Bill from NYC
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Most "reasonable' Bills fans can think as they will, but there were 31 perhaps unreasonable GMs who refused to cough up a first day pick in a notably weak draft. Obviousy, the consensus was that he was not worth it.
On this thread, we have already gone from a conditional 3rd to a 2nd AND a conditional 3rd. At this rate, the return of the "Gallery for Henry" and/or "2nd Pick in the draft for Henry" posts is near.
Remember those "reasonable" posts?
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I understand what you are saying, but Willis WAS able to run behind that same OL. As soon as Travis was benched, sacks were also cut in less than half, and the Bills were able to defeat other football teams.
It is OK to disregard these facts, but they exist nonetheless.
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Do you think that the Bill's record in games in which TH was the starting RB is indicative of TH being a winner?
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No doubt, Bledsoe is class all the way, and he did make a bad Bills team watchable, and especially in 2002, very exciting. But the fact is he has major shortcomings and I can't see him being successful again in his career. He came into the league in a time before schematic zone blitzes and complicated coverages, and now he is still trying to adjust. It is tough to watch a 12-year veteran not able to anticipate what's about to happen. The '04 Bills had a top-tier running back, a top 3 defense, and the #1 special teams. What was missing?
I suppose the concrete difference is that with Bledsoe, you know what you're going to get: 8-8, maybe 9-7 (with 2 losses to New England of course). At least with JP, there is some hope of having a special player.
>>>>The '04 Bills had a top-tier running back, a top 3 defense, and the #1 special teams. What was missing?<<<<
1) A Right Tackle who was in shape for the better part of September and October.
2) A head coach who was not a rookie (although the potential is clearly there).
3) Both safeties for a large chunk of the season.
4) An experienced LG.
5) Willis MaGahee (until 10/31) which left us Travis Henry to contribute in a major way to losing efforts.
You can blame it all on Drew as you choose, but to do so seems rather simplistic.
Sorry.
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Depending on what happens if the "conditions" are not met, I would rather get a 4th than a conditional 3rd.
Once the poor team that we sucker into taking this idiot sees just how useless he is, they will sit him on the bench.
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Martin cannot be expected to have a season equal to last year. There are a ton of miles on those legs. My guess is that he hits the wall.
PS: I said the same thing before last season.
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Barbecue is the current craze in these parts. Both places opened relatively close to my house. Has anybody ever tried either of these places? They seem to be part of big chains
and their internet menus show a glaring lack of beef ribs.Just wondering what the story is before I give one of them a shot.
Thanks.
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I think that he was playing college football.
Imo, JP is a question mark, pure and simple. Yes, he was drafted high. Yes, he is working hard. Yes, he has talent, but probably less than RJ, and we saw what happened there.
All that exists is hope. There is at least an equal chance that JP will be good/suck.
He is trying hard, and this is a great thing. I choose not to delude myself into thinking that JP, nor any other player is a "can't miss." I am fully unable to predict how ther kid will play.
What I DO hope is that he finds himself before key players age, and even this is asking a lot.
Either way, I am in it for the long haul.
GO BILLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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That is so far from the truth I don't even know where to begin.
I hate to burst your view of the evil insurance company, but every time we raise rates it is to offset the rising cost of healthcare.
You say a trip to the doctor can impact a family in a big way, well you're right. But who sets those prices? It's the doctors, not the insurance company. Why do doctors set those rates? Because that is the cost to do business for them. Trained professionals, expensive equipment, expensive pharmacuticals. Everytime they raise their rates, we have to either absorb the cost are pass it along through rate increases or high copays.
You want to point a finger, point it at the drug companies. Point it at technological advances. You want the healthcare rates of 20 years ago then expect to get the care of 20 years ago. All of these technologies cost millions to develop. Common sense tells you in the end, the cost will be passed onto the end user.
Point a finger at your neighbors too. Everytime a person goes to the doctor for a little cough it costs money. Everytime a guy goes to the emergency room for a twisted ankle instead of their PCP it wastes hundreds. Proper utilization is lost on most people which drives up the cost for everyone.
