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IIRC (which has already been called in to question this evening, so take it for what it's worth) that book was authored by Belichick* as DC of the Jets on a Monday night. As soon as defenses stopped chasing him and started sitting on short and intermediate routes the so-called magic died.

Reread my post. I said he was fired for not firing Ronnie Jones the season after the music city miracle, not following the music city miracle itself, essentially the same as what you said when you were incorrect to correct me. As far as bashing, it was in agreement with the post I referenced that the article was pretty poor. Despite your historical accuracy, your comments about getting facts straight are somewhat ironic.

That would explain the inaccuracies, such as Wade Philips being fired for the QB decision, when any Bills fan who was past the point of sentient development could have told you it was for not firing that dolt Ronnie Jones the season after the music city miracle. Doh!!

Logic?!?! Logic?!?! We're lucky if we can string a few words together to form a sentence, and you're talking about LOGIC?!?! If you're going to enter a QB discussion, please follow convention and use the word suck... often. Trent Edwards sucked, Doug Flutie sucked, JP Losman sucked, Drew Bledsoe couldn't do diddly pooh!!! Also, insulting the OP goes a long way toward validating your point. Just trying to help out with a few tips I've learned in my short time here.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/422205-...ack-doug-flutie For those who desire to waste the minute or so it takes to read this less than objective opinion piece. I wonder how long it took the author to get the scent of Flutie's bung out of his nostrils.

This was discussed in a different thread a while back. More a case of semantics. Bell was inactive his entire rookie season (If I'm not mistaken was on practice squad for the majority of the year, and was elevated to roster but not active for last game, or something like that). Last year was not his rookie season, but he was technically a first year player having never been on the active roster before, making him a second year player this year. Regardless, prior to the cap we would routinely "season" OL players for 3-5 years before starting them, so suggesting a player can't develop further because he is now three years out from being drafted is kinda silly.

Are we sure he was peeing? Maybe Big Ben's drive didn't clear the lady's tee. In which case he's required to play that hole with little Ben swinging in the breeze. Rules are rules.

It better not pre-empt dodgeball. Mooseknuckles are facing the She-Mullets for the right to play the MILFS in the championship. They're also having an amateur wrench throwing contest in honor of Patches O'Hoolihan. Better get Cotton a clean pair of shorts.

You make a compelling point... and the fact that I missed that insight the first go round may indicate that there is still a lot of room for growth. I wish I knew what Chan Gailey's thoughts were on this whole conundrum. Of course, if I ask him he might use the word "hop" or "skip," thereby adding a whole new level of complexity to over-interpret.

We could always trade for him, rename him LenDale White, then cut him.

I could make a jump to that thread, but I don't know if it would mean I've shown growth, so I'm gonna stick around here for a while and see if I can't figure it out.

Anybody but Fitz. IMO he is CLEARLY not the QB of the future for this team, and if he is starting then it means the other three aren't even worth evaluating, which is what this season is ultimately about.

I can't figure out whether to laugh and hate myself or call the authorities. IMO, it seems more like Bill O'Reilly.

While he never would have gotten it done without the cast around him, that was the K-gun in a nutshell. Marchibroda's "genius" was in seeing that he had one of the few true field generals in the game and some of the best talent in the game surrounding him. Give Kelly a handful of basic plays that he could run out of any formation and let him call them at the line based on the defensive alignment and his absolutely unparalleled feel for the game. Kelly's go for the throat style was perfect for keeping defenses on their heels. Put Marino in that offense and he'd have wasted it by throwing 60 times per game with his ego, but Kelly kept things balanced cuz all he wanted to do was win, and if you didn't want it as badly as he did, you'd better get used to his teeth in your ass. Give Marchibroda credit for recognizing what he had. Personally, I have always felt that beloved Marv is largely to blame for those SB losses. While the Bills were clearly the class of the AFC those years, the NFC was churning out some monsters. Levy always stuck by the mantra that the teams that execute best win games, which really missed the point that they were up against comparable if not better teams; meanwhile Parcells, Gibbs, and Johnson were putting together something new cuz they realized they were up against a comparable team talent and execution-wise. Not the best idea to go up against big game coaches without anything new up your sleeve. Sorry... I'm not much on letting old wounds heal.

Depends on what he thought of his coverage skills.

