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I really think this is all just talk from Buddy. This year's draft was 1 QB deep and the rest just amounted to more of the same for us. So he's saying the guys we have can do the job because we are rebuilding (I know, when haven't we been the last 10 years?) and we're going to ride out this year. And in the process we'll try to assemble an OL that will be able to protect whomever is back there. Next year's draft is said to have 3 good QB's and we should have a good shot at getting one of them and hopefully have a decent OL to go with him.

Why do you want them to have more picks, so you have more of them to complain about?

Even if Ralph is there he'll be spending at least half of his time walking to and from the restroom.

How about we take up a collection from members here and we just buy you a new jersey? That would be money better spent.

No, that was Eli. Peyton Manning played for the Saints back when they were awful.

No, that's Buster. Levi Brown played for the Bills and was named to 8 Pro Bowls.

A movie title about the 1980 US Olympic hockey team comes to mind.

Why don't we just print Cowher's picture and wear them as masks. Then it will look like he's all over the stadium wearing Bills gear.

I wonder if Nix has a say about who plays QB this Sunday. Fewell would likely play Fitzpatrick since he's thinking short term (wins) but Nix is in this for the long haul. I would think he would want to play Brohm. The only reason he might not is the current condition of our OL. You can really hurt a young QB's confidence when they're running for their life all game.

I know its early but you've got my vote for fan of the year.

My guess is he'll come back as QB coach. Right now he's mainly helping the backups. How much coaching does Peyton require? Of course this will depend on who our new head coach is.

If you remember back to when it happened Marv wanted to come back as the head coach, not GM. He agreed to be GM on an interim basis as a favor to Ralph and I'm sure to scratch the itch to be involved in the game again. He made some mistakes but wasn't the worst GM around. His coaching record and all around class outweighs that negative. He's earned my respect.

Look, I don't care how smart this guy is. He's not going to play center and make line calls in the NFL from the start. You put him at guard until he learns the system and NFL defenses, then you move him to center. How quickly that happens depends on how smart he really is.

What the hell was I thinking! I almost signed on to the Sunday Honey-Do list.

I re-upped for my 20th season last night. I wasn't going to renew (for all the reasons stated in this thread, with DJ being the last straw) and actually had thought the deadline passed. If nothing else TO brings some excitement that has been lacking for a loooong time. section 312 row 10

C'mon guys, back off. There's plenty of Chunky Soup to go around.

If you don't like WGR you could always listen to Brad Riter in the evenings on WECK. He has some decent guests and doesn't go overboard just to try to generate controversy.

Good News! They spotted another one... Link

Huh? I wasn't even there.

On until 9/15.

I don't want to lose the NFL Network either but there was so much conjecture here that I thought I'd look for some facts: Cable and Satellite Television Network Tiering and a la Carte Pretty wordy government gibberish but there are some interesting facts. "James Robbins, chief executive of Cox Cable, reportedly stated at a Goldman Sachs investors conference that ESPN accounted for 4% of Cox subscribers’ viewing, but 18% of Cox programming costs." Cable's Pricey Ticket "Sports networks are the most expensive programming on basic cable. The license fees for all the networks on an 80-channel basic-cable package cost an operator around $12 per subscriber last year, Morgan Stanley estimates. Nearly half of that stems from just a handful of programming networks: ESPN (around $3 monthly), at least one regional sports network (around $2), and smaller channels like ESPN2, ESPNews, ESPN Desportes (another 35¢ cents for the package)." "By comparison, the license fee for other basic-cable networks can be just pennies per subscriber; some networks, such as MTV or TBS, commonly run 25¢-50¢. (Disney Channel, however, gets $1 per sub.)" "New networks will only add to that. The NFL Network wants 75¢ per subscriber."

Suzie's on NOW!

Here's what 90% of the calls will sound like: "Hello, Fan Complaint Line" "Why the f^(& did we just punt on 4th and 1! Marvin Lewis is a bum! Fire him now!"

Why wait until after the 2nd preseason game? I say cut him now so we can get our new starter in to learn the system ASAP.

I think this is more about neither of the other two having done anything to to grab the job. So Nall would still be in the race.