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On the front page there's an article indicating that Dustin Fox will be activated off the practice squad & will be playing on Sunday. So who is leaving the roster?

If you're old enough to have been around when the Bills drafted Thomas Smith in the 1st round you must have called for John Butler to be fired in his first season as GM. Not all cornerbacks are good at intercepting. Antoine Winfield couldn't catch a cold when he was a Bill. There's a lot more to playing CB than interceptions. This string is another example of why I hate statistics. Stat boys take one aspect of playing a position and blow it way out of proportion. Even when talking about a specific play, it all comes back to the ooh ahh that stat looks good. CBs who are great at all aspects but interceptions don't get the same respect from stat boys as the guy who sucks 90% of the time covering his man but gets enough interceptions to make himself look good on paper. If McKelvin could make the catches you demand, he'd be named Lee Evans.

A couple of weeks ago I was discussing the the song between Talkin Proud & shout with Pinto Kenny at the Bills tailgate in New England. Well I found it in an old Bills program from 1986. Here are the lyrics, I remember the tune but since I can't read or type musical notes, I can't put the tune on here. Here it is, from a time when playoffs were also a distant memory (well not as distant as now), but greatness was within reach. We Can Make It Happen We can make it happen cheerin on the Bills now Buffalo makes it happen climb on the Bills fan wagon We can make it happen cheerin on the Bills now Buffalo makes it happen climb on the Bills fan wagon We can make it happen We can make it happen I do believe in Buffalo I do believe in Buffalo I do I do I do I do I do We can I do believe in Buffalo I do believe in Buffalo I do I do I do I do I do We can

I get a program for every game. The program from that game is one of the few that isn't in pristine condition. Not only did the program get soaked, but I dropped it in the mud and I had to wash it when I got home. The program's pages are rippled, the cover is (barely) held together with tape and some of the ink is off the pages. After that game I would try to get the program before the game & leave it in my car. This year is the 1st I can't go to the Bills Store at the Ralph & get my programs before entering the stadium. I now have to keep the programs in the seat cushion. I did get one program before going into the stadium-at Foxborough, where they still sell the full sized program for $5.

If JP is willing to move on to the perfect team & game for him, he has a real chance of achieving greatness and win himself several MVP awards and Arenaball championships.

To use an analogy in response to the original post: The Bills have already legally separated with JP & are now living with someone else. Unfortunately, the divorce doesn't become final until January & JP is still living in his part of the house.

If they are from Texas be prepared to get shot when you knock on the door.

Training Camp. Here's what was in this week's PFW Whispers: "A club source tells us that it's very realistic Bills DE Aaron Schobel won't play another down this season. A foot injury has kept Schobel, a Pro bowler and the team's best pass rusher sidelined since week 5."

Teams let some good linemen get away, most of the great ones are not let go. 2/5 of the Giants starting line came via free agency: T Kareem McKenzie & C Shaun O'Hara The 3 other starters were an undrafted free agent, G Rich Suebert, a 5th round pick T David Diehl and a 2nd round pick GChris Snee. That's not that much different from our team's method of acquisitions: 2/5 via free agency, an undrafted free agent, a 5th round pick & a 4th round pick. The Titans have a mix as well: 2 free agents, C Kevin Mawae and G Jake Scott. A 7th round pick, G Eugene Amano; A 4th round pick T David Stewart & a 2nd round pick Michael Roos. It's not our method of building the line that's the problem, it's the evaluation of the talent of the players selected to be signed/drafted that is the problem.

The thing I didn't like about the Felser article was that he totally ignored the fact that the Bills have chosen to build the line through veteran free agency rather than the draft. The Bills started the season with 60% of the starting line acquired via free agency. With Fowler out now it's down to 40%. If the team had not paid out the big $ for Walker & Dockery, then Felser would have had a better argument. His article could have focused on whether the Bills are getting their $ worth out of a highly paid OL, instead he elected to talk about a lack of high draft choices, which was one of two options to build the line-the Bills chose the other option, nothing wrong with their attempt. Now if Dockery & Walker (along with Peters & Butler) aren't performing up to their contracts, that's the topic of conversation, not the lack of high draft choices when the team spent big $ on the OL in free agency and contract extensions.

Because when he was an assistant with the Raiders he had the guts to walk out on Al Davis in pre-season instead of putting up with Davis' BS. So either he was too strong a guy for Donahoe to hire, or Ralph didn't want a guy who walked out on Davis. Take your pick, but I'm sure it had something to do with him quitting the Raiders.

So if the two Rooneys get $750 million they each get $375 million before taxes. At 30% that's still $262.5 million. When is enough money enough? Those poor souls have to sell now, otherwise the gov't will send them to the poor house. What did they ever do that earned themselves that much money other than being born to the right family? Each of those clowns could spend $14,374 every day for the next 50 years and still not be totally broke. Cry me a river.

There may not have been a Hank Bullough era if Kelly was here from 1983. Kay Stephenson was coach, got fired in 1985 season, when the team had no QB, and Hank was fired by Polian in 1986, Polian's 1st season as GM. If Kelly had been here, Kay may have held on long enough so that Polian would have been GM when Kay was fired. Polian was always going to bring Marv in, because Marv was his mentor & where one went, the other soon followed. So Hank would have never had been Bills head coach if Kelly had originally signed with the Bills-Marv would have replaced Kay.

