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The folks who want to do some Oceans 11 complicated trade to get RGIII didn't watch a game last year. It was the defense and a lack of depth that led to many of those losses. RGIII won't fix either of those problems and makes both current problems...worse by giving away draft picks. Now, if RGIII were the second coming of Bruce Smith, I might be interested.

My vote would be for Marcus Lattimore.

I'm against trading down from #10. Give me a top ten talent.

Teams talk to a lot of players to... ...not only find out about the player, but more importantly, find out about their teammates they have genuine interest in. When I see the Bills talk to a player they have no shot at getting like RGIII, it tells me they have some unique interest in perhaps a Baylor offensive lineman or wide receiver.

Carl Weathers.

I have been fascinated by the Bills injury bug the last couple seasons and trying to figure out the why and how. Conditioning coaches have changed, so it's not the same program. Could it be the practice and game day turf? There's a variety of studies that state that there are more ligament and joint injuries on turf versus grass. It appears that the majority of Bills player injuries are lower extremity ligament and joint injuries. When you consider that some players play on artificial turf from high school to the pros, that's a lot of wear and tear on ligaments. I've wondered if NFL injuries would go down if every NFL field was grass, and turf wasn't permitted. In the absence of that happening, you'd think the NFL or teams would spend time figuring out devices to minimize the rip/tear movements of the legs and feet on turf like a lightweight booted shoe that extends up past the ankle, mandatory knee braces for linemen, etc.

You guys that are high on Mercilus and Coples don't pay attention to what Nix has already told you what he's going to do with that first round pick based on the Spiller and Dareus picks. Draftniks are drowning in data and stats and not paying attention to the tendencies of the man doing the drafting. Nix doesn't draft one year wonders or guys out of creampuff conferences. He's going to pick a player from a southern conference with a demonstrated track record of productive years with no off the field issues. He wants a player that's played against competition that best mirrors NFL competition. He wants a player that's produced for more than a year. He wants one that works hard and stays out of trouble. Both Mercilus and Coples fail that basic litmus test in one way or another.

Going to be real tough to be a fast, quick safety all bulked up like that. Maybe professional wrestler. Or future Planet Fitness commercial acting career.

I'm pretty sure I've deleted all of my offending spoiler posts. You can have your thread back, girls.

If you want to read a pretty good tale of the US military versus zombies, check out the paperback "World War Z" where the military goes face to face with millions of zombies in Yonkers, NY in a full scale engagement in the early days of an outbreak. The book is being made into a film, with Brad Pitt as the star. If the movie pulls off the Battle of Yonkers, it'll be a blockbuster. As for the Walking Dead, zombies outnumber "alive" humans 5,000:1.

See that's the thing...I'm not sure he has a full beard working. I thought of Jeff Fisher, but he shaved the beard when he was introduced by the Rams.

With how injury prone Vick is, Eagles fans stand a good shot at really seeing this airplane crashing into a train crashing into a tanker truck of gasoline on the tracks for numerous games.

He's in the Coples-zone, even as a second rounder. His intangibles are such a liability, they outweigh the talent. Talent is no good if it's not on the field or unmotivated.

It's a good look for him. If I were him, I'd keep it. Would he be the only NFL coach with a beard?

What should be spoiler tagged? Any information that you aren't personally aware of? How am I supposed to know what that's going to be? Why do I have to police your spoiler settings? Just don't read my posts. Keep scrolling. I'm not going to talk about a show and wonder "well, aj may have not seen the first 4 minutes of the show last night, or did he? Or maybe he won't watch the show until next Tuesday? Perhaps I'll just wait until next Wednesday to talk about the show." Lets get something straight, I'm not trying to ruin your watching or posting experience. If you only watch the 41 minutes of show, no promos, no webisodes (which are outstanding), didn't read the books, read no magazines (EW covers the show so much nearly ever issue's got something), no online content and avoid AMC with the exception of Sunday night, well that's nearly everything I've ever discussed on here. Some people in this thread have read the books and know more about the show and want to talk about it. The show gets a ton of media exposure. A spoiler to me is inside knowledge not publicly released. A spoiler isn't discussing source material, either, in this case, the books. I haven't seen the shows ahead of time nor do I work on the set. For example, 24 had a fan site when the show was on, and had somebody who worked on set releasing information about the shows that not yet aired like which character does what, who gets killed, what happens in step by step fashion. It wasn't publicly released information. If you want real spoilers, that would be telling you what Jenner said to RIck. Or who specifically dies. Or where they go in Season 3. Or how 18 miles ends. That information has not been publicly released, but it's been spoiled by crew and is out there on message boards, etc. I haven't discussed any of that.

