TimGraham

Thanks, guys!

No, he shouldn't be on the ballot, but I understand the misconception. The ballot is comprised of regular starters and was probably put together a few weeks ago. This happens in baseball every year, too, where guys with surprise seasons aren't on the ballot. The Bills are represented at safety by Donte Whitner and Bryan Scott, considered their regular starters when the ballot was put together. You'll have to write Byrd in.

http://espn.go.com/blog/afceast/post/_/id/...on-byrd-emerges

Ask and you shall receive. I just filed a long story about him with quotes from his father and the guy who mentored him, Aeneas Williams. It should be posted to the blog within the next hour or so.

I think that's a commonly held belief in the football community about the Bills, that they're simply not equipped to make the soundest football decisions because of their front office structure. The difference with the Redskins and the Bills is that the Redskins try to solve their problems by throwing money around like drunken Las Vegas tourists.

Gotcha. From what I've seen he has a nice arm and is pretty smart. He's had good mentoring. Danny White is his uncle.

I didn't hear it with my own ears, and that thread is rife with confusion and guesswork. So I can't say I know what anybody is referring to.

In looking up his size (I knew he was small but wanted to be precise) I noticed on his BYU bio that he did a mission in 2005, while sitting out after transferring from Arizona State. So he might have fulfilled his LDS obligation then.

I have no clue if the Bills had scouts at that game. I would need to see a press box seating chart from that stadium to know who was there. I'm not sure how well Max Hall would do, but BYU quarterbacks haven't fared well in the NFL lately. A lot of people like to point to them coming out of college more mature because of their mission work, but I also think that it helps them look better against college competition. Hall also is listed at 6-foot-1 and 200 pounds. That's mighty small for an NFL quarterback unless he can do something special with his legs.

You might want to read the article. That point is made ... and it's a good thing you didn't have Kelly a couple years earlier.

Nothing yet.

I have no defense.

You're right, I haven't done a Byrd feature yet. He's worthy of a sitdown when I get to Buffalo full-time and can visit with him for an extended period.

Byrd has been impressive. I think the Bills have a keeper there. Wood has been OK, but I will admit my O-line analytical skills aren't the sharpest. He hasn't stood out to me as obviously dominant like Jake Long did last year, but he's separating himself from the others on the line simply by not making as many stupid mistakes as the others. Maybin looks like he should have stayed at Penn State for another year. He needs to go back into the oven. He's not done yet.

I doubt it. They might look at Jake Locker, though.

The Bills will be at the bottom of the list unless they offer organizational control to their new coach. That's how teams land the big-name coaches.

Don't thank me too soon. On this subject I have no insights. Nobody seems to know what Ralph is thinking these days. But I'm sure there is plenty of dialogue within the organization.

Third verse Same as the first

Don't confuse ability for potential. Ability gets it done on Sundays. Potential gets it done (hopefully) down the road. Levitre, Wood and Bell have a ton of potential.

Actually, TSW is a very small portion of my interaction with fans. The bulk is done through e-mail and my AFC East mailbag. When I'm able to listen, I think the people who call into WGR provide a helpful barometer of the mood as well. The feedback I've received in my inbox from Bills fans favors trading Terrell Owens for assets that will help the team down the road because his presence on the roster is moot in the grand scheme of things. I understand that fans would like to be entertained by him, but most fans seem to realize you're going to have nothing to show for his time here once we hit Jan. 4. That's what I'm being told directly. This board might be different. Apparently it is, but I don't read the threads every day. Maybe once or twice a week. I do try to come on every day and check the "Ask Tim Graham" thread, but beyond that, most of my information comes from other sources. I just want to mention that becuase this thread began as "Tim Graham is Mr. Obvious who steals all of our opinions and gets paid to spout them like they're his own" but has turned into "Where in the hell does Tim Graham get his information because we all want T.O. to stay? He's clearly pulling it out his backside."

Sure, it's possible. But that's most damning explanation of all.

I didn't find the ceremony's cancellation as gutless as the Bills and Jauron playing dumb on the contract extension until after the season.

I would be shocked. I've been shocked many times in my life, though.

Quite the contrary. I wrote it that way because I don't believe it. I wrote that "Jauron insisted" he didn't make the call. If I knew for a fact that Jauron made the call, I would have written it as fact. I'm prone to take Jauron at his word because he never has lied to me personally or burned me in any way, but I wrote it that way because it doesn't make sense. That Wilson made the call makes more sense.

Two QB roughing calls went against the Patriots in Week 1. If not for a Leodis McKelvin fumble, the Patriots lose in part because of those calls. One got the Bills out of their own end zone. The other sparked a Bills touchdown drive. I do a penalty tracker each week, and the Patriots have been among the penalized teams this year. The Patriots are second to the Bills in most penalty yards, and that's after a horrendous two-week start for the Jets. http://espn.go.com/blog/afceast/post/_/id/...nalty-tracker-3 I think you're silly, but I'm sure you think I'm silly for not recognizing your stance as valid. I can live with that.