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Tell her to get off the juice. Problem solved.

It's caused by steroids. Duh.

-Long-term high blood pressure -Heart valve problems -Heart tissue damage from a previous heart attack -Chronic rapid heart rate -Metabolic disorders, such as thyroid disease or diabetes -Nutritional deficiencies of essential vitamins or minerals, such as thiamin (vitamin B-1), selenium, calcium and magnesium -Use of some chemotherapy drugs to treat cancer -Certain viral infections, which may injure the heart and trigger cardiomyopathy

Can you blame them? Everything worked well and loading was pretty quick.

Great job, tater!! Now, how'd you do on the back nine?

Sorry for your loss. My GSD is over nine years old. I can't imagine what things would be like without him.

The point that needs to emphasized is that the person is not a contributing member of the forum. I am not talking monetarily, but contributing posts. If a regular poster were to make the exact same request, I am guessing Scott would allow it (within reason). For example, when I wrote my first book, Scott was kind enough to allow me to post about it an add a link to Amazon on the forum. He also pinned the thread for a few weeks, to help with sales. I am grateful that he allowed me to do that. Now, if I had just joined the board, I highly doubt that he would have done that. I was a member of the board for about six years at the time and have been a regular contributor. There is a difference.

My original comments were toward signing him to another long-term deal. My philosophy is to keep the same length, but give him a little more money. He still wouldn't be the highest paid OL in the league (or on the Bills) and he still needs to prove himself that he should be the highest paid OL in the league. The raise is a good faith gesture for 2010, when they tear up his contract and give him a new one. If he keeps performing at the same level, he gets the contract he is looking for. Otherwise, he has proven that he does not deserve the money he wants. It's a reward for his performance so far. Keep it up and he gets paid. IMO, any bonuses should be performance-based. I wouldn't give him a signing bonus. My plan moves him to #2 on the OL in salary (if my numbers are correct). You just had to go there, didn't you.

Yes. You locked Peters up with a long deal. He wants to re-negotiate with three years left. If you rip up, or even modify, his current deal, there is nothing from stopping him from wanting more money in a year. Can the Bills really afford pay him more than, say Faneca? Pace and Jones are making in the neighborhood of $7.5MM. Faneca is playing for about $8MM. Long signed with the fish for over $57MM with $30MM signing bonus. You can make him the highest paid OT in the game, and it isn't going to mean anything in a year or two when other OTs are being paid more. He is just going to whine and hold out around 2010. My solution: He is currently in the $4MM range. Keep the current contract, but give him a small raise (take him up to about $6.5MM and add bonuses for Pro Bowl etc). Move it up to about $8MM for next year and tell him that they will give him a new deal for 2010. This cuts one year off of his current deal and still gives him more money. He would now be paid more than Walker and close to Dockery. He would still be less than Pace and Jones, who have both been doing it longer than Peters. At that point, STFU and get your arse to practice. I wouldn't argue with that. Happens every year. Rookies are getting an obscene amount of money before they ever make it into camp. All-pro veterans are playing for less money than rookies. This has to be addressed in the new CBA or the NFL is in trouble. Now, if we want to compare the money with the three players you have listed, where was Peters drafted in relation to Thomas, Long and Brown?

You would think, but I imagine networks are still lining up to sign him. There are rumors he might be on the new Inside the NFL on Showtime. His personality makes him a natural for broadcasting. I agree about Shannon. I never liked listening to his show on NFL Radio for that exact reason.

A first rounder? Whatever he is smoking, please send it my way.

Rauch was 33-8-1 in three season as the Raiders coach from 1966-68. He also served as head coach of the Buffalo Bills for two years and was an assistant coach with Philadelphia and Atlanta. Link

Isn't that what they did last time? Look where it got them. He has three years left on his deal and his is complaining. If you sign him to another long-term deal, he will just start whining again in about a year or two.

Natural causes? 43? RIP

Agreed. Ogden's retirement pushes Strahan down the list and possibly off the first ballot. He definitely needs that broadcasting career if he wants to get in on the first ballot.

You have to admit, his article was better.

The Cloverfield monster has herpes?

This isn't a good week for me. Do you think they can push it off until sometime in July? *Checks calendar* How about the week of the 14th?

Don't they also have a first-round draft pick as one of their starting corners?

Ya think? It seems like they have the attitude that professional football in Buffalo started and ended with the current Bills franchise. They really have no desire to put in anyone prior to this franchise. I know that you have already seen this letter, but I thought I would put it out for the rest of the people. I would hate to see them not induct anyone from the 1940s Bills, while we still have some players alive to attend the induction.

It is too bad that they still have outstanding errors. NO props to the people who put Buffalo on the football map, namely the 1920s Buffalo teams or the 1940s teams. Ailinger was inducted, but it had nothing to do with his play. Hell, the current Bills would not even exist if it were not for the 1940s franchise. [/rant]

Any tee ball titles?

2 AFL championships. I agree though, that we have no business being anywhere near this list.