BRH

All the jokes I expected have already made this thread, with the surprising exception of the Peter Pan dude. But I'm cautiously optimistic. EDIT: GODDAMMIT!

In the pre-internet days Bob could be seen regularly at World Wide News on St. Paul Street, buying copies of all the out-of-town papers so he could crib items from real sportswriters for his column. Now, of course, he doesn't even have to leave his desk. As a radio host, though, he's a great columnist. I listen just to hear him mangle names.

Jonas Jennings called. He wants a word.

Might have been defensive tackle John Dutton of the Cowboys, because in that game I recall Dobler got three personal fouls for leg-whipping the guy, and on the third put him out of not only the game but the season. AND forced Dutton to have emergency leg surgery for a busted blood vessel. Dobler swore after the game that it was an "accident." If you believe THAT... He must not have paid them enough then.

Oh. My. God. http://www.brobible.com/slideshows/view/cool-throwback-posters-costacos-brothers-gallery/48

I had both Kelly's Heroes and Machine Gun Kelly on my dorm room wall in New Jersey. My two roommates just had to deal with it.

If we are going to talk about big catches, fine. Who can remember a big postseason game from Carter? Anyone? Bueller? Carter's postseason stats: 14 games, 63 catches, 870 yards, 13.81 ypc, 2 100-yard games, 8 TD (2 in wins, 6 in losses). Reed's postseason stats: 19 games, 85 catches, 1,229 yards, 14.46 ypc, 5 100-yard games, 9 TD (7 in wins, 2 in losses). In fact, Reed had more postseason touchdown catches in ONE game than Carter did in his entire career, or has everyone forgotten the three big TDs he caught in the Comeback? Deserving, hell yes. Ahead of Cris Carter? Absolutely.

It doesn't have anything to do with it. Just thought it was interesting. I'm willing to bet you can go a long way back before finding another class with a combined zero Super Bowl rings. And that's RINGS, not just appearances. I just did, in fact, and went back to the mid-70s (when SB winners started becoming eligible for the most part) before giving up. The closest I came was 1991 when no player had a ring but Tex Schramm, who did, was also a class member.

Unless I'm mistaken, Andre played in four times as many Super Bowls as this entire class of enshrinees combined (Dawson: 1. The rest: zero.)

But that isn't why it should have been reviewed. It was a close play in the last two minutes, and the booth is supposed to call down and review those. Harbaugh went to the line judge after the play but was blown off. Does anyone seriously think that if it had been Welker or Gronk in that position that the booth wouldn't have called for a review? Booth officials. Probably sitting in Bob Kraft's booth. That said, if it was reviewed it would have been upheld as no catch. Just not conclusive enough. What ticks me off is that there was no review at all.

Except it was Wade Phillips who got Rob Johnson.

Seriously, was the outcome of this poll ever slightly in doubt?

I always hated the rule, being from the east side of Rochester, but it crossed into absolute absurdity a dozen or so years ago when the NFL ordered Syracuse to black out the Bills because a tiny sliver of their broadcast area (in Yates County) fell within the 75-mile radius. And got away with it. That move smacked of sheer greed, and did nothing to develop new Bills fans in that area. (Of course, the Bills themselves over the last 12 years have had a lot to do with that as well.)

In '04 the Bills declined to move up from #13 to select Ben Roethlisberger, who was taken at #11. Instead they stayed at #13 and took Lee Evans, then later traded back into the first round to take JP Losman. Say what you want about Roethlisberger, but it's pretty clear that there were three franchise QBs in that first round and the Bills took the fourth.

The only hope is that Dumervil gets another shot on Marsha like he had last game and knocks his head off this time.

Given our track record, it probably won't take as much for us to acquire him as it would for other teams, because our #1s will be more valuable on average than anyone else's owing to draft position. That said, given our track record, we would overpay anyway. A first AND a fourth, remember. Not to mention our dignity.

I would say Rex has officially lost control of this team, but he created this monster in the first place. That would be like saying Dr. Frankenstein lost control of his monster. He never had any control to begin with.

Do you think Johnson would have pulled his stupid stunt in the first place if the Bills needed a win to get in the playoffs? If yes, then why would you re-sign him?

Reminds me of what Stacey Augmon was reported to have said when asked to assess the difference between college and the NBA: "They didn't have a salary cap at UNLV."

Bernard Ford.

Ages of five of the six players you cited, upon entering the 2012 season: Jeff Saturday: 38 Reggie Wayne: 34 Dwight Freeney: 32 Robert Mathis: 31 Dallas Clark: 33

And the conditions in Indianapolis -- decade-long playoff run, new stadium, etc etc -- were created by Bill Polian and Peyton Manning. One is gone and the other will soon be gone, leaving what was in Indianapolis prior to their arrival: a 2-14 team with a batshit owner and no guarantee of future success, Luck or no Luck.

If Whaley leaves despite all that has reportedly been done to clear his way to the top job here, then he's not the guy I want running my team anyway. Nix made a commitment to him. Whaley can either honor that by keeping his own commitment, or he can leave. Either way, I'll be fine.

There isn't any way on earth Peyton Manning goes to play for Rex Ryan.

I don't want to dig back into the thread, but if I didn't say it I meant that it's what happens when the kids get older. I have no problem with a high school (or above) pitcher laying down the law like that.