atlbillsfan1975

Right on San Jose. Line play is so hard to criticize. We have no idea who has the "help" resposibility on certain plays. Who is suppose to 'chip' on a defender so it slows him up enough for another OL to square off the defender. By no mean am i saying Prseton is the next Jim Richter or Joe D, but he could have some potential. And the league min. might be worth another year for him. But the lettiny Dockery walk does show the bills thought he was not producing. And maybe a few of those sacks by Peters were not completely his fault. I would like to see the bills get a good group of guys and let them play together for a few years. It takes time to develope a good understanding of what the others around you strengths/weaknes' are.

Glad the Cowboys want some more old guys. The Cowboys and Washington seem to always go for old Vets while The Giants draft or pick up young guiys for the right price. And they wonder while the Giants have two Superbowl wins in this decade.

I am with ya buddy. To ealry to tell. And as far as Whittle, Preston, Fowler and Dockery go, must people on this board thought they stunk. Those guys are back ups except Dockery who is average. I am not concerned yet. Every year the Bills have signed one or two big names in the off season. And for all you pessimists where has that gotten the team? Mediocre? Right. So now you are upset they havent signed anyone yet. Time will tell everything. You want to be like Washington? They are the champs of FA. And what has it gotten them? Nothing. A few more playoff games then Buffalo in the last 10 years but nothing really solid. And you say spend the money? Why so you can look like Dan Snyder? A guy who throws money at problems instead of knowledge? Please. Thats whats wrong with our country as a whole. People think money can solve everything. His team stinks and will this year again.

Yeah Brooking did become a FA. Rumor has it ATL offered him like 2.5mil. He refused. HIs stats are not bad. But he is known as "the six yard sheriff" in Atlanta. His tackles all come about 6 yards down the field and afdter the first down is made. He hardly ever makes a big play and definetly not when you need it. The Wild Card games against Arizona was proof of that.

LaBatt Blue. I dont know what exactly happened with Boley and the Falcons this year. But having watched him in 06 and 07 he can play. Watch him become a very very good LB in NY. He is what we hoped Keith Ellison would have been. And he made twice as many taclkes this year as Coy Wire. So maybe Coy was in there the first play of the game but Boley was a heck of a lot more productive.

I definetly think the Bills need to bring in some talent in FA. But so far they havent been able to sign any of the big time guys. Bills aren't going to give a DT 100mil contract. Wash overpaid for him. 31 other teams thought so too. The Winslow to Tampa trade makes sense for Cleveland, send the player to the other confrence. LB Bart Scott is a good LB but not great and he got a great pay day. The gaurd Brown to ST Louis is another over payed player. Bills just got ride of an over payed gaurd in Dockery. I think the tone from Buffalo is we are going to wait and let some teams over pay. Then next week we are going to make some solid signings for the right price. Everyday one of those players sits there unsigned his value goes down a little bit. Look at what just happened in baseball this offseason. The first week was filled with overpaying for talent. Mostly by the Yankees(baseballs version of the Redskins). Then when the dust settled teams were able to get good solid players at a discount rate. Some teams are also looking at the sign of the times in our country. And saying what if attendence drops 20% next year because the economy is not good. And we all know that is a huge concern in Buffalo. The Bills will sign a couple of solid guys. But the FO believes they have a good young nucleus in place. And want to let them develope. They told us this when the said continuity was the reason they brought Jauron back. I dont have rose colored glass' but i am going to wait till FA is done and the draft. Ultimately we have to wait till this time next year to pass total judgement on the moves made this offseason.

But they need a bizzilion dollar back up qb? Just messing with you. I hope they get stuck with cassell and brady. what a fine mess that would be. But Pioli will probably have to trade for Cassell or Belecheat goes public with the pics of Pioli and Kraft.

Atlanta radio station is saying the Giants are offering him 20mil for 4 years.He will probably sign with them.

Its the Hair. Look at Trump. He and Kiper got the dew.

Isn't he from Cali? he will move back west. Try to get on with Da Raiders or Frisco. He will be out of the league in 3 years. Sorry but thats how i see it. If you watched him play for one second this year you saw how terrible he was. He will not pop up in 10 years from now with the Redskins.

Nucci, you missunderstood me, sorry. I wasnt saying he doesn't care about the team. I think Dockery was a good gaurd but not great. What i was getting at was that the real money that gets paid is more important then the Cap number. Thats what a wise business man looks at. What he is spending and what he is getting in return. I know i just opened myself up for comments about Kelsay, Schobel, and the rest of the guys. But i wasn't taking a swing at Mr Wilson. I was simply saying this might allow him to have more up front money to spend on a FA. Since Dockery wont be getting his 6+ million this year. But i would like to know how this affects the Cap.

This is the best thing for Jackson and the Bills. He has a contract in hand. Hopefully the Bills sign him to an extension that Jackson likes. If they dont offer him something he likes. Jackson goes out plays hard and next year this time he becomes an UFA. He gets his payday at some point. Unless he is injured. This is a smart move by the Bills FO. And due to the injury possibility Buffalo can get Jackson to sign a reasonable deal. Not bad for a guy that wasn't drafted and was playing in the arena league a few years back.

Now since they cut him how does this effect the cap number? I know in real dollars it helps. Which at then end of the day is all that Mr Wilson cares about. He still counts against the cap space right? But the Bills were under the cap now by some 20+ million. How does that adjust? And now the Bills dont pay him this year. So they have more money to spend on a FA. Right? Oh and the chest pain remark was funny but so wrong.

