be this year & were just reacting to anything that suggested the Bills would be bad enough to be in contention for the #1 pick by December. My response when people don't want to lose a meaningless game is Herm Edwards was wrong saying "You play to win the game." The correct phrase is "You play to win the Super Bowl". If we have to suffer through a horrible 2-14 or worse year this year, but we get the franchise QB and win the Super Bowl within the next 4, it's a lot better than going 5-11, missing out on any of the QBs, and 5 years from now we're still considering 8-8 an accomplishment. Even though we didn't win the Super Bowl, does anyone think we make 4 in a row if in 1984 we finished 5-11 and still went for a DE & drafted Ron Holmes, who had a fair career but was nowhere in Bruce Smith's league? Now I know he wasn't a QB, but we got lucky and got Kelly in the top-middle of the 1st and had his rights before Bruce was drafted.

Trent Edwards isn't getting cut-but he could be benched pretty soon for the capable veteran, the guy who was at the helm for the majority of snaps in 5 of last year's 6 victories-Ryan Fitzpatrick. You may not think he looks pretty out there, but the best QB available to do exactly what you want is Fitzpatrick. There's nobody on the street or available through trade who is any better than Fitz. So if the goal is to win games, Fitzpatrick is the one.

Paladino can keep all his $, some that he's going to blow running for Governor and build a new stadium downtown. That's the only way Paladino can help the Bills.

Ralph holds a press conference with Satan. He announces that in exchange for selling his soul to the devil, Satan has made it impossible for the Bills to lose any more games this year. The lineups are being introduced, Ralph & Satan are in the visiting owner's box. Ralph is smiling as he plans on a glorious victory. Suddenly, Satan tells Ralph "The deal is off, what do you think I am, a miracle worker, that's God's work, I can't get this team to beat Green Bay."

The draft is in April. The lockout wouldn't happen until July. The draft will go on as usual. The NFL is not hockey. Anyone who thinks the NFL would go a whole season without playing doesn't understand the reason why the NHL could afford to miss a season (too many teams were losing money)vs the profitable NFL.

"Bust". That IS his nickname.

While what you say is all true, it's a lot easier for Flacco to look downfield when he has Boldin, Mason, Houshmandzadeh and a real TE like Heap running downfield. Now there was a lot of offensive futility at last night's game, but Flacco & the Ravens will put up a lot of points in most games. The offensive weapons Baltimore has are impressive. The Bills @ Ravens game is going to be something like 31-0 at some point before Baltimore just runs out the clock. I don't even want to think what the Jets' D will do to our O, because holding the Ravens to 10 points is beyond impressive.

Trent will never be champion of bad QBing by year's end because if he continues his bad play he will be benched by the week after the bye. Then Fitzpatrick will get his chance. If he can't win, we'll end the season with Brohm-who will show all his fans why the only QB he was better than is Levi Brown, a guy who can't even get a spot on a practice squad.

How can I be embarrassed? I've seen worse than this. I sat through games coached by Jim Ringo, Kay Stephenson, Hank Bullough, Gregg Williams etc coaching teams a lot worse than this. I've seen bad quarterbacking by guys named Marangi, Ferragamo, Mathison, Johnson, Losman & Edwards. Lou Saban/Jack Kemp, Chuck Knox/Joe Ferguson & Marv Levy/Jim Kelly were the abberations, what we're seeing now is the norm. A coach is only as good as his QB. The only QB on the roster who will be on an NFL roster in 3 years is Fitzpatrick, and all he is, is a decent #2.

Green Bay is going to be the darlings of every suicide pool player this week. I'd put GB in now in the one I'm in, but I picked San Diego & I have to wait on tonight's game before I put this upcoming week's pick in.

Except for this season where there is no cap, there has been a rookie salary cap for years. It's based on the number of draft choices & where you pick. Anyone who thinks there will be a radical change in rookie salaries for 2011 is wrong. The draft is in April. The anticipated negotiations aren't expected until camps open in July. If you think there will be a new rookie cap, much more restrictive than the old one, please explain why, when there will be no new contract with the union at the time of the draft, there will be one in 2011. More likely, 2011 will be the last year of high rookie salaries. It's 2012 when rookie salaries may be lower, not 2011.

Within 10 TDs at halftime, definitely!

Smith is on the San Francisco 49ers.

They don't. They just didn't think any QB in this year's draft could. They're not going to give up a potential top 10 pick. Now if the Bills start off 5-1, then they could think of making a trade, but the last 5-1 start ended up 7-9.

The loser is in for a long stretch before they get a victory. Miami may not win a game until November or December if they lose & the Bills might in a very similar situation.

My income is the same when I go to a game in NJ or NE as it is when I go to Buffalo. I just end paying more.

If you go this year to the Izod Center for a Nets game, you literally will be the only one there. The rest of the people will be in Newark. I went to a Nets game last year & there was virtually no traffic getting out of the sports complex. I don't plan on going to Newark, maybe Brooklyn one of these years.

St Louis over Arizona

He will triple last year's total!

Not a popular pick: I have us 3-13 with wins opening day vs Miami then wins vs Detroit & Cleveland. Here's my entire NFL: AFC East New England 9 7 NY Jets 8 8 Miami 6 10 Buffalo 3 13 AFC North Baltimore 12 4 Cincinnati 9 7 WC Cleveland 8 8 Pittsburgh 8 8 AFC South Houston 13 3 Indianapolis 11 5 WC Tennessee 8 8 Jacksonville 5 11 AFC West San Diego 13 3 Kansas City 7 9 Oakland 7 9 Denver 3 13 NFC East Dallas 10 6 Philadelphia 9 7 WC NY Giants 7 9 Washington 6 10 NFC North Green Bay 11 5 Minnesota 9 7 Chicago 7 9 Detroit 4 12 NFC South New Orleans 11 5 Atlanta 10 6 WC Tampa Bay 8 8 Carolina 7 9 NFC West St. Louis 8 8 San Francisco 7 9 Arizona 6 10 Seattle 6 10 Playoffs AFC Baltimore over Cincinnati New England over Indianapolis Houston over New England San Diego over Baltimore San Diego over Houston NFC Philadelphia over St. Louis Dallas over Atlanta Green Bay over Philadelphia New Orleans over Dallas Green Bay over New Orleans Super Bowl San Diego over Green Bay

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.