ExWNYer

Yeah, there's nothing pessimistic there. No free agent moves yet for 2007 OR 2008. No players taken yet in either the 2007 OR 2008 drafts. No allowing for the maturation of current players, coaches, or our first year GM. But "if we're extremely lucky in drafting/FA. Maybe." There's a difference in a realist and a pessimist. Just because you consider yourself a realist doesn't mean you're not a pessimist. Many people on this board are realists, myself included. Look at the majority of your posts this year. You ARE a pessimist. And, no, I haven't "had my head up my ass for 7 years" as you so eloquently put it. I'm as frustrated as everyone else and have advocated shoring up both lines for years. Sorry some of the sarcasm was lost in translation and I didn't use a smilie emoticon for you. I know you enjoy being a combative dickhead. It's who you are, "hero".

You know, resorting to insults, rather than simply re-inforcing your argument is a clear sign of a tired mind. You have the right to disagree with my position but I guess u lack the vocabulary or the intelligence to do nothing more than throw around four letter words. I am sure Mom and Dad are proud of you 878102[/snapback] Harriet is a long-time, valued member of this board. Why don't you and your whopping 14 posts try learning some of the personalities here before posting your thin-skinned retorts. Get a clue, newbie. Your position on Schobel smacks of someone stinging from a bitter defeat. AS gets no pub outside of WNY and is just now making his first Pro Bowl. How the hell can he be "overrated"?

I don't ever pull for them to lose, draft position or not. 8-8.

Nice to see that you're back to your bitter and broken, pessimistic self. I've been worried about you and your starry-eyed almost optimism the last few weeks. Welcome back to the board. Merry Christmas.

I was furious at the final play choice/sequence. I thought they should have attempted the FG but I can live with going for it on 4th and 5 instead. Just not how they went about it. Either kick the !@#$ing ball or get a play in with ample time to survey the defense and audible, if necessary. That was a total cluster at the end and a sickening way to leave your season on the field. Although I advocated trying the sixth kick, I still have a problem with settling for five FGs AT HOME. Does anyone else have a problem with this? That's simply too many points left on the field and is a recipe for disaster more times than not. This was as big a part of their downfall as anything else, IMHO.

How, exactly, will signing him get them in salary cap trouble??? They are expected to be around $39 million UNDER the cap (give or take), second most in the league. You can't use the salary cap as an excuse to no re-sign him.

They are officially eliminated, as is Pittsburgh, at 7-8.

I went with the optimist in me rather than the realist and voted "YES".

Amen, my brutha! A-fugging-men!!

Sounds like she just needs a nice "guard rail" across the bridge of her nose.

It's the same BS that Jest fans were saying last week. "If not for three big plays...". Yada yada yada. Aren't those "big plays" part of football?????! Good teams (or teams that want to be good) execute those plays.

1) Agreed. Watch the replay and see him look off Evans and come back to Royal on the right. Good job not to lock onto his favorite target. Sweet! 2) He's better, IMHO. If he maintains the 40 yard net average, that will seal the deal. Ray Guy played in a (fairly) warm weather site. He didn't have to contend with the elements that Moorman does. 3) Stupidest play of the year, hands down. But the guy is electrifying and has been more good than bad when healthy. 4) Ellison played a helluva game and Reed's "bull" through three defenders was a thing of beauty. It's nice to get significant contributions from unexpected sources. 5) Agreed. I was scratching my head over that but it's hard to fault the coaches for anything today. 6) Thank God for Schobel, period. He's underrated. The "high motor" comments are BS. 7) The run defense doesn't deserve much respect, but they earned some as the game progressed. Sammy freakin' Morris?? 8) Still hoping and praying, but he seems to be improving every week. 9) Contract year performance or not, the Bills need to go all out to re-sign him or they'll be taking yet another CB high in the draft. 10) Barring injury, Jason Peters has a bright future ahead of him. He's maturing into a very good LT right before our eyes. 11)

Man, oh man, does that loss to the Lions really hurt now.

Nice! Now will you JP haters please shut the !@#$ up so we can concentrate on shoring up our O & D lines in the offseason/draft. We DO NOT need a QB.

When he officially signs with someone else, Nostradamus.

The Bills requested that it be moved back. They draw better for early games (1:00PM) played late in the year.

You'll definitely find yourself in the minority on this one.

Murph & Kelso said basically the same thing, that it was by far the loudest crowd of the year. Non-sellout. Ironic, huh?

Every year they get fellated by the national media (i.e., ESPN) and every year they fall flat on their faces. Another team the so called "experts" do this with is the Deadskins...same result. Before the season started, I didn't believe that either one of these teams was playoff bound. Yet, everyone from ESPN to the talking heads at Sirius NFL Radio was (and is still) fawning all over them. I never have understood the lovefest for the dullfelons. The last time they even went to the Super Bowl was after the '84 season. Next to Atlanta, Miami is the worst sports market in the country, hands down.

Stupidest...post...ever. (And on this board...that's saying something)

Nobody...well, very few...are worse than Bryant Gumbel and Chris Collinsworth. What the hell were they thinking when they selected these two pompous windbags??! It's hard to believe that a professional like Greg Gumbel is related to a jagov like Bryant. And Collinsworth? It just amazes me that he continues to be employed on several fronts. Ugh! Future games might have to be with the TV sound down and the Sirius satellite broadcast on in the background. You are interpreting it incorrectly. The telecast was only available in about 1/3 of possible homes. DirecTV and Dish Network offer the channel as part of their package. Some cable providers, such as Charter and Time Warner, do not at the moment. They're resisting putting it on anything other than a digital sports tier. Operators don't want to pay a per-subscriber fee that keeps escalating because of the inclusion of these games. The cable companies say if they pay that rate, it will more or less mean price hikes for everyone, including those subscribers who don't care about football. Here in Richmond, NFL Network is available thru our cable system, Comcast, if you purchase the "digital tier" level of programming. If you subscribe at a lesser level you're SOL.

Nice call.

I think it's only week 12. Injuries and other intangibles always come into play. In today's watered down NFL, nothing is guaranteed.