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Yea. Driven gently on Sunday's only, in the right lane while other cars passed it by, driving style for maximum mpg, weak headlights, very clean rear-view mirrors, never subjected to hard acceleration and habit of easing off the gas pedal when approaching the destination. Last expert diagnosis - needs engine overhaul and new tires. Last maintenance - new expensive paint job and new wheel covers.

Thats not really saying much now is it ?

Or, given the current hot philosophy on this board, we could trade him for a two play wonder <DB/WR>

What do you expect from someone who could have burnt gasoline instead and saved a buck per gallon ?

Works both ways, Bill. Peters was also lucky to be picked by the Bills and his talent at LT seen as opposed to being a TE. So I would call it quits on that aspect. I am in the camp that wants Peters to be the Bills' LT for a long long time. However, his not being able to make the ProBowl is disconcerting coming on the heels of his injury, holdout and subsequent sub-par performance last season. Perhaps there is something about his health that we don't know about ? Much as I want him to be our long term answer at LT, any serious injury that prevents him from performing at the 2007 level will be a liability for us. If his 2008 (under) performance was due to a lingering injury, I want to know the long term effects of that. I am not willing to commit to a 2008 Peters.

I argue that it is more than adequate if we had a stout DL. They would then do their primary task of defending the pass and the occassional run support. If the DL and LB is doing their job, the secondary should primarily be seeing the WRs which I think they are fast and strong enough to defend against. In decreasing order of priority on the D, we need 1 DE (assuming Schobel is back in full strength next year), 1 interior lineman, 1 LB. If we achieve this, watch the pass defense excel and interceptions to spike up.

Why ? Our secondary is fine and dandy. There are other areas that can use the money - both lines for starters.

You might want to leave out the insults if you want a reasonable argument here.

The flak he has been getting is not for wanting to play. It is for openly confronting a coach in the middle of the game. He can pout all he wants in the locker room, after the game, wherever but not during the game. Not when the coach is concentrating on the next plays. Not when the other players are all stressed about winning the game. I read the article and he is not apologizing for this outburst - he is merely attempting to justify it. And I think it is wrong for him to do both - the action and the attempted justifications.

I chose Pittsburgh because of their defense. The Cards D seems to have come into its own in the playoffs and the Steelers don't have a very reliable offense. However, I think the Pitts D just is too stacked and matches up well with the Cards' O. I expect the Steelers to plan heavily to shut down Fitz and hit Warner repeatedly. Notice that Warner looked much better in the first half before he started getting pressured (duh!). I trust LeBeau's D more than the Cards' offense and hence my choice. But in all, this should be a good Superbowl.

Simple question. Not your favorite or who you will be rooting for. Just who you think will win.

"he is talking but is having neck pain .."

I hope he is well also. He was having a very good game with the blitz pick ups and running.

I think this is the end of the road for Andy Reid and McNabb in Philly. Bad O planning in the first half and poor throwing by McNabb. And no, I don't want McNabb on the Bills

Why can't we have one of dem shiny ROTY candidates ?

Nice throwing, Mr Choker McNabb

But you do know that rookie WRs take a couple of years to develop don't you ?

Great play calling on that drive by Arizona.

No kidding. Need more of those girls in real life. Hot and rockers.

Guitar Hero-ine

This TD aside, I think the eagles should have presented a more balanced attack to the Cardinals instead of depending on McNabb's arm.

Obama's new Caddy is my dream car.

-21 F raw temperature at 6 am in this western burb of Chicago. Not that I am feeling too happy of one-upping you. Come to think of it I am not feeling anything ....

Fell for what ? You really don't think we need a QB that can complete beyond the line of scrimmage ?

First of all - congratulations. Way to go landing a job so quickly in this economy. As others have said, don't think twice because of the money. However, you are asking how to make it sweeter for yourself while still staying within the company's limited negotiation stance: - See if you can get more base paid vacation. My last 2 employers had given me an extra week. - Incentives. See if you can structure a goal based bonus structure. Sounds like you are quite experienced and the economy will eventually get better. So you should be able to exceed your goals fairly easily aided by a recovery - As it is a quality job, talk about instilling a Six Sigma type culture if they don't have it already. Link some bonus to making your company Six Sigma compliant in, say, 18 months. - See if an ISO certification will help your company's business. If yes and they aren't already, that is another bonus oriented goal you may want to pursue