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I'll rehash what I said on Breaking the Law today--Whoever wins, the office of the president is taken too seriously. He, thankfully, cannot introduce legislation. He, at most, is the figurehead leader abroad. He does "set the tone." But he is simply head of the executive branch of government, one of three federal branches. He cannot solve your problems with regulation. But his signature might make them worse. He works for you, not the other way around. He is a politician. On another note, surprised also at the love Gary Johnson is getting. Someday, maybe, a Libertarian candidate will be debating next to a D and a R. Think the more realistic option is for freedom lovers to push Republicans to stop being asshats on social issues, and to have them really push for less spending and smarter tax policies, such as the Fair Tax. Democrats seem like a lost cause for anyone who favors freedom over other values, like fairness. They used to stand for freedom. Their platform now is everything but freedom in every way imaginable. Unless all you care about is gay marriage, freedom lovers have two choices--one guy who will take away fewer freedoms and another guy who wants to give more of them back but has no shot of becoming president of his neighborhood association let alone the country.

The whole argument against splitting carries is crazy. We have two types of backs--one who can do it all, and the other, a small-framed guy who can break a big one at any second. Let's get over this nonsense already. Running isn't an all or nothing proposition. Why are so many people obsessed with who gets more touches? We have two assets--let's use them both more.

Awesome.

Nix has already said Chan has another year to right the ship. This is moot unless the team completely crashes and burns, which I don't think is going to happen.

Just had a vision of this zone running scheme parting our D like the Red Sea and Arian Foster skipping--literally--into the promised land.

Sorry to burst your bubble. Any rapper knows vaginy rhymes with Wanny. For inspiration...things that rhyme with orange.

PattMann, you clearly have no future in the rapping business.

Good one K-9.

Maybe The Senator can cheer us up with some sunshine-y poetry. But I'm feeling pretty down about this team right now, especially Wanny and his non-blitzing, live-or-die-by-his-stubborn ways. So here we go, my tribute to Wanny and Week 9: Fans say "mix it up." Wanny says "just fit it up." Ha, no blitz for you!

They've also turned the ball over something like 18 times, on track for an NFL record.

Thank God for Urban Dictionary. Junk and stuff: 1. junk and stuff 25 up, 60 down used in conjunction with terms such as whatnot, this and that, and whoever, to describe a broad field of ideas. milas: we should go swimming and junk and stuff. Glad he didn't say "stuff and junk": 2. stuff n' junk 4 up, 13 down genitalia of any kind. see: kibbles n' bits you'd better not forget to wash your stuff n' junk, or people won't like you.

I like the guy. Think he's done amazing things with a mediocre offense. Would love to see him as our OC next year. Don't know if that's ever happend in the NFL though. I wouldn't see it as a demotion either. He's a great OC. He (so far) has not made it happen at HC, and appears to separate himself entirely from the defense side of operations.

Well at least we finally excel at something after 12 years. Tired of all this mediocrity. If we're going to be bad, might as well be the worst.

Amazing Glad you were one of the few who didn't buy into the hype. But we already had a strong interior for a 4-3. We add Williams and sack machine Anderson, as well as a corner back draft pick that everyone was saying was the most NFL ready corner in the draft. Plus, we already had a strong safety core. Don't think it was illogical to think this D line was going to be one of the best, and that the entire team was finally on the short path to respectability. Also don't think it's bipolar for fans to express negativity. This D is on track to be one of the worst Ds of all time. No one in their right mind is saying in seriousness we need to cut Mario.

That's what I thought at first.

Depressing. Didn't think my view on Wanny could sink any lower. Chan definitely needs a bad cop foil. Hates the blitz. Poor play calling in the second half. And now, according to the reporter, unimaginative, not inspirational, ineffectual, bad teller of stories and a poor user of props. Wonder what his bright spots are.

For a guy with great hindsight, you have bad insight. In all seriousness, my mind, and I think most fans' minds, still isn't made up on him. And I still think he can be great. And I wasn't expecting 58 sacks. Fifty maybe. For the zillionth time, his comments, and the situation surrounding the surgery, was weird. Nonetheless, look forward to seeing him on the field Sunday. The 50 thing was a joke btw. thx for the explanation.

[yawn] There was drama, and mystery, and bad PR, surrounding Mario's surgery from the get-go. It's a legitimate question/concern for a Bills fan to have. Besides, Mario was supposed to be the second coming of Bruce Smith. No one outside of Buffalo Nation knows who Levitre is.

Thanks for the translation. As for the other part: Player is the highest paid defensive player of all time. Team gets fined for not reporting the injury. Player seems to go off without permission to get surgery. Player, according to ESPN, texts FO about it. Coach says he has no clue what's going on. All player says is junk n stuff. Then says team knew about it. Disagree with your analysis. And I have nothing against him, and I imagine every fan--even those whose bashed him--hopes the surgery works.

Makes sense. When I think of surgery, I think of something more serious (and invasive). Thanks for the share.

Yeah, I got surgery to help with pressure. I got x to fix y. Not rocket science, even for an atlete. The reporters were pressing him for a reason. If you really don't think this episode wasn't bizarre, don't know what to say.

Capt. Hindsight: Medical terms are one thing football players are usually adept at.

Does anyone know, or have an educated guess, what actually went down here--from a medical and PR perspective? Mario says this: "I just had it cleaned up. I mean from whatever I injured earlier on in the year. There was a bunch of junk and stuff that was in there. That's the reason why I couldn't have motion and couldn't really use it... I couldn't tell you exactly the terminology of that. I mean they cleaned it up. I wasn't awake, so I don't know. It is what it is, basically just cleaning it out." Just "cleaned up?" "Junk and stuff?" WTF is that? Makes as much as sense as Wanny's repeated use of the phrase "not fitting it up." You have an $98 million wrist, and don't know (or you're not saying) what the procedure was? And you text the front office about it? And, supposedly, they knew, but that's not what the previous stories implied. Further, the Buffalo staff weren't able to clean out some junk? (And stuff). Whole thing is bizarre from this fan's viewpoint.

Yet another way to look at it, or spin it, is the "Bills (are) among the best post-bye" as BuffaloBills.com's recent headlined blared.

Guy was running for his life behind that leaky O line.