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Yes, I agree. But ask yourself this: Was it a weak passing game b/c of our WR's, or more b/c of our QB and playcalling? I honestly think it was much more the latter than the former meaning that Boldin's addition would ultimately do little to improve the offense until the latter is addressed. What comes first I guess, the chicken or the egg? In this case, Edwards has shown that even when WR's are WIDE OPEN, he has been unable to get them the ball. Sure, Boldin would be a great addition on paper, but how would that translate on the field in our system? I'm not so sure about that part. Sad, but true.

Again, this kind of logic revolves around one thing: the ability of our QB to get the ball into their hands. I could name you 3-4 games last season where we could've had God at WR, Moses at TE, and Jesus Christ in the backfield, and Trent still wouldn't have found them open in coverage. Maybe trent improves this season (i hope), but maybe he won't. NOw, imagine if Trent doesn't improve much at all, and now we're down Lynch as well. Boldin's addition will be meaningless and in fact, turn out to be detrimental.

I know. I'm sorry if I didn't make myself clear. I didn't mean that we would have to go deep with Boldin. What my post meant to say is that this offense (passing attack) is limited both in the deep ball, and even when WRs are open underneath due to the shaky QB play. Boldin to me wouldn't be nearly as effective here as he was in arizona with Warner..for sure. Again, I love Boldin...but again, this team has a great thing already in Lynch/Jackson..it's arguably our strongest weapon on offense..so why would we want to break it up? If we had a sure-thing at QB, then I think I would be much more willing to make such a trade. But Boldin's effectiveness will completely rely on Edward's play - which at times has been extremely, extremely, poor.

Point taken. I completely forgot about Johnson. Would you trade our first then for Boldin? I'm not sure if I would. Probably the most I would be willing to give up would be this year's second and next year's second. It Probably wouldn't get it done..but then so be it.

How exactly do you know if Jackson is capable? Jackson isn't like Turner was in San Diego (in terms of experience/attempts), and isn't built like Turner (short/stocky/powerful). I love Jackson, don't get me wrong. I'm just not sure about saying automatically that Jackson is "ready" to be the feature back for an entire season. I also love Boldin..however, I'm just not sure that diminishing one critical position to improve another critical position makes this offense that much better.

I agree in theory. In practice, however, I'm not sure how much of an impact boldin would have on this offense. We rarely ever go deep, and Trent at times has shown that even when WRs are wide open, he still won't throw to them. Boldin would be a waste of talent in this offense until Trent improves significantly IMO.

I wouldn't want that. While Jackson has been great, I'm not sure how I feel about him starting the entire season. What if Jackson goes down? The combination of Lynch/Jackson completely addresses the RB position with both quality and depth. I would, however, be willing to give up our 2nd rounder for him.

it always amazes me how moralistic and altruistic the members of this board are - always so very quick to pass judgement on another individual. I'm sure if you were working hard for a company your entire professional career, there through the start-up period and rough years where it wasn't producing much, but now finally see your company becoming successful (and you were a major part of that transition) only to have your boss tell you: "thanks, but you can stay home" or "thanks, but we don't want you attending this next conference" or "thanks, but we don't need you on this account anymore" I'm sure you would all be cheery and warm inside right? what a bunch of hypocrites some of you are. Oh, and I love the post about his agent. Another thing that always amazes me about fans. this criticism comes from a society that switches jobs 5 times a year if need be, just to get an increase of 5K on their salary..people who would hold your respective companies "hostage" if need be for an extra $2 an hour...but yet some of you sit there criticizing a player because he chooses to obtain the services of an agent that is known to get his clients the most lucrative contract possible. No, YOU wouldn't want that. And don't give me the flawed argument that "well, with that much money, I wouldn't care." Right, keep telling yourself that.

Wow. This isn't war, and no, we're not back in 'nam. Get over it. And your logic is flawed, Warner may be the "field commander," but he also has to take "orders." Or can a field commander simply do whatever he wants? Also, don't forget who's been on this team much longer.

It's really not that odd (to me at least). He's been on this team his entire professional career. he's busted his a$$ for this franchise through some pretty bad seasons/bad teams. Now they're finally in the playoffs, one quarter from making the super bowl, and they remove him from the game?? I don't know, but I'd be pretty f'ing pissed off too if I were him. Respect goes both ways. then again, we'll probably never hear the 100% truth from either side.

