The Jokeman
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On NFL Total Access they reported that the Cardinals only want a 3rd round pick for Anquan Boldin. That seems to be a very small asking price even if we don't sign him to a extension. We need help in our WR core and Boldin would fit in nicely. Thoughts??
It's not just the 3rd we'd have to give up, We'd also have to give up a big salary for a guy who's struggled with injuries for most of his career and doesn't seem to be considered a second thought. While I think he's better than Lee Evans and welcome him here I'm not sure and he and Lee could co-exist.
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I'm surprised I didn't see it mentioned but the ending to the original Saw ranks up there for me.
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Satan took it as a downpayment from Sid.
I didn't think Miroslav played in the Olympics and pretty sure he's not on the Penguins this season.
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I hate to bold my own replies but did anyone else notice the burning cross during that scene?
Yes, I noticed it but didn't know what exactly to make of it.
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I don't like sunny-side up. Way too runny. I'm a poached or over-easy kind of guy.
That's why you make toast with eggs to sop up all the gooey goodness.
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Many will say this was a Sayid centric show but it seemed to me Dogen played a more vital role or might it be in some way or form Sayid and Dogen are the same person? As his conversation with Sayid about balance and people made me start to wonder about the scale in Jacob and the MIB's cave and their prior discussion on the beach. Not to mention with all these parallel stories that perhaps some of these "people" aren't different after all. Perhaps Jacob and MIB are representatives of our conscience and we get to decide which side to go with. Sayid apparently went to the dark side because he seems to listen to Flocke and kills Dogen and opens the flood gates as it were allowing for mass exodus that followed. So if somehow Flocke is killed then a new balance can begin with new set of people? Jack AND _______ ?
Once again children play a big roll in things. Dogen's kid allowed to live and Sayid taking care of his brother's kids. Cindy with the kids. I'm wondering if the whole theme of the show might simply be is don't let Others raise your children. Others can take many forms be it people, the media etc. Or a theme that there's so many forms of entertainment out there as by watching this show you start to explore things you might otherwise not explored in terms the world of religion and other books etc. Perhaps the show is a social commentary to be more then just a tv "viewer" as look at how much time we've spent on this show outside of just watching it? I don't know perhaps I'm just philosophizing as I really not sure what to think.
Jin being locked up in the freezer reminded me of our buddy good ole Ben when he was captured by our Lostaways in S2. As it's no doubt Jin has mafia ties and it seems that in the sideways universe most people are "better off" then they were in their prior life. So he might be a boss now then just the killer. Also I think his "No English" might be front since the opposite of Sun speaking English would of course be Jin speaking it.
Dogen emphasizes to Sayid to make sure Flocke doesn't talk to him before trying to kill him but sadly Sayid doesn't get the chance because we hear "Hi Sayid" before the knife plunges through Flocke's chest. And of course Flocke doesn't die. Then it opens a lengthy discussion in which Flocke pretty much reveals he is in fact the devil. Yet when Kate "joins" Flocke's group he has yet to say a word so to her. Does this open up the door for Kate kill him or perhaps she can't due to not being a candidate?
Again I don't know if this episode answered many questions or is just leading to something next week?
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GM gives a clue on Olsen
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Greg Olsen | Bears | Interested: Patriots?, Bengals?
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TEs under Martz's guidance
* 2006: Jon Kitna completes 372 passes for 4,208 yards and 21 TDs. Detroit's leading TE is Dan Campbell: 21 receptions, 308 yards, 4 TDs.
* 2007: Kitna completes 355 passes for 4,068 yards and 18 TDs. Sean McHugh is the leading TE on the Lions, catching 17 passes for 252 yards and no touchdowns.
* 2008: Shaun Hill and J.T. O'Sullivan combine for 309 completions, 3,724 yards, 21 TDs. Vernon Davis has 31 receptions for 358 yards, 2 TDs. In 2009, Davis makes the Pro Bowl with 78 receptions, 965 yards and 13 TDs.
Thoughts? With T.O. gone it would be great to have another semi viable option to throw to, not to mention take some pressure off the QB. Would they be willing to take a 3rd for Olsen?
If we use your guidelines let's look at Gailey's O when he was last a HC/OC. Which was in 1998 and 1999 in Dallas.
