" I feel like if you got a good DM, a Monster Manual, four nerds, and a well-drawn map you could D&D the crap out of this team and come up with a playoff berth."
heh

So this article about fine tuning the LA stadium proposal had this little bit that made me sit up with concern buried down inside:
"AEG's $1 billion-plus plan for a 72,000- to 76,000-seat stadium on part of the city's convention center campus is one of two competing proposals to bring professional football back to Los Angeles, 15 years after the Rams and Raiders left the nation's second-largest market.
"Warehouse magnate Ed Roski has permits in place to build a separate 75,000-seat stadium about 15 miles east of Los Angeles, in the city of Industry, but also hasn't secured a team.
"Both camps have said they hope to recruit a franchise - and possibly two - from among those in the league that need a new stadium but are unable to get one built in their current locations."
Goes on to mention the usual suspect franchises, but not the Bills. Still, doesn't make me feel good that LA investors are targeting not just one, but two franchises.

Tell me, what would it have taken to get an A? Reach for Ponder? Ridiculous.

1, 3, 4 and Okoye to Denver? Could just be background noise.

Prisco has a short article on the apparent decline in Offensive Line play in the NFL. The Bills O-Line is ranked dead last, by the way.

Research is raising questions about the benefits of surgery to repair damaged knee ligaments.

Wow.

Write up by Tim Graham about Wang and how his parents have been training him to be a professional athlete since the cradle.

"It was only a matter of time before the generation that grew up playing Madden and games like it transformed the gridiron. For years, the sophisticated play of professional teams trickled down to their college and high school counterparts. Recently, that flow has been reversed. Now the way football is played in high school and college — a style dominated by the so-called spread offense, which involves a lot of passing and relies on quick reads by the quarterback to analyze the opposing team’s defense — is bubbling up to the NFL. The sport is being taken over by something you might call Maddenball — a sophisticated, high-scoring, pass-happy, youth-driven phenomenon."

Thought people might find this interesting.

The Bills make this dubious list.

And here comes the pile-on. If this season really goes pear shaped early, expect the national media to do everything they can to play up the TO angle of this implosion.

He's filed paperwork to run...

Many of us, though pleased with some of the really high rankings the Bills have gotten this week, might be a little nervous about expectations that are too high. Dr. Z gives us some perspective.

Bills seem to be moving up everyone's rankings - but the fact that Prisco has grudgingly started to recognize what's going on in Buffalo, thought it might be of interest.

Peter King picks the Rams for an upset win over Buffalo this weekend.

Check it out.

This is corny, but the Bills mascot, Billy Buffalo, is in the quarterfinals in some mascot competition on cbssportsline.com. He's up against Poe, the Ravens mascot. If you're bored, vote and vote often.

http://www.sportsline.com/spin/story/10876042