Tuesday, July 31, 2007

King Not So Annoying

During the past week Peter King has written quite a lot about our Stillers. He was at camp for a few days and even talked about stopping in at the Starbucks on Route 30 in Greensburg. I'm not sure there was a negative thing in any of the pieces I read. There was a comment that right now JP Losman looks better in Bills camp then Big Ben does in Latrobe...but it's only a week in. Highlights? He mentioned that the team got 70,000 submissions for the "name the mascot" contest and that 12,000 fans showed up for a scrimmage. He gushed over Lamarr Woodley much the same way Still A Dog has been. He thinks he will be starting on Day 1 over the tight end. Does that mean Timmons won't start? Does that mean our scouting department really rocks to get that much for a middle round #2? Does that mean Silverback is going back....to the bench? I wouldn't mind if we started 2 new linebackers, but I'm not sure who would start in the middle or who would sit. He praised Kevin Colbert as well for drafting so well over the years since he's been here. He talked about Joe Greene watching practice by himself smoking a cigar up on the hill. All-in-all, the worst thing he said was that the food the cafeteria sold was a B-. He did mention that Ben was totally behind Tomlin and Hines Ward was not happy with the practice schedule. Guess what Hines? Tomlin is quoted as saying the team needs a tough exterior shell and they will get it by practicing hard. Cool. Maybe if they practiced a little more last year instead of staring at their shiny new rings..........

1 comment:

stilladog said...

I submitted “Bill Cowher” as the mascot’s name and probably 12,000 other people did too. His protruding chin and complete doofus look is the “spitting” image of Field Goal Bill. Doubt that name will be picked however. The sooner this goofy looking 75th Anniversay mascot goes away the better.

Do not fear, Timmons will not start a single game this year. In fact if he is on the active roster and not on injured reserve I will be shocked. I’m not ready to call him a bust yet, it’s far too early for that. But there’s no way in blue blazes he plays in place of Silverback… not this year anyway.

If JP Losman is ahead of Big Ben he must be looking like Dan Marino circa 1984 and Johnny Unitas circa 1965 all rolled into one. I think that’s just Peter King blowing smoke up the asses of Buffalo fans anyway.