BRH

They still have a long way to go before they approach Joe "He had him in his shorthairs" Theismann territory...

Funny how little wrenches like that can get thrown into a negotiating strategy. Nice job, Russ, backing yourself into a corner like that.

Nice shot from the huddle cam of JP taking a big ol swig of Gatorade. Whatever will I do in the regular season without such groundbreaking technology at my disposal?

He need to prepare more for the broadcast

That must be what they like to do.

Who's the numbnuts doing color for NFLN? I think in ten minutes I have counted at least ten instances of him saying some variation on "this is what they do," "this is what they like to do," or "this is what they have to do" in describing the plays. Really? This is what they do? This is what they DID!

Oh yeah... and Time Warner too.

Damn, works like a charm so far! Thanks! NFLN

My guess is (1) no, and (2) yes. He's an impressive young man. How many 22-year-olds do you know who can hold forth like that for 15 minutes without sounding stupid or pompous? The apple didn't fall far from the tree at ALL.

Prayers from here too (and to send them to a Leafs fan shows how much I think of the guy). Get well soon Grant. You're a class act.

I wish he would stop writing, period.

Truer words hath never been spoken.

That Earl Campbell guy, he sucked too.

Clayton shows he can type with his mouth full

I don't go to Pats* boards but I'm pretty sure the response to this is "well, of course they were changing rules because of us ... we were too good." Which sounds good, but there's a big difference between changing rules to limit a particular team's fairly-gained dominance and clarifying/rewriting rules to prevent a particular team from brazenly "misinterpreting" them to gain an unfair advantage.

My entire basis of being a sports fan, other than my love for the Bills and Sabres, is based on hatred. It makes sports so much more fun. Without further ado, my five tiers of hatred, in baseball-football-hockey-basketball order: Yankees Dolphins Flyers Lakers Dodgers Patriots Senators Duke Red Sox Jets Maple Loafs Penn Braves Cowboys Rangers Carolina Phillies Redskins Penguins Rutgers Some of these are based on being a Bills, Sabres and (to a lesser extent) Mets fan. Others are based on college affiliation and hating teams liked by people I detest.

Linkage This was all BEFORE the Pats* were caught this year.

It was five years before I understood anything Thurman Thomas said, and I didn't care.

That's your HAT, not your head. I hope.

Says he led D-II in rushing and was the first D-II guy to go over 1,500 yards in four straight years. Whee. I thought we had a guy like that already who was pretty good. Hopefully he's a bastard on ST.

I don't really care because that phrase is such a CYA phrase. If the guy fails, the evaluator can say "it was because he wasn't in the right system." Besides, at this stage, everyone has flaws.

It's very possible that UB will have two players drafted (Scott and Jamey Richard) and Syracuse will have none. I don't know whether to laugh or cry about that. Also, Ed Ellis, a defensive lineman, was taken a couple of years ago out of UB.

Mayock likes our draft so far, calls it solid.

So with OLB Erin Henderson the top-rated guy on Scouts' board, the Bills take OLB Alvin Bowen from Iowa State.

I would hate to think our draft board is the same as the Lions'.