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The reaction to Merriman leaving in that Chargers thread is not even remotely close to the reaction for the Edwards/Losman departures. Probably 90%+ of Bills fans basically said "Good riddance!" to Trent and JP.

The Tim Graham blog at http://espn.go.com/blog/AFCEast/post/_/id/21111/shawne-merriman-worth-a-shot-for-buffalo: Also, a source close to Merriman told me he "wasn't thrilled" to be going to Buffalo, even though Bills general manager Buddy Nix oversaw the Chargers' college scouting department when they drafted him in 2005.

I don't recall him making the final roster at the start of the regular season, Either way, he obviously never had an impact for the Bills.

I absolutely never said I'm a fan of the move--- I just don't think the sky is falling. All the hand wringing and weeping and gnashing of teeth about every transaction gets exhausting. I posted in another thread that Merriman may just be Marcus Jones or Jason Gildon, which is entirely possible. It's worth a shot but I'm not expecting it to pay giant dividends, necessarily.

Marcus Jones and Jason Gildon were both brought in for tryouts during training camp but didn't make the roster. They were both touted as being the potential pass rush specialists to push our defense over the top but were bogged down by persistent injuries and were out of the league soon thereafter. IIRC, they were both brought in during Gregg Williams' tenure.

Coke, I thought.

It's possible Merriman contributes just as much as Marcus Jones and Jason Gildon did for the Bills once upon a time--- remember those names? But it's definitely worth a shot. One thing that is odd about all of this is Chan Gailey's response in the afternoon pres conference. According to Joe Buscaglia, Gailey didn't recall coaching against Merriman when he was at Georgia Tech and Merriman was at Maryland. Gailey thought he was already gone by the time he took over at GT, although their respective tenures overlapped from 2002-05, and Merriman was pretty effective against the Yellow Jackets. He very well could have been intentionally coy because he didn't want to let on the Bills were discussing it internally, but it's odd nonetheless. http://www.wgr550.com/BUSCAGLIA--How-Does-Merriman-Fit-Bills-/8498682

The group that thinks the sky is falling no matter what the Bills do and bitches and moans constantly? No, I didn't realize I was a member of that group, douchebag.

This made me Laugh Out Loud.

Maybe you're just an !@#$? Discuss.

There are quite a few posters that belong to the "tin foil helmet" brigade. The sooner they're abducted and unable to continue posting drivel, the better.

Perhaps the Bills have paid lip service to the notion of regionalizing the fan base in Ontario and beyond, but Ralph has literally said from the start that playing games in Toronto was about money. Not sure where to find the "spin".

DarthICE is a moron. Every time he posts something it's like a crazy person screaming at the top of his lungs on a street corner about UFOs and the Illuminati. So !@#$ing sick of it.

Schefter: "He has five days to report to Buffalo; plans to for now." What does he mean "plans to for now"? He reports or he doesn't. What a weird thing to say.

I know what you mean, that is literally my least favorite type of reply on TSW.

You dirty son of a B word. Good show.

It's already been pointed out that the 2 seasons that followed his steroid bust he produced seasons with 17 and 12.5 sacks--- his knee injury may be related to 'roid use, but his struggles are specifically related to injusy not lack of steroids. Also, San Diego is kind of a cesspool for negativity, isn't it? Don't the Chargers seem to have an abnormally high number of discontented players? AJ Smith is hated around the league for a reason.

Comparing Stadium Wall posters to retards is totally insensitive and unfair--- to retards.

That's true. Unfortunately, the steroid use may have contributed to the knee injury and his inability to recover from it.

If true that would be a savvy move!

Who would want this douche on their roster at this point?

If Nix has already spoken to Merriman as Glazer reported then I'm sure the subject of a longterm possibility was broached. Unless it's purely a "PR" move.

It's gotta be McCargo.

It's a bit odd that prior to the Brad Childress tweet on Nov. 1st their previous tweet was from August. Tim Graham doesn't think it sounds like the Bills are interested in Merriman, but he thinks maybe they're just holding their cards close to the vest: http://espn.go.com/blog/afceast/post/_/id/21082/bills-coy-on-moss-merriman-intentions

Not so much his age, but that he appears to already be washed up. Maybe he's not, but that's the thinking here.