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This is a subject I've thought about, as well. I think if we had a different coordinator we'd see different production out of these guys, and I think if the spots were entirely open to best talent and most capable of real production based on game day work, I think we'd see a few changes in the lineup - G. Wilson, for instance, at times looked much better than D. Whitner. Anyway, I'm hoping our secondary is still pretty good when given a good pass rush. I think we'll find out next year because I'm guessing they address the linebackers and maybe an end, and leave the secondary alone for the most part for one more year. Now, we'll get Batten back next year. He might be pretty good. I think Moats has the build and the talent to be a real solid linebacker. I like K.Williams and Troupe as rotation - but, if we could get a second rounder for K. Williams then I'd take it. Hopefully Carrington will pan out. I'm thinking we can work with Poz and Moats, hope Batten has something and Coleman develops. We've got Davis for another year. I think we should add two good LB's - starters, that can get to the QB. One very good one. And then we add a very good DE. If we did that I think we could see, with the added experience, enough of quality out of the defense to know, the next year (2012), where we'll need to fine tune. I've said it before - I'll say it again - I would like to see these young guys get more playing time: Moats, Coleman, Carrington, Troupe, and Maybin, just so we better know, next year, what we need. As for K. Williams, having now gotten playing time as a NT, and maybe added five pounds to his playing frame, I think if you put him in a 4-3, Tampa 2 defense with a good DT to play with, then you've got a real game changing player, one who will make big plays. All alone, though, and he isn't great. That is why I would support trading him - for a good draft pick - to a team like the Texans, who have a lot of the pieces in place.

I've been a fan of the Bills for fifteen years at least. I've been really following football for maybe seven or eight. Every year there are one or two college football players coming out that stand easily at the top of the list, guys that a team can build a unit around. Last year it was Suh. Remember - going through a rebuild that takes a few years is something a team doesn't want to do every four or five years. If we have to hit rock bottom to build this thing up the right way, we should be aiming for a championship, to begin with, and then to remain that good. Now, if we end up going into next year with the first pick, or top two or three, we should not be seeing that high a pick again for a long time. To be a great team - not just good, but great - we need a great QB. Fitz might be playing good, but he'll never be great. He looks like the perfect number 2 QB on a championship team, able to come in and win a game when needed, smart and capable of helping a young Qb read defenses. If we have the chance to grab a QB capable of being great, then we need to take it. Unless there is another player of need on Defense that is looking like a once in a generation prospect - and from what I've read it looks like the QB's are the talk of next year's draft. The other direction - one I'm opposed to - is trading down. But, we won't, at least we shouldn't, have the chance to lock up a great Qb with a top pick for the forseeable future, so that is the way to go, IMO.

Fitzpatrick is no playoff QB. It is just a matter of Gailey's offense. Sure, we could put together a terrific defense and win with a mediocre offense, but if we want a great offense, then we need a top Qb - and, I think that is the hardest position to fill, so if we get the chance to finally draft a franchise caliber Qb then we've got to do it. Spend the rest of the draft on defense, get a linemen in F.A. Sounds like a plan.

I say again - I've been convinced the Bills are playing this year without any real attempt at winning at any cost - rather, they seem to be just using this season as an extended pre-season. I personally think it's to get the high pick next year and their franchise QB. Still, I agree with all these troubling points - and I've made most of them myself - but, the only thing that I keep holding out hope with is the idea that they are doing this bottoming out for a franchise QB, and that next year they will be doing everything in their power - including signing key free agents, to win. I will not follow this team any long after this up coming offseason if they don't get their Qb and fix the O-line, at the least. We can hope, still, that that will happen. If this same bad drafting, bad free agent aquisitions, keep on after this year, then it is safe to assume there is nothing here that is able to be competitive.

I saw Mallet play against Alabama and he looked ok, but not great. I haven't seen Luck or Locker play yet, but I've read a lot on them and it appears the consensus is that Luck is the most refined NFL ready QB right now, but that Locker has more potential, has a higher ceiling. I guess, as physical limitations go, Drew Brees is not that big, not real fast, nor does he have a rocket arm, but he sure can get it done. So, if Luck is at all like that, then that would be fine. With Locker, I'm getting a Brett Favre kind of feel from what I hear, he can be incredible, really just super good, but then can have bad patches. As a Bills fan, I absolutely believe we need a QB, the very best we can get, and we aren't going to be here again, in this spot, with this kind of talent available, for a long time. I want the Qb to be a damn fine passer - he's got to be able to throw the ball and connect on passes. He's got to be able to read defenses. And I would really like to see a QB with toughness, with fierce competitiveness. I don't care if he is politically correct - as sickeningly as T. Edwards was, all he did was spout out exactly what was proper. I just want him to fight like a lion on gameday, come back from deficit with attitude, not whimper and pout. What I'm saying is, I'd like our next Qb to have heart, guts, fire, just as much as he has talent - maybe it's even a little more important.

