Sen. John Blutarsky

AMEN! What forest? I can't see any forest. All these trees are in the way...

Is Henson still PS eligible? I'd take him for that. Someone will sign him, he gets at least one more shot.

Look at Lindell's FG% before Schneck snapped and then after. There is absoultely no chance he goes. He's good, he's quick, he's accurate and he, Moorman and Lindell have their timing down to a science. I'd be shocked if they mess with that.

carries yds ypc td catches yds ypc td touches 2001 sdg 339 1236 3.6 10 | 59 367 6.2 0 398 2002 sdg 372 1683 4.5 14 | 79 489 6.2 1 451 2003 sdg 313 1645 5.3 13 | 100 725 7.2 4 413 2004 sdg 339 1335 3.9 17 | 53 441 8.3 1 392 2005 sdg 339 1462 4.3 18 | 51 370 7.3 2 390 See the wall coming? This is LaDainian Tomlinson and it is year 6 this year.

True, that why I included the other examples. Thurman and Faulk weren't bruising runner either. I can put more examples of this up, they do exist, I'm just lazy. Once NFL backs hit the 400 touch mark they go downhill fast in most cases. You might get another great season out of Alexander this year, but it will be less than last year (nobody can do that 2 years in a row) or you might get a good year from him. Either way he probably won't be a value pick in rounds one or two which is where you'll have to pick him to get him in most leagues.

DBs in that game were sick! You couldn't throw over their heads...ever, if the ball touched them it was an INT...that you couldn't return... I think that's partly why Tecmo Bowl (the original, pre Bills) was so good...that game was SOOO bad in comparison. It's like Pong vs. Pac-Man. pac-Man wasn't the bomb, but it was like XBox 360 compared to Pong.

You can look at it this way too, our offense was totally dysfunctional last year and he STILL ran for 1,200 yards and 5 TDs. 7th round is a bargain. I agree with those who say the drafters know jack about FFL, they were taking RBs who split carries way too high, what does Deuce McAllister suddenly suck? He and Bush are going to split carries. So are DeShaun Foster and DeAngelo Williams, etc. I'll say it, I'm not afraid of the fire...BEWARE OF SHAUN ALEXANDER. He's touched the ball more than 300 times each of the past 5 years and, including the playoffs, over 400 times last year. Eddie George hit the wall after 5 years of that workload, so did Thurman Thomas (his YPC dropped by a full yard between 92 and 93 and never came back-don't forget to count playoff touches), Marshall Faulk did it for 7 years but only had 300+ carries twice and his carries decreased and receptions increased as a percentage of production for the last several seasons of high productivity. Alexander has been the opposite, his catches dropped from the 50s to 18 last year while his carries went up from the 290's/low 300's to 370 last year. More carries = more punishment. Plus...he's on the cover of Madden, and it sounds silly but Eddie George, Daunte Culpepper, Marshall Faulk and Donovan McNabb all had bad years in their Madden cover year

Funny thing about that pick...plays like that now when they don't count might reduce their frequency in the real season. Evans and JP absolutley abused Ratliff on the TD throw. If JP and WRs can hook up a few more times on hitch-and-go routes DBs will stop jumping the hitch. They jump it now with abandon because we haven't consistently shown the ability to beat them for it. The caveat is blocking, we need to be able to block well enough to ALLOW Evans time to get deep otherwise all the DBs start jumping routes again.

Well, you need something non-functional. Reed's Hands? Price's Heart? Takeo's Heel?

Unfortunatley he doesn't catch the ball with his brain. I love his blocking but he has killer drops. he may not drop many, I guess other have worked out the percentages, but the ones he does seem to be huge. I'll take "Irony" to block, Wink...

The Eagles are going to have to release a quality D-lineman. I starred the players who will make the team, who comes free depends upon how many players they keep at each position. DE Jevon Kearse * DE Darrell Lee - cut DE Jerome McDougle - ? DE Juqua Thomas - ? DE Trent Cole * DE Darren Howard * That's 3 spots gone with Thomas and McDougle on the bubble. Thomas has been unstoppable in pre-season and McDougle is hurt again. McDougle was a former #1 pick but he hurt his knee in '04 and missed the year, he was shot in an attempted carjacking last year (he was the jackee not the jacker) and missed the year, and he broke his ribs in camp this year. The Eagles might cut him if they are impressed enough by Thomas. That puts 4 DE's on their roster, they may keep both McDougle and Thomas but that likely makes them cut another DT. DT Ed Jasper - ? DT Brodrick Bunkley * DT Darwin Walker * DT LaJuan Ramsey - ? DT Sam Rayburn - ? DT Mike Patterson * DT Kenyota Marshall - cut Ramsey's been good, but he's a rookie, Rayburn has been solid but unspectacular and Jasper is a steady 10 year vet. Each will be solid depth but all three won't make the team. They already have 2 very young DTs in Bunkley and Patterson and Rayburn isn't old. I think the choice comes down to Jasper or Ramsey. I think the Eagles will keep Jasper and try to sneak Ramsey onto the PS. If they cut Ramsey we should pick him up in a hot second, if they drop Jasper he's at least worth a look as a rotation/depth type guy. If they keep 5 DEs they will drop both Jasper and Ramsey. Ideally, they'll cut either Thomas or McDougle AND Ramsey and we should claim both of them.

