jjmac
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Draft Tek has Mercilus at #18, I think. That's a bit of a reach, unless he moves up or we actually win one of our two last games.
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I say keep him. He hasn't had the same level of talent here that he had in Dallas or Pittsburgh.
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For years I have been listening to everyone say we should have picked Ngata over Whitner. Well you know what, this year is pretty much proving otherwise. Baltimore's defense is looking old and tired while SF's is flourishing right after they added Whitner. Linemen like Ngata wear down quickly plus they aren't as important in today's NFL. Stud DBs like Whitner make a difference on every part of the field.
Think of it like this:
Football players are like chess pieces. The pawns are up front, they are typically the first ones to move, but they are not able to do a lot of things. This is just like a lineman. DBs are like bishops and rooks and stuff. You never see them coming and you don't know what hit you.
Can we finally put the Whitner/Ngata whining to rest?
This would be a logical argument if Whitner was still a Bill and playing to the level he is in SF. Good teams are built from the inside out, front to back.
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We are a NFL football team we should be able to run multiple formations throughout the coarse of a game.
No question about that, but let's do so in a system a little more Fitz-friendly.
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Does he play DE for Marshall?
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I have to think that due to the lack of talent at LB and DE the Bills are better fit for a 4-3. I would think with 2 Pro-Bowl type DT's they need to make that switch back and load up on DE's and LB's in the draft.
Also, I believe a 4-3 does not put as much pressure on your corners.
Either way, we will need to pick LBs. Also, if we had good enough corners, the 3-4 would not be an issue. Mario Clark and Charles Romes did OK.
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My question to you is WHY? Why keep Merriman? So that he can take up camp space and hinder development of a player with potential?
If Merriman's name was "Joe Smith" people would be screaming to cut him. I hate to say this, HE WILL GET HURT AGAIN. This is the NFL. This is the most violent sport in the world. He has been hurt the past 3 years and unfortunately his injuries are VERY serious. His body will never be the same as it once was which leaves him vulnerable for future injuries. There is a reason why he resigned with Buffalo...Buffalo was the only team offering him that type of contract. I was fine with it to give it a shot. Thought there was great upside...but when a player lasts for 6 weeks (most being preseason) before going on the IR AGAIN there is a trend.
What is funny is that Buffalo fans want Buffalo to get better...yet we are never willing to give up on players. I am not saying that they dont have talent, but when you cannot depend on those players what good are they?
IIRC, much of Merriman's contract is guaranteed. We should bring him back and see if he can play, and if he can't, then let him walk.
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And that is how you maintain the consistent 7-9, 8-8 records that Donahoe/Levy gave us over the last decade.
A true rebuild comes with taking your lumps in the beginning.
They CLEANED HOUSE in both the Front Office and Roster. They did not take a 7-9 team and make them 4-12. They took an EMPTY team and started over. New FO, new Coaching, new players, new philosophy, etc. Let the kids like Dareus and Stevie make this THEIR team.
We have 6 rookies getting serious play time this year. That is how you develop them. Sitting behind highly-paid FAs doesnt do anything except get you to another 7-9 record.
Tell me, when the season is over, what is the difference between 5-11 and 8-8? If you aren't making the playoffs, who cares about 1 or 2 more losses?
I think you misunderstand. I never said to sit the rookies. The guys we have playing next to them are my issue.
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you cannot buy your way to good..it's year two of a rebuild
No, but you can get some FAs to hold down the fort while the rookies develop.
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A perfect throw beats perfect coverage every time. I'm more concerned about the times when he doesn't have perfect coverage.
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Lol I got a chuckle out of it. One needs a sense of humor as a Bills fan
Or a large bottle of whiskey.
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Go back to the days when we had Braxton blocking for OJ, or Leaks blocking for Cribbs. Get a fullback that can also run and catch, as well as block.
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Looks very much to me like the Bills will get a shot at Barkley or RGIII . the issue is whether you do it or not.
