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This is a myth and has been for a while. The entire off season after his senior year, Manuel had a meteoric rise up the charts, from his bowl win, the entire Senior Bowl practice week and game, to the combine, pro days and every private workout. By the time the draft arrived he was projected to go somewhere from 20-25 in the first round. The Eagles were strongly considering trading back into the first round to get him with another team, possibly the Jest, rumored to do the same. He was never considered less than a late first rounder by a consensus of the scouting community. This myth picked up steam because the Cowboys publicly said they had him rated as a 4th rounder and by the accepted knowledge that while he possessed every physical trait you'd want in a QB, he was still gonna be a developmental project in his transition to the pro game. He was never slated to start his first year but nobody expected him to outplay Kolb in camp and for Kolb to get injured and lost for the year. He's doing now what he should have been doing last season. GO BILLS!!! EJ doesn't have arm strength? LOL!. You are the first person in history to hold that opinion. Arm strength is the very least of his issues. GO BILLS!!!

You are then granted the special Young Turk waiver by the senior voting committee. Welcome aboard. GO SABRES!!!

Any of you young turks that voted against Bert in the other poll, need to abstain from this vote as you aren't qualified to evaluate the 1975 team in any context whatsoever. Hats of to Biodork for bringing a measure of integrity to the process. GO SABRES!!!

I laughed, I cried, I enjoyed the ride. A true Capraesque moment. Well done, PA.

It does little to further Manuel's development to play him in a meaningless game played alongside teammates with meaningless expectations. This is a classic run for the bus scenario where it's just too easy for OLmen to not finish blocks and receivers not to sell out in their routes, etc. If Manuel lays an egg it only serves to raise the clamor going into the offseason. If he plays lights out, it's in a meaningless game anyway and gives rise to criticism that Marrone should have played him all along. Smart to avoid it all together. Orton drove this bus. He needs to park it. GO BILLS!!!

"Gil isn't even close." "I never saw Gil play a single game." I rest my case. GO SABRES!!!

LOL! In some future poll many years from now, they will suffer the same outrage at the lack of respect for Dom by youngins that never saw him play. GO SABRES!!!

I laughed. Nicely done. GO SABRES!!!

Absolutely! If he had a signature phrase, it was when an errant puck went over the glass and it was always, "And there's a souvenir for a lucky fan from the Sloan Kiwanis Club!", or some other civic group. That said, my vote goes to Bert (or doesn't go to Bert for the poll purposes). And while my nostalgic bias may be playing a role in that decision and Hasek may have been a better player at his position, Perreault hoisted this franchise on his shoulders from its inception and kept it there. And to this very day, there has NEVER been another player that induces that butterfly in the gut feeling EVERY TIME they wind up with the puck behind their own net to start a rush. When I think of what it may have been like if we lost that spin of the wheel, I shudder. It literally would have been a COMPLETELY different franchise. And not for the better, I think. GO BILLS!!!

This reminds me of perhaps the funniest thing a fan ever yelled towards the Sabre's bench. It was vs. the Jets on 11/26, in the middle of a snooze fest that we eventually lost 2-1 and before we started our roll. He had been ragging on the Sabres the entire game. In the third period he yells in his best Maximus gladiator voice yells: "Are we not entertained?!!!" And then answers himself: "NO!!!!" GO SABRES!!!

Best PR this picture ever received. You can't buy this kind of media interest. I predict this movie will do great at the box office. People will line up to see it out of a sense of patriotic duty at this point. Masterful.

Torture evil, Cuba not bad.

Long overdue.

Is it OK to say trading Risto is taking the short bus to good ideas? GO SABRES!!!

God bless, GoDD. That was extremely funny stuff. Perhaps a record for ballbusting around here. GO SABRES!!!

I didn't bother. Between the subject content, the Wall Street Journal link, and the views of the poster that linked it, I didn't think it was necessary.

Well then, by all means, that makes it right. Where's the poll that surveys how we feel about the outsourcing of these tactics to private companies? How do we feel about detainees for profit? Torture for profit?

Agreed. I don't care if he's a leader or not. That's a nice to have. I'd be more concerned if his non-conformity meant that he doesn't buy into lockerrom leadership he doesn't necessarily agree with. Does he buck against the culture moving forward? That kind of thing. Because I think we've got some high-character players, including a couple young ones, that know the value of that kind of buy-in. In other words how does he take it when, in the lockerroom immediately after a tough loss, one of our current team leaders rips the earbuds out of his head and stomps on his I-Pod, because he's not taking the loss to heart enough. It's one thing to be asked to be accountable, quite another when forced. Especially when you've never had to before. GO SABRES!!!

I see that Stewart and Mitchell are commutative. I wouldn't have guessed that before you broke it down scientifically with irrefutable mathematical proof. Well done. GO BILLS!!!

Cool math. Can you do the equation for Mitchell + injury? Thanks. GO SABRES!!!

So, Grigorenko called up. Did anyone answer? GO SABRES!!!

I've already accepted this or a 1st round exit will happen. I love rooting for a team full of players with heart, but I'm not confusing heart with talent and the consistent cup contention that only talent brings. GO SABRES!!!

I can understand wanting the team stocked with vets. But is there an expectation by ticket holders that the Sabres aren't trying to develop their better young talent and that they'll stay in Rochester? That sounds like a recipe for disappointment. GO SABRES!!!

Not for nothing, but isn't that what the Amerks team is? GO SABRES!!!