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Demetrius Williams... End of Discussion. He'll play hard while he's on the field, and allow Jackson to start the secon half of the season due to injury.

Good for him.

The problem with 7-9 is that it's not bad enough for you to get a Bruce Smith in the draft.

I think it's safe to say that we will not win the AFC East this season, no matter what we do between now and kickoff of Game 1. I'm sure it sounds pesimistic, but it's also reality. As of this moment in time, we are outmatched in talent by Patriots and Jets, and I don't think there is room for debate. In my opinion, the best that we can do right now is to solidify both our offensive and defensive lines. If we can establish a running game, it will open up oppurtunities for our passing game. We need to be able to keep our offense on the field longer, so that our defense isn't breaking down late in games. I'm confident that with a solid pass rush, our defense can be much better than the we were last year... and we weren't terrible last season (14th, if I'm not mistaken). If we're going to contend for a playoff spot this year, it's going to be by out grinding teams...not by out shooting them. We've got two very talented young running backs, lets use them.

EDIT: He has a tryout with the Toronto Argos. With his lumberjack good looks and love for the environment, he could become the next Canadian Idol... His fall back plan is as doughnut dropper for a Tim Hortons concession stand for the Columbus Destroyers .

I don't think Boldin is the drama queen that he's made out to be. On the field he's everything that you can ask for... tough, gets YAC, etc. That said... that's a price tag that we'll never be able meet. Edwards - He might be a Buy Low, Sell High situation now. He's much better than he played last season. I'm not sure what they're asking for him.. but you're not likely to find his kind of talent in the 4th round or later in the draft. Toomer and or Harrison - Depending on the price tag, they're nothing more than a one year bridge to Hardy and Jackson becoming the number 2. Reggie Williams - Just got arrested for DWI and pot, if I'm not mistaken. Demetrius Williams - I've seen him play a couple times, and I really like him. The problem is that he's always injurred.

He has a tryout with the Toronto Argos. With his lumberjack good looks and love for the environment, he could become the next Canadian Idol.

The Cap is not the only issue. The Bills only made 12 million in profit last year from what I understand. Throw in an economic decline, and they're likely to be looking at narrower numbers this year.

TJ got 5 years for 40 Mil. Coles got 4 years for 28 Mil.

Too much money... and too long of a contract. I can't say I'm happy that Buffalo didn't get him, but I'm happy they didn't get him at that price. Onward and upward. Use that money to solidfy the OL. A productive running game will make Edwards a better QB, and Evans, Reed, Jackson better recievers, the same way a high quality DE will make our secondary better on the other side of the ball.

My quick Travis Henry story... I once heard that he was turned down for $10,000 credit from a furniture store while he was with the Bills due to bad credit and high child support payments. If I remember correctly, he made $750k that season.

Demetrius Williams - End of Discussion

Paul Gaustad can... and while doing it he's still a productive member of a non-playoff caliber team.

Moulds put up over 500 yards in Houston and over 300 in Tennessee. Chris Walsh left after the 1993 season and continued to play in the league until 2002... (notice I said play) Don Beebe had one good year of over 700 yards for Green Bay Chris Burkett left in 1989 and had 5 productive seasons with the Jets Bob Chandler put up 786 yards in 1981 for Oakland, and followed it with over 400 the next season. Ahmad Rashad Other than that it's pretty amazing how no WR has ever left here as anything more than a kick returner.

He's waiting to hear back from the Department of Environmental Conservation... I'm not sure if he's looking to clean up Brown Field Sites or just plant trees... his true passion in life. Either way, I wish him well.

Realistically - We would need to trade Lee Evans and use the extr 9 million to shore up our offensive live with legitimate NFL lineman. At least that way we run effectively and allow Edwards time to read the field. At best we're a mediocre offense at that point. Reed, Jackson, Roscoe and Hardy... that sounds about like Jacksonville WR core. Lynch and Freddy behind a real line could put up good numbers. We'd need to catch lightning in a bottle and draft an absolute Rookie of the Year for our definsive line. Our defense would have to be the best in the league to make up for our weak offense. Brady would need to bust his knee again.

What about seeing if Roscoe can throw a ball?

Ouch... that contract is terrible. Coles and TJ must be happy.

You forgot Ray Lewis too.

That's what I was just going to say. It seems like every post of mine comes back to Alex Smith tody. Fitzpatrick was the 14th rated QB in the 2005 draft class... by far the worst draft class I can remember. QB's ranked higher going into the draft: Aaron Rodgers, California Alex Smith, Utah Charlie Frye, Akron Jason Campbell, Auburn Kyle Orton, Purdue Andrew Walter, Arizona St. Adrian McPherson, Florida St. David Greene, Georgia Stefan LeFors, Louisville Dan Orlovsky, Connecticut Derek Anderson, Oregon St. Gino Guidugli, Cincinnati Jason White, Oklahoma Ryan Fitzpatrick, Harvard Not making that list, and selected just before Ryan Fitzpatrick......... Matt Cassel

Alex Smith is the product of being the best QB in a terrible draft. Unfortunately SF needed a QB and had the #1 Pick. That was brutal year to have a #1 pick. That said... Buffalo has drafted much better players (In my opinion), but the AFC East has been much more competitive than the NFC West in recent years.

2005 - I trade away Rounds 2, 3 and 5th to get another 1 in 2006 4th Round - Jason Brown over Duke Preston This might be the worst draft class ever. 2006 1a) Cutler - Because Schaab turned out to be crap for us. 1b) Ngata 1c) taken from the trade of the 2005 picks D'Qwell Jackson 3) Owen Daniels

2004 1a) I liked the Evans Pick - Match him with Boldin and our offense is looking good 1b) Steven Jackson - bythis time Travis Henry was in trouble for woman problems 3) Matt Schaub - Drew is on the way out. 4) Will Allen - If not I go for depth at DE and take Jared Allen

Do we need to keep our same draft positions? 2003 1st) Eric Steinbach (Instead of Willis - Travis Henry worked just fine) 2nd) Anquan Boldin 3rd) Asante Samuel (He also was available with our 4th) 4th) Jarret Johnson DE - Because we didn't take Kelsay with our 2nd Is this what you mean?

See Dante Hall's career stats for a prediction of Roscoe's future. Now that we have Leodis returning too, Roscoe doesn't seem to be worth the contract. Without Leodis his value was argueable, because our offense needs every yard we can get.