richNjoisy

Thanks!

http://www.buffalobills.com/news/news.jsp?news_id=3568

As far as I know - there has not been any word on what a new collective bargaining agreement would have in it that is different from the current one which expires after next season. Are you saying you have heard particulars of a possible new agreement? Can you provide a link?

PTR: My recollection is that he was considered HIGH character - a monster blocker who "loved to pancake" his opponents. I have never seen a bad review (except from a few here at TBD who claimed they knew he stunk before he was drafted) at the time he was drafted. McKinnie was also considered a "sure thing". I sure hope the next collective bargaining agreement includes language to limit the amount ROOKIES can get. These high draft pick busts are hurting the game. -RichNJoisy

Looks like any coach named "George" will give us a 75% chance of nailing a winner!

Nick - c'mon. April not only is the best ST coach in the league but he also is respected by every player on the team and - my god! - actually gets them to play with heart. don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. Keep McNally too by the way

PTR - I am not sure the Bills HC job is as much of a "dog" as some here (such as you) are stating. At the very least, let's look at where the other HC openings are and then rank them objectively. The openings are St. Louis, Houston, New Orleans, NY Jets, Oakland and Buffalo (Green Bay, Kansas City, and Minnesota have already filled their coaching positions). Oakland : 4-12 last year and you'd be working for Al Davis. If the Buffalo situation a worse choice? Houston: 2-14 last season. You will have David Carr, Reggie Bush and Andre Johnson but no defense. Still, you will have a full 3 years to turn this boat around. Better than Buffalo I grant ya New Orleans: What a mess but you'll have Leinart as your new QB, McAllister as your RB and a decent defense. Of course, you may have no place to play......... St. Louis: A good situation with an aging core perhaps. A good place to coach IMO NY Jets: An absolute mess. Questions at QB (durability), $29 mil over tha cap with a terrible defense and no offensive line. Their run game has to be dealt with (Martin turns 100 next season). Plus there's the NY media to deal with. Worse than Buffalo The Buffalo situation is problematic more in terms of administration/coaching than it is player skill. The Bills are in good shape capwise. They can be in great shape IF management (the weak point) can optimally deal with Mike Williams and Eric Moulds. Free agency is a huge issue: Can the new "GM" and the other "GM's" do a good job filling in holes on the offensive and defensive line AND handle the Nate Clement's decision well? At the skill positions, the Bills are set (except for 3rd stringer Reed who needs to be resigned) at WR, RB, LB, and CB (except for the already mentioned Clements and Moulds issues). Some at TBD are clammoring for another QB signing. I disagree unless someone can be got on the cheap. Losman should compete with Holcomb. The Bills must deal with the line on both sides of the ball as the absolute priority of this offseason. They also have TE issues. A VETERAN head coach, should not be unwilling to take this team AS IS and make it play 500 ball. Above 500 is the trick. There is no doubt in my mind the Bills could get Haslet tomorrow. But do we want him? I DON'T want him but he is not a disaster merely a poorer choice. The advantage of bringing Haslet in is the speed at which it can be done and assistants signed. I prefer Jim as DC. There are several veteran coaches out there: Mariucci, Fassel, Rhodes, Sherman, Capers, (Reeves?), Turner (no!), Jauron plus Haslet. Promoting Gray IS an option (not my favorite). That is more head coaches than openings available. Plus, as I have said, the Bills situation is not the worst in every aspect. A STRONG , veteran head coach would see this as a decent opportunity that is well paid. Not too shabby a situation. -RnJ

I agree Mark - I was FURIOUS JP did not play in the final game UNLESS it is revealed he was hurt - but how could that be if he was "probable"??? I am relaxed assuming the Bills will do two things this offseason: 1:) Sign topnotch linemen in FA - (Why? I think ralph will open his wallet WIDE to do so) 2:) Draft Linemen early Hey mark and John from Hemet, chime in - Is it true the frnachise charge for CB's has dropped to $5 mil in 2006. Does this not make it a slamdunk that Clements will be franchised? If so, would you keep him for one year at that price or trade him? If trade, would you accept less than a 1st rounder? My answers: Franchise him and only trade him if 1st rounder. Also, sign him to 5-year deal if it amounts to around 5 mil per year cap hit (or less early and more late). -RichNJoisy CNJBBB

