Albany,n.y.

Larry Felser in the past has claimed the following: 1) 1985 Draft Bills should draft Doug Flutie #1 overall instead of Bruce Smith (Flutie was not drafted until 4th round or later) You really impressed me with your knowledge of the 1985 draft! Since you were either too young or asleep in 1985, let me enlighten you as to why Flutie was drafted in the 11th round by the Rams. There was this other league called the USFL, they played in the spring and their season started long before the NFL draft. When the Bills, who had the 1st pick in the draft (and already had NFL rights to the USFL's best QB-Jim Kelly) didn't show interest in Flutie, he signed a long term contract with Donald Trump to play in the USFL with the New Jersey Generals. In 1985's draft, NFL teams were taking flyers on USFL players but not wasting premium picks on them. Herschel Walker was taken in the 5th round by Dallas in the same draft-do you think he was rated a 5th rounder. Well Flutie wasn't rated an 11th rounder either-so bringing up Fluties NFL draft status doesn't make Felser an idiot. Felser has spent many a year in the HOF voting room & was trying to explain the process in his column. You might not agree with him, but he knows more about football than this entire board combined-including you.

Here was my take on Losman before the draft: J.P. Losman is an intriguing prospect due to his arm and athleticism. Scouts vary on him whether he’s the next Brett Favre or the next Cade McNown. Since he will go in the late 1st or early second I’d be willing to take the risk that he’s the next Favre. The most logical possibility of finding “QB of the Future” is if J.P. Losman falls to round 2. There are mixed reactions to the athletic Losman with the best case scenario finding the next Brett Favre and the worst case finding the next Cade McNown. However, if Losman is gone they might have to take a flyer on a day 2 QB. At least one pick will be for the future because another QB has to be brought in. I just hope that the team doesn’t repeat a Jets mistake of 1991. The Jets loved Brett Favre & came within one pick of getting him in round 2, after desperate attempts to trade up (they had no #1 that year). When Favre was taken by Atlanta, the Jets still had the need for a QB of the future, they took the next QB on their board, Browning Nagle. If the Bills get into the same spot, say they like Losman and they miss him by a pick or 2, I hope they regroup and forget about a QB of the future and just concentrate on other positions. Mock Draft Buffalo Bills (As I would select) 1st Rd. 1) Roy Williams WR 2) J.P. Losman QB 3) Randy Starks DT 4) Donnell Washington DT Pick-J.P. LOSMAN QB – If Roy Williams is still on the board, which I believe there is a chance he will be, it’s a no brainer and he’s the pick. I’m speculating here that he’s not and if I were GM I’d try to trade down a bit and go QB of the future here since the other 1st round QBs are long gone. Since I can’t trade down unless the Bills do I’ll be picking either Roy Williams or J.P. Losman at pick 13. Thankfully, the Bills (unlike the 1991 Jets) were successful in trading up & getting Losman. In my own draft I ended up taking JP at pick 13. The morning of the draft I posted why I thought JP should be our top pick, I got some replies quoting the coach killer opinions. The second I saw the Dallas helmet change to a Bills helmet on ESPN, I knew we had traded up in order to pick JP. It wasn't a very well kept secret that TD & company liked JP (as well as GB & STL-so he had to get ahead of those 2 teams) and TD was brilliant enough to get Lee Evans & JP Losman on draft day. I'm glad I'm not running things because we'd have had Bernard Berrian instead of Evans, I'm glad that none of the JP bashers are running things either. They're probably the same ones who wanted to draft Flutie instead of Bruce Smith even though we already had the NFL rights to Kelly.

At the end of the movie they showed the house demolished along with the closed & demolished places around Lackawanna. I looked up 32 Wasson Ave and it is now a vacant lot owned by the City of Lackawanna. The movie was ok, but I'm really not into movies that have small pieces of life stories about a lot of people. I prefer movies that have a heavy concentration on the main characters only.

