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I'm still trying to figure out if this is supposed to mean you're for or against starting JP next year.

Our local weatherman here in SLC is one of the best I've ever seen, and I've lived a lot of places. He's really good. I enjoy watching the weather when he's on.

Vandy doesn't do kickoffs?

Every GM loves cheap players, at least if they are producing at a cheap price. I don't think Donohoe is cheap, however. I just think he won't necessarily break the bank for a player he doesn't think is worth it. Is Jonas worth it? I don't know the answer to that. We'll find out. IMO, I would love to have Jonas back as long as our cap isn't destroyed in the process, and we can still afford to find some quality guys in FA. With no #1 pick this year, we may be able to do that.

That was so painful to watch I couldn't get through it. I had to stop it.

Good God, I'm being compared to ICE? Now I've heard everything.

I do agree completely with this. If we had made the playoffs this year, I would have been ecstatic just to have been there after all this time. Would we win the Super Bowl this year? No way. So why is it different for next year? Because we have a young, talented QB getting paid millions just sitting on the bench. Do we want to rush him in and possibly hurt his development? Not at all, but that's the kind of judgement I'll leave to the coaching staff. If Drew starts next year because JP isn't ready yet (in their minds), I can live with that. Will we win the Super Bowl? Nope. But if JP is even close to being ready, why put off his development another year? If we could, possibly, win the Super Bowl with JP somewhere down the line, why not get started down that road sooner rather than later, particularly if we don't think we can win the Super Bowl with our current QB? Mind you, I don't know if we can win the SB with JP or not. I'd sure like to find that out. I do have the opinion, however, that we won't win the SB with Drew. If we have a quality defense right now, and an offensive line that's improving right now, and some emerging stars on offense right now, then if JP is even close to being ready why not put all those pieces together right now?

I have no idea what the best move is. Ideally, we would keep Jonas, but I don't know if we will be able to do that. If Jonas leaves, I think we will see Teague move to LT and we will go after a C in free agency. Then we'll let Tucker start at LG and probably draft another one with our 2nd pick. That would seem to be the cheapest way to go without losing too much.

I've read your comments the past few days on this topic, FFS, and I get what you're saying. I agree with you, in that I have faith in this staff to decide when and if JP is ready. But the reality, as I see it, is this: Can we win the Super Bowl with Drew at the helm next year? My opinion is no. Could we make the playoffs next year with Drew? I think there's a good chance of it. Some of this depends on what happens this offseason at other positions, but if we assume we start off next year where we left off this year, I think we'll have a good shot at a wild card. So the next question is: Is that good enough? That's a tough one. The way I see it, in my opinion, not quite. If the future is JP (and it is), and we are not likely to win the Super Bowl next year with Drew at the helm, then what are we doing? I think it's quite possible that we take a step backward with JP in his first year. It's impossible to tell. But that's what I have faith in the coaching staff to decide. This may be an ideal time to have JP start the learning process, with a strong defense returning mostly intact, an offensive line that is finally getting their act together and is returning mostly intact, and two emerging stars on offense that should only get better next year. You could use that same argument to say that the time is right to have Drew return next season as the starter, to show what he is ultimately capable of with an improving team around him. I just don't think he can take us to the promised land, and that's what it's all about after all, isn't it?

It's in reference to this... ...from this.

...will ask to be put on the kickoff coverage team this week?

"Players who can only take you so far." When referring to QBs, that sounds like another way of saying QBs who you design safe offensive game plans around. QBs who "don't lose" games for you, instead of QBs who can "win" games for you. I don't necessarily want a QB who we are dependent on to win, like a Marino. I just want a QB who creates opportunities (for us, that is)...someone who is more an asset than a liability...

Might want to pace yourself, buddy. We have a long ways to go.

Careful with that choice of words, friend...

You did NOT have to mention this. I am officially freaked.

You forgot to mention the firestorm of opposition that arose immediately afterward when conservative pro-family activists decried the threat that this rock-woman union would have on the concept of marriage and the family.

Michael Irvin in the Hall of Fame, and no Ralph Wilson. Yep, that'll just about do it for me.

Yes, but wasn't the question every week this past season 'Can Drew NOT lose games for us this year?" Sorry, much as I like Drew, I want to remember the feeling of having a QB on our team who can actually do more than just not lose games. One of the interesting things I noted while reviewing an old Bills videotape from the Kelly days is how much Kelly actually moved around, in and out of the pocket. Not only was he able to avoid the rush, but he was deadly accurate on the run. And this was a guy everybody thought of back then (in terms of scrambling ability) as a relative statue. I don't relish the thought of turning the reigns over to an inexperienced, raw guy, but I'm eager to see this team start overachieving rather than underachieving.

Here's the link on ESPN.com

it is really hard to take your posts seriously with an avatar like that!

I'm in! My uncle and I were planning a road trip there next year for the game anyway, might as well make it a TBD affair.

How about "Chanukah Central"

Before you go bad-mouthing the defense much more, let's just say that the defense does a pretty fine job for the most part. I was pretty hot at the defense for screwing up the JAX game, but you have to consider that the defense held JAX to a grand total of 6 points the entire game right up until the final drive. That's pretty damn good. had the offense been able to pull their heads out of their asses any time before that, a final TD wouldn't have mattered. Same goes, to a degree, in the PIT game. Granted, the defense hadn't done an outstanding job to that point, but not bad. The defense didn't give PIT 7 points on a turnover, and the other times we gave them the ball deep in our territory, they held PIT to field goals. Again, had the offense pulled their heads out of their asses any time before that, we wouldn't have needed such a dramatic effort at the end to win it. Similar story against the Jets. I'm not going to counter the fact that we needed defensive stops late in those games and couldn't get them when it counted. The defense did really let us down at those times. All I'm saying is that if we had any semblance of offensive adeptness in any of those games, otherwise sound defensive showings wouldn't be overshadowed by the late-game deficiencies.

If that thing can transmit pictures and data while floating or submersed in a propane ocean through that atmosphere and all the way back here, I'll be impressed.

What if it lands right in one of those oceans?