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I saw a post of his on Bills Zone today. That signing the wall thing at the tailgate might have him POd

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He hasn't been on yet, keep listening-the show only has 45 minutes left.

On Inside the NFL Peter King said the Chargers have enough cap room to franchise Brees & deal him.

You're about a year away. We'll take care of the missing pieces in the offseason & be a winning machine next year with either Drew or JP. We're going to have a better OL & a better TE either because Euhus will have another year of seasoning or we'll draft or FA a good one. Mark Campbell is not the starting TE of a Super Bowl Champion.

Next they'll be fining stations for broadcasting violent hits & hockey fights (maybe that's the real reason the NHL is not playing) http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?...2054EST0808.DTL

You obviously haven't seen him play or noticed the impact he has on games-grabbing the game by the throatlatch whenever the key moment is. Miami-helping the team hold the ball against the wind for 13+ minutes of the 4th quarter. Arizona-2 TDs could have been 3 if not for holding call on Euhus -who scored the Td instead. Jets-rushing for 4.27 yds per carry before the Bills were running out the clock where his ave fell to the mid 3's because time was more important than yardage plus getting the 1st down to end the game. Finally, for the 1st time since early 2002 the team is exciting to watch again.

Peter King 4/26/03 2. I think Buffalo's pick of Willis McGahee, unless there's something I really don't know, is the first decision made by the Tom Donahoe/Gregg Williams regime that I absolutely disagree with. The Bills need a pass-rusher. Badly. They have one of the top six or seven backs in football, Travis Henry. They acquired an excellent relief pitcher in Olandis Gary earlier this week. This is their position of lowest need. What in the world are the Bills doing? The Sports Illustrated NFL preview issue wasn’t high on Buffalo’s selection of McGahee in the first round of the 2003 NFL draft, describing it as an “ arrogant pick” that Super Bowl-caliber teams make for the future. (Peter King) Mel Kiper Jr: I think the Buffalo Bills also made a huge reach with Willis McGahee. Instead of addressing needs at defensive line and in their secondary, they took the Miami Hurricane running back that may have rushed back too quickly from torn knee ligaments. By Adam Jacobi - The Daily Iowan Published: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 THE BAD: Buffalo: O.J. Simpson. Thurman Thomas. Willis McKneeInjury. The Bills extended their pantheon of great running backs by inexplicably using a first-round pick on tailback Willis McGahee, who suffered a horrifying knee injury not five months ago. While his recovery has been faster than expected, nobody comes back 100 percent from a surgically reconstructed knee, ever. Buffalo ignored running backs Travis Henry, an All-Pro, and pre-draft acquisition Olandis Gary, just to use their first draft pick on a guy who can't walk correctly yet. NFL officials are debating putting a Breathalyzer in the draft rooms next year. NFL Draft Blitz 6/18/04 Luke Irwin: And Kris Wilson this year in the second round. A Panther rotting away on the bench makes me want to watch Boondock Saints again. I'll always think the Willis McGahee pick was the worst in my lifetime thus far. But we'll see how that turns out. If you'll excuse me for a second, I just remembered Willis's knee...I think I need a minute. Matt Miller: I downloaded that and watched it in amazement for hours. But, I got the Todd Bertuzzi hit too. I might want to get that checked out. I don't know about Willis being the worst pick ever, your boy Ryan Leaf did go #2 overall. Luke Irwin: The difference is that he was expected to go #2 and it was a good pick at the time. Nothing beat being in the room with a Bills fan after One-Knee Willis was taken. My friend Hutch just slowly shook his head and walked into the other room with a look on his face like he had a vasectomy appointment after the round. NFL Draft: Buffalo Bills 2003 Bills Drop Ball With First Round Draft Pick courtesy of Steve Zukiel /Gridironpics.com I must admit, I was left scratching my head after watching the Bills first round draft pick last weekend. Is it just me, or does anybody reading this also think Buffalo really dropped the ball? …I can see a team drafting a long term investment-type player like McGahee if your top back is getting on in years, or you know that he is becoming a free agent and is going to bolt in a year or so. That would make sense to me. But again, you are talking about a team that has a 24 year old running back, coming off his best year of his career and was given a contract extension rewarding such performance. That is what makes this pick absolutely mind-boggling and makes me believe the Bills really dropped the ball on this one.

