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As Phil Simms said in the 4th Quarter - You need a strong Armed QB to make the plays these guys were making.

+1. Aaron Williams instead of Kaepernick :wallbash:

That is how you play defense...The bIlls players need to take notice.

Kaepernick played like Fitz...Need 13 yards and you throw short.

That is the worst argument. Actually, Carter benefited playing in a dome and also had some good QBs who could throw the ball deep in Cunnigham and Culpepper. Too bad those Minnesota defenses stunk up the joint and couldn't put together a decent run to the SB.

Kaepernick looks like a clone of Jim Kelly. Built like a Linebacker.

Because we have an excellent OL that gets down to the 2nd level and pave the way and our WRs have been very good blockers downfield. Agreed...That throw to Stevie against the Steelers in overtime was a great throw....Just that Stevie couldn't catch a ball that fell into his arms in stride..

Hey...He had a killer first step !!! Only to fall on his A**

We were left with the left-overs when the Steelers snatched Big Ben right in front of our nose. After that it doesn't matter whether you are having your dinner at CiCi's or Pizza Hut!

This is so untrue. Buddy did not offer Whitner a contract. The only team that offered him a contract was the Bengals before the 49ers gave him an offer at the last minute. I don't know why Whitner picked the 49ers instead of the Bengals. And the Pro-Bowl. Kudos to Whitner for embracing the 49ers contract and working hard to be a starter on that stellar defense. May be he got lucky that the 49ers turned it around in the year he joined them. May be he was part of the success. Who knows and who cares...Good for Whitner.

People are jealous because he is on a SB bound team. Bills fans always want to see former Bills suck and fade away.

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Good for both of them. Both deserve it. When Wood was out of the line up, our OL looked pretty weak. Or as the Bills love to do, may be they have a clause for giving him more money for the # of games that he DOES NOT Dress up (and play catch with TJ).

And when they gutted that D (1st year of Williams), RJ went 3-13 and resulted in the trade for Bledsoe.

+1

40M over 4 years (with a ton of upfront money) and 100M over 7 or so years is not an apples to apples comparison...

That 2001 was a really good draft and also was a "need" based draft. We needed a RB, needed a DE, needed a DT and an LT and we got good ones for all of them.

This is a most stupid comparison....Sanchez did play very well in the playoffs in those two seasons, but has regressed since then as the Jets have lost quality players at RB (Thomas Jones), OL, and WRs. On the other hand Flacco has blossomed and has improved his game every year. And if you are not aware, the Jets in spite of Sanchez's struggles gave him a 40M+ contract with close to 20M+ guaranteed money.

+1. He is at least on par with Big Ben

Even in the next years draft, there are only 1-2 can't miss for sure QBs and they will be gone with a Top-5 pick. There is no guarantee that the Bills will get one of the Top-3 picks to rope in that kind of franchise QB

+1 Plus Smith has a good set of WRs/TEs to throw the ball and have the 49ers commit to a Frank Gore led running game. Besides Stevie, we have scrubs as our WRs.

Alex Smith is not in the same league as Flacco (other than being in the NFL). Flacco has won many playoff games for his team and some of them actually due to his play. If not for stupid mistakes by Evans or his DC (Rex Ryan) Flacco could have beat Brady last year in the AFC Championship and also Ben's steelers 4 seasons ago. Having said that the Ravens will lock him up for that kind of asking price.... Sure. BUt over the years Flacco and the offense (RIce) have won many of those games too...

:wallbash: It doesn't matter. The guy has taken his team to AFC Championships back-to-back years and to the SB this year and has won many playoff games. He can WIN GAMES for the team. How does it matter whether he is same as Brady or Manning etc. He can make the CLUTCH throws and keep his team in the game for a full 60 minutes...And BTW, the teams that he beat on the way to the SB, Mannings Broncos and Brady's Patriots... You pay 20M if you want a Franchise QB.....Simple....Or you have to get the Top pick of the draft to get your choice...

We paid 100M to Mario with 50M Guaranteed...If we really get a shot at that # you quoted, we should be jumping on that....All the elite QBs make 20 to 23M per year. 40 Guaranteed in my opinion is pretty low.

Correct. But I think the chance of Alex Smith being release is pretty high while Vick and Sanchez are slim due to the contract they have signed.