BADOLBILZ
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I found it interesting in the article that the surviving family concludes that the couple knew they were going to die.
However, in most of the videos that I have watched from tourists. There is first this "hey look at the big wave" thing and then incredulity as the power of the wave hits. Most of these videos were by people on upper floors of hotels.
In retrospect, it is easy to conclude what the waves would do, but my guess is that everyone underestimated it as it approached shore.
I certainly don't believe they knew THEY were in trouble until it was practically upon them. It wasn't like a 50 ft tall wave, you see waves the height of the tsunami wave photographed all the time. It was the depth of the wave and that couldn't be seen from the distance.
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Hohoholeeshit!
Keyshawn got jokes!
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http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Primetime/story?id=468496
2 hours Primetime special, seeing is believing. Could be cool. Better than the crap that the Scifi channel rolls out.
That was a weak-ass show. I very seldom watch network tv, but I decided to watch that piece of garbage. The only thing I found surprising was the amount of infomercials during the broadcast selling cheap gizmos aimed directly at the gullible. WTF was Peter Jennings doing hosting that POS?
:I starred in Brokeback Mountain: ABC
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dang
y'know, it's going to be an interesting offseason leading up to the 2005 season. More so than we've experienced in a long time. JP is such a big question mark. With Bledsoe, you know you're going to win 6 games. You probably won't make the playoffs, and he'll lose a few of them singlehandedly, but you'll get six, guaranteed.
We don't know what we have yet.
Hey, at least it's exciting. I'd rather go 4-12 with JP than 8-8 with Drew. Seriously. If you don't make the tournament, you might as well get good draft position.
This is not to say that I think we'll be 4-12. I'll go on record right now with my 2005 prediction: 10-6 with a tiebreak wildcard over the Jets.
I saw Losman play in college, and IMO if you get the footage of the Denver pre-season game you will see him at his best.
At Tulane he REALLY was on the run all the time and it wasn't super impressive. He runs a lot, but he's not a Flutie or even a Rob Johnson when it comes to picking up yards. He makes mostly solid throws, but his poor footwork would lead to a 55 foot fastball now and then. His receivers dropped everything in sight. He was good, and clearly more athletic than most college QB's, but at the college level you get used to seeing guys like David Rivers, Ben Roethlisberger, Ryan Dinwiddie just carving up defenses and by comparison the Tulane O was not nearly as efficient. For me, the Denver game was a real eye opener as to how his skills translated to the NFL and what he can do with talent around him.
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Flutie is to RJ as Bledsoe is to Losman
Both are instances where the team went with one guy because they felt he had the potential to be good enough in favor of the guy that had proven he wasn't good enough. There are no "buts" about it, the first three couldn't get it done. Counterfeit. Let's hope Losman is the real deal because this QB turnover is getting kind of tired.
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except for the mo lewis play, the guy is incredibly durable. for all the sacks he's taken, i've hardly ever seen him get blindsided (a rob johnson specialty). he takes sacks, yes, but all the same, he goes down slowly and almost always shows an awareness of his impending doom.
people here may laugh at my mentioning of this, but all i can say is be careful what you wish for. way too many qbs in the nfl get hurt with frequency and miss significant playing time. among younger qbs, i can think of pennington, vick, carson palmer, grossman, cade mcnown, kelly stouffer, tim couch, and a number of others. among older qbs, just think of mcnair, chris chandler, kurt warner, and gannon. of course, some guys are obviously very durable -- favre, brady, culpepper, manning. i wouldn't put losman in that category, however -- the signs point otherwise. not only is he a scrambler, he has very little experience sensing rushes. he has also already essentially lost a season to a broken leg obtained in practice, which may or may not mean anything. in any case, i'd be a lot more concerned about who the second stringer now that bledsoe is gone. and please, no jokes about how you were concerned before because bledsoe sucked so bad. that's not the point.
