Albany,n.y.

Zero on smoking & drinking. About $5-10 a month on gambling if you count lottery & office pools. If Indy wins on Sunday & Pittsburgh wins the Super Bowl I'll probably win around $130 in an office pool & I won't spend a cent on gambling this year. I used to blow about $1,000-$1,500 a month at OTB/track but gave that up in 1998.

TD has said they'll be addressing the TE situation in the offseason because both TEs had knee surgery & although the prognosis on both is good, they can't afford wait until next July if they don't both recover sufficiently. Euhus could be a great TE down the road but we need a #1 right now if we want to win it for Ralph in Detroit next year.

These 2 were driving me nuts last night. They weren't paying much attention to what was going on on the field, just talking as if they were more interested in hearing themselves instead of commenting on the game. Several times they were talking hypotheticals without realizing something like a flag or a different result than what they thought had happened took place. The only time they said something that made sense was when Madden was bagging on Marty for not trying at least once to score before relying on Kaeding to kick a 40 yarder.

Stephen A. Smith is bagging on Marty, says he never liked him as a head coach (no problem so far), then he loses all credibility by saying that Marty should have kicked on 3rd down because if you miss it you get another shot. Don't these guys know the rules? I was just as dissapointed that Ryan, Saunders & Lupica just sat there & didn't tell him if you miss the kick the other team gets the ball. If MM had that luxury of 4 kicks after a new 1st down, I might actually understand keeping Lindell.

Herm makes a lot of questionable game decisions. He goes for 2 way too early (he's done it before last weeks game), he's been involved in some clock mgt. meltdowns (see Baltimore game) and I hope he coaches another decade in our division, because in the AFC East, he's the weakest link.

If Bledsoe retires at the end of preseason, we get whatever his actual 2005 salary is as cap relief (since he won't get paid). We are charged the one year amortization of his bonus with the rest on the 2006 cap. If we trade him at any time, because the post June 1st split amortization does not apply to trades-regardless of the date, his full remaining bonus $ is our 2005 cap hit.

I do. Tell me when Kaeding played in big games like Nugent did. Nugent played on the college champion. A wild card game would not make him nervous. Did you see Kaeding on the sidelines when dumbass Marty was making no effort to get the field goal closer, he was tight minutes before the kick.

Even if he was a free agent we'd be insane from both a salary cap case & it would mean the end of JP's career in Buffalo. You may have taken him off because SD won't let him go, but even if they did we should have nothing to do with him, ever.

Since Drew will not take a pay cut to remain as JP's caddy, Drew at a lower salary as the backup is not a real option. You're not getting anyone who is a FA, who will start elsewhere (in cut Drew scenario) because JP is going to be the favorite to win the job here. Any thought of signing Drew Brees should be left on the planet Mars. I'd sign a vet as 3rd stringer such as Kordell or Batch-who have both played for MM & TC, give JP every opportunity to win the job, keep Drew (at full salary) and if JP wins & Drew retires at the end of camp rather than being the backup (AVP has said he doesn't think Drew would accept being a backup), we have a vet who knows the system. If Drew sticks around we've got one of the best backup QBs in the league. For next year Drew is a good insurance policy against injury or JP faltering during the season. If everything goes as planned, Drew retires, or gets cut to sign with a team that wants him to start & we still have a vet backup. Please stop any Drew Brees insanity-he could never be effective in Buffalo, he doesn't have the arm strength.

Felser has been on WHAM Tuesday nights with Bob Matthews, along with the other "Bills Gang" members. He was on this Tuesday. Since the season is over it may have been their last. It's not just Felser on the Empire site, they haven't changed the columns since the Bengals game. Felser can also be seen in Sunday's Buffalo News.

Someone is going to sign him & sooner or later he's going to miss a kick against the Dolphins, Patriots or Jets and we'll all be POd because if his team had any other kicker they'd have won the game. The only way to rid ourselves of Lindell is to send him to GITMO.

Hey Vinny, guess what happens when you go from Arena to NFL-Wind, rain & snow baby! Foggetaboutit! The answer is Nugent, not the pizza man.

http://www.capitalnews9.com/content/headli...=33&ArID=112224 Another idiot judge. I don't know about you hard core drinkers, but the moment I have anything with alcohol in it, candy or whatever, I know immediately what I'm consuming.

How about Shaq?

Yesterday I would have said no way. Today I'd say it's better than 50-50 and a legitimate possibility. Why did I change my mind?- Because I read what Moulds said on WGR this morning. Here's the most important thing he said (posted on another board): "Moulds also told WGR if both Drew Bledsoe and J.P. Losman are back for 2005, he sees a healthy, open competition for the starting job at training camp. He thinks Losman is a smart player with all the attributes to be a good quarterback and its just a matter of how fast Losman progresses. Moulds indicated Losman got better in practices over the course of the season and even 'picked our defense apart a couple of times'." Now, the idea of getting much for Drew isn't realistic, but if Parcells gave his 3rd pick this year for Henson, maybe we can get a 4th for Drew. Parcells must win now & he doesn't have a QB to do that. Drew's big weakness is his inability to perform without a TE as a pass option. Parcells knows Drew about as well as anyone & he has Witten to aid Drew's game.

