ajflutie

I contend they owe us a few (dozen) weeks like this.

Very nice post. Agree on most items. Best part is the title. Would you mind if it became the default Title for everyone's post until they gathered enough points to have it changed based on a post rating system? Just thinking.....

and I have to say......REAL play action today, combined with hiding the ball.......rolling out........did they just think this stuff up THIS week..........?????

I would......but I can't. AJ is my son. I lost him to childhood cancer in January at the age of 14-1/2. He always loved Flutie as a 8 yr old. And we made that name up back then. AJ was a great little football player, receiver. Caught 3 TD in 7th grade longer than 75 yds. Tore his ACL in 8th grade pre-season. Came back to win Track Athlete of the Year within 6 months, anchoring the 4 x 100 team and breaking the school record for the 400. They retired his football jersey. Scored a game winner in a sudden death Championship hockey game. More importantly, he was simply a great kid. Here's an intro to a speech I gave at a fundraising event for childhood cancer research. So now I am an advocate for awareness and funding for childhood cancer. I founded People Against Childhood Cancer and have a petition where we are trying to get the media to help us raise awareness. 1 in 300 kids develops cancer before age 20. 1 in 4 do not survive. It's the #1 killing disease of our kids today. Nobody even knows about it. Until its your kid. Sorry man......know you didn't ask.......but that's the story of the name.

may I quote you on that?

bad news on Buggs (who the F is bugs and why should we have to care about someone named Buggs.......JC we've hit a new low)

link to my list of starters that need to be replaced: http://www.buffalobills.com/team/depth-chart-list.html

I think that if, as we are now seeing is possible in the news , we had Payton and Eli Manning get pregnant and have a son, and he became a high school star at QB, then won the Heisman Trophy, he was drafted #1 overall and "seasoned" elsewhere, then was the MVP of three straight Super Bowls, and then we put him with this starting cast of characters, within 4 weeks we would be saying he sucks. Football takes 11 talented players and a game plan from intelligent coaches. We are lacking in both areas.

I KNOW, I am always on the edge of my seat on that play.........is it play action with Evans deep? A screen to the OTHER side? Maybe a quick out/jump ball for Hardy away from the mosh pit? Maybe they will just call time out? The possibilities are ENDLESS!!!! Oh, never mind, Evans doesnt go deep, our screens are really backwards laterals, and Hardy apparently sucks. I say call time out.

I truly underestimated this team....on Saturday I was explaining to my brother-in-law how I knew the Browns would win. Honestly, I could already hear the announcers... - "say what you will, but Jammal Lewis calling out this team last week, combined with a wonderful performance by rookie Brady Quinn, has fired this team up and tonight they walk away with a resounding victory over the woeful looking Buffalo Bills....or - "there was no quit in the Browns tonight!", or maybe a little - "Romeo C came out and had a wonderful game plan for his exciting rookie Brady Quinn....together tonight they looked like Tony Dungy and Payton Manning"....and certainly, - "the Bills fans have just about emptied out now folks" ......you know the deal, you have heard it 100 times........well, maybe 2-300, depends how long you been around.... BUT, that wasn't the case! We actually played better than I though we would, or else Cleveland sucks more than I thought! Believe it or not. I have watched this team since 1962, when I was 7 (not sure what the hell I did between 5 and 7, I think rooted for the Titans in hopes they would sign Farve)..........in any case, I knew going in they would lose this game. Here is why, #1 - it was on the big Monday night stage, #2 - Cleveland was in an uproar about whatever the hell they are in an uproar about, and, last but not least, #3 - it was a "must win" situation for us. LOL. Right. Simply PERFECT setup for the Bills to f#up! For them to rip our hearts out once again! Funny thing is, you usually need about 5-10 min of football to "know" if the Bills are going to win or lose. Thank god Trent settled that one early for me tonight, or I would have been worried that Lyndell was going to actually make the kick....... I honestly have NO idea why I even pay extra $ to Direct TV to watch them........I do love the shots of Niagara Falls....especially at night..... Actually, there are so many more important things to worry about...... Please sign this Petition to Raise Awareness of Childhood Cancer

That may be the situation and reason they had to call that timeout, but there is no way a team that is well coached and/or led by a "smart" QB, gets INTO that situation! Farve or Manning would have been at the line immediately, and the very next play would have been a TD, before the defense had a chance to regroup. Instead, we bumble and stumble around, look back to the sidelines, who, admittedly, are NOT exactly the best place to look, and end up burning a time out. no, not what lost the game, just an example of the overall lack of good coaching and good on-field awareness (of the entire TEAM)

guys, the onside kick call is the least of this teams problems

Direct TV out........anyone watching locally or listening.....can you update us?

