jimmy10

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You forgot: 1a] Plenty of other teams who would have wanted Mario were unable to chase him because of limited cap space. Can't wait for this season!

Guys, take the humor and light-heartedness over to pixyland.org. This board is for Serious Football Analysis by Serious Fans only. It doesn't matter how giddy you're feeling over what could turn out to be one of the Bills' best offseasons ever. That said, depth and talent. Keep adding it. Anderson's met with three other teams already, obviously hasn't committed, and we might have the most exciting defenseive situation of all for him. Yeah, Baltimore's good, but they ain't getting any younger.

You can tell Mark Anderson is more coveted than Mario Williams because Mario visited with Jim Kelly, and Mark Anderson visited with JP Losman, who promptly threw an INT.

You can tell Mark Anderson isn't quite as coveted as Mario Williams because Mario visited with Jim Kelly, and Mark Anderson visited with Orenthal Simpson.

F5, bump, freezer, ground up.

Bump.

Some guy just rehashing the original speculation based on some other guy's opinion?

F5

We're going to replace Dwan Edwards with Peter Pan guy?

PFT says he left Buffalo last night.

60% of the time, every time.

It does. It's called the NCAA. He kicked ass there, but you only get 4-5 years. Do we even know for certain Tebow will be traded? There are two things he's terrible at: Reading defenses and throwing the ball. Who better to sit behind and learn from than Pey-Pey?

I'm not sure they're floating trade ideas on message boards, but somebody in the PR office certainly keeps an eye on twitter, social media, etc. That even came up in one of the recent articles linked on the front page of TBD, about how the PR folks monitor twitter to see what kinds of rumors are floating out there (and what players are saying). I doubt Buddy Nix or Russ Brandon are personally checking out what we have to say, but some young flackeys/interns almost certainly are.

I do remember reading somewhere a while back (I think it was in the Atlanta paper) that Chan somehow knows Tebow's dad, and that was part of the reason the Bills did consider, but ultimately passed on drafting him. There's just so much noise unrelated to football that comes along with Tebow. I have no problem with him or his beliefs per se, but I think to bring in a one-man media circus while this franchise is at a critical point in its rebuilding would be a mistake. EDIT: Also it seems that article puts us at the top of list based on the opinion of the author and nothing else, right?

We once met someone with a little black dachshund. His name was Limo. It was perfect.

I've gotta agree. I work at UNC, and know people associated with athletics who are always high on their own players. But even they have concerns about Coples' drive and determination. He's got the physical skills, no doubt, but maybe not the will to succeed in the NFL. Could he turn it around? Yes. Is he worth risking the #10 overall pick? No.

Hey, at least we've GOT pass rushing eggs now.

We don't know the circumstances behind all that. Isn't it plausible that Wanny may have been the one who wanted a back-seat role for a year? Who knows, maybe to transition back to the nfl, or maybe to get a sense of what the team had and where it was going before he wanted to go all-in. Not saying Chan SHOULD get a free pass, just saying that there is so much the goes on behind the scenes that nobody outside of a front office or clubhouse will ever know about.

Exactly what a good coach (or manager) does. Set people up for success.

Sour grapes from the defending AFC champions on a guy they (presumably) didn't even pursue? What a douche. We all can't fall ass-backwards into HoF talent with 6th round backups from Michigan, Bobby.

My new seats are 5 rows behind yours. See you there!

So, since many are bringing up the "what now" type questions about cap, other free agents, draft board, etc, I thought it would be worthwhile to bump this topic too. Obviously the political capital the Bills acquired yesterday was huge. Everyone is delirious with joy. Clearly their aim in paying $100M for a player wasn't just to get $100M in state funding. But how will the stadium lease issue unfold now?

Can we start the season early? Like this weekend? Please??