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It won't matter. Ch 6 is now the Jets station-they, or their CW affiliatem showed all the Jets preseason games. If the Jets are 4-11 going into the season finale vs 3-12 Miami, ch 6 will still show that game over Bills/NE. Although, the hype over the 15-0 Bills trying to equal what NE did in last year's regular season almost insures that the game will be flexed to Sunday night.

Do you know that in 65% of the games where JP got sufficient enough playing time (I eliminated the mop up/injured early games), he did not complete a pass that resulted in a gain of over 50 yards. I don't have the tapes, but I'll bet that most of those 50+ yard completions did not travel over 50 yards in the air. In all probability, most were a 30-40 yd pass that included 10-20+ RAC yards. Some might have even been screens.

The following recent players, some you have mentioned, were successful by or in their 2nd season in the league-no matter what they did as rookies: Mike Vick (although we all know what derailed his career) Carson Palmer Jay Cutler Brett Favre Peyton Manning Eli Manning (even though the myths say otherwise, he led the Giants to the playoffs & was good enough to be entrenched as the Giants' starter) Tom Brady-won Super Bowl Donavan McNabb Ben Roethlisberger-won Super Bowl The following QBs "needed more time" after their sophomore seasons & never were the answer to the team that drafted them Kyle Boller JP Losman Rex Grossman Joey Harrington David Carr Alex Smith Patrick Ramsey The following QBs, who were supposed to be the QBs of the future are heading in the same direction as the needs more time group, and most likely will be busts: Matt Leinart Drew Stanton (still has time to progress this season before it's too late, but he's still far down on the Lions depth chart) Brody Croyle John Beck Tarvaris Jackson (starting, but for how long?) Kellen Clemens Jason Campbell (starting, but for how long?) Vince Young may be joining this group very soon. The only current QBs who struggled by the end of, or after their 2nd season in the league after being given the chance to be their teams' starter and righted themselves are Drew Brees & Kerry Collins. Todd Collins, after 10 years of pine riding may soon join these 2. The rest of the league's starting QBs may have bounced around a little, or sat for years behind an established starter before being given their chance, but once they were given an opportunity to start, the seized the opportunity & never regressed. Expecting a QB who has already had a shot at being a starter and failed to "get it" after his 2nd year in the league is a pipe dream. By the end of his 2nd year, you know one way or the other. That's why I'm amazed by the fans who still think JP will become an established starter when he leaves Buffalo. The odds are very much against it. In today's (salary cap era) NFL if you're a high QB pick you either fast track it to the starter's job or you're gone. Other recent flops who didn't show enough by the end of year 2 & ended up on the scrap heap (although some are still in the league as backups) include: Cade McNown, Akili Smith, Ryan Leaf, assorted Dallas baseball players (Henson, Carter, Hutchinson), Chris Simms, Chris Redman, Tim Couch, Jim Druckenmiller, Tony Banks, and of course the guy a lot of us thought just needed more time after he'd been in the league over 5 friggin' years ROB JOHNSON. It's actually the failure of Rob Johnson that got me onto the research above and why I'm quite convinced that JP will never be a quality starter in the NFL. The data supports my position.

If Trent drives you so crazy, don't watch. However, that means you'll be missing Super Bowl XLIII. So a pass comes up short and you're seriously bummed? Please read today's article about the perfect passes that Trent threw & re-think your position. Trent puts his receivers in a position to catch the ball exactly where it's supposed to be thrown. Does he miss on some throws? Sure, even Jim Kelly missed on some throws & he's in the Hall of Fame. Guess what-Jim Kelly even had bad games-just think of some of those games in Pittsburgh & KC. There's no such thing as a perfect QB, but Trent Edwards is a HUGE upgrade over JP Losman. It's really time for the JP fans to give it up. Now to my answer to the original question. My definitive post on the subject got lost among the 2007-8 lost posts. Back in August of 2007, while JP was struggling in preseason & Trent was lighting it up, I wrote a post that was titled OK, I'll say it now. I wrote that "when the Bills play their next playoff game, Trent Edwards will be the starting QB" It didn't sit well with the JP fans, especially after he had played well enough in 3-4 games in 2006 to make them think he'd turned the corner & the light went on. All I saw was a dim bulb that flickered brightly once in a while and by the end of pre-season I couldn't wait until Trent replaced JP. I was fortunate to be there when JP went down in New England in game 3 and the Trent Edwards era began. The following week when the Jets gameplanned to stop the run & Trent came out throwing I knew my days as a depressed Bills fan would soon be coming to an end. The only way to describe it was I felt totally rejuvinated as a fan, knowing the Bills were now moving in a positive direction-something I never felt with JP starting.

