JimBob2232

Okay, I need some help here. I have ahman green...Fred Taylor, Nick Goings and Larry Croom. Conventional wisdom says Taylor and Green. However... Taylor is playing Pit. Green is hurt, but should start. I am thinking of going with Goings/Green. What do you think?

Evidently the show goes til one...so the next hour and twenty minutes...I thought it was over at 12

Its NFL countdown...they just did a teaser before a commercial...tune in..sometime in the next 20 mins

Hmm...good question. Its been almost a week since i heard him mention it. I was under the impression it was nfl countdown with berman. Does Irvin do a radio show on sundays?

Bump for those of you who may not have seen this....

Come on....as much as I like marv, there is nothing I would want less than to see him come back and struggle ala Joe Gibbs. Coaches come back (or stay too long...Paterno), and tarnish their legacy. I dont want to see that happen.

Not only is Ray Lewis not the best defensive player on his team anymore, he’s been playing like crap for much of the season. Take that for what it’s worth, Ravens fans. It’s true. Don’t stab the messenger.

Yep. Sadly so. I had a feeling it might be this guy, but I just didnt think he had the political clout and experience to hold down such a position. I worry he might be overwhelmed at this job...we shall see.

Dont forget pitt holds the tiebreaker over NE due to H2H. So, Pitt needs to be 2 games back that last game of the season (or one game ahead), fo rthe game to be meaningless to them. Now, if they are 2 games back, its possible they will be battling for the other bye. That also means that they would be 3-2 or worse in their last 5 games, and playing them at full strength in buffalo might not be as difficult of a task as it now seems. So bottom line, Lose NE. I am not sure if pit winning or losing is the better scenario for us going forward. Of course this week vs. the jags it is the scenario we want...but im not sure that will be the case going forward.

The rush was that bledsoe was horrible. I was never in favor of starting losman as he is a project who will need a few years to develop into what we want him to be. I was however in favor of giving matthews a start, because bledsoe was so awful. Now that he has stepped it up (amazing 3 picks is steping it up), this setiment is subsiding some.

Is he going to be second string yet? I dont understand for the life of me why we dont make him 2nd string...we bring him in and not matthews. he is the 2nd string guy regardless of where he is on the depth chart. JUST PUT HIM THERE

Yes he is a good pitcher. And truthfully I wouldnt mind seeing him on the yankees dispite what i have posted here because he is a competitor and a good team guy, and can still play very well. The problem is with giving up vazquez, who, although I dont think he fits in in NY, is a young pitcher who might be able to develop and be here for many years, and one of our best prospects, albeit a 3Bman whose position is occupied for a few years. It just doesnt make sense.

As one who correctly predicted the election (ALL 50 states) http://www.stadiumwall.com/index.php?showt...indpost&p=94694, I am going to say that the new director of homeland security will be Asa Hutchinson Book it. (thank god that phrase was retired...)

and I dont think george will figure it out until he has a 200 million dollar payroll and a 50 win season.

I agree with TE. Not so sure with safety as I think baker might be good. And with vincent and milloy, i dont know its a need quite yet. In a year or two yes, this year...probably not. Maybe another UDFA.

While replacing posey would be okay, he is a decent LB. However we have NO DEPTH. Crowell or stamer? Come on. If spikes or fletch went down we would be in big trouble.

Kicker. Cornerback. Linebacker. O-Line. Runningback.

