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I totally disagree - we've waited - what? 5 years for a decent playoff calibre team. All the while presuming that if we take our medicine (medicine being - salary cap hell, new system, new HC, new GM etc. etc.) then in just 2-3 years we'll be in great shape. Well, in the new NFL - given the salary cap constraints - there is a small window maybe 2, maybe 3 years where any single given team has a chance to make the playoffs. The anomaly is the New England Patriots and they're just that - an anomaly. So, though we may have a rookie QB turning into a great QB in 3 years, the rest of the team may be in shambles or maybe not. But, right now the one thing we know is that our rookie QB isn't ready - but given the right circumstances and conditions, the rest of the team may play to their potential. I rather take the known than the unknown...tomorrow isn't promised to us. The O-line may suck, the D-line may suck - in fact I agree with you. The difference is those two units aren't in rebuilding mode. They are what they are and it is what we have. I rather take my chances with a veteran QB and see how this season goes. If at some point the season is beyond our reach, then I say put our rookie QB in there and let him get his OJT. There's too much at stake this early in the season to roll the dice with an inexperienced QB. Now if we decide to go with JP later or soon, then this off season, the front office needs to go heavy into FA and get the best OLs they can find. Especially in the interior positions. Though I think Duke Preston will be fine as our new center. If we go into next season with essentially the same O-line then I hope the old man knows enough to can our GM... Charles

What a bunch of BS...if you don't get help on both lines - what do you expect?

I thought he was one of Vandy's best players, if not the best, when he was here in college...I know that doesn't like an endorsement. But, if there's one thing (and just one thing) the previous coach knew was how to coach LBs. Charles

Where's Pgh? Just wanted to know... I happen to think that with the exception of Jerry Sullivan, the columnists in WNY seem pretty fair. Sometimes a little too homer - but compared to NYC or Pittsburgh or Texas, the Bills have it easy... Charles

I think it's a good opinion piece... DiCesare Column?

I can't help thinking what markedly different fortunes the Bills and Steelers have had since the end of the Butler/Levy/Phillips era and the start of the Donahoe/Williams/Mularkey era. I know a lot of Stillers fans were crying in their beer when Donahoe left the Steel City...I know I was rejoicing when we got Donahoe. Now I can't help thinking we should have got the other guy - not that there would have been a chance in hell... At some point, he *has* to be accountable...I think Mularkey is going to be a great coach - but we need linemen...and we need to pay to get/keep them - unless we draft flawlessly and smartly...I like Evans and McGahee - but now I can't help thinking we should have drafted or traded for a money OL and got Willie Parker... Anybody know how well or how badly OJ Shelton is playing in Cleveland... Charles

But, but - we like *our* young guys....

I feel bad for Losman - the truth is our O-line blows chunks. Especially, in pass protection. Until management gets their heads out of their collective a**holes,no QB is safe. So this whole let the young guy get his on the job training now, is just insane. All we're gonna do is get him killed and destroy his confidence. In one series yesterday the opposing D-lineman was on him in 1.9 seconds. 1.9 seconds!! The combination of having no O-line, no TE who we want to throw to or a back who can pick up the blitz worth a damn, is gonna just s***f*** us. I say let's put Holcomb in there until we have an O-line worth a damn. To try to A/B the Bills against the Steelers or Patriots is just weird. Those teams have O-lines that can actually hold their blocks for longer than 3 secs. But, the way our other units have been playing - maybe we should just be resigned to "rebuilding" another year. Jeez... Charles

If Martz doesn't get fired in St Louis - there must be something else in the beer up there... Charles

Not to mention we handed him the keys after putting a vet QB (albeit a poorly performing one) out on the curb. If that doesn't tell him the coaches trust him - nothing will... Charles

I think this is an excellent book. Bass Bible As for video instruction, I would recommend the HomeSpun Tapes bass video: HomeSpun Bass I'm a straight ahead guitar player, so take it for what it's worth... ;-) Good luck, Charles ps. You might want to find out who is fave band/bass player/music act is and then find out if they have some kind of instructional book/video.

