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That should say he PRACTICED in that offense for five years, under Saunders

I don't think it was $ related, although I still view Ralph as a cheapskate. I think what happened is that Mularkey realized he was being played by Marv. Everyone knew Mularkey would be toast with Marv, MM included. Marv wanted to coach again and saw a mid season Mularkey firing as his best way in. When Mularkey read the writing on the wall, he quit. Now Ralph Wilson stepped in, and told Marv -you're not coaching this team. So Marv & Ralph now have to hire a new coach. Imagine what happened when Marv interviewed Dick Jauron. It was like looking in a mirror, 25 years ago. Jauron has to be the one guy in the entire NFL who is most like Marv. How could Marv resist hiring the closest thing to himself? How could Ralph resist hiring a man who could end up being the next Marv Levy? Jauron reminds me so much of Marv as a coach it is scary. I really hope we get similar results with Jauron as we did with Levy, but lets win that February game at least once, please.

I've never bought into the TD hired weak coaches to control them theory. I think it's more likely 3 things: 1) Ralph didn't want to pay huge $ for a head coach 2) TD got burned by Marvin Lewis, partially due to reason #1. Lewis lost interest when he found out what Ralph was willing to pay for a rookie head coach. On top of that, Lewis was under the (wrong) assumption that he was going to get the Cleveland job and was really jolted when Cleveland hired Butch Davis. As a result, Lewis basically blew off the Bills, leaving TD to choose between John Fox and Gregg Williams-remember, we were late to hire because we were waiting on Lewis. Now once again this is my theory, but I believe Fox had no chance with Ralph, because even though they are technically rivals, Ralph & Al Davis are pretty tight. Ralph even bailed Davis out & helped save the Raiders in the early AFL days. John Fox pulled a John Rauch when he was D coach of the Raiders-he quit Al Davis in training camp because he got tired of his meddling. Ralph wanted no part of a guy who quit on Al Davis. So the Bills were left with Gregg Williams as the "Last Coach Standing" and coach disaster #1 took place. 3) When it was TD's turn to hire another head coach, he went the rookie route again because his ego still drove him to prove that he could find the next great head coach, plus he was limited by Ralph's rookie HC budget. However, this time he was fighting internal demons since his last choice bombed. So even though he was looking for greatness, he tempered his selection to avoid hiring someone he didn't know-like he'd done with Gregg. He chose old Pittsburgh croney Mike Mularkey and really believed he would straighten out Drew Bledsoe, but also hedged his bet by drafting a young QB for Mularkey and staff to work with if Bledsoe tanked. The problem here was Mularkey was just about as bad as Gregg Williams, and in the locker room wasn't even as good as Williams-who had his players' support right to the end. The Mularkey hiring doomed TD. This is why I don't buy into the weak coach theory and I never will.

The same way they resist putting waiver claims on the other 723 players recently released.

We still have to pay him an additional $875,000, using the data above. Why give him the money?

There are teams that run offenses that Holcomb is familiar with from prior seasons. Also, teams bring veteran QBs in (after injuries) who weren't with them before all the time. It's not necessarily the starter who goes down. If a team loses #2 and has a cheap #3, they'll be looking for a veteran backup.

When teams get injuries during the season, they're willing to give up picks. A few years ago (1998) we got a 4th from GB for Darrick Holmes when he was on the last year of his contract. Unfortunately we used it on Bobby Collins a TE that Mel Kiper Jr. loved and most other draft experts had as Free Agent at best-Kiper and the Bills were wrong.

There are at least 53 guys on that list who need a change. Let's cut our whole roster and pick 53 guys up on waivers, make that 53 guys we've heard of.

They were both injured in Europe. What is their status with the 53 man roster announced and they're not there, and the cut list announced and they're not there either. Is there a special place for injured Europe players? Are they both PUP'd? Where are these guys? They were still on the roster as "NFL Europe" before today. They are not on any prior cuts: http://www.buffalobills.com/team/Transactions.html

He might still get traded during the season if Nall continues to show (in practice) that he can handle being #2 QB and a team is willing to give us a #3 or conditional 3 or 4 if they lose a QB to injury. If Nall or Losman get hurt Holcomb lasts the season.

Here are the rules. Anyone who was active for 9 or more games is not eligible: Section 4. Eligibility: The practice squad shall consist of the following players, provided that they have not served more than one previous season on a Practice Squad: (i) players who do not have an Accrued Season of NFL experience; and (ii) free agent players who were on the Active List for fewer than nine regular season games during their only Accrued Season(s). No player may be a practice squad player for more than two seasons. (b) A player shall be deemed to have served on a Practice Squad in a season if he has passed the club’s physical and has been a member of a club’s Practice Squad for at least three regular season or post-season games (a bye week counts as a game provided that the player is not terminated until after the regular season or post-season weekend in question).

Why does everyone think Gates will end up in Miami? Mularkey was the one who had him on the inactives just about every week last year, I doubt he thinks much of him.

Carolina took an interesting approach: They had 2 young QBs they found tough to separate in camp so they cut them both figuring they both wouldn't get claimed & will end up with 1 or both on their PS while carrying 2 veteran QBs. In other cuts: I expect Marcus Vick to be on Miami's practice squad, eventually in jail, or both.

Ross Tucker cut by Cleveland

I found an interesting cut to be Adrian McPherson by NO, Fla State QB who got tossed for gambling, went to Arenaball, drafted day 2 last year and most recently run over by a mascot.

I said it was coaching a while ago. http://www.stadiumwall.com/index.php?showt...68entry734968

Dumbest politician had to be the guy who knocked on my door campaigning on a Sunday afternoon in the middle of a Bills' game, when I lived in Kenmore. WNY politicians should know better than interrupting Bills' games-it almost guarantees a vote for their opponent.

I thought the warning was going to be 10 people on this board will want us to sign him because they've heard of him.

The Dolphins main problem is their O line. However, the QB upgrade is so significant, Frerotte to Culpepper. The 2005 Bills went from Bledsoe to Losman 2005. Miami will not be 5-11.

The people who are afraid of problems with Willis (and I'm definitely NOT one of them) are afraid of his agent pulling some stunt once Willis has a big year. Obviously, trading him for a pick before the event that causes their fear is very self-defeating.

Pick up Jay Fiedler for vet minimum. He knows the division & has starting experience. Tampa Bay cut him. Another Ivy leaguer to go with Jauron & Levy.

I saw the movie tonight (8/30). I liked it, but I wondered how factual it was. I checked around the internet & found out some interesting facts: Papale played in the WFL with the Philadelphia Bell. In 1974 he had 9 catches for 121 yds & 1 TD. In 1975 he caught 1 pass for a 49 yard TD. I'm not sure if the Eagles actually had those tryouts or not, or if Papale got a private tryout as a result of his days in the WFL. There was also no TD on the play that ends the movie, the NFL rules prohibited advancing the ball on a play like that in 1976.

Tom Donahoe was interested in him & can work out a deal for him to play for his current team. The Watchingon Sundays.

Just think if TD just took Roy Williams at #4, or traded down slightly to take Roy Williams-we never would have signed Milloy or needed to draft Whitner. The Mike Williams selection just keeps hurting this team over & over again. You can't draft an overweight RT at #4 and expect him to succeed because the guy has a good sense of humor & two parents who are still married to each other.

He found another team that gave him money for nothing in return. What was his signing bonus?