I paid my $403 for my 1 seat today. Petrino has 2 seats next to me on a different account, so I only need 1 seat. Though he does get me nervous when he falls behind schedule in his payments.

clueless adj : totally uninformed about what is going on; not having even a clue from which to infer what is occurring Unless you have seen JP Losman every day, like the Bills coaches & fellow players have, then you really do not have a clue as to his abilities. Watching him in a few mop up appearances and drawing any conclusion is again, clueless. I must also admit that anyone who supports JP, like I do, is also clueless. However, there are people who are not clueless to the situation. Those people are Sam Wyche, Tom Clements, Mike Mularkey, Tom Donahoe and offensive players like Eric Moulds. Moulds has gone on record with some very positive statements about what he has seen of Losman. If the coaches & GM believe that JP can start next year without the team going backwards, their opinion is a lot more informed than you, me or John Clayton-who has probably seen less of him than anyone here. The informed have basically lived with both JP & Drew for the past year or so. Let's trust their opinions over the clueless bunch (basically all of us) that has formed an opinion, one way or another, with very little information.

Anyone who thinks any politician who has attained national prominence is honest & trustworthy , whether the name is Clinton or Bush, needs a serious reality check. They're all dishonest & untrustworthy, you vote for the one running whose policies & opinions are closer to your viewpoint. Once they have you believing they're honest, the better they can deceive you.

The time of the first post says Today.

You can watch Ch 7 news the day after the broadcast on their website. If there's some doubt into the validity of the post we can all find out tommorrow at the latest.

This should be a lesson to the rest of the world: Never watch soccer Never call it football It's too easy for a soccer fan to run out of balls.

The Vikings named Culpepper the starter well before his 2nd season-he had a similar rookie year as JP-minus the injury. Culpepper's Vikings went deep into the NFC playoffs (lost NFC Championship game -fell apart). Well everyone thought Denny Green was crazy because they didn't see Daunte every day like Denny did. The same people who haven't seen what JP's done the other 6 days of the week, don't know what JP has. If the coaching staff, who saw JP every day, decide he's ready to be named the starter, it's good enough for me! Moulds has already stated for the record how good JP looked in practice late into the season-but nobody appears to be listening to a guy who was on the field with JP when none of us saw him.

I think the doofus is the guy who wrote the column. Talk about revisionist history! Belichick spent 5 years as HC of the Cleveland Browns .He took a team that went 3-13 and improved them to 6-10, followed by two 7-9 seasons. In his 4th year he finished 11-5 and won a playoff game before bowing out of the playoffs. The next year, Modell destroyed the team when he announced on 11/6 that he was moving the team to Baltimore. The team was 4-5, 1 game out of 1st place and after the announcement went 1-6 the rest of the way, finishing 5-11. After the season Modell wanted someone with ties to Baltimore & fired BB, hiring ex-Colts (and Bills OC) Ted Marchibroda. The next season, minus the genius the Ravens went 4-12 showing it wasn't Belichick's fault. In addition, after being fired by the Ravens, Belichick rejoined Parcells in NE and helped get NE into the Super Bowl with Drew as QB-quite a feat. He then came to NY with Parcells with the stipulation that he would be HC of the Jets when Parcells stepped down-quite a lofty promise for a "failure". When Belichick wanted to move on to NE, Parcells stepped down & named Belichick HC-NY Jets. Since he didn't want Parcells shopping for his groceries, he resigned & waited out the process until NE gave the Jets a #1 pick in order to get BB to NE. Ever heard of a #1 in exchange for a failure? Neither have I! Belichick was a victim of Modell's move in Cleveland & both the NY Jets & NE Patriots didn't view him as a failure. So BB didn't get along that well with the press, so what! Ever listen to Parcells press conferences when things don't go right-I've never heard a more abraisive, sarcastic press conference than Parcells after a loss & noone ever called him a failure.

It's within walking distance of the Rockpile. It's basically in the ghetto.

If you play the Stones record Sympathy For The Devilback backwards at slow speeds, after Jagger sings ..."I shouted out, who killed the Kennedys", it says GHW Bush, not "When after all it was you and me."

I checked with realtor.com and it is NOT listed in the listings. This means as of a couple of days ago it is not on MLS. If you want to check yourself here is some data you can look for: His house is a mansion built in 1936 with 5975 square feet of living area on 32.80 acres in the Town of Aurora, East Aurora school district. I'm not going to list his address because I don't want any Bledsoe haters annoying him or whoever the caretaker is. Edit: Also checked Buffaloniagarahomes.com & it's not there either. It's not on the MLS.

