SageAgainstTheMachine

Think of it this way: If they redrafted all the rookies, is there any way that Alonso lands outside the Top 5?

To be fair, the prognosticators would have to detract statements for about 200 guys each draft. It's not a science, as much as they try to pitch themselves as experts.

Right now, a (surprisingly nice) sublet in Harlem. As of January 1, we'll be in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Thanks for the alternate opinion! I'll check both out this season.

Thanks! I thought it might be a mcsomething.

Hi Bills fans, I just moved to NYC with my fiance. It was great to see the Bills beat the Jets from my living room couch, but my girl isn't much of a sports fan and I seem to remember people talking up a well known Bills Backers bar in the city. I'd love to take in games with fellow fans. Anybody who frequents this bar or who could at least tell me its name? Thanks much!

Why?

We live in the age of misbegotten self esteem. I don't think it's a men vs. women, masculine vs. feminine issue.

I'd vote for Leodis too, though it's harder for the casual fan to measure the impact of a corner. Only the Saints have been able to victimize us through the air, and he's been the one constant.

I guess they're gonna run him til WE throw up. Seriously though, I think that ankle injury has limited him tremendously. Can't cut, can't hit holes nearly as hard, can't shake tacklers.

Frankly, I can understand both arguments. In the meantime, here's the world's smallest violin playing just for Tom Brady.

At the time, it was 57-0 in favor of 'yes'. I was thinking maybe Pettine wasn't the hot ticket coaching prospect I assumed he was.

6 years later, the Dolphins' dream of Ted Ginn beating the Patriots comes true, for the Panthers.

Well, I feel dumb for starting this poll.

I think this will be the story of the upcoming off season for Bills fans. The guy has taken a putrid defense and turned it into a top-10 squad (if you believe Football Outsiders, anyway) with pretty much the same personnel on the field. But is Buffalo merely a stepping stone into a head coaching job? Like most years in the modern NFL, multiple teams will be searching for a new coach. Vikings, Bucs, Titans, Texans, Cowboys in all likelihood. Turning the Bills around has been a great opportunity for Pettine to prove that he wasn't just a stooge for Rex Ryan. On the other hand, it's hard to miss how much the defense has gelled under his tutelage. And it's a reality that not EVERY coordinator desires a HC job. In fact, that promotion has proven time and time again to be a career setback if the first opportunity isn't a good one. Personally I think he stays.

Hands of stone aside, you can tell that Leodis is happier than a pig in **** playing man coverage. He sticks to his opponent like flypaper.

I like Carolina in this game too, but the Pats are resurgent after they looked so pedestrian early on.

What do you mean? Because of Goodwin? Their roles in the offense couldn't be different.

I think that Reed told Byrd a cryptic series of numbers and letters, which will end up sending Byrd on a scavenger hunt in search of a buried treasure.

Yep. Somebody's going to do it and if Buffalo is serious about winning then it should be them. The Bills were able to lock up their "solid-not-flashy" guys for reasonable money. Kyle, Stevie, Woods. Byrd and his 21 career interceptions are a different story entirely because every NFL team wants to sell that to their fans. And every coach wants that big play ability. Think of it this way: Isn't it tough to watch Spiller getting buried at the L.O.S when Levitre used to spring him to the second level so often? Now think of that drop off from Byrd to Searcy from earlier this year.

It was amazing how those kicks cut through the wind. Even one of EJ's passes (the corner route to Hogan) got taken badly, then magiCarp comes on 20 seconds later and drills it without the ball so much as knuckling. The job's his for now.

Same here, but how could it not? 32 year old corners are rarely effective in the first place and now he'll have a leg like Frankenstein's monster. The smart thing is probably retirement, sad to say.

I don't think it's an issue of "can't". And it's not like it doesn't happen: Roscoe Parrish is a pipsqueak compared to Goodwin's frame but suffice it to say a head-to-head race would be interesting, and Roscoe played the slot quite often when he was healthy. I just think it's a waste of a resource. Goodwin's the type of player who can reduce the opposing defense to 9 men just by being on the field.

I honestly think it has to do with being down on the field. This is obviously pure speculation, but up in the booth probably feels like playing a video game. Of course a 3 yard out to Lee Smith will work! I drew it up!

The benefit of having speed outside is that it forces a Catch-22 for how the defense uses their safeties. The faster the guy, the more likely that a safety will have to abandon the area between the hash marks. That's a boon to your running game and your possession receivers. This is also why cornerbacks who can put receivers on an "island" are so valuable. They rarely need the help, which acts as a great boon to the run defense as well.

Agreed. The bird's eye view has its advantages, but put some assistant up there and give him a headset if you need that angle.