dave mcbride
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http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/n...ts/13551679.htm
"Team officials won't talk, but a little birdie says the reason Vikings controversial cornerback Fred Smoot was in full uniform on the Metrodome sideline but didn't play a down Sunday in the team's season-ending victory over the Chicago Bears is because he blatantly disregarded the team's curfew the night before, on New Year's Eve. Word is Smoot placed a couple of pillows under his bed's blanket as a decoy at the team hotel."
i tried that in high school. it doesn't work.
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Professor Frink = Mark Kelso
Milhouse = Alex Van Pelt
Comic Book Guy = Jamie Nails
Lionel Hutz = Troy Vincent
Cletus = Billy Joe Hobert
Nelson Muntz = Tim Krumrie
Krusty the Klown = Jon Dorenbos
Joe Quimby = Marcellus Wiley
Fat Tony = Joe Panos
Troy McClure = Coy Wire
Otto = Reuben Brown
Gil = Hank Bullough
Barney = Jerry Ostroski
Dr Hibbert = Dr Sack
Rev Lovejoy = Frank Reich
Sideshow Bob = Shledon Jackson
Supernintendo Chalmers = Lou Saban
Frank Grimes = Greg Williams
Groundskeeper Willy = Carwell Gardner
Apu = Lauvale Sape
Skinner = Ryan Denney
Ralph Wiggum = Dusty Zeigler
Snake = O.J.
Chief Wiggum = Speedy Neal
Uter = Kurt Schulz
Maggie = Doug Flutie
what was the name of the bills longtime team doctor that screwed up on leonard smith and gave him a staph infection? wouldn't he be dr. nick?
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not to rain on your parade, because i like the levy hiring, but reagan was 77 when he left office.
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I see the parallels to Don Zimmer, who combined with Clueless Joe Torre to form a championship managerial team. I can see it now, Marv behind MM on the sidelines getting all worked up, with Meathead mouth agape trying to respire. I can see Marv getting rolled by Bruschi.
Marv really should get on the sidelines with Meathead. There is such a small chance of this "fresh start" working that the very least they could do is guarantee us some entertainment.
weak, badol. you're capable of better than this ...
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irregardless
One entry found for irregardless.
Main Entry: ir·re·gard·less
Pronunciation: "ir-i-'gärd-l&s
Function: adverb
Etymology: probably blend of irrespective and regardless
nonstandard : REGARDLESS
usage Irregardless originated in dialectal American speech in the early 20th century. Its fairly widespread use in speech called it to the attention of usage commentators as early as 1927. The most frequently repeated remark about it is that "there is no such word." There is such a word, however. It is still used primarily in speech, although it can be found from time to time in edited prose. Its reputation has not risen over the years, and it is still a long way from general acceptance.
Use regardless instead.
check out a real dictionary (Oxford English dictionary, to be precise) instead of the web. it's an archaism, but a real word nonetheless.
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last i checked, yards from scrimmage is the key stat. check that out on the link.
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http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/DunnWa00.htm
2 or 3 more good seasons, and mr. dunn will be most likely be making a trip to the hall of fame.
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Due exclusively to Sam Adam's apparent temper tantrum over being asked to play a 2 technique versus his much favored 3 technique I'd agree. There are positive signs from Anderson's play as he got more time and he should be an asset in a rotation of 3 or 4 DTs for many seasons.
At the same time the team highlighted Big Sam's skills in the Jets game by letting him play his favored 1-gap. That could indicate they think they might be able to move his 2006 contract for some value to another team. The bad news about it is that Sam, playing alongside a true 2 technique DT is one of the best 1-gap players in football. Picking up a big run stuffer in the draft/FA and moving Sam will simply be another hit to the quality of our DT rotation.
if they get a real 2 gapper, how could they possibly get rid of sam a.? he comes pretty cheap, and jerry grey (the guy he seemed to have the problem with) is outta there.
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Exactly the best defense in that point of the game was a good offense, if USC gets that 1st down they probably keep the ball or put more points on the board which could have prevented Young to beat him with a final drive. I have bigger issues with the time out he called before the two point attempt.
In terms of the original topic of this thread and Wright, true he was invisible most of this game but as said look at the level of competition he was playing. Not to mention it seems those that want us to take Ngata have failed to mention his failings in his bowl game against Oklahoma.
carroll didn't call that; one of the guys in the secondary did. carroll looked like he was flabbergasted that he did. it was a huge mistake. they were at the 43 with 8 seconds left, and could have hit a 15 yard pass across the middle and called a timeout. huge mistake.
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funny line about bdr, but i certainly don't think mularkey is an idiot. i think he's a bright, creative coach who simply had a bad year. i'm glad he's coming back. call me crazy (and i'm sure people will).
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What a coach in his right mind does is tack the extra 25 or 30 yards onto the Longhorns and let the clock finish them off.
The bottom line is that you MIGHT pick up the first down and win the game as a result, but giving the ball to the opponent who has some MO on offense and shortening the field for them makes the proposition an very poor one.
BTW- Shortly after I said that the Trojan offense proved my point very effectively. This wasn't exactly the Notre Dame defense the Trojans were playing.
disagree, akc. texas had tons of time whether they were at the 15 or the 41, and they were simply going to score. i think carroll knew that -- sc could not stop them all night and was completely flailing at the end. on the other hand, texas could not stop sc all night, so it seemed to me like the right choice at the time. carroll couldn't win -- if he punts, texas scores; if he goes for it and loses, texas scores.
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Darryl Talley, Nate Odomes and Henry Jones may not have been hall of famers, but they were amongst the best at their positions during those years.
