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Cool, vote early and vote often. I guess this is how American Idol fans feel.

I especially like trying to guess which smiley you will use next and whether or not you will mention Willis McGahee. p.s. it is awsome to see Willis beating defenders into the endzone.

Went over to the Bengals message board and they are having similar discussions regarding the NFL network. They are voting for this game as well.

Never mind, it appears that our game is on tomorrow at noon. This would be a re-broadcast. Tuesday, Aug. 22 Air time Cincinnati at Buffalo 12 p.m. Carolina at Jacksonville 3 p.m.

Doesn't re-broadcast imply that it has already aired once? Unless I'm missing something, they have not played our game yet. I hope we do "win" this vote so that fans not residing in Bflo. or Cincy can see the game. Still 1% behind.

and while everyone is bashing you, I'll add that you stole my ID.

There is a "teams to be announced" timeslot on Tuesday evening and some people are hoping/speculating that they will play our game.

Although I agree with your sentiments, I don't think there is anything wrong with our fan base, we're just passionate. Some people just like to complain, others truly believe JP is not capable of leading this team to a winning record, however, we all care enough to actually give up some time on our precious weekends to read about the team and post our opinions. My personal opinion is that it is time to name JP the starter and use the next 2 weeks to prepare for our first game. I believe he has shown enough to be given the opportunity to fail or succeed.

No you're right he has an ankle injury. I was reminded of that earlier in this post. I believe he missed a couple of practices last week because of it. Jackson actually had a knee injury, which originally seemed to be serious. Jauron was even suprised he was back so quickly. To come back that fast and play well enough to score shows that this kid wants to make the team IMO.

I hope I'm wrong but I have a bad feeling about him this year. It doesn't seem like his heart is in it. I thought he'd step up because he is playing for a long term deal, here or elsewhere, but I haven't seen it yet.

We have to make a decision and let the starting QB, whoever it is, start getting comfortable with the first team offense. Sure, it seems as though it would be great to have every quarterback get the same number of snaps in practice and start a game in preseason but this would waste the opportunity to give someone a chance to prepare for game 1. At this point I hope Jauron annoints JP as the starter and opens up the competition for #2. Nall might be good and hopefully he will be ready to start if JP is injured or fails miserably but right now I say we need to move forward instead of sideways.

That's right, I forgot all about his ankle injury. That helps me understand why he didn't have more of an impact. I'm hoping he continues to step up in the pre-season because he may have a larger role in future and Willis needs someone to push him this year. Buftex, no worries, sometimes it's hard not to fall in to the trap. Thanks for the more detailed response. I agree that it would be nice to see how players like Gates play with the first line, especially during the first couple of pre-season games. Starting next week I hope we have the starters working on buiding their chemistry.

so does that mean because it is preseason there are no updates on our battle for the number 2 RB? Thanks for the intelligent response.

He looked so good in the first game and now, at least judging from the boxscore, he seemed to vanish this week. I was hoping to hear that Gates and Aiken picked up where they left off last week but it looks as though that didn't happen. Any insight on this from someone who saw/heard the game?

Yeah but some of these are still pretty damn funny. When Willis exercises, the machine gets stronger.

Did someone pony up the 2 free tickets you were looking for?

Over or under time. One hour remaining before RJOSEPH is no longer posting on the wall. Over or under?

Nice take. No wonder we have been unable to get a stable signal caller, that was a bleak decade for QB's. That was an enjoyable read because I flashed back to most of those drafts and remembered guys like McQuire, Mariniovich, Leaf, Akili Smith et al, who at the time seemed like they were going to be great. Thanks.

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Do you think when he retires again the Chargers will let him re-retire with them?

I was not impressed at all with Morgan. He was completely outplayed in the Carolina game. I do not believe that he had a chance to make this team even without the injury.

lol, it'd be an upgrade. Did Tucker even play any Center when he was here?

This does not bode well for the Browns. They lost one center to injury and another to suspension. Now they're really reaching... Ephraim started last week's preseason opener against Philadelphia, but Ross Tucker, acquired in a trade from the New England Patriots, will start Friday against the Detroit Lions. http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/story/9604638

Personally, I never thought Posey stunk, he just didn't fit well in our system. If he gets back to a 3-4 defense I believe he will thrive. Jauron even said it was hard to let him go because he was a skilled athlete but did not fit the scheme.

Great review. Aiken was a beast on ST and he played very well as a receiver. He absolutely punished #15 from Carolina a few times on kick-offs to the point where he was starting to look gun shy. He nailed him on the first kick and never let up after that. In my opinion, he locked a spot on the roster last week.