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Cson76

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  1. $8M/year for a guard is a lot, there are a lot of Rhienharts out there, Urbik was just plucked off of a practice squad. I liked Andy and wish we was still here, but the Bucs paid Carl Nicks $8M/year last year and they were still bad. Left guard does not make or break the team like the tackle position. I'd rather lock up Byrd that Levitre.

     

    Think of it this way, you're locking in 7% of your payroll of 53 players to a position that is more easily replaced than free safety, D tackle end LB CB QB WR

  2. Was driving home yesterday and Kyle was on moving the chains. Here is what I can pull together from memory.

     

    Mentioned he hit more home runs in batting practice than his teammates

     

    Said foot is ahead of schedule. he talked about the bone spur and it had ripped up the Achilles through friction. The doctors told him it is 7-9 if the fix it or a year if he lets it pop, so he and team elected for surgery. He went on to say that it was the same procedure that Merriman had. Mentioned that Merriman said he felt really good as well.

     

    In terms of installation, said they were just one day in, but he is going to play for 3 technique (which means Dareus is on the nose). He said in obvious passing downs we'll play the right side and Dareus the left. Thinks there will be times on passing downs that he and Dareus will both line up next to the center to force the double team inside and free up the ends.

     

    Mentioned Sheppard a bit in terms of hoping for his development to run and hit.

     

    When asked about the draft class he said he barley knows who they drafted, with exception of Brooks from LSU because the have the same agent.

     

    He is disappointed that the Toronto game is a December game as he would rather play outside in bad weather. Stayed on the company line with regards to regionalizing the franchise. Went on to say that he loves playing in Buffalo weather and could never return to the heat of Baton Rouge Louisiana

  3. One major factor that is being missed is Pittsburgh has a strong corporate backing compared to Buffalo. Buffalo is very, very light in corporate dollars with zero major corporate headquarters. Corporate dollars matters when it comes to selling boxes and suites at a higher dollar value.

     

    Granted, even if we did, Ralph still wouldn't sell stadium naming rights.

  4. Our annual family tailgate is next week. We have about 6 vehicles and we try to park together, but nobody arrives at the same time. Did people have problems parking together in the stadium lots? Did they let u park where u wanted to in the lot? We usually park in lot 2. Was the traffic bad at 9 am?

     

     

    lot 5 allows you to park anywhere and traffic was horrific until ~10:30. no traffic into lot 2 (only one I went and looked at). If you can get a few of your group to come in together hit lot 2. Otherwise, drive 5 is park anywhere and it was a zoo, but a lot of fun, get there early.

  5. Trent did look terrible. He and Rob Johnson will both end their carreers going from Bills starter to Raiders 3rd string to out of the NFL.

     

    On a separate note, Joquie Bell looked great (spelling may be off on Joquie). Hope he catches on, I liked him here as a hero amongst 3rd string pre-seasoner's.

  6. As I watched the ESPN special on the QBs path to the draft, I noticed that one of the QBs is very rarely spoken about even though his combine measurables were really high. If we were to take a mid round QB as a project to learn behind Fitz, why not look at Tyrod Taylor? His game is compared with one Michael Vick(please no dog fighting references, lets stick to football attributes). With a coach like Gailey, who we all know his resume with athletic QBs, this could turn into a great pick. This would allow us to focus on Defense and OL early and select our QB in the 4-5 round. Just a thought.

     

     

    POW!!!!

     

     

    I had the opportunity to speak with Pat Kirwin and Jim Miller last night on moving the chains on Sirius. I brought up the same scenario. I really like this because the run on QB's mean more 1st round Defensive talent falls to us in the 2nd round. They said he is a 4th round grade. Worse case scenario is we turn him into a WR.

     

    I'm all for Taylor in the 4th.

  7. I am ok with Fitzgerald starting this year, and signing a veteran QB to back him up (plenty of them out there). Next year is where I would draft my QB of the future. What good is drafting a QB if the line is shot and the defense is amongst the worst in the NFL? Give the QB a chance to be successful

     

     

    You assume that there is a franchise QB other than Luck next year. They don't come around that often. Not saying there is one here, I'm not qualified to make that call. But I do no that you can't assume there will be one there next year either.

  8. I was with your line of thinking until yesterday. I was able to talk to Jim Miller on Sirius NFL radio. His opinion is that Bills brass thinks Gabbert does not bring anything more the Fitz. Arm strength, intelligence, mobility. He thinks that is why they'll wait on QB. I'm now thinking D the first few rounds and grab Tyrod Tayler out of VT in the later rounds.

  9. Throwing high picks at QBs, RBs, and WRs when you have no Oline is like rebuilding your engine without replacing your faulty oil pump.

     

     

    Rothlisburger won a superbowl behind a bad O line. Manning gets it done.

     

    It's a QB driven league, you have to have a franchise QB to win in this league. If the QB is there you take him. You can get tackles in mid rounds, not the case with QB. Accurate, quick decision making takes the pressure off of the O line.

  10. Well, realistically, they will reach a deal before any draft picks are signed. There will be a cap and a floor. Also, while it's difficult to tell what is really going on behind the scenes since both the owners and players are doing spin control -- it seems like a Rookie Cap in some form will be a part of any new CBA.

     

    All your concerns, while valid in the worst case scenario, shouldn't really play out. A new deal will get done and most likely there will be a Rookie Cap in some form.

     

     

    Also, all time to develop players may be limited due to no training camp. This is why I'm all Miller all the way for #3, safe and can adapt quicker than D line and QB

  11. With the lockout/antitrust suit in full swing, we are more than likely going to have a court ordered season using 2010 rules just like it happened last time. That takes away any rookie salary cap and means the Bills will be paying huge bucks to the #3 guy. That also means that trading down is almost impossible as no franchise wants that kind of gauranteed money as a liability. McCoy last year got $35M G jack last year.

     

    It all boils down to we're stuck at #3 and we're paying a lot and can't miss. That's why we need to go with the safest pick possible.

     

    On another note, no salary cap or salary floor next year either if they don't reach a deal.

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