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Here's a league that has instant reply, constant grading of each official, and post game review processes. I think they'll be fine. Bad calls, do happen. Yet, sometimes some of the officals that are selected for nthe playoffs and beyond, do leave us with a question or two. And then's there's Walt Coleman, who most of us wonder why he's allowed to set foot on the field, ever..... Yet, on balance, the NFL is pretty well officated overall. ( I wonder what the "grade" will be for the ref that ejected Sean Taylor for spitting, yet allowed the player (Pittman?) who retalliated to remain unpenalized and on the field. That was a first for this fan.

They definitely should have looked for another 1st. They had time, TO's, and needed to get a bit closer. Bad, bad, choice of plays.

After Brady's first SB win, many felt he was a flash in the pan, a QB made from the system. So was Montana early in his career. Some might still try to make the same argument today. Yet, to not give Brady his due, is to deny reality. Maybe the Patriots are the best coached team in the league. Maybe they've developed a great system offensively and defensively, but in this, the copy-cat league, if it was so easy every team in the NFL would mimic the Pats right down to Belichek's scowl. Brady is a key component to thier success, to think anything less is pure fantasy.

Actually I believe we were 9-7 in 2004, but hey, whatever..............

Yet, old Ralph has really mucked up the works. Mularkey was left a lame and limping duck fater the first wave of dismissals. It also was fairly clear that Mularkey was given a reprieve only because the the 3 years remaining on his contract. That surely doesn't bode well for him to be able to find assistant coaches and coordinators under these conditions. A clean sweep is what Ralph should have done once he made his decision. What concerns me now is will we find a true HC, DC, OC, and assistants? There are many jobs out there and my guess is we will end up with newbies and we all saw what happened under Greg Williams when that was the case. Sure there was a salary cap purge, but we probably will see a few familiar faces depart this off season that might not be so easily replaced as well. Lets face it folks, a team run by an 87 year old man, no prejudice intended or inferred, may give many a pause to avaialble coaches and they most likely will look elsewhere. We'll get what's left. Great news. FA's? Only possible now if we wave BIG bucks at them. In other words, we are far less attractive to an FA now than since the FA & Cap began. No stability, old owner, shaky local economy for where the team resides.....Yeah, that's where I'd want to go.... Yet, I'll still be a Bills fan in spite of everything that's happened. I will also remain hopeful that I'm wrong and we do find a qualified HC, DC, OC, as well as the assistant coaches needed. It's gonna be a tough few weeks/months ahead and it could be a very long, long season in 2006. Hello 1985 all over again?

In mechanics and accuracy, Leinart (based upon college performance of course) wins hands down. He throws a very catchable ball, and while he does get a bit soft on some of his throws from time to time, it seems plenty strong enough to make the necesary thows. Compared to Holcomb, Leinart looks better and definitely has a greater upside, in that I believe we've all seen Holcomb's best, and many of us found that lacking. Vince Young seems to have some intangibles however, in terms of competitiveness and and athleticism. Yet, I can't get by his poor footwork, or his unorthodox throwing motion which frequently is almost sidearm. To this fan, Young is the greater risk.

Stay with what Bill from NYC said......

I'm not sld on Vince Young. He's not Michael Vick fast, has a relatively unorthodox throwing motion and mechanics, and those college runs untouched to the endzone will be met with violent collisions in the NFL. One plus is that in the interviews with him after his win over USC in the "Rose", he seemd to be a man of character. With that said, he'll probably be a star someday....and a punk....

Nice find. Thanks for posting (if it was previously posted, I missed it).

Is there any further updated info on him? Unless he can play tackle, which supposedly his back may prevent him from doing, I don't see anyone wanting to take on a 29 year olf, light DE project. In his day, he was a decent RT, although a bit of a loon, IIRC.

It's there , in the right hand column, down under "heard in the press box" area...

Especially since he may not be ready physically to play early next year. It all depends of the severity of the kneee injury, but it's likely he won't be ready at the start anyway.

Yet, a motivated Mike Williams and a rengotiated contract might be our best option if he can agree to a number that will make him far more cap friendly. Down the stretch last year he was looking pretty decent and seemed only a few steps away from being dominant in the run game especially. Yet, as we are all aware, he regressed tremendously. Injuries? Maybe. Conditioning? Supposedly he was in better shape for this years start of camp so who knows. Lack of fire seems to be the general perception and I can't say I've seen anything else that would otherwise contradict it. He's already been quoted as knowing the Bills will want to re-do his deal, so maybe.... The again, maybe I'm grasping at straws.

When one's team's season ends early, FA and the Draft is what comes next.....

....or to have watched Turner Classics when the movie was shown.......

I do recall a long run (first meeting against Miami) that was 50-60 yards, but was called back on a stupid meaningless hold by Evans that had little effect on the play. Willis surely is not without fault, and I believe there lies the truth between the Willis is great and the Willis is a bum camps. There WERE many factors that held Willis back, our offensive line surely is part of the blame, as is our anemic passing attack. Sorry, but even though Holcomb had a bit more success, neither he nor JP ever forced teams to respect our passing attack to any real degree. I also mst add that for a 5-6 game stretch, it did appear that Willis had made the run for the bus early. In the final against the Jets, he should have had more carries. It also would have been nice to see him get more attempts without having the beat 1-2 guys in the backfield as often as he had to as well. It would have been equally as nice to see him make a quick (and proper) decision on where he was going and then blow it up in there a bit more often too. I see this story as being a tale of two sides.

OK Mike, let's look at Sam Adams this past year. He was asked to play a two gap style, to which he either refused or played poorly leading to his disagreement with the coaches and was benched. Now it's said here that he will be fine as our nose tackle, in which tying up blockers would become his primary function? I'm sorry, but that assumption is based wishful thinking, not reality. In fact, Sam has been a single gap, penetrating type of tackle his whole career. This leopard would not be changing his spots anytime soon.

Message Board....No posting disenting views? Hummm....doesn't leave much of a message board, does it? Kinda misses the whole point of places like this.....

It's not that the wrong guy was let go, it was that both (TD & MM) needed to go.

And what if Marv is actually on-hand to either help Mularkey get it together, or to replace MM if he stumbles badly again (even if on an interim basis)? What we've got is a stop gap scenario, one last hurrah from Ralph, Marv, etc. I also do not see this shakeup as a positive. TD had to go, but what's happened since? Love Marv, but he should not have been brought back. If Modrak wants to be a scout, fine, but bring in a real GM.

Lets not forget the contributions of Dwight Adams, who also had a wonderful way of describing the talent he found or noted.

There do exist a number of people that felt President Regan was not all there in his second term.

Roll back the tape. Tim Anderson showed a lot of improvement by the season's end. With a bit more strength conditioning, he may finally be the "high motor" guy that actually works out for the Bills. Biggest regression/disappointment - Kelsay... (Dag, typing with one hand is a pain....just had rotator cuff surgery 1/4/06)

Don't forget his neighbor, Bowman IIRC, who's background was a few years of coaching at UB, that he hired to coach the TE's. Wade's problem was the same we've seen quite a bit of the past few years, a number of coaches who were hired because they were friends, not qualified coaches. Anyone remember Vinklarek (sp?) as well? What is with the cronyism? Our coaches aren't alone in this regad either. Sounds like the recruiting method used by the Buffalo Parks Dept.