It's time for Bills to force the issue and go deep

I've grown tired listening to Trent Edwards and Lee Evans and Dick Jauron and everybody else at One Bills Drive drone on about the limited number of opportunities they've had to throw the ball deep. Hey, sometimes you have to make your own opportunities and do the dictating rather than allowing the defense to dictate what you do. Both Evans and Terrell Owens are receiving a king's ransom to be playmakers. So chuck the freaking football down the field a few more times a game and see if they can make plays the way other receivers in this league do.

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At this anemic pace, the Bills not-so-dynamic-duo of Owens and Evans will finish with a combined total of 70 receptions for 992 yards and 10 touchdowns.

Contrast that with last season when T.O. had 69 receptions for 1,052 yards and 10 scores for the Dallas Cowboys, while Evans had 63 receptions for 1,017 yards and 3 TDs for Buffalo.

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I get the feeling that the volcano that is Owens isn't going to remain dormant much longer. Another reception-less game might just result in a sea of lava-like invective - either in the post-game news conference or on Twitter.

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If I were Owens, I would have been ticked to see my consecutive-games receiving streak end the way it did last week. And how dumb was that of Trent to say he wasn't aware of the streak? There's obviously little chemistry between these two.

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Could someone please tell me why Jauron decided to punt on fourth down with less than a minute to go and his team trailing the Chargers by 20? You can't tell me punter Brian Moorman needed the work.

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I love Chicago and would love to see the 2016 Olympics staged in the Windy City, but I think Rio de Janeiro should be awarded the Games. After all, South America has never hosted the Olympics, and we have numerous times. The rings on the Olympic flag symbolize the continents, so I think it's about time the southern hemisphere gets to strut its stuff.

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I thought that was really cool of the Lions' players to return to the field and high-five their long-suffering fans after ending their 19-game losing streak.

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I'm not making this up: Several members of the Nippon Hamfighters of the Japanese Baseball League have come down with the swine flu.