Typical TBD Guy

Did I mention Moulds is willing to restructure his contract?

I'm content with Villarial, Schobel, and Posey. Everything else I agree with you on. I'd also add: 1. LT if Jennings leaves 2. backup RB if Henry is traded 3. CB depth, especially since both Clements and McGee are due to be free agents after 2005

Read some of the posts before you. What he did to the Jets made him a piece of stevestojan. I personally hate Winfield because he wanted out of Buffalo. That's good enough reason for me to hate an ex-Bills player. Irrational? Perhaps. But !@#$ it, I love Buffalo and anyone else who doesn't is dead to me. Coming from a Bills fan whose favorite player used to be Antoine, :I starred in Brokeback Mountain: AW

If your sources are credible, then we can kiss our Sabres goodbye.

Was Blackmon any good as a DC in Atlanta?

I'm not nearly as optimistic as you are about the NHL's future. What I see happening is neither the owners nor players budging enough, the strike continuing for 2 more years, and the NHL splintering into two smaller leagues thereafter - one with a hard salary cap and one with more or less the current NHL system. The small market teams (Sabres included) and Canadian teams will either join the new league with a salary cap or fold altogether. However this strike plays out, no longer will the NHL be considered part of the "big 4" pro sports leagues - the NFL, NBA, and MLB being the other 3.

GREAT post, AKC. While you can still count me in among the list of "Drew bashers," it's certainly true that we still have problems with several other areas on our team, including our beloved D. About Drew, I've been saying since the Texans home game in November 2003 that he is finished as a quality NFL QB. He has always been one to magnify the deficiencies of the other 10 offensive players with his immobility and his inaccuracy for short to medium range passes; but in the later stages of his career he's developed new tendencies that further damaged his worth, the most annoying of which has been an inability to scan the field rather than lock onto 1 receiving outlet. Now I know stats can sometimes be misleading, but everyone seriously needs to look at Drew's stats for the entire 2004 season. For a longtime NFL vet, they are HORRIBLE. This season wasn't all Drew's fault, but no doubt Drew was a problem and not a solution. Next year, there should be an open preseason competition at QB between Drew and JP. That's my stance for the next 8 months. May the best man win. If JP isn't ready by late August, then I will refrain from any further "Drew bashing" because that would mean that Drew, while a poor starting NFL QB, would still be our best option to win in 2005. As for the rest of the team, here's a list of needs for 2005 that largely reflect what I think were problem areas with the 2004 team outside Drew: 1. K - Either draft Nugent or go the FA route. One way or another, K needs to be upgraded if we expect to win close games. 2. RB - Assuming Henry is traded, we need a reliable vet or a bulky middle round vet to handle the backup duties. 3. WR - I'd like to see another speedy outlet in here, because if Evans goes down to injury, our offense could sputter badly (see 2003 Bills season). A mid-round draft pick or a cheap vet #3 WR would suffice. 4. TE - Not sure how much of a need this will be, but maybe another draft pick with Euhus-type potential would make me feel better in case Campbell and/or Euhus remain damaged goods by this summer. 5. OL - If Jennings leaves, we need to move Teague to LT and find a starting LG and C preferrably in FA but also in Day 1 of the draft. If Jennings stays, all we'd need is a starting LG. I REALLY don't want to see Tucker or Smith as regular starters again. The right side of the line is set, and assuming we resign Price, I like our depth with some combination of Tucker, Smith, Bannan, McFarland, and Sobieski for depth. 6. DT - Only a need if Phat Pat leaves. It'd be nice to find a DT or two of the future, but I don't think this is the year to do it...especially with no first rounder. 7. DE - Schobel and a full-time Kelsay need to step up their game a little, and a Day 1 draft pick rusher in the form of a Bertrand Berry of the Cardinals would be a nice addition for a unit that could use more quality competition. 8. LB - unlike a lot of posters here, I'm content with Posey. I think his stats suck not because he sucks, but because he's playing with 2 other All-Pro LB'ers who are sucking up the tackles. Do we really NEED to have 3 All-Pro LB'ers? No. Of course, some depth wouldn't hurt. That's why I'd like to see a couple OLB's taken in the middle to late rounds. 9. CB - Clements will be a FA next year, and McGee is good but better suited as a nickel CB rather than a 2nd shut-down corner. I'd like to see an early draft pick plus maybe a vet corner come in to at least add quality depth or maybe even challenge McGee for the 2nd starter spot. That is all. - KH

At first, I read your title as "10 years for holding is way too harsh!" So in a way, 10 penalty yards for holding isn't that bad. It could be MUCH worse.

