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Why would that be a knee jerk reaction ? Trying various options is what practice and pre-season is all about for a rebuilding team.

This thread should be named "Wang Demoted" Seriously though, I think Levitre played LT in college. Given our tackle woes, this may be an effort to see who can fit at areas of critical need. But, again, I think this is not a big deal especially as he is in with the second unit and the fact that there have been lot of combinations being tried.

Fair enough. He is probably wise not to attempt a Lynch-like move given the frame size difference. Spiller was drafted to add another dimension to the offense and be a play maker - not to be a grinder. I just wish the OL did something competent so we can evaluate the skill players.

In the first half, I don't remember seeing any holes, let alone ones that Spiller missed.

Preeeeeeecisely...

Thanx for the heads-up !!! I am keeping DirecTV just for the Ticket. So total price for me $30 per month x 6 months + $150 ticket = $330 (accounted suspended for other 6 months). So its a wash for me.

jboy has given an excellent review of the rides so I wont bother. But we went last year for the first time. My wife was too scared off rides but came to give us company. By the end of the day the security staff had to drag her off Gemini cos the park was ready to close. So we now have made it a plan to go every year and we did go this year also. We love the park so much that we rather drive the 5+ hours than go to the local Six Phlags. I have not gone to the waterpark, just the regular side. They really have their act together. We stayed off site in a pet friendly hotel. In June, they had weekday tickets at a steep discount so we got them there. I think there is a local Meijer which has the best prices - ask the locals when you get there if you dont buy in advance. While you are there, make a one day trip to Put-in-bay (the decent playground for adults). Bars, parasailing, boating, walking, golf carts all over the island etc Top Thrill dragster !!! 0-120 mph in 4 seconds, then straight up and corkscrews down ! I didnt have the guts to do it but my daughters did it twice.

What you describe pretty closely resembles what does happen in my consultancy workplace. On some jobs, I am the project manager and on others, someone else is. Over time, the better PM gets more PM roles and the other ones' role gets relegated. It has pushed me to do even better than my internal drive. (Note- I do not work in a government organization)

Forget all that. I am from India and I hoard gold because I need to give it as dowry when my two daughters get married. Else nobody will accept them as brides. Linky

Motivation may have nothing to do with this. Gailey truly may be wanting to see how CR does with the 1's. Just because the right side of the line sucks does not mean he should shut himself to the possibility of upgrading the LG spot. As of now, Gailey does not know whether or not CR is better than Levitre. As good and consistent as Levitre has been, if there is an opportunity to upgrade that spot (any spot), you take that opportunity. But to do that the coaches have to know whether or not CR is better. Then, as a side benefit, if AL gets more competitive and plays harder to keep his starter spot, it only makes the team better. If AL folds like a pack of cards and gets de-motivated then the coaches know that this is a guy we do not want on the roster. Sorry, but there are NO sacred cows. (if there were, Belichick would have gone back to Bledsoe when he came back from injury and Brady would have been on the bench for a couple more years)

I would add that there is developing evidence to the current crop's competence. The large majority of the D is now firmly selected/acquired by the current regime - Dareus, Troup, Merriman, Barnett, Carrington, Moats. If what we saw in the Bears game was an example of things to come, we have to hand it to the FO. And then it kinda gets me excited thinking about how the O will turn out once attention shifts to that area of the team. Having said that, I do wish a little more was done on the OL in the past 2 years.

You mean the draft in which Wood and Levitre were picked ?

Is Levitre being tried at LT ? Cos I think he can play tackle also.

Read for yourself. And don't ask me if this website is authentic cos I have no clue

Understood. And just so we are clear - I was not challenging you, was just digging for more information.

My guesses (in this order): - Perennial favorite Kelsay - Reggie Corner - Marcus Easley

Hey, boss, why you using semantics to beat up on poor Bill ? (I just felt the need to come to his defense)

John - I don't know the extent of his injury. Is it going to take more than a couple of months to come back from ? I would love to have a cheap option available even if it is later this season or even into next season

JS also made the probowl and I realize that Merriman made three. Merriman exploded on the scene and had middling seasons due mostly to injury. JS was a late bloomer who then excelled but was sidelined by injury last season. In any case, I was making a philosophical comparison in that both represented upgrades to positions of need for the Bills. But, I will agree to disagree with you.

Here is my point of view. If we continue with the OL as it stands and there is no progress, we will see the same lack of holes and lack of time in the pocket. This actually hinders the development of the younger skill players like Spiller, Easley, Jones, White etc. I am advocating a (healthy) Stinchcomb as a temporary measure to hold the line together and allow the overall offense to develop. This will not mean that Pears will not see playing time. If Pears (in limited playing time) shows he is developing fast, then by all means have him start over Stinchcomb. But to say that we should spend yet another season as an audition and extended training camp is doing a disservice to the team and the fans. Laughably inaccurate ? A middle of road RT is not better than what we have now ?

First of all, Roku is not a subsitute for your cable box. It is an easy and very good way to stream net audio and video content. I have been using the 720p (XD?) version for a year now primarily to stream Netflix and Pandora. I occasionally try radio stations also: 1. I am very happy with it - easy setup, simple operation and very reliable. Don't expect too many bells and whistles. It is light and competent 2. as I said above, I have the middle tier one and it works great 3. I have Netflix devices in three places and can stream from any one. I am not sure I have tried concurrently watching Netflix - your bandwidth may be an issue There are no fees for Roku - there are several free channels besides Pandora (and Netflix if you already subscribe to it). But don't expect a whole lot of free and good content

No harm in bringing him in for a e v a l by our medical staff. If there is hopes that he can be back up to full strength later this season, we should sign him. Similar to what we did with Merriman last year. Even if he is not ready for most of this year, we will have an experienced lineman for next year. Ofcourse, all this is predicted on the big IF of how bad the injury really is.

Not sure the strategy was intentional. We were incredibly thin at LB last year. Davis, Merriman were injured and we were pretty much plugging anyone available. The coaching staff may have thought it is better to put experience in one of the LB spot than trust it to a rookie. So, it could have been that Kelsay was playing LB due to force of circumstance.

Not sure, but I can say with certainty that she swallowed

Bigger priority I understand, but it looked like it was treated as the only priority. How many Offensive players did we get in the past two drafts ? 5 ? And of those, two were Spiller and Easley who dont help (much) in blocking. I really don't subscribe to this philosophy of not using any of the top three picks on good, trench OL players over two full drafts.