I was thinking about our free agent situation next year and decided to do some research. We have 21 set-to-be-free agents. 15 are back-ups, 6 are starters according to the buffalobills.com depth chart.
I saw on here a few weeks ago that Levitre and the Bills are talking about extending his contract so I was wondering who else we should extend before the season starts. I think qualifications for receiving an extension is a player who has been a factor lately or someone who might have a break-out year (to avoid other teams from stealing them away from here after the season).
So after looking at all 21 players in there contract year, I chose 9 players that could have an outstanding year/have been producing over the past few years. All 6 starters and 3 back-ups that could easily be starters (Nelson, Merriman, and Scott) made it on the poll.
The first persons we should try to extend are Levitre, Byrd, and Nelson. Levitre should be regular Levitre (which is great). Byrd could get more interceptions then he had when he was a rookie so we should extend him now before he might want to go look at other offers. Nelson could do well in the slot where he has played in most of the spring workouts.
Players on the bubble would have to be Bryon Scott and Moorman. Bryon is a really good player when he plays linebacker on obvious passing downs. Plays that come to me is the interception in the Pats game (I think his INT was the turning point of the game), the pick 6 in Cincinnati, and I think he forced a fumble in San Diego that he recovered in the end zone. Moorman has been declining slowly and I guess the new punter we brought in is supposed to be really good.
Everyone else I should let play out there contracts. Donald drops passes and Leodis doesn't defend them and Merriman, is well, Merriman; we need to see if he can withstand being touched by a lineman before we give him the money.
So answer the poll (choose multiple answers if you like) and discuss down below.