2020 Our Year For Sure

Boy would I love to get a decent offensive lineman

Wilson is solid, I agree better in coverage. Whitner is still a slightly better overall player, and I'd take him back for 3yrs/$8M or so

He clearly was NOT our worst defender, as bad as he was at OLB in the 34 in the beginning. Over the second half of the year he actually got his pass rush going as a DE, and played his best ball since he, Denney and Schobel actually provided a decent punch. Granted he was still mediocre last year even at DE, but mediocre was FAR from the worst player on that tragedy of a defense.

I'm trying not to get too high on Jasper. It's not easy

Don't feed the trolls As for having this news getting you worried about our offensive line, you can rest assured Bills fans. You should already know the O-line is going to struggle.

And look how long ago that was! The Bills have emphasized character for years now, ever since Donahoe left.

It's a small market because despite selling out The Ralph we can't make nearly the revenue other teams can from ticket sales. Whether the market is literally small or not geographically doesnt really matter-- the dollars arent there. Still agree we could win with a dedicated owner and good management

When were the Bills loaded with me-first types? I don't see the change you're talking about. And I may be blind but I don't see the 'plan' some others see. I'm not trying to be negative...Buddy seems to be doing a decent job adding talent despite the frugality. Adding talent isn't exactly a plan, its his job description. Maybe I'm missing something.

This. So clear. At least this time he'll be learning the position from Stache rather than G. Edwards, that's night and day. Kelsay for all his shortcomings is a hard worker...maybe he can take an enormous leap up to "mediocre OLB." A guy can dream

Hypothetically, what if a longshot like Jasper pans out? I've seen some Wallers mention the DL Dareus-Jasper-Williams. If you assume the ridiculous for a moment, that Jasper (edit: or Troup) will own the NT spot as soon as this season (edit: or next), it seems like a good way to get what would be our three best linemen on the field. Williams is the right size for a 34 DE. But as far as I know Kyle Williams has only ever played defensive tackle. Sometimes these position changes don't go the way teams and fans expect. That said, what would we expect? A scenario that may well never be relevant but what the hey! Can't wait for opening day, go Bills!

Gave me a bit of a scare getting on here and not seeing a thread title announcing the deal, haha Great posts by Dankenstein and by Kelly. We needed a veteran ILB in the worst way, and it's good to get a guy who knows how to lead and who knows how a winning team functions. This defense looked lackadaisical sometimes. Between Barnett and Merriman (if he can still go) we may have some leadership in the LB corps-- for a moment i thought they might let merriman go it alone. Buddy did well within the budget. Go Bills

Can't we get a new thread now that the deal has been made, so we can get right to the posts made after the signing without sorting through 10 pages?

And I respect your opinion as much as just about anyone here eball, even if we disagree. Here's to hoping I'm dead wrong

Bell has never looked like a starting LT at any point in his young career, healthy or not. Average in pass protection but quite beatable to the good pass rushers, and a complete mess in the run game. I find him to be one of the more overrated Bills on this forum that there is right now...and he's not even rated all that highly. Just because he's young and inexperienced, you don't ASSUME he's going to vastly improve. You could put me at left tackle and say, "He has no experience and no conditioning, he'll improve." My improvement would be irrelevant because I do not and never will have the skills to start at left tackle in the NFL. Could I be Demetrius Bell? Last season was supposed to be the whole new ballgame, after the offseason of pro conditioning and strength training yada yada yada. I'm not holding my breath waiting for this guy to suddenly show competency when he has given us so little reason to believe.

As long as Demetrius Bell is the starting left tackle, I'm not confident.

I think the Kelsay love goes higher up the food chain than Chan.

Wow Heitz that's lower than expected from where I'm sitting, I wonder if he gave them a discount

Well that's what you want on that right side, and we need a road-grater badly-- the run blocking was putrid most of the time last year. This would sure make that Poz pill easier to swallow, but knowing this owner I won't hold my breath...

Is he strictly a right tackle, or capable of swinging to the left?

Why would we bash them as often when they're about half as important?

I'll miss Gus Johnson

Bledsoe sure made Peerless Price a lot of money

I like SportsNation, that Michelle Beadle is a cutie and its a fun little program. Cowherd's personality works alright there, though I don't like his radio show either. Too much damn college football

Who was Super Bowl Champion Trent Dilfer's number 1 receiver? I'm sure someone far better than Steve Johnson