When I think of the important aspects of the GM job, I think assessing talent. What team seems to have the best talent, year in and out, that fits the system? I think Pittsburg is definitely up there - I remember their 3rd stringers, with nothing to play for except the game itself, beat our Bills who were playing for a wildcard spot. That was demoralizing. I'm not as familiar with the GM candidates as I am with coaches and coordinators. On offense I like the Colts, but you don't have the Colts offense without Manning - he makes that team just like Kelly made the Bills. I like New England's offensive style - that they go after the opposition's weakness, and they will take it to you. Sean Payton, in New Orleans is also very good. Defensively, I like the Jets. Rex Ryan went in there and put it together, and that defense does what a defense should do - it beats people. Dick Laboue - spelling? with the Steelers - and what he did with the Bills, is an example of excellence in Defense, but of a different style. I don't know - there are so many good options. I'd love to see Tony Dungy or Bill Cowher - I really like how Cowher handled declining the Bills position - he did it with class. Now look, next year there will be Carolina, Dallas, probably Cleveland, maybe Cincinnati, San Diego... San Diego, Dallas, and Carolina are all absolutely great NFL coaching destinations. So, for a coach to choose Buffalo over those teams, there would have to be a lot of incentive. Really, I've always thought I'd rather see up and coming guys make a name here than bring in someone else's success. So, maybe Nix and Gailey can do it.

I'm with you there. I haven't been anywhere near as satisfied with Hangartner as others have been, and I was initially happy with the signing. It does look like the staff is considering it, what with all the moves behind Levitre and Wood they're making at the Guard position. I think they really want Wood at Center - as do I. I think, also, if we can find a decent Guard to replace Wood, we could keep Hangartner as primary backup - he'd make a good backup center/guard - and switch Bell to RT. That would allow us to pursue an excellent LT, assuming we have Wood's replacement somewhere now on the team. Or, we keep Bell at LT and look for a really solid RT. Either way, I think Gailey will be certain to have a good O-line next year - I'm sure of it. His forte is Offense, and without a decent line he will look like an incompetent joke. You know, I've mentioned this a few times on various posts - but it looks to me like the Bills coaching staff is losing on purpose this year - Yeah, I know how hard it is to even consider, and I know all the arguments against the idea. Still, I just see them looking at what they inherited, not being able to get key F.A.'s, and knowing that if they're going to depend on drafting a star QB and a few other positions, they'll need really high picks. So, they can't just go out and throw the game. But, what they can do is keep young guys with a lot of potential on the bench (Carrington, Brohm, Spiller) and next year they'll have Carrington - who could be good, along with guys like Batton at OLB - who also could be decent there (I think I remember reading he was quicker than even Maybin off the snap), Marcus Easley. We haven't seen Sean Nelson. I really think they are content letting this year be an evaluation year - Tough Medicine, so to speak - and getting their highly coveted QB. Next year we'll have a star-in-the-making QB, a revamped O-line, Easley and Nelson to add to the guys we already have, not to mention Jackson and Spiller, and probably another WR. I wouldn't be surprised if that offense is pretty good next year, guys. There's hope.

One of the problems the Bills have had over the last decade is that they've had absolutely no grasp on contract timetables, player's peaking times. What I mean to say is that we've spent money on F.A.'s, but we haven't spent wisely, nor with any coordination. We've done absolutely absurd things like bringing in T.O. without having an offensive line to block for a Qb - and without having a Qb to throw him the ball. That was wasted money in football terms - although they made money off the publicity and false hope that came with him. We'd of been so much better off if we hadn't spent much on F.A.'s, and rather pooled the money over a few year's span, and then, when we were ready with, say, 60% of the puzzle, then go out and finish it with quality players. Instead, though, we can use Dwan Edwards as an example. Adding him to a front seven that lacked a run stuffing DE, or as a DT to a decent 4-3 squad, would make a lot of sense. Considering his age he'll be solid for a few more years and then start to decline. The way the Bills have worked recently, we'd grab him, but then only have the other pieces in place after he's peaked. Basically, we need to keep the roster's overall age and contract status in mind with this build. As has been mentioned, if we just go the draft route, we'll be losing guys as we're gaining. We need to concentrate on having all the pieces in place on a given year - say 2013, and be sure the major players are in place to be together for 3-4 years after that, or else we'll keep on like we have been, never having all or enough of the pieces together at the same time. That's just foolish spending, and foolish management.

