starrymessenger

He looked good last night. If he can catch a properly thrown ball as well as that garbage pass Thigpen threw last night he will be a player. Big and fast and apparently with good hands. That was a very athletic move to haul that ball in. Athleticism is there. Liked Hubbard too. Typical Badger. Fantastic measurables but raw as dead buffalo meat.

The Lions have built a monster d-line, but the Bills are building one too. Everyone knows how to beat the Pats - put TB on his a$$. JMO but I think that, barring injury to some of our key players on D, the Pats will have their hands full with the Bills this year.

Sounds like you can't lose. Win win.

Currently rated #1, largely because of Jones. We will be drafting a QB with franchise potential April 2012. Maybe Miami will be too.

Brad Smith is an extremely polished individual. Son of educators. Total class act. What are you talking about?

Or do Freddy a favor and trade him to New England for a sixth or a seventh. Then watch what rushing totals Freddy would have, how many clutch game changing plays, how his versatility would be exploited to full advanhtage in the Pats system. Fred Jackson would become a household name in every NFL town, not just Blo, and BB, who loves Freddy because BB kinows football, would be doing cartwheels. I laugh when people say Fred is an average to below average NFL RB. As for CJ he has to date shown absolutely nothing. People get excited because he had a 14 yard run or whatever in his last game. Talk about scaping the botom of the barrel. Big Blue had an UDFA run 97 yards fromj scrimmage last night. Never saw CJ ever do anythying remotely similar, not once, not even close. I hope I am wrong but he is looking a lot like like a bust. Some players come into the league as UDFAs or low round picks and just get better and better - Kyle Williams, Tyson Clabo- some guys cokme in with a lot of fanfare but with their best days behind them, as in Clemson. Hope that I am wrong and that CJ does not fall into that category of player.

If so he deserves what he gets. I'm sure the "waterbug" was his pick.

I think he has a chance to be better than you think he is. Its really up to him, how hard he works etc...My guess is he wants it. Time will tell.

That happens whenever the return guy takes it to the house. Lots of guys have done it since CJ came into the league, many of them late round picks or UDFAs.

The drug stuff was ridiculous John. A bunch of idiot journalists with nothing better to do than stir the pot. No question the player is better off in NE than in Blo.

Yes the O-line has been bad, but you know, if Spiller was the killer back he is said to be, we would have seen him break off a few jawbreaking runs by now. We haven't. Not once (his TD Kickoff return was less impressive than many of McGee's, and he has only one). Do you seriously believe that if the Bills had drafted A. Peterson, even behind this line, we would have seen zero show stopping plays? CJ may be fast. But not only does he have no vision as a runner, he has no explosion/burst/extra gear. Its not looking good.

Not likely. Brady's current contract is for four years. Mallett's rookie contract is for four years. Its n0o coincidence. TB will be 37 when his deal is up. If Mallett develops to BB's standards, don't be surprised if Tom Terrific is traded in 2 years while he still has trade value. If Mallett does not pan out to BBs expectations, he will be traded, probably for more than a third. Hoyer is a FA next year and the Pats will not be franchising him. The plan in NE is Brady/Mallett. Mallett has been pressing somewhat in practice. His throws have been sailing. He is trying too hard. If you saw the list of QBs with 108 passer ratings or better after the first preseason game you would not be impressed. He also had all day to stand in the pocket for the most part. Mallett nevertheless certainly has top 10 talent, not 74th or whatever it was. He is more mobile in and around the pocket than given credit for and he can throw well on the run, especially rolling to his right. He did break Peyton Manning's SEC passing records, which had stood for a long time. He was an absolute steal for the Pats in the 3rd. Still, landing in a place like NE, with an O-line like that, was especially good for a pro type pocket passer like him. Not to worry though. Luck, Barkley, Landry Jones...he will get our guy next year.

And I've been hearing for months that Chan is an offensive genius and Fitz is a franchise quarterback.

I meant at Clemson.

No I'm afraid the news is worse than that. His best days may be behind him.

Yeah but at least Chan has his waterbug.

Don't know if I would criticize anyone for having an ego. Certainly I wouldn't if they could back it up. Agree that the O-Line is a liability and that obviously limits Chan's choices. The question though is whether Chan has a preference for this sort of thing. Besides his time in Dallas, has Chan ever run or built a "traditional" NFL offence in the pros (obviously he never did in college ball). With our O;line in the state it was (and is, not to mention our D at the time for that matter) did Chan really need his "waterbug"? I think Chix wanted Tebow, and would have picked Cam over Dareus if the two had been available. Just my opinion, but I think those would have been mistakes (we got the best player in the draft IMO).

Pats may well win the division again, but they will be one and done again in the playoffs. As good as they are they are clearly not as dominant as they were during their SB runs and the next step is down IMO.

OK thank-you. If we did offer 7 I think we did all that we should have.

Well its pretty clear that we did offer more money. We obviously did not offer the same money for a longer committment (five instead of three years). The 7MM per originated on this board.

We don't actually know for sure what the terms of the Bill's offer was. The 7MM per originates on this message board and is not credible in the least. The "rumour" out of Atlanta at the time is that the stumbling block was duration of the contract. Falcon's offered three. Clabo wanted five. We offered five but the per annum and possibly the guaranteed portion of the K was otherwise the same. Falcon's chinned up to five rather than lose a pro bowl RT in his prime. Had we offered 2 bucks more a year (from 5 to 7), and the Falcons not move, you can bet Clabo would be a Bill. Not saying thats what we should have done because thats a separate question. Also my guess that 6.5 would have done it, as has been suggested in an earlier post.

Thats hilarious. I hope for their sake that they are better at naming the starter under center.

I actually like the Bubbas, and my sense of it is that they are clearly better draft day pickers than the prior braintrust. But I agree, we need to see how it all pans out.

I agree with you. I think if by some fluke both Cam and Dareus had been on the board, Chan Gailey and Buddy Nix would have picked Cam, which would have been a mistake IMO because Dareus was the best playr in the draft bar none. I also believe the stories that had Nix trying to trade up to draft Tim Tebow (who is well on his way to being a third string QB in Denver). I think they are also probably interested in Pryor, as some have reported. IMO Cam may not exactly bust but I believe that he will underperform relative to his first overall selection and the expectations some have for him. My concern is that Chan may be a college coach (in spite of his pro experience) and a gadget player/system junkie. I don't believe any of that translates very well to the NFL over the long haul.

Agree on both counts.