Poeticlaw

Personally not a JP hater and Jp is definately better than Fitz, But Fitz might do better here than in concinatti because we are a dink and dunk team and hes a dink and dunk and run guy instead of the throe the ball down field that cincinatti wants and Jp is better at.

Football teams are about systems and not all players fit that system case in point JP. However Coles asked ofr his release hpoing to bank he was not a reject of his team and his team would take him back if he didnt. TB has new coaching new system Cato fits better in ours since we run very close to Indys system. Carolina would have had hangartenr back but knows he deserves a starting job. So i disagree with your assement.

If thy signed Cato and Coles how can you say the arent back to the talent of last year? Cato is an upgrade over ellis and Coles is an upgrade over everyone not named Evans. I think the Back up Qb takes a hit, but greer and Florence seem comparable. This makes us slightly better than last season if that happened!!!

Sorry to disagree with you but Greer is better than MCgee the only asset that mcgee has over Greer is his ability to return kick offs, Sign greer trade Mcgee.

Just as food for thought- We have paid alot of money to Schobel and Kelsay and now everyone is complaining about how they are overpaid and not worth the money they are being paid. Just to name 2 of ours that we paid first.

"How much the Bills spend in free agency may come down to Jason Peters. Russ Brandon has exchanged proposals with Peters agent, Eugene Parker. According to a source, Parker has told the Bills he expects Peters to be paid as the AFC’s top offensive tackle. Miami’s Jake Long currently holds that distinction after the top pick of 2008 signed a 5-year, $57.5-million dollar deal with $30-million guaranteed. -FOX SPORTS" Do you really feel jason peters is worth 11.5 mil a year? Im sorry I don think hes worth that much. JAke Long as a rookie was 10 times better than he was. I wouldn pay him more than dockery was paid 8 mil a year dont even think hes worth that much either. But you tell me is he worth 11.5 mil in your opinion?

You asked what do they need to do to be competetive again. 1. Bring in a competent center- Though he was a back up he did start on a line the gave up the fewest sacks I am willing to say they upgraded here thus far. 2. Bring in a veteran Possession reciever at number 2 slot (though we know hes the #1 guy just dont want o upset the deep threat) They are pursuing Coles but unlikely to happen if it did our offense has already improved with these two moves. 3. Bring in a Vetern LG - Rumor has it this is already in the works even still you know this is what they are going to do. 4. Sign Greer and trade mcgee- so tire of seeing him get burnt only trade mcgee after you got another returner in the draft. 5. Bring in a OLB or MLB or both- maybe through a trade Parrish should be availbale dont need an overpaid punt returner that can do nothing else. Especially since they dont even use him in end arounds. 6. Either bring in the SS or the FS that is starting capable- probably through a trade 7. Draft talent and not need for depth. The problem with this team is they get too focused o their need instead of the best talent available at the position they are drafting. Since everyone talks about the Pats that is EXACTLY what they do- They shore up the need in FA and draft the best possible player. 8. Finally the HC (dick) needs to play to win. His philosophy though kept the game close the results were usually the same a LOSS. Take the game from the first possesion and dictate their game dont let your game be dicatated by the other team. Create an Identiy for your team. DONT CONCEDE THE DIVISION fight for the division I dont care how good the other teams are let your team know you believe in them and they can win in this leaugue against any team, as Bruce smith says in the move the little giants Football is 90 % mental and 10 % physical build up the toughness and practice outside, give your team the true home field advantage. This is all realisitic. But the reality all falls on the scouting of players and the HC ability to change his philosphy. *** Sorry i did overloook one thing A BIG DT that can hold up a couple of guys to give our ends a chance to get to the QB.

NO!!! Amani hans t been right since 2003 he has been injury proned and has not had one complete season since 2003 no thanks. PASS>

For $20 you can go to NFL.com and purchase the NFL rewind and not only will you be able to watch all the bills games lase season but any game that played durting the last 16 weeks in a crystal clear picture. Lee Evans woudl be the only on becuase hes being paid 9 mil a year for the next 5 years so you know hell be here safest bet!

You know befeore you get your feathers all ruffled. Jackosn was an EFA=exclusive free agent no one can sign him but us IF we retained the right by TENDERING him the offer. He will have a long term contract but the bills dont want to worry about him first they have other pressing needs to tend to Jackson will get the pay he desrves. This is one area the bills have not been cheap with the RFA;s that shou outstanding ability. Second Jason Peters is an example of dont ask for a new contract after you just got a new contract if the organization didnt play hardball with him they would have to renegotiate everyones contract that threatens them and thats no way to run a team. Third you think the team is Cheap yet they are dishing out 9 Mill to a receever that can only catch the deep ball about 4.5 mil to a receiver that can only return punts, I dont think they are being cheap not completely smart but certainly not cheap. Finally- Everyone here knows we could over Coles 10 mil a year and he still woud not want to be here. They only way we seem to acctract good players these days is by trading for them. Yes coles is a possession receiver we could certainly use and its believed we are offering what hes looking for but just the fact hes holding out says hes looking for a BETTER team as well as more money. Buffalo was his leverage team only. Right now the bills are in idle mode waiting for Peters/Greer/ and Coles to make decisons on their offers. They will resume picking up second teir players as the weekend approaches.

