Albany,n.y.

A few years ago I saw an old tape of another team's players singing the same song, with the same tune, before the Bills started singing it. I believe it's a common song that a lot of teams have sung over the years.

You've got things kind of @ss backwards here. He was getting pulled because he was bad enough that the team couldn't trust him. You know he only had two head coaches in 5 years-that's hardly a formula that guarantees that a QB will be ruined. You make it sound like he had 5 head coaches. If Turk has been an assistant for 10 years, he must be doing something right, otherwise he would have been unemployed long ago. The coaching staff is hardly a QB killer, but from day one nothing has disproven a former poster's claim that JP is a coach killer on the day we drafted him. If anything, 2 head coaches realized what a coach killer he is and exiled him to the bench. Funny, but it's JP who is having a tough time finding a job. I believe there are several reasons for this, the Jets game being way down on the list. That list includes his scatterbrain which makes it virtually impossible to a)calm him down & b) for a coach to be able to teach him anything. Then there's the whole reaction to losing the starting job in his 4th year. Instead of doing everything possible to make himself valuable to the team & any subsequent team, he went into a funk, asked to be traded & then basically ran himself out of the league when given an opportunity to play. The fact that he thought his "talent" was good enough to expect another team to want to trade for him after he lost the job in Buffalo indicates he just doesn't get it. Then, where is he when free agency begins?-Instead of trying to maximize his chances by being available to visit any team that might have a slight interest in him, he's on vacation in another country. If he wasn't bright enough to be available on a 24/7 basis, don't you think his agent should have told him get your @ss back to the USA? Finally, there's a lot more wrong with JP than anyone here can figure out. The fact that nobody has shown any interest in him indicates that there's something in his attitude/scouting report that screams out lost cause.

The easiest solution would have been for the school to order something to paste over the photo with glue strong enough that the page would come off if someone tried to remove the sticker. They could have done this without having to reprint anything.

JP's years in the NFL work against him being a 3rd stringer. Most teams want a minimum salaried player as the 3rd stringer. JP has 5 years in the league & his minimum is more than a player with less experience. Look at the 3rd stringers & you won't find many who have been starters for a season or more. If you're a veteran & you can't get yourself a 2nd string slot, you're on the street until injuries open one up & the team feels you're the best option from the street guys.

He can definitely be a pro bowler. He has all the physical skills. All he has to do is get himself down to those alleys every day & practice, practice, practice. Who knows, he could be the next Earl Anthony.

So if McMahon booked Ralph Wilson Stadium & the Bills were forced to move a semi final round playoff game to Toronto, you'd be ok with that. That's what this is equal to. Basically a circus act trying to toss out the main tenant of the building which could result in the team losing a championship. Denver needs that home court advantage if they have any hope of winning this series because the series is too close to just throw away a home game.

I don't see any team showing an interest in Vick-and he's not even close to being reinstated yet. Any speculation that the Bills or any other team is interested in bring him in is absurd. What Vick is going to have to do is 1st get reinstated. 2nd-display himself in a method similar to the way college guys showcase themselves for the draft. There will be a Vick personal workout where teams are invited to see what Vick has left. He'll have to do his own combine including running & throwing for the scouts. If he shows he's still physically gifted, he's then going to have to wait until someone gets a significant injury where they actually need him. Right now just about every team has their QB plans pretty well set. A team that does not have a QB of the present or the future is about all Vick can hope for. Right now I can't see one team that in their own estimation, despite what some of their nuttier fans think, needs Vick. He's poison from a PR point of view. Does anyone in their right mind think Ralph Wilson wants the PETA wackos picketing his stadium. In conclusion-Florio is f'n nuts or just had to fill a column & had nothing else but to use his pea brained "logic" in picking a probable team for Vick.

I don't have a favorite either, but I saw a very funny guy on HBO Saturday, Jim Jeffries.

It's people like this guy who push me towards support of an issue I could personally care less about. http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story...sdate=5/18/2009 Here's an excerpt & then how easily one could change his words to ban marriage of anyone my age to a woman my age: Adulterate is the operative word here. Civil union for protection of civil liberties and earned benefits is not sufficient for the homosexual movement. The militant homosexual agenda calls for the debasement (adulteration) of marriage by insisting on a finding of equality with marriage between a man and woman. Homosexual unions cannot by definition produce children and hence are not entitled to the same elevation and protections offered to society's basic building block. Rights are endowed by the Creator, not by government. Marriage is an institution recognized as a contract and is neither a right nor an entitlement. Now I've changed his gay assertions to how his thoughts could be used to stop me from getting married: Civil union for protection of civil liberties and earned benefits is not sufficient for the over 50 movement. The militant over 50 heterosexual agenda calls for the debasement (adulteration) of marriage by insisting on a finding of equality with marriage between a couple in their 50s and a couple in their 20s. Over 50 heterosexual unions cannot by definition produce children and hence are not entitled to the same elevation and protections offered to society's basic building block. Also, by his logic any childless couple of any age is debasing marriage. People like the author of this letter remind me to support causes that don't affect me, because they can start with a group that you're not a part of and eventually get to you. This poem sums it up nicely: First They Came - Pastor Martin Niemoller First they came for the Communists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Communist First they came for the Socialist And I did not speak out Because I was not a Socialist First they came for the trade unionists And I did not speak out Because I was not a trade unionist First they came for the Jews And I did not speak out Because I was not a Jew Then they came for me And there was no one left To speak out for me