The meaning of the post is that a smart gambler picks his spots. I can understand betting on key games during the season, but when you've only got one game, unless you see something special in the one game it's called unbettable. Just because it's the Super Bowl doesn't mean that you have to bet on it.

Who the hell is stupid enough to bet on the Super Bowl?

The problem is that Drew does not want competition or being a backup. Therefore, he will let the Bills know if he's not the starter he's gone. What would you rather have us do, give Drew the bonus $ due him on 3/1 & have him quit just before opening day if JP is named the starter. Or- prepare ahead by letting Drew go before we give him any more $, and get a veteran backup (who you would call washed up). It's Drew's attitude that's made this situation. If he said something like "I'll be on this team & be supportive whether I'm the starter or backup, but I plan on being the starter" instead of "It's my team" I'd be in favor of bringing him back. Otherwise, lets get a cheaper statue.

Mort just said something about Carter being bipolar & the rehab is tied to depression. Here's a link http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=1985703

If I had a choice, if Brad Johnson is available he'd be a good backup-assuming Drew leaves. Matthews has already said 2004 was his last season.

Actually, George has had a much better career than Carter. George has never been associated with illegal drugs in any manner, had a great year with the Vikings a few years ago-better than Carter ever has. George has a reputation as a jerk, but he's done a heck of a lot more than Carter. Here's the facts George 1st then Carter on the links http://www.nfl.com/players/playerpage/1049 http://www.nfl.com/players/playerpage/235201

Schonert was one of the worst coaches in Bills' history! No matter where you stood on the whole Flutie-Johnson thing, in the aftermath it was revealed somewhere (no, I don't have a link-it was years ago I read this) that Turk took the Flutie side & would not do anything to help Rob Johnson. In other words, the QB coach refused to coach one of his quarterbacks. In simple terms-he wasn't doing his f'n job! Haslett must have a coaching death wish to have these two losers running his offense. If Turk gets the idea that one of his QB's isn't worth coaching he just won't coach him.

They learned that the neighbor is a paranoid nutcase. Reminds me of when I was a kid & we just moved into a new house. One of my father's relatives, who I didn't know, rings the bell, says "give this to your mother" & leaves me with a little package. I give it to my mother & she asks who the man was. I said I didn't know. My mother ends up calling the police & the bomb squad came over to open up the present. All had a good laugh, and nobody needed medical assistance. My mother overreacted, but did the rational thing & called the police. Why didn't this nutcase call the police if she was so worried? She sounds like someone who should get new "neighbors", all in padded cells.

At the game with Petrino. When Tasker blocked the punt I tackled Petrino & thought we were going to win the game. It was all downhill after that. The next morning I get the paper & realize the impact of the score on us back at work. During those years John was working in the sales unit where they processed the sales reporting documents, called EA 5217. They really gave it to John when he got back, they scanned his photo from personnel & made a mock a coffin with his face on it. On the way home I called my friend in Depew who is a teacher at St. Francis where Polian used to send his kids. I got one of the all time scoops when he told me that Polian had been fired. It wasn't announced until 3 days later. If there was a TBD back then I could have posted it when I got home.

I used to love listening to him after a bad loss. All the anger & venom really would make the drive back to Albany easier. Best ones were when we lost to the Giants & some caller called a dumb play "4th & stupid" Coach adopted it like it was his own. When Todd Collins started the last game of the season in his rookie year (1995) & really sucked, Coach was all over his case bagging on our QB of the future, laughing at him. He was the 1st one in town to decide Gregg was a dud, naming him "the mouth that roared" before he even coached his 1st game.

Ok, add me to the jerk list: The woman was 94 years old. Most times when someone that age dies the family does not have much to grieve about. Instead, they are more likely to think back and be extremely grateful that she lived a long, full life. In no way does this compare with Brett Favre's father's death. He died relatively young. 94 years is a celebration of life, not a tragedy. (I guess I'm trying to add to my worst post list)