Albany,n.y.

I got home a half hour ago, too tired to read all the other posts. I hope I'm not the only one who is going crazy over the 2 minute D. Once again we give up points in the last 2 minutes of the half. Fortunately at the end of the game Willis & Company made sure we didn't let our 2 minute D on the field. That drive at the end of the 1st half makes 4 of 5 games that we've folded our D in a 2 minute drill. This must stop!

I don't know if you could see it on TV, but those 1st few runs they kept pitching it to him about 5 yards behind the LOS. He was running about 6-7 yards but they only counted 1-2 yards. Once they stopped that and started to hand it off normally his yds per carry went up. Most impressive thing was he was carrying tacklers with him for extra yardage throughout, & unlike Henry never fumbled the ball as he pressed on for the extra yardage.

If the plan is to make Haddad the punt returner & keep Nate Clements off the special teams, I'm 100% in favor of this week's moves. Haddad had a great preseason a couple of years ago returning punts for Indy. Another plus is getting Sam Aiken on the field enough to evaluate whether Josh Reed should be demoted to #4. If this all works out Haddad returns punts, Aiken moves up to #3 and Clements is safe & not risking injury on punt returns. Everyone wins except Josh Reed, who is getting closer to the waiver wire.

Howard Simon said it on his show yesterday.

Some QB Gems: "When I heard Buffalo drafted me, I cried" "We want Marangi" "The Bills have a great young quarterback, Dennis Shaw" "He just wins" "Rob Johnson is on fire" "Rob Johnson is hurt...again" "The Bills have traded Daryl Lamonica..." " Hobert, get in the game" " Joe Dufek will start in place of Ferguson" " Bruce Mathison named starter" " Bills acquire QB Ferragamo" "Schlicter enters the game"

McCardell was born on January 6, 1970-He's almost 35 years old!!!!!!! Why other than someone mentioned this on the Simoncast & Howard shot him down, would anyone think a trade for a 34+ yo receiver, when Moulds & Evans are on the team & are not holding out for more $, makes any sense. Unless you are the one who brought it up to Simon, show some originality instead of rehashing stupid trade possibilities from other people.

You can type faster than me

Puts new meaning to Murder Miami

The Hammer/Nail rivalry continues. Hammer 2 Nail 0

Rob had some good stats too.

When Fergy was all done he hung around for a while with other teams. Also tried a comeback in the CFL when they teams in the USA. If Bledsoe wants that instead of going home to his family, so be it. He doesn't need the money. If Drew keeps playing like he has for almost 2 years now, he won't be in position to demand anything.

Just like George W, you are in denial of reality. Presidential term limits only apply to Presidents who serve 2 terms. In 2008 Bush, like his father will be able to run. What the polls are not showing is that there have been a ton of young people registering to vote, very close to the deadline. They are registering because, true or not, 50% of people who would be drafted believe that Bush will bring back the draft. Even if he wouldn't, they believe he will. The polls of registered & likely voters have overlooked this voting block and if they were included, everyone would see Kerry is ahead by a comfortable margin.

I don't agree with the above statements. This team was not built to be winning now. It was built to win last year under the premise that Bledsoe would be good. However, TD hedged his bets and actually eyed 2005 when the team collapsed last year. His original plan was for this to be the year but actions indicate this year was meant to be a throwaway rebuild year with an eye to be a major contender in 2005. Here's why I believe this He hired a rookie head coach from a different organization. A team planning to be a major contender does not bring in a rookie head coach. Even the great ones didn't do much in their 1st year. Look at the great coaches & most had a tough rookie year. TD knows this, the Mullarchy hire was a step backwards, preparing for 2005 & beyond. He drafted the QB of the future so he wouldn't have a rookie starting in 2005. If you think they thought Bledsoe was anything more than 50-50 to come back, why trade so much to get Losman. If Bledsoe could beat the odds, they would be a playoff contender, if not start Losman in the second half (plan before he broke his leg). This move screams a sacrifice of 2004. Figured Willis would not be 100% to start 2004 & kept Henry to carry the load. Once again, this move screams rebuild. The bounty for trading Henry will be realized in 2005, the target date of the turn around, not 2004, the rebuilding year. The plan has always been to trade Travis Henry, not Willis McGahee. Cut Ruben Brown. There was no way they would find a player who would be as good as Ruben this year. If they were planning on winning Ruben would have stayed. He burned his bridges with Gregg's staff, not Mullarchy's. Didn't add anything in free agency. Only brought in players to replace departed ones. Didn't try to upgrade the team through free agency. Wait until this offseason. I believe they'll be as aggressive as 2003.

Hillary will NEVER be the Democratic Party nominee for President. Every time you hear someone metion Hillary it's either a Conservative trying to fire up the base or a Liberal with no political horse sense. Nobody who knows politics actually would believe Hillary would be nominated for anything nationally. She's too polarizing to be anything other than a regional candidate. Her act sells in NY, not the nation-why do you think she chose to run for senate in NY-it was a winnable race. Running for POTUS is not winnable, she knows it & so do the Democrats. As for the Republicans, everyone seems to be overlooking the obvious candidate-George W. Bush.

The D in the "2 minute drill" time has been horrendous. In 3 of 4 games, late scores before the half or at the finish have killed us. Jacksonville-Team allows Jacksonville to march down field at the end of the game, directly resulting in a loss. New England-Team allows NE to score touchdown to tie the game right before halftime, giving NE momentum which results in Bills' loss in 2nd half of game. NY Jets: Team allows Jets to win game after they get into field goal range. In 75% of our games, when time came for the D to put up or shut up they allowed the other team to mount game winning or game altering drives. I'll say it now: At the end of the season, do not give Gray's a new contract. Make Krumrie Defensive Coordinator.

