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Sally Jenkins of the Washington Post wrote this interesting column on assessing QB talent in today's newspaper. It's much more thoughtful -- and so much more insightful -- then that POS that Jerry Sullivan wrote for the Buffalo News. One observation: "The draft experts watched Newton and the rest of the quarterback class as attentively as if they were carbon dating scrolls of papyrus, doing their best to act as if it was a science. But they might as well have been looking for water with a forked stick." It's a crap shoot, that's all it is. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/01/AR2011030106627.html

+1 ... and if Norwood had made that field goal ...

Ralph Wilson's failings as an owner are legendary and well known. But we should be thankful that we Bills fans don't have to deal with a money-grubbing egomaniac like Dan Snyder. Check out this storythat details Snyder's tenure to date. By the way, Snyder is trying to get the writer of the story fired. Here's a story about that situation in the Washington Post

true. it's fascinating listening to the Bills' O-line coach tell the players what they're doing wrong.

I know what I see. I'd like to know what the coaches see -- because I'm sure they see 1,000 things that I miss.

good question.

All excellent observations. Congratulations to one and all. One of the best threads I've read all season. I'm proud to be a member of TBD and a fan of the Bills since their inception. Now it's time to turn my focus to the Sabres.

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+1 -- one of the few threads I've read all the way through.

Very eloquent and ever-so clever. However, it doesn't address the fact that the local fans didn't sell out the stadium. You'd think the game was in Jacksonville or something.

The fact that a local businessman had to fork over the money for 7,000 to 8,000 seats that local fans wouldn't buy tells the world a lot about the "dedication" of Bills fans. Consider: It's a holiday weekend, it's the last home game of the season and it's a game against (arguably) the best team in the league. Yet it wasn't a sellout until a businessman decided to buy one of every 10 seats in the stadium. Way to go Buffalo.

Actually, I'd love to see Fitz get 30 TD passes to see if Sully will live up to his boast to run down Elmwood in his skivvies. Yeah, I know it's unlikely that Fitz will hit 30 but I'd still love to see it happen.

I see -- he gets his information from a wide variety of drunks. Now everything makes perfect sense.

Someone started a thread earlier with a link to the photo. And, no, I didn't click on the link. But giving the matter all the thought it deserves (about 0.3 nanoseconds), should anyone be surprised? After all his name is Johnson.

I'm sure his son, the offensive coordinator, thinks he's a genius. Especially for getting rid of a perfectly decent QB that he didn't like. Yeah -- I swear I saw this thread in the morning.

Agreed, they were all challenging kicks. That's not at issue. But it seems that 50-yard kicks are not that uncommon in the NFL these days. You'd think the law of probability would have given the fins at least one field goal.

Before the season started, I thought the Bills were good for 6 to 8 wins (8 if they caught a break). But I have to admit, by the time they hit 0-8,I thought they'd be lucky to squeak out 2 wins.

Didn't realize the fins' kicker was 0 for 4 until the end of the game. I'm sure glad he picked today to stink up S. Fla.

Some thoughts from the Washington Post on the owner's impact on the 'Skins: "In the last eight years the Redskins have traded away 22 draft picks for high-priced free agents, most of whom were busts." It's hard to overstate the reverberating effects of those lost drafts, and the pressure they still create today, on the field. The Redskins have pressing needs at offensive line, defensive line, linebacker, secondary, wide receiver and running back. Name another team in the NFL with that many downright needs. And they have exactly seven draft picks." "As this so-called rebuilding season wears on, it becomes more apparent each day just how much damage owner Dan Snyder and his playmate Vinny Cerrato truly did with their Toys R Us buying sprees." However, the columnis inexplicably goes on to polish Shanahan's knob by saying what a wonderful evaluator of talent he is.

However, they cut their losses as soon as they realized their mistake.

Yes he does. The other week, Sully asked Fitz if he would join Sully if he got the 30 TD passes. Fitz said no way. Here's the link to Sully's blog: http://blogs.buffalonews.com/sully_on_sports/2010/11/fitz-out-of-the-running.html

I wasn't defending Shanahan nor his management techniques. The column I mentioned pointed out (correctly) that the 'Skins problems began percolating a decade ago when Danny Snyder and his "fantasy league" mentality took over the team. I was saying that Shanahan used Fat Albert (who was wooed by Snyder) to make a point, and that point was for Snyder to stay out of personnel decisions. (It didn't hurt that Fat Albert was totally unmotivated after signing that obscene contract.) If that is the case, then I comment Shanahan for having a big set of stones to tell the owner to butt out. That said, I hope the Skins suck till the end of time.