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It is always better to use the check/debit card as a "credit" transaction. This is because your bank usually charges a fee for any purchase made using your "PIN". My bank charges $0.25 per transaction, but boy these really add up at the end of the month if you get addicted to the convenience of not carrying cash, having to go inside the gas station, etc. So always select credit IF given the option. I say IF because many stores such as Wal Mart have stopped allowing these transactions as it costs them a higher fee to run it through as credit. Now, it is true that the money is taken from your account much more quickly with debit purchases, but if you keep good track of things and save receipts its not difficult to manage. And lastly, you CAN get a visa check card with USAirways miles through bank of America and Continental miles from Keybank. It does NOT have to be a credit card. I think this is better as you are getting miles for things you'd buy anyways, not having to rack up purchases on credit. B)
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I'll write in my vote for Mickey Washington. B)
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As I recall, the word around the Buffalo Media was that Polian had made one too many disparaging remarks privately about the personality and involvement of Ralph Wilson's daughter in the "Scouting department". This was right around the time she became involved in the club. Uncle Ralph wasn't having it and told BP the upcoming season(1992) would be his last as GM. Polian said "fine" and it was kept under wraps until post SB XXVII. This was a costly move in more ways than one. The free agency era was about to begin and our star LT Will Wolford was set to become a FA. He wanted to stay in Buffalo and his agent made repeated attempts to negotiate with BP throughout the 1992 season. BP refused to return his agents calls. Since Polian knew he was leaving the Bills, he figured he'd screw RW and sure enough, Wolford was lost to FA in the offseason to Ted Marchibroda's Colts. Bad decision by Ralph all the way around, as I believe Polian would still be here today. We started to decline immediately under John Butler in the talent department. This was magnified by free agent losses and the aging of Polian's players. JB was involved in those Polian drafts, but was not the mastermind. BP would never have allowed our OL to turn into the turnstile of mediocrity we've endured since 1994. B)
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WE MUST PROTECT THIS HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!! : :I starred in Brokeback Mountain:
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Well, I'd agree with most of your post, but at this point I'd say the Bills Are a very bad offensive team. You're a little too harsh on the "D". Stats lie, but the scoreboard does not. 13 points 2 weeks straight. That's a good defensive effort in my book., and should ALWAYS be enough to win in the NFL. No, we're not a great defense, but good to very good. No team pitches a shutout every week, but our D has such a small margin for error-they almost have to score themselves. No takeaways on D today, and that's not good enough. Offensively and ST wise, we are among the worst in the NFL. Can we EVER get a reurn of over 20 yards WITHOUT a holding penalty or block in the back? This has been a problem since preseason. The kicker-that's been well documented. Moorman is the lone bright spot on ST, I'm afraid. We might be the WEAKEST O in the league. I once thought DB was going to be the "savior" but it is painfully obvious that Drew is barely functional as a QB right now. He looks more shot than even RJ did. This guy is just plain shook. He's not even stepping into his throws anymore -just expecting to get hit even when there is no pressure. Did you notice how many balls he underthrew today? These were a direct result of not stepping into his throw. His mechanics are totally out of whack. It's too bad J.P. is injured. If you're MM, you give DB the next 2 games. If you lose both of those, the season is effectively over . Four AFC losses and 2 in the division would put you on life support. JP's time would have arrived sooner than later I believe. I have no doubt that by the time he is healthy, the season will have been long written off and J.P. will see playing time immediately.
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Yes, we are a losing franchise. The dregs of the NFL. Lumped in with the Cardinals, Bengals, Chargers et al. We've had 2 winning seasons since Kelly retired. No playoff victories since 95. We've had one dominant OL since Ballard and Wolford departed. (Reuben Brown) who is no longer on the team. No top DE's. Most of our "name" players were not drafted by the Bills. We've been on MNF twice since '97. We're not ready for prime time. Time for a new direction. I thought Donahoe had us turned around, but no more. Cut Bledsoe after this year, fire Donahoe and rebuild. This team is going nowhere. Our offense is right up there with the Joe Dufek, Bruce Mathison era. Watch NFL primetime, and you see tons of amazing athletic plays, big plays. We never seem to make any, and are usually on the wrong end of those plays. A first down is like a moral victory for us. Start looking ahead to '05, with NO 1st round pick. Uggghhhh.