oh he did

This topic has 2000 views, yet I don't believe that 2000 signed the petition. I am curious as to why you would NOT sign it? What's it about? OK, here, You know for the last two years, my right shoulder has really ached. I called it my torn rotor cuff. It came from throwing tens of thousands footballs to my 14 year old son, Alex John, or as we called him, AJ. Trying to lead him just right on deep post patterns, trying hard to keep up with his speed. And, on the last one every time, it could only end after he made a great catch, from catching the big lug and hugging him as he came jumping into my arms, yelling "the Bills win the Super Bowl, the Bills win the Super Bowl". Us dreaming. It came from trying to pitch to him as fast as I could so he wouldn't hit me, but he always did. It honestly hurt enough so that I only slept on my left side and if I rolled over on it, it would wake me up in the night. But I didn't care, how could I stop doing those things? My new problem is that over the past two months, my shoulder has slowly but surely stopped aching. Now what keeps me awake at night is my broken heart. You see, I have no one to throw those passes to, no one to brush back anymore. Because AJ left us on January 5, 2008, a victim of childhood cancer. AJ truly was a remarkable young man. He was born during a blizzard in March 1993, and to this day I remember him not crying and breathing right after being born, and the doctor and nurses rushing around in the delivery room. But after he took that first breath, boy did he breath deep the rest of his life. He lived life, loved sports. He was always smiling. He loved people, music, playing the guitar, animals, movies, good books. He thought. He had fun; always made people laugh, did the right things, did everything at 110%, and was simply just a joy to be around. He was the love of our lives, and is forever my best friend. During the last few months as we would be alone in the hospital room together at night, and at home under hospice, I came to know that, he was truly the most evolved person I have ever known. Jimmy V would be proud of the way AJ lived. And in his time here on earth, he impacted many people. Teachers, doctors, star athletes. He moved the Make-a-Wish people. After several attempts to get to Colorado to go skiing, we just couldn't do it, he was too sick. So one day, he knew the situation, he says to me out of the blue, Dad, do you think Mom and Sis like earrings or bracelets. He changed his make a wish to diamond earrings for Mom and Sis. They didn't know. The earrings arrived the day after he died. Just like AJ, they sparkle every day. Not too bad for a 14 year old eh? He impacted visitors to the hospital. AJ and Stuart Holden from the Houston Dynamo soccer club struck up a friendship. Stuart visited all the kids on the floor every chance they could. AJ would light up and trash talk with him about sports and just forget and imagine at once. Forget where he was and imagine himself back out there on the playing field. Somehow he touched Stuart. Stuart, a member of the 2007 Champion Houston Dynamo soccer team, came to visit AJ our last day at the hospital. He brought the big silver MLS Championship Cup. And his gold medal. He and AJ held the cup high and kissed it. AJ told me he always knew he would hold one, and Stuart made that dream come true. Then Stuart took his gold medal, his World Series and Super Bowl ring, and placed it around AJ's neck and said, "I want you to have this". AJ made me so proud, again, and said, "I can't accept this Stuart". Stuart insisted. Such a selfless act. That's the kind of people you run into in these places. I don't know if you have even been on the pediatric cancer floor. I hope not. If you have ever walked the halls and seen the smiles or tears on the faces of these little fighters as they play on the little trikes and bikes. How the moms and dads race behind them with the ever present IV pole. How they have little child sized masks on because they are at risk of infection. How the teens hang together and still try to act cool, even though they are bald and ready to throw up at any time. How the teens use words like methotrexate and acronyms like ANC instead of "sweet" and LOL. How the poor little baby's cry because they can't even relate what hurts. Or if you've ever seen a mom or dad alone in the break room at 3 am, with their head in their hands, feeling alone, helpless, scared and mad. I don't know if you've ever visited a Care Page or a Caring Page site, kind of like blogs where we tell our kid's stories. I've seen it all and more. In December 2007 I had my 14 year old son ask me "Dad, what's hospice". I have seen enough. So, that's why I am here today. I want every other Dad's shoulders to ache their whole lives. I want every other Mom's to worry about where their kids are up to, not about tomorrow's chemo regime. I want this to totally stop. Here are the facts: · Childhood cancer is the #1 killer disease of our children, more than from asthma, diabetes, cystic fibrosis, congenital anomalies, and pediatric AIDS combined · 1 in 300 children will be diagnosed with cancer before age 20, about 12,500 every year. Year after year. · Each year 3,000 children die, and 35-40,000 are in treatment · Only 3% of all cancer research money goes to childhood cancer. A bill in Congress will provide $30 million per year to fund research for childhood cancer. For comparison, that amount currently funds 2 hours of the war overseas. So our war against childhood cancer is vastly under-publicized and under-funded · According to the 2005 National Academy of Sciences report "From the point of view of companies developing drugs and other agents to treat cancer, the pediatric cancer drug market is often well below the radar screen, and typically it has not made business sense to invest in research and development for these cancers. But in fact, the biological and clinical characteristics of nearly all childhood cancers differ substantially from adult cancers.......Cutting-edge science notwithstanding, market forces are not sufficient to drive the process and bring to the bedside new drugs for children with cancer." To honor AJ and the thousands of other kids, I started a grassroots campaign to collect 1,000,000 signatures on a petition. The petition is simple. OBJECTIVE #1 - RAISE AWARENESS · Deliver reams of 1,000,000 printed signatures via FedX to ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and Fox and challenge every prime time, investigative or news media to produce an hour long special devoted specifically to childhood cancer. · The network show will RAISE AWARENESS OF THE PROBLEM and show how special these kids are. Show how they face fear, pain, boredom and the unknown, many times for years on end. They may live or die, yet each will forever impact those around them in ways beyond their years. OBJECTIVE #2 - RAISE FUNDING FOR A CURE · To raise funding we will publish and promote a book telling the heartwarming, heartbreaking and incredible stories of these kids. Each child's story telling how they taught us lessons beyond their years, lessons they should not even have to know yet. · All proceeds for the book will go directly to CureSearch, the largest childhood cancer research organization charged with a goal of finding a cure. CureSearch members treat 90% of the cases nationwide. You can make a difference. You can help. Please sign at: CureChildhoodCancer I feel bad pointing this out but, who knows, with 1 in 300 kids diagnosed with cancer, it might be your kid, niece, nephew or grandkid you help save. AJ's favorite line from his favorite song was "you get what you give". Please give. AJ's Dad

