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I think you totally misinterpret what I have said. I make no reference to Tebow at all. I have never even seen him play. My comments are directed at the players who drop to their knees to pray after a fortuitous occurrence on the field(scoring TD). As I have previously said, praying in an organized or structured medium is totally acceptable. To exclaim thanks to God in the height of elation at a fortuitous occurrence is totally acceptable. To drop to ones knees and make a public display of praying when having a fortuitous occurrence happen is....strange. I have never ever heard of this happening in normal walks of life. Do any fans drop to their knees and thank God when a TD is scored? Do ministers drop to their knees on the street after hearing good news on the phone? Do any accountants drop to their knees and thank God after they successfully balanced the books? Again....if a player drops to their knees and prays whenever they have something fortuitous occur, whether it be on the field or off the field on the streets....I have no problem at all with that as that is how they chose to worship. If a player only drops to their knees on the field after a fortuitous occurrence.....then that smacks of Ego. It is all about the out of place 'performance' of thanking God that raises eyebrows.

I think this comes down to people who put God first and their own Ego second. A group prayer after a game seems totally in context. Thanking God for the opportunities, being healthy and uninjured, being sorry for playing on the day of rest, for those that were injured etc, etc....irrelevant to if they have won or lost....this shows a respect and thankfulness to God. To bend the knee after a fortuitous event(scoring a TD) is out of context to the norm, therefore will minimally have eyebrows raised. Fortuitous events happen to people all the time and they don't instantly kneel down and pray....who does that? Would even a minister instantly drop to his knees in the supermarket to thank God after he's just heard word of a big donation to fix the roof of the Church? In regards to PTRs earlier hunch that most Christians would be offended by it....I don't know about most but I'm a Christian and it offends me to see people apparently putting Ego ahead of God. Just my uneducated views.

Just saw this.... Happy Birthday

I knew I should have expanded the meaning of "Church" to....."typical time/place for praying". Taking a knee & praying for sick people in a hospital....normal. Saying grace before eating.....normal. Praying in a group as part of an organized prayer such as Church, meetings, religious schools, before an event(sporting included)....normal. Taking a knee and thanking God in the middle of a normal environment(such as work/supermarket/street/watching TV)....not normal. Like I said, if a person normally would drop to a knee when they have things happen that they have either been praying for or are thankful to God for occurring....if that is what they would normally do....I have no issue with it. Again, I have never heard of somebody dropping to a knee in regular life. Told by the boss of a raise, stock portfolio has increased, got a reply from the girl you really like....etc, etc, etc. And sayin' it well.

I think you are right on track with this PTR. It smacks of "Look at Me, I'm pious!" I personally would have absolutely no problem with players taking a knee in public display of praying after a touchdown.....as long as that is what they would normally do in their regular lives. Has anybody ever seen such a public display of praying outside of Church or Sports? People regularly have things happen that they have either been praying for or are thankful to God for occurring. They don't just drop to one knee in the middle of the street/work/supermarket/home etc and publicly thank God.....or do they? I have never seen it nor have I even heard of this happening.

I should have explained the whole hiding in the roof cavity a bit.... When a zombie hoard is trundling towards the house where you are holed up in, don't bother with boarding up the windows and trying to defend it like a fort.....just get in the roof cavity. Zombies can't fly & typically can't think. Sit safe and sound in the roof cavity of a house and shoot them down at leisure. You can even remove some roof tiles for more entrances. I've watched quite a few Zombie movies in my time and I invariably end up yelling at the screen.... "Just find the manhole and get in the damned roof you morons!!"

Hide in the roof cavity.