I think you couldn't be more wrong. Sure, there were a couple of games where pass protection was a bit suspect, but what team doesn't suffer from that? However, in the majority of the games this season, both JP and Trent had more than enough time to find a WR but did nothing but hold onto the ball. Lets not forget that Trent had a stretch of 3-4 games where he played absolutely scared and refused to pull the trigger many times and took the sack, or the pocket collapsed. I would say our O-line played solidly most of the season in pass protection.

God man, if i see another "trade peters" post i'm seriously going to vomit. trade him for 1 or 2 picks sure (if that'll even happen), and then what do we do at LT? Waist one of those picks we get on a LT that hasn't proven squat. Trading one of our best players that's in his prime, that has been extremely underpaid to this point, at one of the key positions in football, is not how you "rebuild."

It's sad, but true. I think we all feel pretty much teh same way. It's even more frustrating when the system in the NFL is set in place to have parity (unlike MLB), yet we're always unable to land the "big" FA in the offseason. Peppers still has a good 4 years left of great football imo. The team that lands him will surely be lucky.

This in an interesting post. Where did you hear that he want to play in a 3-4? He would be beastly as an OLB in a 3-4.

Well said, and I couldn't agree more. I really can't see Peppers wanting to come to the Bills under any circumstance.

lol..no biggie man. I really don't care about orakpo since he's not going to be a bill anyway.

LOL...you're cracking me up. First off, regarding the asterisk (I'll assume you know what that is). In your other post you said you were skeptical of my scenario re: Hardy b/c he's going back to Ole Miss as if you were giving me information I wasn't aware of. Did you even read the asterisk at the bottom of my sig? Secondly. Did you even CLICK on the link I provided? You're asking me to give you names of player from UT that have produced in the NFL when I just finished providing you with the link of players...do you want me to spell out their names as well on here? I don't even know why I bother sometimes.

1. can you read the asterisk? 2. why is vince young my boy? 3. Who cares what Collins wants. What do the Titans want? We'll see. I stand by my prior statement: Saying that UT can't produce defensive players is a misguided statement. http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/college?letter=t There are some pretty good players on that list.

Another misguided statement. Why are you skeptical about defensive players coming out of UT?

why do i keep hearing this? Talk about spreading rumors. Your statement may have SOME validity with offensive players, but it doesn't hold weight when it comes to defensive players coming out of UT.

I have to agree with the other poster re: Jenkins. The final 6/7 games or so, he was absolutely nonexistent for them.

I don't agree at all. It would be foolish to let Stroud go after his contract is up imo (barring any setback).

Hmm..I personally wouldn't be a huge fan of trading up since we have quite a few holes to fill. This team doesn't go crazy in FA, so the draft is critical for us. Trading up with the Bills becomes a "can't miss" act that if we do miss sets us back years. Since it appears that Hardy will not be declaring, I have to adjust my offseason scenario for the bills. Orakpo will most likely be gone by the time we pick. I wouldn't mind Brown at 11. Another scenario could be trading down and drafting Michael Johnson from GT (not sure yet though on how I feel about that). Or we could simply take a LB at 11. I'm going to have to give this some thought later.

I agree completely.

Good post. Looking at the players that are available in this draft, and our specific needs, I really can't see how we can not go DE in the first. TE is a need, but there isn't going to be one that's worth a #11 pick. Center is a need, but I think I would vomit in my mouth if we took a Center that high. I could perhaps see us taking a LB at 11..that is the only other position that we clearly need to fill. But then again, there's still a lot to be seen with what we do with crowell or in FA. If Brown is there at 11 I think we take him. If he's gone by 11, along with Orapko for sure, then I could see us trying to trade down. If we can't trade down, that's when I could see us drafting a LB that high. One thing that scares me is how much money we currently have tied up in crappy DE's (Denney/Kelsay)...my question to you is as follows: Even though DE is a clear need (in terms of production), do you think that the contracts we have with Denney, Schobel, Kelsay will deter this team from drafting a DE at 11 and paying him the relatively high contract he'll demand? I hope not.