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I didn't read the attachments in the other answers, which may include the answer you seek, but here goes without any attachment. They thought they could save the fractured leg. However, within the process, his other legs, specifically his feet, went bad due to laminitis (described above). Maybe if they had cut the leg off to begin with, he might have had a shot, but I doubt it. Chances are the horses you saw were a different breed that were much more docile than a thoroughbred. Thoroughbreds are wound really tight & do not have the demeanor that some more docile breeds have. Chances are almost 100% that it would be impossible to keep a thoroughbred happy & healthy with an artificial leg. Edit: I opened your attachment & noticed the horse with the artificial leg was a filly. Barbaro is a male with a full set. Male thoroughbreds are often so out of control that they have to be gelded just to calm them down enough to race them. Generally, if an owner thinks that a horse has little to no future stud value, they geld him to calm him down. A complete male thoroughbred is one of the toughest horses to keep calm. Putting an artificial leg on one would probably require a prior gelding-defeating the purpose they tried so hard to keep Barbaro alive.

Q: Why is Okoye only 19? A: Because he was born 6/10/87, making him 19 until he turns 20 later this year. The real reason is (from NFL Draft Scout) "Born in Nigeria, Okoye was tested into the ninth grade as a 12-year-old when his family moved to Huntsville, Alabama. Okoye signed with Louisville and was playing at defensive tackle at only 16 years old, making him the youngest player in the country."

I just watched the Senior Bowl game from there, thanks for the link.

One of the more interesting things about the law was that if the kids had intercourse, the penalty was much less severe. So, the reason he's been sentenced so long is because they did an act that the original law was put in place in order to punish homosexual acts more harshly. That's the only reason that anti-sodomy laws, which include oral sex, are on the books with harsher penalties than the same two people having intercourse. There are plenty of places that still have laws where a husband & wife could be arrested for the same activity that this kid is in jail for-but imagine if a prosecuter wanted some couple to "take their medicine" and plead out an oral sex arrest. It still is the DA's job to prosecute cases fairly & not press every case that some obscure law can be used if you wish to raise your conviction win %.

The frightening part about the Dobler interview was the part where he cryptically said that when things get worse he's going to kill himself.

He's under contract & they have to pay him. So rather than give him a few million $ over the next 2 years, they are 1-Making him work for his salary & 2-Saving $ on another assistant they don't have to hire.

His sister will be too old to ban him from living with her, that's what will happen if he's released after serving 10 years. With all this publicity, he'll be out shortly & the sex offender status will be stricken-only a matter of time.

If Bill Clinton was there the kid would have been pardoned & Clinton would have brought him in for a chat to compare experiences. Since Bush rose to power demonizing the immorality of Clinton's actions, a pardon would never go over with his base.

A Georgia Republican prosecutor persecuting a black kid, what a surprise.

If they haven't changed their uniforms in 5 years, I say keep them-they may cause an opposing QB to faint at the smell & they'll get an easy sack. Maybe that's why Schobel's sack total was enough to get him to the Pro Bowl. Imagine how many sacks he'll get this year wearing that uniform with one more year of sweat.

Pro Football Weekly has PW going #9 to Miami. They have us taking CB Leon Hall.

He's feeling like Nate Clements will feel a year from now.

What you said is about half of my point. My point is that people are getting all moral on Willis because of the 3 kids and the Buffalo stuff because of his lack of production. But, then the other group brings Marv in saying he wants players of high character. Obviously, Marv knows how to look the other way like the rest of us when a player is producing. To use Marv's words on character as an excuse as to why Marv should get rid of Willis is absurd. The only character Marv is looking for is football character, he doesn't judge players by how many unmarried kids they produce or if they say dumb things to the media. His closest friend in the NFL once said the infamous "get out of town" stuff to the media & Marv was not offended.

