Matt in KC

EDit: I know Peters was playing with the secod team. When I typed that I wsa thinking of the TC clips Astrobot posted where he was just about holding his own against Schobel (on some plays, just holding Aaron).

Of all the units, I was most pleasantly surprised with the O-Line. I watched the scrimmage a couple times and reviewed each play on TiVo. I kept a count of clearly positive and negative plays, and whether they were run or pass plays. I'm not an OLine guru, so I didn't count anything if it wasn't clearly good or bad performance by the player. 69-Mike Gandy, 66-Bennie Anderson, 70-Teague I was worried about the early reports, and what a whole new left-side of the line might mean with a new QB. It looks like I needn’t worry. I thought these guys did great, especially Teague, in whom I’d previously lost faith. Teague and Anderson did a bit better on pass plays than run plays, and Gandy looked stronger on the running plays. On the opening Evans reverse, Gandy and Teague were running hard and blocking (with Losman) 30 yards downfield! 58-Chris Villarrial, 68-Mike Williams, 71-Jason Peters Villarial started very slowly, and looked average or bad on a couple early run plays, good in pass pro later, and then disappeared. MW looked the worst of anyone who played OL with the first team. I counted four run plays and three pass plays where MW was the weak link. (3 runs / 2 passes where kudos were warranted). I hope he’s just warming up slowly for the year, and am not alarmed at this point. Mostly, he looked slow and a bit uncoordinated to me. Usually the problem was that he wasn’t touching the defender; they were running around or away from him and he did not get to them. Jason Peters seems to have the opposite problem of MW: He moves well and gets in the way of the defender, but has poor form that he is constantly making up for with God-given strength and speed. He often has his feet too far apart, taking big sidesteps to get back into position, and doesn’t get good leverage because he’s off-balance, standing up, his shoulders aren’t square, and/or he’s not using his hands well. (Note: MW does these things well, but he’s not “getting there”) Peters was better in pass pro than run support, and overall got average results with the first team, which is a big step forward. The left side of the first-string OLine outperformed the right side by a wide margin, in my opinion. The second-string OL played in this combo for a few series: LT: 71-Peters - Was suprised to see him lined up in middle of D on punt, not on the edge where he successfully blocked a kick last year. LG: 73-Justin Geisinger, our 6th round draft pick was stronger on run plays than pass, notching several nice plays I saw C: 60-Jasen Esposito (a few nice run, a few nice pass, a couple mental lapses) RG: 75-Duke Preston (2 nice pass, 2 run, backed into QB by bull-rush once is only negative I saw) RT: 79-Dylan McFarland only stood out on 3 run plays; was replaced later by 61-Jerman, who was mediocre, at best 73-60-75 seemed to work well together 74 -David Pruce - I saw two nice blocks on run plays and one poor play. Fodder 76-Geir Gundmundsen - 2 nice pass blocks and a penalty is all I saw. 72-Lawrence Smith: hurt/out – (more here) 65-Tucker: hurt/out – I’m eager to see if he can come back effective (when?) 64-Sobieki: hurt/out – not a Bill anymore as far as I’m concerned Of all the Bills, Teague had the best outing, by my count (7 positive pass plays, 3 positive runs, no negative plays)

We don't have to limit our team to just the 53 best coaches and trainers, do we?

I think we should give Woodbury a shot at #3 QB. If he plays as well as Matthews, why wouldn't we offer Matthews a job as assistant QB coach to help mentor JPL, if that's why we prefer him? (Just saw your post, MBD - - great idea!) This is all I could find regarding the emergency QB: http://www.jt-sw.com/football/pro/index.ns...cuments/0-rules Why on Earth is the official NFL rulebook not available online?!

335 + 10% = 368.5 is even more accurate!

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Yes, I think he'll make it.... troll.

Metro is only a pain around rush hour, though I think he'd still find a seat easily starting near or at the end of a line. At the same time, traffic is horrible at rush hour around DC, especially if you're not used to it. So, BRH, are you coming and going at rush hour?

(MARC or drive to) Metro is definitely the way to go unless you are not going either way at rush hour, and there's company-paid parking in the building you're visiting.

They stilll work for me.

