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You'd hate it even more if we were ranked #1.

I think the Maybin and Nelson experiments are over. Those roster spots are valuable, especially Maybin's given the needs of the 3-4 and our annual injury issues at the position.

Bill Parcells was the beneficiary of outstanding drafting with the Giants and Patriots, not free agents or quick fixes. He's gotten away from that. The draft is the fulcrum on which good and bad teams are balanced.

What are they, the Saturn dealership of free agent no haggle pricing? I'd take Roth at that number.

Chicago: They never seem to be good two years in a row. Seattle: Only got in last year because they were the least horrible in a bad division. New England: I think the team has started the slow slide to mediocrity. Philadelphia: The football gods shun attempts at buying a ring. New Orleans Saints: I think the Falcons and Bucs will keep them out this year.

He'll get another shot with a team. Teams love the lottery ticket. It's the only reason Gholston is practicing with the Bears and Buster Davis is in NY right now.

Useless, no. He's only useless if he's injured. Effective? Eh. He'll give you a play or two on passing downs, but just like Derrick Mason, you've got little left in the football tank at that age, especially as the season wears on. This is not a big deal signing whatsoever. NFL in the year 2011: Advantage Youth

I don't see how signing a 34 year old defensive lineman is any real news.

Outside of being packaged with another player or heaven forbid, a draft pick, I'd be very surprised if a team trades for him with his release all but inevitable.

We are going to kill with that robo-rebounder in the paint.

The bottom line is that you don't see 228 lb linebackers even in college football. Being such a light LB will get you killed in the NFL. If I'm the Bills, I'm evaluating plan B. Why they still insist on keeping him at LB baffles me. Try him at another position or release him.

I wouldn't be shocked to see him cut before the season. He's got very little left in the tank.

It's amazing that Tampa Bay, Green Bay and Pittsburgh gets accolades and that'a boys for not spending big in free agency and instead, building through the draft and keeping their own guys. Also known as what the Bills are doing.

I'll buy #10. I chalk #10 as to why the Pittsburgh Pirates and Cleveland Indians are good this year in MLB. Why the Mavericks beat the Heat in the NBA. It's got to be bored cosmic forces, man. And...the statute of limitations has officially run out on the Music City Miracle.

I think Chan Gailey is a good coach and I've liked the hire since day one. While the national media didn't care for it, I thought it was a rather inspired coaching decision by the Bills. I was expecting the long time coordinator, first time coach hire again. I knew the change from the Tampa 2 to a 3-4 was going to be difficult. I knew having Trent Edwards as your starting QB wasn't going to be successful. I knew not having successful drafts gives a team very little in talented personnel. Those things have changed for the better, and I expect it will be seen in the win column this year.

What continues to happen to Cindy Brunson? It looks like she continues to have work done to her face. Unfortunately, the original canvas was better. She's getting close to Joan Rivers territory. I like Michelle Bonner and Shelly Smith in terms of quality female anchors/reporters on the network.

Given that Zach Miller isn't in a Bills uniform, I'm willing to give Chandler a shot. He holds TE records at Iowa in the middle of the greats like Marv Cook and Dallas Clark, so he can't be half bad.

I think he'll be back. With this unusual free agency period, time is of the essence for guys in this buyers market. They want to play and need to play somewhere. I don't think the Bills turn away depth and a decent player familiar with the defense over personal feelings. The Bengals appeared to be the only serious interest and that looks to have ended.

To start he should eat Talley.

That's where I'm at. It's a long winding road of practice and preseason games fraught with peril to Game #1 where the scores count. I've imagined having a stellar, undefeated preseason, hopes are high and Merriman gets dinged in the first quarter of the last preseason game.

We might already have a Kevin Boss on the team in Scott Chandler. Boss is ok, but he's not a superstar, and he's got a different skill set from say Zach Miller. Boss is a big target in the red zone, has taken a ton of big hits, and blocks well. He usually makes the catch when the ball is thrown to him. Much like Buffalo, however, the Giants offense really doesn't rely on the TE with Boss starting at the position. Chandler is 6'7" and started out as a receiver at Iowa before being transitioned to a TE. He's sandwiched between Dallas Clark and Marv Cook in the rankings of best TEs at Iowa. I'm inclined to see what Chandler has if Zach Miller isn't a possibility.

You almost have to wonder if the guy has an illness. You'd think he'd be trying to put on weight, not continue to lose it.

+1 Agreed on that point.

He's done. In twenty years, he'll be in that group of Hall of Fame players that had sad endings to their careers with a picture of him in a Titans uniform. To me, that is a man who will live with a big regret down the road. He was an absolute blockbuster of a player, but he'll regret that perhaps with a little more work, little less distraction off the field, he would have been the greatest player at the position in the history of the game.

To me, it's just a game. And still is. If anything, being a Bills and Pittsburgh Pirates fan over the last 25 years has taught me patience, faith, the importance of hope and not taking things for granted. It's been a learning experience. It makes the good times feel just a bit better. I feel that fans of the Bills will not, and never have, taken the successful years of this franchise for granted.