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I love it when our own fans supply motivational material for the other three ALL PRO's in our secondary.... (McGee, Vincent, Milloy)....It will hurt if Nate can't go--but I think we will be okay...

Thank you God. I really love winning both ends of a doubleheader..Charlie Weis no longer with the Pats and now directing the Irish...That was a wonderful offensive performance--the best in a long, long time for Irish....Brady Quinn ran that offense to perfection...watch the Pats draft him in round 2 or 3 in 2007. JR--don't count those chickens just yet -- I think Saturday is going to be one heck of a game.

This reporter did his research: The two could hardly be more different. Gibbs is all about paranoia, evasiveness and secrecy. Williams likes to be upfront, candid and blunt. Gibbs has trouble keeping a schedule from one day to the next. Williams is organized and punctual. Williams was never candid or upfront--how many times did we hear "We have to execute better" in press conferences. Let's see, he had vendetta's against players (Brown), hired incompetent assistants, and wasted a year with a great defense by sticking with a stubborn offensive coordinator who's schemes all of our opponents had figured out. I certainly hope he learned something--like where to get a brain transplant....to the next team that hires him--I have one word to say....SUCKERS!!!! I hope its the Redskins---or someone in our division--the Jets maybe after Herm craps out this year.

I can't !@#$ing believe JP Losman is still on this roster. What the hell are they thinking... No real shocks--other than 7 wideouts-Tucker has a back injury--that's never a good sign for an offensive lineman. Drew Haddad's cut stems from the fact that he is not a top ranked punt returner on the team--Clements, Parish, Fast Freddie must be better in April's eyes. Aiken is a fiend on special teams. Burns makes it again based on special teams...

Please--I am still digesting lunch....

don't know what the !@#$ I was thinking....JP sucks, cut him right now..Looks like Sandler plays like Mike Myers

JP in mentally tough--getting pulled is not going to rattle him in the way it did Ryan Leaf or Tim Couch..JP is not a kid who has had an easy life--sitting down for a couple of games might actually be helpful if things go really south. The Bills will and should put whomever on the field that gives the team the best chance to win...JP is the first but not the only option. That being said -- The Bills level of commitment to JP has to balance his development with the teams limited window with a stellar defense and special teams that could put it deep into the playoffs..JP should be given lots of rope but not enough to put the team out of contention--is that a bad half, game, set of games--only MM knows for sure. There will be bad series/halves/games, very bad Series/Halves/games and outstanding series/halves/games with JP..its all part of development. We will know by the end of NEXT season what we have--but that does not mean that he has to be on the field that whole time.

Mr. Right. God Bless Him. He changed this thread.

Are you any relation to Frank Lloyd--if you are you forgot the W....if so are you open to questions about modern architecture?

They should entertain the crowd in the Superdome by playing the epic film "Great moments in New Orleans Saints History". That would kill at least 5 minutes....... Sorry, just had to post it...my diarrhea of the brain... Again, it would be a great time to make a donation to your charity of choice that will provide food, clothing, medicine, care, temporary shelter to those impacted...

No question...he's worth a slight -- maybe 10-20% premium to vet minimum with a reasonable signing bonus. He is also older than the average 4th year player because of the mission he served in College, so I would say a three year extension. I might go for four or five if he was only 25 or 26 but he's 28...

Denny is also becoming a special teams ace...in the Mark Pike mold...good wedge breaker and blocker... He is a really good athlete...

As a 45 year old--I am beginning to appreciate throwbacks....these throwbacks were new and improved once in my lifetime...

They replayed a file interview with the Director of Emergency Services for Lafayette Parish last night on CNN. He was great. They computer modeled this exact scenario (probably worse as it turns out) last year with FEMA and all the state and local agencies and officials... They had him via phone live after the interview and he said that the thing that surprised him about this preparation is how many folks actually evacuated--it exceeded all their best case planning. He said he was thankful for that because it would make immediate clean up and public health issues less of a concern. I left the interview with the feeling of "I want that guy in charge" when the sh-- hits the fan...

Both of those mentions are just bone chilling... I still remember vividly the aerial video footage and stills from South Miami and Homestead after Andrew...it looked like a 30 mile wide F-5 tornado touched down...and stayed down....

