CodeMonkey

For extra picks does the title say? I love FredEx. but as others have said the Bills would be lucky to get a 7th for him, much less more than one pick. This year we should see if Spiller can be an every down back. I doubt he can physically hold up the entire season, so the Bills will need Fred to step in when Spiller can't go. Plus the Bills will need someone to get the tough 3rd and 1 or 2 yards up the middle and that certainly is not Spiller in my opinion. In short, FredEx has infinitely more value to the Bills than they could ever get in trade for him.

Ha! But what you are failing to take into account is that not just one team cut Kolb, two did! So that means ... oh wait ... But seriously, they got Kolb as cheap draft insurance in case they don't get their QB in the draft. If Nix had given Kolb Fitz's contract instead of the incentive based one he did then I would say to run Nix out of town. I don't think anyone except Kolb really expects him to light it up in Buffalo. But he should be able to make a decent backup which is how they are paying him. Overall I don't see how this could be viewed as a bad thing.

From the length of time it took to get a contract signed you had to figure it was heavily incentive based. Tell me that's not a sweet gig though. Get paid 4 mil the first year and 3 mil for the second to hold a clipboard on the sideline and maybe get in a few games a season. I know these guys are all competitors at that level and would prefer to play, but damn.

I never fully understood this mindset. These guys are paid millions of dollars to run around a field and try and knock each others heads off. They have been doing this most of their lives and been given special treatment during that time as well. So how does a player having issues with the law in his past like Lynch and the drunk driving affect how he plays on those 16 Sundays a year? I understand from a risk management standpoint. Having a starter get injured is bad enough. But for a starter to not be able to play because he was a dumbass off the field sucks even more because it is self inflicted. But I don't get the attitude of wanting only "high character" boy scouts on a team. I'd take a team full of scofflaws if they were able to play on Sundays (instead of being in jail) and won over a team of boy scouts who are losers any day. Maybe that's just me. It's only football after all. The only thing that matters to me is how they perform on the field.

I am excited for opening day as well, but also excited for camp to get all look at the completely new crop of QBs!

Yeah I agree. I need to learn to let all the pure koolaid posts pass. I am getting better I think but I have problems still with the "culture change" based ones. Mea culpa.

Nope they weren't. But if I recall correctly, these kinds of threads popped up for every regime change, not just this one. Fan optimism tends to run high when a coaching change happens, it sure did 3 years ago when Gailey and later Wanny came on board. Maybe Team Marrone can pull off what the last 13 years of coaches could not with a few roster tweaks, new game plans, and by sprinkling some pixie dust around the locker room to get the players believing they can win the super bowl. I'm just not a big believer in culture change being strong enough in and of itself to lift any team out of a 13 year dump. But I have been known to be wrong before, just ask my wife

Is it? Starting with 2000: 8-8 3-13 8-8 6-10 9-7 5-11 7-9 7-9 7-9 6-10 4-12 6-10 6-10 Then in 2013 ... Superbowl! That's a heck of an overnight improvement due to not much more than a "culture change" But hey, dare to dream!

The contract is incentive laden would be my guess so they probably had to haggle out each incentive.

That's because it was stupid. SJ should concentrate on both the Bills and himself becoming relevant instead of trying to be a terrible comedian. Hardly worth getting upset over. Though most thinking Bills fans might feel a little embarassed.

Buddy Nix? No chance. Just not his style. If Brandon is involved at all then you have a hope. He is a schemer. But not good ole boy Buddy.

Game, set, match Pats* fan.

I take that as an encouraging sign that Nix is probably standing his ground and won't overpay for a stopgap QB.

100% agreed.

Of course they won't. But if it endears the new HC to a subset of Bills fans then it isn't wasted effort.

That's for the benefit of the fans going to games. Unless your pictures were from their practice facility (that fans don't go to) I fail to see the relevance.

I'm not sure what is more sad. 1) A thread about if having pictures on a wall will help the team win more. And if so, what kinds of pictures should they be. or 2) My being so board I am participating in the thread

Now that I like. Practically instant updates. I might have to get my wifi sniffer out when I'm at camp this summer

I assume you are just mad because you can't put this on SJ. Go to a team with a young Peyton Manning and has a chance to do good things soon or a team with Kolb or Nassib and little to no chance of good things for a few years at least, Pretty easy decision for everyone I would think.

Banners? Still in the college mindset it seems.

Interesting read, thanks. If this guy is right then the Bills think about Kolb what many here thought about Fitz before last season, use him as a game manager and he will be OK. We will see.

It doesn't count if you are just faking it

After the past 13+ years by the Bills you can't say it isn't justified.

Actually, he probably is. If it was one team he didn't perform with you can make that excuse. But he is past that. But I think that signing him was a good move, assuming the contract is for backup QB pay plus incentives. The Bills needed someone at least viable going into camp besides TJax. And who knows, maybe lightning will strike and Kolb will do something in Buffalo.

The Sabres until they fire that steaming pile of worthless **** Darcy Regier.