To all the people who want Willis out of town, did you also want the guys who formed the core of the 1990s teams gone too? Jim Kelly-Claimed to have cried when the Bills drafted him, had run-ins in bars (One example:the time he trew a drink at a woman), didn't originally sign with the team, complained in public to the media about his RT after a 1989 injury, his 1st child was born prior to his marriage. Bruce Smith-Suspended 4 games in 1988 for drug violation (presumed to be cocaine), fell asleep in his car because of "sleep apnea", almost never participated in any voluntary drills & did his best to avoid camp whenever possible, signed with Denver forcing the Bills to match that contract or lose him. Darryl Talley-Arrested for DWI while a Bill (I heard that the cop was going to let him go, but when the cop told him he would help get Darryl home, Darryl replied that instead he wanted to go to the policeman's house and have sex with the cop's wife, the cop then arrested him) Corneilius Bennett-Convicted of forceable sex with a woman after he left the Bills. Eric Moulds-Numerous children, allegedly attacked girlfriend including lifting her by the neck in the 1990s. and of course, a Bill from an earlier era: O.J. Simpson-did cocaine numerous times while an active member of the team and you all know what happened later. So, before you demand that Willis be banished because he isn't high enough character for Marv & the Bills, you better look at what the Bills have accepted in the past. The character Marv is looking for is in the lockerroom & on the field. Under your character standards, we wouldn't have fielded a competitive team in the 1990s. Players like Reich, Kelso & Tasker are the exception, not the rule.

I can guarantee a blackout if Cincy is the last home game & a sellout if the Giants are. Cincinnati just doesn't get people's pulse going in Buffalo. Also, by December all those players except Carson Palmer will be in jail.

When the schedule comes out, well know if the NFL is "giving us the business" or not. The two easiest games to sellout will be Dallas & the Giants. There are tons of fans of those teams all over NYS. If we get one of them on opening day, another one in October & get Cincinnati & Denver in December, the NFL is screwing us as badly as they did with 4 post Thanksgiving games this year. If they schedule the 2 big draws in November & December, then you know they've gotten the message that we need to schedule the harder teams to market earlier in the year. Personally, I'd like to see the Bengals on opening day & Denver as game 2.

I expect Everett to get cut before camp starts. He's a total bust. At the end of the season, Matt Murphy was getting more playing time than him. We should definitely be in the market for a #1 TE. Royal is a good 2 & Cieslak is a good 3.

Then in the 7 rounds of the draft, lets draft 3 or 4 RBs & we'll probably get a good starter out of one of them, while our D will get a lot worse than this year after losing Clements & London F-B.

If it was that simple to draft a RB in the second round & plug him in with enough confidence in him before you even get him in camp to dump Willis, then you must think that there are no busts or mediocre RBs that high in the draft. The bottom line is, you don't really know what you have in a draft choice until you get him into camp & the exhibition games and see how he plays against NFL caliber players. Not every 2nd rounder turns into Thurman Thomas. Last year Tennessee picked LenDale White at pick 45 in the 2nd (ahead of Maurice Jones-Drew) and I haven't seen anything to indicate he could have been their #1 back. Even Drew succeeded as a #2 RB. In 2005 at pick 44 Arizona got a dud in JJ Arrington. For 2004, the 3 backs taken Tatum Bell, Julius Jones and Greg Jones are a big dropoff in talent from Willis. In 2003 (after 1st rounders Willis & Larry Johnson), no RBs were taken in the 2nd and the 3rd rounders were Musa Smith, B.J. Askew, Chris Brown & Justin Fargas. By now you should be seeing the picture: you just don't give up a proven starter & dial up his replacement in the 2nd round. There are a lot of busts & below average RBs that get taken in the 2nd (and 3rd) round . Choosing a RB at pick 12 to trade Willis for a 2 or 3 is even more insane. Edit: I type slowly & wrote this before the 1st round busts were listed. That post shows even more that you just don't dial up a RB and get a starter.

