R. Rich

This will be an interesting week in our household. Actually, it will be a very busy week, as I'll be working today through Wednesday as will Psycho Ward 86. We fly up to Erie late Thursday night, so hopefully, weather permitting, we'll be available for any pregame festivities. She got a Roethlisberger jersey for Christmas from my Mother (away; the home ones are practically impossible to get right now), but she'll be wearing her Hines Ward jersey to the game. My brother, also a Steelers fan, got a Roethlisberger Miami of Ohio (where Big Ben went and my brother graduated from) jersey from his wife. I can't wait to see that. Some of the people from BillsZone did a Secret Santa gift exchange this year and I got my only Bills gift, a white Bills cap, from that. I'll be wearing my new "coach's cap" on Sunday, so I hope it isn't too cold. Just in case, I'll bring my Bills winter cap too. Neither the Psycho or I do much in the way of trash talking, but I'd be willing to bet that the game will come up in a discussion or two some time between now and Sunday. I just hope that the people at Lot 1, Pole 5 are on their best behavior on game day...............or I'll have to be on my worst!

I'm not sure how much time, if any, I'll be on the boards tomorrow, so I'll say my well wishes here. I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday season full of good food and drinks (especially drinks!), good friends and family, and good times (no, not the TV sitcom, either........unless that's what you're into). You all are a great home away from home and a great escape from the madness that is my job at times (especially since the beginning of this fiscal year, when we were blasted with 3 times the amount of work needed to be done before the end of December). Have fun, be safe, and of course........GO BILLS!!!!!!!!!!

Not soon enough, Q.

The crappy a** Days Inn in Hamburg did when we stayed there before the Bills-Pats home opener last season.

Boom, if we were able to get a monster LT, LG or C, I may even get a cowbell.

Awwwww! Thanks, Q. So, did you like the photo of the two, as my very own Psycho Ward 86 would call them, 'furry children'?

Good choice, especially if nothing is done in free agency to replace Jennings at LT (ASSuming he leaves).

Thanks to you for remembering to send us a Christmas card.

When's the next game, though? I know they're not on the schedule for the next 2 years.

Damn pyromaniac.

Tom Clements is the head coach of the Baltimore Ravens... on my ESPN NFK2K5 game, that is.

K. Jones J. Jones

QB: Brees RBs: Martin, J. Jones WRs: Harrison, Muhammad TE: Gonzalez K: what choice do you have? D: Buffalo looks like a good lineup.

I hear they have ample electricity in that place. No fear of power outages there.

Big deal. I do that all the time: 1st game: 40 2nd game: 40 3rd game: 20 4th game: 25 5th game: 47 See how my last game was the best one?

Yeah, but you suck at bowling.

Put your other avatar back on, cable.

At least they get an extremely talented player to help out on returns and possibly at WR. I only hope they can continue to recruit some more talent for the offense. Last year, they did a good job of bringing in Morelli at QB and Connor at LB. This year, with Williams as a KR/WR and Dontey Brown at LB, they continue to bolster positions that have been very weak in recent years in terms of depth AND talent.

Damn! It looks like there's going to be a whole lotta Bills fans there. Nice.

They do have average at best point guards, but that's nothing new for the franchise. For many years, even back to the Ralph Sampson-Akeem Olajuwon "Twin Towers" days, they never had a strong point guard to lead them, and they suffered because of it. Not until they got Kenny Smith did they have a decent point guard there. Yao is, with the exception of his rebounding, a solid center. As I said before, rebounding is the key for being an effective center though. Until he gets stronger on the boards, he'll never take the step forward to being among the best. Besides that, considering his shooting ability (especially from the free throw line), passing ability, defense, and mental toughness (he has NEVER backed down from playing any of the top centers and has always given them trouble, Shaq included), he's right up there with any of the top centers now.

I didn't say he deserved to start, but he does deserve Pro Bowl consideration.

Yes, I am.

He does.

Their stats are both pretty good, but Robinson also has seen more action his way, being a rookie CB, than Bailey has. I agree with you that Robinson is deserving of consideration, though.

Please tell me you're joking. You really believe that Terrence McGee is a better CB than Champ Bailey?