Albany,n.y.

I'm against interviewing candidates you have no intention of hiring. It's stupid & a waste of everyone's time (& the money of whomever is paying to get the person for the interview). I remember when for years the media would get on the NFL for not making Tony Dungy a head coach. I got a little tired of it when I noticed he was younger than any of the head coaches in the NFL and maybe he had more dues to pay because of his age. I also remember screaming at him from the upper deck at the then Rich that I hope he never gets a HC job, because he used to coach his defense to play dirty and his d took Kelly out of the game (& season) by going after his knee in a Vikings game in 1994. I also thought that Butler & Ralph could have found a better minority candidate when the hired Wade in 1998.

Although TD left on strained terms, I think MM & TC left on good terms & Cower wouldn't mind helping a couple of his former coaches beat out other teams for the playoffs.

There should be an exemption based on salary. If you hire a coach for more than $3 million or $4 million a year you are showing that the candidate is not equal to the rest of the field. If the candidate you deem superior happens to be white, then the minority candidates are sham interviews. I'd rather show some respect towards the minority candidates & not have them participate in a sham because of some stupid NFL rule. Anyone who believes there is a minority candidate who could have convinced Dallas to hire him over Parcells with his 3 Super Bowl appearances + Jets turnaround, convinced Detroit to hire him over local boy & multiple playoff coach Mariucci, and Miami to hire him over N. Saban with his Belichick backround in the NFL & national championship at the college level doesn't have a grip on reality. If Saban turns Miami down they'll be going through the whole process all over again. If Saban accepts, the Shell interview is a sham. No matter what happens, Shell ain't coaching the Dolphins next year.

I think the main reason Drew has taken a step backwards the past 2 games is he has no TEs left to throw to, especially in the red zone. The rejuvination of Bledsoe coincided with the use of Campbell & Euhus more. Bledsoe appears to be more comfortable with a tall target in the red zone when he's throwing near the end zone. The TEs also tend to get less coverage than the WRs. He's missed Moulds a few times on end zone passes since the TEs went out. If I'm right, Drew will struggle a bit the next 2 weeks (& beyond if we make the playoffs) but should be ok for next year.

Root for the Jets because if they beat NE, Pittsburgh clinches home field with a win against Baltimore & has nothing to play for on 1/2/05. Root for the Patriots because if we win out & the Jets lose to NE & St. Louis we have the tie-breaker.

I wonder if the Bills are getting more love on WFAN because they are winning or because Russo & Francessa are now also heard on 590 in Albany.

No team in the history of the Super Bowl has ever got to the game unless they were in 2 wins of best record in the conference. Washington is hardly the team that will end this sure fire method of picking Super Bowl teams going into the playoffs. All the NFC has past the Eagles & Falcons is a bunch of bad teams that won't be around on SB Sunday. There's no such thing as anything can happen in the playoffs, 38 years of history says otherwise.

It probably dates back to when his father-inlaw was dying & the press covered his illness when Pennington wanted them to leave it alone.

I'll be there. Petrino is doing an out & back with one of his friends from Albany driving, so he probably won't make it to the tailgate.

Leftwich is playing.

Where is BengalBEVIS now, we all want to kick him when he's down.

I'd be shocked if we took a WR or FS with our 1st pick.

Detroit blew the game with a bad snap after scoring the apparent game tying touchdown.

Restructure Moulds & keep the receiving corps intact.

The coaches obviously feel that if the game is on the line & Bledsoe has to go out, Matthews gives us a better chance to win. By having JP @ #3, he's eligible to play in the 4th quarter if the game is a blowout & no longer on the line. He's being brought along slowly, nothing wrong with that. Brady was burried his 1st year & won the Super Bowl his 2nd. Culpepper was not used as a rookie & made it to the NFC Championship game in year 2. Trust the coaches, they see these guys in practice every day.

Franks is the only one that makes sense.

Henry, Greer, Reese, Dorenbos, Pucillo, McFarland, Bannan. JP #3 QB

In 1991 they never mentioned Brett Favre when they talked about the 2 first round QBs: Dan McGwire & Todd Marinovich.

