DanInUticaTampa

There is no minnesota state proposal. I know there is a county proposal and a city proposal. And last I heard, both proposals are being talked about, with the county proposal as the first option and the city being the 2nd option. No state though. also, I am pretty sure the team that moves to LA will be the raiders or chargers. 4 california football teams? no wai

Vince Young talent wise would be great for this team. Gailey could really take advantage of his skill set. The only real worry about him is his mental toughness. The guy seems to easy to break and doesn't seem to be a real leader. Talent wise though, he would have a lot of potential here.

And Dwan Edwards was considered to be a top ten free agent last year by a lot of people. I guess signing starters and signing a top 10 free agent is "staying out of the market" by his definition. It is obvious they are going to sign at least one or two guys to be a starter, or compete to be a starter. Clabo, like people have mentioned, is the type they would sign. He is starting material, but not too flashy. I really don't know what you are getting at anymore. If you really think signing starters to longterm contracts means those players aren't going to be a part of this team's future, then you must not know where the team is going. I don't even know what you consider a "big ticket free agent." You think clabo is a big ticket free agent but you think dwan edwards isn't? Clabo is a lesser talent, and the only reason Edwards would be cheaper is because people were worried about his injury. But if you think that clabo is a big ticket free agent, and edwards is small stuff, then you have a pretty odd way to evaluate free agents.

Yeah, he says that. But he doesn't say "we aren't going to attack the FA market" like you suggest. If he doesn't believe in signing free agents, then how do you explain signing edwards, davis, green, pears, wrotto, etc? Unless for some reason, you think we drafted all those players....... yeah, nix doesn't believe in free agency, yet he signs plenty of players, not only for depth, but to also be starters. Yeah, that makes sense. really, nix has already said a million times that they are going to sign a QB AND a tackle, at least, when free agency starts. And if nix doesn't sign free agents, how do you explain: Andre Davis Dwan Edwards Reggie Torbor Wrotto Pears Green Etc You just ignore him signing players, and say he builds through the draft? Yeah, he says he builds through the draft. What you don't understand is, building through the draft doesn't mean you ignore free agency. Nix has explained this. What he never said was "ignore free agency." He hasn't said that, at all. On adding a QB via FA: http://www.buffalorumblings.com/2011/5/2/2148930/ryan-fitzpatrick-buffalo-bills-nfl-draft-2011 Yeah, he isn't going to touch free agency, yet he says they need to sign players via free agency. Do you ever listen to the guy?

Except he never said he wanted to be inactive during free agency, and his track record doesn't say that either. Last year, 3 of players he signed during FA were in the starting lineup in week one (Edwards, Davis, Green). To say Nix believes in not being active during free agency is completly false. Especially when you consider all the castoffs he grabbed to build the oline depth. Nix believes you use both the draft and free agency to build a team. I don't know why you think otherwise. because he said he doesn't like to sign the big name players? That doesn't mean he is going to be inactive during free agency at all. He even said he is going to sign another tackle in free agency. His words, not mine. I really don't know where you heard that he is going to be inactive during free agency.... and clabo seems like a type of guy they would sign. Though they would probably overpay him, because I am sure that meaningless probowl status is going to let him demand more cash. I really don't think he is out of the realm. But he doesn't excite me that much, except I would consider him better than a stop gap player.

aside from dockery and TO, the bills never were the type to "catering" to fans that buy merchandise, or whatever you were trying to point out. The problem with the bills is that they fail at both free agency, the draft, and coaching. This new regime has a lot left to prove..... but since the bills had the 3rd worst record last year, I don't think there is anything to diminish. They hit rock bottem last year. There is no "clear direction" in a positive sense that you claim. There is some positive potential with newly drafted players. But other than that, this team is just a huge questionmark that has proven nothing. And until it proves otherwise, it is a team that has failed at the draft and free agency a lot the past 10 years. You don't build through just the draft. You use free agency as well, and even Buddy has said the same thing.

not with signing boneses.

Tyson Clabo would be an upgrade, but I don't know if it would make me "really" happy. They need to do a lot more to make me reach that status. To do that, they need to sign in addition to clabo: a matt light, a Stephen Tulloch, a barret ruud, and a harper. With all that, who needs to re-sign whitner and poz? Though go ahead and re-sign florence, because I like him. But yeah, the only thing that will probably happen out of all that is re-signing florence. But man, if they were able to pull off a Tulloch type signing, i might take this front office more seriously. But, more than likely, they will just re-sign poz instead. Whatev.

