Alphadawg7
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The Broncs are going to end up eating a turd sandwich over this one.
From the article...
"Edwards came to Kansas City from the Jets and made the playoffs in his first season, when the team was 9-7. But he was under fire after the team finished 4-12 in 2007. Team management gave him its support, but expected a run at the playoffs. Instead, the team went 2-14."
What crack are they smoking? No one in their right mind expected playoffs this past year after trading away only defensive talent for draft picks and having nothing close to a starting caliber QB going into the season. Thigpen was a late season surprise. They were projected to be one of the worst teams on both sides of the ball...how on earth can someone justify management expecting a run at the playoffs?
I read a similar article today to that stated Shannahan is not likely to wind up in KC over ego issues between him and Pioli. Pioli is said to be looking to make his mark on the franchise and isnt going to want to give up the personnel power Shannahan is expected to demand in negotiations...so not sure if something has changed that, but it doesnt seem either is going to be happy giving into the other in order to make that stick. So, I would be somewhat surprised if Shannahan ends up in KC or even coaching this year.
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The wonderful tag team of Preston & Fowler makes me miss Trey Teague (which is not a good thing).
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With the exception of Orakpo, who Mayock admited we prolly wont have a shot at, none of the players mentioned in the article are worth the 11th pick. In fact, guys like Cushing will be had in the early 2nd.
Its all smoke and mirrors at this point.
BPA @ 11 would put us in the area of guys like Curry, Maclin, Raji, Crabtree and Harvin.
The more I hear and read about Raji, the more appealing he becomes...
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Watching that Monday night game you'd never think Cleveland needs DB help.....
Thats because we cant pass...
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Eric Flowers
please no..I quite agree,there are 2-3 stand out receivers in the first 20 picks-Crabtree-Maclin-Harvin-Nicks-Bey and Lee Evans really needs a burner on the other side to help him out, one of them will get single coverage and be open. Maclin or Harvin might actually be worth the 11th pick.
Is that you Matt Millen? When did we become the Lions and go after WR in the draft in back to back years with one of our top 2 picks?
We don't know what we have in Hardy and Steve Johnson showed potential. So don't we have enough young WR's to develop? I mean, any rookie we take at #11 likely wont take the starting spot from Reed next year anyway...meaning, they are likely gonna be a #3 WR at best next year in Buffalo...and I think Steve Johnson will do just fine in that role and might even surplant Reed if he continues to develop.
Now, if we can get a TJ Houshmanzadeh or a Boldin...then heck yeah, but not another rookie WR who likely doesnt make a big impact next year...and dont use Royal as an example or DeSean Jackson either...they played on teams that threw like mad men with QB's who get the ball to the WR's...on our squad, a rookie wideout is not going to have the same impact...
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I would love WInslow, but I'm not sure if we could get a deal done. Maybe if we traded our 2nd round and then a 5th. If we trade the 2nd, then that would be the round we would most likely look to go TE anyway, and the 5th shouldn;t be that big of a deal. We have a pick in each round and we should get a few more compensation picks as well
Honestly, as I stated in my thread about our DB's, we could use one as traid bait as Cle sorely needs DB help. This way we protect our high value draft picks for the most part and use them to fill other spots like DE, LB, and Center. For instance:
Trade Cle one of the following for Winslow:
Mcgee straight up (he is a FA next year and I doubt we retain him with the price tag he will command, espcially if we sign Greer).
Package Greer with one of your TE's or a mid to late round pick (maybe a 5th).
Package Youboty with maybe a 3rd or 4th rd pick.
I think any of these deals Cle would have to consider...there is no way they get a better offer than McGee or a package of Greer and some change. No team has the combination of needing a TE as bad as we do and having the depth we have a position of need for Cle.
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The improvement in the run game after Preston took over, had nothing to do with him but more to do with Peters finally playing like he can and Dockery stepping up some. Most of their big runs were on the left side, NOT up the middle. As a matter of fact, I thought that Edwards had changed his # to 75 as Preston had been pushed back into him so much by DTs.
Why are you responding to my post as if we disagree? I agree we need a better center...I think one will fall to us in the 3rd, but I would prefer to address in FA...
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Did you actually watch him play? Dude is awful. They rushed despite Preston, not because of him.
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Cowboys...I have several friends who are Cowboys fans...so its bad enough I have to hear the 0-4 talk, but its worse with them since two were to them...