He has always stated the team is going to his daughters. His wife won't inherit the team if he still owns it, Christy Wilson Hofmann will.

The best Steelers fan ever had to be the guy who had a Steelers funeral a few years ago. He was such a fan they put him in his chair in front of a TV with all the Steelers stuff as if he was sitting at home watching games as he did when he was alive.

Donna Barton Brothers is the daughter of Patty Barton. Patty Barton was one of the pioneers of female jockeys. When there were very few female jockeys Patty Barton was among that group. She rode at Commodore Downs in Erie Pa in the 1970s. When I was living in Fredonia I would go to Erie for the races. Donna must have spent some time in Erie as a kid.

I like Friesan Fire & Dunkirk FYI I Want Revenge will not run in the race-he's scratched.

Noooooooooooooooooooo He made more mental mistakes than Robert Royal when he was a Bill.

The offer is now off the table-they never ran it past the owner. Heard that on the 11:00 news.

There are two really stupid things that take place before and after the draft. The 1st dumb thing are the mock drafts-especially the 7 round variety-all are way off & hit a very low percentage. The 2nd dumb thing is the post draft grade a team is given. Usually the grade is based on the guy's slotting of players. If you took a bunch of guys a round or 2 before he had them, you get an A. If you took players earlier than he slotted them, you get an F. God forbid you take a guy in the 1st or 2nd round that the guy had as a mid-late rounder-he goes ballistic. Remember when the Bills drafted John Fina? Kiper had him as a late rounder and the top of his head went flying off when before the pick Berman, who was told the pick & Kiper knew that said "hmmm, how about John Fina?" Now some people around here may not have liked Fina, but he proved worthy of being a 1st round pick-we even franchised him once.

Nobody wants Ko Simpson-Bills included.

How many of them are still with the Bills? The ones that are still in Buffalo: Are they starters because we have no one better, or would they start elsewhere? Nine years of no playoffs means someone, or the entire inner circle, isn't doing a very good job of talent evaluation.

Why doesn't everyone who wants Pettigrew realize that he's not going to be picked by the Bills. OL & DL are more important than TE. Best shot for a TE is a trade for Scheffler, not the pipe dream of drafting Pettigrew.

Nobody really hates Losman. It's pretty obvious you still haven't figured the guy out if you really believe "if he can get under a coach who can get inside his head, he could still revive his career." The guy has no feel for the NFL game-if Lombardi rose from the grave, all he would end up saying is "what the hell is going on here" when watching Losman. What you interpret as hatred is really our frustration with people who still believe he can play NFL ball. He can't, face the facts already. He'll be lucky to be a 3rd stringer next year and odds favor that if he makes it to a camp, he won't make it through the season with that team. See: Johnson, Rob for any further look into JP's future because they ended up being, more or less, the same guy.

Arenaball will be back in 2010.

No problem with a QB in the 6th or 7th. It's the thought of taking a QB in the 1st round that should get anyone in the inner circle shot.

We don't have the luxury of taking a QB with craters at LT, LG, TE and holes at DL & LB. If Brandon & the inner circle even think of taking a QB, Ralph shouldn't fire them, he should shoot them. Now the 11th pick can be a QB if some team wants to give us some picks &/or players. If the price of trading up for JP was a 1,2, & 5, if anyone wants a shot at an available QB, the bidding starts there, and the 1 better be higher than the late 20s.

Booker Moore had it and missed his rookie year. We'll never really know whether it was the GBS or he just was a bust. Andy Griffith had it too.

People who brag about big refunds just don't get what that means-it means they're not taking home enough on payday & need to adjust their witholdings. Even better are the ones who think that what they pay on their return is what their tax bill is. My sister & I both had to pay big this year because we inherited an IRA distribution (we both chose not to do the stuff necessary to defer the taxes for a variety of good reasons that are irrelevant in this post) and when she asked me how much I was paying on my tax return I had to explain that my payment was a result of how much I earned, how much was withheld and how much I still owed and that we couldn't compare what we paid unless we looked at the what we both made & the totals including payments & withholdings.