His durability was amazing. Unlike Favre, who is constantly nagged by injuries, but always plays, Bledsoe's health was very seldom even an issue. It was taken for granted. That kind of stability is great for building a championship team. Unfortunately, the past two and a half seasons his play has been so uneven and sloppy it was almost like they were flip-flopping QB's anyway.
I've seen enough of Losman in college to know that this guy is going to be a health concern because he is drawn to contact and he takes some wicked hits. Teaching him to protect himself is going to be an issue. I think they need a good backup, not a career junker like Shane Matthews.
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It was funny how much hate he drew for that stuff leading up to that game with the Bills, and then to have so many people not remember it. I just remember thinking it was funny coming from somebody who went to college in.......Iowa.
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Even if Bruschi never plays a game again, his long-term earnings potential in Boston is set for life. He'll be a legend, earning a good salary as a color guy on the radio, sportscasting, via endorsements, books, etc. for the next 20-30 years.
Lawyer's gravey train has about two more years to run, after which he'll be just another ex-player with limited earnings potential. Unless he's invested really wisely, the big bonus bucks he got from the Bills will eventually run out and he'll have to find a way to feed his family the old fashioned way.
There's some "truth" in both guy's positions. Still, over the long haul, I think TB made the better choice.
Chances are, Milloy will parlay those bucks into a lucrative business future. His margin for error is great thanks to his existing wealth. As for Bruschi's future, first he has to recover from his stroke. He still doesn't have all of his vision back. Then we can start talking about being ABLE to do color, cash in on endorsements etc.. Let's face it though, the enduring star is usually the QB. Entire generations of young football fans think Terry Bradshaw carried the Steelers to 4 SB wins because he gets all the TV time. Mean Joe Greene was 10 times the star Bruschi is. The gravy train was over for Mean Joe soon after his retirement. Fortunately, he has his health and can coach for a living.
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I don't make a great deal of money, but I handle a lot of it, and I can tell you that it goes fast if it's not being replenished and handled right. His career is over, and he may have serious health concerns from here on out. That is the type of thing all NFL players must keep in mind come contract time. As for making $2-3M per season, that is a lot more than Bruschi is taking home on his 4 year $8M deal. Remember, 50% of that is gone in taxes. He also won't likely be collecting on those last 3 years.
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Some players around the league would laugh at Brady for not making a big stink that he's nowhere near the highest-paid quarterback in football. He's due to make a salary of $5.5 million in 2005, with a salary-cap number of $8.37 million. I asked him last week about his seeming reticence to tub-thump, even though no other marquee player has what he has right now -- three Super Bowl rings by age 27. "To be the highest-paid, or anything like that, is not going to make me feel any better," he said. "That's not what makes me happy. In this game, the more one player gets, the more he takes away from what others can get. Is it going to make me feel any better to make an extra million, which, after you take everything [taxes and other deductions] away, is about $500,000? That million might be more important to the team.''
The level of pay Brady is at versus the level that a guy like Teddy Bruschi receives is vastly different. That's to say nothing of their endorsement worth. Brady's almost guaranteed an endless stream of revenue for the rest of his life as the second coming of Joe Montana.
Bruschi is an All-Pro. He has arguably been the key to the Pats defensive scheme which is the main reason they won those first two Super Bowls. Nobody throws their body around with more abandon than Bruschi. If anybody deserves the money, it's him.
He decided he could live with the kind of money a decent NFL offensive guard makes. I'm sure he isn't broke by any means, but his career is over now and he had the opportunity to cash in last spring. As enraged as people were over Lawyer Milloy's comments about SB rings not feeding the family, I think the Bruschi situation is exactly what Milloy was talking about. It's one thing to give a hometeam discount, but to play for half of your worth is f'ing stupid.
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I have been letting this sink in for a few days now to come to some sort of opinion.
I contend that under any conditions except RT play which resembles that of Erik Williams in his prime, this cap hit is nothing short of a horror show and a literal crisis for the Buffalo Bills football team.
