vincec

Week 1 is not a good time to play NE in a nationally televised game. The Bills need a few weeks to build some confidence after the way last season ended.

Greer was solid but not a star. McKelvin is his replacement for better or worse (hopefully better). Yoboughty and Corner play nickel and dime. Picking up Florence is a nice insurance policy and maybe he can compete for PT, but if he struggles it won't sink us. I would still like to see us find a SS at some point...

It obviously won't happen with Jauron as coach, but I'd switch to 3-4 in a heartbeat if it meant getting Julius peppers to come here. Players win not defensive schemes. A 3-4 with Peppers is better than a 4-3 without him.

Yes. They've got to be one of the major players, but there will be many inquiries. Does anyone know Cutler's contract situation?

I just told you. There are not even close because their safeties are not even close to super bowl caliber. The Bills do not have a top safety in the secondary. That is required if you are going to play this cover 2 defense effectively, IMO. There is not one on the horizon. Therefore, they are not even close. Read the post.

OK. To be SB caliber IMO, the Bills secondary needs to be much stronger in the middle. Whitner/Wilson are average and Scott/Simpson are below average. That's not going to win you a SB. They would be "one player away" if they had one elite player and all they needed was one solid starter that they could realistically pick up in FA or the draft. But what they really need is someone like Ed Reed or Bob Sanders and that's not going to happen. I don't see anyone like that on the roster or in the draft.

I'm not sure that this is as strong a group as you think. Our defense really requires a strong middle linebacker and so far, Poz has not been one. He really needs to step it up this year or it won't matter who we put on the strong side. I have a feeling that's why the Bills were looking at Mike Peterson in FA. Peterson in the middle, Poz to the outside. I personally, wouldn't spend a ton of money on Crowell. He is a better overall player than Ellison, but I don't think he will produce much more as the strong side linebacker in this defense. If we can re-sign him for something reasonable, otherwise move on.

It's all about winning. Victory has a thousand fathers, defeat is an orphan. If the Bills win, then signing TO will have been everybody's idea and he'll be a solid team guy. If they lose, then no one will take credit and T.O. will probably implode because he's not getting the ball more to "help the Bills win". It's really that simple IMHO.

Of course, they didn't think that there was any way T.O. would come to Buffalo either.

Unless TO wants to end his career here, which he doesn't, he will be on his best behavior so that he can jump to a larger market next season. It goes without saying that the man can play, so let's make 'em weep while we've got him. People are saying that he will have trouble with Trent, but let me tell you that if the Bills can get a decent TE to go along with Owens, Trent will be a pro bowler next season.

You know that Drew Rosenhaus was lying because his mouth was moving.

This is an outrage. What happened to signing "high character players?" Does anyone really think that TO will be able to work with Edwards? or not show up Evans? or not bad mouth Dick & Turk? This makes absolutely no sense.

Me too... McGee is a better corner than Greer, plus he's a big time kick returner. He's the one we need to resign, even if it costs a little more.

It's all musical chairs. The only difference between the guys we've added and the ones we've lost is the arrangement of letters on the back of their jerseys. Buffalo was in no position to add a difference making free agent, like Haynesworth. The upcoming season will be decided by how Trent Edwards and Aaron Schobel play. The future beyond that will be decided by our draft and the development of our young players.

My thoughts exactly. Greer is a better corner than Florence, plus he knows the system, but we can't afford to pay him 6mil to be a nickel corner. McKelvin is being groomed to be the number two. I sure hope that we resign McGee though.

This may be unpopular, but... I actually thought Willis was a good pick. Although with his knee injury I'd agree that he may not have been a steal or maybe even the "best available player", the thought of him platooning with Henry sounded like a pretty good backfield to me. He sure looked worth it after his first season of playing. The situation was mismanaged and we ended up kicking Henry to the curb for practically nothing (as always happens).

I'm not so sure about that. It just sounds like a shuffling of equivalent players. Maybe the new guys will "fit" better ... or at least cost less. We still need to draft some guys here for a real long term solution.

My thoughts exactly.

Lewis would be a huge upgrade. I can't believe that he doesn't want to resign with Baltimore. He's probably just mad that the other guys are leaving.

Maybe at the right price, but spending lots of $ on a receiver is a waste of money. Maybe if he was the final piece of the puzzle or something...

15 - Jack Kemp - Quarterback (Jim Kelly was a great QB. Jack Kemp was a champion) 2 - Steve Christie - Kicker (the guy I want out there with the game on the line) 8 - Brian Moorman - Punter (very close between him and McGuire) 32 - OJ Simpson - Running Back (personal feelings aside, you gotta have him on the team) 80 - Eric Moulds - Wide Receiver (would be a hall of famer if he ever played with a real QB) 44 - Elbert Dubenion - Wide Receiver 83 - Andre Reed - Wide Receiver 84 - Ernie Warlick - Tight End 68 - Joe DeLamielleure - Offensive Line 67 - Kent Hull - Offensive Line 64/77 - Stew Barber - Offensive Line 66 - Billy Shaw - Offensive Line 75 - Harold Ballard - Offensive Line 89 - Steve Tasker - Special Teams I know it's looking like a run oriented team, but with all respect to the K-Gun, that's what football in Buffalo is all about. In fact, lets take out Eric Moulds and add Cookie Gilchrist. What's with this 3 WR stuff?

Take the best player available regardless of position. You can always trade somebody to if a position becomes crowded and you can never have too many good linemen. That being said, given his issues, I'm not sure that he'd be the best pick at #11. It depends who else is up there.

As was indicated in the Buffalo News article, there's no way that he signs here unless we trade either Jackson or Lynch. Either way, it's a downgrade a running back... but hey, maybe we'll get some draft picks so that we can address this new weakness that we created.

This is about the only thing that makes sense as to why we wouldn't want or be able to sign Crowell. Otherwise, it's just ineptitude IMO. Actually, it's ineptitude anyway as to the way the surgery and IR was handled. It probably cost us another good player. Oh well, back to the draft board...