ExWNYer

"Hours after the trade was announced Thursday afternoon, ESPN.com learned McGahee will sign a new seven-year contract with Baltimore, the last two seasons of which are options years, that can be worth a total of $40.12 million. In terms of so-called "new money," the contract places McGahee among the NFL's five highest-paid running backs. McGahee will receive an initial signing bonus of $7.5 million and subsequent option bonuses of $6 million after the 2007 season and $1.5 million following the 2008 season, for a total of $15 million. The base salaries are $595,000 (2007), $605,000 ('08), $620,000 ('09), $3.6 million ('10), $6 million ('11), $6.5 million ('12) and $7.2 million ('13)." http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2791831 Those kind of resources are better used elsewhere.

I've got a replica throwback. We can sell them to the people bitching that we just traded our future HOF RB.

So, getting two 3rd Rounders and a 7th Rounder for an average to slightly above average RB is a problem for you? When the going rate for a decent RB has been ONE 3rd Rounder? A RB with a 3.8 yards per carry average? A RB who couldn't pick up a 3rd and short to save his life? A RB who is represented by the biggest douchebag agent out there...who is looking for a big payday for his client of questionable character? A RB who said the Bills would be better off in Toronto? A RB who refuses to train in WNY during the offseason? It's not like the Bills traded the second coming of LaDainian Tomlinson. McGahee is still living off of his college hype...he's not even close to being that same player. He's a serviceable back and very replaceable. Try looking at the big picture. Cripes, if you guys were any more myopic you'd be blind.

Nobody despises the fish more than me, but you're exactly right. The rights to this division go squarely through NE. Until that puzzle is solved, everyone else is just a pretender to the throne.

No sweat. We'll just blame it on JÂy RÛßeÒ.

Nice post. Welcome to the board. Best post of the offseason.

You're right. The point is, the trade was made and is official. I guess we'll see soon enough if Plummer had a change of heart or whether he'll still retire.

Gruden's a whore for QBs. That was really an unnecessary acquisition. Maybe Plummer realized that the trade to a warm clime was better than being cut?

Denver sends QB Jake Plummer to Tampa Bay for a conditional pick in '08 and also sends their 6th rounder in '07 to the dulfelons for DT Dan Wilkinson, per Vic Carrucci on Sirius NFL Radio (also reported on Denver's website): http://www.denverbroncos.com/page.php?id=3...mp;storyID=6604

Good. The thought of him in a Deadskins uniform made me ill. I can't stand Snyder and his monopoly money tactics. Good luck and thanks for the memories, Nate.

I heard it, as well. I really hope they get this guy. The Deadskins really don't want to lose him but shoring up their 'D' is their top priority. Next to Steinbach and Diehlman, he's the best guard on the market. He's young and on the rise and has a wealth of talent.

They can afford him...they're choosing to not spend the money it will take to re-sign him. Big diference. Buh-bye, Nate. Nick Harper, are you still up?

I don't see it happening. Injury history aside, DJ is still a #1 receiver.

There's no guarantee Culpepper will ever be the QB he was with the Vikings & Randy Moss. In fact, that seems unlikely at this point in his career. If they want to bank on him, more power to them. Getting him as damaged goods wasn't the brightest move in the world, anyway, and their new regime may want to go in another direction.

Do they really think the dulfelons would pass on Quinn @ #9??

Exactly. He had been mentioned as a definite top 3 pick in the not too distant past. He was never "under the radar" and will not fall anywhere near the Bills' spot.

According to Mark Gaughan of the Buffalo News, the number already accounts for the Bills' draft picks but not the RFAs they intend to tender: "A Bills source said Friday the team has about $30 million in cap space, counting the money they will pay their 2007 draft choices. The cap is $109 million. The Bills probably will spend about $3.5 million on offers to restricted free agents. That puts them at about $26.5 million in space." http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20070...?tbd1013430.asp

Chuck Pollock has been covering the Bills for years and has been a long-time correspondent for Pro Football Weekly, as well. But hey, why let facts get in the way of your bias?

There's no indication that you were making a "half joke" but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt. You're point is taken but I disagree with it. Just because a player is stuck in a lousy organization does not make him a lousy player. By your definition, you should include the Bills with Arizona so we are not "burnt" by players like Erik Flowers and Mike Williams.

Like Larry Centers??? So, if players like Dansby, Boldin, and Fitzgerald (just to name a few) were available you'd ignore them because they played for the Cardinals? That's blatantly ignorant...I'm glad you're not the Bills' GM.

That's fine. Let them spend their cash. I'll gladly take Lance Briggs and Ian Scott off their hands.

I don't want to reconsider. Indianapolis 27 Chicago 21

Were the hubcaps stolen off the ol' 'Family Truckster' and "Honky Lips" spray-painted on the side? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Truckster

Usually, I can't stand when these guys say that "the Lord was responsible". Like He watches football and can't stand the guys on the other team. But, in this case, I think Dungy and Irsay might be right. After all, we all know that Kraft, Bellicheck and the Paytoilets are Satan's team. I am surprised at Irsay though. Daddy Irsay sold his soul to the devil when he Mayflowered out of Gonorrhea Town in the middle of the night back in '84.

Riiiiiight...because it's so evident in those posts. It's neither stated nor implied.