AKC

Ron Edwards is not a rushing down DT. He can't play low enough to effectively tackle runners nor does he establish his lateral presence well enough to force plays out of his way. If we make no move in bringing in DT help and if Tim Anderson plays anything short of a run stopping phenom our defense will fall to the middle of the pack in the NFL overall, putting us overall in the middle of the pack as a team. The outlook for a MLB who moves and tackles very well but is not a superior player at getting off a big man bodes poorly for our friend London Fletcher.

Dimitrius Underwood might be a better example of what you're hoping against. There are conflicting stories at this time being offered on LA Sports talk radio regarding his behavior leading to the decision. Yahoo Sports

Takhomasak? Fatburger. They make it exactly the way I ask for it.

I had Thai for lunch and would hate to be forced to bill you for the steam cleaning. Anyway, no stadium to play in until maybe '08 at the earliest.

That's true- major for one has to be major for the other- good or bad. On another issue- you're the one with opposing thumbs, I'd assume you could launch even a Lake Ontario carp a good distance further than a common equida asinus.

I'd guess it'd have to be a sign and trade with our cap limits- Simon is Franchised and due to earn too much for us to take him on. I don't even know if the Eagles can trade him unless he's redesignated a NER FA, and if he were he'd be back on the open market anyway. While I'd like to see a deal made here, there's nothing in the recent management moves of the Eagles to suggest they'd misjudge talent in such a foolish way. The other major "surprise" would be that the Bills had been able to keep the agents/players involved quiet about this relatively high profile of a trade without some numbskull spilling the beans.

That would require a number of assumptions and outcomes, only one of which is that Willis would have to possess similar ego and loyalty characteristics as TO. I see no indication that Willis is amped up on 'roids as clearly TO is, and I find it hard to believe from reading between the lines on WM interviews that he's ANYTHING like the narcisitic Owens.

The Texas Hot in Wellsville- 3 hots, an order of fries with gravy and a Cream Ale "Pounder" to make sure none of it hangs out in your system long enough to do permanent damage. MMMmmmmmm.......................

If the Eagles gave up Simon for Henry it'd be the biggest day for the Bills since the Pitt game last year. But assuming the Eagles aren't prepared to make that catastrophic error, I'll assume Henry's agent would be able to explain to his client the value of getting the marquee time in the event of any McGahee injury and the impact that would have towards any 2006 Henry offers in FA.

Henry's value as a 2005 backup, including his very friendly cap number for a guy who is a known quality running back in the league, is higher than a 3rd round pick and probably even a 2nd round pick IF the team sees this roster as capable of making a run at the playoffs. This deep into TD's time at OBD I have to assume he's under pressure to field exactly that.

Hard to say- but unlike some observers of the game I don't hold myself out to be smarter than Parcells.

Of course you're correct, because every losing NFL team in history has been quarterbacked by Drew Bledsoe and followed by the band of losers whose obsession with Bledsoe forces them to be cursed to reprise his name at least once every day not only in this life but into the next.

Mularkey has shown that he will play to JPs ability to move even in pre-season last year. It's safe to assume the offensive strategy will be use of the big guards to pound the running game inside and take advantage of the mann cover and personell packages that draws on the defensive side by rolling the pocket with regularity and using our newfound speed at WR with intermediate crossing routes designed to offer JP his primary targets in the same area of the field- making his reads on who has shaken coverage much easier. Vermiel has had a lot of success running a more stationary pocket version of this supplemented with slants where the defender cheats up to jam their man, the whole key to it is the speed at the 2 and 3 WR spot. If Parrish overtakes JReed or gets an equal number of plays it will become a way to keep pressure off JP by forcing the defensive line to read before reacting to the play and then burning the defensive backfield above by virtue of the time it's bought the QB and the routes gaining separation in that area 15 yards downfield due in large part to the speed of our WRs. The bottom line for us is that it will continue to be set up by play action because that's the theoretical advantage to us- put your run stopping D in and bring a safety for help- opening the middle of the field for the cross route with the man CB protecting the post and almost being forced to concede the inside break. It's not deep ball football but it does offer HUGE opportunities for RAC, plus obviously it offers the WR to take the post if the defender blows coverage low and also breaking to the sideline once you've established in route inside. It's not what they ran for Bledsoe- they preferred him throwing out after out. I believe the changes in personell will move this offense in a new direction and I can;t imagine they want bascialy a rookie to learn the hard way about a sideline passing offense in this league.

