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Thanks for the input Philly Girl. I agree that some here have the "grass is greener" outlook on Simon.

This would be his incentive: Yikes!

He lived well beyond expectations and made it possible for all others with the disease to have hope. Here's to Hunter and the Kellys.

It's true. The Eagles organization at different times throughout his career have been publicly quite unsatisfied with his play. He does have great talent and flashes great play on the field at times as well. I'd still be pretty happy if we got him , mostly because it would be really tough for a player on the Bills D-line not to give their all under Krumrie

Simon is a Pro Bowl CALIBER player and it would certainly be interesting and helpful acquiring him. I disagree however that he is as good as PW was though, mainly from a consistency standpoint.

Points taken....

This debate would be a hell of a lot more relevant in 1995 than it is in 2005. I always get flack on this but the placement of DE's in today's NFL has changed. Nearly as many of the best are now lining up at LDE, or switching sides during the course of games. The "strong side" TE formation is also a in flux compared to what it was 10 years ago. There is a lot more motion, double TE sets, etc. being used. This all minimizes the general assumption that LT's are significantly more important than RT's in today's game. Fire away....

IF we get to the point where Gandy doesn't cut it at LT, you will likely see more of such discussion. We haven't gotten to that point as of right now.

Thanks Rock!

I was merely trying to explain to VA why it appeared that JP was leaving early when it was mostly all by design of the coaches. So basically, I agree with you.

Schoop hates the Bills, thinks everything they do is some sort of conspiracy, and seems indifferent to football as a whole. Good recipe for a boring show for a football fanatic.

Oh, and thanks much Astro!

According to local reports the coaches are having him proceed as follows: Read 1, read 2, read 3, take off... I was a little surprised by it at first as well but now it makes sense to me. I noticed a little skiddishness though myself, but moreso early on in the sessions I saw.

The un-named WR was Aiken, no?

Doomed!!!

Unfortunately I'm a slave to corporate America today

His upper body work was quite good from what I saw. He was able to maintain blocks well as long as his man didn't beat him outside for the most part. His positioning and knee bend seemed good as well in those instances. Sometimes the defense does know what's coming, and vise versa for the offense, say when they're working on blitz packages or short yardage running plays.

Sorry AKC, I had heard a few good things about him and meant to pay him some attention but that didn't end up happening... If/When I go again I'll be sure to.

Great stuff Mike. I love the reports as well....

A lot of people make the same assumptions. It's common. I just introduced one of my neighbors who's a real appreciative of music to them and he couldn't stop listening to it. He had heard the regular cheese on the radio and had no idea. I like Carlton too BTW, and I appreciate Metheny, but there's some just a little bit sterile about him to me.

I won't call you a meanie, but I'll tell you that the numbers say he's about a 50/50 chance to become a "good one" regardless of what you or I think.

Thanks! Have you gotten your arse up to camp yet Drunken? I'd like to hear some of your opinions as well...

Dude, it's DC Tom and he's messing with you

It's not nearly as basic as you think. In SOME of the songs (likely the ones you've heard on your local radio station) the song structures themselves were "simple" but they used a read and react improvisational approach most of the time in performing their songs where the guitar runs would reach outside the standard pentatonic playing of say Clapton, and move into relative keys and modes like Jazz, only with a rock based feel. Jerry also often used a chordal outlining approach in some solos, much like a keyboardist or a banjo player, creating a very melodic feel. In these cases the band would react to his lead by supplementing alternate chords or voicings as they went.