* 1998: Troy Aikman/Jason Garrett complete 272 passes for 3,546 yards and 17 TDs. Dallas' leading TE is David LaFleur 20 receptions, 176 yards, 2 TDs.
* 1999: Aikman/Garret complete 295 passes for 3,278 yards and 20 TDs. David LaFleur is the leading TE on the Cowboys, catching 35 passes for 355 yards and 7 touchdowns.
Also if look back at his times as OC in Pittsburgh/Miami I can't recall off the top of my head who their TEs were so they probably didn't pick up great numbers but if want to research go ahead. The only exception is 2008 as KC's OC when he had Tony Gonzalez who is one of the best TEs to ever grace the football field.
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Dallas in the 90's started off rebuilding by getting a QB then adding the pieces around him. Amazing how that works out
With Steve Walsh or Troy Aikman?
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You can't really judge this show by season as every season builds on prior seasons. That said S2 might be my favorite because it introduces us to Henry Gale and also starts to give us many of the back stories of some of the characters we've come to love and hate. I have to say I agree with UConn James as I was never a big fan of Ana Lucia on the whole.
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Through work, I've spoken to Keith Ellison, Roscoe Parrish and Ed Kilgore to name a few that I can recall. Most recently spoke to Jeff Simon and shared a laugh over Alan Pergament and he told me not to see Shutter Island.
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He's played NT with Pittsburgh, he is coming off an injury but might be a bargain NT to pursue since almost all the big names are off the market due to getting slapped with franchise tags. At the very least he could prove to be some strong depth behind someone we may draft in Round 2 (as hoping against hope we take Bulaga first) or later.
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those three cuts just freed up $13 mil......
Ummm all of said players were due to be UFA so they counted $0.00 against our 2010 cap.
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Chris Chambers' Bills connections:
Former college teammate and roommate of current Bills #1 WR, Lee Evans at Wisconsin
Buddy Nix was the Assistant GM on a Chargers team that brought Chambers in for 2007 season
Worked with Chan Gailey during 2009 offseason with KC.
Chambers did next to nothing in San Deigo. The reason he joined the Chiefs is because the Chargers cut him. I'll admit he did better in KC but part of that was due to getting playing time with Dwayne Bowe's suspension but let's not forget that Gailey wasn't calling plays in KC last year. In terms of playing with Lee Evans at Wisconsin, to me that means next to nothing. Also his biggest drawback is he mirror's Lee Evans' ability. Instead we need someone that compliments it. Kevin Walter from Houston might fit that being he's 6'3" and over 200 lbs. Yet if going to look at KC connections one WR I mentioned before and think we could end up with is Bobby Wade, as he should be able to replace Josh Reed and Roscoe Parrish.
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This is what I said the first time I commented on Maybin and I hate to call a spade a spade but it might just come true:
I have a bad feeling we're going to take Aaron Maybin to use at OLB and provide a boost to our pass rush and ultimately turn into a bust.Here's a a link to the original thread.
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Wonder if, in the sideways flash, Jack has that scar on his back. Or if he has the "He walks among us, but he is not one of us" tattoo from "Stranger in A Strange Land." Did those things happen? Or did they happen differently?
Claire didn't say when her father [Christian or MIB version?] told her this. Christian/MIB could have told her shortly after the freighter mercenary's siege, and it was a cool three years and one body invasion later that Flocke again told Claire the Others have Aaron.
Jack's tattoo was visible in his scenes with him in the jungle/lighthouse so they still exist but how they occured/what they show again has yet to be revealed.
The question is if MIB was pretending to be Christian, why the sudden change when as Flocke, that he'd reveal to her that he is in fact not John? Of course to counter your question you proposed is when did he become Claire's "friend"? as if it was recently he didn't have a choice since Sawyer would have most certainly told Claire who he was. Which brings up another question, why wasn't Sawyer with MIB last night?
Jensen does a good write-up --- he's gotta be watching the eps in advance. I find it hard to believe he comes up with this overnight. Nice bit about finding the [Free?] Will. Some great dissection of the multiple father-son lines shown here.He's gotta have some advance notice as I can't see how on earth he could make all those connections in less than 24 hours.
