The Schaefer Show is BACK!

I took Labor Day off but we are back again at what was our original time, 10:05 AM Eastern tomorrow morning. Be sure to join us live. I will be covering the MLB Playoff Race, NFL News and whatever you guys want to talk about. Hope to see you guys there.

Jason Peters Sage: UPDATE

The Jason Peters sage continues. With the Bills first game coming up in less than 7 days against the Seattle Seahawks the pro bowl left tackle still has had no contact with the team, and of course has not reported to any of the pratices. Peters is still holding out for more money. The tackle is still signed through 2011 after he signed a 5 year, $15 million deal back in the summer of 2006. Peters is due $3.3 million this season.

The question is not whether Peters is underpaid, which he is by a lot, but if he handled this the right way at all. Jason Peters shares an agent with St. Louis Rams runningback Steven Jackson. Now some people have said that Jackson was in the same situation as Peters, and look he got resigned by the team when they realized they couldn't do without him and that clearly is not the case.

Jackson was already in contract talks with the Rams before Training Camp began. He came back to Training Camp when he realized his deal was almost finalized and eventually the deal was done and Jackson was a happy man with a boatload of money.

The situation is different with Peters. The biggest difference is that he has made no contact to the Buffalo Bills organization. Nor has he had contact with any of his teammates besides fellow linemen Derrick Dockery. The two have not discussed his holdout at all in the text message they have exchanged.

According to a NFL Network report, Peters said he doesn't plan on showing up to the Bills anytime soon. It was even rumored that he will sit out the entire year. Other sites have put the holdout up until Week 10 of the regular season (mostly because if Peters sits out the whole year, he will still be held to the 3 years left on his deal and nothing will change).

Bills mangement has come out and said that they will not discuss his contract until he reports to the team. The Bills are usually good when it comes to this. They have done this with Aaron Schobel, and Kyle Williams this year with his new deal. They are also talking to WR Lee Evans about a possible contract extension with the playmaker.

The Bills are not in the wrong here. Peters signed the contract and now has to live up to it. He is not only hurting himself but the entire team. He is showing selfish behavior and a me first attudide. Personally I believe that if Peters doesn't come back before Week 1, he should spend the rest of the year on the bench. Sure it would be a big hit to the teams o-line but it would send a message to Peters and his greddy agent.

The Bills have taken a hard nosed stance so far in this saga, and it would be great to see if they continued it. They have handled this situation the right way from the start.

Sabathia Makes His Case for NL CY Young

C.C. Sabathia continues to go after the NL Cy Young award, throwing another gem today against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Sabathia allowed just an infield single from Andy LaRoche and struck out 11 in a complete-game shutout as he continues his NL dominance. The infield single was one that C.C. bobble. Replays showed that LaRoche would have most likely beaten it out despite the bad play by Sabathia. The Brewers organization are appealing the ruling to try to get the hit turned to an error. If that happens (and that is a long shot), it would be C.C.'s first career NO-NO.

In the complete game, Sabathia threw 117 pitches today (came into the 9th with 109). C.C. is now 9-0 in 11 games with his new team.

Sabathia is now 15-8 on the year with a 2.82 ERA and 208 strikeouts in 210 innings pitched.

NFL Preview

The NFL season starts in just under 5 days and I just finished up the NFL Preview Show and if you missed it here is the quick rundown (NOTE: a team with a * is a playoff team and the (#) is the seed that they will have):

First up the AFC:

AFC East

1. New England Patriots(1)

2. Buffalo Bills(6)

3. New York Jets

4. Miami Dolhpins

AFC North

1. Pittsburgh Steelers* (4)

2. Cleveland Browns

3. Cincinnati Bengals

4. Baltimore Ravens

AFC South

1. Indianapolis Colts* (2)

2. Jacksonville Jaguars* (5)

3. Tennessee Titans

4. Houston Texans

AFC West

1. San Diego Chargers* (3)

2. Denver Broncos

3. Oakland Radiers

4. Kansas City Chiefs

My AFC Champion is the STEELERS! Now how about that NFC?

NFC East

1. Dallas Cowboys* (1)

2. Washington Redskins* (6)

3. Philadelphia Eagles

4. New York Giants

NFC North

1. Green Bay Packers* (2)

2. Minnesota Vikings* (5)

3. Chicago Bears

4. Detroit Lions

NFC South

1. New Orleans Saints* (4)

2. Carolina Panthers

3. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

4. Atlanta Falcons

NFC West

1. Seattle Seahawks* (3)

2. St. Louis Rams

3. Arizona Cardinals

4. San Francisco 49ers

My NFC Champion is the PACKERS!

Don’t agree with me or do you want to praise me for my great picks (just kidding on that last part). You have two choices either comment on this article on Youcastr.com or send over some hatemail to theschaefershow@yahoo.com. Please keep it clean though.

Chris Simms Released!

Chris Simms was released by the Tampa Bay Bucs when the team cut down to the 53 man roster on Saturday. Simms was injuried last year and was the backup to vetran Jeff Garcia coming into this season's training camp. He asked for a release or trade earlier in the offseason and eventually got his wish. The 28 year old has not played an entire season in his career.

It is being reported by sources that the Ravens might be interested in him. He does show some NFL starting QB talent IF he can stay heathly. The Ravens QB situation is a mess with Kyle Boller possibily out for the year, Troy Smith looking unrealible and 1st round pick Joe Flacco not ready to be tossed into the starting lineup.

Other teams interested are the Cowboys, Packers and Bears.

Bills vs. Colts LIVE Play-by-Play Tonight!

I am doing a live play-by-play of the Bills vs. Colts preseason game. The game starts at 8:00 PM Eastern time. The play-by-play will go until halftime. After halftime be sure to check out The Schaefer Show that follows. It will have the LIVE play-by-play of the rest of the game and I will be joined by Paul Kasprzak during the second half. Paul has his own great football commentary website which you can check out at http://kasperskorner.speakupwny.com. He also writes for Youcastr with his football blog. You can find it by searching the username KasprKorner. Paul from time to time also does his own radio show on youcastr. It will turn into a PTI like debate on the Buffalo Bills. It should be fun.

Be sure to check out the two broadcasts. If you have any questions or comments on the Buffalo Bills or the NFL send over an email to theschaefershow@yahoo.com. Your email will be read on the air and will be addressed by the two of us. Also be sure to join us in the live Youcastr chatroom.

Should be two great shows tonight. Make sure you are there so you don't miss out on all the fun. Again all this starts at 8:00 PM (eastern) with the Bills vs. Colts first half and then a special The Schaefer Show following that.

USA Basketball Wins GOLD as does USA Volleyball!

In case you weren't up at 2:30 am Eastern time, Team USA Basketball won gold for the first time since 2000. It was a lot closer than what most people thought the final score would be but in the end the United States prevailed 118-107 win over Spain.

Dwayne Wade scored 27 points, going 9 for 12 shooting on the night. Kobe Bryant scored 20 also for the winning team.

The US mens indoor volleyball team also won gold. The rollercoaster for the Head Coach Hugh McCutcheon is finally over. We talked about him and his team during the lastest edtion of The Schaefer Show.