There are a lot of failures of movies adapted from books that I think are good. Under the criteria of good....not necessarily great...below is my list. There ends up being a large number of Stephen King and Comic books on my list....go figure. Novel/Novella/Short Story - Movie/TV Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption - The Shawshank Redemption The Body - Stand By Me A Game of Thrones - Game of Thrones Interview With the Vampire The Green Mile Misery The Shining Firestarter The Dead Zone IT Comic Book(direct adaptation of story) - Movie The Crow Sin City V for Vendetta Watchmen Comic Book(origin story) - Movie Superman Batman Batman Begins Hellboy Blade Spider-Man Iron Man Not so much recent for some of these though....oops

You're 100% right! Don't people understand how important it is for us to try and keep the fans of other teams underestimating us....particularly our divisional rivals? Just think about it people. What would happen if the Jets fans actually thought the Bills might be a halfway decent team this season? It could cost us the game!!!

It's sad that those 6 losing records(after 6 games) came in the last 10 seasons(2001-2010)....with 3 of the 3/3 seasons as well. I'm confident that this year will not be a repeat of the 2008 season. GO BILLS!!!

Thanks Dan. Hopefully I will soon have some form of a life back so I'll be able to enjoy myself here on a regular basis again.

Two(though Lynch was selected before FJ's first season of play....so real answer is One) 2007 Lynch 2010 Spiller

Eric Moulds was IMO very under appreciated both on a league level as well as by many Bills fans.

Seriously? The wall is to honour the all time greats. How does one even momentarily contemplate considering a player who only played for 3.5 years with the Bills?

Thanks Big Bad.

Wow....what a shock. All choked up.

Personally I'd rather win then win again.

What he said. Both are young as well which IMO is an important factor in selecting this fantasy.....and because it's a fantasy we will get to re-sign them throughout their careers.

No he doesn't. K-9 keeps repeating that the smaller market teams are at a disadvantage compared to the cashed up teams. Just because the cashed up teams have crap results and/or certain small market teams have good results does not change the fact that the bigger revenue teams have an advantage while the smaller revenue teams have a disadvantage.

Furthermore.... Ignoring potential racist elements hindering black QB development early in school.... The fact that black athletes(in general) have a physical advantage over white athletes would likely hinder their QB development due to being selected and groomed for the more athletic positions from an early age. When faced with 2 potentially excellent QB prospects(one white & one black)......if one of them also looks to be an excellent WR/CB etc prospect, it is not unlikely that the first will become the QB(thus learning necessary QB development skills) while the other will become a WR/CB etc(thus missing out on necessary QB development skills). The sheer athleticism of many black youngsters may well keep them out of the QB source pool(so to speak). Furthering to this concept, only 12% of the US population is black. This would mean that in a great many schools across the US there would be a much larger number of white students compared to black students. Considering the natural athleticism of the black athlete, it is no stretch to assume that in a vast majorities of schools that predominately white youngsters are being groomed for the QB position......and for logic team effectiveness reasons, not racist reasons. btw....in 2008.....average White(non-Hispanic) household income was $55,530.....average Black household income was $34,218 edit: was writing as Purple Haze replied. Purple mentions the progression of athleticism needed at QB.....which I think will begin to even the gap more. I don't think however it is racist or unfair to position a player at a position based upon their skills. Racism is surely out there but putting the best player in at WR for the betterment of the team is fair IMO.

I would suggest looking at the socio economic backgrounds of people and how that relates to NFL positions, in particular the QB position. It may well be the case that people from a poorer(or impoverished) background have not learnt the studying skills required to give advantage at the QB position. It might also be found that a much higher percent of black people fall into the lower socio economic backgrounds than white people. It may appear that white athletes gravitate towards the positions based upon the extra study requirements......but this does not necessarily mean that it is a product of racial tendencies. I personally would think it far more likely to be based upon social & economic tendencies.

Because they want a top DE for the future. Extremely few DEs shine as rookies. Mario Williams(#1) was the last high draft pick DE to produce early(2nd season 2007).....with Demarcus Ware(#11) achieving 8 sacks as a rookie(2005). IMO it was the right timing to draft for the future at DE. Schobel has a few years left. By the time we are ready to say goodbye to him, Maybin hopefully will be seasoned & a performer. You don't draft DE high in the first round for instant impact as it virtually never happens.

Luckily we're only paying the QB $460,000