2003 Posted October 23, 2006 Posted October 23, 2006 McFarland Was On Bills' Radar: Many thought that when the Colts traded for DT Anthony McFarland from the Bucaneers that he would have been a great fit for the Bills. He did play in the Tampa 2 which the Bills defense is based on. As it turns out, according to a report from the Sporting News, the Bills were interested in him. The report says the Bills were looking at trading Nate Clements to Tampa Bay for McFarland. When the trade fell through, the Bucs sent him to Indy for a 2nd round pick. The Bills would not part with such a high draft pick since there 2nd will be much higher then the Colts pick. They were probably willing to part with Clements since he is most definitely gone in the offseason as a free agent when they agreed to not use the franchise tag on him again. The Bills then went to plan B and traded for Anthony Hargrove who was in on two tackles in his Bills' debut yesterday.
IDBillzFan Posted October 23, 2006 Posted October 23, 2006 McFarland Was On Bills' Radar: Many thought that when the Colts traded for DT Anthony McFarland from the Bucaneers that he would have been a great fit for the Bills. He did play in the Tampa 2 which the Bills defense is based on. As it turns out, according to a report from the Sporting News, the Bills were interested in him. The report says the Bills were looking at trading Nate Clements to Tampa Bay for McFarland. When the trade fell through, the Bucs sent him to Indy for a 2nd round pick. The Bills would not part with such a high draft pick since there 2nd will be much higher then the Colts pick. They were probably willing to part with Clements since he is most definitely gone in the offseason as a free agent when they agreed to not use the franchise tag on him again. The Bills then went to plan B and traded for Anthony Hargrove who was in on two tackles in his Bills' debut yesterday. 814454[/snapback] Booger McFarland: Hmmmm. Let's see. I can go to Buffalo or Indy. Hmmm. Gonna have to think about that for a moment. There's a very good chance Indy will go the Super Bowl, but Buffalo has good wings and blue seats in the stadium. Hmmmmm.
The Poojer Posted October 23, 2006 Posted October 23, 2006 "booger" had 2 tackles yesterday as well....i am not sure I get your comparison....do you want to "throw away" a second round pick to get a DT now?? I don't, now if it was a proven commodity at OL, then yeah sure take it...but not for a DT at this stage of team development McFarland Was On Bills' Radar: Many thought that when the Colts traded for DT Anthony McFarland from the Bucaneers that he would have been a great fit for the Bills. He did play in the Tampa 2 which the Bills defense is based on. As it turns out, according to a report from the Sporting News, the Bills were interested in him. The report says the Bills were looking at trading Nate Clements to Tampa Bay for McFarland. When the trade fell through, the Bucs sent him to Indy for a 2nd round pick. The Bills would not part with such a high draft pick since there 2nd will be much higher then the Colts pick. They were probably willing to part with Clements since he is most definitely gone in the offseason as a free agent when they agreed to not use the franchise tag on him again. The Bills then went to plan B and traded for Anthony Hargrove who was in on two tackles in his Bills' debut yesterday. 814454[/snapback]
CoachChuckDickerson Posted October 24, 2006 Posted October 24, 2006 "booger" had 2 tackles yesterday as well....i am not sure I get your comparison....do you want to "throw away" a second round pick to get a DT now?? I don't, now if it was a proven commodity at OL, then yeah sure take it...but not for a DT at this stage of team development 814464[/snapback] Nate only has 9 games left as a Bill and he is gone. The Bills are clearly going nowhere this year so why not trade Nate for something. Booger is an above average DT. I would have taken the deal and shoved Youbouty on the field to get some experience.
JAMIEBUF12 Posted October 24, 2006 Posted October 24, 2006 i wonder what type of compensation the bills will be rewarded for losing nate.........he was a 1st round pick of ours.
/dev/null Posted October 24, 2006 Posted October 24, 2006 i wonder what type of compensation the bills will be rewarded for losing nate.........he was a 1st round pick of ours. 814884[/snapback] 2008 3rd round pick (somewhere in th 97-100th overall) prolly
BillWalton Posted October 24, 2006 Posted October 24, 2006 Nate only has 9 games left as a Bill and he is gone. The Bills are clearly going nowhere this year so why not trade Nate for something. Booger is an above average DT. I would have taken the deal and shoved Youbouty on the field to get some experience. 814882[/snapback] The report said that Tampa was looking to trade McFarland (who is going to turn 29 in December) for Clements AND a draft pick. I would have done the deal if it was strickly a player-for-player deal, but Tampa was asking for way too much.
BillsFanForever19 Posted October 24, 2006 Posted October 24, 2006 So they wanted Clements AND a draft pick?! What are they high?
Joe in NC Posted October 24, 2006 Posted October 24, 2006 Nate only has 9 games left as a Bill and he is gone. The Bills are clearly going nowhere this year so why not trade Nate for something. Booger is an above average DT. I would have taken the deal and shoved Youbouty on the field to get some experience. 814882[/snapback] We have 2 rookie safeties, McGee gets benched for poor play and everyone is in a big hurry to get rid of Nate. I don't get it.
kasper13 Posted October 24, 2006 Posted October 24, 2006 Nate for a booger would have been a good deal. Nate for the Booger would have been better. A 2nd round pick for Booger would not have been a good deal. That 2nd pick will be 33-35th overall
Fan in San Diego Posted October 24, 2006 Posted October 24, 2006 We have 2 rookie safeties, McGee gets benched for poor play and everyone is in a big hurry to get rid of Nate. I don't get it. 814961[/snapback] If you have a better DL then your safties are left out to dry as much.
JStranger76 Posted October 24, 2006 Posted October 24, 2006 Just trying to get something for Nate while we can Joe in NC.
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