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Jerry Rice would have been great if he hadn't broken a fingernail and had been able to play his 21st season

Ralph bashing will continue until he is long gone, some of it justified and some of it not. No one will argue that he is the reason the Bills are still in Buffalo and his vote against the last collective bargaining contract turned out to be right. My complaints about him are that he has let the game pass him by and he is almost too loyal the way he hires front office people who seem to be more yes men than football people. The Bills have had 3 good runs in 51 years each when he hired a football person to run the team, the mid 60's with Lou Saban, the late 70's with Chuck Knox and the early 90's with Bill Polian. Each ended when Ralph wanted to be more involved in the decision making. When the league started in 1960 coaching staffs were around 6 people, scouting staffs were a few people and the owner was very involved. As the game evolved the coaching and scouting staffs grew more specialized and the owners started being less and less involved in the day to day operations. Ralph doesn't seem to want to let go and let the football men run the team. He wants people who will agree with him. This was magnified when Buddy Nix introduced Chan Gailey as the 15th head coach of the Buffalo Bills. 15th? thats one every 3 years. You can't build a winning organization with that kind of turnover in the coaching staffs. He's made the Bills almost a laughing stock around the league. How many potential coaches said no to interviews this last time around? I know Buddy Nix said no one said no to an interview but I don't believe that for a second. Top free agents don't even consider the Bills unless they offer alot more than other teams. (I know people will argue this but for every Takeo Spikes there are 5 Derrick Dockery stories). The Bills have turned into that neighborhood restaurant that has been there forever. The one that you keep going back because it is close by, inexpensive and the food isn't really that good but just good enough to keep you thinking that maybe next time the food will be better.

Trent is probably talking to the Jaguars right now giving away all the offensive secrets. "They only throw 5 yard passes!!!"

can we use the free shipping to send trent edwards to the United Football League?

I rank Clayton 129th out of 130 as a reporter

here's a few pix from yesterdays camp. http://www2.snapfish.com/snapfish/thumbnai..._NAME=snapfish/

he wasn't that bad:-)

Are Canadian Clipboards heavier than the ones the NFL uses? He did a great job holding the Bills clipboards the past few years.

point guard for the Miami Heat?

Cash to Cap is a way to guarantee that you will finish between 6-10 and 7-9. You sign 2nd or 3rd rate FA's who give the fans just enough optimism to think in July that we have a chance and by October they settle into reality that we still need Linemen, linebackers, TE's, QB's and if we are lucky we can get a good draft pick so the cash to cap cycle can continue next year.

Marv Levy was a great coach because of Bill Polian. Alot of coaches could be great with the team that Polian built.

it has to be Tackle Mike Williams.

Ya could add Gary Anderson to that list. He couldn't hit an extra point in training camp before the Bills cut him as a rookie.

I make the trip from Albany (guilderland) to the Ralph 6 times a year, there are a fair amount of Bills fans here in the Capital district. Ya just have to find the right places to go.

It looks like they already did judging what I have been seeing for the past few weeks.

I've heard of him. Let's sign him now!!!

I upgraded to the Paul Maguire seats this year and they called a week before the Seattle game and said that the Club seat holders could pick one game to have an on the field experience. at 1130 they walked us down through the tunnel and past the raiders bench to about the 20 yard line and we were there for about 45 minutes. Felt like I was 12 years old again.

here's some pix from the Raiders game. The on the field experience going down on the sidelines and watchign them practice from 11:30 to 12:30 was incredible. After picture 2059 are the pix from my seat. http://www2.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/Al...41/t_=103588841

I usually leave Albany/Guilderland at 7am and drive straight through and am parked before noon. Am leaving a little earlier tomorrow to try to be at the stadium by 11a. Its around 280 miles from the west side of Albany

I was in the first set of bleachers towards the top w/ Canon digital rebel with a Canon 70-300mm lens w/ image stablization. probably walked right by each other

registering is just entering a email address and password. the same way kodaksharing works. here's a link to the kodak site. I uploaded them there too. http://www.kodakgallery.com/BrowsePhotos.j...8125&page=1

I hope this link works. http://www2.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/Al...41/t_=103588841 was a good practice until Bowen went down. Poz looked good, some good catches.

I bought a picture of Chet Mutryn on ebay a few years ago. the old AAFL....

You know its a slow news day in sports when that is the headline.