Dr. K

I hope these guys keep piling on. I love it. Gimme more! Slap it on the bulletin board and we'll see what happens.

Only two of the o-line starters to play Friday. Wow. I mean they're not much to begin with, but I wonder how the offense can perform at all with such a dicey situation.

Only two of the o-line starters to play Friday. Wow. I mean they're not much to begin with, but I wonder how the offense can perform at all with such a dicey situation.

There's a big difference between brutal honesty and self-aggrandizing provocation. IMHO his writing is much more of the latter than the former. He thinks he's "bold" when he's acting like a jerk. Even when he's right.

Jerry Sullivan, right or wrong, is and has always been a horse's ass.

I just re-upped for $40. Yes, you can see all the games from last season, plus all the playoff games.

Well, I thought it was funny, and I have always been loyal to the Queen City of the Lakes. I take it as the kind of mockery friends tease each other with. Your mileage may differ. He's well aware that most jokes people make about Buffalo you could file the serial numbers off and make about Philly.

A writer friend of mine just published this. I thought it might amuse. (He lives in Philly, and I gave him a hard time about the Eagles) Your Streets, O Buffalo! Your Streets Filled of Light! by Michael Swanwick These are things that Daniel Francken never says about Buffalo: All roads lead to Buffalo, New York. Even the neediest citizen of that happy city would scorn to leave it for all of Ted Turner’s wealth. In the spring, the fountains run with sparkling white wine. In the autumn, they spout dark red ale. The building spires are all topped with gems. Though the suavest and most agile jewel thieves in the world live there, they scorn to defile their city’s skyline by taking them. The winters are moderated by the proximity of Canada, which softens the winds, and of the lake which gently warms them. The summers are so clement that nobody in Buffalo owns an air conditioner, and many don’t even know what one is. The white sand beaches of Lake Erie are one of the world’s greatest secrets. Famous Brazilian beauties come to sunbathe topless by the crystalline waters, knowing that nobody there would be so ungentlemanly as to harass them. So much like Paradise is this great city that if a unicorn were to materialize in Delaware Park, nobody would be surprised. See Buffalo and die! Its streets are paved with gold. The hearts of its inhabitants are filled with song. The police are incorruptible and the criminals are in it only for the sport; they give away their spoils to the poor – of whom, in Buffalo, there are almost none. He who is tired of Buffalo is tired of life. The sports teams there always win. Those are but a few of the things that Daniel Francken never says about his home town. When he first read this story, he did not rip off the nails of both his pinky toes in a fit of frustration. (With apologies to Alice Sheldon and Jamaica Kinkaid)

My thinks too. Good stuff.

Buddy Nix screwed up again.

I'd hate to see you give up, though I would understand you doing so given the volume of splenetic fantasy that gets posted here. Realize that there are a lot of us who do not post so often who appreciate the information you pass along but aren't noisy. Peace.

"We 'gots' grammer to mangle."

I don't know for a fact, but I can't imagine there's been an NFL team in the last 40 years that ran the ball 70% of the time. You are definitely exaggerating. They may run more than half the time, but I think people will be surprised at how often the Bills pass. They will not just tuck their heads down and run. That one dimensional a plan would guarantee a 3-win season.

I think Brown ends up third string and either Brohm or Fitz gets cut. Unless an injury or extraordinary game performance scrambles the mix.

This strikes me as a case of competitive fire (with some frustration behind it, perhaps) but not any proof that Maybin is a jerk, or Wood is a jerk (or hero). There's a tendency on the board right now to make Maybin the anti-christ and Wood the saviour. I suggest that they are both, contrary to that, football players. I think Wood the the better player, and most likely to continue to be so, and I like him. But I think the hating on Maybin is getting out of control.

Quote from the article: "He's sharp book-wise." He freakin' ought to be.

Someone say something new.

I'm worried about that some, too. I was never one who objected strongly to the "less-contact" theories of Levy and Jauron for this very reason. On the other hand, I think Gailey and Nix are trying to instill a new attitude and general culture of the team after ten years of little success. The chance that some players will be injured in camp is one of the risks that they are willing to take. It's a trade-off, a gamble, like most decisions. I really liked the Nix interview with the D&C that's posted on the front page today. The reporter asks, "What's your timetable in terms of turning this thing around and seeing progress?" Nix answers "Miami." (the opener). That bespeaks the new attitude. They expect improvement immediately. They are putting high expectations on both themselves and the players.

I thought Nix's answer was great. You may or may not agree with him, but it's clear he has a sense of what he's doing and it's not arbitrary or crazy.

Thurman Thomas Bob Chandler Steve Christie Andre Reed Pat Williams Joe Fergusson Daryl Talley Sam Cowart Tom Day Mike Stratton Harry Jacobs

I'd actually like to see somebody pick the Bills for dead last, behind the poor old Rams. It's kind of insulting to be thought the next-to-worst team in the league. As if they are even mediocre at being bad. I think they are far from being the worst team in the league, but nobody will think so until the start winning some games. And if they do, it would be more fun if every expert had picked them for dead last.

the murderer

We're talking about the LATE-90s Wade Phillips coached defenses, not the EARLY-90s Walt Corey defenses. Wade's defenses were much better than the Bills D during the Super Bowl years. If those Super Bowl teams had had the Wade Phillips defense, with Ted Washington at NT instead of Jeff Wright, they would have won a couple of those Super Bowls. The '99 Bills D did not get run over by anybody.

They are?

Pile it on, guys. 31 out of 32 teams? Great. A drop of 7 spots from the end of last season? I like it. None of this will matter when the games begin. It will be a pleasure to see the Bills surprise some teams and their fans. Assuming they can.