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You meant backup LT.

For starters, I don't think that collusion applies here. Second of all, while it would seem obvious, it would be hard to prove.

Doubtful. The owners will want to teach the players a lesson. As much as it will pain Jones, Snyder, and Davis, they'll be forced by the other owners to spend as little as they can.

He is? And Ron Brace is a nobody until proven otherwise.

The Bills' official policy is to not discuss contract numbers. Take that issue up with them. And when Russ Brandon says they offered Peters the richest contract in Bills' history, I believe that they offered him more than Evans got. You are trying to argue that the Bills lowballed him or "screwed" him, when they were more than fair with their previous contract extension and merely wanted him to SHOW UP last off-season before talking a new contract. And who was this "3rd team?" I'm sure every other team in the NFL had "interest" in Peters, but only the Eagles had the desire to pull the trigger on a deal. If I were the Rams and I thought Peters was so great, I'd have traded my 2nd overall for him rather than spend it and a ton of money on an unproven rookie. And the Rams had Orlando Pace, so they know HOF-caliber LT's.

I didn't see any shots at Buffalonians.

I've heard reports of Lynch getting into trouble with the BPD almost weekly over the past several months. They're probably like the weekly "Axl Rose died of a drug OD" reports I heard back in the late 80's/early 90's.

One less drama to worry about.

The best are those who B word about Ralph being cheap, yet don't go to games and instead watch them for free on TV.

Why? That's where most expected him to be.

The Eagles' offer was $10M/year. And he could have taken less, given what the Bills invested in him and the contract redo they gave him after 2 years in the league. Speaking of which, that wasn't "fair market;" it was over market for a half-year starter at RT (which Peters was at the time). So taking a little less than $10M wouldn't have been so horrible. That is, if you believe that Peters wasn't looking for $11.5M/year from the Bills. And I heard about the Giants inquiring, but that's about the extent of their "interest." Seeing as how they had the 29th overall pick, they could have offered that and their 3rd rounder for Peters, and gotten him. There was no 3rd team. Again why the Rams didn't offer the 2nd overall and $10M/year, when they'd be spending that draft pick and more money on a wholly unproven player, is anyone's guess. The same goes for the Bungles and the 6th overall pick. The Bills' policy is to not discuss contract numbers, period. Brandon said that they offered him the richest contract in Buffalo Bills history (which is Lee Evans' contract), but he refused it. So we know the Bills didn't offer less than $9M/year, and I read $9.5M/year.

$30,000? That's a lot of meals...on wheels.

I know for a fact that the Bills approached Clements several years before he became an UFA, but he wanted Champ Bailey money. And Winfield's wife wanted out.

The Bills have shown that they'll invest money in guys they think are worth it. I think most people would have a hard time saying that Clements was worth what he got from the 49'ers. So merely keeping him just for the sake of keeping him, and spending close to 10% of the cap on him, wouldn't have been wise. And from what I recall about Winfield, his wife hated it in Buffalo and wanted out.

Jeff Burris wasn't the same player after his knee injury, which is why they let him go, and he went onto a non-descript career. Thomas Smith was actually better than Burris, despite his stone hands. Winfield is a decent player but was overpaid by the Vikes. Clements is a good player, but is too inconsistent, and not worth what the 49'ers paid him. I'd hardly call it a "terrible waste" of the 1st round draft picks.

The Bills never make contract numbers of signed players public. They're definitely not going to make them public for unsigned players. As for what was offered, if it was over $9M (as it seems it was) but under $10M (which is the maximum the Eagles were willing to give), Peters could have sucked-it-up and accepted it. The Bills did give him a huge raise after his 2nd season in the NFL, and before he became a legend. The Eagles OTOH gave him nothing the past 5 years. Speaking of which, the Eagles were the ONLY team interested in a) trading a high pick for him and b) giving him what he wanted. Considering at least 3, and probably 4 (the Ravens are reportedly disenchanted with Jared Gaither) teams were looking for starting LT's and used picks before #28 overall, that's pretty odd. Are the Eagles the only smart ones? Time will tell, but Peters has a lofty contract and some lofty expectations to live-up-to, and if he doesn't, he'll be crucified in Philly.

