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Ray Lewis comes off the books after he retires. I wonder how much room that gives them.

Again, the Bills would have been a better team with fewer holes on the roster if they had kept Poz and Whitner. This in spite of the fact that neither player is all that great. The point: You CAN'T keep making holes in your lineup and then burning draft picks to fill those holes.

Hard to believe that in a Super Bowl, something like that would provide even more motivation. Nonetheless, Dickerson was a loud-mouthed blowhard and I'm glad Marv canned his ass that offseason…except that Dickerson then polluted the Buffalo airwaves as a result of his firing.

As long as we draft a pass rusher rather than a run stuffer, I'm good.

Good people occasionally do bad things and bad people occasionally do good things. Then what happened? Haha! Meh

That would have been great if he named the place MoFo's.

http://www.complex.com/sports/2012/06/big-poppa-the-athletes-with-the-most-children-by-the-most-women/

Ouch. I guess there'll be some positive tax ramifications at least.

Marino filed for bankruptcy? Are you sure?

We're all very hopeful that better defensive coaching will turn around the careers of several Bills defenders. There's actually a chance that our wishing and hoping might actually have some substance to it this time. Here's a piece in the Buffalo News by Mark Gaughan which basically confirmed what all of us were saying last season: that the Bills D was unimaginative, didn't blitz or stunt enough and was over-reliant on a soft zone scheme: http://www.buffalone...ills-drive-1082 The Bills blitzed on just 15 percent of pass plays under Dave Wannstedt in 2012, according to News figures. Buffalo ranked last in the NFL in blitzing the quarterback, according to ESPN. Overall, the amount of heat on the quarterback the Bills produced was insufficient. The proof is the Bills were terrible at getting off the field. They ranked 31st on third downs, allowing opponents to convert 44 percent in that situation. And it wasn't just because the run defense was bad. They were bad on third and long, too. On third and 6 to 10, they allowed foes to convert 45 percent of pass plays. That says the quarterback was too comfortable in the pocket and the Bills were too predictable. “They don't move guys,” Kelso said, referring to the front four. “They started to twist and stunt a little more later in the year, but there was not nearly enough movement. Too many times guys would line up on the shoulder they're responsible for and that's the rush they'd take. Sometimes they'd execute a pass rush in that situation. But rarely did they go to the opposite shoulder, rarely did they extend the defense or slant.” The Bills played too much zone defense, as well; not enough man-to-man coverage. Wannstedt repeatedly stated during the season that his defense was young. It was obvious he didn't trust his secondary to hold up if he devoted more men to the rush. His conservatism failed miserably. There's plenty of blame to go around for the Bills' 6-10 season. But if Wannstedt had done a decent job, Chan Gailey still would be the head coach.

Also of interest: Buffalo Bills running back C.J. Spiller triggered escalators in his rookie contract that will more than double his 2013 base salary. Originally scheduled to earn $1,300,834 in 2013, Spiller escalated his contract by $1.3225 million and will now earn $2,623,334 next season. Bills center Eric Wood, a 2009 first-round pick, will see his salary increase from $925,000 to $2.3 million in 2013.

Perhaps neither one was good enough for the Bills although Flutie's best years were spent in the CFL where he re-wrote the record book and is one of the greatest players in league history. Regardless, for rational people there's zero question who the better quarterback was.

Perhaps Jonathan Scott?

Well RJ, when Flutie was being phased out in 2000, his productivity was still 4-0 while Johnson's was 4-7.

Yep. Thurman whiffed on the block on Armstrong. That was one of the great quarterback performances in Bills history. Flutie led them back at least twice in that game. For the record (yet again): Flutie's record for the Bills from 1998 to 2000: 21-9 Johnson's record for the Bills from 1998 to 2000: 8-10 Gimme the "locker room cancer" every time.

The next step meaning the first step, AFAIC.

Damn you! I'd almost forgotten about that.

Yes. I remember that little feature to his game as well.

They kinda go hand in hand, don't they?

He looked like a toothpick to me.

Nice try. I've tried making the case for pass rusher over run stuffer but people just don't want to listen. At least the Bills braintrust probably understands this, I hope.

I don't know if ole Rexy's gonna be on board with that plan.

I'm a bit mystified Matter. In another post you mentioned that Levitre was the best pass blocking guard in the NFL (I believe according to the Pro Football Focus advanced stats that you have access to). I think you also stated that he was rated the 9th best guard in the NFL. If he's the best pass blocking guard and has the highest YPC for any guard, why is he ranked only 9th overall? Thanks.

Da'Norris Searcy looks to be a pretty physical player too speaking of physical safeties. Pollard is a big time hitter and like many safeties has one thing he does well which is hit. He's more similar to the Niners "other" safety Dashon Goldson than he is Whitner. Interesting to me is that the both of the Niners safeties are better run players than pass players AND their cornerbacks are only average. If the Niners can't get a good pass rush on Flacco, it could be big troubles with Torrey Smith, Boldin, and Pita freeing up downfield. And the Ravens O-line has been pass protecting pretty well lately.

The Bills had that too until he retired. Never liked that guy.