It went further west into the Gulf than they suspected--the market is so skittish anything will raise prices. Steve--I am less worried about gas prices--since you are going to save me a bunch of money on my car insurance.... (sorry if I offended anyone with a lame attempt at humor on a serious subject)... Taken from an AP story: Katrina will be only the fourth category 5 storm to hit the United States. The last was 1992's Hurricane Andrew, which leveled parts of South Florida, killed 43 people and caused $31 billion in damage. The other two were the 1935 Labor Day hurricane that hit the Florida Keys and killed 600 people and Hurricane Camille, which devastated the Mississippi coast in 1969, killing 256. _________________________________________________________________ Lots of people using the Superdome as an evacuation site. Thoughts and prayers to all those who can't or won't get out of the way. Lots of help will be needed in the clean up. I'll put in a plug for your local food bank or Catholic charities or yes even the Red Cross who will all be called into action and are already providing needed resources. Blood will be in short supply as well--for those of you in the same geography--if you are due to give a pint--now may be a good time to do it.

Silent thread for the person who believed this deserved a separate thread... I stand by my thought that a header would not be enough reward for this....only indentured servitude and no complaints for a season of 11 hour Football Sundays.

Not every team is the Bears though J...and we looked good rushing the first two pre-season games. We ran well agains the Colts 27 carries 123 yards--7 rushing first downs; and the Pack 158 yards - 37 carries, 11 rushing first downs and in the scrimmage versus the Pack..so I was a little surprised by futility against a good D. We learned last year if you can't step up against good defenses (Pats, Steelers) you go nowhere...I think the answers are on the team..and MM has two weeks to find them...

Its hard for JP to assume that role right now. There's too many other leaders (Fletcher, Spikes, Milloy, Vincent, Moulds, Adams) but there is a chance for him to take the offense by the short hairs between now and the end of the season and I think he will. He will be in a vets face on the sideline by about week 5 or 6--I think either Bennie Anderson or Mike Williams-- for a mistake and it will flow from there... There are going to be so many "The maturation of JP Losman" events this year that it will be really fun to watch...plus he is really frightening and exciting when the ball is in his hands and he is improvising...get out the nitro glycerine pills baby--this year is going to be a wild one...

What the !@#$ are you talking about??? This is my !@#$ing team and don't you forgot it.... I am the straw that stirs this drink--the scooper that picks up this poop--the knife that spreads this peanut butter...shut the hell up... Love, Dougie ... Drew... Kelly had the same attitude--but guess what--he backed it up...

Six hours???--a header is not nearly enough--you're talking indentured servitude kind of stuff and a season worth of no complaints about 11 hours of football on Sundays....

Six hours--five of it for shoes.....I certainly hope there was some sort of incentive compensation......God Bless You....

If you figure out how to add value in the process of women's shoe shopping--would you please let me know. It always seems very much a no win when I participate at any level --i.e. with a 6 year old, or an 11 year old or a 42 year old....

Middle ground here folks.... First, JP is like Billy Madison, he got through a couple of elementary school defenses (Packers and Colts) in pretty good shape. Led us to 5 scores in 6 drives, but he is still learning. The Bears with a healthy Urlacher and that wonderful DL are High School level--they have speed, size, edge rushers, Nathan Vasher who is one of the rising stars at CB in the league and a playmaker in Charles Tillman--we won't see too many defenses like that this year. Not surprised he struggled last night. He wasn't sharp in his decision making but the pocket time was shorter and the receivers a little better covered. A great learning experience in the preseason. Two things to note--still no turnovers by the QB (INTs or fumbles) and I counted at least 4 plays last night where Drew would have been sacked and JP made a positive play out of it (2 of them were one yard gains--but what the hell). On the downside, the 20 yard sack was a really, really bad play--like the safety the week before that was wiped by the penalty--he's done the same thing twice--hopefully he will learn. We did get beat alot on the line last night--even when they had 8 in the box and we had 8 blocking on third and shorts. We should not get beat with our line and with Shelton. We need to find some answers for this because we have to be able to run even against good front 7's in order to allow JP the time he needs to learn. This is not just preseason--its worrisome--we got our ass kicked on the majority of 3rd and shorts (not that we had that many). The D and special teams are simply spectacular -- they are already at championship level.... So yep its the preseason and I think that applies to JP's development but the run game needs attention and the preseason excuse doesn't really hold a lot of water with me--we just need to get better--whether its personnel changes or guys like Bennie Anderson showing up.

Williams back in the game and commits a penalty