richNjoisy

I don't think he'd care. He gets paid if he is hurt or not. If he plays well or not. He wanted green. The eagles think he wants to wear green. Nope. He wants it in his wallet. Good trade. Good riddance.

Rick Gosselin's 2nd mock draft - BASED ON NEED http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dw...t.e3cc4cc9.html

Well, I guess I am among the very few - I won't miss the holdout I won't miss the 11.5 sacks I won't miss paying him $10-11 mil per season I really thought the offensive line play last year dropped precipitously right when Butler went down and played well in weeks 1-2 without Peters. In my opinion, he was not worth it and I think the eagles are crazy to give up a 1st rounder+ and pay the guy 7 digits in salary too. My 2 cents and I realize I am in the minority here. ***** As to the draft,

http://www.thehuddlereport.com/Free/mockdraftrankings.shtml For those who are interested - the link above ranks the Mock Drafters for the past three years.

Not just a great signing but a perfect signing for the "new" Bufelon Bills. From Buffalo Rumblings, "His one season in Oakland included a four-game suspension for violating the NFL's substance abuse policy. He was also arrested in February of 2007 for drunk driving, eventually pleading guilty. His license was suspended for 180 days and he was fined $2,000 as a result of the incident." O.K. We can put Ko (Not O.J.) Simpson, Lynch and Rhodes in an SUV. Now....who drives? Simpson of course! He has no driving issues. Yet Now, if we can bring back Hargrove.......we'd have one hell of a foursome.

ESPN2 is having a schedule release special at 7 pm

I hope you are driving too! (not)

Do we quit the season after 15 games? THAT should be a bonus of 100 points!

Does BOLD mean home game in your list? If so - I love it! We get 9 home games! woo - hoo!

Oh really? You have a link?

My guesses: 9/14 Bills at New England (MNF) 9/20 Miami at Bills 9/27 Bills at Tennessee 10/4 Houston at Bills 10/11 Jets at Bills 10/18 Bills at Atlanta 10/25 Bills at Kansas City 11/1 Tampa at Bills 11/8 BYE WEEK 11/15 New England at Bills 11/22 Bills at Miami 11/29 Bills at Jacksonville 12/6 Indianapolis at Bills (Toronto) 12/13 Bills at Carolina 12/20 New Orleans at Bills 12/27 Bills at Jets 01/03 Cleveland at Bills

My bad - I was distracted by the Mets game - I thought Thomas visited the bills nevermind

another one gone

Good link Beerball! He has Brown pretty high (as does ALMOST everyone else) Ayers is a player I have seen all over the place. In your link, he has him #38. I also see he has Oher #13 I really expect a very interesting day with so much (apparent) widespread views on player values. This gives me reason to wonder if the Bills WILL actually draft Pettigrew at #11 (a REACH? - yeh, well, there's that widespread subjectivity thing going on this year). The widespread opinions could also mean tons of trades in round 1 when teams see players they could not believe falling to within reach of them. There is also the possibility of team's NOT drafting and waiting for a few picks to get to the podium. I prefer a trade up to low 20's to nab Pettigrew before Atlanta but I doubt this will happen. -RnJ

You are absolutely correct - very few rookie WR make an impact and you never know from what round the rare rookie will come from. Boldin comes to mind as an example...wasn't he 7th rd? Andre Reed, Eric Moulds started to perform in their third years.

you don't know what you are talking about. STATISTICALLY he has been CONSISTENTLY the best. Do your homework. Sometimes it appears people here simply want to be "smart" and "negative" And thanks to MAX997 for making a constructive comment - this first pass is indeed from his top 32 rankings. His third pass will combine his rankings with how he truly thinks the draft will go. Look for it around the 22nd. As to Brown - some scouts are down the guy but not in the top 32? Interesting.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dw...ft.24fa77e.html Gosselin consistently is the best of the Draft prognosticators. Crabtree at 4 is a surprise (I expect him to fall to 7) and Monroe all the way pick 8 Oher falls to 29 too. His draft assumes no trades. Jets would be unhappy in this scenario - all three QB prospects gone by pick 12.