I'm willing to bet we don't. First, the team seems to be set on Fitz as the starting QB. Second, my guess is that they will draft defense in the first round.
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If we really do have that much cap room, why would we spend it on other team's palyers that aren't worth it. We give enough of it to our own.
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I voted for Fred, and when I did I saw he was leading 27-1. I took this question as which RB would I rather build my ground game on, and for me it's FJ. He's not as fast as CJ, granted, but he has good speed and more power.
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Everyone knows that the NFL has turned into a pass happy, high scoring league. With that being said, it would make sense that most teams are building defenses to stop this type of offense, right? That is, defenses built on speed and pass rushing. As a smaller market team with potential weather issues at the end of the season, would it make sense to build our team differently? What if we tried to model a team off of the early 2000s Bucs and Ravens? Try to build the nastiest defense in the league and then have a ball control running offense. Low turnovers, low mistakes, clock control, field position. If other teams in the league are trying to stop high scoring passing offenses they should be vulnerable to this type of offensive philosophy. Fitz would certainly be a serviceable QB here. We would really only need to beef up the O-Line some and we could really use a lot of our current team (offense) to do it. Go all D in the draft for the next couple years and maybe a couple/few FA acquisitions. Wouldn't this be our best shot at really competing (at least until we find that top 5 in the league franchise QB type)?
If we were really able to build that kind of offense and defense, we would not need that top 5 in the league franchise QB. Trent Dilfer won a Super Bowl.
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HAhAHAHahaHhaHahAHhHhahaHAhhahhAH! For a guy who will be 31 by the 2012 season. Man they need to share some of what they are on. No disrespect to Freddie but that is just crazy. If he was 5 years younger that would be a possibility. If he was 5 years younger we would have already resigned him ourselves.
We traded Lynch for a 4th and a 6th, so I could see maybe a 4th for Jackson.
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It'll be interesting to see who will be starting on Week 1 next season. You have to believe Williams will be out there full-time, but what will they do about McGee? McKelvin? I really don't think Florence has played that poorly --- he got beat on a perfectly thrown ball yesterday. Plus, I believe he's in the first year of a three-year deal that they view as a bargain.
i think McGee is gone next year, because he has a big contract and cannot stay healthy. As for McKelvin, does he get as many chances as Donte Whitner?
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I gave him a "D." I'm all for building through the draft, and his draft picks are startring to look and play better. However, I wish he would do more through free agency. At any rate, we've gone from 4-12 to what looks like 5-11. Not a whole lot of improvement to crow about.
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Just for the record CJ is the same height and 6lbs heavier than Chris Johnson.
They are both pretty good in my opinion. Now that Jackson is on IR Gailey has been FORCED to use CJ and he is getting better every week. He has been putting up better and better numbers and he has done it without Eric Wood our best offensive lineman by far and also the leader and brains of that line.
When will Bills fans stop with this one sucks and the other is the best ever stuff. Freddie is damn good and CJ is proving to be damn good. How about we quit bitching about who is better and be glad we have them both and challenge the front office to use or good players to win games.
Doesn't he get spelled by Javon Ringer?
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Williams is all over the field, playing hard and doing well. FLorence flat out sux. Why he is even on the team is beyond me. McKelvin should get another chance.
Why? He has had sufficient opportunity to validate his #1 pick status, just like Donte Whitner did.
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You think freds going to get 8-10 mill a year? Am I missing something here? Are those the numbers being discussed?
$8-10M seems way too high. $5-6M, maybe?
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+1 But we need some positves going into next year. They have zero pride rightnow. Id still take a win. Like someone has already posted ' An average team doesnt lose 7 in a row.'
Are the Bills an average team right now?
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Rogers proves a point I've been making for years which a lot of people disagree with that good corners can always been found with mid and late round picks
But are you prepared to see him play in anything other than sub packages?
Gotta love this guy's name as a Buffalo Bill
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Still, don't get your hopes up. I don't think Nix will reach that far, if he ends up being a reach.