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I am getting the sinking suspicion we are about to be 'jerked'. Why are Modrak and Guy still employed? These 2 should have been the 1st to have been axed, with their bloody carcasses paraded around Niagara Square for all to see a true gesture of change at OBD. Ultimately, as our colleague Mr. Sisyphus has oh-so-eloquently stated in another post, the cash-to-cap nonsense is hamstringing our ability to compete and field a talented roster. This is also removing us from consideration with any serious, proven head coach. I do not understand for the life of me, why it is the Bills that are flying everywhere to meet coaching candidates when it should be the other way around. Don't these candidates atleast need to see the facility?

You know, I hope that you are wrong with that assessment- but I have a feeling that you are right. How could Cleveland and KC- both perennial losers of late like the Bills and not boasting any sort of social life- be all of a sudden landing holmgren, Pioli, Weis, etc? KC may have a QB, but Cleveland certainly does not. In fact, when asked about the Bills job Holmgren was quoted as stating a flat out 'No'. And why are the Bills having to fly everywhere to meet with candidates? Russ flew out to Denver to meet with Shanahan, and now they reportedly flew to Minnesota to meet with Frazier. I don't know if this is customary, but from what I recall its the other way around; the candidates fly to the possible employer. I did not know that it what Mularkey said. It sounds eerily similar to when Mike Grier initially left the Sabres. I think Overdorf is more of a dark overlord than we may know. I am interested to see how Russ Brandon being moved to CEO now affects the relationship with Overdorf. I think that you may be right about the cash-to-cap idea hamstringing the franchise and thus potential future coaches. It certainly does explain the sub-par talent Buffalo has fielded both in its coaching ranks and roster this decade. Kelly and Thurman are excited about these changes. I can only believe that these changes also signal a new organizational shift towards finding, developing, and keeping better players than they have this past decade. Time will tell.

You mean like all of the prior threads asking people to check to see that there is not a similar thread already posted earlier in the day?

I'm all for the breath of fresh air that Nix will bring, but in his press conference he was asked about what he would do with Guy and Modrak. Nix answered that he would be reviewing their work and meeting with them once the season ended. Now, I know that the coaching search may take precedence over sitting down and reviewing the tortuous Bills careers of John Guy and Tom Modrak, but has anyone heard so much as a muffled fart about the status of these 2 morons?

Correction: Nix was brought in just prior to the April '09 draft. It was logically widely acknowledged at the time that Nix arrived too late in the game to have any influence upon last year's draft. Therefore, his work began at the start of the '09 college football season with scouting college football players. This 2010 draft for the Bills will mark the start of the Nix era in Buffalo. We will see in the next 2-3 seasons if Nix can strike gold more than Modrak in building our roster. We DO suck because we chose the wrong players. Anybody have word as to the status of Guy and Modrak? I'm still waiting for atleast 1 of their heads to roll.

I take it as he is waiting for Russ Brandon to commit to a player. Whether that is somebody already on the roster (like TO), or committing to drafting a certain player (like Suh), or trading for somebody else's player, I have no clue.

KC is making the moves that the Bills should have made, and will have something to show for it soon. It is no coincidence that New England is at the start of their fall from prestige now that Pioli is gone. As we see, now that the veteran Pats are retiring, there is no one to replace them. Pioli was one of the architects of the Patriots dynasty, and his departure is starting to show his true value. I wish the Bills had made a move for him. Now Weis is going to KC, with a penchant for developing QB's. Again, sound like something we could have used? Crennel does not impress me much on his own. But coupled with Pioli and Weis and now I think that the Chiefs are starting to establish themselves as an organization that will be on the upswing from now on. Boy, I'd love the Bills to get in on the improving... ...instead, all we keep hearing about is how nobody of any significance wants anything to do with the Bills.

I KNEW Ralph had finally cracked the gene code and began to clone humans! We have Clone #1 of the Bills Brass in Minnesota, supposedly interviewing Frazier, but in reality, the REAL Bills front office is actually in North Carolina conducting a 'stealth' meeting. Oh, Ralph...how did you keep this so secret?

'Not for nothing', but Minnesota has Pat Williams and Antoine Winfield.

Nah, she's too busy screwing up things that REALLY matter. You know...like the safety and welfare of oh...us Americans.

Opinions on what, exactly? This guy should go the way of former Bills that never panned out like Erik Flowers...see ya, we barely knew ya...

This is toooo easy.... my all time favorite FOOTBALL player, period: #78...Bruce Smith

And how do you know that?

Agreed. Out of the list, Jacksonville seems the most likely. They can't fill their stadium, and have to box out entire sections of their stadium on game day, no matter who is playing. Ultimately, Jacksonville proved itself to be the worst location for an expansion team.

He does. Word is that he IS selling his house in Raleigh, though....

