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Everyone is on Notice

November 20th, 2009

When Dick Jauron was the Buffalo Bils head coach many players got away with things.

However, with Perry Fewell the head coach now things will change at one Bills drive.

Fewell is a intense person that will not tolerate consistent screw ups from his players.

Just in the first practice under him there was noticble change as they in pads and hitting on Wednesday when they never did it before.

Also, there were reports that Fewell got into players faces for consistent false starts and offsides.

In the end there is finally hope that this year will not be as bad as it has been.

Some Progress on Concussions

November 20th, 2009

The National Football League’s committee on concussions have for a while now have ignored the findings of Dr. Bennett Omalu.

Finally, some progress is being made as the National Football League Players Association has asked for the removal of the committee’s co-chairman Ira Casson.

The news is a clear sign that Smith is concerned about all the big problems of the players and not just about the Collective bargaining agreement like former executive director Gene Upshaw was.

The seat should be filled by only two people and they are Dr. Omalu and Dr. Julian Bailes who is Bailes partner in this endeavor after being the first to recognize his work.

In the end if the NFL doesn’t offer either of them a seat then the NFL truly doesn’t care about it.

Bills Have a Good Chance at Top Coaches

November 20th, 2009

Buffalo News columnist Jerry Sullivan made his usual appearance on WGR 550 painting the Buffalo Bills as a tough sell to top coaches.

The fact of the matter is that the Bills have a good of shot as any.

Sullivan painted the Bills as a tough sell with their annual game in Toronto and their cash to cap system.

The fact is coaches don’t care where their team plays what matters is that they win.

As for the cash to cap system that doesn’t, becasue the Denver Broncos use the same very accounting system when Mike Shanahan was head coach.

The cash to cap accounting philosophy is just merely a way to keep players salaries within reasonability as the salary cap has gotten out of control due to the method of figuring it out.

The fact the matter is there are two things that matter the most to the top coaches is being paid what they want and complete control of football operations.

In the end the reality is Wilson realizes his time is running out and if he doesn’t go all out this time he will never win a Superbowl before he passes.

Vikings are as Good as Gone

November 19th, 2009

The Minnesota Vikings for a while now have been trying to get a new stadium for quite some time now.

With what is being reported in the Minneapolis Star Tribune the Minnesota Vikings will be gone after the lease expires in 2011.

According to the Star Tribune, the Minneapolis Sports Facility Commission tried to get the Vikings to extend their current lease on the Metrodome thru 2013 with an incentive of handing ove all post season receipts.

The only thing that did was infuriate the Vikings more as they are adamant that they will not sign another lease without a deal for a new stadium.

The Vikings need a new stadium as the one they have is out of date is hampering the Vikings from drawing the revenues necessary for long term success financially and on the field.

In the end the governments in Minnesota better wake up, because time is running out.

Tragedy for a Great Man

November 19th, 2009

Chris Spielman played his career in Detroit and then signed as a unrestricted free agent with the Buffalo Bills and after two years with the Bills retired to help out his ailing wife Stephanie who developed breast cancer.

Tragedy struck the Spielman family as Stephanie died from her long battle with cancer.

Spielman is truly one of the greatest men to ever played the game.

I remember an interview that he did with former WGR 550 host Chuck Dickerson.

The interview was just so amazing that the interview was played again due to listener request.

Stephanie use her husband stardom to start educating people on breast cancer.

In the end a great person lost their life, but what they need to remember is that they will see her again on the other side and to celebrate her life’s accomplishments.

A Glass Half Full

November 19th, 2009

Many people in the media point out that the decision for New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick to go for it on fourth down and two is a sign of a lack of confidence in his defense.

In an interview with Tom Curran of CSNNE.com, Patriots linebacker Jerod Mayo is looking at it as a sign of confidence.

Mayo stated that the move of going for it on fourth down is simply coach Belichick doing what he thought was best to win.

Also, going for it shows that Belichick was confident that the defense could stop the Indianapolis Colts with a short field to get a touchdown.

In the end Mayo is right this is the New England Patroits and after going 16-0 only two seasons ago the Patriots can do anything it wants.

Thompson and McCarthy Should be in Trouble

November 19th, 2009

In the second round of th 2008 National Football League Draft the Green Bay Packers stunned many people when they took quarterback Brian Brohm.

With Brohm signing with the Buffalo Bills, along with getting nothing in return for him, general manager Ted Thompson and head coach Mike McCarthy should be fired just for that.

The Packers get nothing in return for Brohm signing with the Bills as he was on the practice squad and teams can sign players off anyother team’s practice squad on to their active roster.

The Packers’ move to put second round draft pick only from a year and a half ago, along with being a quarterback which are highly sought after, is the stupidest move a team can ever make.

Essentially, the Packers gave away a draft pick for free, which has to be history making.

In the end this fiasco should cost Thompson and McCarthy their jobs.

Clearance for Westbrook Means Nothing

November 19th, 2009

According to ProFootballTalk.com, Philadelphia Eagles running back Brian Westbrook was told by doctors he would make a full recovery.

The fact of the matter is clearance from doctors nowadays mean nothing in regards to concussion.

What the report means is that there will be no symptoms right now.

However, the hidden problem is that multiple concussions build up tau proteins that result in mental diseases later in life.

In the end Westbrook is at a point where the next concussion can do a lot of damage and really needs to evaluate if football is that important.

A Shrewd Move by Bills

November 19th, 2009

The Buffalo Bills have already found their next quarterback of the future in Brian Brohm off the Green Bay Packers practice squad.

The move was one of the shrewest moves that any franchise could have done.

Brohm was a second round pick for the Packers in 2008 and at one point was thought to be the dirst overall pick.

Many people may be skeptical if Brohm is any good since he was on the practice squad.

However, that was more likely the Packers stashing a quarterback for future considerations.

With Brohm riding the bench all last year and most of this year once he gets the playbook down he should be able to start for the last four or five games.

I will give Bills COO Russ Breandon credit he obtained one of the more highly thought of younf backup quarterbacks without ever giving up a draft pick.

With th Bills contacting Shanahn you have to wonder if he told the Bills he be more inclined to take the job if they signed Brohm.

In the end Bills fans have a reason to watch the rest of the season.

Roski Needs to Buy a Team

November 18th, 2009

Ed Roski is building a new stadium in hopes of brining a team to Los Angeles.

If a team is ever going to bring a team to LA it is going to due to him buying a team and relocating it himself.

NFL owners are comfortable with their situations as very few teams need new stadiums.

The ones that do have loyal fan bases, which means that the team will do anything to stay.

There have only been two teams that moved recently in Baltimore Ravens and the Tennessee Titans and in both instances the owners left due to the city refusing to give a new lease.

In the end it was foolish of Roski to build a stadium as he has very little chance to ever have a team move there.