Dr. K

He was a monster pass receiver--I mean Great--for NC State in college. I think his problem is character issues and work ethic, not lack of ability.

I can see Rian Lindell getting cut if any of these other kickers look good. If they don't, he stays by default, though I agree we could do a lot better. You assume Gates and Lee will be chosen ahead of Williams. I think Shaud showed enough that he makes it as one of the three backs on the squad, assuming Travis is gone. Just because they drafted Gates and signed Lee doesn't mean they make the team. You yourself say (I think) that Lee is not upgrade over Williams. Shaud is a change-of-pace from Willis. I think they have not given up on Reed. He makes it as number four or maybe number five. Granted, Reed has been a disappointment. But why would, based on their performance, the Bills prefer Aiken over Reed? Of course, I could easily be wrong about all of this. We'll see.

I appreciate the thought that went into this, but the Bills won't cut Shaud Williams. If they do, it will be a mistake. Doubtful about them cutting Lindell even though i don't really like him. I think you're probably right about standing pat on o-line and tight end. Reed or Aiken makes the squad. Probably Reed, maybe both.

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Yvel, I've argued along exactly these lines for months now, but the "dump Travis" contingent will not be persuaded by reason. It remains to be seen whether Travis will. I expect that, if TD can't get a decent offer for him before the season, TH will be the backup. And I for one will be glad to have the insurance.

Wrong game. That was in the year of the last Bills Super Bopwl team. The poster is talking about a year earlier playoff game, in Miami, the year the Bills made the Supoer Bowl as a Wild Card team, winning on the road in Pittsburgh (with Frank Reigh at QB) and then going down to Miami to face the Dolphins, who had won the eastern division. It was the year of the miracle comeback against Houston (which preceded the Pittsburgh game. (and the 51-17 shellacking by Dallas in the SB. Ouch.) It a sunny day and Thurman tore them up on screen passes, including one for a touchdown to break open the game.

GG's post is good, but I would only add taht there is another gauge of value than "market value" and that is what Henry can do on the football field. As someone above said, Henry is worth more to the Bills than to anyone else bidding right now. Let Mcgahee go down with an injury, and then how valuable would it be to have Henry on the roster? That's a value that isn't measured by Arizona's or other teams' unwillingness to give up much for him. He the kind of tough runner who could step in and play, and run well enough to keep the defenses honest if Willis goes down. It depends of course on Henry getting his head straight enough to play football for the Bills, and I suppose Donohoe could say some things that might help Henry save his self-respect (which is what his discontent is really about, not money, it seems to me). Whether Henry can be brought around, and whether Donohoe is willing to say those things, in an open quesiton.

You are obviously too rational to be a Buffalo Bills fan. You should be ranting about "drinking the koolaid" or rending your shirt in agony like Job in the old testament. My only area of possible dispute with you is whether this seventh-round RB is an improvement over Shaud Williams, who I think looked mighty good in his brief appearances last season. I'm curious to see how the O-line plays out, but I am not in despair because we didn't draft a LT in the first day, or trade Henry for someone nobody else wants.

I completely agree (as I posted yesterday, before the draft). I have never understood why so many here assume Henry MUST be off the team. I don't take the "locker room cancer" talk as seriously as many do. Henry has every incentive to play ball.

This is the scenario that I have been dreading thorugh all of this "get rid of Travis" talk. And I don't think that it's very far-fetched. MaGahee is running an a reconstructed knee. If there is no good deal available for Henry, I say keep him. The pressure will be on Henry to adjust his attitude and play with a purpose. I expect he will see more than just a few carries if the Bills keep him. Assuming Willis stays healthy, it will be to Henry's benefit to swallow his disgruntlement if he hopes to get a good offer from some other team when his contract runs out after this season. If he is traded, I wish him well, and I fully expect him to be a qaulity back for whoever gets him. But Donohoe needs to get more than some third round draft choice.

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Josh Reed

"Cary" = "Containment Artea for Relocated Yankees"

Please, save me from the freakin' cowbell. I would like never to see that moronic image again.

We're gonna have to butter your ears for you to get through the doorway.

That Kelly is one fair and balanced dog! He's smarter than most canines and other Bills fans.

