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Are the Vikings building a brand new stadium?
Nope. No public money set aside for it.
The Rams stadium cant be more than 15 years old in St. Louis.True, the stadium is only 15 years old. They can't move.
The Jags borrow a stadium that was built for college games, and have no fans. The Chargers are right down the road in a sh*tty stadium. Use your head NFL.The thing is, they want people to sell them their NFL teams, not just relocate their teams there. Are guys like Weaver and the Spanos ready to sell?
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Aiken is 6'1" and 213#.
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I'm pretty sure the Bills just manufactured the story that they were pursuing Clabo so that the fans would think they really care when they really couldn't care less. That's gotta be it. There are no other plausible explanations.
I'm just glad there are so many around here that aren't fooled by their attempts to mollify the stupid, clueless, kool-aid drinking apologists.
GO BILLS!!!
What's more amazing is the Bills were able to get Clabo in on it, talking about how the Bills were the finalists with the Falcons. It was a brilliantly executed ruse!
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The reason there weren't more teams chasing Clabo is that most teams in the NFL "build through the draft"
However those teams spend premium picks on OL, speciafically OTs, because they know it will ocst an arm and a leg to buy a good one in FA.
Except the Bills, who continually claim to be building thru the draft, but have not drafted any of the cornerstones needed for a successful franchise.
Thus, they are left to manufacture stories about chasing guys like Clabo, while continuing to rely on practice squad rejects and street free agents.
ONE premium pick on an OT since Polian almost 20 years ago left tells you everything you need to know about the Bills commitment to the OL (and any seriousness in their offer to Clabo)
So you're telling me that all 30 other teams have "built through the draft" and don't need a Pro Bowl RT for just $5M/year? Come on, I think we both know that's hogwash. Which means that no other teams were willing to commit more than $5M/year to him, hence the reason the Bills' (it had to be) higher offer and Atlanta's $5M/year offer were his final two choices. If the Bills' offer was just $5M/year, I seriously doubt it would have been considered a finalist. And if it was, that means that no other teams were willing to offer even $5M/year.
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i hear you, and this is entirely possible. i still think that a 29 year old guy who hasn't had a huge payday up to now is nutty to take a $10 million dollar hit (over the course of the contract). maybe that's just me though.
i also think it's just as likely that the buddy -- who announced that the bills weren't going to be "big spenders" in free agency -- didn't offer the $7 million/year cited in that article.
i wouldn't for a minute, however, lay claim to clabo's thoughts the way other posters have. i neither presume a mind-meld with clabo, nor claim to definitely know the details of the bills offer. my opinion is based on the fact that they didn't get him, buddy's own words and typical human behavior. that said, if the bills really wanted him, they had the cap room to blow atlanta's offer away.
this gaughan post seems a reasonable assessment of how it went down: http://blogs.buffalonews.com/billboard/2011/07/clabo-deal-not-crazy-money.html
Apparently not too many other teams valued Clabo that highly, considering he only took $5M/year. And for the Bills to a finalist along with Atlanta, they needed to offer Clabo a premium to get him away from Atlanta and to a team that hasn't made the playoffs in 11 years. But do you make him the highest-paid RT in the game, at $7M/year? After just 1 Pro Bowl as an injury replacement?
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"And they're the 5 best friends that anyone could have. Yes they're the 5 best friends..."
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There is no way the Bills only offered Clabo $5M/year, given that he seriously considered that offer versus Atlanta's.
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Now, can I get a link to a report stating the Bills offered Clabo what they offered Walker?
GO BILLS!!!
As you said, they offered him $7M/year. Which makes sense since they did offer Dockery the same amount 4 years ago, and he wasn't even an OT or a Pro Bowler. But Clabo chose less to stay where he was. Which is admirable but frustrating.
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Aiken has been a sleeper of mine since I saw him last Saturday. And he ran a 4.45 40 at his pro day.
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Cornell Green.......
Cornell Green.......
...suffered a knee injury and didn't recover.
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not sure if anyone mentioned this but Boss had hip surgery in January
That's probably it. Although I read he had the worst drop percentage among starting NFL TE's.
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Toyota is introducing a plug-in Prius. Not good news for the Volt.
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Good to hear another report that Chandler is getting involved in the passing game.
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I know I am contradicting myself by starting this thread, but I think we all know the kid simply can't play at the pro level, should never have been drafted in any round let alone the 1st round, and made things worse by holding out.
1. It's not his fault where he was drafted
2. Despite what people think, he does work hard, the light is simply not coming on plain and simple.
3. His talent level is not on par with NFL standards.
There's literally no game film to critique, no on field attitude a-la Whitner to bash, so I am politely requesting we all agree it's time we as fans move on and quit bashing the guy, he'll be released this season anyway.
Hindsight is always 20/20.
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The Raiders cleared $17.2M in cap space by restructuring contracts, and the Cowboys are doing the same.
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Been seeing and bitching about these "Assurance" commercials in CT for months now. Yep, cell phones are a necessity. This is getting %$#@ing ridiculous.
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I wonder what he would think of Buffalo if we brought Everett out of retirement to be our new QB.
He'd curl up in the fetal position. Again.
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Namaan has been killing it at the practices I've been at!
He dropped a few passes the first day of camp. Good to hear he's been looking better.
I was there last night as well. Dareus and Merriman impressed me a LOT. They both were putting out full effort at all times and looked good doing it. I didn't see much from anyone else on a consistent basis, including effort.
Merriman looked to be going half-speed the first day of practice, and several fans noticed it. Looking back, he was working his way up to full speed. And I'm torn on whether he should be going full speed because I don't want him to get hurt again, but it's probably better to find out if he can withstand the rigors now, rather that find out the hard way later.
Yeah, Gailey and Nix love Ubrik but he has done little to impress so far. The weak Steelers O-line was quick to discard him as well. I wouldn't be surprised to see someone else starting there. I don't see any situation (baring injury) that Wood is not our starting center, so Hangartner is a possibility I guess. I think we have a number of options there though, just none that are proven.
Urbik may not yet be at 100%. Hangman might need to start at RG.
With Buster recently signed, Roosevelt is going to have one heck of a time trying to make this team. I doubt it will happen.
Evans, Johnson, Nelson, Parish, Easley, Smith, Davis,
In the mix, guys like Jones, Huggins, Roosevelt, udfa's..
Roosevelt as a rookie did as much as Davis has done. I don't see Davis sticking and I hope he made enough from his rookie contract to be set for awhile.
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Considering how little he got and that he had to settle for the Raiders, I wonder why he's received so little interest? Then again, I did see a stat where he had the worst drop percentage of any TE, so that may be it.
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Sounds like they worked him into the passing game at camp yesterday, and he looked good. Here's hoping.
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The Bills wanted Tavaris Jackson but he chose Seattle.
Six of one...
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The cop was tipped off to pull him over.
He still drove drunk. No one forced alcohol down his throat and made him drive home.
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Didn't Lewis say that once MD was cured, he'd reveal the secret as to why he's done the telethons for all these years? Anyone know what the secret is?
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What I want to know is is the pre-season games are usually/will be shown locally in Rochester? If so, I can watch them using my Slingbox-like device.
Jets sign WR Derrick Mason
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He's a downgrade from Edwards.