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I wouldn't say Drew made bad passes that cost the team the Steelers game. I would say Tom Clements choked pretty hard in regards to play calling. They moved away from the aggressive play that had gotten them big leads and the Steelers ate them up. Oh yeah and the defense couldn't stop the Bus and Duce, nope wait that was Willy freakin Parker who ran all over them, but I forgot Drew plays defense and kicks field goals.
Drew was hit by a blitzer on his front side and coughed up the ball for a TD late in the game. His passing was less than stellar, but it was that dreadful mistake that really hurt. If he hadn't been so mediocre all year, perhaps that mistake could be forgiven, but that was the last frickin' straw. It was time, he was due, to step up and get something done and he screwed the pooch like that Mead guy. Or was that a cat?
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If you STILL don't accept Bill Belichick as the best analyst and strategist in football today, your head is in the sand. Even when a colts WR DID drop a ball, there was a DB right on him to make the hit or make the catch difficult.
It wasn't Earthwind Fuggin Moreland, Randal Fuggin Gay, Troy Fuggin Brown and Hank Fuggin Poteat that shut down the NFL's most prolific passing offense of ALL TIME. It was Belichick, who has studied the colts and has the unique eye to read all of their offensive concepts and exploit them. You wanna tell me that those 3 stud receivers couldn't get open? Why? Because Belichick knew every one of their tendencies, pre snap, according to alignment and their statistics.
He simplifies and boils down these concepts for each player and communicates them personally. He tells each player what 3 things they can do to help the team win, be it "if you see Edgerrin in this formation, don't ever think he's staying in to block", or "Rian Diem doesn't like *this*. Do *this* early and often, and you'll get in his head", and so on. These little items are on TOP of his overarching strategy and scheme.
He's the best in football, and if he wins the SB again this year, which i believe he will (despite not having Seymore, which so many people made a big deal about, and his two best DBs) then he will be the best football strategist of all time.
Do yourself a favor and stop denying it. It will save you from the pain of crow eating in the end. Belichick is the best, and as long as he's there, the Bills are going to have a tough time ever getting to the SB.
That being said, I think Tony Dungy is soft. Nice guy, soft coach.
It's the truth, Belichick is the best. But Tony Dungy a nice guy? Looks are deceiving. He is a self righteous prick and when he was a DC with Minnesota and HC with Tampa he taught and encouraged dirty defensive tactics like spearing and taking the QB out at the knees(see Jim Kelly 1994). How soon people forget.
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I disagree, Harrison is a system guy. His last year in SD he looked finished. They came to Buffalo and Moulds and Price ran Harrison all over the field and had him terrorized. He comes to NE, in a system where everyone has an assignment and actually executes it and he is a star.
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If I had to bet on it, I would take Belichick against Cowher every time. The two are polar opposites when it comes to postseason coaching and results.
But the Steelers do have a chance because the key to beating the Pats is to pound the football down their throat and the Steelers have Bettis and Staley behind an aggressive offensive line. If the Steelers keep it north and south, they should have more success running the ball against NE than the talented NYJ front 7.
The Pats proved once again this week that they can out-prepare anyone. The physically overmatched NE db's were so in tune to what the Colts were doing on every play that they were always in position to make a play without having to have extraordinary ability to do it. If you can pound the Pats, they will tire and then they can be beaten in all phases. They nearly lost both Super Bowls to teams that made them stay on the field and wore them down late.
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FYI...AL Davis caused a lot of stevetojan in the league..but yet he made Canton...NOW tell me how Ralphs messing with wade philip's contract,,made him such a outcast, that he wont be voted in..simply ridiculous...
http://football.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsi...Fdavisall.shtml
A couple years ago the excuse was that John Butler and A-hole AJ Smith claimed that Butler was abused by Ralph with constant meddling and nonsense phone calls and that Butler just got sick of it.
Butler was considered a good guy and underappreciated by "league observers", and Ralph dissed him on the way out the door(deservedly so). Did my heart good to see the Chargers get bounced after reading stories about AJ Smith and all of his self congratulatory BS.