Isn't that something? And he's known to be such an offensive guy... ..perhaps it's his arrogance and ego that are offensive.

Sweet!

Dammit Charlie!! That was mine!!!

Joe, THERE IS NOTHING HEALTHY ABOUT BEING A PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE!!!!! Tell me what is healthy about playing professional football? What is healthy about getting pounded? This has nothing to do with health. Again, as far as genetics, how do you KNOW when you have reached your 'potential'?

Steve, I usually bring this up and then get quickly shot down. I can remember high school health class when the topic of anabolic steroids came up. Some of the most basic facts were that the muscle grows because of the drugs, but the surrounding connective tissue does not- or alteast not in ratio with the increase in muscle mass. This, in turn, leads to a greater susceptibility of muscle tears, tendon tears, etc. How many tricep, bicep, pectoral tears have we had over the past decade or so? How many achilles tendon tears? I don't know if anyone keeps stats on those types of things, but I would love to compare those types of connective tissue injuries from say the 40's, 50's, 60's, and 70's to the late 90's and the '00's. Another thing I always say is that the increased bodyweights brought on by increased anabolic drug use is subject to the laws of physics: that being it is a lot harder to stop those bodies once they get movin'. Those forces, in turn, have to get transferred somewhere.

Joe, I think you are well intentioned, but not well versed. I'm completing my Masters in Phys Ed, and have a Bachelors in Exercise Phys and Nutrition. Please, I appreciate your opinion, but its not backed in science, man. On its surface, you are right: ultimately you can't train one energy system entirely without having an effect on another (aerobic, anaerobic, atp/pc). But that is speaking incredibly generally. In reality, a sensible training program can AND DOES specialize on 1 area (aerobic, anaerobic, etc), in an effort to maximize the body's response to training in anticipation of developing it for the event. You actually answer your own doubt by stating that 'running does nothing for biking' (which is also wrong, BTW). Specializing in football training for a football player is smart, but breaking that down further to a positional level is smartest. For example, why should anybody care how fast an offensive lineman can run the 40 yard dash? It has absolutely NOTHING to do with the ability to perform on the field, as an offensive lineman operates for short burst of explosive time within a small, 10-yard window. Training in 10-yard dashes would be more effective and position specific. As far as your fat burning theory, keep in mind that you are neglecting 1 key component in your marathon analogy: TIME. One should not be racing to lose weight, ever. The goal is always something like .5-1 lbs per week, as anything more is most likely water and some muscle. By lowering the caloric intake and increasing the caloric expense OVER TIME, it does work. Magazines, supplement and drug manufacturers, and even medical doctors may try and make it more difficult than it really is, as you mentioned earlier, because they are usually attempting to sell something. But you can't patent nature. I was never really a subscriber into the 'genetic' thing. How does one know when they have reached their genetic 'potential'? Should they just stop, at that mythical place then, as any further training will only serve to be the equivalent of running in mud? How does one find their genetic 'potential'? To me, the genetics argument is an argument made by losers and people trying to sell you something.

Joe, you answered your own question, bud. A WR plays on an island most of the time with the CB and safeties. Sometimes, a WR may be asked to catch a ball over the middle of the field, in LB land. That does not happen too often. Why? It's a great way to kill your WR's. LB's are by the nature of their position bigger than the WR's. RB's are constantly getting hit by defensive players from various positions, and at various levels. Defensive linemen and linebackers are probably the 2 biggest reasons why RB's don't last too long. Which would you prefer: to run around like a gazelle all day, sprinting and leaping through the air, or running into a brick wall at full speed, while you hope to find an opening to daylight?

C'mon. The man doth protest too much. Marcus Allen 'took it easy'? Are you serious? How, exactly, did Allen 'take it easy'? I'm sure if he heard you say that he'd agree with that statement, too.

Aerobics craze? Football, by its nature of short, burst type of activities is an ANaerobic game. Building aerobic endurance can raise the threshold for anaerobic endurance (as the body becomes more proficient at removing lactic acid from the muscles replacing it with oxygenated blood). Using aerobics can not only help with warmups, but may also be beneficial to becoming better players. I don't get the cross training gripe. This has been around for a couple of decades now. You can burn off excessive eating at the gym. Bodyfat can be looked at as nothing more than stored fuel. At its simplest, to use that stored fuel there must be a deficit with the amount of fuel coming in and the amount going out. Again, these principles have been around for several decades. Bodybuilders are walking pharmacy labs. There is nothing freaky about taking steroids, growth hormones, insulin, appetite drivers, etc more so than any normal mortal could either endure or desire to even experiment with. Not to mention the legal ramifications. Or if it is even real stuff. Football players should also not be training like bodybuilders. They are on completely different ends of the spectrum in terms of what goals and objectives they are seeking. A football player needs to train for maximum explosiveness and power. A bodybuilder trains for muscle size. Totally different.