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Don't feel bad - you are the freshie around here so this is just the light version of hazing. The veterans are getting soft.

First of all, welcome to the board. What you are suggesting is a socialistic structure to the NFL and that will just not fly. In fact, it should not fly. Most players have a very few highly paying years in their lives and they should get paid in accordance with the demand for their skills in the marketplace. having said that, I would like EM to retire a Bill but not if it comes at the expense of elevating the level of the entire team. If his services are more valued elsewhere, good luck to him. We both reach the same conclusion - he may be better off gone - but from different logical viewpoints.

Hang on there one frigging moment. I take offense to you, of all people, calling this a pathetic board. Up until this post, you atleast had the benefit of people enjoying your posts or poking fun at you. You have proven that you either don't have a deep source or that it is consistently wrong. You lost all credibility a while back. So now, you have no reason to take offense at the posters who are having a good time poking fun at you. Even your current post is largely meaningless. So the Bills have come to an agreement. Big deal ! Redeem yourself by posting the details of this 'deal' and then have it come correct over the weekend. But before you do that, stop villifying either the mods or the posters. You currently have no right to do that. As for action, if I went to the White House and pulled my pants down, that would create quite some 'action' in the press. Is that the type of action a normal human being desires ? I think not. If you are so confident about your sources, then STFU for a few days, take all the heat for past problems and come back on Monday to laugh at us. Till then, just STFU.

Yep, we better get ready for 18-1.

Reminds me of Chris Spielman.

This entire argument is silly. And I don't direct this at any one poster. Look, nobody can have concrete evidence of the future so why don't we all talk about our individual predictions? The kiss and make up. I am predicting 9-7 with no particular logic in mind and yes I think I said the same last year and was dead wrong.

Okay I am willing to go on record and say that the Bills will have a winning season this year. We will still miss the playoffs but will have made great strides. I dont care if you label me as nuts or a diehard fan.

From recent memory ... Erik Flowers.

Easy with the superlatives - remember Lonnie Johnson ? Unless you meant first round busts ...

I agree on the financial part but ML is sticking true to his 'character guys' comment. And I appreciate that. Stick to ONE strategy and be true to it with your actions.

Did you miss my sarcasm emoticon ?

Prisco is an idiot. NC is poor in man coverage, can't defend the big pass play, is past his prime, sucked in the Miami game and thinks too much of himself. These sportswriters go just by big names and don't know their facts. Who pays them to write this cr*p ?

Please name the second purpose

Thanx, Rubes. So teams cannot get around the cap issue by simply paying a huge signing bonus. It makes sense. Given this calculation, I am now even more baffled about how Indy continues to pay their 'key' players so much.

Stupid question of the day - do bonuses count towards the cap ? Else, $16.5 million/5 years amounts to $3.3 million/year and if our cap space with some cuts is in the $11-$12 million range, his price is affordable.

Thanx. you are correct - no sense spending that kind of money for him. But, if he spends a Day 1 pick on a corner, our line needs better have been addressed by then.

So much the more reason to retain Moulds. Good question about salary cap. Does it say if all the 40MM is in salary or includes bonuses ?

Don't know what the going rate for Law would be, but I really wouldn't mind him on our team. That will cement the secondary (assuming we don't trade NC) and can go after pure line(s) help in the draft and rest of free agency. No to Fiedler. If we are going to get a #3, might as well be a low draft pick.

Nice ! I especially like it that they will be trying to work out a long term deal. Somehow I suspect, TD would have let NC go for the same reasons as he did Pat Williams. Oh well, TD ain't here ....

The issue here is not him wanting to be here or his salary - it is his mental toughness. He is not worth any amount of money if his heart is not in his play. Mental issues are tough to modify unless by a Phil Jackson-type motivator/psychologist or in the event of a life-changing incident. As a side note - he may want to be a Bill because he either knows the market will not value him much or is just to lazy to go out evaluating other opportunities.

Dang it ! So did I. And I am not a Marine so just a unadulterated dumb-ass !! Should have listened to my third grade teacher.

Aah don't worry nobody here is feeling bad for him, just for the dolfins. oh wait .. nevermind ...

As this thread seems to have been hijacked anyway, I will feed it further. I think marijuana, or heck drugs even, should be legalized. While I agree with your last sentence, I don't see why the government should spend so many $$ in controlling drugs. Looking at it from an economics stand-point, legalizing it will drop prices, go a long way in destroying drug cartels, reduce crime and save a bunch of law enforcement money/effort. Will this cause social problems ? Possibly for a while they will increase till they stabilize in time. Society has programs to discourage use of alcohol and drugs which can continue anyway. Also, organizations, such as the NFL, can continue to enact and enforce rules against personnel that consume these substances. It is not much different, philosophically, than showing up for work drunk. I think the illegal status of drugs is a political issue which no one dare go against. Back to the current RW issue - he should be suspended for life from the NFL. He is a repeat offender and should be treated according to the rules. Sc*mbag !

Don't agree. I totally subscribe to the free market theory but do agree when the government intervenes to help the health and security of its people. Also to a certain extent, support for upcoming technologies is good as corporations would not risk shareholder wrath for putting money towards a new technology that can pay off in 10 years as opposed to the next year (e.g. biofuels, alternative energy sources)