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Looked like the same pass to Spiller that just missed to win the KC (?) game.

Hope that missed FG doesn't bite us...

sideline reporter said that Freddy looked fine on the sideline. adding: she should be fired. multiplying: she is re-hired.

Nice! Diagnosed perfectly by the D.

Love the BUMP and run there!

Kelsay draws the hold (good) but starts clapping about drawing the flag before the play is over (bad). kj

Now Phoenix is a town worth mocking.

I don't think it is all that rare. Think Golden State Warriors (Bay Area) and Raiders. Or LA Clippers and whichever LA franchise when they were back there. 2007 Dolphins and Marlins stunk. (Worse than rotten sea creatures normally do.) Washington's recent downturn and the Nationals in baseball, both having a lot of shared time in the basement. I bet Dallas had at least one stretch where 2 of its teams stunk. Don't know hockey very well, but I am sure example could be found. kj

Which LB gets bumped if he should become a starter? Torbor or Kelsay?

Hypothetical situation: Say I am the last man back on a return, in all my 162 lbs of glory, and the returner has broken free along the sidelines. Why would I try to tackle him? Just put one foot out of bounds and touch him as he speeds by. Wouldn't he be out of bounds by rule? And I get credit for the tackle, inching closer to the escalators in my contract without risking injury. And the team carries me off the field on their shoulders... Seriously, wouldn't that be the case? (The out of bounds part, not the rest.) kj

How does Lindell stack up? Generally I don't even pay attention to kickers from other teams, unless they are kicking in a game against the Bills. So I don't even know if this is a possibility. But that 50-yarder, woulda-been-good-from-60, had-to-make-it kick is still fresh. kj

Must be adding some UFL teams to the schedule then. kj

He should probably check to see if Kurt Warner's position at the grocery store is still available. kj

C+ quarterbacking would have won the Miami game. (We got D- play that day.) So there is one win for sure. Of course, this is a team that would fold like a paper bag facing a UFL team, right? kj

He drove his car off a cliff after a warrant was issued for his arrest. The question is, has he hit bottom yet?

Thanks for that! That's good medicine, better than a cup of coffee. He made the whole NFL look like our current O-line. My favorite clip there was when he destroyed Marino! kj

Cuz I hate the cheater, and therefore he deserves to be ridiculed by a no-talent whatever. Justin Bieber calls out Tom Brady over haircut The story lede might be better than the headline: "Even Justin Bieber is making fun of Tom Brady's hair." kj

I assume they went to Poz and asked him to vouch for Maybin before they drafted him. Therefore, he is clearly partly responsible for that pick, too. kj

Here in Browns country (near the border with Steelerland), I don't like to talk football. I cope with either silence or passive aggression ("come on, your team stinks, too", which doesn't work with the Steelers fans, though). I have had friendly bets with a family member and a former colleague on Bills/Browns games for the past few years, and now I am really dreading that December contest. kj

Okay, this kind of builds on what was suggested or hinted at in your AP story and what I asked you about in the other thread. So maybe they will be fielding a Bills' team in WNY down the road; now if only they could field a team worth watching. kj

First official reference--albeit an oblique one--to the Bills post Wilson. He brings up his own passing here, and tells us not to worry. Hard not to try to read between the lines there. Hard to come up with anything definitive. Is he hinting there is a plan in place for the team after he's gone? JW, I'd like to hear what you think about those comments in relation to the uncertainty about the franchise's future in Buffalo. kj

Kevin Everett wants a second opinion.

Pretty sure it is perpetually empty. kj

To borrow from Dennis Green: We are who they thought we were. kj

Read this column by Peter King this a.m.: here King uses some stats and a few comments by Jets coaches to make the point that Sanchez is playing mistake free since late last season. He's a 'safe' QB, or one playing mistake-free. I keep seeing reference here to Sanchez' inevitable interceptions, and King ways we could be waiting a while for that. He provides this table to make the point. (Column alignment will be screwed up, but you are smart folks.) Quarterback Plays* Int. Fum/Lost** Turnovers Drew Brees 296 3 5-2 5 Peyton Manning 293 3 1-0 3 Tom Brady 253 8 2-2 10 Mark Sanchez 190 2 0-0 2 Remember, stats don't lie. Statisticians, however, do. Sanchez is asked to do a lot less than those good QBs, both in terms of attempts and in terms of where his attempts are going. That says that his game is limited as much as it says he is good. The column kinda begs the question, is being 'safe' enough? It seems that a good QB has to take risks downfield, even at the expense of his stats. The Jets coaches are encouraging him to avoid risk, though. Kind of the anti-Favre mentality, shrugging off a 6 yd completion on 3rd and 8 instead of shrugging off a mid- or long-range interception. Also, and more important, can the Bills defense turn Sanchez into Trent 2.0? Keep the passing game in front of them and clog up the runners? How critical will the anemic Bills pass rush be? kj