Here's a good pro choice opinion that appeared in today's Newsday http://www.newsday.com/news/columnists/ny-...news-columnists

I'm pro-choice for 1 main reason: I'm old enough to remember when women were dying because they couldn't find safe abortions and they were going to get them no matter what. It was impossible to stop women from getting abortions, the question was basically: Should they risk their own death based on their socio-economic status? It was common practice for those (or their daughters) who could afford it to leave the country and get a safe abortion abroad. For the women in the USA who couldn't afford it it was a period of desperation, followed by a backalley illegal and dangerous abortion. Since the poorer were the ones dying, it made sense at the time abortion became legal to save the lives of the living, not the potential living. If making abortion illegal would have stopped all abortions, which in the "pro-life" mindset (or should I say -let the mother die mindset) is the goal, the case for outlawing it would have made a lot more sense. The reality of dead daughters, mothers, wives etc made the choice to make it legal much more supportable than to continue the practice of only the rich getting safe abortions.

Frist v Bayh All the NY candidates are pipe dreams of the opposition. Hillary-unelectable to any position outside of the most liberal blue states. Would never get the nomination going through primaries in Iowa & New Hampshire. Guiliani-on his 3rd marriage, had 2 mistresses while married to Donna Hanover, left 2nd wife after she threw him out & moved in with a gay couple-I can really see the bible belters accepting this guy once they hear of his personal life. Pataki-the Republicans have had enough of him in NY because he's not fiscially or socially conservative-nationwide-forgettaboutit.

Ken Lay voted for Kerry hoping for a last day pardon

Since I don't believe in Armageddon I wouldn't ever say Bush is hastening Armageddon. What I did say is that Bush surrounds himself with people who more or less agree with him that it's not such a bad thing to hasten something they believe in. That's why I referred to it as a mentality, because you can't hasten something that isn't going to happen, but you can believe you will.

Willis has "it", the aura of a star player who basically says get on my back & ride with me. We have only seen the surface of this so far, but just watching him in person compared to your good backs, like Travis, you get a different feel. He seems to have a great instinct for using his blockers and is big enough to drag most 1 on 1 defenders a few extra yards. You don't coach this type of feel for the game. We've got a real superstar here, exactly why TD picked him. The stats don't tell the story & don't say it's only 2 games, because when you see the raw ability, vision & feel for the game you just imagine what he will be like when he gets his entire speed back and realize that we've got a player who could be better than Thurman.

Reagan was a lot more pragmatic when it came to risking American lives. He would never had gotten us into the post "mission accomplished" mess where the majority of deaths have occurred. Reagan didn't have the Armageddon is just around the corner so lets hasten its arrival mentality that some of the Bush people appear to have.

In Detroit. Ralph will win it in his hometown. Petrino & I are planning on driving there.

If TD was dead set on getting a QB, he could have just drafted JP at pick 13 & picked up a receiver elsewhere. He could have even traded down within the top 20 & still picked JP. I've always viewed the QB spot as more important than WR & instead of giving Dallas our 2004 #1, I would have drafted JP 1st instead of Evans (I actually did in my own draft on draft day) The way I've always looked at it, Lee Evans is the one who better be something special, because they didn't have to give Dallas the picks if they weren't dead set on Evans.

Other than throwing $5 into a pool we have at work I won't be risking any $ on these picks, but here they are: Distaff: 3) Tamweel (15-1) She’ll be trying to go wire to wire, if this is the speed favoring track that it’s advertised to be she makes it. 10) Island Fashion (5-1) Last winter’s form puts her right there. Last was just a tune-up for this and she still won. 1) Ashado (7-2) She’s the best of the 3yos. Juvenile Fillies: 5) Cullinary (12-1) She’s 2 for 2 including an ass kicking of Alcibiades winner Runaway Model, class edge on this field. 1) Balletto (5-1) Frizette winner gets Bailey and the rail. 9) Sense of Style (7-2) Only member of this group with Beyers above 90. Mile (Turf) 6) Artie Schiller (12-1) –Score one for the Americans on Turf. Only loss on the grass this year is to the world’s best turf horse, Kitten’s Joy. 1) Whipper (8-1) Not the most consistent horse arouind, but he beat last year’s winner, Six Perfections two back in France. 8) Diamond Green (20-1) Finished ahead of second choice in last but hasn’t won a race this year. Sprint 3) Champali (12-1) I pity the fool who doesn’t have this horse, who will stalk behind the speed of Speightstown & wear him down. 2) Speightstown (3-1) He’ll be winging it for as far as he goes, but won’t be able to withstand the final punch of Champali 5) Kela (8-1) He figures to be way back in the early going on this speed favoring track, Bailey will have to work a miracle to get him up at the wire. Filly & Mare Turf 5) Ouija Board (8/5) Chose this race over the Turf and figures to dominate this group. The day’s surest thing. 10) Megahertz (10-1) Looks like a good fit at the distance in a race that is strictly for 2nd place to Ouija Board. 3) Film Maker (20-1) Because I have to pick someone for 3rd. Juvenile 2) Roman Ruler (8/5) Fastest horse, best horse, winner. 6) Proud Accolade (5/2) Unbeaten Champaign winner is the main threat. 3) Afleet Alex (7-2) Ran one of the wildest taces seen at this past Saratoga meet, but his only loss is to Proud Accolade. Turf 4) Kitten’s Joy (even) An absolute monster who has scared off a lot of the competition here. Second US victory against the Europeans on the grass. 1) Powerscourt (3-1) Will get some revenge for his DQ this summer at Arlington 6) Magistretti ( 4-1) 2nd to top choice in last, 3rd to 2nd choice 3 back. Classic 5) Perfect Drift (15-1) 3rd time is the charm for the horse I picked 2 years ago when he finished 12th. If he runs next year I’ll pick him again. 12) Pleasantly Perfect (5-2) Favored to repeat last year’s win but is hampered by an outside post. 1) Ghostzapper (3-1) Will try to wire the field, but has never been tested this far. 8) Personal Rush (50-1) Improving 3yo from Japan is the unknown factor here.