O: obvious: 3rd WR could be Roscoe. Suprise: Teague replaced at C (by Preston?) D: obvious: Pat Williams replaced by Edwards. Suprise: Only possibilities I see for someone actually losing their position (versus an injury) are for Kelsay to backslide, or for McGee to be replaced as starting CB (what a wreck if that happens) ST: obvious: ? Suprise: I see several possible suprises: 1)The magician disappears, and someone else covers long-snapping 2) Fletcher is taken off of kickoffs 3) Clements is taken off of PR duty 4)Lindell is replaced, at least for FGs

I just said best predictor, not that there are any great predictors. There are a lot of anectdotes both ways, though I'd bet that college performance, with the size of the program factored in, would fair better than the Wonderlic, combine scores, preseason media reports etc.. All I'm saying is that you shouldn't pooh-pooh the college stats. I think they're the most germane data available, especially when considering somethink like risk-taking. I think TD/INT ratio in college stats are a good indication of how risky the QB is likely to be in the NFL. Whether or not they have the skills, can adjust to the new environment or other factors influence them is another matter. I'll guess TD/INT ratio is probably relatively stable accross NFL careers (something to research). I'm very happy to read that JPL has a history of protecting the ball, since we appear to be in good shape as a team if JPL does not turn it over.

Commentary and a little info here: http://www.stadiumwall.com/index.php?showtopic=27299

I'd bet that past performance is by far the best predictor. ...or maybe the wonderlic is better....

Reading Rockpile's training camp reports a few years ago is what made me a TSW regular. It was by far the best available info for someone away from Pittsford. I was thinking yesterday that out of the whole year, this is when I get the most valuable info and insight from TSW.

Ross Tucker Daimon Shelton London Fletcher I don't think they get the recognition they deserve and Josh Reed ...maybe, because I think almost all Bills fans think he's worse than he is. Perhaps he's just had some bad luck for the last couple years...

I was curious about Tennessee filing the trade papers with the NFL before finalizing the contract new with Henry. At the time, I thought they crazy to give up a third rounder who could walk if salary negotiations fell apart. Now however I think they had a good read on Henry and parlayed the trade into very good contract terms. After the trade (but before the extension was finalized), the scenario was this: If Henry balks at the contract terms, then the Titans don't play (or pay) him much and no one will give him a multi-million dollar bonus after he has soured a relationship with two teams in a row. (This is the stick.) They showed Henry that unlike those Bills, they are operating in good faith, and are risking their third-rounder because they trust him to sign his contract. Also, they show him that he will get millions of dollars the next year he if he performas like he's said he will. Four million is not a ton by NFL standards, but is a lot of money for someone that is not managing their money well, and whose career could be finished if they balk at the terms. (This is the carrot.) Kudos to the Titans. They read him right and got a great deal AND Henry seems happy with the outcome.

1. Who will win the World Series of Poker in 2021? What's your child's name? 2. When the Bills are in the Super Bowl (this year or another one soon), what will happen just before the game starts that will ensure a Bills victory? It will start to snow. (Will be in warm-weather city too. And no, I'm not saying they'll win when hell freezes over.) 3. What is the most underrated rock album of all time? George Harrison: All Things Must Pass (1970) ...comes out on top according to Google (Do your own homework!) 4. Fill in the blank: The most meaningless thing in the world to a woman is a(n) spark plug. 5. Fill in the blanks: It is a matter of time until (OGTEleven) will become an (allowing-almost-correct-answers-in-his-survey) fan.

Yuo do know about google, don't you? I'm not busting on you ala Sue's homework, I'm just saying if you type in your listed number it's kinda creepy that you pop right up....

I think you need to also know the mean for each population, not just the size and standard deviation. If group A has a mean of, say, $500,000 and B has a mean of $50,000 it's safe say their not pulled from the same population. I'd give you a link, but I'm sure it's no better than your textbook. Reading it again, standard deviation is a measure of variance (or homogeny). I think it's a trick question and population B is less homogenous than A by definition ($2400 versus $2000). 5% just makes it sound like a z-test.... I hope my memory is right and this helps. Read your text book and tell me if I'm right!

Bob Marley Janis Joplin Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald John Lennon Nick Drake Howlin' Wolf Jim Morrison (w Doors) Jimi Hendrix Harry Chapin Michael Hedges Woody Guthrie Jerry Garcia - one more time, though I'd rather see any of the above for the first time

http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/06/24/mad.cow.ap/index.html

Best movie I never seen (echoing grammar of topic title): Schindler's List Gone with the Wind Hotel Rwanda (next up from Netflix)

Soul Plane 28 Days Later Rabbit Test Rocky V Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Movie Mean Girls Vampire The Muppets take Hollywood I'm Freakin' Kidding This Isn't a moviename

Star Wars (original trilogy) Godfather I & II Goodfellas Matrix (original) Pulp Fiction Blade Runner Thin Red Line The Sting Run Lola Run Princess Bride Honorable mentions: Fish Called Wanda Alien Contact The Natural Airplane Never Cry Wolf