This is getting ridiculous. I am a die-hard yankees fan, and have been my entire life, yes i was a fan even during the jesse barfield/danny tartabull era. This is the problem. The yankees are not a team anymore. They are a bunch of superstars who try to buy into the new york system (no pun intended). In the end, the majority of these guys do not know what it means to be a yankee. Derek Jeter knows. Bernie Williams Knows. Mariano Rivera and Orlando Hernandez know. Perhaps Posada and Matsui know, but thats about it. Sheffield doesnt get it, nor does A-Rod or Giambi. though in fairness, A-Rod is coming around. The old yankees teams (and by old i mean ~ 5 years ago), were comprised of a bunch of guys who knew what it meant to put on the pinstripes. Paul O'Neil, Andy Pettite, Roger Clemens were character guys, and although some may have come in as free agents, they knew the name on the front of the jersey meant a whole lot more than the name on the back. In the old days the yankees developed talent. At one point they had the best minor league system in baseball. I know because I watched them daily at their AA facility in Albany. These players dreamed of being yankees. And when they finally made the show, they played with pride and determination and accomplished great things. A few pieces were plugged in here and there and the puzzle was competed. Contrast todays team. This current group collects big paychecks, but they dont get what they are fighting for. They come to new york as free agents for the big cash. The team trades away prospect after prospect for old washed up veterans, leaving them a depleated minor league system, one of the worst in baseball. Then they go out and spend big bucks on players like Giambi and Sheffield, who If i had my way would not even be on the roster. I would still rather have soriano than a-rod, and I dont want to see posada or, although I dont like him either, Vazquez, traded for Randy Johnson, and certainally dont give up.eric duncan to do it. Its time to start over mr. steinbrenner. Its time to reclaim your dominace at the minor league levels and develop your own stars again. Teach them what being a true yankee is about. Let Don Mattingly coach AAA or AA ball. Dont toss true yankees aside like yesterdays trash. Players like Pettite and Soriano, though now wearing differnet uniforms ARE yankees, and will forever be yankees (unless they defect someday to the enemy, but I dont see them doing it unless to spite george). I speak only for myself, but I am sure many other yankees fans feel the same way. This current squad is missing the "IT factor", and that is because they do not realize what it means to wear pinstripes.

I heard michael irvin on i think dan patricks radio show, and he said he was interviewing willis for this weeks pre-game show. Just thought I would let everyone konw if you didnt know already.

And for those of you complaining about the 2002 draft, take a look at it. http://ww2.nfl.com/draft/2002/round/round1.html What an ugly draft that was!

Oh, one more thing. Had we kept the #14 pick in 2003, we would have likely taken either: DE Micheal Haynes (27 games (career) 42 tackes, 4 sacks) Or DE Jerome McDougle (16games 19 tackles, 1 sack.) Now, do either of them do anything for you? I'd almost rather have bledsoe.

Perhaps many are "drinking the kool-aid" as you say, but I think this is the setiment that was out there to start the season. We always thought this team was close to greatness, but the first half of the season had us doubting TD, MM and the entire team. What we are seeing now is IMO, a return to where we thought we would be at this point. The losman trade was not an "embarassing fleece job". Okay, so say we kept that first rounder. Now today we have only drew and shane matthews and some other random do-nothing third string guy. We would desperatly need someone to take over for drew. We go into this draft looking for a QB with a mid-round selection. Who do you take? Mel Kipers Big board of the top 25 draft eligible prospects includes ONE quarterback (charie frye of akron). Now who would you rather have? Honestly. Perhaps Leinert and Aaron Robers come out, but they will be top 5 picks, and we wouldnt have a chance at them anyway. The drew blesdoe trade was, at the time, a great trade. We absolutley needed to get a good quarterback here, and drew was left high and dry in new england. The way drew played that first season here shows this was not a bad trade. The decline was unexpected and somewhat unexplainable. But one thing this trade did was re-energize the demoarlized fanbase who was about to see the team with AVP as its starter. Also, it showed the league we were making good strides to be competitive, and im sure this move (and others like it), contributed to the signing of guys like takeo spikes. The extension...Well...our hands were kinda tied. I didnt like it either, but on one hand we pay the guy a huge signing bonus and activate the rest of his 100 million dollar contract, or we cut him in november (which with the wya he was playing, might not have been a bad option at that point). The other thing you have to remember is that drew knows his time is limited here, and he still chose to sign an extension for a year he will probably be on the bench. This shows class and character, and he isnt a terrible backup either! All in all, im happy with the personnel we have on this team. As you pointed out, our defense is getting up there in years and some of our young guys (clements) are coming up on FA here soon. My fear is that by the time the O comes around, the D will look like Kansas Citys... But at least thats more exciting football to watch than what we saw the first 9 weeks.

These prisco ratings are CRAP. Not only is seattle ranked ahead of us (which i could get over by itself), but they MOVED UP A SPOT from #14 to #13 after being blown out 38-9!!! Amazing

Why has nobody mentioned Julia Roberts?

He was due back about 5 weeks ago