spartacus

Bills fans will buy anything and everything this team does. The Bills retained Dick last year after totally imploding and the fans set season ticket sales records. even when Ralph takes the payroll under $75 mil, the fans will laud him for his genius in preparing for the lockout in 2011 - and break last year's sales records

back in the day, the OL did not weigh 345 lb

The Bills won't be the only team cutting salary, but they will be the front runners. they already have a staff in place designed to deal with cheap young players

Clausen suffers from Ryan Leaf disease. too big an ego to fit into his fat golden dome head. no thanks

the bigger negative for the Bills is Ralph's wallet in light of a lockout in 2011. with no minimum in 2010, look for the Bills payroll to max out at $75 mil- which means big contracts will be dumped and not replaced with any signficant free agents. why do you thing "teaching" was the biggest criteria used to select coaches

Kelsay, Schobel, Denney and Stroud all will be gone because of their bloated contracts - conveniently blamed on the switch to the 3-4 look for Ralph to take payroll down to under $75 mil

you keep believing that there is no blood testing, so there is no testing for HGH and other performance enhancing drugs not identified in urine testing

with 2010 being an uncapped year, Ralph will clear out all of those overpriced contracts on the DL. And with a lockout looming in 2011, do not expect any money to be spent on long term deals to bring in any decent replacements

gotta love the Bills ability to sell the Inner Circle Jerk to the fans- no one is ever accountable for any decision The bad picks were not Modrak's fault - although he was head of college scouting they weren't Buddy Nix's fault although he was the top national scout they weren't Bandon's fault - he was just he marketing guy Dick is gone - he made all of the bad picks - but not the good ones. even better- after the fact, Nix and Modrak claim they really wanted the super-star that was passed over for the bust in fact drafted.

as good as you think our draft was in 2009 , we still went into the season without a LT or a RT. probably should have made a few different decisions somewhere

Start with gutting the big contracts on the DL - and replace them with low budget scrubs then blame it on the move to the 3-4

outperforming Bell at LT is not exactly a ringing endorsement. Bell does not deserve to be on an NFL roster

An abrupt switch to a 3-4 makes no sense from an on-field performance perspective. the bills have a unique group of players acquired specifically to play the 4-3 read and react cover-2. A carefully planned transiition to a 3-4 would make sense to be implemented only after the proper building blocks are actually acquired, such as a stud NT. The more likely explanation for an abrupt change to a 3-4 under a DC who has never orchestrated a 3-4 is that it will provide sufficient smoke screen to explain the gutting of the over-priced defensive line who clearly won't fit the 3-4 scheme. Expect Schobel, Denney, Kelsay and Stroud to not be on the roster much longer, but much more cash to be in Ralph's vault. The coaching staff full of "teachers" will have their hands full trying to compete with young cheap replacements. sort of like the challenge Kugler had last year in trying to protect the QB after having his OL gutted before the season. Without a salary cap floor, there is no telling how low Ralph will take the payroll. in Brandon's prior life, the Marlin's typically operated with a payroll under $15 mil while the yankees were at $200 mil.

well, you would think that Buddy has lived in Tennessee for years including the entire time he was working for San Diego. He may work for the Bills but he still has his home in Tennessee, just like our other top talent evaluator lives full time in Florida. can't be bothered to spend any time in the front office-

as the OP noted, Hardy is really tall, which by default means he is really good

Whaley will be more hands-on than a typical assistant GM since Nix will not be able to function as normal GM from his home in Tennessee.

how do you think Aikman got all of those concussions that cut his career short

you are correct that the Bills need to get a real QB Unfortuantely, none of the QBs being touted as 1st rounders qualify as can't miss "real" QBs especially at the cost of the 9th pick

which still would make him the best QB on the Bills

putting a QB with a glass shoulder behind a sieve-like OL is a really good plan Bradford only needs to fall down on his own to get hurt should last a long time in Buffalo

you are incorrect. Ted's career has been most impressive. fired by 4 different teams for incompetence as a DC and also now fired as HC from a UFL team just the kind of resume the Bills treasure cheap and bad

Phil is correct. Walt Corey was a complete buffoon as a DC, who wasted Bruce and Bennett with his bend but don't break non-sense. The Bills could have had a great defense if they played an aggressive attacking style.

Bills should have paid Greer instead of McGee, and drafted Ryan Clady instead of McElvin

don't worry, Ralph will cut loose the remaining big money contracts in the uncapped year. He will do his part to stock the free agent market.

The TV money will still flow- so the networks will be expecting some product on the field