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I don't see how the NFL avoids the whirlpool of trouble from having one of Chicago's largest drug operation kingpins on one of its football teams. This could be the NFL's version of the Pittsburgh drug trials.

Unfortunately for the NFL, I think this is about to become a very big deal.

All I'm saying is that I don't buy the magical powers of the 30 year old Jets intern in the Aaron Maybin: Extreme Makeover show. I do feel however, that his success with the Jets would be replicated on very few teams. I think Maybin is a system pass rusher. He's an Elvis Dumervil or a Calvin Pace, a skill set for a very precise type of defensive scheme. Maybin fits the Jets. Good for him and good for them. However, I'm not faulting the Bills for cutting him. You cut non-productive players.

The part-time "intern" did not somehow magically elevate the alleged "professional" football player to greatness. It's a cheap article. As other posters have suggested, the Jets have the far more talented personnel surrounding Maybin and the schemes that benefit from the talented personnel. You put Maybin on the Rams or the Patriots and you get the Buffalo version of Maybin. It's just that the running back that would pancake Maybin has to worry about the talented MLB or DB barreling down on his QB on the blitz.

I don't think RGIII will be there. Even if Indy picks Luck, somebody will take RGIII or get into postion to get him the top 5. Besides, Fitzpatrick is only as good as A) the parts around him and B) the plays being called. Even the greats would struggle missing their starting center, running back and your second wide receiver. Even the greats would have a hard time getting downfield if the defense knows what's coming. Those two things conspire against Fitzpatrick more than anything else.

No Kate Beckinsale? Salma Hayek? The list is noteworthy in not being all that diverse, so there's no Halle Berry or Ming Na, either. I agree on Jamie Lee Curtis. I'd also throw in Jessica Lange.

Sure there is, but you don't think he's isn't the #1 priority for the Texans? I just don't think he'll make it to the free agent market.

The Colts have very limited resources at this point. They are a small market team stretched by massive stadium debt and massive contracts. If they've got to pay a #1 on top of Manning, Freeney, and the rest of the big contracts they've got, in addition to paying down a high amount of team debt, their ability to dish out a big contract to one guy when the team has numerous holes, is too, limited. That being said, I'd go for Colston at WR from New Orleans and/or Campbell on the defensive line if the Cardinals are both insane and too cheap to resign him. I'd draft outside linebackers.

...go find me some outside linebackers.

If you invest in Fitzpatrick, part of that investment is in the receivers, and it's obvious SJ and Fitzpatrick are often on the same page. For me, all those catches against Revis demonstrated the man has talent as a WR against top shelf cornerback talent.

I don't think Bill Cowher coaches in the NFL again, even if the Giants job opens up. He's been away too long and he wouldn't be able to get the band back together of all the assistant coaches that really made him into the "great" coach that many perceive him to be. He gets paid a lot of money to talk about football every Sunday. It's far better than working nearly 24 hours a day coaching a football team with expectations the size of a mountain staring down at you. Expectations, I might add, he did not have to deal with in Pittsburgh. Wherever he goes, he'll be expected to win and win yesterday.

I think it was a good move to sign Pears. Consistency on the offensive line is certainly an advantage if you can keep it.

I agree to a point. Gailey is innovative. Problem is, in the NFL, you have to continue to innovate. Once he finds something that works, he sticks with it regardless if it remains successful. That will be his ultimate downfall in Buffalo if he doesn't change that about himself as a professional coach. In the NFL, it appears the coaches who do well have a skill to adapt to changing circumstances versus being innovative. For example, Andy Reid....probably an innovative coach, but a snail to adapt. Martz...innovative, but doesn't adapt to available personnel.

Gailey's press conferences are as predictable as his offensive playcalling. If he runs the same plays in the same order against Miami that he ran in the last game.......against Miami, I'll be on that wagon to see him fired.

We'll probably beat Losman. We'll probably beat Tebow and the Broncos and Jesus, the national media and Christians everywhere will hate us for a little longer.

