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I didn't feign anything. Your comment had nothing to do with anything. Especially considering his performance last year was better than "back in the day" in 2006. Not to mention that no one was saying he was going to be the starting RB or more than a 3rd down receiver. You just had to make a negative comment.

So on one hand, the Eagles have made bad personnel moves in the past. On the other hand, they've still made the playoffs. What does one have to do with another? Peters could play like last year and they could still make the playoffs. That doesn't mean that Peters was worth what he got or that the Bills made a bad move.

Who cares about "back in the day?" I'm talking LAST year. The Colts were a shell of their former selves, ranking in the middle of the pack offensively. What does the 2006 season have to do with anything? Hence my original comment.

Yeah, like they did with Kearse and TO. And Florio is an idiot. His premise is the Bills should have waited until draft day, so that no one leap-frogged them for the player they want. Well, does anyone know who the Bills want at #28 overall? Moreover, what if the Eagles turned their attention elsewhere and traded for Boldin or Peppers, and left the Bills with nothing?

Come on, Jason plays to get to Hawaii! Sacks be damned!

In case you haven't been paying attention over the years, the Bills never release trade information. It always comes out from other sources.

Nothing like throwing crap against a wall and seeing if it will stick.

Similar to Stroud last year? I also don't think a 4th alone will get it done. Maybe a 3rd and 5th again, or 2-4th's.

I'm blanking. Who was the (long-time) poster who said that about Stroud, and how bringing-in your own alcohol made you a dreg, while getting comped drinks because you're "good for business" was alright?

Everywhere I've read said conditional 6th round pick, but it doesn't say whether it could be higher.

But, but, but...the Jags know defense and that Henderson is washed up, if they're looking to trade him.

As I've said, I hope he plays well enough to get the Bills the highest conditional pick for him (hopefully making the Pro Bowl is all that needs to happen). And then falls off the face of the earth. But I don't wish injury on him, although that is sure to happen, as it has the past 2 years (and possibly has robbed him of athleticism).

Dockery was a crappy player. The Bills made a huge mistake signing him, but corrected that mistake by dumping his worthless azz after just 2 years into a 7-year deal. The sad thing is that this waste of space pocketed $18M the last 2 years and got another overpaid contract with the Redskins, who are almost as "crappy" an organization as the Bills, but they just spend money like it's water on players that don't produce for them.

Of course they're convinced. Otherwise they wouldn't have traded a 1st, 4th, and conditional next year, plus given him a 6-year $60M deal with $25M guaranteed. Again whether he proves to be worth it remains to be seen and last year was a major red flag IMNSHO. I don't vote for the Pro Bowl, haven't watched it for a long time now, and don't think there is a conspiracy to get players to leave their teams. But it's a joke, both in terms of who gets voted-in and the game itself. I hope the conditional pick is based on Peters making the Pro Bowl, because then it's a shoo-in that the Bills will get the highest possible pick.

Life is unfair. Jackson will "only" make $450K to be a backup RB in the NFL, whereas a couple years earlier, he was looking at a fast food career. And the simple fact is that the Bills DO own Jackson. Moreover they saw how great extending a player early went with Peters. And really, players don't care how the Bills are treating Fred Jackson. No EFA gets more than the minimum tender, unless he's a superstar like Antonio Gates was after just 2 years.

What he got paid in the market place is one thing. What he proves to be worth is another. If he continues to play like last year, it will have been a bad trade for the Eagles. So we'll just have to wait and watch. And if Bell becomes a good LT, it's moot.

I don't know where you got your observations, but Lynch averaged 4.9 YPC going to the right side and Jackson averaged 4.0. And Butler gave-up just 1 sacks in 13 starts. And I'm sure playing next to Preston/Fowler didn't help.

Yes, Dockery was that bad. The Bills are loathe to cut players to whom they've given big contracts, and Dockery got the biggest in Bills history at the time. Yet after just 2 seasons and paying him $18M, they cut him. I don't think they took that lightly. And since when are the Redskins a judge of anything except how spending money doesn't guarantee you anything? If anything, their pickup of Dockery should warn you, since many of their pickups fail. As for center, the Bills signed Hangartner. Center options were limited in FA, with Brown and Grove being overpaid it not overhyped (in Groves' case), and Birk only wanting to play for Minny or Balto. As I've stated, a lot of Panthers fans were sad to see him go and thought he was good enough to keep and start. Meanwhile the Panthers let Justin Hartwig go, and he only went on to anchor the SB-winning Steelers' O-line, while Kalil and the rest of the interior of the Panthers' O-line got injured, but were bailed-out by Hangartner. Who knows what the exact deal was with Peters? For a guy who allegedly was a Bills fan growing up, he sure acted like a jerk. I think had he shown-up last off-season, the Bills would have started taking new contract. But we'll never know now.

Peters wins for sure. Although whether the Eagles continue to make the playoffs remains to be seen. The question is who made out better, the Bills or Eagles? And only time will tell.

Sure they did. They could have limped-along with Dockery, thereby not having to admit they made a huge mistake there. They could also have paid Peters $11.5M a year.

The problem the Bills face is that (like Aaron Schobel said just after the Bills signed TO), players usually don't want to come to Buffalo because of the weather and small market, unless they're paid a lot. After they get there, more than a few end-up liking it. But if a good/overhyped player doesn't like it in Buffalo, he can do things (disrupt the lockerroom, make negative comments, play poorly) to get himself out, and find another payday on a "better" team. The Bills valued Dockery, Kelsay, Schobel, etc. enough to overpay them to keep them, and those proved to be mistakes given their production since (Schobel is arguable). They saw the light with Dockery and appear to see it with Kelsay. I think they're doing the right thing with Jackson, i.e. telling him to play under his EFA tender and we'll take care of you later. He really has no choice but to show-up, being he has just 2 accrued seasons in the NFL, and is 28.

She knows that I really like Heidi Klum. I agree that the short-yardage situations hurt his average. But comparing him to Addai, who also had a 3.5 YPC average and who was also a 4.0+ YPC RB before last season, tells me that the Colts' O-line wasn't exactly great last year.

I mentioned elsewhere that Rhodes looks like the best RB option in FA this off-season, and was a much better pickup than Taylor, Jones, Buckhalter, etc. Like with TO, I think the Bills lucked-into a better player than what they appeared to be going after initially.

It mostly depends on how they leave.

Wait Deano, you're judging Rhodes on a single stat when you mention his 3.5 YPC average, are you not? And that's what Addai averaged last year as well, whereas the 2 years prior, he was averaging 4.4 YPC. Similarly, Rhodes had a 4.1 YPC career average before last year. And beyond his TD's, I mentioned his 45 receptions and pass blocking. And maybe he is a goalline TD scorer. Great. I hope the Bills get down there and let him do his thing.