...I don't think this is as big a deal as we fear. Williams is past his prime. I respect what he's done for the Bills, but in drafting Anderson last year TD was already anticipating this move, seems to me. At 5 million per year he is not worth it. Jennings is harder to lose, but I have confidence the Bills will have other options,, whether it's moving Teague or M. Williams, or moving M. Price to start, or picking up some free agent, or trading, or even drafting. None of these alternatives is ideal, but good teams often have to do such shuffling, and the best ones deal with it an prosper. I feel a lot better about the situation with McNally at O-line coach than I would otherwise. If teams like San Francisco want to pay Jennings upwards of 5 million per, let them. I think the Bills can survive these loses without necessarily diminishing the play of the offense or defense. Some people thought losing Ted Washington or Sam Cowart or even Ruben Brown was the fatal. I remember the screams when the Bills let Andre Reed, Bruce Smith, and Thurman go all at once. Unless they start losing more talent than this, I'm willing to see what happens before I panic.

...if no good trade opportunity arises. Don't let him go for nothing. I hate to hear all this "Henry is a cancer" "He's lazy" "He's always injured" talk. It really is just more of the "god or devil" attitude of so many fans: for too many of us either a player walks on water (and his image is at the top of the Two Bills Drive site) or he is comeplete horse puckey (and his picture comes down and his name is never spoken without invective). I'm with Kelly the Dog on this one--Henry has done nothing wrong. The guy played with a fractured leg a year ago, and gained 1400 yards. I am aware of his limitations, but at this point the dissing of Henry has gone way beyond the rational. We were going to have to find a backup runner to McGahee anyway. Well, we've already got Henry on the roster. Maybe he'll chafe at being the backup, but he's a better runner than most of the alternatives, and he comes with a manageable contract. And maybe he'll buckle down and prove himself a professional if and when he gets the chance. Which he may easily get, I hope you will remind yourselves. McGahee is one good hit to the knee from losing another season (as is any back in the NFL). He almost got wiped out on a bad screen pass from Bledsoe late in the season; it could happen on any play. I say keep Henry as insurance if a good deal is not there.

That coin toss story is telling. I'm surprised we never heard about it until now. I was wasting time today and looked up Bledsoe's stats for the two New England, the Baltimore, and the Pittsburgh games this season. Here are his cumulative stats for those games: Attempts: 116 Completions: 62 Comp. %: 53% Yards/game: 186 TD passes: 1 Interceptions: 9 QB fumbles: 4 QB fumbles lost: 3 Bye-bye, Drew. You are a man of some quality, but this record is fatal.

I posted this yesterday: I have a feeling the Bills are going to give Josh Reed one more chance to prove himself. I think they will probably give themselves other options--I don't know what this means for the draft--but I also think they haven't given up on him yet. He showed well enough in his rookie season that he might still develop. This last season was a waste for him, in part because he lost so much time to injury. Remember that Moulds was considered a bust by many Bills fans until his third season with the team. I will be surprised if they draft a wide receiver in the second or third rounds (assuming they don't retrived a first rounder).

I have a feeling the Bills are going to give Josh Reed one more chance to prove himself. I think they will probably give themselves other options--I don't know what this means for the draft--but I also think they haven't given up on him yet. He showed well enough in his rookie season that he might still develop. This last season was a waste for him, in part because he lost so much time to injury. Remember that Moulds was considered a bust by many Bills fans until his third season with the team. I will be surprised if they draft a wide receiver in the second or third rounds (assuming they don't retrived a first rounder).

This paragraph jumped out at me from Leo Roth's column today: "Bledsoe's 53.7 percent completion percentage (36 of 67) on throws behind the line of scrimmage was alarming. Brady and Indianapolis' Peyton Manning hit more than 76 percent of their screen tosses." Like a lot of us, I have felt that Bledsoe had no touch on short passes, but I did not realize it was this bad. Barely completing 50% of screen passes? That alone is like going swimming with rocks tied to your ankles. We'll see what the holes in Losman's game are. We know what Bledsoe's limitations are, and they won't change.

Great post--you know there WILL be a new whipping boy, at the earliest possible moment. Too bad Travis Henry's likely to be gone, because he's the next obvious scapegoat. Reed has already been in the crosshairs, but I expect him to take a lot more fire. Mike Williams could be it. Certainly Tom Donahoe will be a high profile target whenever anything at all goes wrong--if, for instance, McGahee has a serious injury or Losman flounders. I give Losman about three bad games before the screams become deafeniing. I hope he doesn't have any bad games, but that's wishful thinking.

I'm a big Keaton fan too. Our Hospitality is my favorite. Turner Classic Videons just released The Cameraman on DVD--his last silent--and his first two sound movies. The sound films aren't as good, but The Cameraman is fine.

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1946) The Big Sleep (1946) Paths of Glory (1958?) Touch of Evil (1959) The Third Man (1949) Bringing Up Baby (1938) The Awful Truth (1937) The Shop Around the Corner (1941) Vertigo (1956) The Lady Eve (1940) All black & white (expect for Vertigo). I could go on....