There's one GUY out there who isn't helping us when it comes to picking free agents.

So sum up in English what this means to Orchard Park & points east. Like snow predictions, where it will be, accumulation amounts etc. It looks like the national weather service hired a novelist instead of a friggin' weatherman. EDIT: Not much if any accumulation, here's the English version of the forecast: http://www.wivb.com/subindex/weather Weather Watch 4Good Wednesday from Meteorologist Don Paul: The clouds have thinned sufficiently to allow for partial sun Wednesday Afternoon. It will be somewhat more comfortable, with light winds and slightly milder temperatures. High: 46-51. A few Shwrs will arrive after midnight and become more numerous by Thursday AM. On Thursday, we'll have Occasional Rain, tapering to just a few Spotty Showers during the afternoon, with Breezier & Milder conditions. High: 50-54. Just a few spotty showers are possible Thursday night. Friday will be Partly to Mostly Cloudy & Milder with just a Few Showers. The high will be in the upper 50s to near 60. Shwrs increase toward Saturday morning. No tracking snow for the hunters Saturday, but it will be Showery and Turning Cooler, with an early high of 48, and temps falling into the 30s toward evening. Rain showers will mix/change to some snow Saturday night and Sunday will be Breezy & Chilly, with Sct Shwrs, possibly mixed with snow especially in the hills. On Monday, some Sct Rain & Wet Snow Shwrs will be around, on another Raw day. It currently looks like a Raw evening for Monday Night Football, with gametime temps in the upper 30s, a Cold Breeze, and a few rain & snow shwrs. By Tuesday, we'll be cold enough for all snow, but not much of it--Sct Snow Shwrs, with temps in the mid/upper 30s. It stays quite cold into midweek.

I hope he NEVER throws for 300 yards because many times the guy who throws for 300 yards loses the game. 300 yard games, with the exception of a QB on a high powered, rub it in offense like last year's Patriots, usually are accomplished by a guy playing catch up from behind-just like Cutler had to do yesterday. I'd rather see a good defensive effort that doesn't put the QB in a position to have to throw for 300 yds in order to have any chance of winning. Denver's defense means Cutler will probably have to throw for more than 300 yards to win his share of games. 300 yards-just another dumb stat the stat boys fall in love with.

I've been to over 200 NFL games & I've never had a drink at any of them. You ask If not, ???????????-Because 1) I can't stand the taste of most alcoholic beverages, especially beer. 2)I have to drive a pretty long distance to get home from the game & I believe in NONE for the road. I'll also be at the game this week in NE.

Thanks to all. I'll be back Tuesday or Wednesday.

OK then, please explain why you bolded and enlarged the part about the 1st amendment. What was your point? Or are you just a complete A hole?

I have to miss the game. I'm leaving soon to go to Long Island, my mother passed away on Thursday in California.

You still haven't defended her. I tried to get you to do so, even attached an article that stated what you claimed you didn't know & all you did was still claim ignorance. I asked you to do so in a rational non slur manner & you can't as the above post proves. The reason I asked you to is because your original response to my statement that she doesn't understand the 1st amendment was to BOLD & ENLARGE my point about her not understanding the 1st amendment & respond to it LOL. You are too ignorant to get information to support you contentions and too irrational to respond in a non slur way-that is not a slur since your ignorance is proven by your 1st bolding & enlarging the original statement of facts & then de facto claiming ignorance by stating you don't know what she said and choosing not to educate yourself on the facts to issue a rational response and you keep up the slurs as proven by your post above. I have no more time for you since I'm too busy to respond any further & before you say anything else stupid-it's because I have a funeral to prepare for.

You can't respond to my challenge, can you? I'll repeat it-Defend Palin's ignorance of the 1st amendment, in a rational manner without slurs. As Joe Friday said-Just the facts! YOUR PROBLEM IS -YOU CAN'T.

I'm certain of 2 things: 1)Obama knows there are 50 states. just like McCain knows he is no longer a prisoner of war when he addresses his audience as "my fellow prisoners". 2) Sarah Palin doesn't understand the 1st amendment. Getting back to the FACTS, since you bolded & enlarged my point on the 1st amendment-How can you defend Palin's ignorance of the 1st amendment-You can't! http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate...;entry_id=32193

By definition Middle Class means above the lower and below the upper. This covers a large range of incomes and cannot be defined by any one income number. So it doesn't matter what # someone says since middle class is also different based on geographical differences-middle class in Buffalo is poor in NYC & LA. So the only important # is at what income do your taxes go down, stay the same, or go up. Obama has been quite clear on those #s and has a calculator for all on his website. Just because FOX News and its viewers are too friggin stupid to do the math, doesn't mean that the Obama tax plan has changed. This is the same news organization that supports a candidate for VP who doesn't even know the definition of the 1st amendment regarding freedom of speech. The reason moderates and those more left than us think the supporters & viewers of FOX News and their VP candidate are stupid is because they just are, and every time they write or say something it confirms that fact.

You left out a very inportant fact: Not only did the Bills not have Bennett for the 47-6 beating by the Colts, they also didn't have Kelly, Smith, Smerlas, Reed, et al because the team that lost 47-6 to the Colts was the friggin' strike team with Dan Manucci & Willie Totten taking most of the snaps at QB. You can't seriously compare the 2 Colts games & attribute the difference to Bennett.