Albany,n.y.

All I could think of when I saw Marty with his players before the game started was lambs being led to slaughter. Marty is the Gene Mauch of football.

I found the quotes within this story. Reading it makes the CBS boys who called him coaching material sound like total idiots. This guy doesn't even understand the game he plays. Ahead by 8, chance to get the ball around the 40-take the sure thing. I sure wouldn't want to be this guy's financial advisor if he ever went to Vegas. “I was trying to make a play,” he said, “and anytime I get the ball I am going to try and score. I saw there was an (offensive) lineman in front of me, and I knew if I could make him miss I was off and running. “Before I had a chance to do that, Troy Brown stripped it. He made a great play, and I was trying to make a big play. (In) hindsight I don't regret it because I would never try and just go down on the (ground). I want to score.” Asked why he just didn't knock the ball down, since it was fourth down and an incomplete pass would have given the Chargers possession, McCree scoffed. “Why would I knock the ball down?” he said. “He threw it right to me.” Later, McCree added: “I would do the same thing if I had the same opportunity. This time I would just secure the ball more securely.” http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/charg...s15chside1.html

I can't believe the pass Marlon McCree has gotten on talk shows & in the media today. Is it the result of the CBS announcers not ripping him, after they called him a future head coach, or was there so much stupidity exhibited by San Diego yesterday that it just blended in? More than once today I've heard or read he should have went to the ground upon intercepting the ball-WRONG! He had no business intercepting the ball in the 1st place. Anyone who says he should have went down upon intercepting doesn't understand the concept of lost field position that that would have caused. Maybe this play angers me so much because of Nate Clements failure to bat a ball down on 4th & long on opening day 2004 where the receiver caught the ball & Jacksonville got a 1st down, continued the drive & later won the game. I sure hope I never see a Bill intercept a pass on 4th down, or try to intercept a pass when batting it down is the better option.

Guys like Jim Kelly & Kent Hull retire. Guys like Villarial get cut & guys like Shelton don't get re-signed.

and the announcers were talking up McCree as a future coach-NOT!

The 1st day of camp, don't they tell these guys not to intercept on 4th down? I went balistic watching it & I wasn't even rooting for either team. On top of that the dumbass announcers never brought it up.

Early in the game, the Saints made a good play on D. They showed a young blond beauty cheering in the stands. I'd swear that her shirt said "F**k Da Eagles", uncensored.

No way in Washington. They have Jason Campbell, who showed as much if not more than JP showed this season. The way he played against the Giants in the last game solidified his stranglehold on the job. Bledsoe refuses to be on a team where he doesn't enter camp #1 on the depth chart. He's could try to sign with the Vikings or Browns since he knows he's better than what they've got and would probably end up starting, but in the end his pride won't allow him to enter a fair competition & he'll unofficially retire after Dallas releases him. Then he'll look to come back with a team that loses their QB during the 2007 season.

I will not be surprised when it is said "Buffalo selects linebacker Paul Posluszny, Penn State" Marv loves Penn State linebackers.

In the back yard with his kids, and when Maura puts one of the kids at QB and asks him to move to a different position, he'll run inside the house & refuse to play.

Finally, some sanity over blind (& dumb) emotion.

Years in the league: less than 3-exclusive free agent, can't leave unless team wants to dump you; less than 4-restricted free agent, team has right of 1st refusal & gets draft choice compensation based on where drafted & $ tendered; 4 or more years-unrestricted free agent, but can be franchised or transitioned.

This isn't baseball-you go into the HOF as a football player, no hat, no uniform. Willis is going in the same way I did-with an admission ticket.