If I was on some team's practice squad & I had a shot from another team that was thin at my position, and I might actually get to play, I'd be signing that contract quicker than you can say only established players get to choose their team. A rookie should never choose a practice squad over an active roster because he wasn't good enough to make any team's roster at the time that he was waived, otherwise he would have been claimed. This opportunity may be a once in a lifetime thing.

In the late 1980s I was complaining about a kicker we had who didn't have a great leg for long field goals. My friends argued that he was automatic from inside the 45 and we have no need to replace him. Then he tried a 47 yarder on grass in the biggest game of his career...you know the rest. Replace Lindell before next season, because I want to win the Super Bowl for a change.

Not good enough for who? It's called rebuilding. If you shortcut rebuilding you get into salary cap hell every few years & suck again. Donahoe is building a championship contender that will not be like the 49ers ended up. Lets compare the 1999-present 49ers to the 2001-present Bills. I guess you would consider 49ers 1999 through 2002 better than what we've done. For the record: In 1999 the 49ers, with salary cap problems & Young's impending retirement sunk to 4-12. So: SF 1999 4-12 Bills 2001 3-13 SF 2000 6-10 Bills 2002 8-8 SF 2001 12-4 (0-1 playoffs) Bills 2003 6-10 SF 2002 10-6 (1-1 playoffs) Bills 2004 7-6 + ? But, after 2002 SF sunk to 7-9 last year & are arguably the worst team in the NFL in 2004. I'm sure you would be a lot happier if we were like the 49ers were by 2002, but TD has a better, long range plan. You may not like the 5 year plan that TD mapped out, but fortunately for everyone he's running things, not you. Show a little patience. If you wait another year I'm sure you will be happy with the results. Here's some evidence that it was a 5 year plan all along: 1) Gave Gregg only a 3 year contract (I believe he wanted Marvin Lewis & had to settle for Gregg because Lewis' lack of interest in the job caught him totally off guard-my guess is Lewis might have been given a better deal that gave him enough time to complete the rebuilding). 1st year coaches don't usually win it all (Gruden, who inhertited a team ready to win and Siefert who inherited a SB champ are the exceptions), 2nd year coaches do (Billick, Bellichick are 2 recent examples). So if he had to bring a new coach in in year 4, he had the extra year he needed. 2) Drafted McGahee in year 3 when it was obvious that he would contribute nothing in his 1st year. 3) Traded up for Losman so that if Drew had problems in year 5 of the reconstruction, he'd have a new starter with a year+ in the system under his belt & could win with either if Drew didn't fall off in 2005. Now, while there are no guarantees that we'll win the Super Bowl next year. I'm feeling confident enough to say See You In Detroit 2006!

The Bengals got a 2nd for Dillon. The Bills got a mid-low 4th for Holmes. The Bills won't get a 2nd but should do as well or better than a mid-low 4th. That's realistic based on previous trades.

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I thought Alonzo was the best & I think the only reason that he lost the 2nd season was because Heffron had the set of his life & was also a newlywed & got the sentimental votes because they kept showing his wife. I watched the "3rd season" finale on Comedy Central Alonzo got the big prize -$250,000. I liked Alonzo because he did the most sports related stuff. Best one : I was watching Olympic Gymnastics & didn't realize that I was a pedophile until... London is a trip. Some of his better lines included : I'm the third from the left on the evolutionary chart. I worked at Bed, Bath & Beyond, I was Beyond. It's almost over, You'll never see me again, Thank You. I thought Gulman was very average. My favorite joke was Dave Mordall's about his father confusing the remote for the tv with his cell phone that results in his father hitting redial when he changes the channel. I don't remember exactly how he told it, but the punchline is that every time his father goes to change the channel, he gets a phone call.

Seems like every week we get shortchanged by this shell of the former Inside The NFL with Len & Nick. How can these idiots not even show this game with a ton of scoring. Every Thursday by 9:00 I'm totally PO'd at this farce.