What people don't seem to realize is that Ralph going into HOF isn't just about Ralph. It's about Bills fans, because without Ralph there are no Bills and without the fans Ralph wouldn't be so revered. Anybody who F's with Ralph's chances F's with us and that goes for a certain fat guy who left the franchise in cap shambles and ditched us without a decent explanation after years of feeding us BS about "fine young men" and the importance of being a Buffalo Bill.
I'm critical at times of Donahoe, but he is a world of improvement over Butler in so many ways. Now it's up to Donahoe to get this team a Super Bowl. If they win one, I bet Ralph gets in the HOF. So in a sense, Ralph's legacy may be in Donahoe's hands. It's long overdue.
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This just in..........the league is going to expand to 30 teams. Jacksonville and Carolina are rumored to be the new additions. After that, I bet they go to 32 so they can split the league up into eight 4-team divisions.
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It's a pleasant morning on talk radio here today Everyone is talking about that series. While I may agree that it probably wouldn't make sense to take shots at EZ, you could have run a few safe passes, or at least try to gain another 5 yards to get the kick under 40 yds.
This one was all Herm, he took it away from Hackett on the series.
God I hope they all keep their jobs.
Precisely, and that is what we talk about when we're talking "Marty ball". Edwards did EXACTLY what Marty did last week in the same situation.
A forty-two yard kick on grass, in winter, in the playoffs, with a shaky kicker, is not a gimme. The Steelers were on their heels, they were deflated by Big Ben's terrible interception and the Jets were moving the ball. They should have continued to be aggressive and tried to make it a shorter kick. If it didn't work out, then settle for the long attempt, but don't decide to settle for the long kick with downs to go and timeouts in hand.
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They lost 3 of those AFC Championships on their homefield to underdog opponents. The one they did win was against the Colts, a game that they choked in but were fortunate when Quentin Coryatt dropped an easy pic allowing Pitt to get the late go ahead score and then when Harbaugh's last second pass into the endzone was dropped by an inexplicably open receiver. They also had homefield advantage throughout the playoffs after the 1992 season and got flattened 24-3 by Buffalo.
Essentially, he has blown homefield advantage 4 of 5 times and narowly escaped defeat the other time. If Doink Brien were a good kicker, we would be talking about Cowher having blown it a fifth time this morning.
How can that be called anything other than choking?
Those Steeler teams were almost unbeatable at home during the season. This isn't about Marv, we all know that the Bills didn't take care of business at the Super Bowl, and he was favored in SB XXV and blew it. He wasn't on the level with guys like Bill Walsh or Joe Gibbs. But Marv was 9-1 at home in the playoffs, never blew homefield advantage throughout the playoffs, and was 4-1 in championship games. Forgive us for being incredulous at Cowher's uncanny ability to underachieve in the playoffs.
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Steelers Defense impressed me at times. Both Coaches were terrible in the playcalling dept. It almost seemed like the Steelers won because someone had to.
Pats-Colts victor should feel confident going to Pittsburgh. I see another Cowher choke on the horizon. He should send gifts to Doug Brien.
We are seeing the effects of a league full of Marty's disciples. Cowher should have lost this game, as he has so many times on his homefield. If they blow homefield again THIS year, with a 16-1 record, he may have surpassed the master. For all the a-holes who were patting the Steelers on the back for beating the Bills with backups, perhaps this was a refresher on what can happen to a 15-1 team when they are playing tight as the Bills were that day.
Fortunately for Cowher, he had former KC staff-mate Herm Edwards across the sideline from him. As was the case last week in San Diego, somebody had to lose. Still, it was a helluva lot better played game than the SD game, which was awful, yet somehow was being hailed as a great game. This game basically came down to Roethlisberger turning the ball over and Doink Brien being unable to kick it thru the sticks. Generally good running game and defense for both teams.
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Same here. I want the best game, and that is probably the best matchup.
