Rubes

I'm on the schedule for tomorrow, my first. That means I'm prepping right now. And let me tell you, I am in a world of hurt as we speak. I've had so much of that !@#$ing prep solution that I could puke it up right this second, all over my laptop, and I probably wouldn't care. I don't even know how many ounces are in that god damn bottle. I've had at least six glasses of it, although that's a guess since I'm so nauseated and delirious right now I have no idea. And there are still probably three more glasses left, but there is no !@#$ing way I'm having one ounce more of that sh--. It'll have to do. And I don't even want to start on how !@#$ing raw my ass is right now. I can't recall how many times over the years I've had patients who needed a scope, and had to put them through this ordeal. I had no idea just how bad it was. I knew it was pretty bad, but I suspect it's something like having a child -- everyone can tell you what it's like but you'll never really know until your number is called. It makes me wonder if the whole prep process is just to make the scope procedure itself seem like a !@#$ing cakewalk. I hereby formally apologize to anyone who I made go through this. And if any of you have a doctor who makes you do this, refuse to do it unless (or until) he or she has gone through it themselves. !@#$ I hate this sh--.

I guess I can understand it to some degree. The family and I have been season ticket holders since 1977, and I can say without a doubt that this past season was one of the most difficult to bear. The 2-14 seasons were God-awful, but you knew the team was God-awful to begin with. This past season, there was reason to believe the team had a good chance to make progress. But the Bills made themselves God-awful, and at times it was some of the most gut-wrenching idiocy I've ever had to witness. This was a group that demanded to be cleared out, but ownership declared being generally happy with the status-quo. The T.O. signing, to me, was to partly make up for this, but it's hardly enough. I never considered not renewing, but I can see why others might.

Debate all you want, but I will say this: That NFL.com Replay Recutter is pretty darn cool. I hadn't heard of it before now.

All of you who think we'll get both of Philly's first rounders are smoking something. It just won't happen. As usual, players are never worth what people on message boards think they are. If we get one of Philly's first rounders, that's good. We will probably get something else, maybe a third if we're lucky. That's just how it is.

Can't say I'm very happy about this. Count me as one of those who believes you need a strong offensive and defensive line to win, and this does nothing but weaken our offensive line at the most important position. Walker may be okay as a LT, but you need more than okay to be good.

Wrong. I'll give you a hint: $

You just haven't yet heard from the crowd of knuckleheads who always clamor "They should've traded down!" even though it probably wasn't possible. Unless they were the GM.

Syracuse has suburbs?

Well, they DO get all off-season to prepare for the opener against us.

Dude, how did that quote make it into this thread?

Do you know this for a fact, or are you just presuming that Brandon, and not Ralph, made that decision?

Headin' there tomorrow, baby! Stayin at the Paris for the weekend...and eating at my favorite restaurant, Nobu, at the Hard Rock on Sunday.

Sweet list, nice work. I'd be happy with Brown and a TE in the second.

The worst starting TE, maybe. If you really think Royal was worse than the Duke, well, I'm just not sure what to say.

You, sir, need to go back and watch some film of Friggin' Lonnie.

Please...no more linemen named Duke.

Good grief, Aikman has gone to the Dick Jauron school of football. What, is he angling for a coaching job here?

Awesome, thanks for that. I wonder if this means they might be thinking TE and C early on, and maybe moving Hangartner to left guard.

Well, somebody appears completely clueless, I'll give you that.

We all like George. Just a little sarcasm in this long offseason.

Now he, too, can claim he's worth a million dollars.

I'd give them two first rounders and a third.

Ah, the memories. I miss that place.

Seriously, the only grasping at straws that was done in Buffalo was putting this guy in the starting lineup.

No.