Ted also had Ted Washington and Pat Williams in the middle, not to mention Bruce, Marcellus, Phil Hansen, Jim Jeffcoat, etc. on the DL. There were also Spielman, Paup, Covington, Holecek, Rogers, Perry, Thomas Smith, Kurt Schulz, and Henry Jones.
Yeah I don't get the fascination with Cottrell. Seems like a nice guy, but the defense was definitely Phillips', and since he's been (or will be) fired twice. No thanks. Might as well as a good DT and keep Gray if that's the thinking, since he knows the players and schemes better.
I'd say that I agree that the Jets are the only team in the Bills' way, but that they'd have a hard time passing up Mario Williams, especially since they can't franchise Abraham. That's the interesting part of the draft: who will take whom, where, and why?
Hey, is there any way to get automatically get rid of the "<right><snapback>560602</snapback></right>" (replace "<>" with "[]") when you reply to someone? I delete it manually, because it adds an extra line.
I mentioned this on the other thread, but he'll like ask for at least $3M a year. And once he gets his money, he'll probably go back to the way he was in Arizona. Caveat emptor.
Oh great, that means the Bills will be in cap hell for years and Marv will start his speeches with "well..."
But on the bright side, we have the fall of Patriotism and maybe a wall of Gillette being knocked-down to look forward to.
Well the problem is that the $3M average salary is the starting point, so likely if anything happens, it's a restructuring of his deal, giving him probably a $3-4M signing bonus and lowering his base salaries, meaning he's still being paid about $3M/year. And there would have been no incentive to work harder. With him getting cut, accepting a 1-year cheap deal, he DOES have the incentive. So it's caveat emptor for his next team.
It will be interesting to see how much he gets in his next contract. For a 1-year, $1+M contract, he played well. But most players will play well in a contract year, and trading for him when he had a $3M salary would have been a bad move.
I agree it takes time for a QB to develop. But again I'd take Manning's supporting cast over JP's anyday of the week. And hopefully next year it comes close to approximating it.
Had the Bills traded for Shelton, they would have also traded for him $3M a year contract. Not worth it when Gandy did as good a job for a fraction of that.