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I have no interest watching you get bloodied up and beaten to a pulp, but that doesn't mean you can't do it.

Now that's the kind of stuff we need around here. Thanks. I'm starting to feel pretty good about our line. Still not sure what to make of the C/LT issue, though.

Wow, am I losing my mind or have two threads been merged into one?

I dunno, the impression I got after reading that is that some editor popped his head into Gaughan's office, said "Gaughan, get off your ass and give me four paragraphs on the Bills, I don't care what it is, anything, we need a Bills story" and he vomited that out in about 10 minutes.

Someone here needs to turn that frown upside down!

Turn those clocks ahead tonight... Just the thought of more daylight is awesome.

You thought that was the funniest episode of anything you've ever seen too?

It's really an interesting, unique situation. Brady already accomplished as much as you could ever ask of a QB, everything you would expect from a QB with a huge salary. But he didn't have that huge salary. So basically this next contract could be viewed as a "thanks" for what he did for them while being paid peanuts. But in today's NFL, you're paying for future performance, not past performance, and the kind of contract they would need to give Brady might sabotage their chances in the future.

That's pretty much right on target, I'd say. Problem is, can you realistically expect to field a championship-caliber team with a QB who demands that high of a percentage of your total cap? I would think that the Pats really owe it to Brady to show him the money, but that kind of money can really handcuff the rest of the team. There may be creative ways of structuring contracts to deal with that, but when you're talking that kind of coin, I'm not sure how you can hide it.

It was nice to see he was allowed to die gracefully and peacefully at his home, as we all should. (confirmed on Yahoo.com)

Not that I particularly care about either player, but my eyes nearly popped out at those cap figures. Brady has a cap figure of $10 mill this season and $14 mill next? Holy schnickes. He accounts for more than 10% of the entire team cap, I believe. And Peyton's figure next season is obscene at almost $18 mill. Should be interesting to see what happens with these two over the next couple of years. Also makes me shudder to think what might happen in a few years if McGahee, Evans, and Losman all perform as well as expected... Linky (it's down somewhere in the "Around the League" section)

Fair enough.

No, not to most people at least....

Yes, but back then getting 50 catches in a season was the mark of a really good receiver.

No, but I hear she's a really nice fat person....

That would certainly send a message if it happens.

Don't dog Zamfir, man. He's the Master. Bad Things can happen, Bad Things.

It's Gee-Dubya's best buddy...

It's about time somebody pointed that out. J.P. isn't "worth" a #9 pick in the draft because we spent 1300 points or whatever to make the trade. He was worth 574 points, because that's how much we spent to be able to get the #22 pick in return, which is worth some 700-odd points.

You forget, solar power = hippies = RJ

That was hilarious. The description of Popeye Jones was just classic. Also, one of the comments after the story made me laugh out loud:

Lauvale Sape = Hawaiian snack treat

Hey, I think I should at least get some kind of recognition for actually starting and maintaining a rational, well-behaved debate over on PPP. Well, at least until Joe chimed in. Speaking of which, I've only seen one mention of KRC....after all, how many message boards have their own actual former presidential candidate?

I think it's going to be interesting and exciting. I'm just hoping that JP improves enough after the first month to keep the interest level up, because if we drop too many games at the beginning it will get all doom and gloom around here. I agree that our defense will be able to keep games low scoring, for the most part. I think those first few games will see us in close games that may require JP to lead us on a final drive to win the game. Maybe he'll succeed, maybe he won't. I'm expecting a lot of Jacksonville 2004-type games to start the season. Then, as the offensive line improves, JP starts getting the hang of it, and Willis starts dominating, we'll begin to see more consistent, winning football. Hey, a man can dream, anyway.

It's quite scary, actually.