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now you are thinking... you only add 6th rounders for trade bait, be that this year or next. people say its stupid, but they probably said the same thing when we traded Takeo, Holcomb and Willis for a 5 and 3... oh so stupid just draft picks. except you package those picks for players ie : Marcus Stroud. So stop bashing on the front office everyone. You always add more picks if you can especially if you have the intent to package them for a player or a move up in the draft.

you guys are idiots. the reason you add the extra pick is because they clearly plan on trading up at some point. c'mon... read between the lines.

agreed. 1 or 2 games a year in toronto is huge for us as long as that money is re-invested into keeping great players here and putting a quality product on the field.

ain't that the truth. everyone needs to chill for a second. any owner, committed to buffalo or not, is going to need all the revenue they can. We are way to quick to write off those with the ability to keep the bills here. Golisano, the Riches and Jacobs all have the money and interest to do it, not to mention the politics behind it. I have posted numerous times on this. This is no different than Milwaukee wanting more and more games from the Packers despite the packers being locally owned. Lind is not the owner of Rogers communication and he himself does not have the billions that now deceased Ted Rogers had. Just expect these things to occur and, as bad as this sounds, hope that the economy is still poor at the time of Ralphs Passing to limit the number of those willing to buy and move the team.

completely agree. The original poster either 1.) does not watch bills games or 2.) is unaware of good CB play. Greer is a TREMENDOUS CB. The guy is undersize and battles with great, big wideouts consistently. The Saints got a terrific CB. He is a 1 or 2 on most teams, despite his size. He has great ball hawking instincts no Bills CB since Clements has really had. I like McGee but he doesnt have the same knack for the ball.

terrific post thanks for adding. if he does a Mock for this year I'd very much like to see it.

um ya. look at his last game against NE. he was terrific. Lots of Fast freddie and maybe some Omon...

I'm relatively new to TSW, but have been around TBD for years. Your post seems both accurate and logical. A few of the bills and sabres are family friends of ours (grew up in GI) and it is not at all unreasonable for someone to bump into someone like Modrak out on the trail or for someone to actually have a neighbor or friend who is on the bills. but back to what Modrak said to you... I have posted before about the lack of success in finding offensive lineman in the draft under donahoe, modrak, and guy. I have not had a chance to check out teams like the colts or steelers and compare, but my guess is those teams consistently draft good OL, just like Polian did in the early 90s here. My point is, I think its fair to say that Modrak and guy are not very astute at evaluating good DE's as well as OL. No one comes to mind as a stand out DE in Philly while TM was there (hugh douglas maybe?) and he hasn't hit on one yet here, in terms of creating a pass rusher. Maybe the problem is they are drafting for a system (the 4-3) that neither is good at evaluating talent for, or maybe they just suck at judging o and D line. Either way, McCargo was a huge, huge bust and I have a feeling it wasn't Marv who was that high on him. Tim Anderson was another bust. I actually think Kyle Williams is a lot like Jeff write and he has Marvs fingerprints all over him... Bottom line - TM has his strengths as a scout, but this team will never succeed until we have a TRUE football gm. IT sucks but Ralph ran out 3 really, really good ones...

thanks for being complete dead on with this. Could NOT agree more. He is our best player, and he should be paid as such. get it done Ralphy boy...

i secretly hope you are russ brandon, because that is a smart trade...

dead on. Our Scouting staff has not hit on one good OL in 10 years. Our best two in the draft are butler and jennings - nothing to write home about. Peters was a donahoe "lightening in a bottle." Remember the talk of duke preston? bust. Mike williams? bust.. I wrote all this a week ago, but Modrak and Guy clearly have no ability at scouting OL. At least this year is deep at OT. It be hard to miss with Oher at 11...

apparently you missed the part that he is signed for 4 total years now, throguh 2012 or age 35, as opposed to 2010 and age 33. I'll take it. He's a top 10 DT in the game and should be paid as such.

um peters and jackson are two separate issues. you can't lump them together. FJ deserves his raise, and Peters, though he may warrant one, should be more of a professional ala jeff saturady, alan fanecan and now currently brian waters who were all still playing despite being underpaid.

correct. he has yet to sign his tender offer. 4 year at 2.5 per is a fair shake for a stand up class act guy who is one hell of an RB. also, it should be noted we have been in negotiations with his agent. My guess is, the bills are putting him on the back burner with 1.) peters and 2.) the draft upcoming. But that said, the dude is IN buffalo training on his own. get him signed, make everyone happy. he's a fan favorite so lets do it already... in addition, had they succeeded in getting someone like Kevin Jones it would have given them leverage in negotiations with him (which is again stupid on the FO part)....

