vincec

Me too.

I'm not going to ask why you were googling images of men bound and gagged, but it does wet one's curiosity...

I hope you're right but it was only 4 games out of a 5 year career and I would characterize his play as decent (1 int and 3 passes defended) not shockingly well.

I love how McKelvin went from a guy who couldn't hold a starting job on two separate occasions to someone who we are "set" with as a starter without doing anything on the field to earn it. IMO, the Bills have one starting caliber CB. I'd be looking for a CB in the top 3 rounds, no question.

It really sounds like grasping at straws. Sorry. You say "Marrone's crew is as advertised, which is to say--he's got a reputation for being a no-nonsense, straight shooting guy with high expectations for his players (aka Capt. Culture Changer)." However, so did Jauron and Gailey- especially Jauron whose constantly talked about how he was straight shooter with high expectations in his defense. Williams hit his first camp with an air horn and Gailey pulled the TVs out of the weight room to show how "no-nonsense" they were. You say that "The "tempo" has changed" but the Bills seem asleep this off season with very little free agency action and no real specific talk about what changes they plan on making. And when you say that there's more "energy, enthusiasm and excitement" I have to wonder what you are looking at. Bills fans, including the ones on this board, are as down on the teams prospects as I have ever seen them and what are the players saying that is any different from what they say before every season? Remember Donte Whitner "guaranteeing" that the Bills will make the playoffs?

I'm sure that the "get bigger" mantra played some part in it but I would find it hard to believe that the Bills didn't have some idea of Levitre's market value. And even if they didn't they did the right thing in retrospect given what he was paid by Tennessee.

Seems an awful lot like the McGahee situation to me. What's different?

You would think that there is something in between doing nothing and blowing the whole wad. I think you could have a lot of fun for half or what these guys spend and save or invest the other half for later.

I'd guess in between... 5th round. No for the Bills however. How many times can they draft a running back when they are set at the position? Have Henry- draft McGahee. Have McGahee- draft Lynch. Have Lynch (and Jackson)- draft Spiller. Have Spiller (and Jackson)- draft Lattimore? Come on.

So would Peyton Manning.

Levitre was probably unretainable for the salary it would've taken, especially after overpaying for Mario Williams last season. I'm also ok with losing Nelson, Rinehart, Barnett and Wilson. Wish they would've kept Fitz, D Jones and K Moore. However, my biggest issue is not that some players have left. That happens to all teams every year. It's that they aren't replacing them with any free agents. They really need to bring in some role player FAs because there's no way that they can fill all the holes that they have with 6 draft picks, most of whom will probably not turn out to be NFL caliber players.

I understand your point, however it is a sweeping over generalization of "people on this board". There are Kyle Moore fans such as myself who have praised his pass rushing abilities and are disappointed that he is leaving and people who disliked him because "he can't play the run". I don't think that too many of the people who disliked him are now lamenting his loss. They are ones saying good riddance in the previous posts. In other words, I don't think that what you are implying is true and I doubt that you researched the previous posts of the people who are criticizing the move to find out. The comment reads as a witty statement disparaging posters who criticize player losses, but I doubt that it has a basis in fact.

Sorry, but we've heard it all before from Greg Williams and his air horn to Chan Gailey taking the TVs out of the weight room. All the new coach's talk tough, but it's just BS. Players and fans respect success and until Marrone has success on the field then it's best to just tune out the propaganda because it's meaningless.

I love how there is a cynical post like this in every thread. I guess that Bills fans must be crazy for doubting the personnel decisions of this franchise. I mean, how could they doubt them after all they've proven?

Fair enough, but I still think that Kyle Moore is going to be a strong player for them.

Mel Tucker is new DC. 3-4/4-3 experience but most recently 4-3 under Del Rio. Given that and Chicago's personnel, I think that the defensive system will be very similar to Smith's.

He's going to do very well in Chicago. Perfect system for him in a partial playing time role. Too bad the Bills got rid of him.

With only 6 draft picks and holes at QB, WR, OLB, ILB, CB, OG and TE I'd say they needed the best draft in NFL history plus some undrafted free agent home runs as well. Realistically, if it's only going to happen via the draft then the Bills are still 3+ years away from being a championship contender, and that's if they stop losing starters via free agency that they have to replace.

I know I'm going to be in the minority but I will go ahead and say that although I liked Winfield, I was actually not that impressed by him during his time in Buffalo. When Winfield came to the Bills they had the #1 pass defense in the NFL. When he left it was #31. There was a steady decline in the Bills defense during his time here and despite people constantly saying that the Bills had one of the best CB tandems in the league (with Clements) the Bills were in the bottom half of the league in pass defense the last two years before he left. I know that they had no pass rush then but if your CBs are supposed to be that good how can your pass defense be near the bottom? Season Pass Defense Rank 1999 1 2000 4 2001 13 2002 27 2003 31

Can you imagine if Jackson beats out Kolb for the starting job after all this hype and hand wringing over whether Kolb will be better than Fitz?

Given his experience and tackling ability, I am surprised that he hasn't been moved to safety to try and extend his career. I suspect that it's because of his size but he deserves a shot there IMO, just not with the Bills however who need young guys that they can develop and then let walk when they hit their primes.

It would be a dream for if he could really be a dominating NT, but I'm not holding my breath. There are only so many guys in the world big and strong enough to play a traditional 2 gap NT. Bill Parcell's used to call it "The Planet Theorey". A big, Vince Wilfork type NT/DT would change everything for the Bills run defense.

I'm confused (... I know). The write up on buffalobills.com talks about him playing 3-4 DE and 4-3 DT, but many of the posters here are talking about him at NT. Is this guy a NT or a DE when they go 3-4?

I agree with this. HAVE to get a QB in rounds 1 or 2... maybe 3 max.