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    Bills close to making a decision?

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    Speaking on NFL Network’s “Around the League,” Michael Lombardi reported late Thursday night that the Buffalo Bills are “very close to making a decision” in their head coaching search, and that they “have their guy in mind.”

     

    The video segment is up at NFL.com.

     

    http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-network-tota...ound-the-League

     

     

     

    Here is Lombardi’s quote in its entirety:

     

    You know, Buffalo has been quietly going underground, they’re doing their interviews, interviewed Leslie Frazier, they’re talking to a lot of people in the league, but somebody I spoke to in the organization tells me they’re very close to making a decision, they think they know which way they want to go, wouldn’t tell me which way they are gonna go, but I think they have their guy in mind.

    National Championship - Alabama vs Texas

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    4.6 is slow for 6'4" 258lbs? :unsure:

     

    Plus he probably hasn't run a 40 since high school. IMO, people get too hung up on the point number. Players don't have to think when they are running a 40, if they run fast but think slow they play slow. If they think fast and anticipate well they play faster than they time. Not to mention that running in gym shorts is a joke and they should make people run in full pads.

     

    i should look before i cross the street......in my mind i was comparing him to Patrick Willis who ran a 4.49 (LINK)....

     

    http://rebels.fandome.com/video/79876/Patr...s--NFL-Combine/

     

     

    here are last years linebackers from the nfl combine........defensive rookie of the year Brian Cushing ran a 4.74

     

    LINEBACKERS Name Time

    Curry, Aaron 4.56

    Arnoux, Stanley 4.61

    McRath, Gerald 4.61

    Matthews, Clay 4.67

    Phillips, Jason 4.69

    Brinkley, Jasper 4.72

    Freeman, Marcus 4.74

    Cushing, Brian 4.74

    Follett, Zack 4.75

    Fokou, Moise 4.76

    Beckwith, Darry 4.79

    McKillop, Scott 4.80

    Felder, Anthony 4.81

    Sintim, Clint 4.82

    Maiava, Kaluka 4.83

    McKenzie, Tyrone 4.87

    Robinson, Lee 4.87

    Laurinaitis, James 4.88

    Williams, Worrell 4.90

    Maualuga, Rey 4.91

    Ivy, Mortty 4.99

    Wooten, Morris 5.10

    A trade worth looking into

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    joshua cribbs is NOT going anywhere......he has very little leverage in his demands for a new deal or to be traded. he has three years left on a 6 year / $6.7 million deal he signed in 2006. his base salary last year was $620,000. Holgrem obviously recognizes he is dealing from a position of strength as he only offered cribbs $1.4 mil/yr on a new deal. you think cribbs is gonna sit out for three years?......Roscoe makes $ 3.2 million and will probably be cut soon. holmgren would hang up the phone before Nix could finish his sentence.

     

     

    http://www.ohio.com/sports/browns/80867942.html

    Cowher the Cowher is Cowher for Cowher in Cowher's Cowher

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    Just looking to see who else heard and to see if this has legs...

     

    Hearing something like that from Marty does show that there is a realistic shot of this happening regardless of what Mort and Shefter and Clyaton have been saying. I think that coupled with Jay Glazer saying its still a possibility and he hasn't head the things Shefter has heard as well as our friend JW reporting that the Bills have been pressing hard, shows that there is still a decent shot...

     

    they just played it early during the 6pm news on channel 2 tv.

    Cowher the Cowher is Cowher for Cowher in Cowher's Cowher

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    "Marty Schottenheimer, on the intro segment of his Sirius show just said that Cowher to Buffalo is a STRONG possibility! Said he believes it would be a great fit.

     

    He was not responding to a caller. He brought up the topic on his own at the outset of the show. "

     

    Anyone here hear this or able to give a more accurate desciption or confirm they heard the same thing???

     

    i just heard the feed, my buddy recorded it.....verbatim....marty said "i think that there is a reasonable or er possibility that Bill Cowher will in fact, become the head coach of the buffalo bills. he is a perfect fit"

    Cowher the Cowher is Cowher for Cowher in Cowher's Cowher

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    Well, like everyone else in the western world, they probably assumed Shanny wanted a say in GM decision-making, either directly or through his hand-picked GM. So, why would Ralph and Russ pick a GM BEFORE talking with Shanny. Given the title he just took with the Redskins, a sort of co-GM with Allen, Ralph and Russ would have been correct in this thinking.

     

    Now, the interesting thing is the timing of the Cowher visit and the promotion of Nix. It can be assumed that Cowher may also have wanted final say in GM type decisions. Given that within days after visiting with Cowher, Nix gets promoted, and Cowher has yet to come out and distance himself from the Bills job, the natural deduction is that the Nix promotion may have been floated to Cowher who did not reject the idea. Hmmmm.

     

     

    thread killer......lol

    [Link] Are Cowher, Bills In Contract Negotiations?

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    I think it depends on the coach. Certainly someone like Cowher should have more freedoms than someone like Frazier, IMO. But, I agree, do you really want the HC also having final say on all personnel moves?

     

    IMO, I think it's too much. In every instance I can think of that the HC was also the guy overseeing all personnel moves, it's led to mediocre results. Now, that doesn't mean that the HC and GM shouldn't be tied at the hip and essentially working as one. But, if Cowher insists on having final say on all players and FAs, that might be the deal breaker. I think Jauron had alot of control and Nix will give the new HC lots of control, but not final say (just my opinion).

     

    As much as I liked the idea of Shannahan, I didn't like the idea that he insists on having say over every aspect of the team. You could argue that the more control he got in Denver, the more his teams struggled. It'll be interesting to see how he does in DC, now.

     

    the broncos led the league in 2009 with $29.6 million in "dead money" from players no longer with the team. Shanahan brings em in and moves them out pretty fast. he and snyder are made for each other......i'm thinkin shanahan is counting on no salary cap agreement for the future.

    Cash-to-cap: Putting your team behind the 8-ball

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    here's a simple example: Let's say the Bills signed an unrestricted free agent to a five-year deal for $20 million total, that included a signing bonus of $10 million and a base salary of $2 million for each season of the contract. In salary cap terms, the Bills are charged only $4 million per year, arrived at by prorating the signing bonus over five years and then adding the base salary. But in real dollars expended, or payroll, that player cost the Bills $12 million for the first year. That's a difference of $8 million between what the player was actually paid (cash to cap) and what his official league cap charge was for the initial season of the contract.

     

    The Bills had a serious "cash flow" issue , which played a heavy role in their 5 year deal with Rogers Communications to bring football to Toronto. Rogers paid the full $78 million upfront which gave the bills the cash they needed to operate.

     

     

     

    here is a Buffalo News article: "Bills cap- economics 101" from last Feb

     

    http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/story/579896.html

    Sabres are up 3-0 after first 3 minutes.....

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    Great! Please share a little more. Who scored and how?

     

    1st Period Summary

    TIME TEAM SCORING DETAIL SCORE

    0:23 Tyler Myers (4) ...... connolly won a faceoff, Myers ripped a shot from the point.

    Assists: Tim Connolly Buffalo 1-0

    1:11 Jochen Hecht (9) ..... deflection

    Assists: Craig Rivet, Henrik Tallinder Buffalo 2-0

    2:11 Clarke MacArthur (11) ...... in close, rebound off goalie

    Assists: Toni Lydman, Steve Montador Buffalo 3-0

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