is your picture of jauron and his daughter? that would be one hell of a smart blonde...

apparently this is another 'lightening in a bottle' TE the bills are looking at : http://www.cleveland.com/csu/plaindealer/i....xml&coll=2

this is a good take on ellison: http://www.profootballweekly.com/PFW/NFL/A.../wwhi040209.htm

as I said earlier, the entire AFC South is better than us, and this just puts the Texans that much more ahead. A guy like June or Crowell represent significant upgrades over Ellison. I honestly can not believe Jauron feels good about him as a starter. Almost anyone who watches the Bills, be it a fan or media member, realize he is a guy who plays hard on every play, but simply does not have much size or talent. I honestly am bummed we couldn't spend a few mil and upgrade this position through FA. I still have hope that Keiaho will sign with us after the draft... it's not a position we need to improve by wasting a draft pick when we have so many other holes.

marty has been my favorite for years to land in buffalo. I just dont know how his relationship is with Ralph or if Ralph is willing to pay him. I think we should start looking ahead to this and considering future coaches. Ralph isn't one to fire someone that he still needs to pay (see wade phillips) so we'd have to really tank this year to can DJ, but with our current OL /DLand the schedule, I don't see this team finishing better than 7-9 again. The entire NFC and AFC South is better than us. thats not good... start praying for Marty ball!

really, really good post. I like edwards a lot and I think He has the ability to be an above average QB in this league. He is currently average, though, because he can beat the bad teams and can not beat the good ones. That said, this coaching staff has never been able to beat a quality opponent. This team really needs an identity, and it needs to choose to run the football consistently and often. That is how you beat 3-4 defenses. you don't do it by short dump off passes or slants (west coast style). that feeds directly into a 3-4's strength. In fact, I'd go as far as to say the re-infatuation the NFL has with 3-4's is because the west coast offense is so popular now that the 3-4 scheme is best suited to attack that style of play. hopefully our staff can prepare Edwards and our offensive game plan better for playing against the phins, jets and pats D. otherwise his numbers will look the same...

moron...

very good point. Its amazing how we are able to strike it rich year in and year out on DBs in the draft. I mean from Antoine Winfiled on we really have no missed on many defensive backs. Whitner is not worthy of his draft spot, but he is a heck of a solid defender. greer was un-drafted and one of donahoe's best moves (his 2 best moves were undrafted rookie FA - greer and peters). yobouty came around, corner was great, mcgee went from being picked on like crazy to shut down, nate was a pro bowler, and mckelvin is on his way. Our last really bad corner was probably chris "I'm a punt catcher" watson, who we got from denver anyway... but it is clear that this team can not identify good lineman on either side of the ball. i mean we are really, really bad at this. and its costing us. this is why parcells teams are year in and year out good. he can ID the good guys you want in the trenches. From McCargo to Tripplett to Tim Anderson? horrible... Stroud was a can't miss but a risky move well made by brandon. and on the O-line we have drafted exactly 1 solid lineman for his intended purpose - Butler. Peters was lucky in many regards. mike williams, bust, preston, bust, terrence pennington, aaron merz, just geisinger, mike pucillo... say it with me... bust bust bust! our last successful drafted O-lineman was jennings in '01 and at guard, brown in '95... this is sadly a huge problem. speaking of, the 99-03 draft classes just really killed us - from big whiffs to no longer even having guys on our team. that takes a while to come back from....

"smith is the pass catching TE that they have been looking for..." this is an absurd statement. do you know anything about the NFL? these posters need to get some facts straight. first, LJ smith is primarily a blocking back with good hands (see 1 good season he had) and is nothing more than an improved robert royal without the dropsies. secondly, todd heap has been one of the top 10 pass catching TE's in the game over the past 8 seasons (minus a couple injured seasons, which you are absolutely correct on)... if they do release him, buffalo is stupid to not run at him. he had a down year last year stat wise, but that had more to do with flacco as qb than anything else. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/SmitL.00.htm http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/H/HeapTo00.htm

you dot know much. wells is not faster than lynch. im a die hard buckeyes fan and he is no were near as quick or open field fast as lynch or fast freddie.

it cant be the maloofs they'd have to sell the kings. you can not own a major franchise outside of the city you own teh NFL team in. this is why jacobs cant at the moment. it is most likely golisano or a silent partner none of us know of. but it can not be hte maloofs and probably is not trump