Cotton Fitzsimmons

YE OLE hates to say it, given our long hatred of the Pats* but I have to agree. The Chiefs fans were amongst the most arrogant I've seen. The Raiders fans seemed only moderately better. The people on the Pats forums express a genuine concern about this game. Of course some of it might be getting a couple of wins under our belt and scoring bushels of points in the process.

Indeed hondo. He seems to have that "IT" factor that is infectious. We're turning out undrafted receivers, waiver pick ups, etc. and they keep turning into players. Credit Gailey and the front office, but I think Fitz has a lot to do with it as well.

Indeed my good fellow, if only they had your cousin Captain Foresight running things over there, Brian "Tag" Hoyer would be starting.

Wow, how tragic. Not drawing any implications here until the facts are released, but it seems odd how many of these former athletes are found dead in this manner. I remember the official taking a lot of heat for that incident. Brown was a really good tackle as I recall before that incident, but that did long term damage to his eye, from what I remember.

YE OLE caught that. Belichick was criticizing his throws and Brady was defending every one of them with that "OH COME ON DAD!" voice. Sounded like a whiny little kid who was getting grounded.

Carl is THE WHIP! "My pool looks like it's tearin' ass all over the backyard, and it ain't even movin!"

Far be it for YE OLE to say Nelson is on VJax' level just yet, but I do think he will give New England major problems this week. It's still hard to believe this guy went undrafted.

YE OLE tends to agree, but it is nice to get some coverage. However, we'll rue the day if we lose on Sunday. It will be similar to a vision YE OLE had while napping yesterday. Picture this: Michael Irvin shows up in the middle of my living room and is like "I told you SON, you're garbage!" and then *POOF* there's Marshall Faulk all like "3-13 for the Bills this year, don't hate me, you'll see what kind of team you have" Needless to say, YE OLE had to get up out of the easy chair and "open that can" ... YE was in the midst of unleashing a barage of haymakers when he was awoken by the Mrs. with "honey do" list in hand. But make book on this... if those jabroni's come back tonight while YE OLE is sleeping, YE will have to handle his business.

YE OLE tried to cross the Moats one time. If not for an epic spinorama, YE would not have lived to tell the tale!

Jimmy Spags! Good of you to show up. Lets hope the Raiders don't let use guys win this week like they did with us last week.

Yeah, Jimbo has been pretty vocal about wishing some of our previous QB's well, but it was always in the vein of "he just really needs to step it up this year" I get the feeling Jim believes in what Fitz brings to the table. What little YE OLE has heard him talk about Fitz, it just seems a little different compared to how he would sound with regard to Trent and JP.

If you are like YE OLE and you missed Fitz mic'd up on Wednesday night, it's now posted online. Definitely a good listen, the octaves Fitz hits after the Nelson TD are nothing short of impressive: http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-films-sound-efx/09000d5d8227428f/Sound-FX-Ryan-Fitzpatrick

RTB, my good fellow, lets just say it now "ALL PRO Scott Chandler"

Clearly this woman is a MAROON! YE OLE will have to fire off a stern memo to this operation.

That Bengals game can't be taken too lightly. Andy Dalton is playing surprisingly well for a rookie. He's completing 66% of his passes, has not thrown any INTs, and has a 105 QB rating. Dalton was a fantastic college QB, obviously, but one would think he'd take a few bumps and bruises as a rookie in THE LEAGUE. If he continues to play as efficiently as he has, however, the Bengals are not an easy out by any means. That being said, I agree with the OP. We have to beat the mediocre teams consistently if we want to take that next step.

Freddie Jackson is THE WHIP! All YE OLE heard last week from Raider Nation and the national media was how that front 7 was going to lock it down. They're mean, they're physical, they'll push us around. And this week all we hear is how badly the Raider defense played. Gave us the game even. I suppose they were just in a generous mood while Freddie was running all over them.

Very little seems to have been disclosed about it from what I've seen. I had wondered, if this was a chronic condition, how these things seem to go undetected/untreated for so long. When I was in high school, we had a soccer player collapse on the field and die on the scene from a heart condition. It's just a horrific scenario. We definitely miss what Easley could've been on the field, but definitely hope for his well being in general they are able to get him right.

Congratulations on the move, and more importantly your new truck. YE OLE salutes you, my good fellow.

Mr. Bandito, if we win we're really going to have reevaluate our goals for this season. If we take this game on Sunday and move to 3-0, we may actually have to entertain the notion of competing for the division, as opposed to hoping to get back to mediocrity following last year's debacle. Also, "The Living Legend" Sterling Sharpe picked us to win this week on NFL Network. So clearly he is a sound football mind and the so called "experts" you have heard are MAROONS!

The interesting thing about Belichick is that he is a defensive guru, yet the Patriots of recent years are known as this high flying, offensive team. Despite Belichick's pedigree on the defensive side of the ball, the Patriots defense has been average at best for a while now. You have to believe without a big time QB their team would be quite average. On the other hand, they won 11 games with Matt Cassel. But, YE OLE does find it intriguing that for as great a defensive architect Belichick has been known to be that the Patriots defense has gotten so porous.

YE OLE saw this piece as well, and it was great to see how Sterling was really digging our offense. It seemed like their overall analysis was similar to those of here on this board in that we're concerned about stopping the Pats*, but are confident we'll put up points. At least all of the talking heads aren't just assuming we'll get "housed" every week at this point.

This definitely has the feeling of one of those "culture changers" around here. YE OLE is not a big fan of Schopp and the Bulldog, but I think Bulldog said it best last week during their postgame show. "If the Bills beat the Patriots next week... forget it, the lid is off this thing"

Brian Wilson just called and said "David Nelson is THE WHIP... FACT!"

Who made it? That "slideshow" format is a bit much for a 100 player list. When the 2nd slide already brought up a pop up ad, YE OLE had to call it quits and request the cliff note version.

We're definitely dealing with some "fancy" gents here in Fancy Dan and Tom Terrific... but YE OLE has to give the edge to Brady here. This Uggs thing is beyond the pail. That post game presser last week where Tom was sporting that cardigan to complement his flowing locks was pretty "fancy" as well.