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benderbender

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  1. Donte isn't a top flight safety in the league, but the way he gets trashed around here is absurd. And if players do listen to the voice of the fans, and this board is probably one of the most accessible venues for that, I'm not surprised they aren't dying to re-sign.

     

    I can imagine the convo with the agent: "So you mean I can play in a small market with no national coverage, play in the freezing ass cold, for a team that never makes the playoffs, for a meddling owner, and to top it off the fans will rage ad nauseum about how much I suck unless I'm a perennial pro-bowler (in which case half will complain about how overrated I am)? Where do I sign up?"

     

    You're right. We should pay him as much as Polamalu because... he plays in a cold, small market team? Makes perfect sense! We should pay him like the best safety and just hope he becomes worth it. I'll start. Hoping. Here I go.

  2. I want to travel back in time to when Jets fans invented the chant. I can see it now:

    "Our team needs inspiration, how do we cheer them on?"

    "I know! Let's inspire them by giving our players a spelling lesson. Let's spell JETS, then just in case they forgot the lesson we'll repeat what we spelled 3 times afterward!"

    Good thinking

  3. I imagine it will be an ownership group that purchases us. I imagine it will be run as a board of commissioners, Jim Kelly on the board and several figures in business.

     

    If the Bills continue to stay in the Buffalo metro area I see them building a stadium beside the current location or erecting a brand new structure toward the Falls. There will not be a new stadium until there is new ownership and the promise that the Bills will stay in the metro area. The new ownership agreeing to keep the team in the area will drive the demand by the community to build the stadium. I also predict retractable roof, as well. Not because of the football games but because the increased options to host events.

     

    A dome or retractable roof is will be part of any new stadium, so much for the cold weather "advantage." The supposed advantage being against Miami, considering the other teams in our division play in the same climate.

  4. The bills had offers from the Broncos, Eagles, and Vikings. The Broncos wanted Cutler, and offered their first, the 4th pick of the 2nd round, and a 4th round pick. The Eagles wanted Bunkley, but I never heard what they offered. I never heard who the Vikings wanted or what they offered. The best offer offer of the three was the Broncos, which was reported by Peter King after the draft. The bills passed because they thought either the lions would take Whitner at 9 or the ravens at 12. Mortenson reported after the draft that the Lions loved Sims, and would not have taken Whitner. The Ravens would have taken Whitner if Ngata was unavailable. So looking back, they bills could have traded down and still picked Whitner. If this occurred they probably do not trade up, since McCargo probably would have been there in the early stages of round 2. To answer your question, I feel they could trade down if a top qb prospect was on the clock in April. I hope however, that they select a qb if a good one is available.

    Use Whitner in your everyday speech. When you overpay for something you won't get any significant use out of, it's called "drafting a Whitner." i.e. My friend chose to buy HDDVDs instead of Blue ray discs, he sure did draft a Whitner.

  5. Funny thing is... that's been the book on how to beat the Pats* for years. Yet, very few teams do it. Why? I'm seriously asking. Does the league office mandate that you can't blitz Brady and play bump and run, man coverage on their WRs? It boggles my mind how many teams I see playing a soft zone with 3-4 pass rushers while Brady just steadily picks them apart.

     

    Blitz Brady? Too risky. If you hit him, you'll get a penalty. Regardless, they'll invent another rule to ensure Brady's success. The next one being if Brady throws an incomplete pass, he gets a do-over.

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