Ralph should hire TBD to do the draft. We'll use Astrobot and his DraftTek "thingy" and we'll vote on available players. Boom or bust, we'll either take all the credit or blame. Come to think of it, that'd be on hell of a way to involve fans in the franchise. Drafts are picked by popular vote by the fans.

A young defensive tackle with extremely low mileage with a bad back? He'll always be limited by injury. He won't be 100% for long durations. He'll spend more time playing injured or not playing at all. The back is as important as lower body strength for a lineman. Unfortunately, it's one of the most delicate, complicated parts of our bodies. You combine weight, physical stress and impact, and it takes quite the beating. Troup may be talented, but he had back issues in college and for that reason, the Bills should have steered clear of picking him so high in the draft.

I'm with JR 100%. The offensive gameplan is very predictable. Opposing defenses have been knowing what's coming since the Bengals game. Coaching fixes this. Gailey's ego, in part, killed this team this year. Running the same plays, even in the same order, regardless of their success and personnel available to execute it. This happened at GT and it had happened when he was in Dallas. It was just that in Dallas and Tech, the talent was good enough to get the job done most of the time. I give lots of credit to John Fox. I'm sure he's had to swallow his pride by the pound this year with Tebow. However, he's won by letting Tebow do whatever it is he's doing to help win football games...instead of calling out "his" plays and making Tebow adjust simply because he's head coach and that's what he's there for. In my opinion, Fox should be COY. As for the defense, it goes without saying, a new (and experienced) coordinator and some new pass rushing OLBs would make a world of difference. I don't blame Johnson and Kelsay for being bad at linebacking. They've been playing out of position. Both were linemen in college at Auburn and Nebraska and in the pros before somebody decided to throw them out at linebacker, a bad move from the words "I have an idea..." You get a pass rush, even your mediocre cornerback instantly gets a lot better. Dareus has been an incredible pick. We'll need another homerun in April 2012.

As I've said in another thread, the watch started today. No coach should survive the season if you lose nine games in a row. And that tells me it can't be all pinned on injuries or overall lack of talent. I'm a fan of Gailey, but it's on him to find the answers. I cringe every time he says "I don't have the answers."

Today began the Nix and Gailey watch. If the team finishes 5-11, as much as I am a fan of Gailey, he deserves to be fired. As a coach, it's on you to find the answers.

I don't see Luck going to Indy because I don't see Indy keeping the #1 pick.

I don't buy the simulation as it's currently configured. I think RGIII will go to Jacksonville. I wouldn't be surprised if he went #1 overall.

What people don't realize about the Colts situation is that they don't have a lot of room to pay top notch talent with the contracts they've got on the books and still make a profit. They are very fortunate to have rookie salaries capped. Even with that, paying a #1 draft pick while paying Manning, Freeney and the rest of the gang is going to make it very difficult to fix that roster, especially on defense. Just not enough money to go around to fix every position of need. They don't bring in a lot of revenue. From the revenue end, they are being pushed by the debt and operating the football team in Indianapolis, not Dallas. It is inevitable the product on the field will suffer. Too much debt and too long of a lease at Lucas to sell the team, and if your revenues stay the same, you cut expenses like big contracts for players and coaches. Indy was fortunate to ride an all world QB for as long as they did. That's why the best bet is to keep Manning and trade for lots of draft picks...a mix of 1st, 2nd and 3rds. that you can afford to pay and keep on the roster for a couple years.

Detroit Pistons in the NBA. Oakland Athletics in MLB. At least Pittsburgh and Baltimore have nice stadiums to make a buck. In the NFL, I'd say the Colts. Ridiculously high amount of team debt with little in revenue resources like the Eagles and Redskins have. Lots of bloated, nearly immovable contracts that will prevent them from doing much of anything for a few years, especially if the salary cap continues to go up.

The Colts need defense. Judging by their games this year, they are missing 11 men on that side of the ball. I don't think Indy trades the franchise icon. They sucker some team into a HerschelWalkercopia of draft picks because a bidding war erupts between teams who see Luck as the once in a generation QB.