I respect your opinion. Consider T. Owens, though. He looked average on our team last year. This year he's putting up the kind of numbers you'd expect from a player of his recognized caliber. Certainly we are overmatched on a weekly basis by these other NFL teams. But - and this is my opinion - many of our players could play well on another team, or might look markedly better if under a different coach. Imagine this: Rex Ryan comes to Buffalo with a whole off-season to prepare. I bet he could take our roster as is and have it performing at somewhere between a 10-15 ranking in the NFL. A lot of success is using the talent in the right way. I think we just didn't have the right pieces in place for a 3-4 - namely, we didn't have the linebackers. You give us two good OLB's and another solid ILB, or even one really good one of each, and our Defense is a lot better all around. Pressure on the QB will make our secondary look good again. And, our O-line was a disaster from last year, and yet there was nothing done to make it better for this year. I really believe Spiller would look really good on a team like Baltimore, for instance. I think Nix and Gailey saw what they had inherited and just didn't think by making marginal improvements on the offense to get to a 8-8 or 9-7 record would be as valuable long term as just bottoming out this year with what they had, knowing they'd be terrible, but also seeing what talent they do have, and then going for a real franchise QB with the high draft pick next year. Then you solidify the line. What I offer here is merely an alternative to your way of seeing things. I know this front office could do things next off-season to make what I said seem naive; I can really only give myself one more season - this is my reasoning - before I give up on the Bills as having any stake in winning for the forseeable future.

Poz one of the better players on an overall poor unit? Well, last year our secondary was highly regarded, but our linebackers weren't very good. Those guys put up and showed that they can play good under certain conditions. Poz has never shown he can be a part of a good LB corps. I think he would make a good LB corps if he were surrounded by very good players, but I think if he's asked to elevate and carry a group, then he cannot do so. A more troubling question, in my opinion, is this: If Kelsay is worth 6 million a year, what would they pay Poz? I mean, dump that salary, whatever it'd be, and dump Kelsay's, and we might have 11 million a year to work with - and if you spent that right you could end up with a couple of much better players. I think when it comes to resigning Poz we have to be very wary of setting a bad presidence by overpaying him, too. If we are paying the likes of those two big money, then what would a really talented player demand? If you were Merriman, what would you demand if you knew Kelsay was getting - and just got renewed at - 6 million? He's got to say 11 or 12 million, right? That's nuts. But, at the same time, he could very well be twice as good as Kelsay, and he could very well produce 3 or 4 times as many sacks. How they handle that position will be very telling, I think.

We have another reciever who looked pretty good before the season began, and who might have been number 2 - and whose body type would've made for a perfect 1 reciever, moving Evans to the slot and keeping Steve at 2 spot. Evans at slot? Hey, wouldn't we take Welker's production out of him? I think he'd do better in that kind of role. Anyway, I was talking about Easley. Easley, Nelson, Evans, and Johnson. That could be a good recieving corps. And then you multiply whatever production we've seen out these guys in the past and you assume we could get twice that with a very good QB. Yeah, that is why I say get a QB in round 1, get a couple F.A. O-linemen to fix our line, and go from there.

I like Gailey, though, "when I walk out onto that field I expect to win - I don't hope I'm gonna win" that quote might be questioned after this season. If you're looking to blame someone I think you have to go to the Owner. If you're the owner and you're looking to blame someone you might look to the people responsible for the team's player aquisition. I just don't think (and this is based solely on the looks I see on Gailey's face) that he has control over everything he needs control over - or, to put it differently, it looks like he is trying to coach with one hand tied behind his back. It looks like he took this job thinking he could do more than others have done, and is finding out why others before him have failed so miserably; he now knows what he doesn't have, what he cannot do, and is trying to find a way to win despite that. So, could Gailey be one and done? What if he quits? What if he says, "Ahhh...I didn't sign up for this crap. I can't win under these conditions."? That's a possibility, although slim. But, at times, after games this year, he's been seen to look awfully angry and frustrated. I could see one other scenerio - if a really highly thought of coach made a move at the job - someone like Gruden, or Cowher, or the "Tuna". If that very, very unlikely situation were to occur, would Gailey keep his job? I don't think Wilson would pass up the opportunity to have a superstar coach, if he could wing it. Frankly, I'd rather see some superstar coordinators, or a superstar college evaluator brought in. Something is amiss at One Bills Drive. This team looks so incompetent out there, we could/should literally replace 40% of the starting lineup. If you give a new coach 3 years to put together a team, that's 33% of a team per year, to end up with a team all his own after 3 years. By that reasoning, it could be within hoping distance to think that Nix and Chan, if they try really hard and get really lucky, could find a way to put it together so that next year we aren't having these talks anymore.

