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not sure which team you usually watch on Sunday, but DJ challenges some call pretty much every game, today he didn't. Unfortunately I haven't found any sites that track this statistic, but last year the Bills were amongst the top teams for winning challenges.

no, he was the nickel before, he's in at CB in place of McGee, McLovin is now the nickel

THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 2/11 - 18%

Little plays LDE, he's Walker's man

Peters didn't miss his block on that sack but he sure wasn't playing hard, going through the motions...

that invisible, washed up, slow Schobel

yeah, Hardy had a great open field tackle

McGee is out with a sprained knee, status unknown

maybe an agreement...

did he read it yet?

as an aside, I was prowling through the local auto row looking for a car for my daughter. The Chevy dealer - row after row of Suburbans, Tahoes, Silverados, and Avalanches. The Ford dealer - Expeditions, Explorers, F150s, and a hodgepodge of other SUVs and pickups. The Chrysler dealer - at least 50 Grand Cherokees, full sized RAM pickups and SUVs, et al. Literally millions of dollars worth of inventory sitting there collecting dust, Employee Pricing for Everyone not withstanding. I guess what I'm saying is the closing of dealerships is probably just as closely related to cash flow as the credit market.

Let me see if I understand you... You're saying that if he hadn't held out, he would be getting the same salary as now? How is it possible that he could have made less money? By paying fines or losing game checks? And you're also inferring that by making "some" dumb plays, this makes no difference in how the Bills approach the negotiation? You seem like an educated guy, you're really not saying this, are you? It's pretty darned clear to me, and maybe a few others, The Senator and Realfootball.com aside, that if he came to camp (at least the mandatory parts), and had his esteemed agent negotiating a new contract, that he would be at 100% playing/football/game shape by now and be in a much better negotiation shape. As it is, he has zero leverage until he reaches that point, assuming he does by the 4th or 5th game, and he will most likely lose his 2008 Pro Bowl chances. Yet you continue to cling to this notion that it has cost him nothing. It also seems that every pro football writer in the USA has made a statement that says it was a dumb and dumber move by holding out.

Faux Sports gets a chuckle

then there's always the Alzheimer's battle between Larry Felser and Bob Matthews... thanks for the info Lori

False Start certainly, but I don't understand how Holding occurs more in road games. I think it's more correlated to the defensive secondary and how good they are at coverage. Since most people would agree that holding occurs pretty much every play by the OL, maybe the Bills are better coached at pushing the edge of legal contact...

well, not exactly. Both Jauron and Peters said he was in good "physical shape", but not "football shape" which I assume is the same as "game shape". Peters at one point said he was in 85% of football shape, which, judging by the ratio of good or great plays vs bad ones is about right. How can Peters be costing himself hundreds of thousands of dollars if Mickey says this hasn't cost him zip? I'm sooo confused!

Barnes believes he'll play

I noticed that Leo Roth's byline rarely appears on any of the online D&C articles about the Bills. Is that more about Gannett's financial problems or something else?

Let's see, you start out by trashing jujufish... and you use, IMO, pretty lame arguments to make your case based on past history, and by your own admission, omit the defense, so I throw it back at you. TSW can be a pretty harsh environment sometimes, maybe grow some thicker skin, and consider the basis for your opinions before you click Post or Add Reply. Sorry if I offended...

There have been more than a few articles about Trent spending time with Lee at his house in South Florida during the off season working on their timing. While we don't know how much vaca vs throwing the rock, calling it vacationing together is probably not very accurate.

yeah, very cool stuff. I thought The Chroise was off the mark on how officials like Ed Hochuli are graded week in and week out. There's not much information on how the NFL grades its officials, but there's definitely some science to it.

I remember during the SB years, the sports experts always said the Bills got to the big game because the AFC East was so weak and we got easy home field advantage, we didn't get beat in our own house, and therefore we weren't that good. We sure got beat handily a few times by NFC East teams, but I have to think all that pre-game partying had an affect.

1. a pro bowl QB to a lousy Jamarcus Russell - Their Pro Bowl QB was benched 2. a pro bowl RB to an unproven and injured Raider RB corps - Their Pro Bowl running back is currently ranked #26 and the unproven/injured dude is #9 3. a Raider O'line that made the '05 Bills O'line look like the Hogs - I thought we were talking about the Rams vs Raiders. The RAMs OL has allowed 11 sacks and their offense is statistically at the bottom (#31), whereas the Raiders are #21. 4. Holt & company to the Raiders grab bag of useless Wr's - Ok, for some reason, the Raiders won't let Russell throw the ball, but it's pretty obvious the man has a good arm, as witnessed by the perfect TD throw to Higgins last Sunday. Yes, the Rams have a better passing game. interesting way to make your point never mentioned defense, sounds like a personal problem to me...

Ross Tucker is hilarious

whoa, Clayton writing something good about the Bills...