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Coy Wire, hands down. What other special teams demon and linebacker playing safety can actually make the switch to safety playing linebacker?!?! He was so close on so many tackles, I just gotta believe that he's our next middle linebacker once London leaves. RTB

I think the "middle linebacker as defensive QB" is a bit overrated. The defensive coordinator determines the package, personnel, and audible. About all London can really do is shift a guy to a different gap or call the audible. The safety usually determines defensive back responsibilities. I don't know the game well enough to say "Awww !@#$! London should have switched out of that defense and into this one so he didn't get run over again!" I don't hear anyone talking about great middle linebackers too stupid to make the calls. They just give the calls to someone else to make. RTB

This topic always comes up when the Sabres start playing well and Buffalo is mediocre. Buffalo is, always was, and always will be a Buffalo Bills town (unless they move, of course). When Ralph hits the box, I wouldn't be surprised if Gallisano steps up to the big leagues along with some minority investors (Jimbo). On another note, I knew Mike pretty well growing up. He always wanted to be a play-by-play guy and was pretty knowledgeable about sports. He's just playing the "sports talk radio" game like they all do. I'd say its smart marketing to aggravate a portion of your audience to the point where they go on a Bills message board to voice their displeasure at your show. Tune in, lemmings! RTB

London Fletcher has been the captain of a defense that has consistently underachieved during his 5 years here. He is king of the tackle 5 or 6 yards down the field and is unable to get off blocks when anyone larger than a slot receiver blocks him. I can think of more game changing penalties on London's part than game changing good plays. The thing that bothers me most about this defense over the years is that when we absolutely needed a late game stop, they came up short 9 out of 10 times and London didn't do anything to help that. "Heart and soul of the defense" means "high motor" if you're not a white second round defensive end pick. London saw the writing on the wall when he wasn't getting a contract extension. Marv is continuing to show that he knows something about the game of football by recognizing a needed upgrade in the middle of the D. Signing Nate and Kelsay would be higher priorities in my opinion. RTB

This comment is more insightful than I think you realize. There are very few absolutes in medicine, most of it is very "grey". Health care decisions are usually made by weighing the risks and benefits to a proposed procedure or therapy. Here's how to ensure a mostly trouble free life (although not specifially applicable to your current problem). Get ready now, this is new mind blowing info that I'm sure most Americans will follow once they hear about it: 1) Eat a healthy diet. Everything in moderation 2) Exercise 3) Make time in your life to do something you enjoy 4) Don't smoke There ya go. It's new and radical, but I think it has merit. RTB

Your heart does not stop when you sneeze. Changes in pressure in the chest cavity when you sneeze can make you more aware of your heart beating. It can almost feel like a skipped beat but your heart does not stop. RTB

NBA players aren't thugs. They're friggin hoodlums. RTB

Keep in mind this is an internet diagnosis so it means jack-schit, but here goes. It sounds like you may have an impingement (compression) or more of the nerves in your cervical spine. Do you get symtoms in your arm/hand with any other movement of your neck besides sneezing? You need a basic neurological evaluation which will include radiological studies of your neck. This is especially true because your symptoms are starting to get worse. This doesn't mean you need surgery or anything, there are plenty of options to try first. Hope that helps. RTB

You are such a troll. I feel sorry for America haters like yourself. RTB

There is no doubt in my mind that Nate will go to whoever pays him the most. Period. All this talk about him wanting to play in Buffalo for a hopefully up and coming team is pure smoke. The Playmaker gots to get paid! RTB

Why don't you answer the simple question Joey so you can demonstrate that you are more than just a complainer without any real grasp of the issues you brought up. 1) Who would you want as UN ambassador instead of Bolton? 2) Why would you pick this person? 3) What would you want him/her to have accomplished in 1 year that Bolton didn't? I'll make it easy: Just answer #3. If you are so Anti-Bolton, what should he have done or what should he not have done during his 1 year as UN Ambassador e? I await your evasive answer (or lack there-of). RTB

Heh. I respect my "damn" namesake's offensive (heh) philosophy, although we are two different people. I think I'm fiscally very conservative, conservative when it comes to scope and size of government, but liberal when it comes to social issues. Someone asked for a positive of GWB's presidency. The fact that we haven't been attacked on our soil since 9/11 is not mutually exclusive of talking about the potential for future attacks. I'm very cynical of both parties and politicians in general. I really can't stand constant complaining without any alternative policies for addressing issues in the country, and that's all that seems to have come from the Democratic side lately. RTB

Not one terrorist attack on US soil since 9/11. It's not for lack of trying on the terrorists' part. That's the most important job of the government, to protect its citizens. RTB

Only the most blind of partisan hacks can look at Bolton's record for the last year and not give him credit for what he's accomplished in a nearly useless institution like the U.N. 1) Unanimous Security Council resolutions against North Korea (getting China and Russia to go along without a veto) 2) Unanimous Security Council support for the suspension of uranium enrichment in Iran As useless as United Nations Security Council resolutions are (i.e. Iraq), that's the job of the UN Ambassador. He's got China and Russia on record as supporting our diplomatic goals in both North Korea and Iran. The Democrats and a bitter Lincoln Chafee (who I voted for here in RI, btw), are just pissed off that Bush pulled an end-around and used a recess appointment to make him UN ambassador. So Joey Balls, prove to us you are not just another democratic whiner with no solutions, just complaints complaints complaints. Tell me who you would rather have had as UN Ambassador, why, and what that ambassador should have accomplished in 1 year that Bolton didn't. This should be good. RTB

It continues to amaze me, year after year, how this guy with a near complete lack of talent survives on this roster. I find it hard to believe that our LB depth is so poor that we have to play a guy who wasn't even drafted to play the position he played in college. I think Coy must have had compromising pictures of Ralph, Greggo, Meathead, and now Marv and Jauron. He should be the team photographer. RTB

You can't stop racism. You can only try and contain it.

