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They told her to look at the camera on the left and she said "I'm not looking at anything on the left." So she focused her eyes to the right instead and felt more comfortable. The way she looked at the camera was how someone with a form of autism who can't look you in the eyes would look. It was very awkward. I assume she had an earpiece. It's too bad someone didn't say something to her to get her to look into the camera, but she might not have had an earpiece because part of her agenda is never listen to anyone. What was the Civil War about, Michelle? She believes the founding fathers and 6th President John Q. Adams eradicated slavery many years before the Civil War. What else is new? A politician who knows nothing about what she's talking about in speeches.

It's from the story in today's Buffalo News that is linked on the front page. It's in the context of the whole article.

I think he's worth at least two 8th round picks. Buddy, git 'er done!

To paraphrase Ernie Banks: Let's get two. With only 1 QB on the roster, we need to fill both the 2nd & 3rd string slots, or it may be 1 & 3 with the eventual demotion of Fitz to 2nd string.

Here's what I posted in October. I stand by the analysis that you can say the same things you're saying about the 1984-5 teams that went 2-14 in back to back seasons and didn't have much talent other than a handful of players. Bad teams get close to winning half their games no matter how bad they are: The 1984 & 1985 teams were the worst in the NFL each of those 2 seasons. Yet no matter how bad they were, there were weeks they were competitive or better. So, lets not get overenthusiastic because we were close to the Patriots yesterday, in the same place where the Bills almost won last year with Trent Edwards at QB. Here are some games that gave us reason for optimism in 1984 & 1985 even though both teams went 2-14. (Thanks to the Bills media guides for 1985 & 1986 for some of the info) 1984: Week 1 NE 21@ Bills 17-Bills fall behind 21-3 early then come back to only lose by 4. Dominate time of possession 34:08 to 25:52 Outgain NE 326 yds to 315 Week 3 Miami 21 @ Bills 17-Once again trailing 21-3, the Bills fought back to get within 4 late. Week 4 Jets 28@ Bills 26 -Bills open up a 10-0 lead, then fall behind 21-10. Bills rally back & get in the game. If department-Bills within 2 when Ferguson gets hurt, Kofler ineffective last 2 series. Week 7 Bills 28 at Seattle 31-Once again Bills fall behind early 17-0, then battle back to gain a 28-24 lead in the 4th quarter, before losing 31-28. Bills dominate time of possession 35:13 ti 24:47, Bills D performs well with Seattle held to 41 rushing yds, 238 total yds, 3 sacks & 2 ints. Week 10 Cleveland 13 @ Bills 10-Bills led 10-6 going into the 4th quarter. Bills lost when Ernest Byner recovered a teammate's fumble and ran 55 yards for the winning TD. Week 12 Dallas 3 @ Bills 14 -Victory! Greg Bell runs for 85 yards on the opening play & the Bills stun the Coyboys for their 1st win of the season. Week 14 Indianapolis 15 @ Bills 21-Victory #2. Bills go up 21-0 in the 1st quarter and never score again, but Indy Art Schlichter can't get closer than 6 points as Indy can only get 5 FGs & no TDs. Week 15 Bills 17 @ Jets 21. The Bills were ahead 17-7 at halftime before getting shutout in the 2nd half and losing when the Jets scored TDs in the 3rd & 4th quarters. So, even though the team was 2-14, they were competitive or won in half the games they played. 1985: Week 1 San Diego 14 @ Bills 9 - Bills comfortably win time of possession 33:43 to 26:17, outgain the Chargers 455 yds to 308 yds, Ferragamo passes for 377 yards. Nobody scores in 2nd half as halftime score ends up as final score. Week 3 New England 17 @ Bills 14 -Game turns on a NE punt return for a TD after a Bills penalty makes the Bills rekick the punt. Bills get close in the end with a Ferragamo to Reed TD in the 4th quarter. Week 4 Minnesota 27 @ Bills 20-The Bills go down 20-3 in the 1st half the score 17 unanswered points to tie the game 20-20 in the 4th quarter. Bills lose when Minnesota gets a TD with less than 3 minutes left on a trick play. Kay Stephenson gets fired. Week 7-Indianapolis 9 @ Bills 21 Victory! Hank Bullough wins his 1st game as a head coach. The "Doctor of Defense" sees his D hold the Colts to 191 total yards. Week 8 Bills 17 @ Philadelphia 21. In a game I went to with high hopes, the Bills jump out to a 17-0 lead on the road. The bad news was that with the Bills leading 17-0 going into the 4th, Philly was deep in Buffalo territory as the 4th quarter started. The things I remember were there were 5-6 Bills fans behind me in the stands, when Philadelphia went ahead 21-17 5 of them pulled out bags with each letter of BILLS and put them over their heads, then after the game Marion Campbell was saying how the Eagles beat a good Buffalo team in the postgame PC. Week 9 Cincinnati 23 @ Bills 17 -For the 4th straight week, the Bills led at halftime, this time 10-6. Bills lose in 3rd & 4th quarters as Vince Ferragamo is permanently benched. Week 10-Houston 0 @ Bills 20-Mathison's 1st start is a success, the Doctor's D shuts out the Oilers & Warren Moon. The Bills last win of the year. Week 15 Bills 24 @ Pittsburgh 30- The Bills jumped out to a 21-0 lead in the 2nd quarter befor the Bills folded and the Steelers came back with 3rd string QB Scott Campbell leading the comeback. With 9 minutes lefty the Bills led 24-20. Once again the Bills were competitive or won in half their games. In fact, the Bills led at halftime in 7 of their 16 games. Bad teams can stay in games, but eventually they lose most of them.

