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I own three handguns, a rifle and a shotgun. Competitive shooting is a hobby I've participated in since my early teens.

Yeah, in a way. I love the underdog, and if T.O happens to help the Bengals take out the Patriots or Steelers in the playoffs, yeah I'll enjoy that immensely. For as much criticism as the man has gotten, he has never run afoul of the law. Ever. I respect that in light of fans hero worship of the likes of Ray Lewis, Ben Roethlisberger, etc. And, he was a good soldier in Buffalo last year despite everything that went wrong.

At this stage, I wouldn't be surprised to see him in a Colts uniform.

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The league would make money hand over fist if every team had throwbacks only for an entire season. Each team picks one home throwback, and one away throwback and that's what you play in. Fans would vote on which ones, best ones win. Fans then proceed to spend ridiculous amounts of money buying jerseys, hats, etc. For the Bills, it'd be interesting to see which era of throwback would win, or it'd be a mix of the blue home jerseys and the nice white 80s/90s away jerseys.

Love the title of this thread.

I agree in part. However, the Titans nearly beat them despite Warner throwing for over 400 yards and two touchdowns. The Titans defense completely neutralized Faulk, which I believed that Buffalo defense could have done as well.

Indianapolis and Jacksonville were very beatable. I'd say we would have had a shot at St. Louis. For all the firepower that St. Louis had, the game was largely a defensive battle.

Exactly. I think that period of time, those 16 seconds, changed the franchise for the next decade. The fall of the empire began that day.

What ifs on coaches? I'll pass. The what if I'd want to see is "what if" nothing out of the ordinary happened during those 16 seconds on January 8, 2000.

Present: Snatching defeat Future: Jaws of victory Seriously, this is the most frustrating, stress filled team I've ever rooted for. I kinda like that though. The adrenaline was running in my veins in that Buffalo/NE game last year.

Certainly isn't profit. Profitable teams are usually mediocre or lousy. I think of the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Pirates are a profitable operation, in the black for six or seven years in a row. Make money hand over fist, but fields one, if not the lousiest teams in baseball. Same for the Clippers in the NBA. Same for the Arizona Cardinals for decades.

Right there with you on that one.

The wheels fell off before the bus rolled out of the station. The combination of Jauron's micro-management of the offense, Schoenert's abrupt dismissal and putting a very inexperienced AVP as OC (on the fly) plunged this team into chaos from which it never returned. Injuries just magnified the collapse from epic to cataclysmic.

I'm a Spurs fan so I don't really care what goes on in the East, but I don't see this Miami Heat experiment lasting more than a year, especially if the Heat fall short of the goal, getting knocked out of the playoffs at the same juncture that Cleveland did this year. This is not the Boston experiment....it looks more like the Karl Malone/Shaq/Kobe Lakers. The "games" of the Big 3 don't mesh well. Three massive egos, only one basketball.

Bill Polian and Wade Phillips. Firing Bill Polian was one of the worst decisions in sports history. Firing Wade Phillips, in my opinion, triggered the epic collapse that the team recovers from to this day.

The Jets never live up to expectations. LT has nothing left in the tank. He's got about three years of mileage more than Thomas Jones had.

The first game. It sets the tone. New coach, new offense, new defense. How the team plays in that first game is huge, especially if it's like last year's MNF opener, where we had the game, and the feeling of impending doom was sweeping into the room as the seconds ticked into the 4th quarter. It'd be incredible if Buffalo either came out and destroyed Miami or closed out a close game.

I'll go along with that.

I wouldn't trade for McNeil. He's got spinal stenosis. Way too much of a liability to sign to a long-term deal, which would be a condition of any trade, I'm sure.

Count me in on RJ. I always felt he was the John McClane of Bills quarterbacks. He got lost in the chaos of the final act in the collapse of Rome (Bills supremacy). Wrong place, wrong time.

I am very impressed with Easley. Looks like a total ball hawk. If you compare the practice videos versus this year, you'll see the differences instantly. The "new" offense definitely has a click and electricity to it. Ed Wang really needs to cut that hair. He can't pull off the long hair (and earring) without looking like a woman.

I was with Haynesworth until he took the bonus check. If he hadn't taken that check, he'd probably be with another team by now.

I agree. I only see Lynch going to Seattle in a trade ala Philadelphia/Denver/Detroit earlier this year. Question is...what trade partner would want Leroy Hill, arguably Seattle's bes chip in a trade?

I thought this would be a thread about Rosenfels, who will probably be dealt by Minnesota. Quinn. No. Rosenfels. Maybe. Intriguing.