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They're worse than us taking leftover Patsies

"Has the cutest smile"

Reich too, right?

I always root for the hometown team after the Bills are out -- makes my life MUCH easier. Of course, I've never lived in Boston, Miami or New Jork. I'd probably change my thought process if I moved there. That being said, Pittsburgh.

my first impression of these stats on the Bills OL is that we cut down the OL penalties A LOT this year. JimMac did a good job -- this coming year will tell us if it was a great job.

That's cuz we haven't played a game in over a week

Walt is the FIRST person in this show that has had unusual experiences before the plane crash. It is very obvious, from the bird episode, that he can conjure up stuff. After last week, we were talking about how maybe Locke is the key to the whole show -- y'know, tabula rasa. This week, my wife and I wondered if Walt is actually sustaining everything on the island. Did he conjure the plane crash? Did he see Locke in a wheelchair and visualize him walking? We KNOW he's connected to the Polar Bear -- twice -- each time when he doesn't know where his (actually Brian's) dog is. Hmmmm. Thoughts?

Yeah, cuz, Willis missed lots of games this year I still think this is a great idea because we always need a 2nd RB.

I was so impressed with the insight until the end when I saw the copyright. Still a great post, thanks for bringing it to our attention even if you didn't write it. Very good analysis, from my perspective.

Am I just old if I remember the days before Empire when most games were carried on channel 29, so you had to have the TV with the spinny knob on the bottom to get the channels above 13?

Amen, amen and AMEN Crate train your dog -- it is the easiest way, it is the most humane way (for dog and owner), and it is the most enduring way. Helps down the road with travel -- many hotels allow pets that are caged.

The Patsies would have won anyway yesterday, BUT ... would it kill the officials to call holding on the Pats' OLine? did they think that concentrating on defensive holding made offensive holding legal? Freeny would have eaten Brady alive yesterday if they started calling the Pats for holding.

We did not give up on TH -- I believe he gave up on the Bills this year. Yes, his starting job was taken away. Why? Someone did it better. Does that make THen bad? No. Talk about his toughness all you want, but he went down on his first play in a game. Yes, his ankle twisted. I'm sure it hurt, but I question whether or not he really wanted to play for the Bills again. The play he got hurt on reminded me of a season ending turf toe injury in the fourth quarter of a preseason finale.

Yes, there's a big difference between a sneak and a draw for a QB. However, I remember at least once-- maybe twice -- that we used the QB draw this year. Both times somewhat successfully. Can't remember when though

We used TiVo to go back to the scene where Boone and his "sister" are initially scared by the monster. We did it frame by frame and you can see that there is a trap that is sprung by nothing. A giant net trap that is sprung and the four corners pull up into the canopy of the trees. I find it hard to believe that it's all they could do to create a special effect. There has to be something more to the trap being sprung. Is Locke trying to catch something? I know, it was all a dream sequence, but the ABC producer wouldn't make it that obvious -- they would have just done CG to make the monster approach. Go back and look at it if you have TiVO.

great job Can we make a petition for these new duds, along with the Ralph for HOF petition?

Talking about the QBs is fine, especially when someone like Jay makes comments about the situation and doesn't attack anyone (on the board or on the team). Jay, your point about how we are moving the identity of the team away from the strengths that DB has is excellent. I think Bledsoe did an adequate (sometimes OK, sometimes crappy) job fitting his square peg into that round hole this year. The game plan was not centered around his strengths -- what's left of them anyway. I don't know that the current direction is game planned to JPL's strengths either. I just don't know enough about JP. The little that I've seen in preseason and games seems to be that he is more of a gunslinger, improviser -- not a ball control kind of guy. Time will tell.

Dungy retained Moore because Moore was Dungy's coach at University of Minnesota when Dungy played QB. Dungy said that the offense they are running now is almost identitical to the one they ran at Minnesota. Sorry, no link -- I heard it on a radio interview on a Christian radio station.

My mom is good friends with Larry's wife. Larry is retired. You may see an ocassional column, but not with any regularity -- if he's doing any at all. I believe he did have some health problems in the last 18 months, too, IIRC

how many seasons did it take to rebuild?

that idea may work for guys who are on the bubble (although I don't think it's entirely true because your example was rather extreme), but not for who to start no one can argue that Frank Reich wasn't the better man his entire career backing up JK. I know that Jim has settled down now, relatively calm family man now, but before ... no way. You don't select your starter that way.

we also had the #1 Special Teams Special Teams

Football Outsiders D Rankings Looks good!

So would half of the population of the United States that are employed in jobs where anyone cares what they're doing. By definition, mediocrity implies being average (actually mediocrity is the spectrum from a little inferior to a little above average). Nothing spectacular, nothing hideous. I would say that mediocrity is what keeps most people's jobs. Just don't mess stuff up too bad. Again, this is sports entertainment, not NASA, government intelligence, or any of a bunch of other things that averageness cannot be tolerated. Yes, TDs franchise record has been mediocre, but we have gone from definitely inferior to just above average. It's a progression.

We need to develop a defensive rating -- much the same as the QB rating -- that takes into account: 1. total D yards 2. Takeaways 3. negative yards (inc. sacks) 4. yards per play (which we dominated this year, no one even tied) 5. points allowed 6. drive lengths given up 7. three and outs