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Dan Gross

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  1. Let's see the Chargers beat a playoff-capable team (Steelers don't count, they are not playing like a playoff-capable team) before we even put them before Indy, Philly, Denver, Baltimore, New England, heck even Cinci, Atlanta, Seattle. I put them in the "who have you beat?" league of 3-1 teams like NO and St. Louis.

     

    I'd go Chicago, Philly, Indy (yes they are undefeated, but they are going to have trouble in the winter months without a running game), then probably New England (unless Denver and/or Baltimore get their offenses producing). Could never believe much in Cinci, Atlanta or Seattle either, but I haven't seen enough to let past prejudices be put aside.

  2. Wrong usage.

     

    The proper Roman term is the vomitorium. They were big on "iums". There was the unctorium, where they got their rub downs, the triclinium where they stuffed their faces, the frigidarium where slaves cooled them off, etc.

     

    There is no limit to the yawning boredom I am prepared to inflict... :doh:

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    You really like reminiscing about the "good old days" when you were young, don't you? Was it "liberating" to be able to wear a toga without people looking at you funny? :(

  3. Sure, make fun now, but what will you say when ESPN Montana Real is leading the Bills to the Super Bowl in 2031?

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    Probably call him a bust because he was picked off once, and only had 5 TD passes and 387 yards passing, and Super Bowl MVP. Then they'd blame him for the Bills not having the first overall pick to spend on can't-miss college phenom QB Lifetime Bledsoe Mularkey (grandson of Mike) to replace him.

  4. They were talking about this on our local radio station.  One of the listeners called in and said that one of her neighbors had name her baby girl ABCD pronounced "Ab-ce-dee".  <_<

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    "Hey, mommy, they're singing a song about me on Sesame Street!"

     

    I hear ESPN daddy's neighbor, who is a hockey fan, vows to names his first son Versus. :lol: Guess it's better than if it had happened last year....

  5. Good teams have and use trick plays because first and foremost they are very good at executing the basics.  That is what helps the trick plays to work, an element of surprise.  Buffalo is not surprising anyone.  It's like the opponent knows we will not battle in short yardage situations 

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    With respect to the fake punt: if Moorman holds onto the ball, it's a first down, according to the gaping hole that was to his right (the direction he was running). Sounds like they were fooled to me...It wasn't a matter of "they weren't fooled" as much as it was (I won't say the e-word) a mistake in getting it done on our part...

  6. Oh how clever, JP apologist straw-man argument #576,842 on the season.  I'm not the one starting threads comparing other QB's, but whatever.

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    No, but you're freely participating. <_<

     

    Last I checked, the Bears made Brett Favre, Matt Hasselback and Brad Johnson look like Moe, Larry and Curly too...

  7. Enough already with the would have's and could have's just drop the freakin play from the playbook and concentrate on making 3rd and inches.

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    Forget the 3rd and inches, connect on the bomb for a TD on 2nd and inches. <_<

  8. Something to consider when speaking of JP "loosening up a defense" or pressuring Grossman:

     

    JP Losman has been sacked 11 times so far this season.

     

    Rex Grossman has been sacked 3 times so far this season.

     

    The Buffalo Bills have recorded 11 sacks so far this season.

     

    Da Bears have recorded 15 sacks so far this season, 11 of them have been at Soldier Field.  14 of them have been made by the D's front four.

     

    BEAR DOWN!!!

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    Yup, and while JP's sack count has been pretty consistent game-to-game, 10 of the 11 Bills' defense's sacks have been made on the road... :lol:

     

    And I believe the point was if JP can loosen up the defense, we have a better shot, not JP will loosen up the defense...

     

    Should be a fun one tomorrow.

  9. I'd say if we have 150 yard rusher and 300 yard passer.  Because no one loses games when players have stats like that!

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    :lol: Where's the "we score more points than they do" option? :D

     

    (Sorry Kurt)

     

    Keys to me are:

    --No turnovers

    --Win the field position battle.

    --Low penalty count.

     

    The rest is pretty much "play the way we have," IMO. Not that those keys aren't a tall order by themselves...Limited to those options, I'd say "Bears turnover twice," assuming we have no turnovers (not a good "key" if they turnover twice and we turnover 12 times).

  10. ........has anyone, even privately, considered that Spikes may be staging his own "silent protest" over the way the Bills dealt with Troy Vincent?

     

    Takeo was outspoken about the transaction, and has since been quite both on (meaning he has not played) and off the field.

     

    But...............it also would not surprise me if he was able to play, but instead, was choosing no to as a message.

     

    Mike

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    Yeah, he was outspoken. Someone asked him if it sounded like the Bills were rebuilding, he said, in short, "Yeah." But he also said (the part of his answer that no one seems to remember): "The thing now is do you complain and worry and go off on a rampage? No. Regardless of what may happen, we'll bring everyone together and still work toward that common goal (to win)." Sounds exactly like someone starting a "silent protest." :devil:

  11. We have our winner.....

    that and with the recent rash of season tickets, there are a lot more single seat tickets now. There are lots of sections that are almost exclusively bought up by STH's but there are random single empty seats.  Those are the tickets that are impossible to sell.

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    Best I could do was 2 seats together. And at Gold level pricing, yowza. Again, special event like the raising of a banner, sure, but $63 for 300/II?

     

    People who don't get seasons will generally go to cheaper price-level games, unless they really want to see that particular opponent (usually fans of that team).

  12. Earlier in the week, I think Tuesday, Brad Riter went online and was able to "purchase" 8 tickets in row 105. It seems to me that they announced a sellout that wasn't a sellout

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    You could do the same with the Bills for last week's sellout. Remember there are tickets that are "held" for opposing teams, promotions, etc, that left unused are made available at the last minute...

     

    You don't think that a Stanley Cup banner-raising party would be a difference maker over a couple hundred seats?

  13. I'd say for the most part the team looked lethargic and unsure of itself.  I think that's to be expected when you're basically changing every forward combination from last season.  Still, if that's how we look at this stage and that's the result we get, the rest of the NHL is worried.

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    I believe the correct term to use here is "sluggish."

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