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I've renewed 2.

Well to be fair - beating the Bills (based on our several years of mediocrity) isn't that exciting. And the Colts have had a number of great regular seasons only to have it end in the playoffs (usually at the Pats hands). It's like if the Bills kept dominating in regular season only to be knocked out of the playoffs. Would you get that excited for a win over a team you're expected to beat in regular season?

Shhh... No one tell the Texans that we have a WR on our team named Lee Evans

Everyone wants the next Antonio Gates.

Number 1 to avoid on my list is any QB. I actually would love to get Tapp.

Thanks for the suggestions!

My husband and I are coming to Buffalo to watch the Browns/Bills preseason game (he's a Browns fan). It also happens to be his birthday. Does anyone have recommendations for hotels near Orchard Park which are nice and moderately priced? (i.e. under $100) Thanks!

I actually like Hoge. He may not always be right but at least he's willing to say not every 1st round QB is going to be amazing unlike Salisbury who thinks every first round quarterback is going to be a "superstar" in the league. How many "superstar" QBs are there currently? Let's see Peyton, Brady and maybe Carson (rising superstar). That's about it. But somehow every new draft there are going to be 3 new superstars in the league. Hoge thought very little of Alex Smith and Rodgers last year (and I agreed with him at the time). So far it looks like his opinion is more accurate than Salisbury who I remember saying both QBs were going to be amazing. Salisbury also raved about all 4 QBs when Losman was drafted. That's when I realized his opinion was not to be trusted. When has there EVER been a hit rate of 100% on 1st round QBs? Even in 1983 - it was 50% and that year has never been replicated.

I'd cut him just so we can stop having press conferences to announce that Favre has still not made a decision. It's pretty annoying. I like the guy but we have been hearing about his "retirement" for the last several years. I don't know if I can take another year of commentators waxing poetically about how this might be Favre's last year...

I don't agree that Moulds is a quitter but I also don't think he left for the money. He received a $5 million signing bonus and $9 million over 4 years. Usually the base salary in the first year is low because of the signing bonus. So let's guess that his salary is $1 million the first year, $2 million in year 2 and $3 million in years 3 and 4. EM was scheduled to make $7+ million this year from the Bills and his agent said he would not take ANY paycut. And I would guess his salary for the next few years was much higher than $2-3 million per year. We don't know how much of a paycut the Bills were asking but the Texans contract seems very reasonable dollars-wise. I think the Bills would have been happy to give that to him. I agree with the rest of your post and there is no denying that EM had many other reasons to want to leave (although I'm still disappointed that he did) but I'm pretty sure money was not one of them (sadly, it would actually make me feel better if he did only leave for the money).

No but you can say if you are not on a team who plays 8 games per year in Orchard Park, NY your $50 million contract is guaranteed otherwise only $5 million of the $50 million is guaranteed (and the incentive to reach $50 million is winning 5 Super Bowls in a row). The NFL decided after Wolford that you can't increase the overall value of the contract with a poison pill so Minny made sure the overall value was not increased - just the guaranteed part.

I apologize if this has already been discussed (I have not visited much in the offseason) but I was just thinking during the Pro Bowl yesterday that Larry Johnson would have looked really good in a Bills uniform. He had 1,750 yards in starting 9 games last year - which is pretty crazy. Instead TD took McGahee. Oh well - I guess hindsight is 20/20 but I sure wish we had Larry Johnson instead of "the best running back in the league."

I'm in Virginia (D.C. area) and we just saw the commercial. I liked it although it does kinda fit too well.

most miserable... Funny ESPN article re: the most miserable teams/cities. Link

Yes, Butch Davis was responsible for the picks after Policy/Clark. Too bad we are keeping TD - I think Savage is regarded as one of the up and coming talent evaluators and should have no problem finding another GM position.