Bills: They can't trade their starting RB without a replacement. Earth to those who feel "offended" by Willis-they are not trading him just to replace him with an unknown quantity. The likely scenario is they draft a RB with the HOPE he can eventually replace Willis and if he isn't then they'll deal with the RB situation in 2008. Those of you "offendees" who think we're going to go after RESTRICTED free agents like Michael Turner, wake up-we're not giving SD our 1st round pick & SD won't take anything less from us & will match any offer even if it means trading him to a team that you think will trade for Willis. Willis: It makes no sense for him to force a trade coming off a subpar season. Nobody will trade for him without a new contract & any new contract will be well under the value he thinks he can command with a good season. He & his agent know better than to sign a new contract at the lowest point of his salary potential. Another NFL team: No team will give us a 2 or 3 to rent Willis for a year & he's not signing a new deal until AFTER 2007-See Willis above. So, if it's not a good deal for the current team, the player or another team, why would the Bills trade Willis McGahee? Because he offended you?

We're not trading McGahee for a 2nd round pick-now go in the corner & join Jerry Sullivan with the dunce cap on.

Lofton will have to have coordinator experience before a team looks seriously at him for a head coaching job.

Thanks, this is the best writeup on the situation: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story...mp;lid=tab1pos1 And I ask anyone to explain where the San Diego coaching staff was with the Bolts leading 21-13 and New England facing fourth-and-5 with 6:25 remaining. Marlon McCree of San Diego intercepted the ball, then committed the aforementioned fumble. On fourth down you knock down the pass! Had McCree simply slapped the ball to the ground, the Bolts would have taken possession on their 41 with the clock winding down, the league's best running back and an eight-point lead. On fourth down it is the responsibility of the coaching staff to remind defenders not to intercept! Before a key fourth down in our middle-school flag league this fall, I screamed to my players: "Knock it down! Do not intercept!" My 11-year-old, Spenser, had a perfect bead on a pick and instead slapped the ball to the ground. After the game he said, "Dad, I really wanted the interception, but I knew you knock it down on fourth down." Why didn't San Diego's professionals know this? Why didn't the highly paid San Diego coaches remind them? Before a fourth-down snap by the opponent, coaches are supposed to scream, "FOURTH DOWN! KNOCK IT DOWN!" Knocking the ball down on fourth down not only gives your team possession at the original line of scrimmage, which is usually a better spot than an interception spot, but prevents the intercept-then-fumble scenario. McCree said after the game that he made the pick because he thought he would score a touchdown -- another reason why defenders must be coached to knock it down on fourth down! Defenders always fantasize about touchdowns. McCree would have been lucky to get back to the original line of scrimmage. All San Diego had to do on this season-killer snap was exhibit a standard well-coached response to a favorable situation, and the Chargers might now be preparing to host the conference championship. Instead, San Diego screwed up something several of my 11-year-olds got right on several occasions this fall. And note that neither CBS announcer so much as noticed that slapping the ball down would have saved San Diego's day. Endlessly it amazes me that television football pundits who are well-paid to do nothing all year but yak about sports seem unaware of the basics of what's happening on the field.

I don't buy the instinct excuse. These guys are professionals. This guy in particular was singled out by Nantz & Simms as being smarter than the average Bear. He has a brain, he should use it. True students of the game understand the circumstances involved in every down and every situation. Teams that allow player to rely strictly on instincts are poorly coached. Part of coaching at that level is to have your players prepared for different situations. They have playbooks, meetings and film review because they are supposed to be able to use their minds & not rely on instincts. I bet if you asked any member of the Patriots or any above average coached team, they wouldn't defend their choice, even if they had made the mistake of catching it. Well coached teams are told when circumstances preclude playing on instinct alone. An example of using your mind over instincts is that playing strictly on instincts, a QB tries to make a play every time. The QB who uses his mind knows there are times to ditch the instincts & throw the ball away rather than throw it somewhere where the coverage gives the D a better chance of making the play than his receiver.

Name one thing Willis has done on the field or in the locker room to consider him a cancer? The quotes about Buffalo & the 3 kids do not make a player a cancer. A player becomes a cancer when his action bother his coaches & teammates and affect the players around him. I don't think having a few kids with different mothers bothers anyone on the Bills, if anything some of them wish they were getting as much action as Willis. As far as having nothing to do in Buffalo, his teammates have either found things to do or agree with him & flee as soon as the season ends. Either way, they are not affected by Willis' comments. By definition, Willis is not a cancer.