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IMO, I think Lynch is available for trade. However the Bills are working another deal. Announcing Lynch is available removes leverage and potentially scares away the other team from the table. Right now, the Bills trade partner is exclusive, and that has benefits for both teams. My guess for the other team: Minnesota.

I'd like to know what top, marquee free agent refused to come to Buffalo *when* the money offered by Buffalo either matched or exceeded a competing offer from another team. Free Agents don't come to Buffalo because the Bills get outbid by other teams. It's about money. If it makes people rationalize it better by comparing cities, weather, winning or losing, that's ok. But it has, and always will be, about the money.

Or Shanahan.

+1. The excellent players were RFAs which would have required a king's ransom to obtain.

I'm with Zow. I don't think GB is as much of a powerhouse as the national media proclaim them to be. The shaky offensive line and losing Grant are big deals. GB is probable to win, but it won't be a blowout. Might be more evenly matched than most believe.

I'd be careful grouping "Stacy Andrews" and "good" in the same sentence. He was the Cornell Green of Philly's offensive line.

I don't buy the rejected trade rumor. Why? It's too much for Lynch. A 3rd *and* a player? I don't see any team offering that specific package for a RB. That's an NBA sort of deal, not the traditional NFL trade. Just doesn't look right.

Hey, I'd be up for the idea. Why not. It'd be fun to watch. Or strictly use the playbooks from video games, past and present. If It's in Madden, it has to work, right?

A.J. Hawk has the same problem, that ironically, our very own Trent Edwards has. Great athlete, can memorize a playbook, but lacks the instinct for football.

Haha. Actually, I had the LA Rams/Indy/Buffalo trade of 87 in mind when I was writing that. I just don't see Green Bay having anything of value to offer besides draft picks...and Marcus McNeil is sitting there...lonely, waiting to play...

Need a three way trade with Green Bay, Buffalo and San Diego. Green Bay gets Lynch, Buffalo gets McNeil and San Diego gets some draft picks (Green Bay's conditional 3rd, Buffalo's 3rd).

Ryan Grant is out for the year, so somebody's plan is already underway.

1. The Bills sign Adalius Thomas, Derrick Burgess, Jon Jansen and Justin Hartwig and send them into battle. No more of this "inactive to learn" nonsense. These guys might have little left in the tank, but it's all hands on deck time, especially to generate a pass rush. And really, what's to lose? 2. Gailey's announces at his press conference that he watched the film, learned from the mistakes, and has made adjustments. 3. Green Bay makes no adjustments to it's porous offensive line.

It is. When the plan's working, he's fine, ala preseason and practice. When it doesn't, and that's usually all the time in a regular season game, he's Bill Paxton in Aliens and shuts it down mentally. There is no adjustment or toughness or anger.

Trent Edwards is detached from reality. From the quotes. Body language. 1,000 yard stare at press conferences. It's a coping mechanism. Not what you want from your starting quarterback, but I digress. I'm exhausted with Trent Edwards.

Perhaps somebody with better insight knows, but I can't...for the life of me, understand Gailey's game plan for Miami. Throughout his career, *prior* to the Tyler Thigpen experiment in KC during the later part of the 08 season, Gailey was all about run, run, and run some more. But yet, this last Sunday, the scheme was very much pass oriented and put on Edwards' shoulders.

Beware of McNeil's spinal stenosis. He's looking at early retirement whether he likes it or not.

The Eagles made the Packers look better than they are, yesterday. Not predicting a Bills win or anything, but the Packers are not this juggernaut that some (national media) assume them to be. Their playcalling was very Jauronitastic and that offense line can't handle pressure. Of course, that's mitigated by the fact that the only thing that stops Clay Matthews is a taser.

The trade isn't the most difficult part. It's working out a contract that would satisfy Mankins. He wants to be the highest paid guard in the NFL.

Bill Noethlich You want your undrafted talent...here's a guy to try.

I agree that the sack was not Bell's fault. It's up to the QB to change the protection. There's a lot not to like about Trent Edwards as a football player. For me, that video shows my #1 complaint. Inability to read defense and adjust accordingly. He can read and master a playbook, but not play football. I'm not saying you have to be Peyton Manning out there and go through a ridiculous three hour pre-snap routine, but come on, you really did not see those two linebackers?

Holy crap.

If he's out for the season, who's the next Akin Ayodele to be brought in?

Paul is getting dangerously close to the Hardy-Mitchel Zone, where you are injured so much that you become a liability for rarely being on the field but taking up a valuable roster spot that could be used for somebody that stays on the field. Poz's career reminds me of Roosevelt Colvin's career.

I think fans are putting way too much evaluation and drawing conclusions based on first game performance. Peruse the message boards. In some, it's the apocalypse unfolding. (Eagles, Broncos) and others...it's Super Bowl time. (Texans, Seahawks) I'd think Bills fans are more acutely aware that first week performance is not an indicator of win/loss record by the end of the season.