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You guys are talking about farting and pooping. I'm talking about communication through urine. Or do you both always switch the topic of conversation to farts and poop?

Plus, it takes more than one year to fully implement an offense to take full advantage of its scheme.

Watching my dog pee and smell pee for inordinate amounts of time has led me to the following. This is what happens to a mind after spending too much time walking a dog. Humans communicate with each other through various means, one of the more important being through voice. Voice is created by the flow of air from the lungs out through the mouth, across the vocal cords. Voice is "received" by the recipient, who detects the sound through receivers in the eardrums that are capable of sensing a particular spectrum of sound waves. Different elements of communication are expressed through altering the flow of air, including the force of the expelled air (eg, volume) and the shape and type of the sound waves (eg, through vocal cord vibrations and changes in the shape of the mouth). So basically, we communicate by forcing air out through our mouths and purposefully altering the flow through various means to generate specific messages. Now, consider this: Dogs communicate with each other through various means, one of the more important being through urine. Dogs spread urine through its controlled flow from the bladder out through the urethra. The scent is "received" by the recipient, who detects the smell through olfactory receptors in the nose that are capable of sensing a particular spectrum of odors. Now, the spectrum of odors detectable by dogs is, we believe, much wider than that capable of being detectable by humans. In fact, the part of the dog brain that controls smell is 40 times larger than in humans, and it is believed that the sense of smell in dogs is 1,000 to 10,000,000 times better than humans. Which leads ultimately to the hypothesis: Dogs communicate different and perhaps specific messages to each other through urine by purposefully altering the flow or, perhaps even, the content of their urine, thereby altering the scent of the urine in ways that we neither suspect nor can detect. Discuss.

I have to say, I love this thread.

I'm guessing we'll see a lot of very high, very short kickoffs.

Now we can run some serious wishbone!

Couldn't have said it any better.

Ah, good times. Always enjoy having the debate brought up again. Kinda like having a colonoscopy every so often.

I'm not so sure about that Cards game. I mean, we get 10 days to prepare for them, it's at home, crowd will be fired up...who knows? I wouldn't be too upset with 2-2 after the first four. We then get Dareus back, so there's that. I'll stay optimistic for a while...at least until after the opener.

By mid-season, if we have Adolphus, Shaq, and Kyle all together, it could be something special.

Well, whoever you are, it's nice to see you again.

I thought Rex said Gilleslee was the #2 (assuming he comes back from the concussion).

Well, the first quarter was pretty impressive. Not so much the second. But, it was mostly our backups against their starters, so...

!@#$ the Redskins. Damn these injuries.

I really enjoyed The Last of Us. I'm still catching up on older games, though, so I just started Red Dead Redemption. Hey, I'm busy.

We really did win the offseason!

I'll have to see him in actual coverage to determine if he's improved. He's definitely hitting hard and getting in on plays, which is good, but he still has a lot to prove.

Wow, I didn't realize he was being activated this soon. That's awesome! It will still take him several weeks to get back into game shape, but if he can do it, that's a nice piece to have back.

I don't know that I'd call him a bust, but I'd still call him a disappointment. As a second rounder, he should be a starter. But if he's a quality backup, that's still worth something.

I have to say, I was probably most impressed by the job that was done by those 2nd and 3rd string defensive linemen. There were consistently getting into the backfield and stuffing run plays. Obviously not much game planning there, but still nice to see those guys consistently winning their one-on-one matches.

So far in the first two preseason games, it looks like the Bills defense is playing very well. Extremely stout against the run, not giving up much yardage or points. I believe I read somewhere that the first 6 drives by both Indianapolis and the Giants resulted in 46 total yards (each). They're allowing very few first downs, and very low third down conversion percentage. They also are passing the eyeball test, at least by these two eyes. That appears to be the case despite all of the defensive starters being replaced by backups. They've had unexpectedly good productivity by several backup defensive linemen and linebackers, not to mention some of the backup CBs and safeties. The question is: is this is a true improvement, or just a byproduct of the preseason? Discuss.

Thanks again for all you do, Rastro. I will miss these dearly (all the way out in Utah, by the way). Until next year...

I can hear Sully licking his chops from hundreds of miles away...