Um, no. And I'll bet you any amount of money that the Bills don't finish anywhere close to the bottom 1/3.

To claim that the Bills only care about marketing and not winning is silly. You don't spend big bucks on relatively unknown players like Dockery and Walker and file that under "marketing" for the year. You seem to be taking a last-season/off-season view and consider the TO signing as pure "marketing," when it was a move that was first and foremost to improve the team, with marketing being a side-benefit. Not to mention saying that Jauron can't even beat a single AFCE team, when the Bills have had a winning record against the AFCE the 2 years prior. But what would you consider an effort to win? Spending lot of money like Snyder and Jones do?

If Trent gets injured and misses a more than 3 games, or doesn't have a really good year, he should be gone. The talent at the skill positions is on-par with the best teams in the league, and much better than what the Bills have had since the arguably the Flutie/RJ years, if not SB years. The O-line should be good, or at least no worse than it was this past decade, as should be the coaching. Hopefully he can do it because needing to find a QB every few years is frustrating.

Yep. Which means that their best chance of ever winning a SB with him was 2004, and he blew it.

You apparently didn't read My post #82 in that thread, explaining that. It could have saved some time, bandwidth, and cyberangst.

Even if dad-of-the-year didn't press charges, the case would never have gone anywhere because of poor/unreliable witnesses. When all you have is a 70-year old woman who saw something from across her yard and an ex-con dad as your star witnesses, you don't have a case. Just ask the Duke lacrosse players. Yes, those were real crimes against humanity. Bringing his own alcohol into bars? The horror! Lending a relative a dealer's car and the relative breaking vehicle and traffic laws? Lynch should have been locked-up! It says a lot about the Hamburg PD that this is the best they could come up with to discredit Lynch, and that to them, it's no surprise that based off of these dastardly deeds, Lynch was a shoo-in to commit "hit and run." Why didn't he answer the door? I don't know. Maybe because...he was sleeping? Which would explain why he never contacted anyone for 4 hours after the incident, when the Bills' head of security actually first contacted him. You'd think that he would a) be the one to contact someone first and b) contact somebody immediately. Along with hiding his car somewhere. And obviously Lynch had something to tell: that he was the driver. Until the desperation move by the DA in convening a grand jury and subpoenaing everyone possible, Lynch kept quiet as per his lawyer's advice. And with no evidence to support that Lynch was impaired or knew he hit her, and with pressure likely from both sides to get a deal done and the case over with, each side agreed to that plea deal. And ultimately the DA lost (face) because what Lynch got was what he deserved to get, since he was the driver and hit the woman, even if accidentally. The DA was probably looking for a DUI hit and run, or a lesser misdemeanor charge. You can still be guilty of an act of omission, bud. Just because he didn't see her, it doesn't mean he didn't have fault for hitting her. That's why that charge is there, and why it's a traffic violation. Actually, thanks to you, I've moved-on from Marshall. I'm now wondering why Tank Johnson wasn't suspended for the most heinous of crimes of having an illegal weapon in his car? Or even after he was maced and arrested for resisting arrest and aggravated assault? And in both Marshall's and Johnson's cases, the Commish upon handing out the suspension said that it could be reduced by 2 games with good behavior and counseling. Again, his lawyer advised him to keep quiet. And he no doubt relayed that to Steve Johnson, Lynch's "cohort." It sounds like the judge thinks that Lynch knew he hit the woman. Which is his right/opinion. But wholly meaningless since there wasn't/isn't a shred of evidence to support it. Unless it was kept secret from everyone, including the media. Is that where you want to go with this? The Commish is human and has his own interests and agendas. It's obvious from the Marshall and Johnson cases that he is inconsistent when handing down suspensions, so the next question to ask is "why?" No, no, I can't be outdone by an alleged Bills fan who "mocked" fellow Bills fans who were ridiculously "fawning" over the high first round pick of the Bills' professionals, without ever having seen him play and thus with no knowledge if he was worth the "fawning" or not. That's some unbelievable arrogance there, and it explains a lot.

Above average videotaping maybe?

Six of Orakpo's sacks were against Rice, Arkansas, and UTEP. Is that supposed to be impressive?

Apparently you have seen Maybin's killer first step.