Arruhaahhaa - that should be a sig file... "Internally, I thought "Roscoe is more like an Ewok...But a damn fast Ewok with amazing pass-catching skills."

Shh...dang it - don't tell everybody...Oh, goddammit...Asheville rocks! Charles

We moved from Rochester to Nashville a few years back and have not regretted the move. We moved here for (in order): 1) We already had some family here. 2) The music business. 3) Weather. 4) The real/day job. 5) Cost of living & No income tax. I think Nashville offers some of the big city amenities with a mid size city feel. Plus Southwest Airlines uses it as a hub. You can fly almost anywhere in the lower 48 for reasonable cost. Where it falls short are the state's political climate (depending on your leanings), city schools and trout fishing... But still worth checking out IMHO. Charles

Freddie Mercury in a Queen reunion concert - ala Live Aid. That would rock so bad... Charles

Darryl Talley - intense, intense, intense - how could you quit if you were his team mate? Jim Kelly - for obvious reasons Honorable mention - two of my fave Bills of all time: * Doug Flutie - say what you want about him, the games were always interesting with him in it. Plus the opposition always was terrified of him getting outta the pocket. * James Lofton - there have been better receivers in the game - But in my relatively short time watching American football, no one (except Rice & Moss) was more graceful and played the position more intelligently than Lofton. Plus he was really, really smart and articulate. Charles

Yeah, and by then it will be too late...I thought Dom Capers quote about putting the best five out there was interesting. Think they know LT is an important position? nah...TD and our front office must surely know what the heck they are doing... Charles

Apart from the waste of resources, the thing that bothers me about this is the social tolerance...you know if the guy did this - it would just be how evil men are and the poor thing left at the altar etc. etc. But because it's the bride, it's she just couldn't take the pressure... Friggin, double standard... C

The Roscoe pick blows - not because he isn't a fair player - but 2nd round? We could have had a vet 3rd/slot WR from friggin anywhere. There were a bazillion more values for that pick. I like the TE, CB and Gelsinger pick. Don't know enough about the other picks to have an opinion. Our ass is out on the wind until a LT and a DT step up or step in. Charles

If some QB needy team doesn't pick up McPherson...they're blind...He's a big time value pick at this point. Guy already has some pro ball experience.

Though I don't think TD is a moron. I think he out thinks himself. I think he got schooled by Green(AZ), TB and the Eagles. He overplayed is I have TH for a pick hand. He doesn't have to trade TH this is true. But I can just see this being a big time locker room distraction. But my biggest concern is that we don't have a bona fide LT yet - Gandy or Teague won't cut it. Though I think Teague may be an adequate stop gap. This draft makes no sense. Some of their moves just don't seem strategically sound. Even if Parrish and Everett end up being Pro Bowlers - we could have probably had them later. Weird. Charles

I was just thinking that we needed a #3 WR with Aiken, Reed and a whole bunch of others in our stable. PLus with some June 1st cuts looming... And I was thinking we should pick one that was rated 20-something in terms of depth of receiver talent in the draft... Brilliant... ( What I really mean - arrogance, arrogance, arrogance - TD true to form.) C

Yeah, it's just that all the reports have him as a high character guy - coachable. Questionable arm. Maybe the Tedford jinx is true. I think the big knock was shotgun passer.

Man, what did Rodgers do in a previous life? He sure is falling...

That was funny... Ratzinger is a borderline fascist...These are dark times in the Catholic Church. We're gonna lose even more faithful Catholics. Sigh - at least JP II had a social justice conscience. Mended old wounds across the world. Even Muslims loved him. Rat has a his own "ultra conservative" agenda. He's gonna reopen some old wounds. I really, really hope I'm wrong about all of this. I see liberal priests being made to "toe the line." Charles