BuffaloRebound

If that's what Marv meant, then just move the team already. So we are not going to amortize bonuses going forward for purposes of how much cash we spend, but when it comes to how much cash we spend, we will count the amortized bonuses to get to $109m? What a joke, if true.

If 'Cash to the Cap' means truly spending $109m in cash on player salaries and bonuses in 2007, then I am happy because that means the Bills will be spending more than $50m on new players/extensions. If 'Cash to the Cap' means cash outlays from the current cap of $74m to $109m, then I think it is just a fancy-sounding way of going cheap.

What a load of crap. If they don't want to count amortiozed bonuses, then you need to add $20m to the estimated $30m under the cap as the team will only be spending $50m in cash to players in 2007 so far. That means the Bills have $50m to spend on signing bonuses and salaries of free agents. If they are going to throw terms around like 'cash to cap', use it consistently and don't insult our intelligence.

I don't think it makes all that much sense to draft a CB either. If/when Nate walks, at minimum I see a mid level CB signed and then perhaps a starting caliber OG. Re-sign Kelsay and Gandy if he comes cheap. Then go DT and LB in the first 2 rounds.

Why would we not tender him the 1st round amount? It can't be more than a couple hundred thousand dollar difference and Marv will probably have to do things like that just to get to the cap floor.

Unless the team has already given up on Youboty, I don't see how drafting a 1st day CB makes sense. You can't play Youboty and another rookie CB together very much or they will get burned. If Clements is gone, then it would make sense to sign a mid-level free agent CB who can man the position until Youboty is ready to start.

Either Beekman is an absolute stud or Willis is horrible at the point of attack, because Beekman made him look like a 170 lb CB on that block that sprung the touchdown.

Whether it is through the draft or free agency, this team needs to get bigger up the middle (MLB and DT's). The only guy who seems to fit that mold and would be worthy of a #12 pick is Branch, but he looks to be gone by then.

Why are people conceding that Clements is gone then? It seems like Ralph is gonna have to spend like Snyder just to get to 85% of the cap. Even if he front-loads all the contracts for cap purposes, he'll just have the same problem the following year.

Salary cap for 2007 is $109m. Bills are at approximately $70m. NFL rules mandate each team use at least 85.2% of the 2007 salary cap. That means the Bills have to spend at least $23m this offseason in salary cap. The bills rookie cap will not be much more than $5m. That leaves $18m on free agents towards the salary cap. I am just curious if this has been discussed, but Ralph is gonna have to spend that money on someone.

He may be the only one who thinks that way. This will probably be the most anticipated and watched conference championship game ever.

He was good at picking up Shaq's dry-cleaning and in turn being able to air Shaq's exclusive interviews. Poor and deaf man's Ahmad Rashad.

Stop crying like a little baby, LT. I don't like the Pats but am glad they won. Roid-man Merriman and arrogant, obnoxious Rivers really get on my nerves. Now it seems like all the 'best RB ever' talk has gone to Tomlinson's head.

I think it is a good decision. He doesn't need any more exposure, and his limitations will still be there next year. Why put another year of wear-and-tear on your body and risk injury or a down year with a new Qb at the helm?

Probable top 10 guys - Russell, Quinn, Joe Thomas, Calvin Johnson, Branch, Gaines Adams, Jamaal Anderson, Adrian Peterson. Lynch will mostly likely be there for the Bills at 12 as not many teams are looking for RB's. Not saying we should take him, but he is probably available at #12.

The more likely scenario is the Bills trading down from 12 if Lynch or Peterson are there, picking up an extra 2nd rounder from the Giants and taking Okoye, Willis, or the OG from Texas at 20.

What personal financial bath do you speak of? You talk as if Ralph hasn't made money almost every year of the Bills existence. Why did he bring the franchise to Buffalo in the first place? Because at the time Buffalo represented the best place to sustain a football franchise. Now that the LA's of the world would make his $600m organization worth $1b, Bills fans are supposed to feel grateful he doesn't leave? If he is willing to take a team away from a city/region that has supported this franchise for 45 years and at least partly responsible for making what it is today, then the guy at best doesn't have a shred of loyalty and at worst has no heart. I would also be interested in hearing what viable financial offers he's had to leave Buffalo (not saying you are privy to that info, but you make it seem like it is easy to snap your fingers and find a city, fanbase and stadium that will lay down the carpet for Wilson). Obviously, Wilson deserves the right to determine what be done with his franchise, but I don't think he deserves sainthood for keeping the Bills here. He has profited exorbitantly even while keeping the Bills in poor, little Buffalo, and should view WNY and Bills fans as stakeholders in his franchise (publicly that doesn't come across), instead of crying poor and setting Bills fans up for the moving trucks every time he opens his mouth.

It disturbs me when Ralph makes no mention of how much the fans are part of his franchise and how much fans like the Bills faithful have meant to the popularity of the game and hence why his $25,000 investment is now worth over $600 million. It is always dangerous to make judgments about what other people should do with their money, but to pretend like he deserves all that money for himself and his heirs without a care for generations of Western NY Bills fans, if that is indeed his mindframe, him and his heirs can take that $600 million and stick it up their @ss.

Cap room wasted or not, you can't win a championship with a jackass like Vick as your QB.

I totally agree about Ralph having the money to spend. I would love to see a Cash Flow Statement for the Bills. We probably have the lowest front office and coaching staff payroll in the NFL. I doubt Ralph pays very much for using Ralph Wilson Stadium. We have also had a fair share of dead cap money every year that although paid in the past still inflates the current cap numbers. Take out Villarial's salary next year and we are approaching $40m in unused cap space. I personally feel that Ralph, although wealthy, has that depression-era thriftness exhibited by most people his age, and laments the size of the bonuses and salaries, and spends reluctantly.

The couple times I saw Quinn play this year, I was unimpressed with his slow delivery and inability to put any touch on underneath routes. He throws as if the ball is a 20 pound dumb-bell. His lack of consistency in his delivery causes his short passes to be inaccurate and come out with too much velocity.

Agreed about Weis's opinion not really meaning that much about Quinn. Not only is he the coach but he's also a Notre Dame homer having gone there. Even if Quinn is a bust (which I don't think he'll be, but he also won't be a Pro Bowler), Weis's status as offensive guru is forever cemented with what he did with Brady and the Pats.

Even so, Russell is the perfect fit for the Raiders. Huge and intimidating dude, strong arm. It's like Davis concocted this guy in a lab and now the Raiders have the 1st pick and he very well could be the most talented player in the draft.

Russell seems like a perfect fit for the Raiders. He is a better version of Culpepper at his best and the thought of Russell chucking the ball downfield to Moss must have Davis salivating. I just can't see Brady Quinn as an Oakland Raider.

Do you really think the Bills have a shot at Briggs, Steinbach, or Thomas? At least Clements has history here and there is always the risk of going to a team whose defensive schemes won't play to his strengths. If Marv can land one of those guys then I won't be that upset if we lose Clements, but Clement is probably the only one we have a realistic shot of getting.