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Jerry Gray is usually fine, EXCEPT when it comes to 4th down plays with the game on the line. There is a disturbing trend here folks, and it became apparent today that it is caused by JG as Greggo is now gone. How many times do you see a scenario in games where a team NEEDS a stop on 4th and long to preserve a win and they GO GET THE QB! Well, I see it often, just not from the Bills. When faced with that situation, JG will always rush 3or 4 and play coverage, giving the QB ample time to step into his throw and deliver it accurately. We saw it today, we saw it with McNabb last year. That, to me is a give up. You must attack that QB. If he makes an amazing play then so be it, but we insist on letting him make an easy throw with no heat on him. When the game's on the line JG plays it safe. Our corners are good enough to cover man to man. We're billsfanone to lose all the close games with this guy calling the D. Most NFL QB's are good enough to scan the field and make the throw when given the time. B)
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You'd show them a video of the Pats D getting shredded for 440 yards, including a long drive consisting of NOTHING BUT running plays, a 45 yard pass that looked like it was leading to a game winning drive by the opponent only to luck out when their "superstar" QB decided to lock on to his left on 3rd down and take a rookie sack out of field goal range? You call that a dominant D? Our problem today was an O that couldn't score a TD when they were spotted the 1st 97 yards! Or on any drive that didn't begin inside the opponents 20 yard line for that matter. That is a far cry from the Pats offense. Granted our D wasn't playing the Colts, but this game could have been won many times over by some decent offense. Showing our O a video of the pats O would be more effective. And a video of the Colts O to see how to lose a game that you had in the bag, but we seem to have perfected that. B)
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why did we not sign him or Morten anderson? We lost this game today because we did not dominate the LOS on offense. Settling for a FG after 1st and goal from the 3? And we have ZERO confidence in our kicker. Not trying to go up by 4 because you can't hit a FG over 35 yards is pathetic. We will go nowhere with our personnel. If you want to play "small ball" you'd better have a clutch kicker and a line that pushes people around. A D that doesn't give up 4th and longs would help as well. I can't blame NC's coverage, but why do we not send a jailbreak at the QB on a critical 4th and long, giving BL way too long to make that throw.? Seems eerily siliar to 4th and 19 vs Eagles last year. B)
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Yeah, I listened for about 10 minutes yesterday and had to shut it off. Sure, I expect idiot callers like "Jerome" who ranted and raved that they didn't extend Jennings and was basically a complete as*wipe, but even Bulldog was extremely negative. If they were truly a sports station, they'd know that the Bills approached ALL THREE of our major free agents for next offseason and tried to get extensions worked out. Schobel was the ONLY ONE who bit. Jennings has made it clear many times that he wants to play ball in Atlanta and he's going to see if they're interested. You can't sign a guy who doesn't want to be here. We saw that with Peerless. So before WGR manufactures yet another controversy they should realize the knowledgeable Bills fans out there will see through their half truths. The station really caters to the brain dead "Jeromes" of the world unfortunately. B)
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Preferably in Charlotte NC or Columbia SC. Will be heading to Florida weekend of 11/7 and need a place to stop for the Bills Jets game. Any info appreciated. B)
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No commentary on teams affected, but can we please stop calling this a "rules change". This rule has been on the books since the '70's. At the NFL meetings, it was decided that the officials had become lax in enforcing the contact rule and a new emphasis was to be placed on it. Particularly in the preseason, but it remains to be seen if that emphasis carries over into the regular season and playoffs-where it really became an issue. There are doubts that this will happen. For reference, see NHL. B)
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I agree with you Chevy, and I think Bulldog on WGR has a similar view to mine. I HATE the concept, because success in fantasy football is predicated on selecting and rooting for players that you HATE. Or players on teams that you HATE. This to me takes away one of the fundamentals of football -despising your opponent. I can't watch a game between say, New England and Seattle and hope that New England scores "one more touchdown" but still loses the contest. This concept is screwed up folks! Maybe the whole fantasy thing works for the casual fan, but if you have football in your blood, meaning all Bills opponents are the ENEMY, all teams in the running for the playoffs with the Bills are the ENEMY, then you will not succeed at fantasy football. Casual NFL fans only need apply. B)
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OOps! That would be SHANE Matthews. Sorry. B)
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Confirms Bills sign Shyane Matthews.
