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I think their best gamble will probably be Kennison, since IMO, he has the best potential left out of those three if he stays healthy. Although, hopefully they keep Moulds for principal reasons.

Not to mention, it's a snowball effect. Even players who were raised with morals like you're talking about see all of their piers doing it and want to join in on the fun. If you look back to 20yrs ago, it was totally different. Most of the players who opted out were in some sort of special circumstance situation or were superstars. It's hard to say who exactly it started with or what era (if anyone wants to research this, be my guest), but once a couple people started, the agents saw the effects, they wanted in on the action. I'd put money on the belief that alot of times, it's the agents who think their clients 'deserve' more money and not the players themselves. Agents remind me of ambulance chasing lawyers who put on a fake facade about how they're trying to get what their clients deserve, but the underlying reason is just more money for them. A new contract means that the agent gets a nice big cut, so why not push for a new one?

Correction, Edwards & Losman would be sprawled all over the ground with no pads on.

My opinion is that we beat the Jets twice as well as AZ. And also that you have a tiny, shriveled balls.

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I think that there's actually an easier way to get what you want: http://buffalo.craigslist.org/m4m/ Try that. It may not come with the funny picture, but I think you're being misled by the avatar. Good luck!

and we all know that you communists think that you're going to steal our team, but it isn't going to happen!

Nice job on the links!

AM Radio = NFL Europe For the most part, it's garbage.

I agree, if you can't handle your alcohol problems, you shouldn't have the privilige to work. I don't know anything about this case (other than whats been posted), but playing the disease card doesn't hold water for me. It's a choice, not a disease.

That's a good offer. I'd say maybe a little lower is where they are now, but it'll end up something in the 5yr/$40MM-$45MM range. I'd say that typically you wouldn't want to give up that much guaranteed, but with Lee Evans, I could see it happening. I think they want to make him a career player for the Bills, and rightfully so.

Not to mention Honda's suck and bragging about riding Honda's really sucks.

I love it. Who knew, old world experience beats out new world business. Score 1 for the good guys.

Not to mention, he was in the hearts of all of the players. So technically speaking, he took all of the snaps.

New link about this: http://www.buffalobills.com/news/news.jsp?news_id=6085

I'm in total agreement for some counseling. I think that every rookie who makes the roster should have some sort of counseling that they are required to go through (i.e. money management, family management, career management beyond football, etc). It should be something that is more than just a formality for new players, and should probably be a one on one thing with a counselor who they can go to in confidence. With all of the money that gets thrown around in the NFL, it couldn't cost more than chump change, paid by the owners, for this to happen. In a case like Hardy's, it would probably be best for him to pursue this on his own, regardless of what the team offers (if anything).

Why? The reality of the situation is that there was one incident reported. There is no track record. You're basing this assumption on other peoples track records (i.e. habitual offenders), not Hardy's. The reality is that its 50-50 that it happens again.

I just mean that watching him go through this and lie through his teeth ("I didn't think I was doing anything wrong"), the players have to be losing respect for him. People who know nothing about football know that what he was doing was wrong, but the head coach of an NFL football team doesn't know? He's lying to everyone, including his team. I don't think that he's "lost his team". Its obviously just speculation, it's happening right now and it's the offseason.

That could be dangerous. I have some pretty nasty thoughts sometimes!

Great point. However, it could stand to be more spicy than it used to be. In reality, it will be a healthy defense that will lead us to the playoffs.

The only thing that I don't like about this article is the assumption that no matter what, they would have won those superbowls and that Belichick is still the best coach. "The sad truth is that he is the best coach. All reasonable people know that the 2007 season was 100 percent legitimate." False. Coaching is so much more than X's and O's. More than anything, it's about your players respecting you enough to go out and do what you say. It's also about being a leader; a figurehead of a team and of a city. What Belichick is doing right now is slowly deteriorating his reputation that's been built up over the years. Everyone knows that he did it, but he still isn't giving in and admitting it. He's slowly peeling the bandaid off the wound rather than just manning up and saying that what he did was wrong. How many times from childhood until adulthood was this lesson pounded into everyone's heads? You steal a candy bar as a kid and your parents take you back to the store and you give it back and admit that what you did was wrong. A teacher finds a cheat sheet on the floor in a classroom, but doesn't know whose it is so the whole class gets punished until the person responsible stands up and takes responsibility. It definitely hurts for a few minutes, but in the end, its the right thing to do, and everyone knows it. It's the kind of stuff that builds character and actually earns you respect, rather than takes away from it. How are his players supposed to go out and listen to him now? I don't think that I could do it knowing that you have a proven liar as your figurehead. What the article should have said is that he's got the X's & O's down pat, but until he admits to his wrongdoings, he's never going to be the "best coach" in the eyes of his players, the media, the fans, and himself.

Bradford, PA? Thats where I hail from. I noticed that you always quote the Olean Times Herald.

Exactly. Everyone needs to give the guy some time and a chance to prove himself in the NFL before we run him out of town. Using a story that happened 2 years ago with another one where no charges were even pressed is a little premature. Granted, if he did do what both reports say he did, then he has to work some stuff out in his life, but I don't think that anyone here can honestly say that they came from a situation like his. He has some growing to do in the next couple years, and that will include leaving what happened in the past, in the past. I think that the first few years in the NFL will be crucial to his development as a person and I think that being in Buffalo is a very good thing for him if he makes the most of it. He's got a team around him with alot of young players who can help him with this and start a new, brighter chapter in his life. He just needs to leave the crap behind him.

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