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AQccording to Gailey it is precautionary. He felt a slight tweak in the hamstring that he previously injured so they held him out. Roscoe will be fine and he will be the slot receiver. No chance he will not be.

Good points. Let's examine this situation - "I currently live and work in San Diego, a very nice city with perhaps the best climate in the country. Would I rather move to Miami or Buffalo? Let me think - yeah, Miami sounds good. Weather, beaches, babes - yeah, that sounds good". In the days when the Bills were a perenial contender, free agents ignored all that because at least they could be on a winning team. Until the Bills become competitive, they will have a very hard time recruiting anyone. It seems to me they are trying, but they are going to have to make this transition in the short term lacking the ability to recruit free agents with choices. Get used to it.

Not saying this is a spectacular move or anything, but I am not sure who the "great guys" are on the Bills returning kicks. Spiller was the best and he averaged 23 yds per return. Smith averaged almost 29 - 2nd in the league in yds/return and 5th overall in yards. He did not return punts for the Jets and probably will not for the Bills as Roscoe is very good at that. This is a major upgrade to the return game and adds offensive flexibility and roster flexibility potentially. Good, not great, move IMO, although I would prefer to see an OT and ILB first. If they manage to fill those plus this move, it will look alot better.

Agreed. This is a siutaion of little risk for the Pats. Only a 5th round draft choice, which they probably have stockpiled anyway. Haynesworth has always had attitude issues. This did not suddenly manifest itself when he arrived in Washington. He is lazy and the epitome of a me first player. If Belichek can turn him around, he gets a guy who can contribute and cause problems for opponents, especially with another player clogging up the middle. If not, no risk. In any case, not a good fit for the Bills. By the way, in case people forgot, the Bills just spent a high number 1 pick on a player who has potentially even better skills and a much better work ethic. Not sure where people think Haynesworth would fit in our defense anyway.

You are a serious jerk. If you have a differing opinion, fine, but your post is a personal, insulting childish attack. Grow up. To the point of PTR's original tounge in check but accurate post, who they sign does not matter, the range of resposne from the masses here would be the same. Pretty well documented. On the Poz signing, I have already seen the entire range. If we signed Clabo, for what no doubt would need to be rediculous money, you would see the same thing. While ther might be some initial excitement, after the first sack he gives up, or if he got injured, the world would indeed turn quickly. Its the nature of a forum like this. I thought PTR's summation of it was quite humorous and dead on.

Great post PTR! You are spot on.

Agreed, and in fact, monopoly is the ultimate goal of any capitalist enterprise in its purest form. The NFL is a monopoly, protected by the Government as such. In order to maintain that monopoly and keep the busines growing they must ensure that all members of the monoploy are able to survive and thrive. This benefits all the members.

With UFAs, no, I do not think so. They can sign anytime, once it opens. Obviously, sooner is better. The real key according to what I heard is that free agency will open with undrafted free agents, then on 7/25, teams will have an exclusive opportunity to resign their own free agents, through 7/27, then on 7/28 they are completely unrestricted. This gives the Bills a short window to resign Poz and Florence before crazy offers start coming in. We will see pretty quickly whether they want to be here or not, and whether the Bills are anxious to keep them or not. I would think so, at least in Poz's case. It will be a feeding frenzy on 7/28.

There is aboslutely no evidence that Pryor has the skills, intelligence, decision maikng ability, or leadership qualities to be an NFL QB. None. I wish all the Ohio State fans would give it a rest already.

I see your point but I thought Lynch had plenty of opportunity here, and Jackson ran behind the same lines. His performance is Seattle last year was very similar to his time here. Time will tell, but I do not think Lynch will ever amount to much more. Also just my opinion of course.

Perhaps, but not as good as Lynch? Anyone paying attention in Buffalo clearly saw Jackson repeatedly outperform Lynch, who does have occasional flashes, but is generally mediocre. He made one good run for Seattle all year, but it happened to be on the national stage. He will be back to his 3.2 yds per carry ususal self again this year.

