TheCockSportif

Somebody's gotta show that kicker the poster for first aid for choking.

That FG looked borderline, but good. Ugh!

I think that someone pinged him on LinkedIn for an insurance sales gig.

Exactly, and I hope that he sits. Gregggggg seems spiteful enough to crack the guy's spine as his team has gotten dismantled.

Do you remember when the Bills had a player retire at halftime? Seems like ages ago.

Only issue I have with your take is that the Houston Oilers and the Houston Texans are completely unrelated franchises.

No. If I was looking for a sympathetic shoulder I wouldn't have joined. So we're clear. Whatever is stuck in your craw: post it. Or start a thread in PPP. If it's so bad that you know that you would get banned, then that's your answer.

Why not just post stats then and let people draw their own conclusions? I've seen PPP a couple of times, but *shudder*.

Great job, man!

Thank goodness their relationship never devolved into cockfighting.

Wow, I forgot about him. Good on you for digging deep!

Times were simpler when I just came home from work after having finished second shift, with a full head of hair, cracked a beer, and watched Gary Cochran deliver an informercial (I mistook it for a sitcom at first) about "direct marketing". I used to follow up these informercials by watching re-runs of WKRP in Cincinnati on the VCR. It cleansed the palate. Really. I think that Gary also did one about dog walking. Who bought that *****?! In any case, assuming that he doesn't end up on NFL or on ESPN, Tom Brady will be the next pitch/marketing person like Peyton Manning. I kinda hate it, and yet I want to see it. Maybe he knows how to walk dogs? You just can't say.

Maybe the envelope included a letter written in ransom note style (it read "I LoOk LikE OMAR EppS") and included a participation award for kicks. Harrison, if I recall, was such a huge fan of participation awards.

Yeah, I remember this. No smile == doesn't want to be here == immediate hate.

I don't get the love for Wade. I really don't. Unless he's lights out during TC (assuming there is one) and during games, I find it hard to believe that he's going to stick. He's like the Da'Rick Rogers (a "diamond in the rough" WR pickup if I recall) of RBs. It would seem that the Bills finally have the luxury to pick their spots, and I would be absolutely astounded if Wade was one of them.

If memory serves, and maybe I'm getting old, but many people hated Watkins immediately upon having been drafted. Same with Manuel. Actually, same with Dareus now that I think about it. I have never exactly gotten the player hate aspect, but I do get the frustration around a team who for decades kept trying to punch its own dick off before any actual games were played.

My sister is friends with and went to school with (former, now retired) special teams ace, Mike Leach (TN, Chicago, Denver, Cards), and I've chatted with him on a couple of occasions. Super nice guy. Super intense. And I've never seen such natural and freakish athletic ability up close until I met him. So here's where this gets back on point: ol' Maurice was not well regarded in Denver and showed up to camp with "problems" that were interpreted to be booze and other substance abuse issues. Leach didn't get into details but there was a lot of eye rolling on his part. He did say that he and most of the team knew that the guy wasn't going to make it.

As a WNY native, I must admit that even after having gone to St Joe's for high school -- I have literally never heard the stromboli reference until now. I am having trouble typing this as I am laughing so hard.

I'm going to regret asking this, but are you familiar with this particular speedo snake?

This is a tribute to a guy who used the nickname of bigmacturdsplash on a mailing list for the Ruby programming language. When they first appeared I was like, "ah, *****, this going going to be terrible," but then they turned out to be quite affable. And helpful. Pay it forward, bro. I'm livin' free and/or dyin' tryin'. ?

True, and I like your screen name even better than mine. I envy you.

Forget the multiple batshit crazy quotes in the article. Watkins was a deformed action figure in the land of misfit toys at OBD. It would seem that those days are behind us and the team, and I am looking forward to the upcoming season whenever it plays out.

So I guess I have to ask why you didn't consider taking a trip to Boston and vetting out your strategy of bringing discord -- by wearing your shirt there? After graduating from UB I chose Boston over NYC or California (I work in tech). NYC is too big for my tastes, as someone who was born and raised in the smaller communities of WNY. California is far too expensive. People from New England are totally fine, and once you chip through layers of crust you have friends for life. Boston is a great city, oh, and these days when I'm in the city I come across more people who are not from New England than those who are from New England. It's gentrified now, and has been for almost the last 15 years. Having written that, everybody I know who's a native New Englander knows that I'm a Bills' fan and gives me ***** about it. Everybody. And their brutal honesty and ribbing about following the Bills is like how any healthy friendship goes. But you do you.

There are two teams who I am obsessed about this year, well, outside of the Bills. First is NE. I really can't convince the OP that they will be good. Could they be good like the 2008 squad? Could they go 11-5 again? Sure. I have no idea how the QB situation will shake out, they seem to have shed talent, I have no clue about how their draft/FA will play out, and it could turn out like the 1997 Bills. Or maybe it turns out for Belichick like the year (1993?) he benched Kozar for Testaverde. Or maybe the 1995 squad. You never know. Second is TB. Brady there with Gronk would seem like a no brainer, in particular when paired with a coach I really like in Arians. Still, I don't think that either guy has the goods anymore. Time will tell.

My preference is for the team to not recycle players. Plus Karlos has practically no track record in the league -- outside of working himself out of it. There's no need to bring him in. This is a team on the rise and everybody knows it. Look forward, and don't hope for what might have been.