BillnutinHouston

Pardon the LAMP but I think this is pretty cool. I'm tailgating at last year's opener at Hammer's, throwing the ball with Billnut Jr., when along comes an NFL Network camera crew asking if they can get some footage for their pregame show. Of course we oblige and my son makes a nice grab (on a pretty good throw if I may say so), then Billnut Jr. ad libs a TD dance. After processing what just happened, I call home to my wife and tell her to fire up the DVR and record the . Sure enough we make the show as a bumper coming off the commercial, and Rich Eisen remarks "Very nicely done." A great memory and souvenir that I will cherish forever.

Would be nice though!

I'll play along. Sure, if I'm his agent, I let him visit the Bills. Then I insist that he promptly visit the remaining 31 teams. To personally appear in Buffalo (only) concedes leverage by revealing a desire to come back to THIS PARTICULAR team, to the exclusion of the others, thereby undermining your agent's effort to obtain max value by limiting the market. Must think with head, not heart.

This, over not being able to bring your bag and instead bring a small, clear one? Wow.

That begs the question, do you PLAN to let Byrd walk based in the HOPE that CJ has a breakout year?

Thought this might be a good time to review the quotes given in Tim Graham's very good BN article a week ago or so about Eugene Parker, Byrd's agent: “Under the system, the Bills were allowed to pay Jairus substantially less than a Pro Bowl player at his position makes for four years,” Parker said. “The Bills, under the CBA, have the ability to restrict his free agency by making him a one-year offer, which we can accept or not accept. “He’s fulfilled every clause of his contract, and he’s played at 15 to 20 percent of what his market value is for a player at his position, and he did it for four years with no complaints. “Now, it’s time. We’ve got to figure something out.” The Bills met with Parker in February at the NFL scouting combine, where each side made its position clear. Brandon said Friday the Bills “have made offers to his camp that are very competitive in the marketplace.” “We’re going to continue to do everything we can to get this done,” Brandon said. “That’s the ultimate goal. It’s never an easy process, but the franchise tag is an asset that’s collectively bargained and that we’re provided, and he has what’s available to him by not being here until when he feels he should be.” “I understand the business of football,” Parker said. “I realize teams have choices and options, and players have choices and options. And the better the player, the better options that player has. “If a deal doesn’t work for the player or team, then it doesn’t work. We can agree to disagree. That doesn’t make the team bad, or me bad or the player bad.”

Who cares. At the end of the day it's a popularity contest.

Prank calls air daily in Houston.

Perfectly stated.

Agree.

Doesn't everybody look like that during games?

Please define "threaten he'll".

$19M is a pretty nice number. I'm thinking it's for Byrd and Wood.

Correct. My workplace is filled with Cowboys fans and all despise Jerry.

I ask myself that every time I visit this board.

That's quite a leap to make.

Can we not just enjoy obsess over the season first before worrying about this?

Those are actually very funny!

Outstanding.

Great stuff! Makes me want to buy a Kemp jersey.

At last report, Troup was in the top 5 in Marrone's "Iron Bills" competition. I won't knock a guy who's now healthy and motivated.

Somewhat ironic that this news is posted here. ESPN and the Bills have almost nothing to do with each other.

Immediately my eyes are drawn to....the horrific horse collar!

Right. But it's still early. That they have incorporated it into their strength and conditioning is impressive to me at this EARLY stage. I agree that Whaley is the traditional talent evaluator and Brandon is the big picture/idea guy. Brandon is clearly steering the overall course of the franchise.

I have seasons in both the clubs and the lower bowl. If you are looking for your neighbors to be loud and "into it", you might be somewhat disappointed with the clubs. In terms of fan intensity, it's definitely a notch below the rest of the stadium - which cuts both ways depending on your taste (some people prefer that). What I've never understood is why half of the club seat holders spend most of the game inside, watching the wall of TVs like they're at a sports bar. It's like, um, do you people realize there's a LIVE NFL game about 50 feet away, outside?