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Would've been nice if Bruce Smith had played in that Steelers game.

I didn't mean my response to sound like a criticism. Your quote just brought back memories of the tragic Mega Mind.

Especially if it's a serious injury where the chances of him coming back in one season are slim. That's where that multi-year contract would have really come in handy...

Gailey talked tough at the beginning (just like Greg Williams and Marrone for that matter), but by the end he was a beaten man. http://www.nfl.com/n...bills-struggles http://www.buffalobi...68-8fd07a791955 (after another loss) "Reporter: What do you say to the guys before you come out and address us? Gailey: I basically say the same things to them that I say to you. I tell them that I don't have any answers today, but I have to find the answers." "I have no answer," Gailey said after Sunday's 45-3 loss to the San Francisco 49ers. "I have no answer. I have no excuse. But I have to find the answer. That's my job." The only guy that didn't come it talking tough was Jauron. Everyone else comes in talking like Vince Lombardi and leaves like Kay Stephenson.

I agree completely. That season with the Sabres and 1990 with the Bills were the only two times in my life when I actually thought to myself that Buffalo had the best team in the league and was going to win a major championship. Fate intervened in both cases. The "no-goal" or "homerun throwback" question is irrelevant to some degree because Buffalo wasn't likely to win the championship in either of those seasons. I guess the Sabres would be the closest but if the goal is disallowed then a) the Sabres would still have win that game in OT and then b) would have to win game 7 in Dallas, all against a far better team in the Stars. They would have a puncher's chance because of Hasek but I wouldn't put any money on it. Now if Norwood could only kick straight... that's the closest Buffalo has ever come.

I think this hold out is going to hurt both sides. I see Byrd signing right before week one so that he doesn't lose any of the franchise tag $. However, I think that given a new staff and scheme that he is totally unfamiliar with it will be hard for him to play well, which will hurt his bargaining position next season. Obviously that's not good for the Bills either. Also, call me old school, but I believe that completely missing training camp is going to increase his chances of getting hurt- which would be the true nightmare scenario for Byrd.

Can you please elaborate on why you think the Bills would ever agree to that? They would essentially be agreeing to give up the bank for him next season or lose him for nothing. Plus Byrd will certainly play this season under the franchise tender because if not he will lose millions of dollars that he will never be able to recover in his career. Why wouldn't he hold out until just before week one and then report?

Fair enough, but the same goes for you. Your reasons are valid in your opinion and Byrd's position can't be dismissed simply because you don't agree with it.

What "valid reasons" are you referring to? Aside from the obvious reason that they don't want to spend the money so that they can use it for ... er, um... something else.

I suspect that is the "market rate" for Byrd (until the next premium safety's contract is up at least)

That's not a good sign, although TO gave Fitz a similar endorsement after he replaced Edwards as the starter when Fewell took over. And Fitz didn't turn out to be anything, so receivers don't know everything.

Well, if I were Byrd and his agent I would hold out until just before the start of week 1 and then sign the tender and report. That way I get my full salary and will be able to count the season. It would be crazy to give up money during the regular season by holding out then. These are millions of dollars that will be permanently lost. He will never be able to recover them later in his career and there's no way that holding out for a few extra hundred thousand will make up for the millions he will lose if he sits out the year. No reason to sign before then though and risk injury. If he's lucky, he will not know the system and will not even play for the first few games so he will be collecting his monster contract and not putting his body on the line. Then next year we start over with the same situation.

He will be doing the backstroke before long.

I don't think that coach Harbaugh will be ok with it. http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/07/06/colin-kaepernicks-dolphins-hat-recalls-an-old-jim-harbaugh-spat/

Wow. If Mark Sanchez is better that Kevin Kolb then it's going to be another long season...

I don't know Pat Kirwan from Pat Moran but this article was pretty superficial. I guess most of these one page summaries are but there really are no new insights in it.

I really don't know why they got rid of Donald Jones. I always thought he had a lot of playmaking potential. At least let him get beat out in camp.

It's tough to guess until we can see what Marrone's offense and Pettine's defense will be like. Based on my guess however, I think that you'd have to be looking for pass rushing OLB assistance. The Bills are now playing a blitz heavy 3-4 and still don't really have a premium OLB pass rusher. I can also see CB as a high priority. OG and possibly safety (if Byrd leaves) are weak spots but not worthy of a 1st round pick, IMO. Could possibly justify OT at #1 depending on what happens with Pears this season. I'd have OLB, OT and CB as P2s, no P1. P3 would be NT, S, C, TE. P4 is G, ILB and RB. All else P9. Forget FB. I'm not sure how you can have DE at P3. Don't the Bills have M Williams at one spot and Dareus, Carrington and Anderson vying for the other?

I'd say the only "locks" are S Johnson and Woods. All others, including Graham and Goodwin, will have to prove themselves to get a spot. I think that they will keep 6 WRs, maybe 7 if the 7th best WR is a better special teams player than the best at the other positions but that's up in the air until training camp. The early frontrunners besides Johnson and Woods, IMO, are Graham, Goodwin, Rogers and Kaufmann. Given his salary and age I think that Smith would really have to stand out for them to keep him (although he has been good this off season).

Obviously it depends if he is planning to run them over with the car or not.

The Bills should've kept Fitz!

Well Parcells had already put together a Super Bowl team before he left, and they were young, so he wouldn't exactly be starting from scratch in the "dynasty" department. I won't say that they would've had the same level of success as they have since by lucking into Brady but they would've been good and contended for a championship for several more years.

Reported by whom?

What do you call destroying his cell phone, security tapes and bringing in a team of cleaners to wipe down his house?

It appears that Hernandez took pointers on what to do after a crime from Ray Lewis.