The hallmark of a good coaching staff is gameplanning that involves exploiting an opponents weaknesses and taking away their strength. I think we've seen the beginning of this over the course of the past few weeks with a mix of conservative / aggressive game plans depending on who we are facing. The Chargers are a tremendous passr ushing team, I think they lead the league in sacks, and Merriman is back. It would be foolish to come out and start with 7 step drops and the long ball. I'd say a short to medium passing game (3-5 step drops) mixed in with a lot of Willis / A-train would be the way to go. You have to go deep every now and then to take your shot and keep them honest, but I don't think you'll see too many long developing deep pass patterns called. Getting the TE in the middle against their back-up free safety would be a plus. The Charger's offense is excellent both passing and rushing, but obviously the key to slowing them down is to try and limit the damage LT can do to you and make Rivers get the ball to other people to make plays. I'm not as worried about LT rushing (how much worse can our run D get) as I am about him catching the ball out of the backfield. Our D has shown a tremendous ability to ignore the backs coming out of the backfield and have given up huge chunks of yardage to simply swing passes. RTB

I love guys who haven't shown up for a game in 15 years and then think they are "superfan" when they finally decide to show. Instead of telling people who actually show up and support the team on a regular basis how they should act, or how they should "get out of their heated seats", you should learn a few things from these responses. Maybe some of that California smugness will disappear and you'll remember what it was like to be a real fan from Buffalo. So grab your blackberry, fly back to your California barber shop, have a latte, and say hello to Rob Johnson for me while you two share a hot-tubber. RTB

Bro, I've been a silent partner in your attempt to educate the masses in the myth that is Coy Wire "Special teams demon". The worst thing I found out this Thanksgiving was that he has been hitting on my cousin. I told her that she should continue to ignore his advances as I would not be able to hold back the criticism at family gatherings RTB

Thank you and godspeed. RTB

I was at the game so this was the first time I had a chance to watch it on TV. The NFL Sunday Ticket Shortcuts are a great way to check out the whole game in 30 minutes or just concentrate on a few plays. Anyway, I'm sure some of these have been mentioned but here goes. 1) On Roscoe's punt return, Coy Wire got away with a horrendous hold on a player who would have had a good shot at tackling Roscoe. I can't believe the refs missed that one as it was blatant. It's about time we benefited from a non-call so I'm not worried about it. 2) Roscoe was already getting his balance back when Thomas grabbed his jersey during the punt return 3) On the 4th and 14 play, Crowell just absolutely whiffed on that tackle. He had Gerard lined up 3 yards short of the first down marker and just MISSED. He barely touched Gerards left side. That's god-awful from a linebacker in a game ending situation and I hope he got reamed for that. Whoever was comparing him to an early TKO needs their head examined. He's going to be solid but he's got a ways to go (and not just from that one play) 4) Ko Simpson can hit! Once he stops thinking so much and just lets his ability take over I think he's going to be a tremendous force in the backfield. Receivers are not going to want to go over the middle once he can consistently lay the wood on them. 5) The reason Royal was so far in the backfield on the play in the 4th quarter where JP lateraled the ball to him on 3rd down was because he went to block the DE and just BOUNCED off him even though the DE was engaged by Peters at the time. 6) A HUGE reason why JP got that last throw to Roscoe off was because Willis destroyed a linebacker on a blitz pick up. I'm happy to see him really improving on blitz pickups since the beginning of the season. 7) Willis looked fast at the stadium on his long TD run. He looked fast on the tape. I don't know if this is the speed we've been looking for but he's fast enough once he gets into the open to be a very good back. 8) The improvement in the O-line is a combination of the O-line playing better and JP making faster decisions. RTB

I think this stat is a little misleading although its definitely better than the opposite. The D was giving up 10+ yards on first and second down pretty often. 2 of those failed third down conversions were 2 fourth down conversions, including that horrendous scramble by Gerard. From the beginning of the second quarter to mid-fourth, the D was absolutely solid though. Too bad they couldn't close out the game when they had the chance but then we wouldn't have gotten to see the JP/Roscoe/Lindell heroics. RTB

Holy crap, some of you people are absolutely ridiculous. This is a rebuilding year, even though we've been rebuilding for 7 years. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the maturation of a QB and a team. Stop with the Craig Nall crap for this season. RTB

I've been pretty harsh on the DE's and this was one of their better games as a unit that I've seen. I'm very far from calling them a top-flight DE tandem, but the DEs played well once they started sticking to their assignments and not trying to make every play. What I liked was that every rush was not a speed rush to the outside and in the second half, they stayed home and were able to make some stops in the run game. RTB

If Jauron and Co. opened up the game plan against the Colts the score would have been 55 - 7 in favor of Indy. If Tom Brady and NE got spanked at home throwing the ball aggressively against them, why do you think the Bills without 1/4 the talent would have any chance in hell? The coaches are putting these players in a position to win games with solid game-planning, not superior talent. That's the hallmark of good NE teams, scheming against your opponents, not dogmatically sticking to a scheme ala Greggo and Mularkey. When we get some more talent, especially in the trenches, I think these coaches are going to be good. RTB