Kilpatrick was ousted from office two years ago (at least) in a sex/misappropriation of funds scandal. IIRC he did prison time for it. Just Wiki'd him, and he's back in prison for violating his parole, and has federal charges against him stemming from his time in office. The truth is, he ran the city like a mob boss, and his whole administration reeked of corruption.

I'll admit I don't know much about Allen, so I'll take your word for it. This situation or a combined GM/HC roll is the only way coaches like Shanahan or Cowher would agree to coach an organization at this point in their careers IMO. Personally, I have no ill will against Shanahan, and actually don't think he would have been a good fit. From a personnel perspective he seemed to bring in players by the truckload in FA, and if they didn't pan out he'd take the cap hit and find another, something I don't see playing well with Ralph (however, fits right in with Washington's MO under Snyder).

I agree. The Bills may have stumbled on the right person in spite of themselves, similar to promoting Polian to GM from the scouting ranks. The thing that could be really beneficial is if Whaley turns out to be legit, cuz he's essentailly a GM in training, which smacks of Nix wanting to stick with this as long as it takes to turn it around and achieve his goals (SB hopefully) and turn the reigns over to a handpicked successor. Tell me that wouldn't be a legacy. And while it may not have been the sexiest pick, the early signs philosophically are that Gailey may have been the right person to coach this team (though the season will obviously be much more telling.) IMO as soon as a GM was hired it was an indication that we would not get one of the big names, especially if the GM had a pair of stones and a vision for the team. We'll see how the power struggle develops in DC between Allen and Shanahan.

Did you then feel bad about yourself... like after watching Bad Santa? Or did you laugh some more, and then work on your kid's reaction time? I'm actually surprised that no one has pointed out that Trent's actually very adept at keying in on a single target with heightened anticipation, and therefore it's not surprising that he was good at this gimmick.

Didn't you get the point? No shouting... especially that. I mean, there was a thread aimed at banning "Shout" the song the other day. Take the hint. If you want to be demonstrative about something insult another poster's intelligence, or manhood, or mother, or something... add fifty or sixty swearing icons or head bashes, cuz they're not nearly the punch in the eye that capital letters are. Anyway, welcome aboard and go bills!

I'd vote for a likeness of Mekhi Phifer painted by Picasso. FWIW, I like Lynch the running back and what he brings, but I think last year he tried to bulk up prior to the season IIRC and he just didn't look as quick to me. Don't know if that's cuz he never adjusted to the weight, or cuz he missed the first 4 games and never got back into the swing. I see our trio this year with FJ and ML as the mainstays in the backfield with CS all over the place in specific situations. As far as Lynch the person, meh. He's not the most reprehensible player in the league, but he does strike me as an immature knucklehead who'll be out of a job if he doesn't grow up.

I've always lumped him and Brad Johnson in a similar category, though I think Johnson threw the ball more. Decent arms, good decision makers, good game managers, give you what you need without a lot of flash therefore not in the highlight reels enough for the ESPN watching world to fall in love with them.

Not only that, but IIRC they fell in love with his arm the last 8 games of his first season and completely abandoned the running game, thereby making him more of a sitting duck and exposing his weaknesses. Not that he wasn't tearing it up the first 8, but they didn't even try to keep the defense honest the last 8. Wonder if that was his quest for stats, or bad OC, or both.

Given their research interests, I think Bailes and Omalu requested to do the analysis, and the ME deferred. Can't prove it, but that is my gut feeling. I was scanning Omalu's papers (which BTW Bailes is also an author on... didn't realize it when I posted before), and got the impression that 2 of the 5 cases were conducted in a similar way - gross exam, formalin fix whole brain and send to them. Two underwent a fresh brain cutting and histologic exam as well, and random blocks were sent to them, and one had nothing other than a gross exam, return to the cranial vault, and nothing more until tissue was requested by them. Given that Henry's death was high profile, I'm sure someone affiliated with Bailes and Omalu was on the phone about the possibility of getting involved in the process as early as possible. Again, gut feeling. It also explains Henry's mother's involvement. I don't envision his mother thinking "He jumped off a truck and died so maybe he had brain damage and I should hire the world's foremost expert to prove this so I can sue the NFL" as a more likely scenario than Bailes and Omalu contacting her to ask to examine her son's brain for research, especially given the relative rarity of NFL players. She'd have to give consent both to the exam and to the release of findings at the press conference. Unless I'm missing something where she referenced possibly suing the NFL... I've only been looking at the links posted in this thread regarding her involvement.

AND coach them right. The first part is easy.