None of the NFC contenders are well balanced like Carolina was last year, so I go with the most exciting player, and that is Vick. I like watching the Colts offense, except in that Hoosier dome where it seems more like watching indoor soccer. I'm happy they are on the road. The Falcons aren't that good on defense, but they can run the ball and the Colts can be had on the ground.
That's what I would like to see, but it will probably be NE from the AFC. Everybody is talking about their banged up secondary, but watch them roll up about 45 points on the Colts then befuddle Roethlisberger on their way to a SB blowout.
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I decided to rework the Bills uniforms.
The overall look I'm going for here is modern but classy with a touch of tradition. I wanted the red, white, & blue equal in importance. I eliminated the two blues currently used by the Bills along with the "buffalo nickel". I lightened the blue so it's between the old Bills blue and the navy they use now. I also darkened the red so it is not so bright.
Click Here => Buffalo Bills Redesign
They look great, I think the charging buffalo on the sleeve should be bigger though. I like the way the current uni's look when they wear the all white or all blue combination. They look very good in still shots, but something is lost in action because there is a bit too much going on color-wise. I would like to see a change, but I don't know if they would do it. This market can't deal with having to update the jerseys every year like some teams do. Great job with the uni's, they would look good and I think they would be more popular.
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I am still in awe of the fact that there is a 24hr/7day a week all-NFL channel.....
But seriously, does anyone think that this channel has changed how they have viewed the season thus far? I do, very much. I feel much more involved with the other teams around the league......Getting to see all the post game interviews, pre game interviews, coach speak, etc., has really allowed me to see many of the players and coaches in a different light - up close and personal. When I got to see all the Bills stuff, it was like a bonus. Most of us are pretty aware of what is going on with the team on a day to day basis, but seeing and hearing them on the various NFL Network shows is still very interesting.
Anyway, just wondering if anyone else feels that this channel has really allowed them to be not just more of a Bills fan, but more of an NFL fan........and whether some of these playoff games are any more interesting because of all that we've learned about these teams during the season via this Network.
It's awesome. Game of the week and Playbook are great, and the college football coverage with the emphasis on draft prospects is nice. The channel just keeps getting better. I expect much better combine and draft coverage this offseason.
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Good point......Cardinals is not the most ominous of nicknames......at least the Dolphins have swiftness and intelligence associated with them.
I remember back when they were trying to come up with names for the Jax and Car expansion teams......once they were almost set on Panthers for Carolina, this one guy went out of his way to lobby for "Puma".......I still think that would have been a really cool name......the Carolina Puma.......
I still can't believe they named the new Charlotte NBA franchise the friggin Bobcats.......how orignial
Cardinals are actually nasty birds. Bird watchers hate them 'cause they kick so much bird-asss that they end up the only boids on the block. It's the sports teams that give THEM a pussyass name.
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http://www.whfs.com/
The station that held HFS-tivals at RFK Stadium featuring the likes of the Cure, RATM, & the RHCP is no more.
Bueno! No me gusta Cure, Rage against la maquina y Royal Hungarian Clown Posse.
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That's like saying, "yeah, Bledsoe got sacked, but name me a Bills QB(save Shane Matthews) who didn't". That is not a reason to give him another pass. He exhausted those when he dropped everything in sight in 2003. To follow that up with another dreadful year is a pretty strong indicator that he stinks. The difference between he and Moulds is that even though Moulds was lousy early on, he was always a big, powerful and fast athlete. Reed is short, slow AND has bad hands.
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Tuesday or Wednesday.
http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/pag...f/robinson.html
Greg Robinson? Everybody likes him, but then they fire him. I can't believe he was the architect of that horrendous Chiefs defense of 2003 and now he is going to get a promotion. The Broncos won SB's in spite of him and finally had to shittcan him once they couldn't just chopblock everyone into submission anymore. I find it very hard to believe they couldn't do any better than finding somebody who just LOOKS like Pete Carroll. I hope he does well, and in fairness, being a lousy coordinator does not preclude him from becoming a good HC, but this ain't right. They could have gotten a better qualified candidate, the Syracuse job ain't exactly USC or Miami, but it's good enough to do better than this.