Welcome Rupp. I'll pop a string below from a few days ago with Henry discussions. There's little if anything to gain by moving Henry in this season of more complete, in fact much more complete backs, offered for poor value. I like Henry right where he is- a very good insurance policy at running back for the '05 Bills. That alone to me is worth his cap hit. You related to any former basketball coach? ;-) Henry String

We reserved all three of you jokers seats- do you mean to tell me you were never there? I could have sworn I saw...... I'll share one thing with you- at the Bills Raiders PreDraft Golf Tournament the opening 3 holes offered rain, about 3 more full sun, the next couple with puffed rice size hail and then the freakin' snow hit. I noticed Bob Lamb sneaking off towards the bar around the 9th hole, but don't let anyone still living in WNY know about that ;-) I know, I know- it only proves he's the only smart one among us. But since I realized we'd spend the next 32 hours at the bar maybe I'm not so naive after all....

Fumigation ain't a pretty business (especially, as you point out, from the perspective of the prey!). And no matter how fastidious you are it seems like a couple of roaches survive ;-)

Get his permission and that conversation begins. Until then you've done nothing to dispell yourself as dishonest.

If you're talking about the same Pete who PMd me this morning about hooking up for beers in New Orleans, we might both do him the favor of asking him if he'd like to be considered as the "respected poster" I've treated poorly. Out of respect for him I'll defer to his own decision of whether or not he'd like to become the quantifier of your claim.

You just going to allow your lie to sit there unaddressed? Who is the "respected" poster I have treated poorly? You have zero credibility if you refuse to offer some support for YOUR OWN CLAIM. Oh, and your level of dishonesty is personified in this string. You claim you have "no problems" with other posters? Well I see one of the most respected posters on TSW being told to STFU just up the string. You're a real classy guy. Some people learn to admit when they've made statements they can't back up or fabricated evidence or simplly gotten something wrong. Apparently "stand up guy" isn't something we'll ever be able to attribute to you. Now don't let me interfere with the fine job you're doing shoveling.

Post numbers have zero to do with whether posters are "respected". The respect is earned from contributing to the football conversation. Contributions can be diminished by posting garbage without any concern about the effect on the community. I was lucky enough to be a contributor to this community when we actually attracted team members and staff of the Buffalo Bills. The obsessive newbies who have come of late have destroyed this element and in turn diminished the quality of the football content. It's a shame but everyone has the right to ignore what these posters have done- (create an unfriendly environment for players and staff). I on the other hand have chosen to be a vocal critic of this type of behavior. I will continue to do so because I for one would rather have a conversation on this board with the Quarterback who's starting for us instead of obsessing about the one who plays for another team and convincing him and all the other players that this is not a friendly place for the team.

YOU make the claim that I have treated "respected posters" with poor treatment and refuse to now offer A SINGLE NAME when faced with the simple question: "Who?". You are what you are, and one of those things is dishonest.

Like I predicted- we won't see any names of "respected" posters I've treated with disrespect. I appreciate your complete confirmation of my position. Rest assured the only thing of any consequence to me is my treatment by those "respected" posters, not how I'm received by some of the trash we've been attracting to this board in the past couple seasons.

I challenge you to back this lie up by naming a single "respected" poster who- as you claim- I've treated with disrespect. You won't respond with an answer because no such thing has ever happened. It's exactly this type of dishonesty that makes you the type of poster who invites the type of treatment you get- or maybe the better representation is you earn.

Straight out of the pages of the Kennedy dictionary. Just when you start thinking that pair of underwear with the nasty skid in it had finally disappeared! Nice to see you Rico!

Correction- "AKC" is one of the posters on this board who likes to talk about football, and all aspects of the game, with other fans who like to talk about the game. He respects all the solid football contributors on the board whether he agrees with them or not. What "AKC" doesn't coddle is the community of ball watchers who are obsessed with one single position on the field and they devote their complete TSW personna to a single position, a single player and a single obsession. A little antogonism is exactly what this community invites.