Just in Atlanta

Hey kids, thought you might appreciate this. In Atlanta, we have an inch or so of snow, 2 to 3 in the burbs. The entire city has been gridlocked since 1. Like 3 hours to go 1 mile gridlocked. I've never seen anything like it. People are leaving their cars on the side of the road to walk home, or to the nearest bar. Some school systems have cancelled busses, leaving the kids at school -- maybe for the night! On my drive home, I saw two cars that went over embankments -- we couldn't drive more than 5 miles per hour! -- and three people run out of gas. Not that they're bad drivers; it's just everybody leaving at once in a mid-sized city, and the city not having snow removal equipment, and the fact that the asphalt they use here lends to black ice easier. In contrast, in Utica once, I remember the snow drifts were higher than our front door. It'll be funny to see how the NFL and fans react if it snows in Jersey next Sunday.

Nooooooooo! I don't think guy is another Wanny, though -- fit it up! -- but it's likely he won't get crazy with the blitz schemes as much as Pettine.

People like him want to see racism behind any corner and an America like Mississippi Burning. Plus, the guy is a pretentious, nasty douche.

Steps to going to the Superbowl: Step 1: Draft good. Step 2: ? Step 3: Win the conference championship. At least we know 1 and 3.

Wanny was a one-trick pony. Wedded to the ridiculous notion that you rush four and live and die by your front four. Ridiculously predictable. OCs and QBs nowadays are too smart for that crap. I do hope Scwartz is like Pettine in that regard.

Hybrid or not, the primarily 4-3 was a disaster for us. Then again, so was the 3-4 a year prior. I think what made this D successful this season, sans giving up the big runs, was aggressiveness and creativity. That, and a whole lot of sackage. I hope Swartz brings these elements to this unit. Does anyone know what kind of scheme he ran for the successful Titans?

In light of his playlist, behold, Punishment Due.

According to an infographic put out by BB.com, Swartz likes Megadeth, Judas Priest and Motorhead. I'm warming to this guy already.

Superbowl. Or doooooomed. Nothing intelligent to say here. Detroit D seemed aggressive, but not cohesive to a casual observer like me. But maybe the same can be said about the Bills this season. Why can't these guys stick around for more than a year? Good grief.

How many years was he with the Hawks? This is a young team that's been through too many defensive transitions. Pettine worked. And well. The only downside, and it's correctable, was giving up too many big runs. This D was one piece away from being elite. I've got to think any new DC will at best lead a stagnant D, but I've got to think it takes a step back. Wish they had hired Hacket. That guy needs a few more seasons before he can hang with Billichick.

Tough pill to swallow. He was the only sure thing we had. Not bullish on this defense moving forward next year. Hopefully, I'm wrong.

At least we don't have to watch Miley Cyrus twerk all over the place. BSSM was my fave album in high school. Like most bands, they went pop-y and soft. To those vying for Metallica, isn't going to happen. Too small of a listening base, and their music hasn't been enjoyable to most metal heads since the Black Album.

You, sir, will likely never be convinced, on this issue at least, that you possess faux collectivist intellectualism and race obsession. He acted like a thug. You can read into that whatever your obviously enlightened mind wants to. Edit: Directed at the guy who instigated the above response, not Jauronimo.

Smith told authorities he got the hook because he was black. All I need to know about this guy.

Funny, my (real) re-occuring dream is we are playing the Titans, and Fitz has super-human abilities. He's throwing it from his side, dropping bombs, he's catching balls, leaping over defenders, spinning, doing flips, even covering our receivers. Every time he jukes a defender, he says "Whoop!" in a high voice. My dream, but I'm not in control here. I clearly have a deep Bills psychosis.

Wait ... you mean the Bills are allowed to play in the playoffs?

And if he says something the NFL doesn't like, he'll get fined again. Goodell is a control freak, and is turning the NFL into a sterile money-grabbing experience. Agree, the catch rules are insane. I've seen so many awesome catches ruled back due to "not completing the process." Also think pass coverage rules need to be loosened. It's so hard to cover receivers nowadays without being ruled interference. Too many rules are !@#$ing this wonderful game up.

We need to give Manuel another year to develop and see what he brings. We also need to draft a QB -- early -- and see what he brings.

It would be foolish to NOT draft a quarterback in the first. Manuel is 50-50 at best. If it's Johnny F or someone else, it needs to happen.

Ralph 14:25 -- "Throw ye lowly serfs a sacrificial lamb and watch them rejoice." Next up: The Gatorade boy. Dude could never get drinks quick enough. Get r done, Buddy Whaley. Utterly bizarre play -- perfect pass and wide open -- and a fitting microcosm of this team.

The average college freshman would've been nine years old the last time we had a winning record, five years old the last time we were in the playoffs, and likely wouldn't have been born the last time we won a playoff game. Face

6-10 baby. The most consistent slightly-below-mediocre team in the NFL three years running.

Blount is dope.

For joy that he's being thrown to?

I'd make the guy hitch-hike back to Buffalo.