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Sure. Let's start paying guys $24 million for being good guys. You don't give a below average player that's on the downslope of his career a pay raise and extension just because you're too incompetent to draft anyone decent enough to replace the player. That's compounding the problem.

Why did we even draft a 3-4 DE when there's already a logjam of them on the team? We're as deep, though not as good, at DE as we are at RB and DB's. It's also a low impact position in the 3-4.

If they're trying to keep him fresh, it's for future seasons when they have a chance to compete. Running backs can burn out fast if overused. There's no way they're giving him 25 touches a game in a likely lost season. That said, 8 touches a game is a bit too low.

I'm not saying they should've tanked. I'm not saying that at all. I'm saying that game shouldn't be used as an assessment of Fitzpatrick's ability. Missing out on the top two LT's was merely an unpredictable after-effect.

That game was less than a preseason game. At least in a preseason game, those Colts 2nd and 3rd stringers would be fighting hard for their football lives or starting jobs. The Colts couldn't get out of the snow back on the plane fast enough. All that game did was lower our draft position, taking us out of the running for Trent Williams and Russell Okung.

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Other teams kicked the tires but were sent running by AJ's demand. Reportedly, the Rams were involved. It was mostly just the Vikings that wanted to get the deal done.

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So you're saying he's not coming to Buffalo either?

First of all, Marshall was worth TWO 2nd round picks, not one. Second, I would replace Evans for a 2nd round offensive tackle for sure. http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=5604433 I suppose we'll never know for sure, though.

The Vikings offered a lot more than a 3rd for Vincent Jackson. They offered a 2nd and a conditional pick this morning. They were shot down. Shortly before the 4pm deadline they made a last ditch effort to acquire him. It obviously must have been an even better offer. AJ Smith again turned them down. He was demanding a 2nd and a 3rd round pick. Vincent Jackson would've been an 11 game rental. The Vikings were willing to give up a 2nd and more picks for an 11 game rental that is one strike away from another suspension. Favre doesn't look like he'll last past this season. The Vikings are all in for this year. Lee Evans is under contract for two more years. I think they'd give more than a 3rd for Evans. That said, the Bills don't seem like they have any inclination to move their players.

Ryan Fitzpatrick was just announced as the starter fifteen minutes ago. Time to start the "Bench Fitz for Brohm" campaign.

That Fitz can't hit the broad side of a barn? If the news was "Brohm to start" then I'd be somewhat interested, even if Brohm performed poorly. Any move between Trent and Fitz is moot.

Receiving TD's are near impossible to predict, especially with a team like Denver with four receivers of equally middling talent. I'd still give the same advice you and I did if the guy asked the same question for next week.

You know what's more sad than the fact that we passed on them all for Maybin? The fact that any of them would immediately be the best player on this entire team.

Yep Steve Smith. Nicks may have gotten the touchdowns but Smith is still Eli's number one target. Nicks is playing on a bum ankle which benefits Smith, too.

Between 1988-1996 I attended one or more games every season at Rich Stadium. Including playoffs, we never lost a single game I went to. I went into each game sure of a victory. Man it was bliss - the atmosphere in the stadium and all of western New York celebrating. The streak ended with Kelly's final game against Jacksonville in the 1996 wild card.

The do utilize a lot of weapons in their passing attack. Jermichael Finley is a matchup nightmare if you don't have an athletic linebacker that can play coverage, which we definitely do not have. He has wide receiver skills in a tight end body. He will torch our linebackers. Green Bay's passing game will be effective but the fault could lie on the linebackers and safeties forced into coverage, not necessarily failure by the cornerbacks. If we can't get pressure on the team that allowed the most sacks in the NFL last year, it will be a blight on the pass rush.

I agree with you that the snarky comment by La Canfora was unnecessary. The topic has probably opened the door for more unneeded "I hate this reporter for talking bad about the Bills" threads. Being gutted by the media should be roll off an NFL GM's back or Nix would be crying in a corner with his thumb in his mouth right now. The team is already being gutted by the media and it shouldn't affect his decisions. He stated that he is building through the draft. This is not playing the FA game. Any rebuilding team as bereft of talent on their roster as the Buffalo Bills does indeed need all the draft picks they can get, depending the compensation. And we're talking about moving a player for draft picks, not trading draft picks away. I'm not in favor of trading Marshawn away for just anything but if they are going to keep him, they should use him in games more effectively (more touches and ahead of Fred on the depth chart) and he needs to produce. He's a talent that shouldn't be wasted either way.

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/39203364/ns/sports-player_news/ Since he was not traded during the draft, it appears Nix is intent on keeping Lynch a Bill. If Nix is confident Fred Jackson is about to fall off the 30 year old running back cliff and doesn't believe Spiller will ever be an every down back, then maybe this makes sense. But if Lynch is going to be buried at #3 on the depth chart and then released for nothing at the end of his contract, his tenure here has been a huge waste of an asset on a team starving for draft picks and help at other positions. On a side note, an NFL Network reporter takes another (somewhat justifiable) shot at the Bills operation.

I think he meant to have that the other way around.

Definitely McFadden. I don't think Bush will be playing but even if he does, he'd be eased back in. Terrific matchup, too.

Why would Green Bay give up that much in a trade for a one year fix? Ryan Grant is a very good young player. He's their guy. His career isn't over. They don't run the ball enough to warrant a timeshare.

There's no waiver wire period in your league? The jobless insomniac must always win your league. I agree with the your fantasy rule #1. Somehow I had a stretch last year of going three straight weeks against the starting running back facing the Bills each week. It was dreadful.

They didn't get bailed out at all. The TD would never have happened without the hold. Even if the penalty had nothing to do with the TD, it still shouldn't matter. Replaying the down would be rewarding the penalty more than anything less than a touchdown. Not removing the time would be encouraging players to try to get away with penalties until they finally do get the touchdown, knowing they would have infinite reprieves if caught.