Offside Number 76

This is getting idiotic. Look at the link posted above by Billsrhody and the stats there. Leads the league in touchbacks, fair catch rate is horrible, return yards are high, net yards aren't great by any means. Snipe at each other all you want, but the smart move is to replace everyone's favorite punter if the new guy can do better.

Same site indicates that he led the league in guess what? Touchbacks. I really like him, too. I think he has been a good player and remains a good man, but like you and others, I think it's time for the Bills to move on if they can.

On top of that, as you said above, we've seen far too many touchbacks in the last two or three years. That has nothing to do with where a drive ended and everything to do with not punting for the coffin corner well.

The lease that the County is discussing is for RWS, and not for some new stadium. Just relax.

I heard Mark Poloncarz speak yesterday, and someone in the audience asked about the lease. You are right on; he doesn't want any details leaking. But he did say this: Ralph Wilson is absolutely committed to a lease that will keep the Bills in Buffalo long-term, no matter who the future owner may be. According to Poloncarz, RW is very passionate about that particular point.

Sanchez broken. His little brother Tebow, broken. Brady, broken. Most of all, whatever twig the freaking Fins put back there, broken. I want the front 4 crushing quarterbacks. That's what I'm looking forward to.

That was written to be controversial and generate clicks.

Very interesting exercise. It was between the receiver and the punter for me, and I went with the punter for reasons already stated by others. PTR, the kicker only works if you GET to the 42-yard line.

That's part of it, but what really solidified it were the years where both teams were good. That's never consistently happened between Boston/NE and Buffalo. Usually, at least one of the two teams is crappy at any given point. The late 80s and most of the 90s solidified the Buffalo-Miami rivalry. When I see a New England coach jumping up and down on a cereal box with a Bills player on it; when I see both teams repeatedly play each other with playoffs and/or playoff advancement on the line, I'll begin to think of it as a serious rivalry.

That's not what a rivalry is. That's a team running all over the Bills, sure.

The Bills' current biggest obstacle is New England. The biggest rival is and always will be Miami.

Your standards are too easy, but absolute credit for the idea.

It was more fun before the headline had the word "Chris" in it, let's put it that way. But since you are 100% right, I'll just close this down.

Beerball is no fun.

Ah, we've gotta have some fun around here once in a while.

Anything over eight yards.

http://www.denverpost.com/commented/ci_20690527?source=commented-

South drew East and West drew North but you had to know it was going to be those two in some order, right?

Since the Giants display Norwood's jersey, maybe the Bills should buy this ring and find a way to mock Taylor with it.

http://deadspin.com/5496097/bills-entice-potential-ticket-buyers-with-punt-from-own-end-zone-shining-moment No more of this?

I want to know whether he can punt directionally and put the ball in the "coffin corner." There's been a decline of that around the league lately; it's an important play, and until last year, Moorman (as much as I like him) wasn't very good at it.

It's on HBO. And they did it with Cincinnati. I still don't want the distraction here.

The guy was cut from his starting job--prematurely and stupidly, by the way--and led one of the crappiest teams in the league to a trophy; if he wants some security, I don't blame him.

Just out of curiosity, in your experience, does a newly-signed backup quarterback give a press conference? Or is this only because he's high profile for a backup? (Let's not even get into the circus that was the presser for the Jets' new backup!)

I don't know. I don't like the drunkfest at the Ralph, but I have watched football at the SkyDome or whatever they're calling it these days. Never again. That place is bad enough for baseball; it's absolutely horrible for football.