I have the printed edition in an Adobe file. If you've looked on their site, it's pretty obvious that the article isn't included in the free stuff they offer & can't be linked.

In this week's Pro Football Weekly they have an article listing the top 50 players of 2010 and then give honorable mention to another 25. There is not 1 Bills player among the 75 players! Don't blame PFW, blame the guys who have drafted and signed our current roster.

All I know is that before Mary Owen joined the team in 1997, they were a Super Bowl contender and had years of excellence. Since 1997 the Bills have only been in 2 playoff games and lost them both, then have not even been to the playoffs in the last 12 seasons. Some of you have blamed Tom Modrak, but I think Mary Owen is a jinx.

QB ratings are the dumbest statistic ever invented. They mean so little that I once saw someone use QB ratings to show that at the same points in their careers, JP Losman or Rob Johnson was a better QB than Jim Kelly. It was so stupid I can't even (or want to) remember which bust QB the poster named when comparing him to the Bills QB with a bust (in Canton). BTW, the most meaningless interception I've ever seen was thrown by Roethlisberger. It was the one that traveled a short distance on 4th down & the Jet got to it. If it had hit the ground the Jets would still have had the ball in virtually the same spot. It's junk like that, along with intercepted Hail Marys that help make QB ratings ridiculous. The best one is if it's 1st & goal at the 1 after a 79 yard drive, one QB hands it off & the RB runs it in & one QB fakes the handoff & passes it to the TE for a TD, the QB who passed it gets the higher rating. Sorry, as far as the TEAM goes, same result: TOUCHDOWN! The QB with a RB with a nose for the endzone QB-A may be tons better than the QB without one, who has a great TE, QB-B. So when QB-A's team keeps running it in on 1st & goal and QB-B keeps passing in the same spot, PRESTO-QB-B is the better QB in the ratings. There are so many other gametime events that make QB ratings & QB rating comparisons completely worthless. As I've said before, you have to watch the game and not rely on stats. The evidence that what happens on the field doesn't translate well to a stat sheet is I've heard of plenty of players talk about reviewing films with the coaches, I've never heard one say "Coach handed out the stat sheet in the meeting and we reviewed it in order to improve what we've been doing on Sunday." Stats, be it QB rating or any other QB "measurement" all suck and don't tell the story of the QB's value or lack of value to the team.

Every fan on this board who is satisfied with any player, especially our QBs, should read these quotes over and over again and realize why some of us are not going to be satisfied with a team that just makes the playoffs. When your goal is to make the playoffs, your goal is too limited. If you're not good enough to win the Super Bowl, then every game is meaningless. The fans who NEED the team to win that 3rd or 4th game at the end of the season to feel good leaving the stadium need to wake up & see that the goal should be a championship & each game by itself is totally meaningless if your team has a losing record or wins enough games to qualify for the playoffs but still has a talent void that will not get it any wins in the playoffs. I don't want to hear anything about the 6th seeds this year being Super Bowl contenders. If you can't tell the difference between a bad playoff team and the Packers & Jets of this season, you don't understand the game. Rex Ryan at seed 6 has always talked Super Bowl, and I'd bet that the Packers locker room has the same attitude. Now imagine if one of those 7-9 Jauron teams had managed to get into the playoffs. Does anyone here think that if Jauron had made the playoffs that the Bills would have won it all?

There's something weird about the story. The story says the NFL saw it on Monday Night Football, but the only game that could have come from was the season finale and there was no Monday Night Football after that game. So when did the NFL see it?

Anne Hathaway & Jesse Eisenberg played 2 of the 3 kids in a TV show that lasted a year called Get Real. I wonder if the show will ever make it to DVD as they become bigger & bigger stars in Hollywood? http://www.tvrage.com/Get_Real_US

They've been poisoning the water that our #1 draft choices have been drinking for years. How else can you explain the amount of underachievers & outright busts the various GMs have picked the past decade? Aaron Maybin would be a Pro Bowler if he didn't drink that poisoned water, and we all know fat Mike loved to guzzle water.