My wife and I both saw it (and TIVOed it) on Christmas morning. Haven't seen it since. I KNEW a few Bills fans would see it as an insult (that we are losers). We saw it VERY differently - that it was a very funny depiction of the ravenousness of the Buffalo community for all things Bills. I know my emotions go up with wins and down with losses. That's a FACT This was a tribute to those fans IMO. (Even if the people who wrote the commercial think otherwise) -RnJ

I know your trade (Abraham to Houston) seems logical as he is a very good player but everyone in the "business" knows that the Jets have no choice but to let Abraham walk - they are 30 mil over the cap not counting the huge money Abraham will insist upon. Thus, your trade is way over-valueing Abe. I see no way that the Texans trade the rights to Bush away unless the deal is INCREDIBLE. Trading for a very high (and IMO over) priced DE for ONLY 1 pick would be great for the Jets and terrible for the texans. The Jets will not get Bush

Five teams have a chance to finish the season with the worst record and get the first pick in the 2006 NFL draft. Ties are broken by measuring the strength of schedule. The team with the weakest schedule get the best draft pick (note that SOS is based on games through week 16) Team Next Opponent SOS Houston(2-13) @ San Francisco(3-12) .556 New Orleans(3-12) @ Tampa(10-5) .507 Green Bay(3-12) vs Seattle(13-2) .520 Jetssuckssuckssucks(3-12) vs Buffalo(5-10) .547 San Francisco(3-12) vs Houston(2-13) .573 Soooo, for the Jets to win the BushBowl, they must lose to Buffalo (doable) and Houston must beat San Francisco. Also, New Orleans must beat Tampa (very unlikely) and green Bay must beat Seattle (certainly possible since Seattle is sitting everyone this Sunday) The most likely scenario, IMO, is Houston "wins" the Bushbowl by losing to San Franciso, New orleans comes in second by losing to Tampa. I still think Green Bay loses against Seattle's third string. Under this scenario, Jets get the fourth pick in this April's draft. Bills will draft around 10-12 I think. That Tennesee third round pick is looking awfully "tasty" these days! It should be around 68-70 so Bills will pick at ~ 12, 44, 69, 76 (Howsabout 3 offensive linemen and 1 defensive tackle??). Keep Gandy, Peters and release Williams, Anderson, let Teague walk. And STILL sign one free agent offensive tackle at least.

If you are interested - aa small contingent of CNJBBBers will be tailgating. I guess I can vouch for them when it comes to your daughter Let me know and I will provide you with email addresess etc. My wife and I are hosting at the club site (Bills Central) Our next planned visit to WNY won't be until next August (boo!)

I knew some people would take offense at the ad I loved it - yes, the Bills lost (and the implication was AGAIN!!) but I loved how they "ACCURATELY" showed how the city itself (and the very world around us!) lived and died Bills red, white and blue. The depressed are healed and the lame walk. (I particularly LOVED the wheelchair bound octegenarian who started gyrating on top of her chair after the "score" Yep, pretty accurate. To each their own, my Buffalo Bills friend.

I liked how the old woman in the wheelchair jumps up miraculously and starts gyrating!

Bill - are you really this savvy? If so, kudos to you. This would mean, however, that you were critical of the pick when it was made and objected at that time to what he was paid. Is that the case?