Runner up: Norwood...if he doesnt shank it right we dont have to deal with this 0-4 gar-bage, lmao
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Who in Bills history has been our worst enemy? There have been many cannidates. My vote vote would go to Bill Parcels. I have a lot of respect for his ability as a footbal man. He has beat us in a Super Bowl and built a winning team in every team in our division. (on a personal note, I can not stand the Cowboys and of course he coached there but did not do too well, which is a good thing)
Cowboys...I have several friends who are Cowboys fans...so its bad enough I have to hear the 0-4 talk, but its worse with them since two were to them...
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Hey listen up all I keep hearing is how we need a center. Did anyone stop and realize. 90 yards per game with Fowler 147 with Duke Preston. He needs to play smarter for sure. I think this team has a lot of needs and maybe we shoudn't burn a 1st or 2nd round pick on a center. Do the math if you don't billeve it.
I think we can pick up a center in FA or 3rd round of draft. I would prefer to see us go DE, then go Coffman if he's still there, wouldnt even be uspet if we move up and get Coffman.
Ideally, I would like to see the FO explore a trade with Cle for Winslow so we can focus on DE, LB, OL in draft.
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draft a DE in the first round? so maybe in a year or 2 he will be worth the pick? great Idea ralph. 30 frigginn years of this think has us where we are now.
Fill holes in FA, Draft playmakers. Its that simple. stupid.
Huh? You dont think a top DE is a playmaker? Do you watch football or just the highlights on ESPN? What constitutes a playmaker in your eyes? More importantly, what position would you draft a play maker that is more likely to be an impact in their rookie season than a DE at #11?
Also, given your 2 year impatient window, do you somehow think we will make Super Bowl with one rookie "Playmaker" next year and can not wait for a player to develop in a short 2 year period?
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AJ Smith makes fun of LT's statements and basically makes himself out to be an egomaniacal jacka**
Didnt seem all that bad to me...
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So he has the same value as he had on draft day!
LMAO...I too would have preferred taking Ngata too, however, Whitner was going to be taken within the handful of picks. There were 2 teams really interested in him...he would have been gone in top 15. So, saying he was a late 2nd is a bit over the top dont ya think?
Lions, Browns and Rams all had their eye on him...all picked after us, all were in top 15.
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I would also try to trade Lil' Donte to Jacksonville for the #8 pick in the 1st round.
lmao...yeah, I am sure Jacksonville will be beating down our door for this one...
The funny thing is if Jax took some LSD and made a call to the Bills FO while at the peak of their "high" and said "give us Whitner for the #8 pick", I dont think Buffalo would do it...lol
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One option I wish they had was taking best player available, which is something they haven't done since about 1994. Ah, well we've got Russ Brandon handling GM duties according to Bill Kollar. There's nothing to worry about.
They did this when they took McGahee...we didnt need him at all with Henry, but he was viewed as top 3 talent until the knee injury, so we took a chance on him using the 1st round pick we got from Atl for Price. Last year Leodis was also best player available when we picked. He was considered by many as the top corner and fell to us. Not to mention, the Bills said it was an easy choice as he was the top player available on their draft board too...
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Before I put a reply. Nice post, you pointed some things out to me I didnt see before. The Nate Clemets thing, you are correct....I totally looked over the fact that he was offered that much from San Fran, went right over my head. And I do agree with that. Im on the same boat as you with the Winfield thing, I would have loved to keep that guy. As for Fletcher and the speed and explosiveness, I look at our LB's and they didnt show any of that speed or explosiveness. I think Fletcher would have played well with the team.
As for Spikes, I only brought him up cause of the leadership skills he had, the motivational stuff he brings with his name. Id have no issues having Spikes behind Poz, Mitchell & Fletcher.....Spikes for depth is better then Ellison & Digorgio.
I think we both can see some major issues with this team. I think we both can agree that keeping some key players that are with the team is a must! And one thing is for sure, neither one of us can change what happens with this team......
Agreed...like I said, I would have prefered to keep Fletcher, at least until we had a better option. I wanted to keep Winfield too, but given the contract offer he got and the fact he was known more for his tackling than his big plays in coverage, I was ok with him leaving since we had Clement really coming into his own at the time.
But I dont want to lose Greer or McGee for nothing...just dont see us keeping both. So, I say lets get something for one of them since we have Leodis ready to move up and start and we would be good with Youboty and Corner backing them up. Pick up another young corner in draft of FA too...
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I like this a lot as well, I prefer Brown over Orapko but I'd be very happy either way.
Don't you think that our team would be upgraded significantly with the additions of these four players?
I do...
I agree, any one of those four players would be a nice addition to our team...