This is why you will soon see American health insurance move towards CDHP (Consumer Driven Healthcare.) You'll have a pool of money for claims allocation for routine services. You'll be able to do what you want with it, but when it runs out tough luck. You'll get the bill for exactly what the services cost and most people will finally realize how expensive healthcare is. Maybe then people will wise up and improper utilization will lessen, helping to off-set the rising costs.
So sorry, insurance companies aren't making millions and they aren't getting rich off your healthcare. Most are not for profit organizations. Every penny that comes in goes towards your healthcare whether it be through administrative cost or your claims.
You make some valid points, but let us not try to absolve the insurance companies of any blame.
Several doctors have told me that they get bonuses for NOT sending patients to specialists, and if they do this too often they will be kicked out of the HMO.
Doctors also have to hire expensive help merely to argue with insurance company clerks about allowing procedures that their patients need.
Frankly, I would rather a doctor make decisions about my health than an HMO secretary. As I said earlier, there is plenty7 of blame to go around.
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I wish that something other than socialization (which I fully oppose) could be done to curb rising health costs. If it was the doctors making the cash I wouldn't really mind, but it is the insurance company.
A trip to the doctor for a sore throat and a bottle of anti-biotics can impact a working class family in a big way if one has no insurance, let alone a serious illness/injury.
My rates were recently increased, the co-payment was raised, and the doctor gets NONE of this money. It isn't fair, and is an issue that extends beyond unions.
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Pat Williams remains a "quality" run stopping interior lineman with excellent hands in the running game, giving him both the ability to force plays away or make tackles.
Ron Edwards is a known quantity- he's become a solid passing down lineman who plays too high to be effective in the run game and consequently too many running plays go right over him. He is NOT a good run tackler.
We know virtually nothing about Tim Anderson.
Even in the weakest divisions in the league, a rotation including AT LEAST two "quality" interior linemen is the absolute minimum for being competitive today. No objective source would make the claim that we have two "quality" interior D Linemen when in fact we merely have one. The last time a team even got to the Super Bowl with one "quality" interior linemen we watched Tampa run the ball down the throats of Sam Adams and a group of role players like we're looking to put on the field this season.
We'll see Corey Dillon twice, Curtis Martin twice and almost surely Rickey Williams twice this season plus Priest Holmes, LaDanian Tomlinson, Stephen Davis and Rueben Droughns. A good case could be made for us being non-competitive against any of those teams- leaving us lucky to win 7 or 8 games this coming season. It's safe to assume that finishing .500 in the AFC East will be a dead end, and without adding at least one solid interior D Lineman our schedule of potent running offenses will simply destroy the most humble hopes of the 2005 Bills.
What you say is true, but I am not as worried as you. Hey, Anderson played about as much as JP last season. If JP could benefit from the sidelines, perhaps so could Anderson.
PW imo is not getting any better. In fact, he is blowing up like a balloon, and might tip the scales at close to 375. I just cannot see him staying in the league much longer at this size.
As for the above listed teams, I respectfully remind you that RBs are probably the most frequently injured players, and chances are we will not face all of those backs in every game. Your point wrt this however is well taken.
If Edward/Anderson improve as the season progresses, I think that we should be OK.
Or is this me being a homer?
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So American car makers are being run into the ground over all the union perks,
So are you absolving GM's management from having anything to do with their plight? Read some topics on GM management and golden parachutes and you'll see what I'm getting at. (Mind you, I'm not disagreeing that the unions are certainly part of the problem as well.)
I see your point.
The Ford Taurus is/has been a good car. It is probably 8K cheaper than a Camry, perhaps more. They have been a big seller for many years. Who gets the credit for this good, reasonably priced product?
I once rented a Ford Escort. It was a complete piece of garbage. Who takes the blame for this bad product?
I don't know the exact details of the medical coverage of unionized UAW workers, but if it is truly out of control, perhaps the union was short sighted during negotiations. Most workers would prefer having a job if it meant coughing up a 10 dollar co-payment, you know?
