RunTheBall

Could someone explain why you would start Brown, who hasn't done jack all year and was horrible earlier in the series? Did Torre not have anyone else available? I don't follow baseball much but when I heard he was starting game 7 I was a little taken aback. RunTheBall

Blame it on the Bossa Nova - The Dance of Love... RunTheBall

I guess I'd be classified as a moderate republican, and I love that liberal left-leaning John Kerry ass kissing John Stewart. What a breath of fresh air this guy is. Ya, he's definitely liberal but ya know what? Who cares? His show is satire at a very high level that skewers both left and right but the MEDIA most of all. The sanctimonious peddlers of skewed information take advantage of the fact that many people in this country are too lazy to critically think for themselves. Stewart points out the absurdities that pass for news in this day and age. The mainstream media in this country has definitely been corrupted by one side or the other. You can't take anything that is said on network news or reported in a newspaper without looking at the motiviations behind the reporting. It says a lot about the state of our country when people trust a comedy show to give it to them straight. RunTheBall

Their kick that went out of bounds was a punt. Our kick that the guy touched while he was out of bounds was a kick off and a smart legal play on his part. RunTheBall

Willis will never "look" as fast as he did in his college days because the overall speed of NFL players is so much faster. You don't become a great NFL back by running away from people. You become a great NFL back by following your blockers and making people miss. Willis has that, you can see it already. RunTheBall

I agree with much of your post but the last paragraph was a bit disturbing. First of all, we beat the worst team in the NFL by only seven at home. Whoopee. I'm very happy with a win but you can't read much into it when you are playing the worst team and offense in the league. Second, I don't think our schedule is in our favor. At Baltimore, at NE, at Miami, at Seattle, then St. Louis and Pittsburgh at home. The team that played today would have a very tough time beating any of those (except maybe Miami). 1) Agree. Lee Evans is a rookie and is going to make some route mistakes. It was nice to see Drew get in his face. 2) Another example of our so-called leader on D making a stupid mistake. Was a close call, but at least Fletcher didn't hit him late and get a stupid 15 yard personal foul 3) Willis showed he can carry the load. I didn't see a stellar performance, he did miss a few blits pickups, but overall a great 1st start. Henry is gone at the end of the year if not sooner assuming WM stays healthy. I'm happy with the win. I'd like to see one against a quality opponent before I start thinking about a 10 win season. I think 8 - 8 will be an accomplishment for this team. RunTheBall

Oh but wait, obesity is a disease. It's not her fault, its not the result of her own choices. There's the new "healthy fat person" didn't you hear? You can be obese and healthy at the same time. Star Jones talked about it all the time in between wheezing (and before her gastric bypass). If you don't feel like taking care of yourself, just let yourself go until you are over 3 bills, then the rest of us (through medicare) will cover your gastric bypass surgery. Since 4 out of every 100 people who have a gastric bypass will die in the peri-operative period, we'll have Edwards there to sue your obviously negligent doctor. RunTheBall

Why do we really need voter registration drives by either party? If someone can't be bothered to figure out where or how to register on their own then tough ****. If your grandmother is a bit demented maybe the democrats shouldn't be allowed to put her in a wheel chair and wheel her to the voting booth. She'd probably end up voting for Buchanan anyway. RunTheBall

Want to know why we get our vaccine from Britain? 1) Very low profit margin, if any 2) US companies will be sued by lawyers faster than you can say "jackpot" No profit + frivolous lawsuit = No vaccines made in US. Enjoy the flu season. RunTheBall

Ambulance chasing scum bags (lawyers) are the single largest cause of the astronomical cost of malpractice insurance, period. Amublance chasing scum bags are the reason you can't find an OB-GYN in John Edwards' home state, or a neurosurgeon in the state of RI, or get obstetric care in Nevada. Those states that have caps on non-economic damages have lower premiums overall and lower rates of rise in premiums. Period. End of discussion. Lawyers want you to believe its the evil insurance companies. They are full of ****. Insurance companies do not want to write malpractice policies because of the increased number of frivolous lawsuits. Fewer companies = higher premiums = fewer doctors. If a doctor cuts off the wrong leg, that case never makes it to trial because it is settled almost immediately and correctly so and the physician disciplined by the state board of medicine. Cases of gross negligence are settled because they are so obvious that they don't need a jury to determine negligence. Lawyers don't care if there is actually negligence in a case. There is a huuuuuge grey area in medicine. We know so little compared to what we don't know. Lawyers exploit this grey area for THEIR benefit and in the process wantanly destroy the lives and careers of physicians for a buck. I was taught from DAY ONE in medical school how to practice defensive medicine to protect myself from scum balls. If people don't think this contributes heavily to the increased costs of medicine they are simply ignoring the obvious. So many tests, so many unnecessary procedures, so many decisions influenced by "covering our asses" instead of only what's best for the patient. Think about that when you pull the lever for a couple of scum balls. RunTheBall Never been sued but fully expect someone at some time to try and make a buck off me. I'll be ready.