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The problem sits with the owner of the Buffalo Bills, Ralph Wilson. This game of let him walk cause we dont want to pay for the players services is getting old like our owner. This is not directed at you in general, but the attitude of let him walk cause in another year he will cost too much is killing the Buffalo Bills. Imagine where the defense would be if we kept Pat Williams, Antoine Winfield, London Fletcher, & even Nate Clements for that matter or even Spikes. The Buffalo Bills have had the finances to keep these guys, but no the players knew the organization wouldnt pay them so they left for better opportunities elsewhere. All Ralph Wilson had to do is give them respectable contracts and they would have stayed.
This isnt close to being true. You think Clements was going to turn down the HIGHEST paid contract in NFL history for a defensive player to stay in Buffalo for a reasonable one? Man, some fans think to retain players it all falls on the FO. Its not that simple when other teams are willing to OVER pay for a player. We are a MUCH better team for NOT paying Clements what he was demanding as that would have been a hugh finanicial mistake, especially since hes not worth to even close what he got.
Winfield I wish we could have kept, but again, another over the top (at the time) contract lured him away. Buffalo did make offers to these players, most good offers, but other teams OVER paid and they took the money. I mean it wasnt like we were one step away from Super Bowl, so why would they choose us over some team willing to over pay for their services? Not to mention, when we lost Winfield we had Clements developing into a real good corner which furthered the reasoning of not over paying for a guy who at the time he got the contract from Minn was known more for his tackling than his cover skills or big play skills.
Fletcher was let go because he didnt have the speed and explosiveness to make up for the short comings of our defense. They wanted to get younger and faster at LB and most his tackles happened downfield. It wasnt about money...(for the record, I wish we kept him though).
The biggest blunder we made was letting go of Pat Williams. This had more to do with a change in philosophy then money in my opinnion and I see it as a mistake.
Come on now...Spikes? Do you follow this team? Spikes was traded because when he returned from his devastating injury he failed to regain his old form and looked like he was about done...and they were right...
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Top ten huh? there goes your credibility. buh-bye credibility.
Actually, him getting top 10 money isnt all that absurd. Doesnt mean he is top 10 corner, but corners get big bucks in FA and that number goes up every year.
Nate Clements wasnt even CLOSE to worth what he got from San Francisco when they made him the highest paid defensive player of ALL time.
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Keep McGee get a TE in FA or draft......
PLEASE STOP TRYING TO TRADE AWAY OUR BEST TALENT ON DEFENSE.
Before you know it, we will have huge holes at CB cause we traded all of them away.
What other "talent" on Defense has been suggested to be traded?
If we KEEP Greer, we WONT keep McGee next year... Do you think we will pay to retain McGee after paying Greer this year and having Leodis on the roster? You cant actually see us doing that do you?
So, either we LOSE Greer this year and HOPE to sign McGee next year or we keep Greer this year and say BYE to McGee next year because no way we pay both of them unless something goes wrong with Leodis...
Either way, we lose good CB's for nothing...see Clements and Winfield for further proof...
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They may as well hang onto all of them. You never know what next season will bring.
4 victories to open the season against opponents crippled in this or that way, 0 - 6 in the division, and 2 wins against teams with better than average QBs - Cutler with DEN, Rivers with SD.
In the glorious 2 -8 finish, they were rushed against for 52, 96, 144, 166, 159, 62, 115, 165, 181, 169.
The 'ole "why bother to pass against them?" makes a defensive backfield look like a bunch of pass defense champs.
I see few Bills' games, but I'm thinking this young core of cornerbacks covering the short field when they were in their C2 thing weren't exactly flexing their muscles against the run...
During the 5-1 start though we didnt allow a 100 yard rusher despite facing some better rushing teams. The difference was we had the threat of a pass rush before Schobel went down and teams couldnt key on Stroud so much. Once we lost the threat of the rush, they just doubled and keyed on Stroud. During that when we were stopping the run and near the top run D in the league over that span, Greer and Youboty were playing great really good...
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I think the calculus is this: DE is by far the most expensive of those four positions in free agency. Draft one in the first round. Tight End has the least available talent in free agency - round 2.
Then you're looking for a center, and an LB in free agency with lots of good choices. I'd target Dansby and Brown, but it's not critical with the options out there.
Good plan...I like it
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The more I read about Pettigrew the more I like him. What I have been reading about him is that he has been the most dominating blocking TE that they have seen in years. No one stacks up even close to him, and that he is faster in straight line speed then what many people are saying about him. I think he is gonna be better than what many people are anticipating. I prefer the Brown, Orapko, Curry, Raji over him at this point, but after that it is close between him and Mack if one of those aren't available.
Interesting note on the speed thing too...going into the draft they said the same thing about Boldin and he fell to the 2nd round...look what a beast he is...
Stop the center talk would you all.
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He is a RFA...so that would be a sign and trade scenario...