We have to take him at pick 54 if we want him. Even then he might be gone No way the Raiders are looking at Nugent, Janikowski just signed a long term extention.

Excellent! I hope TD reads it. I don't think drafting Nugent in the 2nd (where we would have to draft him) is as improbable as some think. The case is strong that if you are trying to win a championship you do it with a kicker who can win you the Super Bowl. Imagine if we had had Christie 2 years earlier. What would NE's SB record be without Vinatieri. I think TD knows this & will either draft Nugent or has already scouted a later round kicker to replace Lindell. I'd be shocked if Lindell is our kicker next season.

Your link matches the order I came up with Sunday & does not match NFL.com's order. It has the non playoff teams up to pick 20, the Bills' pick at 18 due to strength of schedule & says if the team is not on the list it's in the playoffs. So now it's even more confusing. NFL says Bills pick is below playoff teams, CBS says playoff teams are below Bills' pick.

Brees does not have the arm strength to play in Buffalo's winds. Brick one from the foundation just crumbled.

here's what they have on NFL.com: In all past drafts the teams out of playoffs drafted ahead of playoff teams. They have Min & Stl drafting ahead of Buffalo. What happened? Did NFL.com mess up or are the rules different this year. They didn't show NE, Pit or Phil 2005 NFL FIRST-ROUND DRAFT ORDER No. Club Win Loss Tie Percent Strength of Schedule Opp. Record 1. San Francisco 2 14 0 .125 .488 125-131-0 2. Miami 4 12 0 .250 .555 142-114-0 3. Cleveland 4 12 0 .250 .590 151-105-0 4. Chicago 5 11 0 .313 .465 119-137-0 5. Tampa Bay 5 11 0 .313 .477 122-134-0 6. Tennessee 5 11 0 .313 .512 131-125-0 7. Oakland 5 11 0 .313 .570 146-110-0 8. Arizona 6 10 0 .375 .461 118-138-0 9. Washington 6 10 0 .375 .477 122-134-0 10. Detroit 6 10 0 .375 .496 127-129-0 11. Dallas # 6 10 0 .375 .516 132-124-0 12. N.Y. Giants (to San Diego) 6 10 0 .375 .516 132-124-0 13. Houston 7 9 0 .438 .504 129-127-0 14. Carolina 7 9 0 .438 .508 130-126-0 15. Kansas City 7 9 0 .438 .551 141-115-0 16. New Orleans 8 8 0 .500 .465 119-137-0 17. Cincinnati 8 8 0 .500 .543 139-117-0 18. Minnesota * 8 8 0 .500 .480 123-133-0 19. St. Louis * 8 8 0 .500 .488 125-131-0 20. Buffalo (to Dallas) 9 7 0 .563 .512 131-125-0 21. Jacksonville 9 7 0 .563 .527 135-121-0 22. Baltimore 9 7 0 .563 .551 141-115-0 23. Seattle * 9 7 0 .563 .445 114-142-0 24. Green Bay * 10 6 0 .625 .457 117-139-0 25. Denver * 10 6 0 .625 .484 124-132-0 26. N.Y. Jets * 10 6 0 .625 .523 134-122-0 27. Atlanta * 11 5 0 .688 .434 111-145-0 28. San Diego * 12 4 0 .750 .477 122-134-0 29. Indianapolis * 12 4 0 .750 .500 128-128-0 * Subject to Playoffs # Dallas selects before N.Y. Giants due to division tiebreaker (Giants led in head-to-head, defeating Cowboys twice).

I vote for LINDELL. Drew does not play well without TEs in his offense. He played like LINDELL ever since Campbell & Euhus went down. LINDELL, even Luke McCown would have looked good against SF.

Someone else posted we move up ahead of 2 Balt & Jax but they rotate, so we're double screwed because Dallas gets the benefit & we rotate down in round 2. 1 San Francisco 2 Miami 3 Cleveland 4 Chicago 5 Tampa Bay 6 Tennessee 7 Oakland 8 Arizona 9 Washington 10 Detroit 11 or 12 Dallas 11 or 12 NY Giants to SD 13 Houston 14 Carolina 15 Kansas City 16 New Orleans 17 Cincinnati 18 Buffalo to Dallas 19 Jacksonville 20 Baltimore 21 Minnesota 22 St. Louis 23 Seattle 24 Green Bay 25 Denver 26 NY Jets 27 Atlanta 28 San Diego 29 Indianapolis 30 New England 31 Philadelphia 32 Pittsburgh

See you at the game. I better get off the computer & head to WNY.

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I just found out that WHAM will also have the Indy-Den game on too. I can listen to it on the way home