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IF Gilmore can shut down a wr, or at very least hold him in check it opens up so many more possibilities for a D Cord. A D can suddenly blitz much more due to the fact they have an unaccounted for man.

Difference is ESPN did not give updates and keep Rogers relevant like they did with Matheau. This could also be a product of where and how the programs where doing. LSU in National Championship hunt over the past several years. Tenn has not be relevant for a long time.

Rex's D will be gased. It really does not matter what style he runs. As long as Sanchez is the qb, fumbling of his Olines butt, the Jets will be a speed bump to the Pats.

This is the one which seems questionable to me! Seems as if maybe Harvin had some idea of this?

Look we need a solid Vet other then Stevie. Smith has speed and size, and i saw him make a few nice catches last year. It may not work out, but i am sure that the new contract address' this possibility.

Lets hope Troup can produce, one less piece the team would have to find. Branch is only here for a year most likely.

Of the 8 players that where franchised, Byrd is the only one who has not signed his tag tender or negotiated a long term deal. Did Parker represent any of the other 8? Or did he represent any other players who came up for FA this offseason and resigned with their teams? I wonder if Parker does indeed have some type of notion about Buffalo and thus does not want his players playing there unless they get paid top dollar? conspiracy theory? Maybe.

Love to see the details of the deal. i will guess maybe it will try to focus B. Smith at WR. A fair base salary with not crazy gauranteed. It most likely will include incentives for catches, yards, touchdowns, etc... My hope is that if B. Smith focus' his time and energy at WR he will be a solid one. The guy is 6'2 215lbs and can run like a deer. He has almost the same type of big play potential that CJ has. It may not pan out and he may not be able to take the step to becoming just a legit WR, but it is worth the shot.

I hear ya. You also could think of it like if it did not happen then it would happen first game. Which provides you with less time to adjust.

I agree with the age and points of their career. i will also say that right now i would take Ryan over Big Ben and P Manning. Push with E. Manning. Brees, Brady have about 2-3 years left maybe. Rodgers because of his age and what he has done would be my first QB. After that it would be a toss up between Ryan and E. Manning for me if i was looking to build a team for the next 6-9 years.

I will take Ryan before Luck or Wilson with out even thinking about it. Before P. Manning and Roethlisberger. I think he is even with Eli Manning- who has had the best front seven D in the league when he won the SB's. I think he is probably behind Brady and Rodgers. Maybe Brees. But that is it.

people said that about Peyton Manning for a long time. I watch every Falcons pretty much. They had a horrible D last year. Nolan did his best to make them average. The Falcons had little to no running game. It was so bad that on short yardage downs the falcons would often have to pass. Turner went over the hill quick. Yes Ryan as Roddy White and Julio Jones and Gonzalez. And he uses them. Vick had Roddy White and could do little to nothing with him. Ryan is one of the top 5 qb's in the league, he just is. And by your win the big one arguement, what do you think of Dan Marino? he was a top 3 qb for years while he played. As a Bills fan i hope E.J turns out to be as good as Ryan. If he does the Bills will be good for a long time, just like the falcons have been and will be!

I agree with you here, but Parker is what makes the NFL less than perfect. Agents ruin the game. They do.

You must not watch many Falcons games. Without Ryan the Falcons would still be..... the Bills. When you find a great QB, you pay the man. Ryan is great. The Falcons had no running game last year. Love this move by them. Before Ryan got there, the Falcons never had back to back winning seasons.

Yep, Mario had 5 sacks in 5 games. I stopped reading after that. Just another negative energy Bills fan.

Right on Cue.

And get shot by Aaron Hernandez???? No thank you!!

Buddy, Its not about the shirt, really. It is the fact that it was put on the Bills facebook page. And thank you for keeping racial lines alive! Wow.

This is worse. Stevie wearing the shirt is fine to me, but the minute you attach it to anything with a Bills logo the NFL has a say. He will (if he has not already) be apologizing for this too!

Could by McCarron is jealous at the hype around Manziel? McCarron to me is a darn good qb but gets over looked by many because it is perceived that Saban and the D win for Bama. McCarron had 30 t.ds to 3 int. almost a 68% completion rate and an average yard per attempt of like 9.3. Tell me those are not great numbers?

The guys nickname is Johnny Football. He beats the number one team in the country and goes on to be the first freshmen to win the Hiesman award. He has everyone and their brother blowing smoke up his kiester. So he is not handling it perfectly, so what. You are all kidding yourself he is not th enumber one pick when he comes out if his play on the field is the same as last year. IF he plays like he did last year all this is forgotten about. Lets see how Johnny Football does during the season before we pass judgement on the guy.

This was my thought. If Rogers does not seperate himself in training camp from the other fringe guys, the Bills will try to PS him. Having said that i heard 14 other teams tried to sign him as a FA. Brings up an interesting question. Lets hope he has a great training camp and preseason.

Does anyone think Brady and Belichick game plan for Byrd like they did for Reed?

I hear ya. And i think Mario at his position is better then Byrd at his position. And what Mario does is not affected one bit by who plays safety. What Byrd does or production he has is dictated heavily by who plays in front of him. So to me yes i take Mario hands down. Byrd had nice INT stats, which are great, but he his nowhere near a game changer Reed was or T Polamalu was.

Could not do that with Peters because of how much it would have cost. And after the second franchise tag he gets to walk and the team is left with nothing. i get what you are saying, I would for sure have Byrd play this year under the tag. Tell Parker you are considering strongly on tagging Byrd again next year. What is Byrd going to do, sit out till the 10th game? Dog it and not play hard? Those things hurt Byrd and Parker's bank account, so nope. Let Byrd play under the tag. IF he plays well and the teams does well he will be back. If the new coaching regime turns around the culture Byrd stays.