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That is nice. But I tire of pure greed in the NFL. It would have been a much nicer gesture if the statement would have read ... "In addition, the Buffalo Bills are donating 100% of their proceeds from this venture to the Hunter's Hope Foundation."

The good thing, I guess, about Manuel is that when he is inaccurate he is so far off that there is generally no one in the vicinity to intercept it.

Buffalo got 2nd and Pinto Kenny was mentioned. But they managed a backhanded "compliment" about Buffalo at the same time. http://www.foxnews.c...ailgating-best/

Like always and for [almost] every player, a good GM will listen to any offers that come in from other teams. If there is a desperate team that needs Spiller for a SB run and they are willing to dig deep into their pockets to get him, maybe Whaley makes the deal. Otherwise it is up to Whaley to determine if Spiller can be re-signed or not and act accordingly. It is unlikely anyone here is privy to any of the information I outlined above, I certainly don't, so I can not even guess about Spillers future.

Pretty much. As to the topic question, quite frankly I'm not sure what they saw in Manuel. But I suspect it was more than being Vick Jr.

If that happens I will be borrowing Yolo's toaster.

I will finish my dinner, probably with a few more curse words than normal.

To me, Fosters health is a huge factor in this game. If he can go and is near 100% it will be a big problem for the Bills. Without Foster the Texans should look like they did against the G-Men which bodes well for the Bills.

I locked the thread as Dorkington answered my original question, which satisfied Albert as well.

Actually, it really doesn't bare repeating.

Ahhh i see. You might want to state that in the thread next time.

I would have thought that as well, but 75 people voted for Orton which I found interesting. If being stupid was all it took to lock threads it would be very quiet here.

I see it has been locked but whoever locked it did not post why. I didn't see that topic discussed in other threads, and I also did not see any name calling etc. either. I'm just wondering why it was locked?

Time management in general.

16 games in 17 weeks ... the NFL season is a sprint.

Wow 75 people so far want the question to linger of Manuel's ability to be a effective starting NFL QB. Either that or they have already decided he is a bust with very limited data to work with. Both are equally absurd to me, and I am far from believing Manuel has what it takes.

What?!?!? Did you sleep through last season where every time he fought for extra yards he missed the next several games??? He is a QB not a RB. He needs to get what he can get then slide or get out of bounds. Manuel SUCKED today to be sure. But putting his head down and/or fighting for extra yards for a QB is flat out stupid and the best way to lose not just games, but seasons.

Really not a big surprise. The Bills defense was able to win the first two games, but they could not against Rivers. This game the Bills needed Manuel to be more than a game manager, and he was not even close to being up to the task. This may be the recipe for this season anyway. If the Bills D can dominate, the Bills have a very good chance of winning. If they cannot, the Bills chances of winning become very poor. Hopefully Manuel will become a good NFL QB and will be able to win some games. Based on his collegiate career and his NFL career to date, I tend to doubt it. But hopefully the brain trust saw something in Manuel that will make me change my mind.

The coast with the better team.

Of course there is, in the mind of a businessperson.

ESPN straight up: 8 take the Bolts and 5 take the Bills. Their computer program takes the Bolts. That software is tied for second place so far for the season, 1 game out of first. CBS with Buffalo -2.5 spread: 6 take the Bolts and 2 take the Bills. CBS Straight up is the same, 6 Bolts 2 Bills. The CBS software picks the Bills straight up. It won last season and is in second place this season out of first by one. Mind you, most have picked the Bills opponents this season so far Nate Silvers calculations show the Bolts as the slight favorite. http://fivethirtyeig...d-playoff-odds/

I know it's not common. Or at the very least it is not reported publicly often, who knows how often it actually happens. If the actual percentage is really that low then that would be the surprising thing to me.

I'm still puzzled by the surprise of any of this. These guys excel at a game that is exceptionally violent. They were raised their entire lives to give their all to being the best they can possibly be at the exceptionally violent game. A lot are coddled their entire lives, given special privileges, and often treated as if they are above the law because they are good at a exceptionally violent game. Then society is surprised when this violence spills over into their off-field lives?

Honestly there are probably more deserving people. Spiller was the beneficiary of outstanding blocking by the entire return squad. All Spiller had to do was run. I don't think he was ever touched. McLovin or any number of people (with decent speed) could have made that run. If an award is to be given for that return, then the entire return team deserves it IMO.

At one point that was true. Today sponsors do what they think the people will want. A subtle but important distinction. They tend to react so quickly to things when they hit the media, particularly social media, that they don't have time for the people to tell them what they want before they react.