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I think Wegman's tried that, and they bailed because of the union presence there. I know they gave up on Pittsburgh area because of that. Pittsburgh was mentioned in an earlier thread. That is a place that could really use better grocery options. Wegman's would blow their minds.
Being a western NY'er, I do take some pride in Wegman's success and popularity. But the downside is that they can be unnecessarily difficult on suppliers and farmers. The customer is definately second in regard to pricing. If they can sell 10 units per week at $4 each instead of 40 at $1 each, that's what they will do even if their product cost is the same. That hurts the supplier and the consumer.
They subscribe heavily to pushing their own store brands, which are often no better than store brands you could buy at Aldi or Save-A-Lot for half the price or less. The whole process undermines the companies that develop the name brand products and create innovative food choices. These companies helped Wegman's become what they are by providing them with quality goods to sell. Tops is about as guilty as Wegman's, but Tops isn't owned by the Castellini family anymore, they are foreign and totally corporate so a lack of loyalty on their part is hardly a surprise.
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I heard former Sabre Bob Boughner on WGR last week with Howard Simon. He was towing the company line big time. The players just don't get it. This season is done and if they refuse to open their eyes over the summer, next year will be a wash also.
They would scream like babies if the NHL ever brought in replacement players, but I like how these hypocrites run over to Europe and take the jobs of some poor shmucks who couldn't get a sniff of the NHL in a 100 years!
The players association will relent, there will be a salary cap and the game will come back strong and the NHL will get the big tv money in the coming years and the players will get their 2/3 cut of that dough.
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Ref's hardly ever get any credit, but he is calling a good game. I'm glad that Barton elbow got caught, I could see a few NFL crews not calling it, especially the crew working the Seattle/St. Louis game. I saw a dude get arm-whipped to ground in that game, while out-of-bounds (!) and the refs just toodle-loo'ed right past it..
"Letting the players play" my ass. Refs need to be consistent. All year long.
That crew is terrible. I can't imagine where you are coming from with your assessment. Yeah, they made the right call on the roughing, but they were incredibly over officious for most of the game, as they always are. Hoculi seems to like the spotlight a bit too much for an official.
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Marty the Coward got too conservative last night then stepped onto the field to help the jests score.
Also Marty this just in: 40-yd FG's are not gimme's, especially for rookie Kickers!
You suck Marty, you really SUCK! :I starred in Brokeback Mountain: :I starred in Brokeback Mountain: :I starred in Brokeback Mountain:
That's why a lot of us here were just hoping for a shot at San
Diego. I had to laugh when Marty was counting the special teamers after they gave the Jets a first down late in the game with too many players on the punt. Unbelievable choking going on there.
What tops that though is that the Jets were choking too. Twice with 10 players on the field on defense? TWICE! Herman fighting with Bishop Harris on the sideline? Barton committing that heinous roughing penalty....wtf was that? There aren't words to express how stupid that was. It was a pathetic performance by both teams, but it had that "car wreck" watchability. Doug Brien was awful.
The decision basically came down to the Jets defense being good and the Chargers defense being exposed as overachievers. Wade's defense looked physically overmatched and the choice to allow Pennington to work the middle of the field and not making him work the deep sideline was a tactical error you wouldn't expect.
In the aftermath, I enjoyed Chad Pennington announcing that the Jets had accomplished a tremendous thing by winning a playoff game on the road. If I were a Jets fan, I would be disgusted with that attitude from a veteran QB. The goal is to win it all, not to win a poorly played wildcard playoff game on the road.
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Maybe if your old boss had access to tax dollars to cover every deficit, like your new one, she wouldn't be going to hell. I've got a question for FAT, can we get a little perspective in this country?
Keep an eye our for Northern Lights tonight
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We watched them over the Ralph during the postgame tailgate at Pole 5.