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Saw shutdown corner and thought it was an article about the secondary. E.J. has a good year I think the Bills will be good. In the division I think whoever has the better season with Tannehill, Vick/Geno, E.J., that team will be fighting for a playoff spot. Side note, shutdown corner made me think the Bills should have an elite group of CB.

Nate Odoms and Carwell Gardner. Odoms I think is a forgotten man on the defense from that era. The FB is a pretty dead position in the league. Gardner was a good one.

They'd be a 5-11 team or so without Jackson. Same record they'd be without Spiller or Mario.

It's the way it goes. Spiller will never be good enough for fans. Watkins is next in line and he hasn't played a down yet.

He's a good player just overrated by fans. He's had one season over 1000 yards in 7.

He's a great story but Fred Jackson. He's a good player just gets no criticism.

Brown is a guy who averaged 4.0 yards a carry in 5 games last year. Spiller did it in 8. I don't think Brown is anything more than 3rd on the depth chart. Dixon is a ST player and that's about it. If a RB gets hurt Brown will get carries. That should be about it.

Maybe I missed something but not a single RB signed for 5 million a year this offseason. It's just not valued.

Running backs aren't commanding a ton of money. Unless they're AP or McCoy I don't see any RB getting any type of big money. Holmes was good and their was little to no drop off when Johnson took over. In general it seems that fans seem to rather be able to say "I told you so, he sucks." Rather than being proven wrong. Taken the sum of his time with the Bills, Dareus has been a disappointment. Coming off last season on the field not taking off the field things into account I don't think fans would wanna give up on him. The biggest thing Spiller has going against him is he was taken 9th when the Bills had Lynch and Jackson. He's out performed Jackson the last two seasons. Been healthier than Jackson over his time with the Bills. Jackson is a "warrior," Spiller is "injury prone."

If the basis is Brown has potential than I could buy into that. Just looking at numbers he was bad last year. Aside from one game he's a guy who had 66 carries for 199 yards. He's averaged 4.6 yards for two seasons. His two most impressive games we're followed by two with a combined 28 carries for 40 yards. Really his game log makes him look like a "poor mans Spiller."

I'd say Jackson and Spiller being hurt is more of a product of the position. I don't have the numbers but how many backs stay healthy for 16? Now some fans think Jackson is a warrior with being hurt and missing more time and Spiller is injury prone for missing less time. That I don't get. To me as posted it has to do with draft position. Taking any RB in the top 45 right now is a waste of a pick IMO. Spiller being taken 9th at around the same time the trend started to hit adds to this. Say Spiller and Jackson play 12-14 games and put up above 2k rushing and Brown starts a game and has 120 then it'll be obvious to some Brown should be the guy. Taking Spiller 9th with Lynch and Jackson on the roster will be something that will never be forgiven. Unless he has a 2k year rushing.

I don't think it'll work. Looking back though if guys are able to play in the league before they're eligible for the draft it could be an option. I think of P.J. Hairston in this years NBA draft playing in the D league after being ineligible at UNC. Other situations like when Clarett was at Ohio St or Mike Williams declared early and was deemed ineligible for the draft. Still that's three players I can think of in about 10 years.

He's missed three games in his career.

I think Dixon maybe cut. Spiller is a guy we'll always expect more out of. What's held over Spiller's head by us fans is his draft position. Jackson is a gamer and lays it all out. Except that's he's had issues with being "injury prone." It's not a Jackson or Spiller thing it's use both. A young QB and finding a way to use their two best offensive weapons before we see what Watkins can shouldn't be a problem. If Spiller has the same year as last year I think they should still re-sign him. It's not a 1 back league unless you have a generational talent like AP.

Spiller's gone from a bust to unstoppable to injury prone in his time as a Bill. Being drafted when they had Lynch and Jackson is obviously his fault and the Bills should trade him for a 5th rd pick according to some. If the Bills are to turn it around I think Spiller is the 2nd most important player on the team. As "bad," as he was I think most teams would take his numbers from last year.

I think to a lesser extent teams would rather not have the "circus," that comes with him. I agree with the game or two. Bring in a big name backup and the QB struggles and people want him in.

QB- Manning RB- McCoy WR- Megatron TE- Graham OL- Thomas DE- Watt DT- Suh OLB- Miller ILB- Willis CB- Sherman S- Thomas

The trade Spiller horse is on life support.

E.J. just from the interviews looks to have lost some weight.

Marrone and Whaley get fired if new ownership is in place.

Dalton has disappointed in the playoffs. He's going to get paid. Kaep and him I think are comparable. It's the going rate if you win with a QB he'll get paid. When Alex Smith get's paid I think he'll be the barometer for Dalton.

QB league and 9ers are committing. Andrew Luck will get an insane amount. I'm not a huge Kaepernick fan. Teams don't pay as much on the rookie scale. Miami and Washington will be in for tough decisions if RG3 and Tannehill have similar seasons to last year. Even Cincy, Dalton is a starting caliber QB and better than anything the Bills have had but if you're trying to win a SB is he good enough?

49ers and Seahawks also have Smith and Lynch both looking at suspensions. Denver lost Von Miller for time. I don't think Dareus is in any danger of being cut. I do think it will make the Bills prioritize Glenn over Dareus next offseason.

I'd say 4 games. Lynch is being brought up multiple times but his DUI case puts him in line to be suspended. So I don't believe that's a good comparison.

He helped the team win. I haven't read any news yet but isn't he expected to be suspended for getting a DUI hours before his football camp? If a guy helps a team as long as he's not Aaron Hernandez i'm not cutting him.