Who is Graham? Are you saying your grandmother is more mobile than Drew?

All GMs make mistakes, but the one that hurts us next year was the restructuring of Drew & the signing bonus that hurts us in future years. The best part of taking on Drew's NE contract was that if we left it alone it gave us time to evaluate Drew this season & activate the buyout on November 1st. Instead, TD gave him more $ and puts dead space on next year's cap (& possibly 2006 cap if we mitigate it with a 6/2/05 release) When we drafted JP, we had 2 viable options that gave us nothing bad on the cap: Release Drew & take a $0 cap hit. Keep Drew this year & buy him out in November-he would still finish the season under the terms of the contract -the only thing is we'd have to save $2 million on the cap during the season to do it. Instead TD took the shortest sighted thing & restructured the contract. Does anyone think Drew will be back in 2005? Now after the first paragraph, I'm going to defend TD against those who want to fire him. TD has made some bold moves which could very well pay off in 2005. If McGahee gets any more speed back, which he probably will, we're looking at a genuine superstar who TD got at pick 23. Anyone who sees the way he carries tacklers ought to be impressed, & he's still not 100%! If Losman is as good as many of us think, he'll be here for the next decade. TD's 1st draft was excellent, yielding hits on his 1st 5 picks. Now everyone would have done some things differently than TD, but he hasn't been afraid to draft for the future. Personally, I would have drafted McKinnie instead of Fat Mike, & picked up Anthony Weaver instead of Josh "hands" Reed. I also would have taken JP at 13 instead of trading away the picks & found a speed receiver through other means. But overall I think next season will be a great one & all this fire TD talk will be over & done with when he gets a major extension.

Babe must have had a bad beer experience in St. Louis because with the baserunning blunder the Cardinals just made they have to be jinxed worse than the Red Sox. Any team named the Cardinals is the enemy this week!

I served on a Grand Jury in Albany County this Spring. We served for 8 Fridays (plus an additional day) . There was no mandatory attendance if they had 16 of about 23 or 24 of us there. Some people just blew it off week after week. When we didn't have 16 bya little after 9am, they started calling the people who had not signed off the day (they allowed some leeway for people who needed a day or 2 off if they gave advanced notice since we were there around Easter time). One day, week 6 or so, we didn't have 16 yet and they rounded up one of the missing jurors and when he arrived, about 1/2 the jury started asking why this stranger had joined us. He hadn't been there since we were chosen! In Albany, they don't enforce Grand Jury duty very well. Since I was getting paid and parked in my usual spot since I work 2 blocks from the courthouse, I was happy to attend all 8 weeks and the extra day, which was because after a 1.5 hour wait one of our sessions was cancelled because we only had 15.

If you're going to mock Drew's name get it right: It's DEADSLOW, not Deadsoe

But he was the guy who ended the Lambeau mystique in the playoffs his sophomore year

Yes, a second year QB can be very successful, even win a Super Bowl without playing a down his rookie year. Here are some recent success stories: Brady-won SB, Culpepper-got team to NFC championship game, Vick, & this year Leftwich. Next season JP can lead us to the Super Bowl with weapons such as Evans, McGahee, Moulds etc. Those of us calling for JP don't think he's the panacea for this year's team, but get him some snaps & he might just lead us to a championship with a few bold FA moves by TD before next year.