Albany,n.y.

I have no clue what Dallas is thinking during their drafts, & I'm starting to believe that they don't either. It was quite obvious that NE was not thinking of replacing Bledsoe with Brady or anyone else within a year or 2, because they signed Drew to a big contract. That fact is quite clear. It all changed with the hit that sidelined Drew.

I don't buy the idea Dallas didn't know who we were trading for. I knew it was Losman the second the Dallas helmet changed to a Bills helmet when I was watching the draft. If I knew it, I'm sure Dallas had it figured out because the only player that it made sense for the Bills to trade up for at that point was Losman, based on the availability of QBs the rest of the 2004 draft & the 2005 one. The Brady analogy has no context to Dallas, who have needed a QB for years, and has bben in position to draft one in the 1st round and instead put all their eggs in Carter/Hutchinson & then Carter/Henson baskets. NE didn't think they needed one when they drafted Brady-They had just given Drew a new contract which at the time they believed committed the QB job to Drew for the forseeable future.

If I'm TD and Nugent is available & not on my board I'm going to b*tch slap Modrak and any scout within reach. Then I'm going to override my board and pick the guy who can win me the Super Bowl with one kick.

If we could go back every year of the TD era, I'd bet someone posted the same question a couple of days before free agency began in most years.

Part of my post was for humor, but where I think Dallas (Parcells) really messed up was for 2 straight years the Cowboys had a shot at getting a player at the most important position in football and decided they were content with what they had. In 2002, Byron Leftwich was available when Dallas picked, but they took a CB instead, content with Carter & Hutchinson. Last year they decided to put their future in the hands of a guy who wanted to play baseball, not football and was basically forced into going back to football because he was so bad at the game he truly loves (as were Carter & Hutchinson before him). Past history on QBs making that move shows a very poor success rate, Hutchinson should have taught them something. Now Parcells has no confidence in Drew Henson (actions speak louder than words) and is stuck with our reject. I hope JP makes it big, but no matter what happens, Dallas has completely bungled their QB selections. If JP & Leftwich are as good as each team's organization expects out of them Dallas looks like fools for missing out on both in consecutive years. Also, when we made the trade it was specifically for JP Losman, the same cannot be said at the time we gave Jacksonville pick 9 before the draft started.

No way I have JP penciled in for Canton. I put it down in indelible ink. Dallas will be known as the team that traded away JP, just like Atlanta is known as the team that traded Bret Favre.

You can't get much worse than NYC-extra city taxes, housing is super expensive all over etc & the teams are still able to get quality free agents. It also doesn't seem to hurt the California teams.

We can get Newsday in Albany. It's too bad that the web link doesn't have the pictures of him on the sidelines that are in the newspaper. He looks pretty much the same + 30 years. When I was going to college at Fredonia the Braves used to train there.

Great story-he's coaching in the ABA http://www.newsday.com/sports/basketball/n...tball-headlines

Itula Mili

The only boss I've ever engaged in shouting matches with was one who I got along well with and we both knew it would be forgotten 5 minutes later. Only yell at bosses you get along with. Sorry Sue, but if I had never met you, I'd swear you were Travis Henry (or Drew Bledsoe) venting.

If all players took the security route, there wouldn't be any unrestricted free agents. The worst thing a player can do is opt for security comming off an injury plagued season where he was also benched in favor of a better player. Unless he has a career ending injury or plain out sucks, he will be able to command a much better contract as an unrestricted free agent a year from now. Especially in a place he knows he'll be the starter at. Many have played a season in the last year of a contract without opting for security. The good ones get rewarded. Travis already went the security angle once & was royally burned-he'd be an UFA right now if he wasn't so friggin stupid!

I don't see how the records compare in any way to the 2005 Bills. Only 5 of these QBs were upgrades from the prior season (63, 73, 86, 98, & 02). The rest were either treading water-switching from one lousy QB to another or downgrades. Additionally, I don't see how bringing in an established veteran, like Kemp & Bledsoe compares at all to this team's situation. We won't know what we've got until the season unfolds. I am encouraged by TD's & MM's comments in today's paper.

There's no comparison to Randy Moss. Moss slid in round 1. Clarett has fallen to the 6th or 7th round. Since the average 6th rounder has about a 10% chance of making it (according to Casserly when he picked Henson in the 6th) Clarett is worth a shot-as long as there's no Tom Brady or Terrell Davis that you're passing up to take Clarett. Anything earlier is a reach based on his resume on & off the field & combine times.

He deserves what he agreed to play for & not a penny more. If I had the possibility of signing a multi-million $ contract at a lot more $ than I could command this year, I'd have the brains to play for whatever I'm signed for, knowing that as long as I play up to my expectations, I'll be filthy rich in one year. ...and if he gets hurt & has a bad season, then he is worth a lot LESS than the $1.25 million that he will get by playing under his present contract. I don't mind him pursuing a new contract, I think it's stupid on his part to do so. With a good season he'll be in the same boat he's in now-playing for less than the $ he could have received if he & his agent had one iota of patience. Of course, if he plans on sucking the rest of his career, then he should get that new contract ASAP.

12/15 with 3 misses outside the 40 is not enough data to draw any conclusions. Please let us know the exact distances that he missed on (and the ones he hit on) along with the competence of the snaps and the holds on those kicks, otherwise the story means nothing in terms of an evaluation.

I don't understand Travis Henry's position on a long term deal unless he has 0 confidence in his ability. Being traded to Arizona with only one year left would be a dream if the guy had 1/2 a brain. Why would any player want a long term deal with one of the league's worst franchises, when as an alternative, he plays one year there, showcases himself & gets better $ with a better franchise. Either Travis is flat broke again & is looking for the quick fix that the multi-year contract's signing bonus would provide, he thinks he's going to get injured again &/or suck this season, or he just is clueless. He can spend one year with Arizona & be in line for a windfall in 1 year-his market value for a contract is a lot lower today than it would be with a good season. I really thought that it would be Arizona, looking to protect its interests, looking for the long term deal & not the other way around. Travis Henry & his agent's stupidity continues to amaze.

We already had Art Schlichter in camp 19 years ago. Just say no.

I think there's a huge difference between 13-3 & 3-13. 3-13 means you probably have a hole at QB & some other key positions. (Unless you started a true rookie QB & he's ready to improve dramatically) 13-3 means you're pretty close, assuming you don't have major FA losses upcomming, you go for veterans via FA to get you over the top. At 3-13 you're drafting a QB if a top prospect is there at the top of the draft and trying to make a lot of moves that will get you in contention within a couple of years.

If Fiedler doesn't end up with his 1st choice, his hometown Jets, I wouldn't mind having him as a backup to JP if the price is right. It's not like he's going to be the starter & I think he wants to coach when he stops playing, so he'd be a good soldier & mentor to JP.

Here's a list. I've also read that Mike Tice, coach of the Vikings is Jewish but he was not included on this list. http://www.jewishsports.com/jewsin/nfl.htm

Bradley Warshauer =RJ

It makes no sense because McNair will either be a Titan or retired. He's not among Tennessee's upcomming cuts & he's more likely to hang it up on his own than be cut.

I took the comments as more like a guy who is the boss one day & asked to take a demotion so the kid who recently joined the company can be his boss. Like-I don't want to be managed by X, I was his boss when he came here. I'd rather manage elsewhere than work here as a peon.

Your chart as of 1/14/05 says MW is a $5,896,875 cap hit for 05. Which info is correct?