Not to disagree with you Dave, because I appreciate your historical knowledge of the Bills (anyone who would have the guts to use Bullough for their avatar must be supremely confident), but I think you are giving Corey more credit than he deserves. It is true that they did well enough to win a ton of regualar season games, and playoff games, but I would argue that their success was due, in most part, to the tremendous players that they were, not because the defensive coaches put them in the best position to succeed. In those days, the Bills rarely lost, but when they did, their defenses were dominated. Once they couldn't accumualte enough turnovers to compensate for all of the yards they were giving up, they were done.
I am not normally one to trash old players and coaches in retrospect either. I know that is the norm around here. But I swear, even then, I thought Corey was a miserable DC. If Wade Phillips were here for just one of those Super Bowls, I think their chances of winning would have increased a lot...I remember the offensive co-ordinater for the '91 Redskins that walloped us (can't remember his name right now) made some comment, after that game that the Bills defense "is pretty basic, they really don't change things up a lot". Crud, getting pissed thinking about it even now!
i agree largely with what you are saying. i wasn't a huge fan of corey either. i guess my point is that he wasn't THAT bad, and there were far worse DCs at the time. the defense did have some real bright spots -- they did force TOs, they did play well at home and in the afc playoffs as a rule, and they had a consistent philosophy. perhaps it wasn't the best philosophy -- having kelso playing 40 yards off the line of scrimmage was coaching scared -- but the consistency of its application did help them. one minor point -- jones was only around for the 2 final super bowls. he was an excellent player in his prime, though. re wade, yeah, but look at denver's defense when he was the head coach and they didn't have any quality dts. they were eaten alive. having ted washington (or someone like him) would have made a huge difference. as it turns out, he was in my opinion the best player on the field in the pats-carolina super bowl a couple of years ago ...
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Kiper was just on NFL Live. IF VY comes out:
Before yesterday, Bush & Leinart were 1-3, with Young going 6-10.
After yesterday, Young shot up to top 3 & could end up #1,
too early to tell, should be a wild race to draft day.
Kiper also said that Bush shouldn't be hurt by the perception that he went into a funk after that awful lateral.
you know, bush had 187 combined yards from scrimmage along with a spectacular td. thurman had 190 combined along with a spectacular td v. the giants in the sb. the point is that he played pretty well and put up some big numbers.
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As has been pointed out, there is no great mystery to the salary cap. If you give a guy a signing bonus, that gets amortized over the life of the contract. Simple math.
The mystery comes in when deciding what a player's worth would be in free agency. Butler clearly messed this up by giving Fina a big contract. The next year, Fina was released, and played for someone else at close to the minimum salary. So you don't want to overestimate what someone else will pay for your players, as Butler did.
But you don't want to underestimate it either. TD's best OL draft choice was Jonas Jennings. But Jennings walked after just four years because TD let him hit free agency instead of signing him to an extension after year 2 or 3. When your GM makes this kind of mistake too often, your cap situation will be good, but your team won't be.
The key to managing your cap well is knowing which players you want to keep, and offering them just enough money to keep them from hitting free agency.
good points.
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Ummm... that's what people mean by the CAP! Player evaluations under the cap. Ostroski was a bad player because he wasnt worth his cap figure. Because we couldnt get other players because a slob was taking up too much of our cap. That's as much a cap problem as a talent problem. How can you argue otherwise? All players are worth it or not worth it because of their cap figure.
come on, dog. the bills cap problems from the late butler era (which were overhyped in any event) had to do with the truly unique qb issue they faced. they would have been fine without it. as for, ostroski, who was probably paid more than he was worth, he had nothing to do with the bills' cap problems (he averaged around $2 mill a year, which was a pittance vis a vis the cap).
in any event, the cap is going way up this season, and the bills are in fine shape in any case. moreeover there is no cap (as of yet) for 07. so the potential problem you're raising is merely theoretical.
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spare me. first of all, none of you have any response to my point. i said draft well and sign good free agents. any critic of butler that's honest with himself wouldn't resort to cap gobbledygook and would instead complain about the quality of the players he (re)signed. butler was definitely more good than bad, but john fina didn't deserve the huge amount of money he got after the 1999 season. that's player evaluation, not "caponomics" (i shudder using that word). if fina was a great player and butler resigned him, not a one of you would be complaining.
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You acquire players through free agency, which is half of your roster, based on what they are worth to you in dollar figures, what they and their agents will accept as payment to join your team, and their talent on the field in direct relationship to those other two things. They are as integral to each other as they could possibly be.
this is my bugaboo, so i'll jump in -- knowledge of the intricacies of the cap is the most overrated thing in football. draft and sign good players, hire good coaches, and things will take care of themselves. you have to remember that the bills aren't going to have cap problems anyway, because they have virtually no money invested in the qb postion, which is the greatest cap space eater. and they won't have money invested in it for some time to come. same goes for running back. the biggest space eater, mike williams, is gone. to reiterate what i said elsewhere, the notion that there is their is this mysterious and arcane knowledge of the cap reserved for the chosen few is absolutely ridiculous. it's simple freakin' arithmetic, not theoretical physics. also, recall that the recently fired high thetan of cap management and all of its arcana had a goddamn BA in english from indiana college in PA and spent a good amount of time afterward as a high school english teacher.
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you've got to be kidding me. who were the bills defensive tackles? their safeties? their left defensive end? come on - aside from bruce, bennett, and conlan for about 5 seasons (which were punctuated by injuries), there were no great players on that defense.
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How about a little respect for the human race?
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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he made bad decisions at 55 when he became governor of california, in my opinion.