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I don't believe the Bills or any team can afford four roster spots for QB's. TB could be placed on IR, placed on PUP with intention of bringing him back to active roster,or given an injury settlement and released. Most likely is I.R. Losman could be placed on PUP as well. Thay will not use 4 roster spots on QB's. B)
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Too bad the board has had server problems recently. Maybe later, when i'm fully awake, i'll attempt to do a search and count all the Mcnally=God threads from about january till august. This offensive line has been consistantly bad since 1994. That covers 3 full coaching staffs and is currently on its 4th. I just don't get it.
The answer lies in the draft. We have drafted exactly TWO first round OL's since House Ballard and W. Woolford departed. One of them WAS a 9year starter-at GUARD. The other is a 3rd year man that is to this point a bust. That does not cut it in the NFL these days. You need bookend tackles, and your guards can come from the middle rounds. It is obvious that the Bills have not placed a premium on building the Oline, and it shows. We have not drafted a true Center in rounds 1-4 since approximately the beginning of time. The demise of our Oline began with the start of free agency and the drafting of Fina. He was a true guard and we started him out of position his whole career. We try to throw crap out there at the T position, but you can't polish a turd. Our lack of attention to these positions in the draft has sealed our fate. Until this organization wakes up and realizes that the great Bills teams of the 90's were built around the OL, we're -dare I say-billsfanone to mediocrity. B)
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Doug Flutie would come back here to play on the offensive line? That is our problem, after all. Funny how Flutieflake is the panacea for all that ails the Bills. B)
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I know folks in B-Lo love to oversimplify and blame the QB for every problem on the O. They love to credit the QB for a D that wins games as well. But those who know football know it starts with the O-line. EVERY problem is traceable back to it's roots in the trenches. There is no better predictor of a games outcome thanwho's winning the war in the trenches, where the real ball is played. Win that battle and good things happen. Lose it, and turnovers, penalties-and losses- pile up. News flash... WE SUCK UP FRONT! Jennings is our best o-lineman and he does no good on the sideline-the RJ of our Oline. Villarial is solid, but you can't win when your strongest guy is a Guard. Not sure why anyone was impressed with our run blocking- The holes we manage to create close in an instant and that's not long enough for a hesitant McGahee. We need Henry to have any chance of success on the ground. If the run blocking continues to be poor, we're looking at a lot of 2nd and 3rd and longs. That's when the dogs are turned loose and our QB, ANY QB goes dowen in a swarm of enemy jerseys. A pretty good D and some decent skill players are going to go to waste because we have no offensive line. TD has failed us in this regard. So while I want to be optimistic , I cannot when I look at our line. The Colts are an average D upfront, with the exception of Freeney, and they kicked our AS*! We will be luck to be 4-12 with this group, I'm afraid. B)
(OT) Visa Check Card
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Steve: If you were using a "points earning" credit card 3 times a day instead of your debit card, you'd have more protection AND you'd be earning points toward something. As long as you have the disclipine to monitor your purchases and pay it off each month.
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As I pointed out earlier, you CAN get a debit/check card that earns miles. Forget the credit card for everyday purchases. Too easy to put it off and find yourself in a hole. The check card IS a great convenience and most of them offer similar protections for stolen cards these days. B)