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Jack has a son in the sideways flash, named David Shephard. Had been wondering if Jack was still with Sara in this storyline. We don't find that out, but it seems a good bet. Jack's mother implies that David is afraid of Jack, vis-a-vis how Jack was afraid of Christian. Crank up your Harry Chapin albums! For a minute there, I thought Jack was going to find David hanging in his closet. What was the writing on the sheet music?
You must have missed when David mentioned to Jack early on that he only in his life once a month. Which should have revealed that Jack wasn't with his ex wife. I couldn't read the top line of the hand writing but it was something like STVRT p/u pace & tempo, I'm guessing it's a red herring.
And so, the lighthouse isn't meant as a literal guide. The Lighthouse seems to be the place to keep visual tabs on all the candidates. And it doesn't matter what the lighthouse points to, whoever's meant to come will come... it just mattered that Jack saw what the Lighthouse does. But why, then, does it show Jack's boyhood home rather than where he lived most recently? (Also, what was the first image Jack saw flash by?). Maybe following Jack around didn't matter anymore b/c there was enough to guide him to the island.As duey noted the first building looked like some kind of Asian building, likely Sun's childhood home since Jin was poor. It seems like Jack's destined to replace Jacob since he protected the island when smashed the mirrors. Hugo's comment about 7 years bad luck was interesting.
Dogan in real life. Hmm. And Jack didn't remember when he got the appendectomy. Perhaps the Losties were flashed in similar nature back onto 815 but with their 2007-->1977-->2004 appearance. Their memories are merged, similar to Desmond's in "Flashes Before the Eyes" or better yet, the knowing smile as he walked away from Penny's flat in "The Constant."Jack seeing his appendectomy scar and Claire stitching up Jin reminded me of the season 1 scene of Kate stitching up Jack.
Adam & Eve make a re-appearance. Nothing further revealed besides Hurley stating what every viewer has thought for quite a while. 'This could be two of us.' Everyone and their brother (including myself) was saying that it was Rose and Bernard. But, they seemed to flash out of 1977 just the same. Doesn't seem to be them. We've also been told that there's not going to be any more time travel stuff. My new theory is that it's Charlotte and Daniel, placed there possibly at different times (what timeline did Charlotte actually die in?) as they died in the flashes.Adam & Eve are still a question mark in my mind.
See, I'm thinking that her friend is actually Christian Sheppard...she see's him rather than John like everyone else. Perhaps MIB takes a form that suits his needs with each particular person or group?You missed part of what Claire said, she said something along the lines of "First my dad told me they took Aaron and then my friend told me they took him too". So the question is, has MIB changed bodies or not? All this time it seems to be the answer was yes but now I wonder since Claire seems to think they are two different "people". Unless of course he shifted from Christian to Locke to manipulate Claire. If he did, it wouldn't be a total surprise since he seemed to shift from Alex to Locke to manipulate Ben.
The question I'm surprised no one is asking is, Who is Jacob's friend that is trying to get to the island? I'm guessing it's Desmond since remember a comment from one episode that the island isn't done with him yet.
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they have ever seen a Bills coaching staff of this magnitude before? This could be a very good mix of experience and youth from the college ranks. Looks like Ralph is spending some dough here. Any other thoughts on this? Haven't the Bills been notoriously frugal in this area before?
I hate to be negative but look at that coaching staff again, we have a retread HC who wasn't on anybody's radar. Yet I think Gailey might prove me wrong because he has been a regular season winner where ever he seems to go which is a positive sign. Hopefully he can fix the offense. His choice of OC is a guy taking his first shot ever at the position and the same with his DC. Yet what also worries me is said HC/DC are ready to blow up our D despite it being #2 in the NFL against the pass and #15 overall despite being God awful against the run. That said I'm happy to see that we do have an OC AND a QB coach. In other words no someone sharing the position. Yet all and all I'm not overly impressed.
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If the Bills are seriously going to go 3-4, a NT is a definite and it seems like there's quite a few half way decent ones in free agency. I'd love for us to land Wilfolk because of his youth and also take it to the Patriots in the same vein but honestly think he'll be way out of our price range. Instead we might go for an overaged Hampton and/or Ferguson.
My REALISTIC wish list:Chris Chambers, WR (Knows Gailey, good friends with Evans...fills the #2 WR role),
I hate the idea of Chambers, he is a Lee Evans clone ie best suited as a #2 WR but teams keep thinking he's a #1 when he's not.
