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How am I being thin skinned? I didn't take offense to anything he said. I agree with him that it was puzzling why they brought him in. I just questioned his comment, "I've erased last year from my mind. I don't remember anything from the Bills." That's a pretty strong comment and I laughed out loud and thought, "I bet his former teammates appreciate that." Nothing more, nothing less. Btw, why did you put "teammates" in quotes?

I'm sure T-Jax's former Bills' teammates appreciate being thought of so fondly.

The guy did "nothing too good" in Baltimore to such an extent that he was seriously considered as the team's new offensive coordinator. Yeah, it sounds like Harbaugh really disliked the job he did.

Actually, it's not. He's making it more difficult on himself with the way he's handling it. Just answering with the typical cliche lines and a smile gets the job done and over with without all the drama. Now he's become a story and he'll get even more attention. There are articles being written about him acting bazar. There would be no articles about him if he spoke in cliche. If he's looking for the easy road he took a wrong turn.

Now that is a tough bet.

I didn't like the Whitner pick or the Spiller pick at the time they were picked. I remember when Spiller's name was called I cursed loudly in what can only be called a semi-insane rant of anger. Sure Jackson was 29 at the time but you don't spend a top 10 pick on one of the few positions you're set at on your team. Lynch was still on the team at the time, there was nothing forcing them to trade him and the Bills had loads of holes to fill. As for Whitner I said it then and I'll say it now, you don't draft a Safety that high unless he's so good you think he'll be an all time great - a game changer. Those guys don't come around that often at that position. Whitner was not that type of special talent. You'll never see me killing them for taking a guy like McCargo or M. Williams. Those were highly regarded players who would have filled big needs for the Bills. Sure they missed but misses happen to everybody.

He'll be a rookie of the year candidate (or maybe rookie of the year) and then it'll be a straight drop down. The guy has so much media attention and lacks the maturity to be able to deal with it and everything else that goes along with it. He will be Vince Young V2.0. But hey, you'll get a year of "I TOLD YOU SO!" before the media circus that covers his self implosion feeds on him like a wake of vultures.

If I had to choose a guy right now to have going forward? Absolutely I'd take Lynch. If I had to choose 3 years ago when the Bills got rid of Lynch? I'd have taken Jackson and the choice wouldn't have been difficult. Jackson was the better runner, better receiver, better pass blocker, better leader and better human being. Hell, even today he's still all of those things except better runner. The hard part to swallow in all this is that the Bills used a 1st round pick on Lynch then turned around and used another 1st round pick on Spiller when they already had Fred Jackson on the team. In fact, Jackson was the Bills best player the season before they drafted Spiller. It's picks that that which keep the Bills spinning their wheels year after year.

Lynch couldn't beat out an un-drafted, arena league football Fred Jackson. Maybe that Fred Jackson guy is pretty good...

The thing is that he only got his shot because it was dysfunctional Cleveland. And even then he was like their 3rd or 4th option. Pettine will fall flat on his face and I won't feel any pity for him, he decided to take a job that the other premiere coordinators knew to be toxic because he wanted the job NOW. He was in line to have a top 5-10 D this year with all that talent and he'd get better opportunities next year or the year after. And while he's right that there are only 32 of these jobs in the world its also true that most first time HC failures don't get second chances - so you better make sure that first time is a perfect fit.

Lucky bastard. That sounds amazing. For my money they're one of the all time greats.

Smart money says neither gets there. Not with the organizations their currently attached to.

Blood Sugar was the beginning of their pop transition though. Sure, a lot of it is similar to their earlier stuff but more polished but songs like Breaking the Girl and Under the Bridge were the types of songs you'd never have heard from them on previous albums. The same goes for Metallica. Their self titled "black" album was the beginning of the end. Suddenly their 8 minute jam-season like songs were cut to 3-4 minutes so they could get video and radio time. And tunes like "The Unforgiven" and "Nothing Else Matters" were the warning shot fired across the bow. When I heard those songs I knew the Metallica I loved was pretty much over. Even the much loved "Enter Sandman" is more mainstream metal than tracks on their previous albums.

I thought this was an interesting piece I found yesterday about the 2014 QB class. http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nfl-gm-2014-qb-class-231400978--nfl.html According to one GM:

I guess we'll disagree on their most definitive album because I haven't been able to stomach most of their stuff from the past two decades. I was a fan when Slovak was around and Fruciante's first go around. Everything since then (and even at the end of Fruciante's first stint) was pretty over-produced. Sure they became more mature and better musicians but they lost that vibrant youthful soul/energy that attracted me to them in the first place. Sometimes better isn't better. I'm guessing most would consider Blood Sugar their definitive album though I'd go with Mother's Milk with Uplift Mofo running a close second. See what all those things have in common? They were decades ago. The way I see the band they had two distinct phases - post Blood Sugar and pre. I vastly preferred the pre. I never cared for Californication, By the Way, One Hot Minute or Stadium Arcadium though to be truthful by the last few I stopped giving them my full attention to listen all the way through - it was just no longer for me. And Navarro, while a fine guitarist, was never a good fit for the Chili Peppers.

Why? Nashville's a nice city while Detroit is a dying one. It's not even close if you have a family. I'm guessing you've never been there. Add to it that Tennessee doesn't have a state income tax which makes it even more than the extra million.

We're left with half the league making the pro bowl as they keep adding replacements.

If you're going to go back that far why not just wish that Hillel Slovack rises from his grave to play the show? And I don't think it was Frusciante's departure that caused the band to sail off into obscurity, it was father time.

Obviously Welker is a thug.

What does it say when my 9 year old is more mature than an adult? My son watched the video and said, "wow, he's a really poor winner."

I'd stuff her a bunch for free.

It's amazing how all those guys at the top played in the post 2000 era where offenses have become pass first and the rules are bent in their favor...except one.

What are you talking about? The coverage wasn't good, period. In fact, even with the ball poorly thrown it took a spectacular adjustment on Sherman's part to get his hand on the ball. He had to leap, twist and swat the ball in order to save his poor positioning. If the ball is thrown to the back corner of the end zone - like it should have been - it's an easy TD. It's mind boggling how you think that coverage was actually good. I'll give him props, he made a hell of a play to save the day but had he been in good position to begin with that bad throw would have been an INT without a deflection.

Without taking a shot there's no way you land a guy. The reason "winners" don't say that is because they hit on the QB. If the Bills hit on Manuel they won't say that either. We just don't know right now. My point was that I'm not going to crucify them for drafting a guy a few spots earlier than people projected because at least they finally pulled the trigger on a QB instead of watching other teams land guys a few spots before they had them pegged.

In a way the guy is right. If the Bills had Seattle's D, their running game and R. Wilson they'd be there. Wilson, at this point in his career, isn't a guy who puts his team on his back and wins games. He's part of the machine but he fits into that machine perfectly and doesn't make the big mistakes that cost his team. He's efficient. That being said I'd love to see some efficiency out of the QB position on the Bills.