You shouldn't vote for Kerry because: Judges such as Scalia & Thomas should have the final say in whether a woman can have an abortion. They know more than she does, so why should she have the right of choice. Only rich women who can afford to travel to Europe should have that right. The rest should risk death like the middle class & poor women had to 40 years ago. Abortion is murder, your only choice is elect Bush & hope he can nominate enough conservative judges to overturn Roe v Wade. A tax cut, which mostly benefits those making over $200,000 is more important than bringing down the deficit, and keeping us from increasing port inspections. You better vote for Bush, because mean John Kerry will raise those people's taxes. If someone can review a situation, once a decision has been made and change his mind based on the facts, it's flip flopping. John Kerry will not "stay the course" if events warrant that the course is leading to disaster. Wouldn't you rather have the steadfast, stay the course, lets drive into the brick wall no matter what mindset. A government must be super secretive, like we are now. The best way to keep the secrets, which is the right of the president, is to vote Bush. Kerry is a Catholic, he's not a born again Christian. Only someone who has seen the light and been born again should be elected president. Kerry might hesitate to go to war against what appears to be a power who may not have the capabilities that we all believe it has, if he gets reports from inspectors that they may not have those capabilities to harm us. Wouldn't you rather have a President who will kick out inspectors from a country because if we don't, the weather will get too hot and we'll have to wait another year. The best defense is a good offense.

I was driving this am & caught an ad on our local talk radio station 590 WROW. The ad reads quotes from the 911 report that claim the Saudi gov't was not linked to 911, that no Saudis were given special treatment etc. When the ad ended the local host, Fred Dicker (Columnist for NY Post who has a radio program about NY State) was surprised that the Saudis were advertising on his program. Dicker, who is Jewish said that they advertise on his program, yet he's not allowed to visit their country.

Rosenfels can't be any worse than Fiedler or Feeley

This is sickening. Every time they do something right, the wheels come off in the same series. Sacks, penalties. What the f was that snap all about. At least when I'm at the game I can enjoy the atmosphere. Watching this team on TV is unbearable. Score some f'n points you bastards! PS : I first heard the term Prevent Offense when the Giants really sucked & Warner Wolf would bag on them.

How about if they give the kid to Michael Jackson to adopt

Here's what I found in my draft guides: PFW/Nawrocki had him rated 5.30, which is the equivqlent of a 5th rounder. He was ranked 7th-8th (tie) best TE, 8 OTs had a higher # rating. His overall rank in the draft was 149, Gallery was #1 @ 7.00 Draft Insiders Digest rated him as an 82 which is a 3rd round tag, the 9th rated TE, Gallery was a 94 and there were 4 OT higher than 82. 8 total OL higher than 82. Mel Kiper had him 8.0, 2-4th rounder, mock draft had him player 122 in 4th round. He rated him #7 TE, There were 8 OT rated above 8.0. Gallery was @ 9.5. I think a lot of posters fell in love with the idea of getting a projected 3rd-5th rounder as a free agent. That caused him to be overrated around here. Personally I had him as a bust, concluding: Jason Peters is getting too big to be anything other than a guy who fails at TE and the team tries to switch him to OL. He also has a questionable attitude that you don’t want with a guy whom you’ll be trying to change positions on.

Melissa, I have a question: Do you have an exclusive contract with your realtor to be your buyer's agent? The reason I'm asking is because what I've quoted you as saying indicates your realtor isn't doing a very good job. If the realtor is your buyer's agent he or she should be looking for homes for you the 1st day a home that fits your needs goes on the open market. If things are the same in Philly as they are around Albany, the agents are MLS (Multiple Listing Service) members & have access to the homes the 1st day they hit MLS. The rest of my recommendation assumes there's MLS in your area, if not sorry for wasting your time: The agent should be able to find houses faster than you, BEFORE they are sold. If the agent's office is actively listing the agent might get the inside track on a house going on the market before it hits MLS. If you are always the one to find the property you want to see, you need a new, more aggressive agent. If you are stuck with a contract, demand the agent notify you immediately when a house is on MLS that fits your needs, if not go to whoever runs the office & demand some quality service. Obviously somebody is getting to these homes & buying them, so their agents must be doing something right. Also if you think you are being descriminated against for any reason, threaten to report them to the board of realtors & then do it.

Next best prospect after Gallery? What are you smoking? He was undrafted, cut & signed to the practice squad as a TE/OT. Sometimes I think half this board was screaming to take the guy at pick 13 when we took Evans. Peters chances of ever starting an NFL game are in the under 5% range. Are you his brother, or just the guy who lives next door to him?

One of my neighbors has lawn signs for about 5 different candidates. The house across from them has a sign for the DA candidate who is opposing the one on the other lawn, so 5 sign put up a second sign against 1 sign for the DA race. Does anyone know what these people are trying to accomplish? I can't see what a lawn sign does for a candidate. There can't be anyone who would see a sign in a neighbor's yard & say "Joe's voting for Smith, I will too" There are no policy statements or other positions, just the name of the candidate. Personally, I think almost all politicians (especially at the higher federal levels) are liars & crooks and I choose the one who I agree with on more issues than the other thief. I'll never belong to either major political party for that reason. Are signs just a form of hero worship? These guys aren't worth anyone's worship. If you're a lawn sign person, I'd really like to know what you're thinking when you plant one in your front yard.

If Dick Cheney says it's true, it's true, damnit! Things like reports, videotapes of him saying the things he denies saying, several years old photos of him with people he's said he's never met-all made up. If they can make up pictures with OJ in those ugly-ass shoes, plant a bloody glove at OJ's, they certainly can make up photos & videotapes of our beloved Veep. Cheney is an honest man who would never lie to us!