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Guy did a terrific job this offseason. I posted a criticism about a year ago of Guy's failings in the pro personnel dept. He really redeemed himself thios year. So did Modrak with his input on the draft. I just wonder how much of Modrak and Guy's failures can be attributed to TD overruling them or going for the flashier move, either in the draft or the pro personnel side. And I wonder how much of the "it took so long to produce" was due to the inept coaching of the GW and Meathead eras? Making players fit your system instead of molding the system around the players you have? TD had some good player drafts. No question. However he woefully failed in hiring coaches to best utilize those players. He also failed horribly in creating a successful, collaborative environment where success can happen. Everyone talks about the culture of fear surrounding the Bills during his tenure. Now, with Marv, it is a more open, honest organization. No doubletalk and bs. That doesn't even get into TD's complete Queegian meltdown at the end of last season.

You never know.

I agree with you, I used to like McCain, he was a refreshing alternative. However, in the last few years he really has become more and more establishment. Which is why we'll be chanting Rudy, Rudy in 08!

But in this case, they don't. PW was a fuggin monster that day.

It starts as a low hum, slowly building....louder, louder.....yes I can hear it...Rudy, Rudy!!

Noone has worn 78 or 34 since 1999. Prior to this year with Fowler, noone had worn 67 since Hull.

Reading that thread was friggin hilarious!!

I will give both a standing O, but especially Phat Pat.

The funny thing about that is that many folks actually walked by the dude and thought he was a Halloween decoration. Only in New York... VILLAGE CORPSE TWIST 'HALLOWEEN' SHOCK By LARRY CELONA, DAN KADISON and CYNTHIA R. FAGEN September 28, 2006 -- Only in the West Village, kids . . . The body of a man clad in a kinky black leather mask and decked out head to toe in S&M gear was hanging from a chain-link fence on Hudson Street yesterday - as many passers-by ignored it, thinking it was a Halloween display. The slightly built, fair-skinned mystery man may have been choked to death by a dog collar around his neck, it's other end strapped around a 3-foot-tall fence post, police sources said. The 40ish, tattooed man was found kneeling, braced face-first against the fence in front of 424 Hudson St. at around 6:45 a.m. In a bizarre twist, the body had been there for at least an hour, dismissed by some who walked past as a quirky seasonal display in an area scattered with S&M and gay bars. "The body was covered with a black suit and he had a mask on his face," said deli owner Indra Patel, who first spotted the strangely posed corpse when he opened next door around 5:30 a.m. "I thought it was a dummy. It looked like a dummy, because every year they do decorations like that. I was wondering why they put up the [Halloween] decorations early." Patel said at least an hour went by before a woman walking her dog realized the sidewalk exhibit of a man wearing a pair of leather spiked gloves, chaps and a vest was a real person and called police. Cops were investigating if the man had committed suicide or died during some sort of bizarre auto-erotic sex game. An autopsy will be performed today to determine how the man died. Police sources said there was no sign of a struggle and they don't believe he was a victim of foul play. Another witness, Kevin Samuel, 50, a porter for a building across the street, said he had looked at the body several times but it just never clicked that it might be a real person. "I'm staring at him and I think, 'Is that a prop or a real person?' His legs looked like he was twisted on an angle and that he fell in it [the fence]. It looked like he was stuck there and couldn't get up, like he lost his balance," Samuel said. "He didn't look like a person. I think he had a black mask on; I couldn't see his face. "I was looking at him for a while. I've never been stumped before trying to identify people. I'm ashamed of myself in a way because, I didn't realize it was a human being." A worker repairing a gas leak at Hudson and Leroy Street said "I thought it was a decoration for Halloween. I thought it was a scarecrow." Another passer-by, Ralph Constanza, 31, said, "It looked like he had a bad night, I can tell you that." larry.celona@nypost.com

Sigh! Do we have to have this debate every couple of months? Really, it is completely ridiculous to blame the dog. A puppy is like a newborn human in that they are an unmolded piece of clay. They can become whatever you make of them. If you savagely beat, starve and train your dog to kill, it will be a killer. Same thing goes for the human child. If you treat the dog (or child) with love, respect and affection, you will have a great dog or child. The adult is the one with the mental capacity to decide which way to form the clay. Not the dog, nor a human child. The better idea is to stop fugging morons, scum and criminals from ever reproducing, sort of, clean out the gene pool with forced sterilizations.

How about you give us a few that didn't make the book?

As much as I hate top say it but Villy will not be starting long. Gandy and Reyes have done a great job.

Alas, tis true Senator....she was on a TV show called Celebrity Fit Club, where celebs try and lose weight, and lets just say that of the very small amount of that show I saw, it was not a pretty sight....175 lbs.

Kelly LeBrock!! She was hot back in the day. Now she's fat.

R.Rich, I agree with you regarding Villarrial. I think either later this year or next year we see Preston as the starter. I think we have the makings of the best line we've had in the past 5+ years here. I'm not saying they will be all-pro, but just seeing adequate blocking is refreshing.

You're absolutely correct. I have met Pat on more than one occassion through the years. A true "gentle giant" off the field. He loved Buffalo, married a Buffalo gal, has several businesses in Buffalo, does much of his charity work in Buffalo and plans to move back to Buffalo when his playing days are done. This is one of the "character" guy you overpay a little to keep around because of what he means to the team. Any doubt he was the soul of that 03-04 D? Any doubt that his last game against Burgh in 04 was one of the finest games I ever saw a D lineman play? Yeah, they lost. Not because of Phat Pat. I will never forgive Dona-!@#$ for fugging up my team. Not re-signing Phat Pat was the worst personnel move he made in his tenure. Pat has proven last year and so far this year that he is more than playing up to his contract, which is modest by NFL standards with 6 mil guaranteed out of 13 mil.

Mine was on 49, too bad the fugging terrorists ruined my view!

I will give you that it does exist, its just not very easy to find. Its even more difficult to find in expensive areas of the country (NYC, SF etc.).

But the story value alone on that type of trip may just be worth it!

Beach bartender, golf pro, forest guide....sound like a lot of fun. Problem is, they don't make any $$$ (with the exception of touring golf pros, different story there). I'm not real sure why it is, but the jobs that sound like they would be the most enjoyable (and I stress sound like because I'm not doing them), pay the least.

Ahhhh....the Holy Grail....I've heard a rumor it may exist, same as Leprechauns and Santa Claus.....but I don't believe it.

His plea called for a max of 10 years. I guess the judge reduced it to 6.

Do me a favor, drive your Fit with those fish on it through the Bible belt for a few weeks. I just want to see what happens!

Great post. I agree. And then you add in the running ability to those GORGEOUS throws that you mentioned. I've seen throws like that once before....the guy could run a little too....oh yeah, a young John Elway!!

I think the short answer could be that we have the best players (Tiger, Mickelson, Furyk) but the Euros have more really good players a cut below. That would explain why we win the majors (an individual competition) and they win the team titles (Ryder Cups etc.).