R. Rich

The thing that made both Psycho and the original Halloween movie so good is that they were good, scary movies that didn't have a ton of blood, unlike their unfortunate sequels and the many inferior copycats that followed 'em.

"Classic" horor movie: The Wolf Man (the '41 Lon Chaney Jr/Claude Reins version, NOT the bastardized remake w/ Benecio Del Toro) "Modern" horror movie: Halloween (original '78 version)

Rounds 7 and 8 begin @ 10am today. Teams still have up 'til then to make their Rounds 5 and 6 selections.

Rounds 5 and 6 begin @ 10am today. There's still 15 minutes for anyone who missed a pick yesterday to make their selection before Rounds 3-4 are closed.

Rounds 3 and 4 will start @ 10am today. Anyone who missed a pick in Rounds 1 and 2 have up 'til 10am to make their picks. Once Round 3 begins, Rounds 1 and 2 are closed and no missed picks can be made up.

Thanks for the read. The constant barrage of "we suck" threads is a main reason why we lose so many good posters over the years. For that reason, I sure do hope that the Bills begin to turn it 'round this season.

REMINDER: the 2010 rookie draft begins today @ 10am. Owners please either be ready to go w/ your pick or submit a list of players to choose from to me, Ramius, and BlueFire.

There may be more to follow.

Okay folks, I posted the threads for next week's rookie draft and the 2010 transactions thread. Remeber: the rookie draft begins @ 10am on Monday, May 17 2010. Also be sure to have your spreadsheets w/ your released players and those you intend to re-sign submitted to me by the end of the week. Once I get everyone's spreadsheets, I will post the available free agent lists and I will send each owner a revised spreadsheet.

I heard they were voting for Steve Lattimer.

I'd go to G and M which is in Linthicum, near BWI-TM airport. They have the best crabcakes you can find in the area, and the rest of the food they serve is also very good. Tough to get in there on weekends, though. Long wait times.

[Automated Response] We suck. The coaching staff sucks. The players suck. We have no hope of ever winning a championship. Oh woe is me.

No! They must get those guys all in one draft, even if they have to reach for players they value less than players @ other positions. And, they had better check the message boards, so they're sure to draft "our guys".

Two rounds? You mean the draft is longer than one round? No way!

Well, that's better than the "everything and everyone sucks" mantra we've heard far too often. Oh, and I agree. Wait and see.....then "judge".

Wow. Really?

the bills organization giving the fans the choice of flutie or johnson instead of a true long term QB solution.....how many cigs for that? the resulting Mike Nugent mania, where a kicker became the cure to all of the Bills' ailments....cig count? hmm...a NT and a DE for a 3-4 for a team that had no NT and only a couple true solutions @ DE for the scheme is not a "real need"....that's gotte be worth @ least a pack, right?

Okay. Just don't attribute a statement to someone unless the person actually made it. I see you made the correction in your title, so it's all good. No, you're wrong. My comment was toward the original poster's linking the concussion "excuse" to Roethlisberger as if it came from him. Nowhere in that did I condone the guy's actions.

Why should anyone let something so trivial stop the crusade?

Ultimate douchebag? I dunno. He'd have to be in the discussion, but would be way behind names like Ty Cobb, Al Campanis, Adolph Rupp, TMEP, and Leonard Little in my opinion.

Which is why the Bills need to build their team via the draft, begin to do well in the win column, and the McNabbs of the world will take notice and give Buffalo a shot in free agency. Hopefully by then, they'll develop a good enough team that they won't need to sign high priced free agents. That philosophy works for the Stillers, mainly 'cause of how well they continue to draft and develop players. The Bills used their 2nd round pick on a very good 3-4 NT prospect, and their 3rd on arguably the best 3-4 DE prospect in the draft (outside of converted DT Jared Odrick of PENN STATE). That, plus the signings of Dwan Edwards and Andra Davis in free agency show that the organization realizes they needed players who fit the scheme, and they went out and got 'em. Just a guess on my part, but the Bills could've looked @ Bulaga as a RT and didn't want to pay 'em LT money. They also may have decided that Davis wasn't worthy of the 9th overall pick and wasn't a good fit @ LT either. As for a trade down, I profess to not being privy to the war room chatter, so I don't know which teams were offering the Bills what in terms of compensation for the 9th overall pick. I do agree that there were good choices for the 3-4 if they decided to draft that also. My choice would've been to stay there and draft Dan Williams of Tennessee, but that's my choice. The Bills didn't draft "my guy" but instead of bemoaning the fact, I'm okay w/ what they did for the 3-4 front and for getting a real playmaker in Spiller. I am willing to see what this organization does w/ the players they bring in. If we see more of the same, then I'll be ready to rip into 'em too, as I too have been a long suffering fan. For me though, I'm going to wait to see what the results are so that I know if the Bills are heading in the right direction or if they're in "same as it ever was" mode.

Maybe I'm missing something, but I thought I read that the Bills offered Donovan McNabb, the best QB prospect out there in terms of trades or free agency, a nice contract extension if he were to come to Buffalo via trade? And, didn't he turn 'em down? I think that the Bills are destined to get the same reaction to any good prospect 'til they see some kind of change in how the team is run and in how productive they are. So, they are going to have to build from the ground up via the draft and then start to develop a winning attitute. Yeah, but they didn't get a first round OT, you say? I honestly believe that the possibility of a first round OT disappeared w/ the Redskins' selection of Trent Williams fourth overall. So, the Bills decided to stay true to their board and get the best player available. They would also use high draft picks to stock a woefully understocked defensive front for the 3-4 and landed a talented nose tackle and a talented defensive end. No, it wasn't a franchise QB or a franchise LT, but they did address big needs early in the draft (really, there were more than two needs on this team and, contrary to some opinions, they were NOT a couple players away from contention). This is the beginning of a long term project to correct the misdoings of previous regimes.

Not quite. The act of drinking does not adversely affect the person standing next to the drinker, unlike second hand smoke. That said, a person's actions while drinking can affect others, but I'm not sure that the poster was referring to that. Personally, I don't care for smoking. Never have. But, this is not my world, so I just do my best to live w/ the fact that there are smokers out there. As long as they respect my space (my home, car, etc.), it's all good.

The tailgate @ Sliders (right 'cross the street from Camden Yards), TBD's fourth, is already in the works. Feel free to show up if you'd like. Good advice. That's just Beerball being funny. I'll be entirely too busy to be angry 'bout who shows or who doesn't. Our tailgates get 80-100 folks easy, and we'll be going for even more this time out.

132 days and counting!!!!