That is so thoughtful and appreciated. Thank you. AJs Dad

Did you know that 1 in 300 kids under 21 will be diagnosed with cancer? How many kids do you have? Figure the odds. Did you know that 1 out of 4 of those will die? Did you know it is the leading killer disease of our kids? More than asthma, diabetes, cystic fibrosis, congenital anomalies, and pediatric AIDS combined. Did you know that our Congress has been "debating" the Childhood Cancer Act for almost 2 years, to provide $30 million per year for 5 years for research? That $30 million equals 2 hours of our war cost. Did you know that only about 3% of all money that goes to the American Cancer Society, Leukemia Lymphoma Society, etc, goes to childhood cancer research? Like most of you, I never knew this stuff. And, because if you are not effected by it, you don't know about it, my goal is just to raise awareness though a show like 20/20 or 60 Min. Personally, I am outraged at the lack of funding and publicity it gets. My second goal is to raise funds for CureSearch, the largest organization dedicated solely to childhood cancer research. Their members treat 90% of all kids. Funds will come though the sale of a book, promoted on the show, telling these kids stories, written by the parents and the kids. The petition is now over 4000 signatures in 2 weeks. It takes 60 seconds. I post here because I know Buffalo people. I lived there my first 25 years and still call it home in my heart. Please, your signature and spreading the word can make a difference.

oh it is a damn topic, I will grant you that. Childhood cancer. Do you have any kids? Do you know any kids? Have you ever seen a really sick kid? Has anyone you've loved died? Worse yet, died young? I guess not. I feel sorry for you, "buddy". proudly, AJs Dad

You know for the last two years, my right shoulder has really ached. I called it my torn rotor cuff. It came from throwing untold thousands of footballs to my 14 year old son, Alex John, or as we called him, AJ. Trying to lead him just right on deep post patterns, trying hard to keep up with his speed. And, after the last one every time, you see, he would only let it end after he made a great catch, from catching the big lug and hugging him as he came running and jumped into my arms, yelling "the Bills win the Super Bowl, the Bills win the Super Bowl!". Just us dreaming. It came from me trying to pitch to him as fast as I could so he wouldn't hit me, but he always did. It honestly hurt enough so that I only slept on my left side and if I rolled over on it, it would wake me up in the night. But I didn't care, how could I stop doing those things? I loved it. My new problem is that over the past month or so, my shoulder has slowly but surely stopped aching. Now what keeps me awake at night is my broken heart. You see, I have no one to throw those passes to, no one to brush back anymore. Because AJ left us on January 5, 2008, a victim of childhood cancer. That's the introduction to a speech I had the honor of giving to the Advisory Board of the Texas Children's Cancer Center and a major fundraising group for pediatric cancer research, the Curing Children's Cancer Fund. The entire speech can be viewed at http://curechildhoodcancer.blogspot.com. If nothing else, go to the paragraph describing the kids on the 9th floor at TCH, especially if you've never been there (and I hope you haven't). The support is picking up. Thanks to anyone for spreading the word. These kids need our help. Let's remember them all this Memorial Day, they are brave little warriors too. It has been a tough couple days, and I will leave you all this weekend with two final thoughts. #1 - it's 1 in 300, are you will to bet? Do you like your odds? #2 - if YOU don't do it, who will? Love you and miss you Age..... AJs Dad PLEASE click and sign this petition....... Cure Childhood Cancer

come on boys.......sign in please http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/CureChildhoodCancer

yeah it should be......how????

