MDH

I don't know how many times I've come to off the wall and skimmed through the thread titles and read this one as "man catches a tampon."

I guess they didn't need any help pulling the plug, they managed fine by themselves.

Best player on the team last year: Probably Spiller. Best player on the team this year: I'll go Gilmore. He's going to blossom into one of the top 3 CBs in the league.

The problem with this one is that none of them look good after either.

"Maddog69" thinks they look foolish...

Hah, I'm in baseball mode, that's why. My bad.

He might miss some of Spring Training but he'll be in camp before it breaks in an attempt to miss little to no playing time. My main point is there is no way in hell he's sitting out until week 10. I seriously doubt he'll miss a single game.

He can sit out until week 10 and then get paid but I seriously doubt he'd see the field in the last 6 weeks as anything other than a reserve seeing as he'd be lost in the new system. It would ultimately amount to sitting out the entire year and players who sit out the entire year don't hit FA pay dirt the following season. Byrd pretty much has no choice but to show up once spring training rolls around because he needs to get in games and prove to the rest of the league (or the Bills for that matter) that he's worth big cash. The Bills don't need to trade Byrd unless they feel they got the right deal or it's just becoming too much of a distraction and they'd rather it be over with. All that being said I doubt it comes to this. Byrd will be signed at some point before the season starts.

It's funny how you left off the end of that conclusion: "In a better situation and the right scheme, Johnson could easily be competing at the top of the league with the best receivers outside of guys like Calvin Johnson and Larry Fitzgerald."

What's worse, minding your business with a prostitute or endangering everybody's life on the road by videotaping out of the car while you're driving? And I'm no lawyer, but is it legal open up a person's car in a parking lot?

How are we defining "underrated" and "overrated?" By popularity? By how they are regarded by people who are really into music? Take a band like Dream Theater. They're revered - much like Rush - as a band of almost infinite talent by those who've listened to them extensively. Of course, they're relatively unknown by the masses. I could see a case for making them "underrated" because of their lack of popularity given their musical talents and influence on other musicians ...or I could see someone who just doesn't care for them label them as "overrated" or "indulgent" because many consider them one of the best bands around and one of the most influential ones to other musicians. Underrated Dream Theater - I fall in the former category. Some of the best music (obviously Imo) in the past 20 years has been put out by DT. To see them live is to fully understand how great they are. There is no drop off from their studio albums. Faith No More - Known mostly for "Epic" which is really one of their weaker efforts. Not an all time great band but one that had pretty big influence on other musicians yet gets little credit. At the Drive in/Mars Volta - Two different bands but with the same creative force. Fantastic stuff. Pixies - They get lots of credit as a major influence to other bands but I don't feel they get enough from the public. Nirvana, Radiohead, White Stripes, hell, even David Bowie all cite them as a major influence on their music as do loads of other musicians. Granted, the Pixies were influenced by the Stooges so maybe they should be on this list instead of the Pixies but I think Iggy Pop gets enough credit though. Clutch - Not the most talented band but damn if they don't have a knack for creating catchy riffs that are enjoyable as hell to listen to. Overrated GNR Nine Inch Nails The Clash - yeah, I'm going to get hammered for this one but I could just never get into them. They were always kind of "meh" for me. I don't hate 'em but from my perspective their stuff isn't deserving of the love-fest they get. And really, the OP is listing Jethro Tull as "overrated" simply because they used a flute? What an extremely limited palet you must have. There is nothing "overrated" about Jethro Tull.

Then give us another reason for calling him a "thug." What's he done?

The ring is still his even in the above situation. The guy being a criminal doesn't mean you get to steal from him to make up for it. However, the police should get involved and charges filed and a civil suit should also come into play where the woman would likely get more than the ring was valued at anyway. At least that's the way I see it.

Luck's easily the best of them in mine. Guy QB'd the team with the worst record in the NFL the previous season to an 11 win season. This with a D that didn't help much (ranked 26th in yds, 21st in points.)

' I'd agree with this for everybody but the GM. The buck stops there as he's hired/selected all the coaches, players and scouts that comprise the organization.

True, but the same thing goes the other way. If a fan is critical at all they are "spewing venom" or "a hater." Personally, I just try to be as objective as possible which is sometimes positive and sometimes negative. The people who I tend not to listen to are the ones who are always positive or always negative - it all just becomes spin.

Not that it's not high up- and I'd be holding on for dear life if I was up there - but all these vids are shot with extremely wide angle lenses which greatly exaggerates the distances and makes everything on the ground look much smaller than it really would if you were up there yourself.

If that's how you define it you need to come up with a better title for it because a "#1 WR" is simply a guy who is the best WR on his team - that's it. A "legit #1 WR" would therefore be one of the top 32 guys in the league. I think what you mean to say is "elite." And no, Stevie is not elite. That's not quite the same thing and you know it. All quality WRs get on the field as there are 3-4 on each team who see significant action. The same can't be said of QBs when only one starts. That being said, yeah, I'd say Fitz is a legit starter as I don't think there are 32 better QBs in the league than him. He's not a quality starter though.

I was literally typing this in the box when I looked up and saw your post. He was unbelievably good in that game.

To be a legit #1 WR all he has to be is one of the top 32 WRs in the league. Is there really anybody who doesn't think he is? Nobody is saying he's Calvin Johnson but he's a legit #1, even if he isn't in the upper echelon of those #1s.

That's not what it comes down to. As Buddy himself pointed out, "show me the baby." Winning is the bottom line in this league, otherwise it's just someone's perspective/opinion on how good/bad they think the roster is. Winning, period. From a record perspective - the only objective perspective there is - these teams were worse than the teams before who went 7-9, 7-9, 6-10. Now, if the current coaching staff and the players drafted this year prove to be the thing that turns the Bills into a contender then Nix gets much of the credit for it. So until we know what we have in this bunch Nix gets an "incomplete."

Habit

What's that say about his route running, burst and/or his ability to find soft spots if he can't get separation at that level? I like the hands and his height but unless he can get open he's not going to have much success in the NFL. You can't expect him to make catch after catch with guys draped all over him at this level.

And this without the benefit of a quality QB to throw him the ball. I always felt badly for him that he never got to realize his full potential with the jokes at QB the Bills fielded. If Moulds played with a HoF type QB I'm convinced he'd be on his way to the HoF.