Steve O

You're right, whether you look as avg # of drinks / month, % binge drinkers, % heavy drinkers, or % deaths from liver disease there is no "highest to lowest" order. Maybe population factors in to it.

Has anyone at OBD even suggested that there is a possibility Merriman won't be back?

Stopped smoking pot in 82...within a week quit listening to the dead as well.

Christmas holdiay today, took the rest of the week off as well. New year's holiday next Monday.

The highest picks, at least in the last two years, third round. Maybin was cut, not a FA loss. Nothing for him. Except of course regrets for drafting him in the first place.

NE had no compensatory picks in 2011, a sixth and 3 seventh rounders in 2010

The only thing that upsets me more than this word is the phrase "very unique". Nothing is "very" unique. Anything unique is by definition one of a kind.

Actually I think a healthy Williams lined up with Dareus will be awesome.

Really? I know several middle aged majority male non-veteran male carriers.

Season five finale was weak, I thought season six was basically solid, as you say the last 30 seconds will keep me watching next season. Didn't know it was based on a book. Guess I should read the credits.

I read it on the world wide web so it must be true http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/Heath-Evans-Nick-Saban-once-stepped-over-a-conv?urn=nfl-wp13450

I'm not dating any more vegetarians.

While I rarely agree with Bob he does need to be given credit for one thing. He always has a relevant topic on his nightly sports talk show, and from what I can tell he is rarely redundant (don't listen to it long enough to tell for sure). But you'll never hear an "actor draft" or other pointless fillers on his show. Not an easy thing to do in a small market like Rochester. He has some interesting guests as well (Smerlas is on every week).

Tough game, leads to a short life. Kent Hull was only 50? Not sure of the validity of the linked study but it says avg life expectancy is 55, only 52 for linemen. Hopefully the new attention to head injuries will help. http://www.topnflnews.com/average-life-expectancy-of-nfl-players/02/2010/

The one I should live my life by: "Live like you'll die tomorrow. Learn like you'll live forever" -Ghandi- And of course the one I do live my life by: "It only takes me one beer to get drunk. Not sure if its the forteenth or fifteenth" (don't know the author) The OP's signature and the Lincoln quote are really good as well.

Don't know about Mead but Steve O is. As always, will even park in Hammer's lot

While the amount we did pay him was rediculous, we were not paying him that much. 15M signing bonus but I don't think he was making much more than 500K per year. We took a 9M cap hit when he was cut, which may have been part of the reason he was cut. Under the new collective bargaining agreement there is a cap minimum (as well as limit) which we were not close to.

Will he be able to break a tackle?

Though not his signature song, it was my favorie

Loved his music, only saw him once in concert. Somethihg about an expermintal airplane he crashed in. Happy birthday to your son. http://www.cnn.com/US/9710/13/denver.nc/

Only one other mention of Field of Dreams? No one mentioned Stealing Home Hoosiers, Major League, Invincible round out my top five

They all have to do with gravity...

http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Latest-News-Wires/2011/1118/Comtel-Air-to-passengers-Pay-extra-or-we-don-t-fly Comtel passengers forced to pay for fuel out of pocket at a refueling stop or the flight doesn't go on

Spiller has as many tackles as a Bill as Maybin. He has also scored two more touchdowns and gained a few more yards.

don't care what the experts say, I'm having a cup of coffee