Cotton Fitzsimmons

Thank you for the heads up my good man. YE OLE should've consulted your cousin Captain Foresight and set his DVR. Not surprisingly YE totally forgot to tune in last night.

Crayonz my good man 5-7-5 lost on you Great limerick though

When Grant and the other guy both just folded like a deck of cards at the same time it was just ridiculous. Then the other guy looks over and is like "whoops" and gets back up when he sees Grant already took a dive. It was comically bad. It puts the league in a bad spot, because on one hand it's always been part of the game to an extent, but this was so blatant it was absurd. On the other hand, it's given the issues with player safety in this day and age, Goodell is treading on thin ice, IMO, attempting to impose harsh punishment for "fakers" How does the league intend to prove whether a player is really cramping or not?

It sounds like Stevie and Fitz are going to get extended. Given the Kyle Williams extension and IF these two guys get extended without a hitch, I won't be overly concerned. I'm not ready to jump off a bridge like OP, but I'll admit, I've had visions of losing Fitz in free agency. Things are moving in the right direction, but I wouldn't quite put it past this franchise just yet.

YE OLE was extremely underwhelmed with the Gailey/Nix combo. In all fairness we were talking Buffalo Bill Cowher leading up to it, and Gailey's name wasn't even on the radar. Admittedly I didn't know much about Gailey, but I've been extremely impressed. Even last year, despite going 4-12, you could see the offense making huge strides. I still remember the day I read the news that we signed a free agent QB named Ryan Fitzpatrick. I had 0 expectation that he would even be a good backup. Seeing him develop into what he's becoming, it's hard to believe he wasn't wanted elsewhere. He has that intangible "IT" factor written all over him, IMO.

These are the things that continue to impress YE OLE more and more. QB's don't make it in this league without being able to read defense, and the ones who are great at reading defense tend to be great QB's. Fitz, while he isn't Peyton Manning, does have some physical tools, but he is very good at reading defense. Look how long Chad Pennington remained a decent QB in this league, despite a poor arm. YE OLE has been on the Fitz bandwagon, and I'm excited to see where it goes this year. Hearing Fred say this is even more exciting.

YE OLE had a bad feeling about this one at the beginning of the week, but as we get closer YE is gaining confidence. I will say... take the over, I can see this one giving us all a heart attack and coming down to last team with the ball wins. 41-38 Bills Maybe we can even get Marv to say "THE FACIAL!" once during the telecast.

It seems to YE OLE that any time a team is down trodden they automatically rely on a "power running game." It's become synonymous with "piss poor offense." Obviously we've had our struggles on offense until recently so the uninformed have stuck with this. "Oh we have to write about the Bills? Uh... well they rely on the ground game... they'll need to keep it in the ground and hope to keep the score close" Being in Michigan, YE OLE had the pleasure of getting the Lions broadcast for preseason game #4 and those ass hats said the same thing. In addition to talking about how over matched we were, they went on to say our bread and butter was really pounding that ground attack, and how we struggle getting anything going through the air. Anyone who watches a Chan Gailey offense in action, especially with the success Fitz has had over the past year knows we spread the field and sling the ball around a fair bit. No knock on Freddie, he's been stellar. But clearly the run is set up and the bread is buttered by spreading the defense out and throwing the ball to a myriad of receivers.

Pats 18-0 Former coaches blow whistle No more playoff wins

Ok, gents, you know the rules 5-7-5... rhyming is welcome but never required. YE OLE will get it started: Brady, Belichik Pass, Pass, Leodis toasted Good Thing Fitz scores too

51.5 on the O/U? Given the state of these respective offensive and defensive units YE OLE can see triple digits being challenged on this one.

Color YE OLE intrigued. What could such a software do for YE?

"RED HOTS HE-AHHHH.... get your RED HOTS HE-AHHHHH!!!"

Schlareth wanted to pick us though Promo... he wanted to... but at the end of the day Oakland is just too big and too physical on both sides of the ball and just so dominant. We're in for it now!

Aaron "Jolly" Rodgers didn't start a game until his 4th season in the league. He held a clipboard for 3 years. On that note, this debate really should come down to: does Fitz have the ability to play at a high level or not? Rodgers is exactly 1 year younger than Fitz, and I'm rather certain nobody is claiming the Packers need to find their QB of the future just yet. Age wise, Fitz can most certainly be THE GUY... truth be told, he's even shown the ability to, in stretches, play on par with the elite QB's of the league... the only question that should remain at this point is: Can he do it on a consistent enough basis to warrant making him THE GUY? Given how many bad QB's there are in this league (and we've had more than our share), I think we'd be stupid not to lock this guy up ASAP. If he plays out the season, there's a real good chance he'll have played his last game with us at that point.

Marcell "Cube Steak" Dareus and Kyle "Meatball" Williams... we're definitely BEEFING UP our front 7.

Amish Rifle is THE WHIP! All other nicknames need not apply.

What's the good word, gents? Anybody see this and want to post a recap?

The Bledsoe era uniforms debuted week 1 against the Jets in '02... heart wrenching OT loss on the kickoff. But '03 was mos def a romp.

Clearly the Wannstache and Fitzy's beard bring our team magical powers, but which played a larger role today? What say you?

Good thing Marv Albert is making his return to the NFL in this one... "YESSSS! Matt Cassel gets THE FACIAL!!!"

YE OLE can just picture the Ralph late in the year if we get on a run and we're heading to the playoffs. It's going to be Amish Rifle beards as far as the eye can see. Everyone's going to be sporting it!

More first class work from the Jambrones... Enjoy gents: http://www.youtube.com/user/thejambrones#p/a/u/0/icw1SBn_DcQ

With regard to the beard "It's on!" AMISH RIFLE is back!

YE OLE doesn't yet have an opinion on Sam "Forever" Young, but he'll take Roosevelt over Switzer and Martin any day!