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I'd like to steal Clay right out from under the noses of the Dolphags. He's a good TE/HB that would be able to do what Roman asks of him.

Maybe the plan is to wait until next year when Darius' contract is up.

Looks like the Bills will make an offer. This is getting interesting. Resigning Hughes and then the possibility of getting Clay...... Clay is one of the top FA TEs out there and fits the mold that Roman envisions for his offensive schemes. The front office is operating like a well oiled machine right now. I'm just amazed. The Suh signing could effect Miami's decision to match Buffalo's offer.

Can the Bills afford 2 100mil DLmen? That would be a 1st anywhere in the league.

Jay Skurski ‏@JaySkurski 9m9 minutes ago McCoy's reworked contract saves $4.75M in cap space for 2015. I have the Bills with $21.605M of room to take into free agency and the draft. Bills are getting creative. I think Hughes will stay.

Davis could be a cap casualty. He has 8mil on the final yr of his contract and SF may not want to pay him. Was asked to accept a pay cut and didn't accept after a down year last year. They may be looking for a trade now and if they cannot he could simply be cut.

I agree. Marcel is who they absolutely have to retain and that is going to cost big bucks. The Bills have all ready paid big on the DL. They cannot do those big contracts for 3 guys. Still, I think with Mario getting a monster 50mil guaranteed, he may be open to the idea of a minor pay cut. The Bills may be at 8mill/yr now. Maybe another 2mil will be enough to persuade him to stay.

If I were the Bills, I'd tell Mario we will lose Hughes because we cannot justify paying so much money on the DL. Ask him to take a bit of of pay cut so we can retain Hughes and keep the DL together.

Don't the Iggles pick up the tab for Kiko's contract? Or is that all ready figured in?