The Mike Williams bust has been devastating. One change I hope that is in order is for the new collective baragining agreement to limit rookie salary and bonuses. Rookie busts ALWAYS hurt the teams that draft highest due to the incredible bonues being paid to top 5 - to - top 10 picks. Busts are happenign all the time (or injuries) and then you have gobs of wasted money on your cap. Williams was as guaranteed a pick as you could have chosen at the point he was taken and still he ended up a bust (by the way, I wish we could avoid the christmas rush and release him now). Having said this - I agree with JfH - build the meat of the line and give JP some time to throw. PLUS, train him and the receivers for the blitz response throws. If Ralph wants to win "now" he has to force his GM to draft linemen and sign FA linemen. I don't know who will be available yet but that has to be the focus this offseason. With his injury, Edwards should be relatively cheap. Should we resign him? -RichNJoisy

Bruschi can play center AND DB while still playing LB. HE IS A GOLDEN GOD

I heard that Bruschi set the leg - I know he was playing in Miami at the same time. God's can ANYTHING I wonder why he didn't simply heal it? hmmmmm

There were so many moments! First was when the Bills finally scored a TD (Davis around the left end) you could ALMOST audibly hear everyone in the crowd giving a collective (sarcastic) "yaaaaaaaaaaay" (with circling finger over their heads.....get it?) On the highlite reels - you can see one guy dumping TONS of confetti up in the air after this score - probably because, like everyone else - he was trying to be funny amd thought, "might as well get it out now, I won't be needing it again" Then the shock of the Oilers NOT expecting an onside kick after the score. Didn't everyone expect it? Guess not. Then, the idiots thought we would do one again after we scored right away after the onside kick (score was then 35-17..... Beebe's I think) Hello? Duh? We wree almost in the game then. An onside would have been STUPID. Then it became the Reich to Reed show. The biggest moment the 4th down TD from about the 18 yard line to make it 35-31. I was SHOCKED we didn't kick the FG. When Reed caught the TD I almost jumped through my ceiling. -RichNJoisy

I do.....for that and other reasons! -RnJ

My two cents: My wife (RevNJoisy) and I attended the last two games before heading back to wet NJ. Both games were close and both games had opposing fans seated near us. Both games had drunks all around - a few more in the Jet game by a samll margin There WAS a lot more "banter" but IMO the Jet fans were insane - unless they wanted to fight. They were CONSTANTLY chiding the fans around them, shout JETSjetjetsjets after any positive jet play and calling for penalties on the Bills after every play. None of them near me were beat up but halfway through the second quarter I turned to my wife and told her to be ready for a brawl. Even my wife and another female fan in front of her finally got exasperated and it was THEY who started the JETSsuckssuckssucks over and over. Rude? Yeah. Called for. Wellllllllll......... I'd have to say, Yes! In conclusion, the Jet game was drunker, ruder by Bills fans but the Jet fans insisted on coming into the Ralph and thought they could chant their "slogan" and insult eevryone around them in Bills colors. Not in our House. -RnJ www.cnjbbb.org

RichNJoisy and RevNJoisy will also be at the game (and next week's too) Rock! Our plan is to park at Hammer's. We will look out for you and hopefully make it over ot Lot 1, pole 5 too. Go Bills! -RnJ www.cnjbbb.org

Update: - Cox Won't Play this Week -- Thu Sep 15, 2005 --from FFMastermind.com # The Tampa Tribune reports CB/KR Torrie Cox practiced with the Bucs on Wednesday, a day after he was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence -- his second such arrest in nine months. But HC Jon Gruden said Cox would not play in Sunday's home opener against Buffalo. "His future status will be decided upon later, but he ain't playing in this game," Gruden said. As for Cox's replacement, Gruden said WR/PR Mark Jones and RB Michael Pittman are the top two candidates for the kickoff return job.

On the other hand, at bb.com, here is last week's injury report. http://www.buffalobills.com/team/injury.jsp Parrish is listed as OUT Could be that either ESPN page is not accurate OR that the report that Parrish was listed as questionable last week was inaccurate OR that the bb.com page was updated and change after the questionable report was first issued Anyway, I will watch the bb.com page for an update. -RnJ

not so interesting then more like, annoying