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Give me a break, somebody needs to stop taking everything so seriously.

I know, what are people thinking looting at rushing stats for a RB. I agree with you to a point, the guy is not a complete player, but your outright hatred is irrational. The guy is a solid RB, not great, but solid. The guy must have slept with your 15 year old sister or something, because that's the only thing that makes your opinion of him make any sense.

I think everybody knows JP will struggle. What I think many of these pundits are missing is that Bledsoe sucked last year about as badly as a QB can suck. The Bills D, special teams, and running game (say what you will about the Oline's pass protection, they run block well) will take pressure off JP. Will JP be as bad as Bledsoe? I'd say probably yes (I can live with those mistakes with a young QB, I can't with a 10 year vet making them). His struggles will most likely put the team around the .500 mark for the season. I don't foresee the special teams having another year like they had last year, 5 returns for TDs is asking an awful lot. These predictions from the "experts" for 4-5 wins all because of JP's growing pains are pretty outlandish Imo, particularly when these same guys predict a team like the Ravens to compete for a playoff spot when their situation is similar to ours. There isn’t a worse starting QB in the league than Boller.

I'm sorry, that signing bonus does not make the contract "guaranteed", the bonus is normally a pretty small fraction of the overall value of the contract (particularly for the non-superstar players). The majority of the players that hold out are draft picks playing under their first contract and most of these guys get jack **** for signing bonuses. The nature of football is such that your career can be over and done in a single moment, these guys should be doing whatever they can to make sure their futures are secure and if they're way outplaying their current contract the smart move is to try to renegotiate. If the team you're playing for refuses to do so, the best move for a player is to hold out. Claiming that the $300 k these draft picks get in signing bonus is a "guaranteed" part of their contract when a player is playing like a $5 million a year player is ridiculous. Why should the player be paid according to what people “thought” he'd do and not what he's actually doing? I see this complaint over and over again going the opposite way, when the player gets a huge contract before he does a thing, but when a 2nd rounder plays like a pro bowler and wants more money the fans claim he's "greedy." That being said, there are certainly instances when a player is just out and out wrong for holding out (the TO holdout comes to mind) but to just take the side of management every time against a player is ridiculous imo.

Exactly. If the owners are not bound to the contract there is no reason the players should be either. If a player doesn't play up to a contract they get cut, yet if they outplay a contract they're simply supposed to play out the contract? That makes no sense. You can't have it both ways, give the players guaranteed contracts and I'd agree that holding out is wrong, otherwise they have every right to do what they can to get what they're worth.

With that analysis I'm wondering how the hell you figure the Bills will win 7-8. You had nothing good to say about them, so why don't you see them going 4-12? Some of your thoughts aren't bad, but the fact that you try to degrade every aspect of the Bills team shows me that you're not even trying to be fair.

Isn't there a one " " limit per post? If not, there should be!

It's a shame your parents didn't do this. If they did, you wouldn't be asking society to keep certain factions of itself away from you. Do I find crying kids in movie theaters annoying? Sure I do. Do I find children smashing crackers at the next table distracting? Of course. But I don't shrivel up in the fetal position hoping that parents will keep their kids out of my way because I simply don't have the capacity to deal with it. Kids (and the annoying things kids do) are part of society, keeping them bottled up at home away from those with limited patience isn't going to teach them the things they need to know to get along in society. To do that they need (gasp!) extensive social interactions, in a variety of settings (like, for instance, a restaurant)

Yeah, someone here is wallowing in self-importance...

Why do you care what's in the top 10? Is this the extent of the films you go to see? There are TONS of good films made every year. You just need to seek them out instead of having the Hollywood marketing department decide what's worth seeing for you. There's an entire world of cinema out there, if you're tired of Hollywood check out what the rest of the world is producing (or hell, check out what's coming from the US outside of the top 10 lists).

How do the rules work for overseas players? If Mike Williams couldn't get into the NFL because he wasn't 3 years removed from high school why can this 19 year old guy from England?

ns, you need 3 solid CBs on your roster, minimum...the Bills don't have 3. Taylor might not be the player he once was, but he's better than everybody on our roster except Clements.

Going down the top 100 grossing films of all time, adjusted for inflation, these are the films I haven't seen: The Ten Commandments (1956) Thunderball (1965) Love Story (1970) Cleopatra (1963) Around the World in 80 Days (1956) The Bells of St. Mary's (1945) The Passion of the Christ (2004) The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) House of Wax (1953) How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921) Of course, today not all of these films are "famous", even though they obviously were back when they were released. The two films that are still considered "big" films today on that list (not counting the ones that are recent releases) are The Ten Commandments and Cleopatra...so I guess that's my answer.

Does anybody else see the irony of every other poster calling others "hot pockets" now...?

Up until a few years ago Moulds was most definately considered one of the tope 5 WRs in the league by many.

WTF do album sales have to do with the music? What the hell do I care how an album sells...its all about the music, period. Radiohead, the Pixies, Public Enemy and many of the others on that list made great f'in albums, I give a sh-- if the public was perceptive enough to go out and buy the album or of the bands/record companies didn't put the cash behind a marketing campaign to sell the album. And its not like these are small garage bands anyway, these almost all big name bands, if you haven't heard of 'em then you probably haven't been paying attention to music in the past 15 years or so.

Yeah, because popularity is indicative of quality Have fun listening to your Backstreet Boys and Britney Spears BF...

I've never understood why Americans are so infatuated with Hollywood. There are loads and loads of great films made every year from all around the world if one is willing to search them out (and I’m not just talking about foreign films that companies like Miramax decide to distribute). I realize that most people in this country don't live in a place that shows many of these films, which is a shame...however, most films that get any sort of distribution end up on Netfilx at one point or another. Sure seeing a film at home isn't the same experience as going to the theater, but it beats handing of loads of cash for "blockbuster" fair that usually falls flat. Its amazing what one can find if they don’t just allow the Hollywood marketing squad to determine what they go see.

That's actually a pretty good list for the most part. OK Computer, It Takes a Nation, Sufer Rosa and 3 Feet High and Rising are all amazing albums...and Nevermind is pretty damn good too. As much as I love OK computer, I'd go with The Bends as Radiohead's best...and I'd place it right behind Jane's Addictinos "Nothing's Shocking" as my favorite album of the past 20 years (Surfer Rosa would most likely slide into the 3 spot).

I don't believe Drew lacks the burning desire to succeed, I think he lacks the ability to make quick reads and throw the short/intermediate throws accurately. You can want to excell all you want, but if you just can't do things that are necessary for success, you're bound to fail.

If by "all categories" you mean TD's and YPR then you'd be right...but if you're going to include those pesky categories like receptions and yards you might want to reconsider this statement.

That would be an adaptation, not a remake. Best remake of a film: His Girl Friday (remake of The Last Page...which was an adaptation of a play) Best remake of a song: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Higher Ground

I can't think of a single player that missed the majority of their first 2 seasons with injuries that ever came back to have a productive career. Winslow is pretty much done imo.

I'm not sure I get your logic here...why would TD refuse a 5th rounder only to release Henry for nothing?

I'd think a sign of the apocalypse would be that people actually care who has a star on the Hollywood walk of fame...