Great post. I agree 100%

You are correct. Only the WHEN part was an unknown (until now). Obviously, making a a stellar player happy, and at a reasonable price, was a good move. Stroud performed and was reasonably patient (at least publicly). Peters has done neither of late. Protecting Trent this season is a major goal what to do about Peters is unclear. It IS clear that players CAN force trades - it seems that is what Peters is doing. If true, then the only "drop dead" date (in my opinion) is Draft Day since the Bills must get reasonable value (subjective) back for him and that means high draft picks when a replacement player is still on the Board. If Peters is traded, the Bills will not only need a new DE and TE but also an OT. I am still hoping for a trade with Denver for Scheffler. I guess my "dream" draft would be Oher at pick 11, trade of Peters to draft Ayers at 21 and trade of a 3rd or 4th rounder for Scheffler. -RnJ

Jon Runyan - coming off knee surgery (and is not expected to be ready to practice until July) - is a free agent. worth looking into as a stop gap while a rookie OT is brought up to speed?

http://sports.espn.go.com/espntv/espnGuide check out April 14th at 2 pm NFL Network has not tipped their hand - they have Path to the Draft listed for that date and time. Note: LAST year, the schedule was released on April 15th so this date seems reasonable

The "lightning" round Overtime IS statistically unfair but the college method, while exciting, could wreak havoc with TV coverage (early games overlapping late games, late games disrupting primetime broadcasts, etc). What's fair? Split the referees and each team starts with the ball on the opponent's 30. 3 downs for a 1st (no punts). First team to score wins. No first down in 3 tries? Then you have to hope your defense stops the opponent's offense. No Field goals. A turnover by your defense means your offense gets four downs to score a TD instead of three. No INTs or fumble returns for TD's. Broadcasters could split the screens or try to cover both on one screen (good luck). If neither team score a TD in the "lightning round" then coin flip and 10 minute overtime as is standard. Refs would hate it. Fans would go NUTS. Talk about 'scoreboard watching". Each team would have to note the progress of the opponents at the other end of the field. If the other team get in the red zone, your own offense better get a little more urgent My proposal does not take into account the advantage one team might have due to weather conditions (wind in particular). -RichNJoisy

KFFL is reporting the Lions are going to draft Baylor OT Jason Smith with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2009 NFL Draft. they are also reporting Vic Carucci, of NFL.com, who says the Buffalo Bills might play the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Toronto this season, according to a source at the league meetings. ..and I had already penciled in the Colts.

The "experts" are predicting a 1 or 2-game suspension at most.

Your points are well taken. But even before one gets to the point of considering what one will get out of a traded-for player and what the cost might be comes the skills of the player being replaced. Quite often, the SITUATION one lands in determines how one progresses (or not) in a new job. JP Losman came in after years of unmet expectations of the "veteran" Quarterbacks (Flutie, Johnson, Van Pelt, Bledsoe, Holcomb). Thus, he was given a lot of leeway even after one bad game after another. It reminds me of a line near the end of The Goodbye Girl when Dreyfus exclaims, "I'm the only guy who's trustworthy and I'm taking the blame for all those guys who preceded me!" In other words, Trent Edwards has been given one of the shortest grace periods I've ever seen for a rookie QB and I think he may be the best QB we've had since Kelly. I am not certain of this - the 1st half of the Browns game last year is still a recurring nightmare. But, if I were GM I would not even consider trading for Cutler, given the obvious costs to do so, when I may already have a franchise QB on the team right now. Admittedly, this is probably a make or break year for Trent. Which EVEN THAT may be unfair since it is only his third year in the league. I am hoping beyond hope that the Front Office can find a way to get a decent offensive line in front of him and a decent pass-catching Tight End. With these additional pieces, I think we will finally see what this guy can do. Put points on the board - lots of them.