I think it's a good philosophy to have in any job. When you're there you do your best but when you leave, the job stays there and doesn't go home with you. It's very healthy NOT to define yourself by your job. People with that attitude have fewer problems if they lose their jobs & handle retirement a lot better. Considering the fact that Cutler will not be a football player at 40, his attitude is much better than the guy who retires from the NFL in his 30s & his life spirals out of control once he's out of the league.

Counting this year 5 of the last 6 Super Bowls have been won by a team quarterbacked by a 1st rounder, and the 6th was QB'd by a guy picked at #32, which nowadays would also be in the 1st round. You can always shave years off or add years, but the bottom line is that in 45 Super Bowls (since this year is guaranteed to have a 1st rounder win), the winning team was QB'd by a 1st rounder at least 57% of the time and when you add in Phil Simms, who contributed to the season but didn't start in the game it goes up to 60%. Even the losing team was QB'd 38% of the time by a 1st rounder. So of all the teams to get to the Super Bowl, 48% were QB'd by a 1st rounder. Now just imagine how many quarterbacks who weren't 1st rounders have started in the NFL over the last 45 years and the case is overwhelming that you are much more likely to win the conference & the Super Bowl with a 1st round pick. Also, the case is overwhelming for the 1st pick in the draft, which isn't always a QB. 29% of all Super Bowls have been won by a team with a QB who was the 1st pick in the entire draft. Considering that every year over 200 players are taken, that stat, combined with the rest of the SB winning QB stats, just blows away anyone who doesn't think teams are built around the QB & not the other way around. Sure you can find a Brady or Warner, but they are few & far between.

I'm going to dig up a tape of one of the AFC Championship games from the early 1990s & root for the Bills Really, I just don't care who wins since none of the teams left is worth rooting for. I'm already knocked out of my Super Bowl pool -I had NE over Atlanta. Getting a CBA & the draft are more important than the 4 teams left.

Josh Freeman was picked in 2009. We picked Maybin instead of Freeman

It may be easy for a chef, but for a kitchen challenged guy like me, it's tough. I end up burning it.

I looked up unvinceable in the dictionary and this is what I found: unvinceable: Having qualities directly opposite of Vince Lombardi. synonym: beatable, loser, unable to win championships. For example, an unvinceable team will never hold the Lombardi Trophy.

Rodgers lost a shootout with a HOF QB last year when GB scored 45 points and lost 51-45, you ask what he's done before this year & you call someone else clueless

Without hearing it, I get the impression he was talking about playing in the wind. The Ralph & the old Giants Stadium are notorious for unpredictable winds, making a QB's job very tough. They're also no fun for kickers.

Some of you really don't appreciate good humor.

I'd rather have a guy who is thinking Super Bowl championship, not just getting into the playoffs. Seattle was a nice story this past weekend in round 1, but they're not going to win the Super Bowl. Until the team has a legitimate shot at being in and winning the Super Bowl, I won't be satisfied with the team, even if they do make the playoffs. One and done is only slightly better than not making the playoffs. The only thing is there are so many fans who are too young to remember what a Super Bowl contender looks like, they're willing to settle for one playoff game & think the season is a success. To me, that is just sad.

The flaw is that the guy has to be waived to get to the practice squad. When you waive a 2nd rounder, you expect someone to claim him. If you care about the player being on your team at all, you won't waive him. The only reason he even gets to the practice squad is because the other teams think he's trash & let him pass through waivers. I've explained this numerous times before, but here we go again. GB only kept 2 QBs on their roster when the Bills signed Brohm. He was the best insurance policy they had in case of a QB injury last November. So, they tried to match the offer in order to have the best insurance policy that late in the season because nobody else they could bring in would know their offense. It's no different than this year when they activated Graham Harrell after Rodger's concussion. They preferred the guy who knew their system. There are a lot of 3rd string QBs who are kept only because there's slim pickings among available 3rd stringers & it's better to have a guy who has been in your system. It's the same reason the Bills brought Brown back.

Nobody waives a 2nd round pick in his 2nd season unless they don't care if he gets claimed. In other words the team thinks he's worthless or pretty close to it. Since you claim you're still learning, try to find another 2nd rounder waived early in his career and put on a practice squad who ended up doing anything in the NFL. The lesson is teams don't waive high profile guys after 1 season and develop them into anything on practice squads. The low profile guys who can fly under the radar are the practice squad success stories, not high picks who bust and get waived by the team who thinks he's got no NFL future. The reason Brohm was put on the practice squad was because GB's plan was to keep a 3rd QB as insurance against injury on its PS & it's always better to have your insurance policy be a guy who is familiar with the system. When Rodgers went down this year the Packers activated their insurance QB from the practice squad. Like Brohm, the Packers didn't really care if Harrell had been claimed in September, but since he knew the system from camp, he was better to keep around in case one of their 2 QBs went down. Sometimes it's not about potential, it's just convenient for the PS QB on a team that only keeps 2 QBs to know the system.