It's going to be against either us or the Giants. http://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/817615/detail.html

No, the travel after the game is very important to those of us coming in from out of town. I'll give you some examples: When they moved the Miami game to 4, the 1st thing I did was sign off from work on Monday. It meant a total rethinking of my routine, since I wasn't sure whether I'd be driving all the way home after the game-it's a 5 hour drive. When they moved it back, I recinded my Monday day off & went with my normal travel routine-leaving immediately after the game, no lingering-that means I was gone by 4:15-4:30, not 7:00. Now lets shift to the game that directly affected my plans. I bought a ticket, flight & motel room in Baltimore back in July. 6 days before the game, it gets changed. Now I've got the last flight out of Baltimore at 8:55pm & I had to make a decision-leave the game early, stay another day in Baltimore to the tune of around $200 more, or cancel the trip entirely. I eventually chose to leave the game early & I decided that I will NEVER buyt a ticket to a flex schedule game unless I'm driving to the game & I can control my schedule-something you can't do when you book in advance to get discount rates or book the last flight out & the game gets moved too close to get to the airport in time. Try traveling to games hundreds of miles from where you live & you might understand the problems that flex scheduling presents. Go on the Thruway after the game & you'll see that a lot more people drive in from out of town than you are imagining.

A lot of people travel hundreds of miles to see the games. Add to the group people who are flying &/or scheduling hotels and the flex schedule cuts down on the out of town folks who are willing to buy a ticket late in the season. Bunk, hardly!

Let's add the uncertainty of the time the game will be played into the mix. All of the blacked out games were subject to change due to the flex schedule. So, one way to insure blackouts is to schedule as many games as possible after flex scheduling kicks in. When you have 30,000 seats to sell, it helps to have the time of the game locked in. Let's also add an early snow which cost a lot of people in the metro Buffalo area $ in repairs, cleanup, etc. Those are $ that could have spent on the Bills that went to snow recovery instead. As long as we don't get another 4 regular season home games after Thanksgiving, including 2 of those 4 on holiday (Thanksgiving & Christmas) weekends, we won't be looking at 4 straight bnon-sellouts again.

How can you know from a person's address what team he or she is a fan of? If the Bills were in San Diego, Bob Lamb could get a ticket, but a die hard SD fan outside SD couldn't, defeating their intentions. The whole policy is ridiculous.

If we had drafted him in 1985, he would have either signed with us or have gone to the USFL & then he would have joined us in 1986. The Hall of Famer Jerry Rice may not have joined us as a free agent, but young Jerry Rice wouldn't have had much of a choice. There was no free agency until 1993.

Other than the fact he only has one more year, this trade makes no sense. You don't trade away someone when you have no replacement for him. A-train is nothing more than back-up material & is (I think) a free agent. Unless we get a done deal with the Giants, AFTER acquiring Willis' replacement, it is just plain ridiculous. Now, if we do get a starting RB in free agency, then a 1st round pick for Willis (if any team is dumb enough to make that trade) would be a go. More likely, we let Willis play out his contract, draft a RB in rounds 2-4 and then, with Willis still here, decide if he can be the starter in 2008. If he's not then the 2008 starter is either a FA or a high 2008 pick.

We will have McCargo coming off this injured year. We spent a 1st rounder on him & won't be looking to draft another DT early because that player will also have to take time to develop. Instead, in order to help the run defense I expect Marv to bring in a veteran wide body to add to the DT rotation. He'll be someone who has shown good character & will be willing to be a mentor to McCargo & Williams as they continue to grow. It will also show that we are serious about winning now. Our most likely 1st day picks will be a LB or 2 and something I hope Marv realizes we desperately need-a pass catching TE (Everett should be preparing for life in the real world). After reading Marv's book, defense is what he believes in & will once again be focused upon in this draft.

If he's going to replace Petrino, he better start cranking out some odes.

In today's names that match occupations column is: Dear Abby: My sister lives in Williamsville (near Buffalo) where there is a funeral home named Amigone Funeral Home. (Am I Gone.)-Alaine in Jamestown Alaine probably is unaware that they're not just in Williamsville.

He made the Giants disappear from the playoffs.

He shouldn't waste his time at the car wash to work with Everett.