That's good news for Sage Rosenfels, who will proceed to toast Coy Wire regularly if he's on the field as our vaunted "D" makes Sage look like a pro-bowler. In other news, Coy states that he's been studying the playbook extensively and doesn't think he'll bite on a play fake on 3rd and 47. RunTheBall

I definitely agree that the Yankees have the biggest competitive advantage in sports. The Sox have the second biggest advantage in sports. Listening to Sox fans whine about the Yankee advantage is pathetic and the height of hypocrisy. If Schilling was hurt, he shouldn't have been playing which is a coaching decision. So, you lost because of a poor coaching decision, not because of the 60 million payroll disparity. I'd probably watch more baseball if there was a salary cap and some competition between teams. Watching the Yankees and Red Sox each buy their way into the playoffs every year while small market teams just act as farm teams for BOTH of them doesn't strike me as exciting. Listening to Yankee fans chant "Who's your Daddy?" to Pedro is pretty funny though. Even you have to admit that. RunTheBall

quote=Guest,Oct 14 2004, 05:41 AMForget the past. Rightt now the Yankees are BUYING a spot in the playoffs every year. 69426[/snapback] Not a baseball fan, just an impartial observer. I think its pathetic to listen to Sox fans whine about the Yankee payroll when the Sox have the 2nd highest payroll in the league. You don't think the Sox are BUYING a spot in the playoffs every year? You can't have it both ways. By the way, I don't watch baseball a lot so I may be off base here but it seems like the reason the Yankees are winning is because their guys are stepping up while the big money Sox guys (i.e. Schilling, Pedro) are choking. It's not like Boston is paying them minimum wage. Whiners. RunTheBall

Having your scrotum scraped with a cheese grater then doing deep knee bends in a pile of salt. It's that bad. RunTheBall

My guess is that Sol is going to have a pro-bowl game against our Bills. Then when he's done, he'll sue our pathetic offensive line for the punitive damages. Sue who? SUE EVERYONE! For the punitive damages that you are giving me. Should I bring my fuggin tools?? RunTheBall

How are you going to make adjustments with this sorry sack of **** offensive line we have? The Jets rushed 4 against our 6 blockers and sacked Bledsoe in less than 3 seconds. Just what game plan do you want to have with this garbage? The Evans deep ball worked because we max protected and they were playing 8 in the box against the run and ew got single coverage on Evans. The max protection worked because they were playing the run first, pass second. This won't work every play as our O-line is one of the most god-awful in the history of the game. So just what adjusments do you want to make? This isn't Madden dude. RunTheBall

If the O-line screws up and lets in too many blockers, TH should at least block SOMEONE. He whiffs completely, doesn't even get a chuck in. If its because he doesn't know who to block, then its his intelligence or game time preparation. His trade value is plummeting with every game he plays. RunTheBall

I hope Sage Rosenfels doesn't start for Miami this Sunday because there is no doubt in my mind this pathetic team will make him look like the next coming of Montana. RunTheBall

Before this season started, we were talking about getting a low first rounder for TH. Look how much has changed in just 4 games. I think we vastly overrated TH last year. The fact that he played hurt and was a warrior for us goes over well in Buffalo but doesn't hide the fact that he is nothing more than an above average back, if that. RunTheBall

TH is going to be gone next year assuming WM stays healthy. TH has been less than impressive this year, although we're only at the 1/4 pole. WM hasn't had much opportunity, but at least he can block and he's going to get more touches. Other teams know that TH will be available and its unlikey he and WM can exist on the same team. I don't think we get more than a 3rd rounder for him. Thoughts? RunTheBall

I think I would play more max-protect schemes on offense. I would run 2 tight ends, 2 wides and McGahee. Our offensive line is probably the worst in the league so you've got to give them some help even against fewer rushers. I'd throw a lot more to the TE's in the middle, run regularly out of this formation, and take a couple shots deep with play action. Not real exciting ball I know. There would be lots of 3 and outs. But if you get anything resembling a running game then you force more guys ito the box and can take some deeper shots. RunTheBall

I would seriously consider cutting back on whatever it is you're smoking. I'm sick of moral victories and "We may suck, but we'll be damn proud of this team at the end of this season!". All that matters is the playoffs. That's the only way you get to the Superbowl. This team is 100% out of the playoffs. Maybe you'll be happy with some chest thumping as you watch the playoffs that don't include Buffalo but I won't. RunTheBall

It stuns me that when they went up by 1 point, there was little doubt in my mind that they were going to blow it. 1 point with nearly 6 minutes on the clock? No way the Jets weren't going to get at least a FG. I remember when the Bills could be down by 14 with 2 minutes to play and not have the ball and I would still think they had a chance. RunTheBall

In my opinion, the fact that you are talking about the 2005 season at the quarter pole of this season says everything - this team SUCKS. This team can objectively kiss my pissed-off ass. RunTheBall

Can't say I remember many games from the 70s because I was so young, but I understand we had some pretty horrible teams during that decade that wouldn't need any referee help to lose games. I didn't realize Shula had the refs bought. What I've seen so often is good Buffalo teams being victimized by bad calls over the years, and no team has benefited from them as much as NE. That's what will make winning so satisfying, is will be overcoming the other team and the refs. As I type this, I see NE is the beneficiary of another bullcrap call. RunTheBall