TheLynchTrain

Its not baseball. The team owns the rights for the player. See Drew Henson, Jim Kelly, ect. Even more leverage for the team then.

so much for the ESPN Mag cover about becoming a more mature player.

Thats cool, thanks.

Hey John: Unrelated question - in your piece on Torbor making a fresh start in Buffalo, you mention he's 257 pounds. Not to be impolite (or question your numbers), but where did that come from? On espn he's listed at 250, on wikipedia (great source) he's listed as 245. Obviously these numbers can be subjective - a guy could have a 20 pound swing from his offseason and playing weights, depending on his position. Did you get that from a team page? From him? I'm interested because I'd be really happy if he was closer to 260. Thats good for the bills. Thanks again for your contributions here. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...ports/index/nfl

Of course. Theres a difference between a lockout and a strike.

It was pretty neat. Everybody has faults, but it was obvious he only came back to the Dolphins because he was staring down a multimillion dollar lawsuit from the team to recover the signing bonus they gave him. Right? That was my only issue. He made a commitment and walked away. If he had repaid his debt upfront when he retired (which he couldn't because it was all spent), I would have had a little more respect if he had stayed retired. IMO it just felt like he only came back so he couldn't get sued. But that argument could be blown out the window by the fact he's still playing. I believe his debt to the team was done once he came back the first year (or at least the Dolphins have ceased their efforts to come after it). His choice to still play is all on him. Sounds like he really enjoys life and enjoys football these days. It was very good insight on a person's inner demons and what somebody can accomplish even if you're the only person still believing in yourself.

Has anyone chimed in that the Cowboys opted out of the merchandise sharing agreement years ago? Any franchise has the ability to do so. None other than the cowboys have. All the bellowing about this is a much ado about nothing.

Who cares? He's going to be dead by then anyways

I woulda shown I heard Emmitt Smith say that on television a couple of years ago. Is that you Emmitt?

Where'd you get your Jamarcus picture? Thats hilarious

Now you have to stop people from using the word "Develope" haha

Hey Chris how ya doing? Are you going to have your own Q & A on tbd like Tim Graham?

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writ...wang/index.html

Damn. I was all ready to buy a new bills jersey with "RuthlessRaper" on the back.

This has been rehashed many times. Cleveland Browns president Mike Holmgren was asked about Clausen on Sunday and he responded: "I wish I liked him more," according to the Cleveland Plain-Dealer. "You know how you have a type of player that you like? It's not scientific. People like him a lot. He'll go high," Holmgren said. "But it would be hard for me [to take him]." http://voices.washingtonpost.com/redskinsi...est-to-say.html

1: Jim Clausen - OAK 2: Tim Tebow - BUF 3: Eric Berry = KC 4: CJ Spiller - NYG 5: Dez Bryant - SEA

I agree entirely with this point. But has it mattered? The only reason why I'd keep him is to see how Chan will use him. But if he isn't used again this year, any trade value he may have had is done. Right now we might be able to get a 2nd and a flyer on him (in the deepest draft in a while). I'd say we'd get a better deal than the Boldin 3rd and 4th because a new team probably wouldn't have to give him a new contract. His contract is a perfect trade chip (as I mentioned above). But if we do wait a year after another wasted and failed campaign we probably couldn't get squat for him. Does anyone actually think the bills are going to be anything but rebuilding this year? We as fans need to understand that in order to be respectable again we need to maximize the value of our assets. Lee will be 30 next March. He will never have the same value after this year. We should get what we can while we still can. Unless we (once again) think we can win this year

No we wouldn't get a 1st for him. Thats just silly but it won't be because of his "salary" as everybody around here says. Look at the following years, according to Rotoworld: " 2010: $5.4 million (+ $3 million roster bonus), 2011-2012: $3.025 million (+ $1 million roster bonuses, 2013: Free Agent. Cap charge: $9.87 million (2009)." Basically some team would have to take a 8.4 mil hit this year (in an uncapped climate) to get a pretty good bargain down the road. Yeah we're getting a bargain the last two years of the deal but we've underutilized Lee every year he's been here. We can probably get pretty good value for him if we asked. And really this year is it going to matter that much if Lee is on the roster or not? It hasn't mattered since Loserman. Great receiver, probably get some decent value from a contender but it won't happen.

WE SITTIN HERE, I'M FRANCHISE PLAYER, WE HERE TALKIN' BOUT PRACTICE...

I love looking at THEY ARE stats

It all depends if our defense wants to have a 1 or 2 gap NT. Not every 3-4 in the league has a 330 lb nose tackle. Look at Arizona and San Diego for examples. Jay Ratliff (303 lbs) and Darnell Dockett (275 lbs) are of comparable weight. Although I will add they have a good 3-4 inches on Kyle. Anyways Chan said today that they weren't going to run the 3-4 on every down...more of a hybrid 3-4.

Every site you look at will tell you that James Farrior (arguably best in the business for 3-4) is in the 240s but Pittsburgh writers and fans will say there is no way he's bigger than 220. When you got big uglies in front of you on the line it doesnt matter how big your ILB is.

merry chrithmas philadelphia!

Get my Michael Phelps on, my Michael Phelps.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYzDB5dXIIk

On the downside or not I do hope we take a flyer in the 3-4 round on a DE prospect. Stroud and Edwards (yeah he's 29 but you never know with the neck injury) are a little old/injury problems and after Spencer Johnson our depth takes a drop. It'd be nice anyways to have a 2-3 year plan so a rookie could be groomed to start in a few years.