A more thorough list: Quarterbacks 1. Mark Sanchez 2. Jake Locker 3. Josh McCown (Signed 3-year, $14M deal with CLE) 4. Brian Hoyer 5. Matt Moore 6. Ryan Mallett 7. Christian Ponder 8. Tarvaris Jackson 9. Shaun Hill 10. Michael Vick 11. Matt Hasselbeck (Re-signed 1-year, $3M deal with IND) 12. Colt McCoy 13. Jimmy Clausen 14. Jason Campbell 15. Dan Orlovsky (Re-signed 1-year deal with DET) 16. Blaine Gabbert 17. Kellen Moore 18. T.J. Yates 19. Tyrod Taylor 20. Matt Flynn Running Backs 1. DeMarco Murray 2. C.J. Spiller 3. Ryan Mathews 4. Mark Ingram 5. Justin Forsett 6. Frank Gore 7. Shane Vereen 8. Stevan Ridley 9. Roy Helu 10. Reggie Bush 11. Ahmad Bradshaw 12. Darren McFadden 13. Knowshon Moreno 14. Ray Rice 15. Ben Tate 16. DeAngelo Williams 17. Steven Jackson 18. Chris Johnson 19. Antone Smith 20. Jacquizz Rodgers Fullbacks 1. Jerome Felton 2. Henry Hynoski 3. Jed Collins 4. John Kuhn 5. Tyler Clutts 6. John Conner 7. Will Tukuafu 8. Jackie Battle 9. Montell Owens Wide Receivers 1. Dez Bryant (Franchise Tagged) 2. Demaryius Thomas (Franchise Tagged) 3. Randall Cobb 4. Jeremy Maclin 5. Torrey Smith 6. Michael Crabtree 7. Stevie Johnson 8. Kenny Britt 9. Cecil Shorts 10. Brian Hartline 11. Eddie Royal 12. Nate Washington 13. Wes Welker 14. Hakeem Nicks 15. Mike Williams 16. Reggie Wayne 17. Denarius Moore 18. Leonard Hankerson 19. Dwayne Harris 20. Ted Ginn 21. Jacoby Jones 22. Harry Douglas 23. Vincent Brown 24. Brandon Gibson 25. Miles Austin 26. Jerrel Jernigan 27. Donnie Avery 28. Marcus Easley 29. Derek Hagan 30. Robert Meachem Tight Ends 1. Julius Thomas 2. Jordan Cameron 3. Charles Clay (Transition Tagged) 4. Jermaine Gresham 5. Niles Paul 6. Rob Housler 7. Virgil Green 8. Owen Daniels 9. Lance Kendricks 10. James Casey 11. Tony Moeaki 12. Lee Smith 13. Anthony Fasano 14. Matt Spaeth 15. Dante Rosario 16. Jacob Tamme 17. Daniel Fells 18. Ed Dickson 19. David Ausberry 20. Luke Stocker Offensive Tackles 1. Bryan Bulaga 2. Doug Free 3. Derek Newton 4. King Dunlap (Re-signed 4-year, $28M deal with SD) 5. Joe Barksdale 6. Byron Bell 7. Jason Fox 8. Jermey Parnell 9. Ryan Harris 10. Joe Reitz 11. Eric Winston 12. Tyler Polumbus 13. Corey Hilliard 14. Marshall Newhouse 15. Michael Oher 16. Erik Pears 17. Byron Stingily 18. Garry Williams 19. Ben Ijalana Guards/Centers 1. Mike Iupati 2. Orlando Franklin 3. Rodney Hudson 4. Stefen Wisniewski 5. Clint Boling 6. Justin Blalock 7. Todd Herremans 8. James Carpenter 9. Brian De La Puente 10. Rob Sims 11. Will Montgomery 12. Dominic Raiola 13. Jonathan Goodwin 14. Willie Colon 15. Mike Pollak 16. Charlie Johnson 17. Joe Berger 18. Dan Connolly 19. Nate Garner 20. Samson Satele 21. Daryn Colledge 22. Paul Fanaika 23. J.D. Walton 24. Adam Snyder 25. Davin Joseph Edge Defenders 1. Justin Houston (Franchise Tagged) 2. Jerry Hughes 3. Jason Pierre-Paul (Franchise Tagged) 4. Greg Hardy 5. Brian Orakpo 6. Pernell McPhee 7. Jabaal Sheard 8. Jason Worilds 9. Brandon Graham 10. Derrick Morgan 11. Adrian Clayborn 12. Akeem Ayers 13. Brooks Reed 14. John Abraham 15. George Selvie 16. LaMarr Woodley 17. O'Brien Schofield 18. James Harrison 19. Dwight Freeney 20. Sam Acho 21. Corey Wootton 22. Anthony Spencer 23. Osi Umenyiora 24. Kroy Biermann 25. Mathias Kiwanuka 26. Da'Quan Bowers 27. Shaun Phillips 28. Parys Haralson (Re-signed 1-year deal with NO) 29. Jonathan Massaquoi 30. Marcus Benard Interior Defensive Linemen 1. Ndamukong Suh 2. Nick Fairley 3. Terrance Knighton 4. Dan Williams 5. Jared Odrick 6. Stephen Paea 7. C.J. Mosley 8. Henry Melton 9. Darnell Dockett 10. Cory Redding 11. Barry Cofield 12. Letroy Guion 13. Corey Peters 14. B.J. Raji 15. Kevin Williams 16. Kenrick Ellis 17. Ahtyba Rubin 18. Tom Johnson 19. Jarvis Jenkins 20. Alan Branch 21. Alex Carrington 22. Dwan Edwards 23. Pat Sims 24. Tommy Kelly 25. Mike Patterson 26. Ricky Jean-Francois (Signed 3-year, $9M deal with WAS) 27. Kendall Langford 28. Chris Canty 29. Leger Douzable 30. Karl Klug 31. Colin Cole (Re-signed 1-year, $1.05M deal with CAR) 32. Kevin Vickerson 33. Tyson Alualu 34. Demarcus Dobbs 35. Brandon Deaderick 36. Andre Fluellen 37. Fili Moala 38. Nick Hayden 39. Chris Neild 40. Stephen Bowen Inside Linebackers 1. Brandon Spikes 2. David Harris 3. Mason Foster 4. Rolando McClain 5. Nate Irving 6. Rey Maualuga 7. A.J. Hawk 8. Arthur Moats 9. Jamari Lattimore 10. Colin McCarthy 11. Brad Jones (Signed 2-year, $2.9M deal with PHI) 12. Dane Fletcher 13. Darryl Sharpton 14. Kelvin Sheppard 15. Desmond Bishop 16. Mark Herzlich 17. Andrew Gachkar 19. Jasper Brinkley 20. Josh Bynes 4-3 Outside Linebackers 1. Sean Weatherspoon 2. Malcolm Smith 3. Lance Briggs 4. Justin Durant 5. Jonathan Casillas 6. Bruce Carter 7. Jacquian Williams 8. Spencer Paysinger 9. Keith Rivers 10. Ashlee Palmer 11. J.T. Thomas 12. Geno Hayes 13. Ramon Humber 14. Chase Blackburn 15. Chris White Cornerbacks 1. Byron Maxwell 2. Brandon Flowers 3. Tramon Williams 4. Antonio Cromartie 5. Buster Skrine 6. Kareem Jackson 7. Davon House 8. Perrish Cox 9. Jimmy Wilson 10. Patrick Robinson 11. Chris Culliver 12. Cary Williams 13. Rashean Mathis 14. Alan Ball 15. Walter Thurmond III 16. Terence Newman 17. Charles Tillman 18. Tarell Brown 19. Brice McCain 20. Darius Butler 21. Shareece Wright 22. Cortland Finnegan 23. Bradley Fletcher 24. Kyle Wilson 25. Josh Wilson 26. Robert McClain 27. Will Blackmon 28. Chris Cook 29. Ike Taylor 30. Brandon Harris 31. Carlos Rogers 32. Mike Jenkins 33. Antoine Cason 34. E.J. Biggers 35. Chykie Brown Safeties 1. Devin McCourty 2. Rahim Moore 3. Tyvon Branch 4. Antrel Rolle 5. Louis Delmas 6. Marcus Gilchrist 7. Stevie Brown 8. Dawan Landry 9. Nate Allen 10. Da'Norris Searcy 11. Mike Adams 12. LaRon Landry 13. Darian Stewart 14. Ron Parker 15. Bernard Pollard 16. Danieal Manning 17. Jeron Johnson 18. George Wilson 19. Dwight Lowery 20. Major Wright 21. Brandon Meriweather 22. Kendrick Lewis 23. Kurt Coleman 24. Chris Conte 25. Jeromy Miles 26. C.J. Spillman 27. Quintin Demps 28. Sergio Brown 29. Thomas DeCoud 30. Taylor Mays Kickers 1. Stephen Gostkowski (Franchise Tagged) 2. Matt Bryant (Re-signed 3-year, $8.5M deal with ATL) 3. Matt Prater 4. Mike Nugent 5. Shayne Graham (Re-signed 1-year deal with NO) 6. Ryan Succop 7. Jay Feely 8. Billy Cundiff Punters 1. Brett Kern 2. Mat McBriar Top Restricted Free Agents 1. Tashaun Gipson 2. Damon Harrison 3. Will Hill 4. Brandon Marshall 5. Derrick Shelby 6. Jerrell Freeman 7. Cedric Thornton 8. George Johnson (Tendered) 9. Justin Tucker 10. Andre Holmes 11. Emmanuel Lamur 12. Rodney McLeod 13. Greg Scruggs 14. Austin Davis 15. Chris Polk 16. A.Q. Shipley 17. Leonard Johnson 18. Bryce Harris 19. Chris Hairston 20. Lance Dunbar 21. Kamar Aiken 22. Jermaine Kearse 23. Sterling Moore 24. Matt Asiata 25. Travaris Cadet 26. Anthony Levine 27. Ishmaa'ily Kitchen 28. Bobby Rainey 29. Rod Streater 30. Lawrence Guy 31. Cole Beasley (Re-signed 4-year, $13.6M deal with DAL) 32. Devon Still 33. Chris Jones 34. Bradley Sowell (Re-signed 1-year deal with ARZ) 35. Marquette King 36. Craig Robertson 37. Jarrett Boykin 38. Don Barclay 39. Alameda Ta'amu 40. Kai Forbath

