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I don't think Boldin is the drama queen that he's made out to be. On the field he's everything that you can ask for... tough, gets YAC, etc. That said... that's a price tag that we'll never be able meet. Edwards - He might be a Buy Low, Sell High situation now. He's much better than he played last season. I'm not sure what they're asking for him.. but you're not likely to find his kind of talent in the 4th round or later in the draft. Toomer and or Harrison - Depending on the price tag, they're nothing more than a one year bridge to Hardy and Jackson becoming the number 2. Reggie Williams - Just got arrested for DWI and pot, if I'm not mistaken. Demetrius Williams - I've seen him play a couple times, and I really like him. The problem is that he's always injurred.

He has a tryout with the Toronto Argos. With his lumberjack good looks and love for the environment, he could become the next Canadian Idol.

The Cap is not the only issue. The Bills only made 12 million in profit last year from what I understand. Throw in an economic decline, and they're likely to be looking at narrower numbers this year.

TJ got 5 years for 40 Mil. Coles got 4 years for 28 Mil.

Too much money... and too long of a contract. I can't say I'm happy that Buffalo didn't get him, but I'm happy they didn't get him at that price. Onward and upward. Use that money to solidfy the OL. A productive running game will make Edwards a better QB, and Evans, Reed, Jackson better recievers, the same way a high quality DE will make our secondary better on the other side of the ball.

My quick Travis Henry story... I once heard that he was turned down for $10,000 credit from a furniture store while he was with the Bills due to bad credit and high child support payments. If I remember correctly, he made $750k that season.

Demetrius Williams - End of Discussion

Paul Gaustad can... and while doing it he's still a productive member of a non-playoff caliber team.

Moulds put up over 500 yards in Houston and over 300 in Tennessee. Chris Walsh left after the 1993 season and continued to play in the league until 2002... (notice I said play) Don Beebe had one good year of over 700 yards for Green Bay Chris Burkett left in 1989 and had 5 productive seasons with the Jets Bob Chandler put up 786 yards in 1981 for Oakland, and followed it with over 400 the next season. Ahmad Rashad Other than that it's pretty amazing how no WR has ever left here as anything more than a kick returner.

He's waiting to hear back from the Department of Environmental Conservation... I'm not sure if he's looking to clean up Brown Field Sites or just plant trees... his true passion in life. Either way, I wish him well.

Realistically - We would need to trade Lee Evans and use the extr 9 million to shore up our offensive live with legitimate NFL lineman. At least that way we run effectively and allow Edwards time to read the field. At best we're a mediocre offense at that point. Reed, Jackson, Roscoe and Hardy... that sounds about like Jacksonville WR core. Lynch and Freddy behind a real line could put up good numbers. We'd need to catch lightning in a bottle and draft an absolute Rookie of the Year for our definsive line. Our defense would have to be the best in the league to make up for our weak offense. Brady would need to bust his knee again.

What about seeing if Roscoe can throw a ball?

Ouch... that contract is terrible. Coles and TJ must be happy.

You forgot Ray Lewis too.

That's what I was just going to say. It seems like every post of mine comes back to Alex Smith tody. Fitzpatrick was the 14th rated QB in the 2005 draft class... by far the worst draft class I can remember. QB's ranked higher going into the draft: Aaron Rodgers, California Alex Smith, Utah Charlie Frye, Akron Jason Campbell, Auburn Kyle Orton, Purdue Andrew Walter, Arizona St. Adrian McPherson, Florida St. David Greene, Georgia Stefan LeFors, Louisville Dan Orlovsky, Connecticut Derek Anderson, Oregon St. Gino Guidugli, Cincinnati Jason White, Oklahoma Ryan Fitzpatrick, Harvard Not making that list, and selected just before Ryan Fitzpatrick......... Matt Cassel

Alex Smith is the product of being the best QB in a terrible draft. Unfortunately SF needed a QB and had the #1 Pick. That was brutal year to have a #1 pick. That said... Buffalo has drafted much better players (In my opinion), but the AFC East has been much more competitive than the NFC West in recent years.

2005 - I trade away Rounds 2, 3 and 5th to get another 1 in 2006 4th Round - Jason Brown over Duke Preston This might be the worst draft class ever. 2006 1a) Cutler - Because Schaab turned out to be crap for us. 1b) Ngata 1c) taken from the trade of the 2005 picks D'Qwell Jackson 3) Owen Daniels

2004 1a) I liked the Evans Pick - Match him with Boldin and our offense is looking good 1b) Steven Jackson - bythis time Travis Henry was in trouble for woman problems 3) Matt Schaub - Drew is on the way out. 4) Will Allen - If not I go for depth at DE and take Jared Allen

Do we need to keep our same draft positions? 2003 1st) Eric Steinbach (Instead of Willis - Travis Henry worked just fine) 2nd) Anquan Boldin 3rd) Asante Samuel (He also was available with our 4th) 4th) Jarret Johnson DE - Because we didn't take Kelsay with our 2nd Is this what you mean?

See Dante Hall's career stats for a prediction of Roscoe's future. Now that we have Leodis returning too, Roscoe doesn't seem to be worth the contract. Without Leodis his value was argueable, because our offense needs every yard we can get.

Athletes typically file taxes in two states, if they reside in another state. Taxes get filed in the state of thier HOME games and where they reside the rest of the year. As far as I know there are two ways that athletes can prorate the income. The first is to prorate it by number of games... If someobody lived in Florida in the offseason and played for the Bills, they'd file 7/16ths of their income in NY and 9/16ths in Florida. The other option to figure out "Duty Days". They figure out how many days their duties were required (traning camps, preseason, season, playoffs, etc) and how many of thier duty days were spent in NY. Then they prorate the income respectively. Using the first method of "Games Played", it's to the players advantage that Buffalo plays one game in Toronto if they live in a state has lower income tax rates.

Unless it's contingent upon a new mutli-year contract, there's no way the Bills can give more than a 3rd... and even that is pushing it for one year of his services.

That's why I think they're dumping salaries... not necessarily to make a run, but to stay profitable in the current economy. Even with a payroll at 139 million, they only made a $12 million profit last year. Do you see attendence going up this season?... or do you see more sponsors? The best thing Ralph could do is sell the naming rights of the stadium to generate some extra income.

How much is he asking for? Cleveland avoided tagging him, because the price tag would have been over 6 million. I know he's currently making over 2 million, but I think his asking price must be substantially more. Scott is making less than one million this year... but he's not as good as Sean Jones.

He had Javon Walker in 2006 along with Rod Smith. Marshall was the #3 and the TE was Scheffler. 2007 Javon Walker was injurred most of the year. The leading recievers were Marshall, Stokely, and Scheffler. For what it's worth... 6.2 million buys Brandon Marshall's and Scheffler's current salaries plus an extra million.