Make no mistake, MW played well last season after he came out of his "funk." Not splendid mind you, but he certainly was a better than average RT. Now, 9.17 million dollars???????? Please. This is a higher figure than that of Walter Jones, Orlando Pace and probably even Ogden. Mike Williams has not even approached their level of play. No, not close.
This contract, as it stands, will prevent the Bills from signing a prominent free agent. It consists of more than 10% of the Bills entire salary cap allotment. It was a bad move by TD, but he has also made some great moves.
I have the feeling that this will be resolved one way or the other before the season. MW seems to have us over a barrel, whereas cutting him would cost us a ton of dead cap money. He also does not have to renegotiate as did Moulds because even if he were to be released (which wont happen), another team will give him a big bonus.
I dont know how this will work itself out, but under ANY conditions, a 9.17 cap hit for Big Mike is nothing short of a football "sin!"
Any thought on what should/will happen?
The cap hit is large, but that is what happens with a high first round pick later in his rookie contract.
Question is whether or not to extend Williams deal. Is he reliable enough to extend? He played better last season, but he also showed up to camp in bad shape and it carried over into poor performances during the early part of the season.
The other issue is how much a right tackle is worth. Certainly not what he got in his rookie contract. This was part of the argument when he was drafted.......even if he's All-Pro he's overpaid at those kind of dollars because he's just a right tackle. So, in essence, in a re-negotiation he may be asked to take a "paycut" just as he could/should be entering his prime.
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Absolutely. I was one of those people. But now those issues are also about improving the team, not about how to bring Bledsoe up to an effective level. The bar has been raised pretty high by the likes of NE and Pitt (29-3). Bledsoe isn't good enough. The correct approach is to respond pro-actively as I believe Donahoe is doing. After watching Bill Polian stubbornly refuse to correct obvious weaknesses in the Bills teams of the early 1990's, I'm happy to see this aggressive approach.
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Reality check:
AHL = practice time
Calder Cup = worthless gimmick to create the impression that the league is actually about wins and losses instead of what it really is: Finding a way to offset the NHL's player development costs by getting hockey fans to pay to watch.
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True dynasties hold up to the test of time. If the Pats cease to win and play in championship games, then years from now people will scrutinize them for thier narrow victories in SB's, their lack of HOF wothy players and lack of statistical dominance.
The Patriots defense is ahead of it's time in terms of it's clever disguises and ability to cover up weaknesses, but the brilliance of scheming does not necessarily hold up to test of time. Ten years from now every decent team in the league might be as sophisticated defensively.
I'm not trying to take anything away from them, they are a great team in the truest sense of the word team. But so were the Dolphins of the early 70's, and when people talk about dynasties and great teams, they always jump to those Packers, Steelers, Niners, Cowboys and sometimes even Redskins before they start to give credit to the only team to run the table for an entire NFL season. Of all the multiple championship teams, these Pats most compare to those Fish.
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Josh Reed will be back for another training camp, but even the most loyal Reed supporters(including me) don't have much faith anymore. Aiken will be entering his 3rd year and sometimes this is how long it takes before a WR steps his game up. He has got the ideal size to go over the middle and become a reliable target on 3rd downs.
Other options...
Freddie Smith
UFA willing to fill the role of the 3rd WR
I don't see a low round pick coming in and filling this role and I don't see the Bills using a 2nd or 3rd round pick on a wr.
No. The love for Aiken is unwarranted. He is not that fast or quick, drops too many passes and has a history of injury (Aiken=Achin'). He makes plays in practice, but not in the games. If Sleepy separates himself from Fast Freddy and the 7 stiffs in preseason games and that translates into being the #3.......great, but right now he's JAG.
I would say he is about a 50/50 to even make the team because he is in the vulnerable position of not being a top 2 receiver, not being a kick or punt retuner and not being an exceptional kick coverage man.