Meanwhile NE throws TD after TD to their TEs. I don't want Revis. There is younger talent and Buffalo has a long history of developing great CBs. The key to our secondary is a mix of CBs and Safeties that are communicating well on the field(and even LBs that can cover). We all ready have one of the best secondaries in the league, if not the best. But I agree, spreading the money around is a better option. Perhaps pick up a great TE. We don't necessarily need to keep Searcy and Spikes, but I do think Searcy would be a huge loss and Spikes would be a moderate loss. Hughes I'm hoping gets signed up for the long haul soon. Fingers crossed. Toes too. Not sure I can stand to stick around and watch it all unfold. Wake me up when it's all over.

Some of the OLmen we added last year were pretty green. It isn't unreasonable to expect an improvement this year. Always seems to be someone who surprises us with better than expected play. Look what happened to McKelvin. Before his injury last year he was playing at a probowl level. People tend to forget that players actually do some times develop. Who knows, maybe even EJ will develop.

The front office is just trying to drive up the price? They just want Cleveland to waste some of that cap space so they can make a bigger move in FA?

That's exactly what I said.

Yea, I know. But this Revis thing is crazy talk. People start going all ga ga over a name that they heard of. I think Sammy would love to line up against him and I think Sammy would come out on top too. I don't want that. I want a young hungry recruit that will be around for a while. And won't cost so much. Buffalo has a long history of developing great DBs. Keep the trenches beefed up and develop the back end.