Micheal Boley is the way to go. He is younger, bigger, more athletic then Brooks or June at this point. He has solid numbers and is about to enter his prime. Brooks is almost at the bottom of the career hill. Cato is ok, but could get Boley for similar money and a better player with more potential.

Of course he is gonna say that. It drives up New Englands price. Which is fine by me. As an Atlanta Braves fan let me tell you be careful. I have watched so many guys string a team along. These athletes are trained now to say " I really liked my visit here" so the next team feels it has to pay more money to get him. Not saying NE will over pay for him. But Fred will get himself a better deal the more places he says he likes. No way do i see him comming here, unless Wilson has heard from Goodell that Marshawn will not be suiting up for awhile in 2009. If the Bills sign a vet. running back then you can bet Marshawn isnt going to be playing for atleast 8 games.

Boley is a very good LB. I watched him play here in ATL for a couple of years. He was working on a contract extension before last season when he got into an off field altercation. All negotiations stopped. His numbers are very good when he started every game. He is young, fast, and athletic. A hard hitter and can cover TEs and RBs. In the years he started every game he averaged 3 ints a season. I personally would love to see the Bills pick him up. And i bet he can be had for respectable cash. He would be a huge improvement over Ellison.With him on the outside, Poz in the middle, and Mitchell the Bills would have a strong LB group.

Milloy was not cut. he was told he would not be resigned by the Bills. If PK said that then he should do better fact checking. However Milloys skills have diminished each year since he left the Patsies. Belichek does not let good/great players get away. Brady, Seymore, Vrabel, etc.... Milloy was not very good at all in Atlanta the last two years. He probably would have been cut before this year, but the Falcons had such a young inexperienced deffensive backfield. Watching him play this year was hard. I am not sue what he was like in the lockerroom. Nor will any of us really. But his talent is gone and the Falcons are getting young and aggresive players to fill out their roster. Pair that with good cord, and a head coach with fire and brains. The Falcons seem to have the recipe for being succesful. Milloy could not hold Whitners cup for him right now. They are on two opposite sides of the career hill.

Milloy is terrible on the field. Every guy the Bills have can play better then him. he got absolutely toasted in the playoff game against the Cards by Boldin. Took a horrible angle and then watched Boldin cruise into the end zone. Never thought he did much for the Bills, besides the opening day game in 2003 vs Patsies.

Hopefully we are trying to drive the price up on Taylor. I would not like him in NE. I do not think he has much left, however vetrans seem to find the fountain of youth when they go to NE. But homestly, there is no magic water just good coaching. Now wouldn't that be nice if we had some of that.

This is not a good thing for Buffalo. The Bills are not going to draft him even if he is on the board. What it will probably do is cause a team ahead of Buffalo to pick someone the Bills wanted. The Bills have many more glaring needs then at WR. The defensive front seven has holes all over it. DE needs to be addressed, DT is an area with room for improvement. So is LB. On offense TE or OL are a consideration. But i dont think you see Buffalo take another WR in the first. Now Seattle or Cincy may decide to pass on Crabtree and pick up one of those areas that the Bills need a player.

At the end of the day guys/gals, Lynch did something wrong. he knew it was wrong. And whether it is a felony or a misdemeanor does not matter. He put himself in the wrong place with the wrong people. Its not like he doesnt have 20 examples of what not to do over the last 6 months. Heck look at Micheal Phelps. I guess what i am saying is i think he needs a reality check. As a man i dont want to see anyone go down the wrong path. I think Marshawn is guilty of being careless, but thats still being guilty. He deserves some punishment which will cause him to think twice about doing something like this again. I dont want to see him sit for any period of time, as a Bills fan. However i believe it will only serve to benefit him in the long run. I dont feel sorry for him, i hope he understands that everyone has to abide by laws/rules. And for people in the public eye, it is much more important to do so. Hopefully he will come back more dedicated and ready to be a good man first and a good Bill second.

I hope no one gives the Pats squat for Cassell. Would it not be great if the rest of the league realized that cassell is an ok qb but by no means worth what you have to give up. Then the Pats get stuck with two qbs makeing over 25+ million a year. I dont believe for a second the Bills want Cassell, sounds like a mind game by the Pats. They stir up this story. Shakes relations up Between Edwards and Buffalo. I aint saying but i am saying.

Not showing up at the combine does not hurt a known player. Matt Ryan did not work out at the combine last year, and was picked three and is doing ok ( i say that tongue in cheek). Big confrence players, have a lot of tape on them. Scouts will know all they need to know about mack before the combine. The combine usually helps a player that is not as well known or a guy on the edge. Every team that needs a center has been at Macks and the rest of the centers games/practices all last year.

Haynesworth will be a Falcon next year. They want him and need him. he has a house here and is close friends with Chuck Smith. Who still is close with the Falcons where he spent 8 years. Falcons have the money to spend on him. Wait and see.

Two totally different things. McGahee was a malcontent. Lynch is guilty of being foolish. But given anyday i would go to battle with Lynch over McGahee. And they did get something for him. But the bills wont trade Lynch. This could prove to be a good thing for Lynch in the long run. He sits for four games (ok maybe 8 if he had POT in the car). Looses a bunch of cash and learn a little about life. Freddie steps up and plays good till Marshawn gets back.