Thank You! I feel the same way. In fact, that was what I hated most about Trent Edwards - the guy was a puss. He had no heart, no gut, no fire. I like a guy like Brady - as much as I hate him, too - who will look mad as hell when he's losing, who'll shout at his team until they're fired up. One of the reasons I enjoy football is that I believe there is more to the game than just muscle and brains - that people can rise above their limitations by virtue of their will to win, their toughness, their heart. A guy with passion, intensity, a will to win at any cost leading this team - that would be invaluable. That could elevate guys play. That would give us something to root for. Heck, even Jim Kelly had that fire, that determination, that insistence to go back out and win, damnit!

I agree, as well, that there is seldom a can't miss prospect. But, I am also confident that if the Bills had the first pick, they'd get a franchise QB out of it. Last year, the experts knew Sam Bradford was the franchise QB of the class, and they are proving right. If you look back, usually the misses on first round QB's come when the guy was arguably the second or third best QB. But, in classes where there are three or four really top notch QB's - like when Rothlisberger, Manning, and Rivers came out - you really can't go wrong, and I think this upcoming draft will pan out like that. Sure, Rothlisberger and Rivers aren't arguably the best in the NFL, but they are dynamic enough, good enough, to win you games, to give you a fighting chance, to carry a team, even. I think this upcoming draft will be one of the deepest in ten to twenty years at QB. It is the only way I can look at our F.O. with respect, is to believe, as was suggested on WGR, that last year they knew they were going to get their guy at QB in 2011, so they picked up their RB to go with him when they could. What about the O-line? I'm hoping, as some people have mentioned, that the FA class this coming year is so deep that we'll be able to fill a lot of needs, there, as well. I know it is a stretch - but I've suggested it before - this staff might be really giving themselves a year of evaluations before they put together their team they hope to win with.

I was reading on Profootballtalk that the Raiders failed to sell out their game for the tenth consecutive game... and I couldn't help but to think: all this talk of the Bills moving to LA. Who in LA would pay to go see this team? Maybe for the first season, but you have to put a good team on the field. At least have some player or two to inspire hope. The Bills in Buffalo would work - we have supported this team - the fans have done their part. This is not on the economy. This is not on the fans. This is on the Front Office, and more specifically, Ralph Wilson.

Thank you. I try to make my case, to express what really bothers me about this team, and I always get sidetracked - there's just a lot not to like. But, my biggest problem with the Bills is that they are sending very mixed signals, and are portraying a team that isn't altogether on the same page, that is run poorly, and that appears embarrassingly inept, so much so that FA's don't even want to come here, and coaches will turn down millions of dollars a year because whatever is going on behind the scenes is virtually a guarantee to prevent success. Anyway - this team doesn't appear to be totally rebuilding, nor does it appear to be totally playing to win now. What it actually appears to be trying to do is be terrible. It actually looks like the Bills are trying to suck, trying to destroy themselves. Why didn't we go after Brown? We could've had him - are you kidding me here - for what we got for Lynch! I've mentioned Cameron Wake - the guy was out there, no claim on him by anyone, an exact fit for what we needed, and we don't recognize his talent. The examples of either not recognizing talent, or not going after talent that would be a definate upgrade, makes it seem like this team's number one priority isn't winning, now or later, but something else - maybe letting someone run the show as they deem fit, regardless of their inabilities? Money saving? Whatever the top priorities are winning and building a great team aren't there - and that is enough to make me despondant as a Bills fan.

