JoeF

Cleaning diet coke off the monitor.......

Watching Terrence McGee return a kick is the most exciting thing for me to watch in the NFL today....want to talk about a kid with "Football Speed" .....whoa baby...sure glad he is ours... Mr. Mexico has nothing on this kid. One question--if RM and his babe adopt kids are they New Mexico or Mexico, Jr...

Your argument is definitely a track the Bills can follow and be successful...I look at the same set of circumstances and conclude: 1) Tucker did a good job at C last year when called upon. Read Bills Digest two years ago when he was thrown into a starting role for a while. The guy knows everyone else's on the lines assignments. He is a line coach on the field. 2) Shelton uses up $1.75 million in cap money (his $3 million minus the $1.25 million we get back for Henry)--that's two rookie contracts at the second round level...give me the extra second rounder instead. Usually second rounders get around $400-500K in amortized bonus on a 4 or 5 year deal plus a rookie min contract. I think we are better off in the short and long term--not tying Shelton to whatever we get for Travis....

Joke--this isn't directed only at you--but Shelton has not been a model of consistency. He has been less of an acheiver than our own Mike Williams in a lot of people's minds. He will have trouble beating out Teague for the LT position and he costs $3M..... Teague is not the same player who was rehabbing off a knee injury and gave up 12.5 sacks at LT in Denver 4 years ago...he improved as much as anyone on the line last year. His issues in Denver were both with speed rushers and being overpowered--he took a big step up last year in being able to defend against the bull rush and i think at least some of the problems with speed had to do with the knee. I wouldn't discount him being the best LT we have at the end of camp no matter whom of the current suspects (draft, FA, June 1 cuts) we bring in to compete... Again just my opinion--but I wouldn't sell Trey short in the LT competition. Plus I really like Tucker and say Jason Brown, Chris Spencer, etc competition at C....

See all the fun TD gets to have by spending two grand for a first class ticket, hotel room and a couple of meals. I bet that Khalif Barnes and Alex Barron have also visited.....

Richard Hertz

Good points. It would be interesting to see the list beyond the top 5 to see how many starters contributors came from later in the draft. The draft a crap shoot at best--but in the days of the cap--you better be successful at picking contributors no matter what draft position you have because you need guys who can at least contribute during their early and cheap years in order to win and to acheive cost balance on your roster. You can't buy or acquire established talent at more than 5 or 6 positions--young guys have to come through...For every Takeo Spikes you need a Terrence McGee and a Ron Edwards to step up...

Just wanted to wake up everyone who was hungover on a Saturday morning...Can't we have some fun....unfortunately this is not the most ridiculous scenario I have seen posted in the last few months....

With TD anything is within the realm of possibility. That is why I will be at least keeping an eye on the draft even though as it stands right now, we won't pick until 5-6 PM ET or so a week from today. Here's one----McNally covets Khalif Barnes and somewhat Alex Barron -- if you remember after the combine he was comparing Barnes to what he saw from Anothony Munoz. The great thing about Barnes is that he is projected to go anywhere from the early twenties to the early 30's....This will be a cheap price for a left tackle for 5 years....around $2.5 Million a year average... 1) Trade Henry and #86 (3rd round) to Eagles for #31 2) Trade Clements to Washington for #9 and #112 (4th round)- Snyder would easily do this. 3) Trade #9 to KC so they can draft a top flight corner for #15 and #46--it fills KC's one remaining need...Kiper has Pac Man Jones at 9 So now we have #15, #31, #46, #55, #112, #122.....we have Vincent to play corner, we have Baker to play safety...at #15 we draft Carlos Rogers-CB Auburn to groom to replace Vincent at CB-Rogers fits our D and is battle tested--he immediately steps in at #3 and maybe gives McGee a run for his money at #2. At #31 we draft Khalif Barnes to groom at LT. At #46, we draft the best interior OL available (Spencer, Bass, etc) to compete at C and at #55 if available we draft Nugent...Three solid rookies--all good charachter all not having to start right away-but all add serious depth and perhaps the best kicker in the draft in a long time... It would be just like TD--start the draft thinking you won't have to pick until 6 PM and then have 4 picks by that time There is virtually no cap hit to trading Clements and Henry so you have the rookie cap to afford this after the trades....if we are going to play hot stove league you guys need to get a bit more off the wall!!! Its fun to be crazy isn't it.... This would be TD's coup de grais...

