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The lack of preparation and execution offers a glimpse of the Monday Night Football booth with Joe Theisman onboard.

I've come to expect some of the most Charo-influenced programming in sports to come from NFL Total Access and typically it's only on the tube in anticipation of Playbook. Today they the truly pathetic Rich Eisen and his staff on Total Access exceeded all my expectations! The teaser hit about 10 minutes before the segment- "We fire up Bill's Cam and talk to their national College Scout". OK I'm thinking- maybe some poorly posed questions about D and O linemen, maybe a whimpy shot at getting a Bill's sense of the CB situation in Buffalo- But my oh my, the show went right to where it is perpetually entrenched- the idiot nation of every pro football team's fan base: "So Marc, Matt Leinert and ...." "Now on the Bill's Draft Board, how do the QB's match up?" "Well Mark, while it would seem that the Bill's wouldn't be considering a QB at the 8 spot, which QB would you want if....? Thank you so much Marc, good luck and when we come back Brett Favre................."

Suprisingly the Park Service doesn't clip you any worse than the surrounding outposts. Since we're heading up into the Panamint Mountains tonight our final gas point will be a hell-hole called Trona. I expect I'll pay about $3.70 a gallon.

I'll talk to him tonight and ask him if he can have someone there at 11:00 if there's no one scheduled already. Followup-- Yes- your game is on at Madd Bailey's.

I assume you have the hookup with KTD set up- Bob Lamb for some reason recommended you get the bedroom with the full bar? CU next week- I'm off for Death Valley for the weekend. We've been promised by the pub owner a new bar "maid" on draft morning, a KC fan who is reputed to be an EXCEPTIONALLY deep breather.

If you buy a Draft Guide at the newstand, there is a likelihood nobody in any NFL War Room has read it let along given it credibility. Ourlads on the other hand is in the hands of most teams come April 29th. The guys at Ourlads remain astute technicians of skill breakdowns from both film and the field, and their assessment of Ngata is enough to scare me off.

In some cultures The Dean would be considered the perfect shape for drinking. My guess is the culture down at the Shot Bar will be one of those places ;-)

KTD is going to scoop you from Burbank Airport- you can get a direct there on SW. He's on the road today but he'll make arrangements with you shortly. Better head to Balco, time's running out ;-)

No worries, The Commissioner has comped your seats. Friday there will be a meeting of the General Assembly convened throughout the evening at Madd Bailey's Pub to assess skill-sets of the various participants. Think of it along the lines of a "Drinker's Combine". I expect you'll excel in both the Ten Shot Vertical and the Tequila Filled Shuttle.

If you pick a good time to jump on the 170 it's about 85 miles, with the last 5 being windy mountain roads. It's about 75 minutes if you're trying to avoid Eric Estrada and an hour if you jam.

Bigger things my friend- we could use you at the DParty but we'll get to a game together. This season we're already commited to the regular season game in Detroit and we'll book one in Buff too. When the orbits collide the mud bugs'll be on me ;-)

Make your reservations early to participate in a full weekend of debauchery and liver damage. Whether in 2005 you missed Big Bob Lamb testing the old question of whether a tree falling in the forest makes any sound, or Kelly the Dog's City Slicker Parking School, 2006 is no year to skip the Pine Mountain TSW Draft Party. Just an hour north of LA, Pine Mountain offers all the comforts of a Kacsinski retreat. PM me for reservations.

FYI-- I spent 4 full hours waiting to get OUT of TJ 3 weeks ago- thank God for Mescal sales curbside ;-)

Talk about taking the long road to the obvious destination...

And I'd add to that by saying that those "flashes of brilliance" have come exclusively on one-gap pass rushes, something not uncommon among big guys with high centers of gravity. That same high center is the absolute worst trait for a run stuffer. Add to that a bad tackling shoulder and saying bye bye won't be difficult at all. IMO Anderson is a much different proposition- he's not starting material but he can be a productive member of a DT rotation, and in today's game you better be 4 deep at the position. Anderson is a major roster plus for a team like us weak at the starting interior spots.

I see the difference being between that of a world class talent and an average #1 WR- and I'd say that holds true at any point in their recent careers, mental illness brought on by steriod use notwithstanding.

Has already torn an ACL and an MCL in separate injuires. Reputation for "cruising" through practices and sometime games. Got knocked to the ground a lot at the college level- Hmmmmm..................................................

That's tempting- but I'll leave it alone ;-)

Apparently you haven't recently perused our interior DLine Depth chart.

The whining about him here seems to revolve around his disappointment with being released by the Bills. I'm convinced I would not have left in the same "Classy" manner as Drew after playing for a team who put my life in the hands of Mike Pucillo, Ross Tucker and Marques Sullivan; a trio who played a combined 4 or 5 total downs in the NFL last season.

Only those who've already signed >7 QBs to our own roster for the 2006 season.

Maybe I'm missing your reference- this guy made the biggest play for the Patsies in their spanking by Denver in the playoffs last year and was being used more and more by the Pansies as the season closed- his role in their offense was as a home run threat and in that role he didn't drop a ball all year. And to the first question- I for one don't find the contract terms you've presented as anything peculiar- in fact I'd say they suggest Marv being maligned for being too old to shoot straight might be way off. To me the contract suggests Marv understands: A) We're rebuilding for real B) Depth at WR is a cheap commodity in the FA NFL of this decade

Nice to see you returning to your role as the USAIPASB (unofficial self-appointed idiot press agent spokesperson of the bandwagon). Speaking of Pat's bash- try this: Pat's Big Bash The Emporer's wardrobe was exposed with the gutless strategy of dodging the Steelers in the Wildcard round by throwing the Miami game to draw Jacksonville. Every player on the Patsy roster knew Belichick had lost faith in them even during his lying and cowardly news conference insisting his decisions in the Miami game were to intended to win it- including using Matt Cassel at QB (wink wink) from the 2nd quarter on. Belichick's credibility level instantly dropped to that of the bandwagoneer fans like you who will soon by sizing up the jerseys of a different team. I'll bet you're eyeing Steeler gear right now ;-)

Do you mean to say that after all the negotiations I've gone through over the course of my life that I'm better served by clinging to the advice regarding negotiations of those who have never once been involved in a high level/high cost negotiation? My goodness, I'm finding it hard to decipher who's actully confused here ;-)

It's true we old-timers suffer some difficulty understanding the 8 and 9 year-olds here, but at the same time most of us old-timers are just happy if we don't spray the keyboard pad on the laptop while we're wetting our pants during a post.