Levi Jones, OT (At the very worst, some quality depth. At best, our starting LT)
I don't mind pursing him.
Cornell Green, OT (Gives our tackles another veteran)
I thought he was due to be an RFA?
Wade Smith, OG (Another depth pick-up, knows Gailey from time in KC, has played all 5 spots on O-Line)
Someone has to replace Seth McKinney, so why not.
Ian Scott, DT (Got his career back on track during spot duty in San Diego)
If we kept playing the 4-3 perhaps pursue him for depth to replace McCargo but don't see him as a starter especially in the 3-4.
Dwan Edwards, DE (Really underrated player from Baltimore's stout Defense)
Underrated but overaged.
Tully Banta-Cain, OLB (All he did was get 10 sacks in his first full year starting)
Overrated, he strugged with San Fran and that's why he went back to NE where true he excelled but have to wonder if it's the Belechek magic.
Joey Porter, OLB (Experience at 3-4, knows the D-Coordinator)
Stopgap but might be worth pursuing if Schobel retires but is he really a free agent as thought Miami ended up not cutting him because of cap concerns?
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Clady from Denver at LT or Freeney at RDE from the Colts
The man who has been opposing we take a LT in the draft selects arguable the best LT in the NFL as his top player to acquire? Quite ironic I say. In terms of my choice LT Jake Long, as it give us the LT we lack and cripple the Dolphins at the same time. Although Clady is a better LT.
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I remember starting a thread before the 2006 draft that the Bills should draft Miles Austin in one of their mid to later round draft picks. I don't watch a lot of college football, but I live in NJ and I remember reading up on this guy from Monmouth and was blown away by the video I eventually saw on him. I felt compelled to put the word out. Austin went undrafted and eventually signed with Dallas...
Before you say I probably made a hundred of those type of threads, sorry but that was the only one that I can ever remember making. Anyone here have a similar hidden gem story? 2010 hidden gems?
I don't have the time to search the board but the one that came to my immediate mind was Ahmad Bradshaw RB Marshall, Could be a sleeper. Granted he's played in as just about as many games as Lynch and only accrued only half the yards but one has to wonder if given more carries would he be better?
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No he won't have. He is completely brain dead. The Curse of Flutie.
Yeah the curse that divided Bills fans, there's a reason I started a site called Flutie Haters when he was first signed and still hate that little sob. It's ironic but last year the same thing happened as we "won" when Ryan Fitzpatrick was in there but what did we really win? a few meaningless games that at the end of the day didn't mean squat.
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Anyone who supported Johnson over Flutie should punch themselves in the face.
Why? because some of us we'ren't short sighted to see that Flutie was just a band aid on something that needed something betterr? I think Alex Smith is proof that sometimes QBs take a few years to develop and find themselves in this league. RJ was an average QB yet did show glipses at being something better. Perhaps had we let him play more in 1998 and 1999 he might have developed on the field.
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Yes she did and it also seems as though Slocke and his father get along in the sideverse; that begs the question, how did Slocke get in the wheelchair if that's the case?
Since everything in seems reversed, I'd guess something happened between Slocke and his mother when he was a child.
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Just a couple of quick hits, after a lot of you guys had some real nice writeups:
What if Jacob is bad in this entire scenario? We're led to believe he's the "good" force in this battle, but its quite possible they pull a 180 and make jacob the bad guy.
Maybe Littleton is crossed off the list in the cave because it's aaron and he didn't come back to the island. (at least during normal time, not sideways reality).
Lapidus seems to have a Charon (from mythology, the boatkeeper who ferried souls across the river styx)-type of role, ferrying the Lostaways back and forth to and from the island. I have no doubt that he'll pop up in sideways reality in some type of role.
I can't take credit for remembering this but someone from another Bills/LOST board mention remember hearing Lapidus called a candidate by Ilana? In terms of his sidetrack let's not forget he was originally the pilot intended to fly 815 perhaps he did in in sideways he actually ended up doing it or perhaps be the woman of Claire's couple ex husband but that's just grasping at one of my older notes and trying to tie it to something.
OL Smith visits Bills
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Actually I think he'd be more like Seth McKinney v 2.0.