I would like to have a completly new logo or just go back to the throwbacks. But these look better than the previous ones we had.

Yeah, name calling really gets your point across.

haha

Yeah, that is why he left. They told the owners that they can bring one exec with them, then when the execs got there, the NFL said they were just joking and told the execs to go home. yup.

She totally hates black people. I mean, here OJ was found not guilty, and here she is claiming he is guilty and wanting him to confess. What does a brother got to do? If OJ was a white boy, oprah wouldn't be naggin him like this.

championship!

We will probably sign a WR or two.... as camp fodder.

I wouldn't be opposed to signing plax and trading lee. We would probably upgrade the WR position in the short term and get a draft pick at the same time. Though I am not sure how ready Plax is to make it back in the NFL, and I can imagine him coming back so quickly.... even Vick took year to really return, and that isn't something that should be expected out of anyone.

depends on who's twitter it is. Schefter is right roughly 80% of the time. For the media, twitter is just a way to break a news story before writing a full article/segment to go in more depth. Like a teaser. It is just a promotion tool to bang out headlines. So far, others in the media are confirming that schefter is right about this, so..... yeah. if you think donte and schefter use twitter the same way, then that is just wrong.

If it is true, the lawyers are involved now, so now they are going to fight over the language until it is perfect. And I am sure there is a lot of language to go through. That would be assuming that the basic framework of the deal is done.... which I have my doubts. But either way, it is going to take a week for the lawyers to go through the language. And for the past few weeks, the laywers haven't been involved. Also, that is the day of the owners meeting.... so the idea is that it would be a good time for them to vote on a CBA, if the framework is there.

the team's new logo: http://www.umsl.edu/~keelr/leaf.gif

And even though Chan isn't a top ten coach, I do like him as a coach more than I like Nix as a GM.

That is just silly. Leonard didn't leave the bills because we were losing. The guy never did anything for us on field except special teams (can blame that on coaching). He didn't leave because he said "he, this team sucks, I am going to a winner." The guy was cut because he didn't contribute. Spikes was cut because of an injury he couldn't come back from, and went to another losing team. Clements went to a losing team, but only for a bigger paycheck. Peters went to a winning team, but only because of a bigger paycheck. Same with winfield. And Greer was let go because we were too deep at DB. Players didn't leave this team because the bills were losers. They left because the bills didn't want them or the left because they were seeking more money than they were worth. Honestly, if Peters, leonard, greer, spikes, clements, and winfield were all still on the team, we wouldn't be that much better, if at all. Peters and winfield would be the only improvements, and the rest would actually be a downgrade. So we very well could be worse without them. As far as recruiting free agents is concerned, I believe that is his biggest weakness since he was out of the nfl for awhile and he just didn't seem to attract anyone interesting, including coaches. But this team doesn't need an spikes, peters, greer, and clements. What this team needs is a tom brady, a jake long, a clay mathews, a ryan clark, and maybe a few others depending on how this draft class turns out.

Of course the editors saw the story before it was printed. What the editors didn't know was that anyone close to the situation (the people that are actually negotiating) would say it isn't true and every other media outlet would laugh at them. There is no way the editor didn't call the writer into his office and pressed for more details about this "source" and how could he screw up so badly. You have to be nuts to think that you can print false information in a paper, and your superiors wouldn't be upset. Think about it. You sell the item at the wrong price, put the wrong tire on the car, put the wrong medicine to a patient, and just completly screw up any job out there and you think the boss isn't going to come down hard? I guess journalism is one of those laidback jobs where bosses just don't give a damn what you write and how bad you make the paper look

Of course he is going to have a meeting with his editors over this. They are probably going to want to know his source and see if he could get another source before the rest of the media crucify them a 2nd time around. With all of the "sources" people in the media have, this guy has the only source that has leaked this info out? Sounds fishy. Not impossible, but the editors are defenently going to want to know more about this source. Usuaully, one source is pretty naughty in journalism. 2 is the bare minimum, and 3 is a whole lot more pretty. Imo, if the lockout were ending soon (next couple weeks) then there would be a lot more leaks out there.

oops.

until a deal is done, this "talking" seems more like lip service.