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I disagree because I think it was important for the Bills to get back some self respect and create a winning atmosphere. Losing is contagious, and while the Bills won some games in 2002, they've been toothless in the Donahoe era until the second half of this past season when they learned how to win on the road and acquainted themselves with killer instinct. Bledsoe did his part by managing games, making some plays and not turning the ball over at inopportune times in that stretch between the Baltimore and Pittsburgh games.
Despite Ben Roethlisbergers success, it seems unlikely that Losman would have been able to play well enough for the Bills to get back on the winning side of the ledger. Losman is talented, but his track record in college was not one of efficiency. He took a lot of sacks, turned the ball over a lot and his teams were not terribly successful. A year on the sideline, seeing first hand what being an NFL QB entails was probably the best thing for him, IMO. Hopefully, he can step in this year, hand the ball off, hit the open receiver and make a play with his feet from time-to-time and allow his teammates to win the games while he is learning the ropes.
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IMO....Moulds and Evans are the best duo in the AFC east and Moulds is teh best WR in the division!
Santana Moss, Deon Branch(who i still say is average) are the only two guys you could even make a case for so moulds is still the class of the AFC East when it come to wideouts and to be hnest Id take Evans over both Branch and Moss since hes a rookie and had just as good numbers as moss/branch!
Branch, Patten and Evans are better. None is elite, but all are better at this point.
Moulds has lost explosiveness and his hands went from inexplicably inconsistent for much of his career, to awful this season. He's never been the type of receiver who can make the tough grabs either, which magnifies all the easy ones. What it adds up to is that Moulds is a drive killer. His career numbers have not been commensurate with his talent. He has passed his share of blame on QB's and OC's, but every time he kills a drive with a drop or "non-catch", he costs himself not only THAT catch and THOSE yards, he misses out on further opportunities that drive could have created.
Branch, Patten and Evans don't drop the easy ones, make some amazing catches and keep the chains moving and as a result are just more efficient.
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This is unbelievable. There are HUNDREDS of players using steroids. To chastise one who admitted to it is ludicrous. People have been cheating in sports since the dawn of time and I for one applaud him for apologizing and wanting to move on. If you think there are only a few using then you are fools. Do you think there aren't football players getting away with using roids? Then you are an even bigger fool. There are always ways around any and all testing. Get real...
Sammy Sosa out-does them all. Juicing and corking at the same time. Brilliant!
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Spikes and Fletcher are a lock without question..are we satfisfied with the production of Posey though? he was brought in to be a situational pass rusher, yes I know he rarely makes a mistake and he's always in the right spot, but he doesn't show the same intensity and flare that takeo and london show..he had 1 sack last season and 39 solo tackles..I think the only thing that would save his job is because Jerry Gray likes him and he's a team player, being in the right spots all the time..I mean I wouldn't complain if he was to return as the starter on that side which he probably will..but I also wouldn't complain if we were to bring somebody in who shows the same intensity and grit like fletcher and spikes have..
How bout Akin Ayodele from jacksonville? I like this kids intensity and fire when he's on the field..not to mention he's coming from a pretty good defense in jacksonville..his tackle production is higher then posey's in a 3 season span and he'll bring some youth to an already firey linebacking corps..
thoughts?
They could use an upgrade on Posey. He's not a liability but he's not special. Not getting any younger either. Depth-wise, the Bills are good. Big Josh Stamer fan.
Second half of preseason games is Stamer-time!
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I had a very Indian-sounding guy call me the other night in the name of Chase Manhattan. Introduced himself as John Smith. I axed him if he was related to the pilgrim who was stickin' pocohontas. He just kept talkin' so I guess not.
Good, LOOONG article on this year's draft
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Having to come up with that dough is a small price to pay in the long run for the players association not contesting the draft. So the Niners have to take one for the team. Considering the good fortune they've had and all the times they've illegally circumvented the cap etc., who cares?