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I said "yes" but to be sure, Miami's strength this season has been long, plodding drives that rely heavily on the running game. They aren't exactly a team that can strike quickly through the air. Certainly not multiple times. That said, it will take a long time for the Jauron stink to finally evaporate from the Bills. Speaking of which, I can hardly believe anyone is complaining about "running up the score" by a team that seems to invent new ways of losing in the final minutes. I mean, after the debacles against New England and Dallas, can anyone seriously find a gripe with that?

Well, there was this little snippet from Nick over at WGR550.com: It seemed to me from watching on TV that there were a lot of Fin fans there. But I couldn't tell how loud and crazy people were.

Is it sad that I think that sounds pretty good?

Not exactly. At the time, Florence was still something of an unknown. He had some success early in his career, then not so much last year. It was a solid signing for certain, but mostly now in hindsight. If the FO knew before the season that he would play this well, who knows if they would have paid what he would have been asking. The real key is: now that he's proven himself this season, will the FO pay to keep him around?

Honestly, it seems like we are so jaded by this front office that it needs to come down to a choice between McKelvin and Florence. A real front office would say that McKelvin has a great future and Florence provides savvy veteran leadership, and would find a way to keep both. Florence would make a very good nickel corner.

No, it's just that a decade of mediocrity has lowered everybody else's, apparently.

One good game that you saw. The rest of us have seen him play very well most of the season.

Jauron is gone, so 7-9 is gone with him.

As usual, our main problem is that we can't rely on our starters to last through the season. My sense is the starting line of Bell-Levitre-Hang-Wood-Butler is not too bad and will get better with more experience. I would prefer someone with more experience at the LT spot, but my opinion is the starting group has the potential to become very good if they can stick together. Our real problem is with depth, and it's painfully clear that we need to use that depth extensively, especially at the tackle positions. We need better depth. Meredith is a decent option, but he needs to get a lot better. If Simmons has anything left, that would represent good G depth, but beyond that it's pretty ugly.

Outstanding.

Perhaps, although I'm not sure how you can say that Minnesota, Green Bay, and Chicago all have coaches who "have brought their teams to the top of their respective division," considering that: (a) they are all in the same division, (b) only Minnesota is really at the top of the division, with Green Bay hovering around mediocrity and Chicago in a free-fall, (c ) Minnesota's coach was widely considered to be on the hot seat this season and lucked out by getting a youthful Brett Favre, and (d) Chicago's coach is almost certainly going to be fired at the end of the season. I don't necessarily disagree with your approach or argument, just pointing out it isn't as clear and obvious as you would like it to be.

Brother-in-law and family live in Illinois. They are Bears season ticket holders.

Lovie is almost certainly gone in Chicago after this season. Word on the street is that Shanny and Cowher both have a particular interest in that opening.

Partial ownership really surprises me. Ralph would seriously consider giving up a portion of the team? Also, interesting that the discussion is about a 5-year contract. We've been dealing with 3-year contracts for the "new" head coaches to give them a chance to show their stuff, but even though Shanny is a known commodity, being on the hook for 5 years for that kind of coin is impressive.

Didn't you just say two posts earlier that Marty was far and away your first choice?

Gee, thanks Doc. And to think all those years of med school went for **** and I'm still a retard. Say, if I'm having any trouble with any cases in the future can I give you a ring for a consult?

I'll let you figure that one out.

We were leading the TOP battle at halftime by a couple of minutes. In the end, we lost the TOP battle by 13 frigging minutes. That means we essentially gave JAX the ball for an entire quarter in the second half. Are you kidding me?

Thanks, doc.

No fake. Moorman bobbled the snap.

Good call, but wouldn't that be the network (CBS) TV announcers who need the fact check and not DirecTV?

I don't think we need a report to know that...but thanks.

Actually, I would say the outcome was almost a worst-case scenario, with the potentially career-threatening injury to our promising 1st round draft pick who could help stabilize the offensive line for years to come. But please, carry on.

You mean aggressive enough to not even attempt to put the ball in the end zone before the end of the first half? Is that what aggressive has come to mean to this team?

If I was Levitre or Hangarter, I'd be taking out a big insurance policy on myself. I can't imagine how they've lasted this long.