When the Bills weren't in a conflicting game, I used to get a chance to watch the Giants/Redskins games. One game I saw the Giants just rip apart Gregg0's D. It was very enjoyable watching the game. I remember all the fans who were saying Gregg would be a good to great coach when he got another chance at being a head coach. Well the Redskins were smart enough to fire him rather than name him HC, and we never see his name anymore as a HC "hot list" candidate.

Gregg used to coach in Buffalo, he knows the Bills. He has been preparing for this moment for years. He's studied every move of Steve Fairchild & JP Losman. Gregg is ready! Sometimes a team changes Offensive Coordinators & Quarterbacks-Whoops.

I think this game is a virtual lock to get flexed to Sunday night.

What other guy? The homeless bum on the street? Anyone very impressed listening to this airhead on her ABC interview wasn't listening.

An oldie but a goodie.

The Jets have top priority because this year Ch 6 had the Jets preseason games, making them the Jets station. I figure we won't get many games, but we'll be flexed 1 or 2 times in Nov/Dec to national games.

We'll be pretty jammed up capwise next year with Evans, Peters, Stroud and EDWARDS all with new contracts. Edwards is going to get around $8 million or more a year. Plus a good backup will cost $2-3 million.

I do not believe Jacksonville can score on us with that beat up line. Now their D may be tough, but they'll have zero offense. Just look at how bad their running & passing games were last week against Tennessee. This will be a low scoring game. Bills (win outright)/under.

Nobody circles the wagons like the Albany Bills Fans.

Are there any good places in Berkeley? I'll be there for the November 23rd game vs KC and I need to know where to watch it.

James Brown , Chris Collinsworth, Warren Sapp & Phil Simms are the hosts. Only Collinsworth returns from last year's HBO show.

I'd like to know if the writer flunked math. He said the NFC went 4-0 against the AFC.

CD=Capital District

I just called. She was polite to me. She told me as of now it's still Indy-Min BUT THE MANAGER IS TRYING TO GET THE GAME SWITCHED TO BUFFALO. So, keep those calls coming.

He's very good at being a backup-he's been doing it for the last 7-8 years. Belichick would rather have a backup who knows how to be a backup, than some disgruntled ex-starter. I remember looking at the QB crop before the 2005 draft. When I went over Matt Cassel's resume, I thought of (ex-Brave) Swen Nater the backup center to Lew Alcindor (now Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) at UCLA. Nater was a 1st round pick even though he was a backup in college. He went on to start for teams in the ABA & NBA. My thoughts on Cassel were he's been buried on the depth chart behind Carson Palmer & Matt Leinart and he may be better than a lot of other college team's starters. Now we'll find out if he's been a backup for a reason other than being behind college & pro superstars, or if he's another Nater.

Here's my answer: The original question has nothing to do with whether one is liberal, conservative or something in between. Here's why I'm pro choice. I'm in my 50s, I was around when women were dying because they got pregnant and either couldn't afford to have a kid or were scared out of their minds that society would ostrasize them as a single parent. Have you ever known anyone whose mother died having an illegal abortion? I do. He grew up without a mother because she was too poor to fly to a place where abortions were safe. The rich had no problem getting their daughters safe abortions. The poor risked death. So really the anti choice crowd a) promote class warfare b) endorse the death penalty as an option to a young pregnant woman too poor to travel to where abortion is legal. As far as the death penalty-I'm against it unless the person is apprehended at the scene of the crime. That's the only sure way you don't put innocent people to death. Ever hear of a death row inmate freed due to evidence that exonerated them? So my question would be: 1)Why do some people want to make something illegal that would cause more otherwise healthy women to die? 2) Why are some people so quick to endorse a death penalty that puts innocent people to death?

What was their reply?

I was just on their site. I was hoping to e-mail them, but the only messages I could find were for news tips. So, I'll be calling them tommorrow when I get home since I don't want to call from work. I'm hoping I can keep my cool-that's why I would have preferred an e-mail. The hope is this is a mistake-one time a couple of years ago, the site had some ridiculous two midwest teams like this & when I called they told me they were showing the Bills. So until I hear it from them & tell them they are not showing a NY State team so they can show 2 teams with virtually no fans in the area, I'll hope the early listings are wrong.

Where did you get this from?

The biggest thing working against April is his age. Of the 32 coaches only Romeo Crenell & Rod Marinelli got their 1st head coaching jobs at an age in April's range. They were a little older, but most teams hire 1st time head coaches who are in their 40s.

Yep. It's amazing when you get a QB you trust, you give him a season to learn the NFL and you let him play, you've suddenly changed. You get a run stuffer, better LBs and suddenly you've changed. The real story-up until this season when they added key defensive players, groomed the QB they trust, the RB has more experience than last year etc, they did not have the talent to play any other way than to play not to lose. Now this team has talent. Watch how dumb the genius Belichick looks without Brady. He's going to suddenly seem a lot more conservative.