Ed_Formerly_of_Roch

I don't know whenever I call I always get told they don't currently have any offers,. spoke with retention dept had the pin and everything, I did get a $10 and a $5 credit off my bill for the next 12 months, plus a one time $20 credit, so the call wasn't a complete waste, but no ST discount. He told me to call back in another month or so and they more likely will have some deals which is usually around the time in prior years I did call in late July. He kind of eluded to the fact that I could probably get at least half off then if not better, but right now nothing more he could do. I will add that I have a pretty stripped down account, have the Xtra package, whole house DVR, 2 TV's total, that's it no movie channels or anything else. That is usually what they kind of tell me I don't spend enough to warrant any great deals, kind of like playing at the $1 Black Jack table and expecting to be comped for my room. Will see what happens next month, hate the time I end up spending on this every year dicking around back and forth, often involved hour long phone calls. At least tonight was a fast rejection.

I found around the end of July beginning of August to be the best time to call. Twice I had been on year two of contract, still got $100 or more off. I did "chat" last night and was given the special 800 number with a pin, but by the that time was around 10:30 so am goign to call them up later. Will see how it goes.

I'm completely off of all contracts this July, so for the first time I have some leverage as I can easily totally walk. Will see what I can get.

Don't think you can drop a player that is still injured. You can have an injury settlement, but don't think you can do that either until the player is cleared for play. And with injury settlements, I'd think the player kind of has the upper hand in agreeing to the settlement terms as otherwise he's still under contract.

I wouldn't mind seeing some type of system implemented that supplimented the salary cap where if a player is say is ranked in the top 10% at his position, he can be paid a bonus or something by the owner of his current team that doesn't count against the salary cap. If you sign bad free agents to huge contracts it doesn't help you, but if you do have that rare player that is better than all of the others at his position, allow the team to improve his odds to keep him by being able to give him more money but not kill yourself wit hregards to the cap. You can put limits on the number of players per team you can give extra money to etc.

Hope the Supplementral draft is on ESPN. Can't wait to watch 32 teams say pass three or four times each. I'll have to mark my calendar to watch.

Assuming you're correct which you more likely will be wrong just because well over half of the QB hopefuls fail so the odds are against you, but even then OK so we have our franchise QB, but if it will take 2 to 3 years by then the rest of your roster will then need to be rebuilt. I also think in today's NFL it's very hard to have a franchise QB and have a great team around him as the elite QB's eat up too much of your salary cap. Which then leads back to my first comment as will then be hard to rebuild the team if you're already paying for a franchise QB. Will be very interesting to see what happens in Seattle over the next couple of years as to what happens with Wilson and the rest of their roster.

I can confirm that to be true as I'm in Vegas and have seen things beyond anyone's imagination! I have to believe there must be a huge silicone mine someplace near by.

I'll be in Las Vegas for my daughters wedding this weekend. Not sure how much I'll get to see mainly due to the time difference. Will be weird to turn on at 4:00 in the afternoon. On the other hand may put a bet down on the Bill's to win the Superbowl Vegas should be hopping this weekend between the draft, the Derby and particually the fight.

Actually that would be an interesting little test, add up all 32 of their predicted team records and see it it equals .500. You'd think anyone writing a column like thta would do a simple check, but maybe not??

Yes, but you can not also bring them to a Sabres game, not in the same city!

I'll give it 60/40 he makes it, but I wouldn't be shocked if he were cut, maybe a bit surprised if he were, but barring multiple injuries I'd be more shocked if he is a significant contributor for the season. Conversely come mid season if there are multiple mid-term injuries at some other position and RB's are all healthy, he may get cut then as a result of needing the roster spot. Based on last season, unless he was also playing hurt, just can't see him contributing much.

This really has nothing to do specific with the Bill's, if he's looking to sign anywhere, his comments weren't the smartest, but raely do we speak about athletes and smarts to begin with. since he did play last season for the Bill's the bar does get raised here a bit higher. His comments likely will further erode teams interests in him which bodes well for Buffalo as it may tend to lower the offers a bit from Buffalo and others too.

No not Garza, think the name was something like LaPinta???

What about centers? Not sure if the guy from Chicago over signed, but thought he could also play guard?

He drafted three OL last season, to date only one has worked out pretty well. But want to see how all of the players look under different set of coaches. I think alot of their issues was due to the coaching staff more than the players, will find out soon. As to QB, easier said then done to find a great one or even a good one. Overall I gave hi ma B, but if it turns out the line plays wel lthis year with the same basic cast, I'd change grade to an A

So what would you suggest he do differently? Do a better job of finding a QB?? If it were that easy there wouldn't be about half the teams in the league looking for a QB. He drafted a guy in the 1st round, so far hasn't looked too good, but again there are many more failures than successes. He may never find a good QB and if so, he's be about average for a GM. Was Poliean a genius to figure out he should have drafted Peyton Manning.

Why would they sign one guy, trade for another guy, talk about extending the guy you traded for, plus keep saying how good EJ is looking; to then draft someone in Round 2? Yes I do agree taking someone in round 2 would be given a good shot to start, that's why I doubt it happens. Considering it's a weak QB class, I'd be highly shocked to see them draft a QB unless it's round 6 or 7. Unless you take someone in a late round, likely if there's someone out there good enough to draft in round 2, then move to practice squad, someone else will grab him so that's not an option. Drafting a QB early means you're dumping one if not two of the guys currently on the roster and don't see that happening.

I still don't buy the entire Polian to much lifting thing. There's got to be more to that whole story IMO. I think he tried to get ahead of himself, rumored to bringing in AJ Smith, etc, where TP told him, hold on, I just asked you to come in and consult. I also wonder if Whaley's comments means a restructure is very close??

Even through X-box, I believe you're still getting the streaming ST package which to legally qualify, you have to not be able to get ST via DTV. I had the streaming package one year, think it was the first year it was available, maybe it's improved since, but at the time wasn't overly impressed. Signal quality wasn't the best, couldn't pause rewind, etc. The "buttons" were there on the screen, but pressing them did nothing. It may have been they had hoped to have this functionality working, but didn't get there in time. Maybe by now is working. You couldn't watch 4 games at once in full screen so you'd end up with about a 2" sized screen for each game. To qualify for the streaming package, they asked you three questions (at least at that time) Do you currently have DTV? Can you get DTV? Have you ever had DTV at this address? I think they do look up the address to determine if there was ever a DTV subscription at the address you are giving, If there was even through a prior owner, you're probably out of luck. Likewsie pretty easy for them to know if you currently have it. Can you get DTV, well that's an easy one to get around as get is a somewhat subjective term.

Not exactly living up to your name!!

Was there some recent article that stated this as fact or at a minimum supported this theory, or is this just more speculation based on the original speculation?

Between expansion fees and wouldn't he also get a a boat load of money for someone "invading his turf", he may figure a football team in Toronto is doomed to fail long term, so he'll be ahead of the game with the upfront money. While there's a ton of people up there, unless they start playing football on skates, it's not going to be that big a draw, plus you have the CFL on top of it. Maybe it wouldn't fail but he may figure the upfront cash he'll get will exceed lost revenue from people up there no longer coming to Buffalo. It's possible he's just saying that to be politically correct, but knows, there's not enough interest up there, again due to the CFL and hockey

Wouldn't thought Yoloin would have fell for it. He's been around long enough, he should know better.

Easter is late that year, so still a few weeks till Carnival time.