When the majority of people are unarmed sheep, the few with guns have immense power. They are a projection of force. Most criminals are scared to death of encountering resistance in a burglary or a robbery. If you're going to rob somebody's house, would you rather rob a house in Chicago or DC or in rural Texas or rural Pennsylvania? In Texas, you're almost guaranteed to be greeted with the homeowner and a shotgun or a handgun, more than ready to use it. In my neck of the woods here in Pennsylvania, there was a case last month of an elderly gentlemen jogging in Reading, PA, one of the nation's most poor cities. He gets jumped by three kids trying to rob him in broad daylight. He shoots two, kills one, defending himself. Half the problem is that firearms are treated as a taboo subject in many parts of the United States. A generation of kids have grown up never learning how to properly use them and respect them and understand their value as a tool in defending yourself.

Again, they are only spoilers if you are living under the rocks with the Geico guys. All of this information is on AMC's Walking Dead homepage, tvline or deadline.com or especially, the promos that run at the end of each show. Robert Kirkman is interviewed by nearly everybody from the LA Times to Entertainment Weekly. The show regularly gives out information. AMC's screencaps or the photos I talk about are from the promos that ran in advance of the February 12th mid season premiere or right after last week's show. Like right after. And I'd agree with the good Dr. in that the books are far superior to the television show. I've read nearly the entire series myself. There's no novel discoveries here, only discussion of information widely released.

Confirmed on the new character and character deaths. There are four episodes remaining, with the season finale on March 18. AMC released a picture from the next episode that reveals that the farm will indeed become compromised in some fashion before the end of the season. In fact, the discovery of Randall, the kid who had the unfortunate run-in with the fence, is a major plot easter egg. AMC also released a picture of Carl pointing an M9 at someone, which closely resembles a major plot point in the book.

By the way, Michonne will appear this year, in episode 13, the season finale. No word on what actress will be portraying her. Arguably, she's one of the comic's best characters. Three "main characters" will die by season's end as some new and previous characters reappear.

I like Meachem but I think that Garcon is the best FA wide receiver for the Bills, if I had my choice. All of the other receivers out there like your Meachems and your Vincent Jacksons have had great quarterbacks throwing to them so you have to evaluate whether they can perform without a Brees and Rivers arm throwing their way. Garcon had the equivalent of a fan from the stands throwing balls from the QB position and excelled. He has proven he can perform regardless of the skill level at QB and that is a valuable commodity.

These types of articles are negotiation ploys with the "sources". Time kills a deal. Too quickly, one side gets really disappointed. Too long, both sides get disappointed. Just right, both sides walk away slightly disappointed but generally happy. I think the timing of SJ's deal is still in good shape. Haggling is an art form.

When you think about shows "similar" to the Walking Dead, say the Mad Max movies, Jericho or Battlestar Galacitca, there was a constant push to go somewhere with a fair amount of conspiracy and intrigue to provide depth to the plot. Even Mac Max was always going "somewhere" to do "something". Even one of the more brilliant premises but lousy execution when it came to apocalypse movies, 1977's Damnation Alley, had a goal: Get to Albany, NY. That was the premise of the cross-country journey. The writers seem to be really playing up the Rick/Shane battle and it's just not that interesting while at the same time, setting up the farm up to be this impregnable fort.

I don't think KC's contract with Routt is an example of spending "good" money. It's spending money, sure. The fact remains, however, that the player had a bunch of question marks, notably, his ability to adjust to the new NFL rules (the reason for so many penalties last year) and relearning how to play CB from what made him previously successful that really made an investment in him risky. I am in the minority here probably but I am glad that the Bills did not win the Routt sweepstakes based on those contract numbers.

I would have kept Carr.

He signed with KC per Schefter.