let's keep going guys and gals.... i have gotten over 800 signatures in the past day and a half......help these kids http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/CureChildhoodCancer

Absolutely take care of yourself. Good luck to you dude. Please help me help kids that fight this every day. http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/CureChildhoodCancer AJs Dad www.carepages.com AJsspace

thanks to all you kind folk who signed so far......I need everyone to take 2 minutes max out of bitching about the draft or JP or the price of gas and READ just the TOP part.....and HELP me do something.......thanks guys

Dear Bills Fans, AJflutie is and always will be my 14 year old son. He left us on January 5th, 2008, a victim of childhood cancer. He was and is a huge Bills fan. Below is my post from his CarePage today, its a kind of blog that parents share with other parents about their kids and situations. If you could take 5 minutes of your time to read and help, AJ would be very appreciative, he always said thanks...... (here's the short version - help cure childhood cancer - sign the petition below) http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/CureChildhoodCancer PS - #1 - if you sign, please ID yourself as a Bills fan and #2 - there used to be a post with links to all the NFL teams message boards but its gone, does anyone have that? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I guess I was dreaming. AJs Care Page did not exist. I had never heard of Care Pages or Caring Bridge, they were shut down. The past year did not happen. AJ was at practice or messing around with his buddies. Like usual, he wouldn't answer his cell. Wondering where the hell he was. But I woke up...damn. And, after much thought, and some positive reinforcement, decided to try to Do Something. Don't know if it's the right or wrong or best thing. God knows I should do this (www.stbaldricks.org), or run (www.relayforlife.org) or help wishes come true (www.wish.org). But I want to try this. I want to try this because I know each of this virtual family who read this will help. These kids NEED each of you to help. The concept is simple: Create a petition to all the major TV newsmagazines urging them to devote time to childhood cancer Create, and on the show promote, a book by the parents describing our children, the lessons they taught us and how they impacted those around them And all book proceeds go to CureSearch, to find a cure My role is easy, I facilitate. I surround myself with smart people - you. I start this drive to challenge 20/20, Dateline, 60 Minutes and others to produce the show. I collect and FedEx a million signatures to them. Idealist and cynical, mostly, I still believe in people, and I know that WE can get the attention our kids deserve. Once we start I know that WE can create the book. WE can raise funds for a cure, it just might be our dollar that does it. So, Step One. A petition. Thanks for all the great input. http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/CureChildhoodCancer A goal of 1 million signatures sounds like a lot huh? But there are over 500 visitors to AJ’s site. They each get 20 others, who get 10 others who get 5 others who get 2 others. That’s one million. Or, we could just put it up on the ColemanScott Care Page and wait a week! Here is what I ask each of you to do: Read the petition. If you agree, sign. If you agree, update your Care Page or Caring Bridge site (or, if you're "different", blog....Kyle) with the link, AND pass it on to 20 friends and family. Ask them to pass on to 20 others and on and on. E-mail it around at work; post it on message boards, online forums and news groups. Consider adding a link to your e-mail signature. If you run/manage a website, we can provide the code for an object, which will give a permanent link to the petition. Leave me a message. I need volunteers to contact Care Pages, Caring Bridge, Make-A-Wish, St. Baldricks, and others to ask that they link the petition on their sites. Pls leave a private message with your email. I got Cure Search. 4 months? 8333 a day? Unrealistic? What's real? Reach for the stars right? The second order of business is to create a book. I've dreamed of this, but not this way. This is similar to the cookbooks that patients publish, where friends/other patients send recipes and the funds go to the family. Except ours is stories of how our children changed the world and our funds go to CureSearch. So, who has experience, knowledge and more importantly, a desire to help with this? Leave a message. I envision 1-2 page stories, they come from the parents of cancer kids, in other words, YOU. Not about the battle vs. cancer, but how our kids impacted the nurses, doctors, teachers, friends, or people they didn't even know. How our kids caused them to make a life decision and just know it was the right thing to do, to better the world somehow. You write em and we just collect and em and publish. Easy huh? Ok, get to work. You don't know me, but I mean it. Remember, you get what you give. AJs Dad www.carepages.com AJspace