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True, Romo to the Pro Bowl tore the fabric of the football universe. Now the football gods have been appeased and the universe is back in sync.

Couldn't agree more.

We lost on the first series when after a huge return, moving the ball to the 13 getting a huge break after failing to convert with a penalty to the 3, then throwing 2 out of 3. Stupid play calling, just stupid.

Yes, especially if you can get DSL and use the threat to get the lower rates from RR. Dish top 80, includes NFL and RR "lite" (available only as a retention tool) costs me less than $60/month.

Exactly, college QB's, in fact any college players are a crap shoot, sometimes you win and sometimes you roll snake eyes. No player is a sure thing till they prove it in the NFL. By the way, most considered Plamer a bust till he evolved into a decent QB last year, his 3rd year.

and so was Ryan Leaf...and Jeff George...and Todd Blackledge...and Tony Eason...and......

A weaker team that is playing the Colts...run the ball, eat the clock, don;t give up big plays, make the Colts be patient and not score a lot of points and give yourself half a chance. I bet you'll see just this plan against Indy for the rest of the season. Losman is at best adequate, but this week's gameplan was the right one against that opponent. When you have a 100 yard back and are never more that a TD down against a vastly superior team, its hard to argue that the pass run mix wasn't OK.

Although the refs were far from perfect, they did not lose us the game, but they assuredly influenced the outcome. McGahees knee was down, but in pro ball, the spot is where the ball is when the knee goes down, that was a bad spot, let alone the extra yard and a half on the NE spot where the official couldn't walk a straight line. There was no illegal block on the pick, its called covering your stupid mistake (blowing it dead). The one that really hurt was the blatantly obvious offside that was ignored prior to the safety, another five yards and we punt rather than give up 2. Getting boned by officiating in NE is the norm, you need to be able to overcome that and today we just wern't good enough to do that.

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Hello, We are holding out annual friends and family fantasy football draft tonight. It is an online draft through Yahoo. We are two teams short of the 10 needed. Please e-mail me if you are interested and send me your AIM name as well so we coordinate if needed. Thank you! justinpoplawski@hotmail.com

A new owner means this team will be someplace else. This is a new front office made up of solid football people and they deserve their chance. RW is dead on right about the CBA and more and more owners are coming to realize it. The draft was solid and both 1st rounders will contribute, "impact" players from a draft are few and far between. Though not with the big names many would like to see, substantial improvement has been made on both lines (Fowler, Triplett, Reyes). Though I would agree that the Bill's are a long ways from being a contender, I think there is a definite direction and identity being developed. I just hope that it comes together before a small group of greedy owners who lack the slightest bit of foresight destroy the game.

Opinions make the world go round. I don't know who will be a FA over the next several years and past years are no indication of the future. Seems to me a FA by the name of Dilger won a SB and you already mentioned Delhomme. FA, trade, whatever, there is no need to waste a pick on a QB this year, especially this class. Like it or not, there is already a 1st round QB on this roster. Brady Quinn? One decent season, flash in the pan or reality who knows. He would have to have one heck of a season to be a #1 and thats a long way off.

No way should the Bill's draft Leinart or any other QB yesterday. After squandering 2 of the last six 1st rounders (Flowers and Williams) and losing a year on each of two others (Losman [rookie QB] and Mcgahee [injury]), the Bills's needed an impact player with this year's first pick. 1st year QB's are not going to make an immediate impact the vast majority of the time, especially the top 3 this year. What happens 3, 4 or 5 years from now is irrelevant. The Bill's can go out a buy a FA QB who they won't have to invest develoment time in at any point. They should have, however, traded down and reveived another pick, probably still getting their guy.

Wow, someone who writes for his own website calling a Buffalo News reporter and the AP hacks. This guy is about as bright as a half watt lightbulb

So many so called fans jump on the cheap bandwagon without even knowing the facts. The Bills are 19th in total payroll and 21st in median (2004 data). That means they are about middle of the pack and don't throw money down the drain on 2 or 3 ridiculous salaries. Teams that spend a lot more include the Texans (3rd overall) and look what they have. Its not just how much you spend but also how you spend it.

There is a world of difference between cutting a 1st round draft pick and a 7th rounder or UDFA. No one gets cut in the NFL without a battery of data from high school, college, combines, scouts and interviews. Data isn't the problem, talent and potential are more critical.

Actually, overall career numbers are quite comparable: Parsells 163-123-1 (.569) 11-7 Playoffs Gibbs 140-76 (.640) 17-16 Levy 143-112 (.560 ) 11-8 Bilichek 99-77 (.562) 11-2 Noll 193-148 (.552) 16-8 Johnson 80-64 (.555) 9-4 http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/index.htm

I disagree, far too many times I see officials trying to spot a play from behind or making a call from a position from which it is hard if not impossible to get it right. As far as accountability IMHO it does make a difference if your job is your career and feeds your family rather than it being a pastime and the compensation is "drinkin money". Again, in my opinion, ther other major sports have fewer problems with bad and missed calls and do have more consistency. An ump may have a high or low strike zone, but if its in that zone its a strike and players can adjust. The NFL doesn't give the players that ability. There is inconsistency in calls within a game let alone between crews. Even if it only helps a little, a multi billion dollar industry can afford it.

A. Fitness and age - most refs are middle aged or retired guys who are unable to cope with the speed of today's game. Turning officiating into a true, well compensated career attracts younger more fit candidates. Just like the game, there is not substiute for speed and conditioning. B. Accountability - far too many NFL officials are retired guys who don't need the pitance the NFL pays, there are financially secure with or with out the ref gig. Fines and even firing are really meaningless. C. Consistency - yes refs watch tons of tape, but seldom are they all together, in a single location, working on how to get better. That is what is done with them in the "off season". One crews pass interference is anothers incidental contact, one's down by contact is another's fumble. The NFL needs to work on enforcing the rules with some semblance of consistency. You simply cannot do this with PT officials, there is not enough time. Between seminars, rules interpretation and nuance training, you can easily fill an off season. When the season is underway, they could be at camps watching and discussing how things will be called, mentoring players and coaches. Good luck doing that with paid by the game guys. D. Not really an PT/FT issue, but the NFL should go to the college method of replay as far as officials. The replay official in the booth should be the guy to review the call and make any decisions, not the guys on the field who missed or messed it up to begin with. Not only removes the inherent disincentive to go against themeselves, but speed up the game. The reply official should also not be a member of the crew to eliminate that conflict.

And Santa and the Easter Bunny will be by later.

This is an Mark Gaughan lack of promotion thread

Sounds like someone's friend's brother's cousin's neighbor, here is the quote "channel 4 says that their souces tell them that ted was in for an interview today for the dc position. hope it went well"

Good question, no one else seems to have it.

At the time he was here, Chuck Knox

Until someone questions his call and he goes whimpering into a corner.