I remember reading after the Carolina game that the Panthers were blitzing and twisting a lot more than the Bills expected, since they don't gameplan for pre-season (ESPECIALLY the 1st pre-season game) it doesn't surprise me that we took an inordinate number of sacks that week. Plus, Carolina's D-line is flat better than our O-Line. I thought this week was much better and only the sack that caused the first fumble was avoidable..he had time to throw it away but didn't. The number that SHOULD pop at everyone is completion percentage. I'll take 62.9 all year long, especially since he's averaging more than 10 yards per completion. I also recall a number of balls that receivers dropped on JP, especially in week 1. BTW, missing any throw to the outside of the field short is MUCH better than missing it long. It's safer. Arm strength isn't an issue so it's a matter of JP trying to put the ball into a place where the WR can get it but the DB can't and he missed. I'd rather have that than have him airmailing people and throwing the ball to the FS all day long, not too mention having our WRs strung out and killed routinely.

Holcomb is possible but a replacement #3 will have to come free that we are interested in, I don't think Kingsbury makes the team. A positive in Holcomb's favor is that he's more expensive to cut than to keep so even if we're planning on sitting him the whole year it's cheaper than cutting him, eating the difference, AND signing someone else. That's a lot of money for a #3 QB. We might play QB roster games during week 1. If a veteran player is on the roster on week 1 they are guaranteed their entire salary, if they aren't signed until week 2 they are not. We might axe Holcomb at the last cut, go w/ only 2 QBs during week one, sneak a young guy through that we don't want to cut, then sign a QB during week 2 and either shady IR the guy we didn't want to cut or try to sneak him through waivers that week...after all the other teams have basically solidified their rosters.

Because he's a fullback who was on IR last year because of a chronic calf problem. Teams who use fullbacks generally have one already, plus everyone was obviously leery of his calf. Shelton was out of football for the entire 2003 season after being suspended for steroid use for part of 2002, that's why he was cheap in 2004. Not necessarily because he isn't a good player. I wouldn't be surprised to see both of them make it with the backup being a special teams demon, both on returns and coverage. Fullback is an extremely high contact position and Shelton has missed some games over the years, as has Ricard. We don't have another true blocking back on the roster. Ricard and Shelton stay and Burns goes I think.

Truth breeds accountability, we've had NO accountability on this team for a while. If you do something well we'll say so and reward you, if you do something badly we'll let you know right away, let you know exactly what we want changed and move on. Every knows where they stand and noone can hide. It's a great way to run an organization

Starting Romo will only accelerate the coming TO debacle. He's already cannibalized Jeff Garcia during his Pro Bowl years AND Donovan McNabb. How much patience do you think TO will have with Mr Romo? I give it until week 3, then the meltdown occurs on the sideline and TO starts calling for Drew in the media. Then Tuna goes ballistic. It's gonna be fun. :-)

The Battleship Lorenzen

What about this whole post is oddly homo-erotic?

Absolutely, who else would you talk to about chocolate chip cookies or crescent rolls. My God, do you think DJ even CARES if a player can get his biscuits to rise and brown evenly?

You're probably right. I can see it now. "Losman threw for 6000 yards and 50 TDs this year, can you imagine what Holcomb would have done given his superior ability to read the defense? JP=RJ" Ahhhh the joys of TBD

Only 5100 yards? Go for an even 6000. :-) I know you're joking...but can you imagine what we'd all do if he came even remotely close to that?

Who had the tossed salad? Was it Jim or JP?

The Pats don't need the 'juice. Bruschi can lay hands on people and bestow wonderful gifts. Along with healing the lame and curing the sick and causing the blind to see. Tedy's so fast because he actually floats on top of the condensation on the grass field in New England. It isn't that he reads the plays that well either, his omnipresence allows him to see inside the offensive huddle. Apart from being a god he's also apparently Wolverine because he was able to heal himself after his stroke. Am I the only one who really wouldn't mind seeing Tedy have a horrific Joe Theismann/Tim Krumrie/Willis McGahee leg injury just so he can heal himself on the field?

Sold. Even the 17 picks. If he throws 24 TDs he can throw 20 picks and I'll STILL be happy.

Schaub = RJ One game and we're fawning and discussing throwing millions of dollars and high draft picks for him. He's OK...and he plays in a dome. Arm strength is not his forte. If we wanted Schaub we should have picked Leinart this year, they're the same guy but Leinart is better.