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a teaser taking the bills +12 and chargers +9 looks pretty good to me.
i also like:
over 32 in TB/CHI
philly -7.5
kc -3.5
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NFL refs could learn something tonight. MLB guys got it right twice. way to go guys. and that has NOTHING to do with who i'm rooting for. these were the right calls.
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yes...cheating yankee bastards!!! way to go umps.
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this has got to be the weakest post i've ever read. your "team" is losing in the 7th inning so you post a "congratulations red sox" message? what a moron and pathetic bandwagon fan. i didn't really care about this series; now i hope the red sox bury the !@#$ing yankees. of course, that won't happen; the red sox weren't meant to ever beat the yankees when it counts. but you are a pathetic "fan" regardless.
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it's about time. i've always thought that the sabres were much too hard on their employees and needed to lay off....
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I don't see any tip-toeing either as both MM and WM have made it clear drom their statements that Henry is the starter.
Perhaps what you really might mean (I don't know what you really mean since your statement is the opposite of what MM and WM are saying) is why doesn't MM name WM the starter ecause WMs stats are better?
There can be a number of good reasons for this beyond merely koweowing to TH:
1. WM isn't ready to start- So far so great as to WMs progress, but he his embarking on a long road back from a brutal injury and impatient fans demanding that he start last month simply doesn't match the reality of his rehab. WM is a first year player and even under the best of circumstances it is not the norm that a 1st year player starts. Recovering from his devastating injury is clearly not the best of circumstances even for a top 5 player.
He only began to show his burst of old two weeks ago in practice and it seems counter-productive to his rehab to immediately give him starter responsibility. I think that taking a week to see how WM heals from getting smashed around by the Fins without the pressure of him reporting I'm fine put me in coach as most athletes do when given starter responsibility seems by far to be the prudent thing
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2. MM has always wanted to use both of them alot- If this is the goal, creating a firestorm in the media by strongly endorsing the illusion that Travis is going to sit seems dumb. Both runners seem to be the type who get stronger as the game goes on and it will be a trick to give each 10-15 carries per game and see them develop a rhythm rather than giving one RB a definite 25 a game. However, if the two of them develop the ability to play together so a D has difficulty keying on either they both will be more effective. This is difficult to pull off but the benefits if it works would be huge. Miami in the old days found away to make it work with 3 RBs (Csonka, Kiick and Morris) sharing the running duty to a flawless record so imagining the two of them pulling this off is not impossible.
3. In the modern NFL with injuries keeping two starters at RB is a good thing- The key here for the TEAM is not to get caught up in the soap opera of who are you going to use exclusively but to get caught up in the football reality of how do you use both players most effectively. Even if you decide to trade TH, demoting him because you judge him to be not a good player does not enhance his trade value. A gentle transition moving from TH starting to naming them co-starters, to finally trading one of them (probably TH) to obtain a new quality back-up and/or draft picks seems by far to be the way to handle this situation.
i think my point was clear. while MM (and WM for that matter) both said TH is the starter, i believe this was done out of respect for TH's ego despite the fact that in all facets of play this season WM is performing at a higher level. thus, they're "tip-toeing" around the real issue -- that the best player should be on the field.
of the three points you raise above, i think #1 is the most credible. perhaps WM isn't really ready to shoulder the full load yet. #2 doesn't work in today's era. too many egos and high salaries. we're not talking about giving a 6th round pick some carries in a game; we're talking about a high 2nd rounder and a late 1st rounder. the reason why denver's scheme works is because shanahan takes a bunch of nobodies and plugs them in.
TH has been a gutsy player, no doubt. but 4 years into his career he has not developed into the complete player he should be at this point.
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i heard shannon sharpe yesterday talking about playing for mike shanahan and shanahan's policy regarding injury replacements. he said, essentially, that if the player who replaces the injured guy comes in and performs BETTER than the starter was performing when he was healthy, then the replacement is now the starter. period.
WM has played better than TH this year. in the 5-6 quarters where WM has been the featured back, the bills have scored 27 offensive points (and bledsoe's numbers have been much better). in the 14-15 quarters where TH has been the featured back, the bills have scored 30 offensive points and bledsoe has been a tackling dummy. most importantly, the bills WON with WM. does anybody who has watched this team honestly think that TH would have gotten the tough yards WM got to keep drives alive? even going back to the jacksonville game, WM was eating the clock on the 4th quarter drive and had just done the same thing (getting 4 yards on 3rd and 3) before the "phantom" holding call on villareal snuffed out the drive.
coincidence? i think not. i really wish mularkey et al would stop worrying about TH's ego and put the guy in the game who gives the bills the best chance to win right now. TH is not a "great" player, and the bottom line is that the bills have not won anything significant with him.
and besides, it was pathetic seeing TH sitting on the bench in his parka sunday pouting after WM starting controlling the game in the 4th quarter. this is not a "team" player, folks.
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How can you not love a play like that? Both times Bledsoe hit McGahee in stride, and that little gimpy pecker (you know, the one who clearly proved TD is a moron for picking him) took that sucker for key first downs on both occasions.
The best part of that play? We didn't run it a third time and have it blow up in our faces.
It's been a while...but that was fun today.
you said it. it's really strange how a guy on a gimpy knee can continually push the pile forward for an extra 2 yards, isn't it?
kinda makes you think the bills might have a special player on their hands.
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I have to admit, as much as I like Mularkey, my respect for his approach to the team continues to go in the wrong direction. Shaw's release was so fuggin transparent...a desperate move of a desperate team to send a message that they're not going to tolerate mental mistakes. But the team's 3-season stretch of losing has already told the world that they ARE going to tolerate mental mistakes. I've run out of ammo to defend the Bills front office.
We just solved a serious problem for them. They had 2 healthy receivers. Now they have 3. Watch him produce, Mike.
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oh no!! the patriots signed shaw!! now he will give away all of the bills' internal secrets and strategies that have enabled them to go 4-0 and establish themselves as a super bowl contend......umm, forget it.
<yawn> it's really sad that you're letting something like this bother you so much. shaw meant nothing to the bills. who the hell cares if new england can get some use out of him? and if the players were shocked by the move, that's not a bad thing. the atmosphere has been too "cushy" at one bills drive for too long.
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i'd go w/ mcnair. palmer's been too inconsistent, and in my opinion you just don't want to go against the pats' D unless you have one of the "stud" QBs (manning, culpepper, mcnabb). hasselbeck's good, but in a close call i still say mcnair.
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i disagree. you've got to field a lineup that you expect to score the most points, period. how can it possibly help you if you sit a player and his replacement scores fewer points?
that's just illogical. sorry, buftex.
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herman edwards has been ripped for his poor clock management in the past. he needed to do this.
the bills' clock management has been very good so far, in my opinion. for example, the fact that they were able to keep nearly a minute on the clock following the jets' FG. of course, i didn't expect bledsoe to take a sack on the very first play. or maybe i did?
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i really can't believe this fugging thread. if you people are going to whine and moan because the patriots may be picking up a player who is USELESS to the bills you've really lost all of your marbles.
what is buffalo's record w/ bobby shaw? what the fug has he meant to the team?
geeeeee---zus.
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who are the clayton patriots??
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i'm looking forward to seeing a WR trio of moulds, evans, and aiken on the field before too long. reed will be next on the chopping block.
bobby shaw? he won't be missed.
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your post is neither clever nor insightful. the bills' OL did NOT lose the game yesterday, and in fact played very well.
drew bledsoe, untimely penalties, and travis henry's inability to pick up blitzers or stay on his own two feet lost that ballgame.
(OT) Boston v. NY Game 6 Thread
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what are the odds on clark ending the series right here?