nero47

Whatever happened to "impact" player. Didn't even here used for the top five.

not so. Every new man gets the benefit of the doubt their fist year. For in the draft we have all seen here and elsewhere, alleged stars crash and supposed nobody's rise to the top. We'll see in this case also.

Unless I am mistaken Alexander played for Seattle last year under the franchise tag, then produced and got a monster contract. Any player who refuses to play for one year is at a great disadvantage the following year, because you simply cannot stay in football shape on your own. Case in point Ricky Williams. The Bills do not have to let him go, and therefore maintain the leverage, not nate. He will play one way or the other and produce, IMHO.

just watched the clip. Mort has no CREDIBILITY!!!!! The bit is supposed to be about what the team needs and will do, not what he thinks about his inside guys leaving.

Amen to that.

Plan "B" Free Agency 2006 style. Lot's of cap money. Many young 2 or 3 year players to choose from. Can they be quality starters? Are they ready? Will they fit the system? Don't know, but I like the approach. Some will work out, some won't. We can't and won't be able to fill all the slots with pro-bowlers, so let's use our money wisely.

Moulds contract and cap number is already in place. Bills are trying to reduce it for more cap room. The amount listed at Bills Daily already accounts for his current contract. He's not asking for $10.mil. Prorated bonus is $3mil and current contract calls for $7mil.

Given the money they were offered by the teams for which they signed, we may have been able to get one. Which one would have solved all our problems? Unfortunately, the real GM's aren't able to play fantasy football and get everyone they want. If the two RFA's are important enough to be resigned for what Marv out on the offer sheet, I would say they're probably not going to be playing backup roles.

Are they using Donohoe as their GM consultant

he won't come cheap either. Didn't miami just release their LT. Mularkey's in charge of the offense, right?

Sorry its 6.3M Here's the cap link http://proxy.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2349505

miami still has to let a lot of people go, or a whole lot of restructuring to do. last I saw is they are only 600K under the cap. Got to have the grunts to make the skill people look good, as we have seen.

Football teams must be solid in all aspects of the game. Solid Qb's do not, repeat do not generally start and star for almost 4 years, and that is after playing more than eight games. Big Ben has done very well because he joined a team well established in all areas except QB. He was not expected to be a Savior. Eli at NY has a better core on offense in its Line than we do. Dan Marino came from college, played on a good Miami team splitting time with either Strock or Woodley, before taking over and going to his only super bowl in his second season. ( Never had a good running game). Kelly played with the Houston Gamblers before coming here, but still had to wait on the O-Line. Elway played on some of the worst Super bowl teams ever. Qb's are only part of the equation. JP has strengths, but they are useless if the rest of the team sucks (ie Defense and his own O-line.) Let's build the foundation before putting in the trim.

Great tip on IE extension. Sure beats highlighting everything to read it.

Most people are paid what they are willing to accept. The majority generally believes they are worth more, but accept less for a reason. Going from Coordinator to HC may entail a jump in salary of $ 250 - $ 500 thou per year. For most not a bad jump to prove oneself. Some coaches who are fired, such as sherman need to realize they won't get the open checkbook for the next job. Does this make Ralph cheap? No. Only if he is trying to destroy his franchise, by hiring on the basis of salary only. If he or any other business owner did this, he would be the dumbest business person ever.

just the facts. After the Bills got it going in 2004 our QB Bledsoe didn't take many hits either and Miami had a similar schedule in 2005.

Ditto's

Against whom? Not exactly the best defenses in the league. After all they played against us twice, the jets twice, and three or four other weak teams.

Houstons DC position is already set.

Brees won't play anywhere next year with authority. His shoulder is not coming back that fast. Culpepper will be staying in Minn, McNair doesn't scare me, as Miami has work to do on its O-line also.

If memory serves Wyche also has ticker problems that are checked each year. That could be part of the reason. Sam as good a coach as he was, and with all the time he and JP spent in last year's offseason, didn't get the youngster as ready as he thought. I do wish him well with his health issues.

He has had good defenses everywhere he's been. Miami and Green Bay come to mind, and they had injuries and not always great players, Appears to assemble a D on his own, does not need mentors like our previous DC.

Primarily because I haven't enough of the OC or know who the DC will be. However, it doesn't appear that Jauron is trying to bring in his buddies from the Chicago days. This could be good.

With the players they have at skill positions, I'll admit they look scary, but they have the same problem we do O-line. On D, Madison, who I always felt was overrated and others are getting old and brittle.

Lousy moves will present themselves, if they are, next summer and fall. I believe that all the moves since MM left are going along well. Although not enamored by the coaches at this point, I believe we are beginning to see an organization form. Ralph and Marv are putting together a management team, allowing the decision makers to be where they need to be to make decisions. This is ML's way, delegate - let scouts do the scouting, let financial people worry about the cap, and let the coach decide on his coaching philosophy and get the coaches and players he needs and wants to execute that philosophy. And they didn't even ask our permission.