I dont know the exact details of why a Ford Escort is so bad, but perhaps Ford management is stupid and greedy to sell junk to American consumers who are offered better products.
So, we have a short-sighted union and greedy stupid corporate bosses, or so it seems. Sounds to me as if there is enough blame for everybody, not just the unionized workers.
PS: I think that the Taurus was discontinued and now only sold in fleets.
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Thank you all
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No. He is a talented DE, a somewhat rare species these days.
While he is not a Julius Peppers genetic mutant, I think that many of us take his blazing speed for granted.
Yesterday, I stated that he lost approx. 10 million over the life of his contract by signing a year before he was to be a UFA. Most seemed to think that number was a tad high, which I will concede, but Grant Winstrom signed for much more money than AS as I somewhat vaguely recall. How much better is he than AS?
He also played well vs. Ogden and Pace in 04, not a small task.
In summary, I don't compare him to Bruce, Reggie, nor Richard Dent, but he was a great draft pick; is a very good player, and an even better signing (the extension) by TD.
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Recovering jest fan here, born and raised in Queens (home of Shea). When the jests left for NJ, my response was "good riddance" and I never looked back.
At this point, if the jests moved back to NYC, it would not sway me one iota. At the risk of sounding trite, I believe that being a Bills Fan is about more than just the team. Imo, it is also about never giving up, loyalty, and a reigon full of nice people and great fans.
Being a Bills Fan is part of my identity to those who know me, and I am proud to have been accepted as a true fan of this team and reigon on TBD.
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You and your blessed obsession with the OL.
You do make a valid argument for #58, although I'd still lean towards the Keg. Next time I see Chris, I imagine the first question I'll be asking will be how that elbow's doing.
At work last night, someone asked me my thoughts on the upcoming season. Like most, he was focused on how JP will do, and seemed somewhat surprised when I told him I'd be spending most of my time at training camp watching the OL and DL.... just like last year.... and the year before that... etc. ... etc. ...
And we will continue this discussion on 10/16. That is our game this year, the dreaded jests.
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I think we're going for the dreaded "stopping the run with numbers" thing that is spewed so often. The scary part of that is how much it ends up affecting pass coverage.
I hope I'm wrong. Of course, I'm also one of the few who thinks our defense last season was for the most part very overrated.
I think that we do tend to over rate the defense. I also do not think that losing Pat Williams will matter very much. He didn't move all that well, and imo it is good to have 2 young players to step up.
Remember, Gray was also a relatively new DC, and TV and LM suffered serious injuries.
I expect the defense to be about the same as last year if they stay healthy, perhaps better.
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Serious question....... NOT a flame!!
Does anybody here view this as a need, or even an advantage for bus drivers to be Teamsters?
I say this because imo, a good shop steward would have been able to at least try to avoid this kind of incident, which will probably cost the Bus Company millions in settlements and legal fees.
As a shop steward, I would have advised drivers, when faced with this kind of situatuion, to stop the bus, call the police and alert school officials as to the conduct of the students, thus putting the ball in their court.
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I've been house-hunting in northern virginia, and between bouts of crying I check out WNY prices. I think it's a good long-term investment, but for other reasons...
A big problem is this: a half million dollar property pays about $5,000 in taxes in Virginia. In WNY, it's more like $16,000. And everything I read suggests that the disparity will only get worse. So basically, you get a bigger house, but pay more in taxes. This hits retiree's hard, the government has to give them exemptions or support, pushing the burden on the tax-base even higher... It's a spiral that the region has to break out of.
I agree that casinos are a tragic mistake for encouraging high-end development.
Are you serious about the $16,000 tax thing? I haven't made any calls, and the taxes were not listed on the website I checked out.
That is worse than Long Island, and I didn't think that was possible.
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I fully agree. Schobel opted for security and signed before he was a ufa.
I am thinking that if NC doesn't sign soon, RW will not be willing nor probably able to match the deal that NC will get from another richer owner when he is a ufa.
Rod Woodson thinks JP will struggle
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Well, I DID list 4 other causes, right?
Besides, you are living proof that many of us have a "whipping boy."
Right?
