was clinging to a player who is on the verge of decline at the easiest position to replace on a football field worth passing on a potential All-Pro talent at linebacker who will be 25 for a fraction of the cost? No! Exclamation point! It’s not even close.
When Shady is looking for work in a few years and Alonso is signing a long-term extension, it will be perfectly evident how amazing this trade really is.
http://www.csnphilly.com/blog/700-level/lesean-mccoy-or-not-good-deal-good-deal?p=ya5nbcs&ocid=yahoo
slight edge to philly
2015 - kiko ($1mil) plus $9 mil to spend in free agency is alot better than shady at $10 mil cap.
2016- kiko ($1mil) plus 6 mil to spend in FA is slightly better than shady at $7mil cap.
2017- kiko (??? new contract) is about the same as shady at $8 mil cap.
http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/buffalo-bills/lesean-mccoy/
FYI: eagles take a $3.4 mil DEAD MONEY hit from his signing bonus.
hell no on the tagging cj.
Spiller continued, "we’re going to weigh all of our options and see what best suits me. The biggest thing is, you want to go somewhere where you’re wanted. That’s the biggest thing. That’s pretty much how I’m approaching this thing, and I’m looking forward to it."
wanted = MOST MONEY
http://www.buffalorumblings.com/bills-news-notes/2015/2/24/8103807/cj-spiller-free-agent-2015-nfl-buffalo-bills-doug-whaley
After more than 121 years, The Buffalo News is no longer a member of the Associated Press.
http://www.buffalonews.com/columns/mike-connelly/why-the-buffalo-news-is-leaving-the-ap-20150222
same house as Tom Donahoe.
donahoe sold it to Barry and Tracey Heneghan.
the heneghans sold it to marrone.
http://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/stories/2010/06/28/daily40.html
http://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/blog/morning_roundup/2013/04/bills-coach-to-settle-in-northtowns.html
Jeff Fisher wants Sam Bradford back, at the "right price"
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/12/11/jeff-fisher-wants-sam-bradford-back-at-the-right-price/
we wouldn't miss either player.
too many other needs and better options come before signing spikes (david harris) and searcy (robey,rambo,duke williams, graham).
needs: QB, OG, TE, NT
Grigson’s admission puts Kensil under more scrutiny
NFL executive V.P. of football operations Troy Vincent has said that (Indy GM) Ryan Grigson contacted V.P. of game operations Mike Kensil during the AFC championship, after a football that had been intercepted by linebacker D’Qwell Jackson allegedly seemed to be underinflated. That makes Kensil, a former Jets employee with a reputation for having an anti-Patriots bias, a prime candidate to have gotten the phone call from Grigson before the game.
What if Kensil decided he was going to handle it on his own, that he was going to catch the Patriots in the act?
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/02/20/grigsons-admission-puts-kensil-under-more-scrutiny/
a career threatening injury can happen to anyone at anytime.
i think it's fair to say, clowney is out for 2015.
i doubt he will be a bust, but this injury, which hinders explosiveness, has probably derailed him from playing at a pro bowl level in the future.
O'Brien: Mallett clearly learned a lot from time with Brady
http://www.csnne.com/blog/patriots-talk/obrien-mallett-clearly-learned-lot-time-brady?p=ya5nbcs&ocid=yahoo