Kelly, sorry I misread your initial response. So the only thing i have in reply is that I am not sure the NFL has any policy about making this stuff public. In fact it would probably violate HIPAA regulations since its medical data for the league to do this. Noone from the NFL ever confirmed any incidents with Sapp, etc if I recall correctly. They were all media speculation without confirmation. While the threat of this becoming public is realistically strong--the kid still took the time to write to all 32 teams to admit his mistake. Contrast that to Barry Bonds who still hasn't admitted something that appears in court documents or Jason Giambi who for all his press conferences still hasn't said outright that he is a user...I think this kid is making a meaningful effort to own up to this and is displaying some high charachter in comparison to lots of others...again just my take...

I tend to agree with Kelly and frogger on this one. Three things about this situation: 1) The kid owned up to the issue before it became public and admitted his mistake. 2) He and his coach both collaborate that he did not use them during the season but afterward to assist in recovery of an injury 3) Everything I have read about him says good kid, good player It would be niave to assume this is the first kid that was a user at the time of the draft-- He's a talented kid---who took responsibility for his actions--if he becomes good value--which most pundits say is anything lower than the second round with him--I say get him to Buffalo--

Castillo juicing From all accounts a good kid..but this will hurt his status. Several of us have speculated he would look good the Red and Blue

I think we should change it to Big Cat

Shroom Boom Expect some incoherent posts from our Alaskan friend(s)...will we notice the difference Just Kidding AD--don't terminate this....

This is beyond the vendetta stage...there has got to be some history here. Maybe when TD's grandfather was Governor of PA, he incarcerated Sully's grandfather for stupidity or something. Blaming TD for drafting McGahee---good God--this man is an idiot...

Not a good time to be a wildcat in Wisconson Article snipet... Feline lovers holding pictures of cats, clutching stuffed animals and wearing whiskers faced-off against hundreds of hunters at meetings around Wisconsin to voice their opinion on whether to legalize cat hunting. Residents in 72 counties were asked whether free-roaming cats — including any domestic cat that isn't under the owner's direct control or any cat without a collar — should be listed as an unprotected species. If listed as so, the cats could be hunted. The proposal was one of several dozen included in a spring vote on hunting and fishing issues held by the Wisconsin Conservation Congress. The results, only advisory, get forwarded to the state Natural Resources Board.

Breaking news from the Research Triangle Region of NC...... A massive pile up on I-40 was triggered this morning when a group of Hell's Angels collided with an animal transport truck and an ice transport vehicle. The resulting pandelerium caused pigs to fly and hells froze over.... I heard from a confidential source that eating lots of McDonald's super size meals will make you fat.....I also heard TD told the truth once during the month leading up to the draft. Twelve years ago he stated that Bill Cowher had a rare disease called jet jaw that will prove fatal over time. Cowher was so upset that he eventually got TD fired.... The guy who started the rumor on bb.com said he is studying to be a sports agent someday. He got a good start on his apprenticeship by spreading his first whooper...

Deepest sympathy and lots of prayers for you and your family.

No kidding--where do I sign up for a Bermuda casino and bet against myself on that one...

April, April -not Bobby April but the month-look at the Calendar before posting...I am a goober....

While its fun to speculate this time of year...I don't believe even a quarter of the stuff that TD says in the media, on bb.com, in Bills digest or to his wife, mother and kids this time of year. I will make two predictions: 1) We will draft someone that is very obscure like McGee two years ago. He wasn't even in the Pro Football Weekly top 30 CB's in 2003. 2) Travis Henry will not be a Bill on March (I meant APRIL, ) 25, 2005

Plus we have Tory Woodbury.... Tory Woodbury Just a question of whether we want to bring 4 or 5 to camp. Might be a subtle indication of how much they plan to work the passing game in camp.

Age, Skills, support in the run game, potential difference maker on special teams...all factors...Nate is simply a better player

I would only consider this if Dan Snyder offered more than his first. TD vs. Snyder in a negotiation like this would be fun to see. Snyder is a pretty formidable business guy but the football team is his toy and when he covets a guy he overpays.... So how about their first and their third this year and maybe a conditional '06 pick based on Nate's playing time in '05--up to a second.

Have you looked at Lenny P???...