I agree with this sentiment. All the people here saying how this has to be done, how it is inevitable, how the people complaining don't understand, I think are missing a few key points. If the real goal is to build a winner in a few years, then why isn't Brohm starting? If we don't know how well he can play in real games, then we might fall prey to the same reasoning that allowed us to pass on a QB in 2010. Why sign Kelsay to an expensive extension, one that will only justify him playing when obviously we need to see young guys trying to play, to see if we have anything in reserve that might work - who wants to hear next draft that they didn't upgrade OLB because we could have the same talent already on our roster? The frustration is coming from what appears to be multiple chiefs running the show at One Bills Drive, and the result is the GM and coach getting all the blame, a three to four year total roster turnover, constant failure. Some real answers need to be made in explaining why this team is so far behind everyone else. Look at New England - they have had many more draft picks than we have over the last four years and their roster is always capable of competing for the Super Bowl. We can't even do one part right - compete for the Super Bowl or have a successful rebuild via the draft - and I, for one, want to see the responsible party come forth and take the blame, because it really looks like we're never going to see success here. Rebuilding for ten years does lose momentum.

I'm glad someone brought this up. I thought of it as well - Incognito was released after playing well for a team with a terrible O-line when our starting G wasn't even ready to play - but still, he was pretty good, and we didn't even replace him, let alone upgrade. And what about Cameron Wake!!! This really blows my mind. The Bills switch to a 3-4, have no capable OLB's, and this guy is sitting there ready to be had - could have been brought in - AT A POSTION OF DIRE NEED - and we don't go after him! What? Whoever is making the personnel decisions in Buffalo doesn't have what it takes to be successful - the examples go on and on, and are still happening. We should not have missed on Wake - there are a lot of people on this site who mentioned him regularly for awhile before he was picked up. It's not like he wasn't known - our people didn't consider him to be an upgrade - AND THAT A BIG PROBLEM FOR US - WE CAN'T EVEN RECOGNIZE TALENT WHEN IT IS AVAILABLE - SOMETIMES ON OUR TEAM!!!

Absolutely correct. Mr. Wilson puts a product on the field and sells tickets to watch it along with team merchandise, concessions etc. If you like the product you buy it. If you don't like it you don't buy it. Simple concept, embrace it. Bottom line is Mr. Wilson meets his contractual obligation every week. It is your option to buy what he offers or not. That is very nicely put. A business man like Wilson knows how to make money. Football is a business that has become more than just a sport - it has taken root in people and when it does, and the fan is born, reason and sense have little chance. People have a hard time not supporting this team - even if they hate what it has become. But, Wilson acknowldedges that emotional vulnerability of the fanbase and HE TAKES ADVANTAGE OF HIS TEAMS FANS, swindling them out of a team worthy of their continued support. IF FANS ORGANIZED LIKE A UNION - ESPECIALLY BILLS FANS - AND COLLECTIVELY DECIDED TO STOP SUPPORTING A TEAM THAT DOESN'T HAVE WINNING AS ITS TOP PRIORITY - WE COULD FORCE A CHANGE. I'd love to see some collective statement made by the Bills fanbase!

I'm pretty quick these days to spout off on this team - simply because I'm so fed up with watching them be pushed and shoved around for three hours a Sunday - I literally enjoyed football more in the offseason! But, to the point - K. Williams is pretty good. I think he'd be much better on a team like Baltimore, where he could line up next to a space eating, run stuffing DT. On a team like Baltimore, Houston, Minnesota, or even Indy, he'd probably be a pro-bowler regularly. Our whole defense looks terrible right now. It's amazing how one missed assignment, or missed tackle, can turn an otherwise good play on defense into a terrible one. That seems to be the case with us all the time. We look absolutely terrible, yet little things done correctly could make us quite a bit better. Still, there are some things that we just can't do. Our linebackers aren't good enough for this system. Maybe Moats and Batten will turn into something. Poz? I don't even know about him anymore. Our linebackers are being exploited - we know what the other team is going to do, and they know where to go at us, and we still can't stop them. A monster OLB who could get to the QB and a DE who could get into the backfield - like Bruce did - without having to send extra blitzers, would make the rest of the defense look much, much better. Trouble is, that is two once in a draft type players - both of which would be first rounders, and we still need to get first round quality QB and LT! If we got really lucky with our draft spots it would still probably take us two years to be competitive. I do think, unlike some people have suggested, that the right four or five guys could turn this team around. Trouble is, we'd have to have a GM and owner who wanted it bad enough to go after it at any cost. There always seems to be teams that want the right guys more than we do, or who can identify them better than we can.