Actually, I think the AFC East has been the toughest division since the mid-90's when the Bills SB dynasty crumbled (I don't have the stats to back this up, just a "gut" feeling).

Sorry. Still grumpy over Week 17...

Holy stevestojan, you LA'ers really are a bunch of pu$$ies.

A summary of your post: scrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeech...Rosen!

I keep hearing that Ralph was a real pennypincher before Polian came to town. Anyone want to elaborate on that? Why couldn't the Bills get over the hump for 20 years after the AFL glory days? Was it Ralph? Bad luck? What?

Upstate NY is, but not NY state as a whole.

What do you mean by the fans abused Howard?

Being only 23 years old, I'd like to hear more about the Bills teams of the past that I - and many others here - never experienced. Hey, just trying to please BillsNYC... We've discussed playoff scenarios, Drew Bledsoe, Travis Henry trades, Tom Donahoe, ICE, and cowbell to death around here. Time for a change!

Yup, maddog's right. 5th seed: Jacksonville 6th seed: Baltimore

Just like everything was Henry's fault in the first 4 games of the year?

I stand by all the comments I've made in this thread.

Hey, at least tater gave us more cowbell and not more of that other avatar of his...you know the one...

I said against QUALITY competition. The 3-11 Dolphins, by most standards, are not QUALITY competition.

CentralVABills reminds me a little of the Mel Gibson character in South Park.

Wow! It's nice to finally have a debate about Bledsoe's flaws without being called a fake Bills fan or an ICEsuckle! Here's a summary of the recent negatives with Drew: 1. His immobility still makes it easier for opposing D's to gameplan against our offense (by putting 8 in the box and/or blitzing up the middle without fear of Drew running wild to the sides and out of containment) 2. His throws still tend to be a little off from the receiver's path of motion, or a little too hard in the case of short to intermediate passes. 3. He still locks onto Moulds at times. Here's a summary of the recent positives with Drew: 1. He's doing a much better job of throwing the ball away rather than taking a sack or forcing a likely intercepted pass. 2. He's been looking for/finding an open Evans and an open Campbell much more so than in the first half of the season. 3. He appears more self-confident than ever before, as evident with his resiliency in immediately leading the offense back from an early deficit, his success in selling various trick plays like fake hand-offs, and his ability to make a play when the line all around him collapses. And in Drew's defense, he's had to deal with the following external factors: 1. Poor weather conditions in recent games. 2. The loss of both TE's, Campbell and Euhus. 3. Playing with huge leads (due to our D and ST's) that more or less force the offense to play more conservatively and predictably (i.e. run the ball a lot more, thus hurting his passing stats as well). Overall, my opinion of Drew at this point is that he has clearly improved from last year and has clearly shown a commitment to improve since the pre-season. For that, he deserves to finish out this particular season. However, IMO, we will still not be able to ever win a playoff game (at least an AFC one; I'd be singing a different tune if we were in the NFC) with Drew as our QB. His limitations make our offense vulnerable to good teams, even despite McGahee's presence. Our only shot is if our D and ST's continue to play lights-out football, but that is unlikely to continue into the playoffs against the likes of the Pats, Colts, and probably Bolts. At some point, Drew and the rest of this offense is going to have to carry the team in certain situations, and so far this season, we have not seen that happen against quality competition. Therefore, I say next pre-season should be an open competition between Drew and JP. If JP isn't close to being ready, so be it. But if he is, then a changing of the guard is essential if the 2005-beyond Bills want to legitimately challenge the AFC elite for a title.

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