Keep on spending your money on expensive toys and see where it gets you, Mr. Snyder. Revis is 29yrs old and OK McKelvin is the same age. I knew someone would start the comparison game. Frankly, you never even read my post. I even stated that I did not say that McKelvin was better. Again, the Bills pass defense is right now ranked 3rd best in the league. You think Revis all by himself is going to make it better, and after losing a 10 sack per season player like Hughes? Revis puts his pants on one leg at a time. He is going to fade just like a lot of great player do. Let's sign him up quick so he can fade on our roster. When was the last time you heard Charles Woodson's name in the news? Or in Pro Bowl discussions? Did you even know he was still in the league?

Hughes alone accounts for 20% of Buffalo's sacks over the last 2 seasons. That is a position that cannot be ignored. Revis may marginally improve the secondary but not the way you are thinking. Then the notion of kicking McKelvin to the curb to make room for Revis is ludicrous too. McKelvin has been improving his game plus he is a great special teams player....plus he is younger. How much longer can Revis play? And at what cost? If you want to see magical, fix the offense. There seems to be a preconceived notion that that Rex is inflexible. That the secondary must be man coverage for his defensive philosophy to work. Revis is a horrible idea. Just imagine how awesome our defense would be if they weren't on the field for 3/4 of the game week in and week out. For some teams, Revis makes perfect sense. For Buffalo, a competent offense puts the Bills in a position to dominate. The defense today is all ready championship caliber. You are not going to get much better than this. Also, just think of the other defensive backs on the team who have been improving their game by working together....communicating together. You bring in Revis and tell all of your guys to play man coverage, you are asking them change from a system that is all ready working very well for them. Revis is agreat player....granted. But people are pretty quick to jump on the bandwagon without considering the whole picture. I know Rex is anxious to put his own stamp on this team, but I just think we have young talent that is more than capable on the D side to dominate. Revis is a household name but for years teams have tried going that route. Washington comes to mind. They liked to stock up on big name FAs. Didn't work out for them. We can pick up some great FAs this year. Young ones that actually improve areas that are not all ready considered a strength. Our passing defense is ranked 3rd in the entire NFL. And that is while the offense is ranked 21st in time of possession. Keep the offense on the field longer and this defense will lead the league. Revis doesn't do that for us. Buffalo is 6th in interceptions. Revis had 2 interceptions this season. McKelvin had 4. Revis played very well for a long time. Earned a couple of big pay days. Big enough to draw national attention. He is good, but he is not the best corner in the league anymore. Now don't go getting the impression that I think Mckelvin is better. I did not say that. But you are actually suggesting that paying big money for a name is the right move. I happen to think it would be a huge mistake. The Buffalo defense is all ready very dominant against the pass and Revis will not make it better. The guys we have are young and have continued to improve. Why in the world would you want to break that up?

Another stratosphere? Really? We have a top 5 defense without Kiko now. Revis is 29yrs old and going to command big money. Our secondary is one of the best in the league now without Revis. This is wasted money. Money that can be spent on fixing things that need to be fixed. Even if we cannot retain Hughes, we still need to find a replacement. Our offense has been a perennial bottom feeder for years and we need to bring in a veteran QB. The concept of working on things that are actually weaknesses seems to be lost on people here. Everybody has heard of Revis though, so that must be a good get. I don't buy it. Our OL sucks. Our QB situation sucks. Our RB and TE spots could use some improvement but hey....lets go buy something we don't need.

That's not a dream.....it's a nightmare! Putting an " * " next to it, flushes all of the thrill right down the toilet for me.

I cannot imagine Whaley being on the same page as this. Plus, I think Rex will always says positive things about his former players. He may have some strong feelings about them, but I think even he knows he cannot bring in a bunch of them. Plus I think ESPN likes to stir the pot a little too much. Really don't see things shaking out this way.

I forgot about him.

Exactly. And we want to bring in a veteran QB too. Maybe a FA TE. It adds up. People salivate over guys like Revis, but the Bills would be far more productive if they turn weaknesses like OL into a strength. Taking an all ready great secondary and trying to improve it could be a huge mistake. What if we sign Revis for one year and he is injured early in the season? I like Revis. I just think the Bills are better off making splashes on the offensive side of the ball and retaining our guys on defense.

Milloy, Spikes

Bad idea. Bills all ready have one of the best secondaries in the NFL. Revis is a big money player. Buffalo has far more pressing needs to spend money on and the secondary ain't it.

Puke.