Recievers have been an issue now for 3 years. Reed is no Number 2, hell evans is no number one but he is an outstanding deep threat reciever. This team seems to want to play POSSESSION footabll. IF they want to do that they need a Possession Receiever in the number 2 slot take to also take the pressure off of Lee and open up the running game a little bit. The only time Reed is effective is in the slot that was why he was brought here as a slot reciever, they keep mistaken him as a number 2 becuase of how well he does in the slot. Get a possession receiver and watch the passing game improve immensely. The best part of that is with the passing game imporving so does the running game then it will appear as though we have an offense. I watched and rewatched all the games that people were giddy about in our 5-1 start and we were not very good in any aspect of our offense it was the defense that gave us a chance and the opposing defenses breaking down in the 4th qtr where most of the passing took place. Then again those first 5-6 games were against losing tema s with bad defenses once we started playing against real defenses you can see that there is NOONE to throw the ball to. In my opinion the 2 biggest needs this off season are center and a possession receiver. I know everyone is looking for DL but to me that is the DC problem of how he palys the line and doesnt help create extra pressure rushing 4 with this team is never going to work. Yes a pass catching TE would help immensely but I look at reed as Trents security blanket anyway.

Lets examine unfair shall we... Dj doesnt want a back up that thinks their going to take the starters job and still wants a running game when Trent is injured insert Ryan fitzpatrick and you have no worries for Trent and when Fitz is in their hell do more running than passing. Center had been their biggest weakness- no insert however you say his name at center and you have an instant upgrade over the last three centers we have had. The left side was suppose to be the strength and no with Dockery gone they will focus on getting an experinced G to help strenghten the left side. Dj wanted Fred taylor he was brought in But chose to go to a winner somewhat is fault we have 2 running backs and NE well they really had none until he signed better opprotunity all the way around for him. If they can land coles we will have the possesion receiever we need, there should be fewer doubles on lee and every on else singles they cannot double them both and if the do Reed will be open over the middle. They let go of Royal which means anyone they sign or draft has the possibility of being better then his overpaid @$$ was. They are attempting to resign Greer they just have a differnt value for him then what the market will pay not a big deal though I would rather pay him and trade mcgee. Because imho he was the best corner last season. They only thing not addressed yet is the LB core we need at least 2 and everyone knows we are drafting DL in the draft. So based on all the above how is it that the front office isnt being fair they are addressing the issues. They have no control over who wants to sign for us or not.

http://buf.scout.com/2/843380.html same story differnt site different link has writers name.

http://wnywatercooler.blogspot.com/2009/03...ian-waters.html

Doesnt effect us the FO philosophy is that we have already conceded the division to them. We are hoping for the wild card entrance. But dont expect to go far especially if their there.

Im sorry I am actually starting to think the Bills are a Joke everyones laughing at us.

So you dont think we need a WR that has 7 more catches than are leading reciever 4 more TDS than our leading receiver and 12.1 avg per catch which is more than any receiver on our team with the exception of LEE evans. Not to mention he was the 2nd leading receiver on his team. He would be an asset because he is a possession type receiver who will allow Lee evans to get open more and gives Trent 3 receivers to throw to instead of one becuase hes afraid to throw to lee in double coverage all day. Sorry I would take him not based on fantasy but the reality that he would be the 2nd best receiver on our team and not a Josh reed whos a 3rd and some think he can be a 2 when hes failed in that role ore times than not. An for another poster who doesnt think we should get him because hes small please look at your top tamdems most receivers are 6ft only as i said before its not the size of the reciever that matters its their abilty to get open and catch the ball.

As i mentioned in a previous post the problem is the abilty to attract quality free agents. After over spending to get dockery then half assing his release instead of a trade shows the incompetnecy of the front office even more so than the retainment of a HC that was 0-6 in the division. The main problem is we aer not a winning organization and we have a lame duck coach who should be fired after this upcoming season. So what incentive is there t come here unless you are a starter who lost his job abd has the abiltt to start or are a back up now abd will have the abilty to start or are a 2nd teir player and Buffalo will over pay your value just to fill a need.

proves there is something wrong with the bills considering they could not complete the trade last season.

What? We have a Qb now? Who/Where?

The jets are in NJ not NY

Very true and it doenst help when the front office keeps trading away their picks to move uo to take palyers that havent panned out.

Jenkins would be odd man they like parrishes ability on the pR team too much to get rid of him.

There isnt a back up out their I want. You are looking at it the worng way we dont need someone who can teach trent we need someone that can win games went Trent is injured for 3-4 games next season as he has been the last two seasons.

Josh has had his chances as number 2 hes better as a number 3 we need a legimate #2 and coles is an upgrade over Reed