DanInUticaTampa

I think the colts punter did, and a few others

Agree. I can't believe the bills would be dumb enough to pass on that deal. Those figures can't be the correct ones. If its true, there is no reason why Byrd isn't in buffalo signing a new deal

I get that, but every lawyer that I have heard has said differently.

Of course there was something incriminating on there. But it isn't what you believe, it is what you can prove. I don't know all the details, and I am sure that they could prosecute him for obstruction, but going by what the dozens of lawyers have said about the obstruction in this case, it is a very weak case unless the police have more information that isn't being shared. It has to be proven that the surveillance had something to do with the crime. A good defense lawyer could argue he destroyed it because it had him walking around naked banging women, and he didn't want it to turn into a sex tape on the internet. Which is believeable, because it seems people are leaning that Lloyd was not killed in the house. There are a lot of scenarios. But based on what the lawyers have said who commented on the case, it is a flimsy case to prove unless the police know a lot more than what has been released.

Lawyers commenting on the case have said that to convict him of obstruction, the prosecution would have to prove that what he destroyed was actually evidence, which isn't easy to do since it is destroyed and there isn't much to go on.

I was optimistic at first, but this week I am a little discouraged, because I thought it would have been taken care of by now. The two worst case scenarios are that he plays for us one year under franchise tag or we trade him for like a 2nd or 3rd rounder. I don't see him holding out all season and not get paid. It would look bad when he does hit the market next year. i would like him to sign long term. But it might be hard, because we seem to have some solid prospects at the position, and with a good defensive coach, the whole defense should be much more improved.

They should have enough to keep both, but there is probably more than just spiller coming up. I think we have wood, carrington, Chandler, and troup. Not sure if they will even want to keep any of those guys, but if they have a good season, they might want to keep them, and they will be costly. But keeping spiller and byrd alone is possible, but there wouldn't be much room for the others. And I am sure they will want to at least keep one of those other players above.

Because at the skilled positions they have one great TE, a talented (but always busted WR, and an above average RB. That really isn't much at the skilled positions. The Panthers made me scratch my head too. Bengals have a strong TE group, but I can't think of who their running backs are.

Exactly. If this keeps happening, it will eventually set a precedent that all nfl stadiums get only private funding, or paid by league, owners, whatever. Something like this should not be left to taxpayers.

There are too many bad teams for the bills to be 30-32. Thought I would expect them to be ranked lower than that by someone on the outside. I think 23 is fair, we do have talent. The main reason we still suck is that we haven't had a proven QB in forever, and hopefully that changes. Though they have KC ranked WAY too low. Bowe and charles alone should bring them into the top 20 imo.

I don't mind kolb starting. He has more talent than Fitz, but not as tough. IF Kolb is the starter, chances are he will get injured by the 5th game the latest and EJ will be out there. Though EJ might not be ready then. EJ has everything to be a great QB. His early success will determine how quickly he can pick up reading an nfl defense. That is the one thing about him that makes me nervous, because it is the one thing we won't know for sure until we see him play an nfl team. He is a smart kid, but being smart and football smart are two different things. Either way, I am glad they made this pick. This was a go big or go home moment. This kid has physical tools that Barkley/Nassib can only dream of, and a far better leader than Geno. Barkley might/nassib might not have been the worst that could have happened to us, but I don't think their ceiling is high enough to where they can compete with the RGIIIs, Bradys, and Lucks of the nfl.

Because, we are Bills fans and it is getting closer to the regular season. he is the only one I wanted in the first round, and really surprised the bills took him. I was really expecting them to take a player I didn't want. Though I would have taken Tyler Wilson in one of the later rounds as well. But first round, only EJ.

Although I agree that the cleaning crew is a huge red flag, and it cries "i am guilty," there is a lot of things that it could be. He could have been trying to clean up something else that was illegal he didn't want the cops to find, something that had nothing to do with the murder like drugs or something else. Though that sounds far fetched and cleaning up a murder scene makes more sense, there are a lot of oddball arguments that can be made about the cleaning crew. But with everything that has happened with the cleaning crew and all the searches, my money is that the murder happened in that house somewhere.

It might not have been premeditated or planned. It might have started as a heated argument that got out of hand

is PFW still functional?

I think that the broken security system was huge in getting the search warrents. Not sure how much smoke and mirrors are going on the police side. They haven't said much. It is obvious they don't have the murder weapon and none of the guys are talking, and they need at least one of those things very much. What they do have though is a questionmark. And if all they have is the stuff that was reported (they were together that night, witnesses saw them together, hernandez is accused of shooting someone in flordia, he broke is cell phone and security system, hired a cleaning crew, body was found close to his house) they really don't have much. If people saw him alone with the guy, it would be a different story. But since it is a group, it throws a lot of doubt in there with a lot more possible scenarios. That is what I would figure, though it isn't a sure thing

Can't argue with what he wrote. There is potential on this bills with marone and EJ, but there isn't anything to justify it will be solve our problems until we see some games.

It's not that odd that it is dragging on this long. They don't have a slam dunk case, so they are grabbing as much evidence as they can to make their case. If they had a murder weapon or if one of the guys was talking, then there would have been an arrest days ago. but they obviously have neither. But based on what we know, the police searched his house 3 times, which to me is a lot. And at least one of those times they brought dogs with them, and since they aren't looking for drugs, they were probably using them to see if they smelled any blood/remains that would have been there. And if the dogs smelled anything, they probably took that stuff and put it into the bags we saw and are trying to find dna/blood on it that would make their case. And that type of testing can take some time. I'm guessing the police believe the murder happened at the house, and they have some type of credible evidence that it did happen there. I can't imagine 3 search warrents being issued by a judge without something credible. And it doesn't seem like they are searching anyone else's house. I think eventually, they build of a circumstantial case, they arrest all four guys, and if at least one of them isn't able to make bail, then that guy is the one they are able to convince talking. and if none of them talk, then they just go with whatever they have. At this point, I don't think they will find the murder weapon unless one of these guys tells them where it is.

He doesn't do that much damage against us directly. He is usually injured and not active when the pats* play us. At least I am sure that was the case for at least 2 games in the past 2 years.

haw. No welker and possibly no hernandez and gronk week 1. Pretty soon Mayo will end up on IR, Wilfork get traded, and Tebowmania will overshadow brady. If the jets were a circus last year, the patriots have to be this season's clowns.

Really wish we could keep almost every receiver, whether stash them on PS or something . Too much young, and unproven talent, and it is a bit of a crap shoot which ones will turn out best for us.Like the year we drafted stevie and hardy, the one that works out for us can surprise. I am personally surprised Brad Smith is still on the team. I would rather cut him and have these younger guys develop into something. Brad smith isn't much more than a 4th receiver anyway. And is wildcat is a bummer, and we have enough special team folks

I don't see anything on the interwebs yet. I did find that lots of "chris berman doesn't know ben franklin discovered electricity" positings though lol.

Never thought I would see that. He has been there forever.

On any other team, I would feel the same way. But it isn't like they have a ton of competition. The only other player for the NT position is Troup (though I guess Dareus could be figured in there too), and that really isn't hard to overcome. For OLB, there are a lot more bodies, but hardly players that are cemented in at even making the team. So I think on a team where those two positions have below average talent, they don't have to be exceptional players to make the team. Though it is obvious they have a lot to prove given that they aren't playing with the 1st team yet. It will be more telling when they go into training camp, imo

interesting take I got from that thread is how many of the fans have such little faith in Mallet, and now mallet and Tebow are the only QBs behind Brady. The way some people talk about mallet here it would seem he was the 2nd coming of Bledsoe or soemthing