R. Rich

The defense rests.

Reliable, ain't they?

He'd spend half the game arguing w/ his backs and receivers.

Marv loves players like TO.

Over the past few years, I've gotten so tired of everyone overusing the P word: plays. "We didn't make enough plays" has become so generic now. It seems like there's a new buzz word going around in NFL circles these days: respect. If we're to believe the quotes we get from players and coaches, nobody in the league gets any respect. As the late Nancy Marchand's character Livia Soprano would say, "Oh, poor you!" Get over it! You people are in the pros, for crying out loud! Stop your whining about how nobody loves you.

Get it from the Johnson Smith catalog?

WHAP!

As a coordinator he's not bad. As a head coach? No way.

Again, here's a guy who has the championship experience that can lead the Bills to a title. After all, he did pretty well against us in two Super Bowl appearances, one of which he was named MVP. Marv could make him a nice offer that would be better than what Fox Sports pays him, I'm sure.

Nobody knows for sure, since you never know what people are going to do in the first round, especially near the top of the round. That said, I believe it's doubtful that Super Mario will be there when the 8th pick comes up.

Rodrique Wright? Nooooooo!!!! We need a 2 gap run stuffer, not another interior pass rusher who won't hold up against the run. He seems to be more of a 3 technique rather than a pure 1 gap or 2 gap. I'd rather see Gabe Watson here than Wright. He's the Wrong fit.

There's the problem.

I'm sure he still has plenty left in the ol' arm. Let's make him an offer to come back and lead the Bills. He's got plenty of experience, and has won the big game.

Good year for you, huh? Your 'Horns win the national title (even though they lose Vince, like everyone knew they would), you win the TBD2 title, and, perhaps most important, you get to meet R. Rich!

I was going to post a message about the keepers, Tony. I was considering expanding it from 3 to 5 or 6 keepers. What do you think? I didn't know Nutcrackers was out. I'll try to catch up w/ them to get the true story.

Agreed. I wonder if they would've won even if Palmer had not been injured, w/ bad play calling like that. They looked like a team w/ zero playoff experience out there. Game effort by the Bengals though (unlike the listless NY Giants), and this loss should inspire them to step it up for next season.

Here's how the teams ended up in our second season: 10th place: dante 9th place: geggytah CONSOLATION BRACKET 8th place: Sven 233 7th place: R. Rich 6th place: JinVA 5th place: sfldave1 CHAMPIONSHIP BRACKET 4th place: Realist 3rd place: rtconner 2nd place: billsfanlevy and the Year 2 Champion Bluefire Congrats to Bluefire for a great season. I look forward to doing this again next year. Hope to see you all return for Year 3.

Here's how the league finished up after the playoffs: 10th place: wickedempire 9th place: DetoxSmurf CONSOLATION BRACKET 8th place: melo 7th place: buffalo rules 6th place: Too Old For This 5th place: Aint that a B CHAMPIONSHIP BRACKET 4th place: Chief Vaughn 3rd place: Bigg Doggs 2nd place: McGill Bill and the Year 3 Champion Heavy Artillery Congrats to Heavy Artillery for winning the title. Hey, that's me! Yay!!! Congrats to everyone who participated. The league was competitive and there were no dead teams, always a plus. I look forward to Year 4.

Well, we've finished our second year, and it was a good one. Here's how the teams fared: 10th place: Nutcrackers 9th place: Blitzing Barracudas 8th place: Absolut Power 7th place: Wu Tang Financial 6th place: Saratoga Swingers 5th place: Pro Bowler and the top 4 finishers, who each receive a cash prize: 4th place ($25 cash award): Shop Wreckers 3rd place ($50 cash award): Buffalo Stampede 2nd place ($75 cash award): BUFFALO RULES and our Year 2 Champion, recipient of the $100 grand prize... BuffBills#1 Congratulations to BuffBills#1 and to all of our prize winners. Great season. To those of you who have won cash prizes, PM me the address to send your payment to. All winnings will be sent out by Super Bowl weekend. Here is the draft order for next year: 1. Nutcrackers 2. Blitzing Barracudas 3. Absolut Power 4. Wu Tang Financial 5. Saratoga Swingers 6. Pro Bowler 7. Shop Wreckers 8. Buffalo Stampede 9. BUFFALO RULES 10. BuffBills#1 Looks like Nutcrackers is the winner of the Reggie Bush Derby. I finished 3rd. Oh well. Again, congratulations to all of our teams, and I look forward to another exciting and competitive season in Year 3. See you then!

Let's trade our 8th overall selection, Willis McGahee, Lee Evans, Aaron Schobel, and Brian Moorman to Indy for Manning and their first round pick.

I know that I like to speak for myself, and I'm sure NFL players do as well. I don't buy that Ben is "speaking for his team" any more than I believe that Ryan Leaf's tantrums were his way of "speaking for" the San Diego Chargers when he was w/ them. By complaining about a perceived slight by the officials, a QB can show his immaturity. By the same token, an opposing coach bringing it up in a press conference is no less immature. Just as Big Ben probably should've kept quiet about Odell Thurman, Marvin Lewis should've taken the high road in regard to that situation. Neither guy is more right; both were just being infantile.

It will make a triumphant return, after last year's event got stalled. This time, I'm going to get to work on putting this together earlier. Sadly, we will have to come up w/ a new special event, as the Baltimore Improv is closed. I am looking into another comedy club which is also near the Inner Harbor. Any suggestions for other activities will be appreciated. I will try to keep you all posted as I go.

Very sad. There is no right or wrong there. It's just plain sad for anyone to whine about on the field stuff in the media, whether it's a Steelers player or a Bengals head coach. Either way, it's childish. Oh, and when did a few comments represent an entire team? Maybe I heard them wrong, and Ben prefaced his remarks by saying, "On behalf of the entire Steelers organizaton..."

I hear ya.

Not @ all. The Post-Gazette has very good coverage not only of the NFL, but also collegiate and high school football. They have a pretty good rep, from what my brother (a reporter w/ 16 years experience) tells me. He also says the Buffalo News has a pretty bad rep, sad to say.