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No QB - No Bueno

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  1. Exactly. I watch the NFL Highlights shows and every other team in the league looks competent at least some of the time and then you watch the Bills and ...pfft. They look clueless.

    I'm not asking for exotica. Every non-Bills game I watch has professionals succeeding at the basics of the game to some degree. When I watch the Bills, its as though I'm seeing the creeping but consistent de-evolution of the game.

  2. Honestly, I don't get White or Edge being in a movie with Page. From what I hear, they have little to talk about with Page, and the whole thing seems contrived. I'm sure guitar worshipers will find something to like in it, though.

     

    This was interesting premise that fell flat. From the promos I would have thought these guys shared some (recent) history together. It was more like three strangers awkwardly getting on together. Not insightful or remotely engaging. I've dug Jack White since De Stijl dropped, but he will never match Page's accomplishments on the guitar. He is a creative dude though.

     

     

    The Edge is a fine guitarist with a distinct sound (too much on the effects side for my taste), but not exactly an innovator. He borrowed Keith Levene's sound and beat it to death. But again, I'm also one that thinks U2 peaked in 1992.

  3. We would have won Superbowl 25, if someone had tackled Mark Ingram

     

    From USA Today:

     

    B 32 3–13 Hostetler 14 pass to Ingram middle (caught at B 26, then broke two tackles) (J. Williams).

     

    From Wikipedia:

     

    Ingram was drafted by the Giants in the first round (28th overall) in the 1987 NFL Draft. He is probably best known for a third down play in Super Bowl XXV in which he eluded at least five Buffalo Bills defenders to achieve a critical first down for the Giants to sustain a long touchdown drive.

     

    So your vote goes to Hostetler?

  4. I prefer my team display a workmanlike confidence as they rip your throat out. 'Swagger' in the context of sport is meaningless. A bunch of goofballs talking smack or prancing about with exaggerated gestures is not a measure of confidence or competence. It's a myspace page or a Black Eyed Peas video. Unfortunately, it's easier to regurgitate the same vapid cliches instead of offering real analysis.

     

    Poise = doing your f'in job

  5. All those guys were strong yesterday. Josh Reed is so important and has great hands. I thought Kawike Mitchell was great as well. He was NASTY out there hitting people and bringing some attitude.

     

    I have mixed feelings on Mitchell. When he gets a head of steam and unloads it's pretty cool. More often he looks slow in space and it seems he fails to exert full effort. On Pats first TD last week, an unblocked KM could have filled the hole and plugged Taylor. Instead he took a half-speed swipe and completely whiffed. I've seen him give up on plays on more than a few occasions.

  6. ...or does anyone else find the FOX animated robot and accompanying guitar riff, ripped off from the Christmas song "Sleigh Ride" (giddyup, giddyup, let's go) incredibly annoying? Are we beer drinking adults or is this Saturday morning cartoon time?

     

    My father made the exact observation the first time Fox went on air with the NFC. I've wondered since how they are not sued for the uncredited use of that portion of the jingle. Maybe they own the rights?

     

    Furthermore, I can't look past the fact that Fox studio is in LA. Now we all know that football is entertainment, but those buffoons at Fox traditionally have stopped just short of mockery of the game with their antics. LA has a rich football tradition, but the Fox studio show might as well be TMZ.

     

    While growing-up in the NY metro area, we were blessed with a surplus of serious sports journalism and commentary across media. Now, the volume is on mute across the board.

  7. I'm not a big fan of JaMarcus Russell either.

     

    But in JaMarcus' defense, it should be noted that because of injury, the two starting wide receivers have been rookies Darrius Heyward-Bey and Louis Murphy.

     

    And his 3 years in the league, he's had two head coaches and two offensive coordinators.

     

    Like Alex Smith with the Niners, Russell hasn't exactly been put in a favorable position.

     

    Playing for the Raiders puts any player at a developmental disadvantage, probably more so at the quarterback position. In Russell's case, inexperienced receivers aren't the problem. His horrible accuracy is.

     

    He's just what Davis ordered, a one trick mortar.

  8. Didn't see Nate today, but in his first year in the Bay, he was excellent.

     

    I watched the Vikings/Browns today and let me say that Antoine Winfield was a complete stud. Stronger in run support than any defender currently on the Bills and mostly avoided in coverage.

     

    Watching him and Phat Pat hold down the fort for the vikings was a pleasure (the other Williams was pretty good too).

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