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Good God, reading that is painful.

I wouldn't be shocked if Chris Simms was the starter at some point. The kid has some talent and was doing moderately well for Tampa before he got hurt. Either way, I think they'll definitely miss Cutler. He didn't play defense but he at least kept them in games and gave them an opportunity to win. Their D was horrible against Buffalo, but Cutler gave them multiple chances to win.

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The Edwards rating doesn't seem too far off. Once we drop the homer glasses, I think it's rather obvious that trent was a very average QB last year (above average during the 5-1 stretch and below average for the rest of the year). Is there a potential rating that governs how rapidly a player progresses? Trent's potential should be up, but I don't think he necessarily warrants a high current rating. The Stafford rating definitely seems too high, but Madden has a penchant for overrating rookies.

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Why does everything have to come down to race?

Anyone know what networks (if any) plan on carrying the league?

Are they really trying to set themselves up in this way? Their website seems to indicate that they want to compete as an independent entity without the affiliation (or more importantly) the support of the NFL. The other minor league systems you cited are kept viable by their affiliation with the parent organizations. I'm not sure how eager an NFL team will be to let a player under contract play (and risk getting hurt) for a UFL team. I do see your point about the league ending early so that players can then move to the NFL while the season is still in full swing, which would give players incentive to participate in the league over others, but I'm not sure about the rest of it. I'm rather new to the whole UFL thing, so I could be wrong here and would prefer your answer to be correct as it would make for a more interesting system. Do you have a link to the info?

"The UFL will play in the fall, during traditional football season, to establish the league as a viable entity and will offer real, 11-on-11, outdoor professional football in NFL quality stadiums/venues. The UFL will play its regular season games on Thursday and Friday evenings in the fall, with the first regular season game kicking off in October and the Championship Game scheduled for Thanksgiving weekend" IMO, trying to go head to head with the NFL and college football is a huge mistake. Why not play games in the Spring when there is no competition? I know they're probably anticipating having some crossover viewership from people already in the football mode, but most people who have an NFL team and a college team will not have time to add on a UFL team.

You make that assumption under what premise? Because she owned a cat and is enraged that it was killed? The crime seems pretty heartless. I hope he gets the severest penalty possible. Hell, I'd be fine with letting the dead cats' owners publicly stone the little bastard to death.

Well, it worked for Shakespeare...

Below is an excerpt from the article: Marshall is not out of the woods yet, however. He is scheduled to stand trial in Atlanta next week for two counts of misdemeanor battery, charges that stem from a March 2008 domestic incident involving Watley. "The pending case will be subject to review when appropriate," Aiello told ESPN on Tuesday. "The notification [Marshall] received from our office applied only to the March 1st incident." Unless I'm reading this wrong, it seems like the other charges, if they stick, may result in a suspension.

Good point, there were many games in the middle of the season where we outplayed the opponent but couldn't score 7 when we got in the red zone or turned the ball over too often (the first games against Miami and New York and the Monday night game come to mind). This would indicate that our offense's ability to move the ball was better but that we suffered breakdowns in other areas that more than compensated for the improvement.

Sure, let's sign him, add Vick, and see if Travis Henry is interested in making a comeback.

I thought we were playoff bound and applauded the Jauron signing. The Dolphins loss was disturbing, but I thought it was just a fluke and didn't become seriously concerned until the first Jets game.

This idea makes a lot of sense. I can't figure out why more people aren't in favor of it.

1. NFL (Bills) 2. NHL (Sabres) 2. NCAA Football (Seminoles) 3. MLB (Tampa Rays) 4. NCAA Basketball (Seminoles) NBA- N/A

Well, thank you for being an !@#$. I'm glad to see that when you disagree with someone else's point, you ignore the argument itself and resort to random personal attacks. The same way I can tell you're ignorant

Now the two people debating with Skip are praising Buffalo's treatment of TO, calling it a great move. Unsurprisingly, Skip called it a dumb move, step one on the road to disaster (the second part is composed of my words not his)

SuperBills12, while I agree with you, I'm not sure if this was the right forum to bring the issue up. To those who have responded so far, I understand that you think the initial poster is being overly sensitive and making a big deal about nothing, as most of your jokes are not supposed to be taken seriously. However, if you think about it this way, maybe you'll understand where he's coming from. Our culture, for whatever reason (I won't go into it), has created a point to point connection between homosexuality and something being dumb, stupid, or otherwise deficient. Anyone who uses the word gay in this way is propagating this stereotype whether they mean to or not. I don't expect most of you to agree with or seriously consider this assessment nor do I want to dictate how you should and should not act (it's your life). However, try substituting a word that defines your own identity (whether it's your race, class, religion, etc) in place of the word gay and ask yourself if you or someone else in your social group (parents, friends, etc) might be offended if people devalued your identity with such regularity. Unless I've got SuperBills12 wrong, he doesn't mean that you are all homophobic but that you're feeding into this normal vs. homosexual binary by using gay to mean that something is bad, stupid, dumb, etc.

Sorry about the horrible grammar in the thread title.

On ESPN's First Take, Skip just said Buffalo is one of the few teams who might take a chance on Vick. He cited a need to raise attendance and keep the team in Buffalo (yes, really) as the reasons for why Buffalo grabbed TO and would be the team most likely to make a move for Vick. I completely disagree with his assessment (both in terms of his logic and conclusion) What are your thoughts?

Even though he isn't in a contract year, Trent's contract will need to change if he has a good season. If he plays well, they'll need to offer him a better contract to keep him happy and rightly so. The Bills will almost definitely wait until the end of the season to do this regardless of how well he plays.

Pats- 10-6 (Brady is good but not as good as he was before the injury) Bills- 10-6 (Bills underachieved last season; Edwards takes the next step. Most at TwoBillsDrive.com are still not happy ) Dolphins- 7-9 (overachieved last year) Jets 4-12 (not a good team, all hype)

? It's really about time to focus on 2009 anyway