I liked the post - and certainly there are things to agree or disagree with, when opinions are out there, but we can't be sure about anything when it comes to what might have beens. If things had happened differently in the past then some of what was posted might be proven. It's funny how arguments start up, and then people are calling other people out on how skiewed their judgment is. I think we can all agree on this: something is wrong with the Bills organization. That something is above the role of G.M. and Head Coach. Whether it is Ralph Wilson, Overdorf, someone else, or a collection of things - it is obvious that something is there behind the scenes that has hindered the development of this team since the 90's. My personal opinion is that it is Ralph Wilson, that he meddles, and that he makes it impossible for the people he hires to do the job. That explains why no one he brings in works out, why they all end up looking so frustrated they want to pull their hair out and they can't talk straight, why guys like Jim Kelly, Cowher, and Shanahan all simply remain quiet about whatever the reason is that no one of real quality will come here and fix this thing - because the owner is in the way. That, to me, makes sense. And, it's a shame that he will let an organization, so rare, go to such a ruin. The Bills are truly a laughingstock. I can't stand watching them anymore. It is embarrassing. But, to blame guys like Nix and Gailey - I just don't think so anymore. I think guys like Nix and Gailey and Jauron and maybe even Mularky all have something in common - they aren't big enough to argue or to stand up to someone - they are all smart and competent men who think they can overcome whatever hurdle these more accomplished men won't try working around. That hurdle? I think our collective anger and frustration should be directed at Ralph Wilson. He should give up the team if he isn't committed to making it a winner. How can he do that? By for once truly letting a football man run the show, and bring in the players he needs. It might sound simple - but I think most of us can agree on that.

I don't see things that way. In Kelsay we have an OLB who is no good, who is exploited by our opposition, and who was no good as a DE, either. Unless I'm way out of touch with salaries in the NFL, you take six million a year and you can pay for a legit NFL starting OLB - one who, I'd say, should average six to eight sacks a year. Not two years. The bit about having to replace another area - the way he's played it should be capable of finding a low round rookie to take his place. Danny Batten, next year, should be that man. I just don't see how we could do much worse lining up just about any serviceable OLB that is looking for a modest contract, or a rookie. I would rather see us try out a few rookies at the spot and have them actually play worse than for us to accept mediocrity at a position, give it a pretty high pay check, and say we're not pursuing upgrades. Man, at his salary, wouldn't that mean a good OLB is going to cost us like 10 or more million a year? What the heck kind of presidence is this setting? It would not surprise me to see, after this season, Nix or Gailey fighting about someone going over their head and doing this - because it doesn't make sense and I just can't see Nix and Gailey being happy with Kelsay's production. It could be the Edwards move, and this one, are being done by someone else, and these guys are being told to deal with it. Either way, yet again, it reflects negatively on our team and the cause and effect consequences of this are just crap. By the way, this means we're paying Kelsay more than - whatever it ends up being - a million dollars a year per sack!!

I don't mean to be simplistic, or to underestimate the dynamics involved in running an organization as large as the NFL teams are - but, it is mind boggling what it says about human perception and our ability to judge reality when there are an apparent endless spring of opinions and judgements about one football team. I know that makes it fun for fans, but the coaches should have it down to a bit more of a science by now. Maybe it is more the owners interference? Most NFL coaches would probably tell you - "if you give me the players I ask for, I'll give you a Super Bowl". As for the simplistic angle - if I were going to fix a team like ours I'd go at it on a three year plan: year one you add what you think are players of real quality at areas of weakness, or BPA, even. 2010 for us, and it's an evaluation year, to see who you have, who is better or worse than they seemed a year ago. Then, I'd spend an offseason fixing one or the other side of the ball, and the next year finish the side you neglected the year before. You figure, 11 guys on each squad. The Bills are considered a talent poor team. Yet, on defense you could keep the secondary, Williams, Troupe, Carrington, Poz, Edwards, Moats, Davis. You go into an offseason looking for a DE, two linebackers - maybe two DE's and three linebackers - but maybe first round OLB, 2nd round DE, third round OLB. Say they were good enough to be starters. That could make our D go from average to good. On the offense: Get a good WR, LT, TE, C, QB. QB with the 1st pick, trade up for a LT, and you could probably find a C to start in the third round. Nevertheless, you could pick up in FA a TE and a WR. Even a C, if you needed to. We could, I think, easily make our squads very good with one offseason given to each. I'd start with the offense, let the QB develop that year and then when the D is ready to shine you've got a mature team. A three year plan.