R. Rich

EXACTLY!!! AARON BROOKS HIMSELF COULDN'T SAY IT BETTER.

AWW, DON'T BE LIKE THAT!

We're playing that stingray that did in Steve Irwin?

It seems to be all the rage today. I didn't know Sidbuff was on today...

I hear the same kind of whining, complaining, and excuse making on my job from claimants. Good thing; job security.

Sorry, but I couldn't get past this part. Too ridiculous.

Beautiful, Daniel. Finally, someone gets it. It's not about pointing the finger @ people, it's about remembering how we're all Bills fans and not putting any fan above another. It's these kind of posts that will bring us together and not keep us divided.

I'll be staying @ your place.

Damn, sorry I missed it! Hope you had a great one, JR.

They've certainly had some success, w/ those guys, the recently departed for Baltimore Keydrick Vincent, and earlier w/ Leon Searcy, who struggled @ first, but then developed into a really good lineman-good enough that the Jags gave him a huge contract to jump ship. Of course, Pittsburgh was also the last stop for our former Pro Bowl tackle Will Wolford as well. The beginning of the end for the Bills was when they let him and House Ballard go in free agency. Now Brett Favre knows how Jim Kelly felt @ the end of his career.

10 Days And Counting!!! Almost time! I'm psyched. Only one more day of work (after today), then I start my week and a half vacation!!!

Actually, we took Conlan 2 spots ahead of Pittsburgh, who took Woodson. The player in the middle of the two? The late Jerome Brown. RIP.

My memory isn't so great, either. I do remember that, going into the draft, I was hoping the Bills would get Woodson, but when they drafted Conlan, I was happy about it. For my favorite NFL team to draft a star LB from my favorite college team, I was good to go. I don't remember if a trade was involved, though.

...to one of your other posts about this topic, Darin.

True. Still, gotta love the effort he put forth. And I'm still on the lookout for a cord cap from the '86 Fiesta Bowl. I should've bought one when they were out; now I can never find 'em.

Yeah. I think the sim tries to be as close to the NFL stats as possible, meaning that even though I put a much better OL in front of him, he still got crushed. My fault for waiting so long to take a QB, but I had to make sure I got my defense set up the way I wanted it. Yeah, for all the good that did me. Conlan was okay. A bit overrated though, as every LB from Penn State is.

His mom was nice enough to send those emails lobbying for my Pro Bowl vote.

They were the best I could do @ the time. It's tough to get good LBs, especially ones that fit the 3-4 scheme. I think my front 7 was solid, but my secondary, except for SS Adrian Wilson, was bad. My corners (Sheldon Brown and Travis Fisher) weren't much to get excited about, nor was my FS (Marquand Manuel, after I benched Josh Bullocks). Also, my offense left a lot to be desired: LT Jones (good) LG Mulitalo (ugh!) C Meester (solid; Jake Grove is the backup) RG Snee (good) RT Barron (good, but young) TE Stephen Alexander (not much) WR Moulds (about 80 catches but only around 700 yards and 4 TDs) WR Mason (nearly 90 catches but just over 800 yards and 3 TDs) FB Pass (not bad, just wasn't able to use him as much as I wanted) HB Dunn (the bright spot of my team: over 1,300 yards and 8 TDs) QB Carr (Aaaaagh! Only 2,500 yards, 12 TDs, 15 picks, and sacked 63 times!!!)

What do I know? Not a damn thing. I say this because of the following: I have a team in a PC sim league (like a combination of fatasy football and franchise mode on the Madden NFL games). When we did our draft, I had 2 top 10 picks. The first one (6th), I used to take LT Walter Jones. The 2nd one (10th) I used to take RICHard Seymour. I made Seymour the pick w/ the intent on having my team play a 3-4 lineup. In later rounds, I added in LBs Bart Scott (man, does he look great in the early going of this year), Morlon Greenwood (solid, not spectacular) and Hunter Hillenmeyer (actually wasn't too bad; best coverage LB I had), not to mention the dynamic 3 of the Chargers, meaning DE Luis Castillo (good young player, nice compliment to Seymour), NT Jamal Williams (THE main reason my run defense gave up just 3.3 yards per rush) and the jewel in the crown, LB Shawne "Lights Out" Merriman (3rd in our sim league w/ 18 sacks). I thought for sure I was going to have a Steeler-like defense that would stuff the run, neutralize the pass, and create the kind of turnovers that would allow my offense to dominate. Well...... My record in our just completed year? 2-14 Obviously, I don't know jack about football.

Oh come on now, can't you come up w/ an original Star Wars reference or allude to how poor our OL has played lately? What's w/ the positive vibe here? Don't you realize where you are?

There isn't one player on that list I'd put above Seymour. As I've said before, he is the Pats' x factor. When he was out of the lineup (sacred cows Brady, Belichick, and Vinatieri were all still there), the Pats did not look good. Once he returned, they made a strong push for the championship that came up short in Denver. Unfortunately, people want to measure DL in terms of sacks, but there's more to it than that. Sorry, but I happen to believe that Seymour is indeed the top DL in football now, the Bryant Young of his era.

April show it is. Who knows? Maybe our paths will cross before then.

As long as it's not the weekend of the New England game (Oct 22nd), I'm down.

A very happy birthday to one of my best friends on the Wall. Psycho Ward 86 echoes my sentiments. Have "C Dawg" give you your spanking today.

You may live to regret that.