todd

I'm going to a funeral this weekend for a favorite uncle who was a lifelong smoker who died from cancer. His death was painful, slow and horrible. !@#$ing horrid. In addition, the pain his family has gone through has been very difficult for me to watch. I would hate to lose ONE Bills fan because of this stupid habit, but based on this thread there are a few of you. I'm sorry you ever started. There is no other legal drug that has such a drastic and obvious correlation to severe, long-term health problems, not to mention the pain it puts family members through when they see the awful time these people have dying. So forgive me if I call you out for being dumbasses. Forgive me for not wanting to watch or smell people killing themselves, because right now that's all I can see. Listening to all you people arguing about "rights" and "respect" makes me want to !@#$ing puke. This **** will KILL you, and it sucks. You are going to die, and it will be awful. Makes me upset that people are stupid enough to argue for it.

Your title seems like you are trying to blame ralph for this. Is that the case?

I certainly know what you are saying, but it is pretty clear to me that Chan used the first few games of last year as an extended preseason. I would rather that we had that evaluation done earlier, but on the other hand I can see how evaluating in real game situations (including game prep and practice) would be more valuable. He did the same thing with Edwards, kinda. Edwards is one of those guys who is a great practice QB, but horrible game QB. He probably hits great golf balls on the range, too, but duffs it off the tee.

London was great. I don't know why we got rid of him. I understand why he wouldn't fit in a 3-4, but thought he was fine for the tampa-2.

Oh Bill, I know where you stand on this. That's a slippery slope argument regarding a different drug. Nice try. Anyway, I wouldn't mind if all drunks were kicked out, or anyone who made me smell their beer-laden breath could be kicked out. But a stinky, disgusting, carcinogen is a different animal. Can't say I feel sorry for you. Slippery slope arguments are stupid. They don't work, and have no basis in fact. That's just basic logic. Solution: Quit. Then you have no problems. Smoking is a choice you make.

Smokers can't control they way the wind blows, but they can control whether they smoke or not. Smoking is a choice. Period. People smoke in the stands ALL THE TIME. Kick the inconsiderate jerks out. Now there are no excuses. Excessive drinking is also a problem, but that doesn't mean smoking isn't. Both are issues, and should be addressed. I'm glad the Bills are addressing them.

I think that is fantastic. No matter how much the smoking areas are segregated, the filth always seems to waft into a non smoking area. Now they just need to enforce it. Even with the smoking areas, there's always some selfish a-hole smoking in the stands.

Trump is a moron, loses money at business because he is a moron and meddlesome, and is also a moron. No.

Good stuff as usual, RR. Thanks!

Sic semper tyrannis

What an idiot. The guy complains the Bills didn't draft a QB because they had a need for one. How about this: 1. DL - possibly best in the draft. Bills horrible on D, and stroud cut. Drafted for NEED. 2. CB - Drayton Florence is a FA and McGee is getting old. We're in a passing league. Drafted for NEED. 3. ILB - Poz is a FA. Worst D in NFL. Drafted for NEED. 4. S - Whitner is a FA. Worst D in the NFL. Drafted for NEED. 4b. OT - No solid RT. Drafted for NEED. 5. RB - No 3rd RB for depth. Drafted for NEED. 6. ILB- See Round 3. Remember, a 3-4 hybrid requires good ILBs. 7. CB - See 2nd round pick. Two spots to fill, two draft picks. 7b. Um, who could ever complain about who you select with your 2nd 7th round pick? I know! A moron would! Basically, this guy wrote the article when he had his period. B word, B word, B word about nothing. Total whiny little kitty who formed an opinion before trying to analyze it.

There were only 9 picks, ya know.

+1

Exactly. It is marketing by the NFL to paint planes with NFL team logos & colors. I saw a redskins one once. Pilot looked like danny snyder and he was an a-hole.

Word.

Kiper bases his opinions on rumors, his contacts on teams and stats. I prefer to listen to someone who knows how to watch tape.

That article was absolute garbage.

Not an inside source. It was Chris Brown. I emailed him about it and he answered. The email exchange was before DJ was fired, early in the 2009 season. I understand the skepticism, I'd be skeptical myself.

I know what you mean. Every team has a bad draft or two each decade. But looking at the Bills drafts, I can't say they've had anything above merely average. To Modrak's credit, I don't get a sense that he's been the guy who pulled the trigger on the picks. I know with great certainty that Jauron was the one who insisted on Aaron Maybin, so he gets a pass there. But other than that, I question his ability to identify and then LOBBY for high-round picks. I don't get a sense that he's very effective in the draft room. I do, however, get the sense that Buddy Nix knows what he's doing. He's been involved in some very good drafts over the years. I don't get the sense that he'd have traded a first rounder for Drew Bledsoe - especially to a division foe. I don't get the sense that he would have traded back up to get Losman or McCargo.

And Marijuana is a schedule 1 drug like heroin, and cocaine and morphine are schedule 2. Stupid. And nicotine, one of the most STUPID of all drugs to take (yes, that means you smokers), isn't really even ranked.

Ok, well. Yep. Right. OK, yeah. Sure. Hmmmm. Then, ok. But then, right. But if ... nah.

This is a joke, right? Or some type of odd attempt at trolling. Right?

When has the number of reps you do translated directly to being a great NFL player? The bench press should NEVER change where someone is drafted. Actually, I think they should cancel the combine because it is meaning less. They should just have a series of interviews at a hotel.

Watching Dan Snyder is a lesson on how not to build a team. You don't do it with a bunch of high priced free agents. You build from within, drafting well and filling needs with FAs. The Steelers do it, Packers, NE, Indy, etc. You can buy a team by getting FAs, but it doesn't have the long-term success. So the lesson of both Ralph and Snyder is to build your team by drafting well. The Skins and the Bills are examples of two ways to not build a team. The Bills by drafting poorly and scatterbrained spending on dumb FAs, the Redskins by drafting poorly and spending on FAs simply to make a splash. Ignore idiot fans who want you to sign everyone (including some idiot fans in this thread) and do the right thing.

Given that Buffalo has a huge need at LB, are vastly under the cap, and the potential reward from this risky signing is huge, I don't see why even the most negative people have an issue with it. The only argument I could see is that the money could be spent elsewhere, but that argument is incredibly stupid given the $$ buffalo is under the cap by any measurement. This won't restrict buffalo from making any FA move they need to. So your post is destroyed, and exposed as bitching for the sake of bitching.