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An "Upset City" is certainly an accurate term to describe Buffalo's mood regarding the 2010 Bills.

There was actually a 3rd but it was deleted. The man is prolific with his vitriolic minimalist observations. He's like the Charles Bukowski of The Stadium Wall, only without poetic merit of any kind.

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Keeping Kelsay at OLB and Stroud at DE in the 4-3 alignment is probably a sign that they're still serious about transitioning to the 3-4 fulltime; but also an acknowledgment that they don't have the right personnel to be successful with it at the moment.

So does Belichick--- listening to him on media day during Bills-Pats week you'd think the Bills were the team that won 3 Super Bowls this past decade. Isn't it fairly common amongst coaches?

Mallett was arrested for, I think, a public intoxication charge or somesuch sometime earlier this year. That doesn't scare me off considering Jim Kelly was practically bragging in his autobiography Armed & Dangerous about drunk driving (which I'd consider much worse): he had an old VW bug when he was a Hurricane that had a rusted out hole in the floor on the driver side. Whenever he would get pulled over he'd simply lift the floor mat and place the open beer bottles on the ground beneath the car. Not exactly bright but they're college kids, after all. They're going to do dumb things and gain a bit of a reputation for an attitude. Of course, Kelly was also a douche for a long time after that. It might've helped him deal with being given "the business" from time to time on the field, and if Mallett has that same quality, we'd be lucky as all hell.

Unfortunately, Mallett also has another year of eligibility left. If there's a lockout, what are the chances he elects to come out in 2011? I hate to be fatalistic, but I can't deny having the thought of "typical Buffalo bad luck": the year the Bills desperately need to draft a franchise QB and they also possess the #1 pick... yet the potential franchise QBs opt out of declaring, due to NFL labor issues.

Nobody???

Sigh. I wouldn't be crazy about Kelsay covering Condoleezza Rice. It's going to be a long Sunday.

From what I understand, Jauron needed a safety to run his vaunted Tampa 2, and felt that Whitner was the best fit. Ironic that Whitner's struggles in his first few years have been blamed on his inability to properly operate in a 2 Deep zone---- although he's struggling in coverage this year, as well.

That's a shame. I always like Kelso, and persistent migraines can be totally crippling, made all the worse because they can be virtually incurable.

Come on now. Perhaps he's being used sparingly as they try to develop him into an all around player, and he so far hasn't accrued much in the way of statistics, but there's no way that is literally true. The Bills offense overall is in a much worse way than each of those other teams, even Detroit.

Does anyone remember when Chris Spielman was recovering from a neck injury after the 1997 season? He sat out all of 1998, and he later acknowledged that the Bills continued to pay him when they did not have to do so while he took extra personal time to care for his wife as she was dealing with cancer. Ralph also paid Troy Vincent more than the necessary injury settlement in 2006 when he was upset the front office released him. These examples fly in the face of the "Ralph is cheap" mantra. Though there may be several divisive figures in the front office dating back to Polian's era (not Polian himself, though he could be difficult), Ralph Wilson himself is certainly not a cruel man.

Removing the facemask is pretty crazy and totally illogical--- but JoePa has a point in the sense that the BodyArmored gladiators of today's football are fearless due to that protection; and the combination of those same protective pads and the fearlessness that comes with suiting up in them are creating human projectiles. I'm not sure how a scaling down of the body armor could be done but it's definitely part of the problem. It's certainly a big part of the problem in hockey.

The technology in regular helmets improved over the years, plus the styrofoam attachment apparently never satisfactorily achieved the expected results in decreased concussion rates. Steve Wallace of the 49ers used it until 1997 and then I think it disappeared.

I think that was the 2nd greatest postseason comeback game with the Giants at San Fran (49ers 39-38 after trailing 38-14)---- it was the Giants long snapper, a pretty good one, too, named Trey Junkin. Oddly enough, he was originally a Buffalo Bill.

What if I'm just one or the other?

It's not about this thread, you've argued Trent in multiple threads as well as the shout box. The point is, nobody gives a **** if you love Trent. Nobody wants you to change your opinion about him or anything else. Just stop carrying the torch and taking on anyone who disagrees with you. You're making yourself out to be a martyr for a worthless cause. I've said it repeatedly: love him to the utmost your ability, just STFU already.

Considering he has had that exact performance every week and it doesn't dissuade those that believe he's a nothing more than a backup, why would another week of it change their minds? Clearer now?

I did notice, but it's also 100% true. So what? I was trying to be civil to you by apologizing the other day and wishing you and your daughter (and even Trent) well, but you're obviously not a classy individual. Try not being so high strung about an ex-Bill and don't worry about whether or not anyone agrees with you. We don't care if you ball wash Trent, but please don't try to convince anyone that he's even an average QB. A good guy maybe, but not a NFL caliber starter. By holding a torch for him you're just pissing people off. Why do you care if anyone agrees? Just let it go. No, it was the "endgame" that completes it.

You didn't take offense because I didn't intend to degrade you, you took offense for someone telling you to STFU, period. Speaking of period, it sounds like your own yours right now. AlphaDawg also conceded "to each his own" and you should have taken it at that, but instead you decided to be a poor loser. Give it up, Trent sucks, you're absolutely being hypocritical, you're an embarrassment, and you have no class. Also, STFU... for real this time. You lose, endgame.

So, he'll basically have the same game he's had every week?

Wow, nice hypocritical attitude. You're embarrassing yourself at this point.

Schopp and the Bulldog can be entertaining at times... but when they start relentlessly harping on a particular point and refuse to hear any dissent and the insults upon the callers begins is when they "jump the shark" into being completely unlistenable: and right now is a perfect example. Chan Gailey's comments (in reference to the potential suspensions for hits to the head) about not wanting the NFL to "turn into a two hand touch league" were only intended to be cautious against the possibility of another "in the grasp" type system being put in place. Where a witch hunt will ensue and the league will go so far in the opposite direction that defensive players will be unsure of what is legal and both penalties and suspensions will not be called in a consistent manner. Players never led with their helmets until now? Dick Butkus was just a hard tackler and didn't put his head down and launch himself at ballcarriers? Give me a !@#$ing break. There are any number of highlight videos on youtube that show old time players tackling in the same fashion. Maybe it's worse now; regardless, it should definitely be corrected to protect players, but it's absolutely ridiculous to pretend that A) this is only a recent issue and B) somehow Gailey is using macho posturing. He clearly said it's a serious issue that needs to be fixed and only tempered it with hope that the league would use the proper restraint. These comments are not worth 3 hours of "B word and moan" radio programming but that's exactly what it'll be followed by a hack "editorial" posted to the wgr website. This is when I want to reach across the radio waves and smack the microphone away from their faces.