Good one.

Interesting perspective. Would be kind of cool if it were true but we will never know. I liked Ponder, but I am happy with our draft.

While the decision probably could have been made last year after the draft based on past record, the fact is that Nix was new to his role and probably wanted to give it time to make his own evaluation. It seems to me at least that Modrak had less influence in this year's decisions than in the past, perhaps indicative of Nix's lack of confidence. The timing after the draft is correct - this starts the new year and does not disrupt the organization in the middle of draft preparations. Bravo Buddy - well done.

I expected the Bills to try and make a move for Ponder if he lasted to the bottom third of the first round. Someone was clearly going to do it and it was not exactly secret that Gailey liked him. We will see, but I think MN made a good move in grabbing him.

I am not sure I would give anything up until: We know how Harbaugh's absence affects his play We know he has not torn up a knee or destroyed his throwing shoulder We know he has not already peaked and stayed a year too long like Jake Locker We know where we finish and where we will be drafting So right now, solidly a seventh round pick in the 2015 draft.

I am quite sure they know a great deal more than you.

Exactly my thought - beat me to it. Fairley = Haynesworth

I am sorry, but this seems a rather silly conversation over a single throwaway line from Peter King. So he cannot get information on draft strategy from OBD? Great. Glad to hear it. Lets move on.

I agree - much mis-information here. Ponder has a decent arm, perhaps not the Cam Newton strength, but highly accurate and plenty of zip on intermediate and sideline routes. He is also highly intelligent and schooled in a pro style offense. His arm injury issues may scare teams away, but my guess is he does not last until round 2. Someone will trade up into the bottom of round 1 to grab him. I think he has many less questions than Locker and Mallet for example, and probably fewer questions based on the offensive style he played at Florida State than Kapernack or Dalton. If the Bills go defense number 1, and take Ponder at 34 if he is there, I would be OK with that, but I do not think he will be there.

Steve johnson dropped less passes (8) than Welker, Reggie Wayne, Brandon Marshall, Terrel Owens, Miles Austin, and Pierre Garçon while catching 87. He dropped the same amount as Fred Jackson who caught far fewer. The "stone hands" characterization does not hold water. If you are thrown to more often, you will drop more. Everyone remembers the big one he dropped of course. What I watched with Lee Evans last year was an inability to get open, on virtually any pattern, and an unwillingness to fight fir the ball in traffic over the middle, come back to the ball, etc. He was thrown to far less as a result. Johnson is the number 1 receiver folks. He may well have caught more deep balls but frankly I do not feel like looking that up.

Very true. Cobra is based on the level of healthcare plan previously provided by the employer. Basically, you have the right to buy your previous coverage without restriction to previous conditions, at prevailing full market rate. NFL players woiuld not have cheap coverage. They are obviously prone to all sorts of major unjuries and surgeries, etc so it would not surpirse me at all if continuing coverage for this high risk group would be $35k per year. When I was between jobs a few years ago I was offered Cobra ta $2k per month, $24k per year for family coverage. People have no idea what this stuff really costs.

Gotta love "The U". They really turn out the high character atheletes.

Very interesting - thanks for posting the link.

I agree that Cam Jordan makes a great deal of sense for the Bills. Nix has shown he is unconcerned with opinions of pundits (and fans) with respect to where a player should be "slotted" so this would not at all surpirse me. I think the Bills have no interest in Newton, and if they believe Gabbert to be a franchise capable QB will likely take him here, but if they have doubts, Defense it will be - DE or LB. An interesting scenario here is that SF looks to move ahead of an equally QB desperate club, AZ, to get Gabbert. This could enable the Bills to get the guy they want plus picks, a scenario I am sure many Bills fans would love. My early opinion anyway. On another note, Newton falling to 15 or later would not surpise me a bit. I do not see Washington taking him as many do - not a good fit for Shanahan.