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Maybe tried non surgical rehab that didn't work.......

R Johnson has to be able to start this year....or...he shouldn't be on the team...its year 3 folks. He was a monster out of college....need to see that materialize on the field in the NFL this year. I am guessing he will get that chance this summer. Rex D is intricate...and perhaps he doesn't have the head to play the D.........anyhow, its up or out this year for him.

I was hoping they would keep this guy instead of Harvin.....Harvin was a waste of $6 mil....imho

The Bills have to clear enough cap space to pay their rookies.....draft picks and undrafted rookie free agent signings. Don't know that exact number, but I think it would take most of what they have left after this restructure.

You are assuming that he had good advice and invested in traditional ways....it would have been a good run for him. But, who knows, these guys are targeted by every fly by night "friend" with crazy schemes. I hope he was mentally strong enough to go to Goldman Sachs and ask them to handle it for him. "Private Wealth Management" is the service.......or, any other of the big name investment banks also will do this....... Getting out before he gets (more) head trauma makes sense to me if he is set for life.

Kap has had off field issues in the way he has handled himself....described in t he above posts pretty well, and on field, he has regressed. he is an impressive physical specimen ....I true NFL QB body. TT, on the other hand....is a total professional off the field...and, although physically gifted, is not described at the prototypical NFL QB....his build being slight by NFL standards. And TT is learning how to start and be a winner. Yes, the jury is out on TT in terms of doing all the mental work on field that is required to be the long term starter. I , for one though, would not bet against TT getting there. I think the contract he got from the Bills was good for him....the Bills got a two year cheap audition...he got/is getting a serious chance to show what he can do.....so, another year will tell the story there. In terms of getting a deal for TT now, it would be a transition deal if negotiated, with both sides taking a chance....TT giving up money on the idea he might not make it...the bills getting a discount but having to committ to TT longer than next year. I am guessing no transition deal....TT will likely play out 2016...and hit the market, all this imho And, NO KAP trade....

Bring in a good center w draft...and move Wood back to guard, where he played as a rookie. Miller has heart, looked a total wreck when playing the last couple of games last year....did not belong on the field as he was hurt...but, did not convince me he is a pro when he was healthy. I think Richardson will be gone...and KJ as well....unless he gets paid anyhow, then he may stay (like EJ) I would be happy to see one early draft choice for an O tackle.

Hogan is typical of the journeyman pro's we are losing because of the cap problem. We will have some superstars (at least their paychecks will be) and a bunch of cheap guys filling the holes...who are not up to Hogan's competance level. Mark my words.....the talent level on the team is dropping because of the big contracts we are giving to the better players we have. Not going to come out well imho. 6-10 (again)

I don't agree....the cap problem is causing us to get rid of journeyman pro's that are the heart of the team........Mc Kelvin is one......I think special teams may be a problem loosing Boobie, maybe Hogan....who knows if Easley can come back from the knee injury.........although I think loosing Brooks is a positive....he had head/control problems.....and he was a slow CB. I don't know how the Eagles found $6mil over two years for him. Ryan's move to "his" D is part of the depressing move from 4x3 to 3x4 to 4x3 to 3x4 etc etc that has been going on for more than a decade. We had great 4x3 D under Schwartz, and the personnel were mostly not 3x4c oriented. So, major turnover again........and again...and again......and again. Anybody else depressed about the franchise never settling down to one D scheme for 3 years in a row? In the current case, I blame the rookie owners for a bad hire in Ryan.....a clown....and we now have twin clowns.

Comments out of Denver include the benching when Manning came back was taken personally, and BO had no intentions of ever staying in Denver. And, if he got an extra 3 mil a season for changing teams, good for him. Our situation w/ TT is going to be just as bad in terms of market salary, hopefully, though, without the ill will. And, if TT does well in 2016.....he will have been a two year starter, not a 7 game starter. He could get $20 mil/ year. However, if he is below average/poor even though starting....the Bills will look elsewhere and start all over in the QB quest. (EJ done after this year)

I HATE JETS RETREADS,,,they didn't win in NY and they won't win here.......come on , man......

We have only done cash in person deals with VIP seats...delivery tickets, they buy when they want to. ARrive with cash, walk away with tickets. I have done both. The moved from Originally on Transit, to many years in williamsville, and now downtown. Good folks.....a local operation. don't know if they have a web site.

Our group uses the NFL ticket exchange mostly and that works pretty well/OK. Have used stubhub a little, more cumbersom if you have to mail tickets etc, find the UPS store, get the printed label on it etc. We have also used VIP Seats, a local outfit...they just moved downtown from Williamsville however, and are , for us, inconvient now. We have four tickets.....and we sometimes sell all four....somtimes sell 2....sometimes buy some, depending who is attending and who is in town. It works pretty well, although, with the new TV policy showing non sold out games locally...we have seen a drop in demand for the sales of our tickets. So, tips......list early...keep on top of the prices for the game you are selling, and drop the price to match the lower end of the range of the section you are in........we have done well...we always sell all four to one premium game to shave the cost of our season tickets...and we get 2 1/2 to 3 times face for that game. But, we attend otherwise whenever we can. Buying extra tickets is also great on the NFL ticket exchange.....I have been able to get additional tickets VERY close to our seats when we need them....when Carolina came to town a couple of years ago, I bought four additional seats only a few seats from ours. OK, other tips...late sales are unlikely, so have a use at the last minute plan as well, even if you have to give them away. Watch out for preseason games....interest is relatively low, usually, and the Bills force the NFL ticket exchange to maintain a minimum price on that forum. Last year ,the Bills were discounting preseason tickets to a level below the minimum allowed on the NFL ticket exchange. (usually 90% of face about) Good games to sell: Pats, Steelers, Packers maybe Dolphins.....bad games to sell:Jets, Browns...other bad teams.........We tried to sell the opener last year...but attended in stead as we did not get our (outrageous) price.

McKelvin will get another NFL job pretty quick imho....maybe the Jests......Leo was the mid level talent that will be missing on the Bills because they are in cap h*ll.....this is the same damage that occured in NO when they had to pay so big to J Byrd. The guys that should be playing out the career and contributing as vetrans....will now have rookies...they are cheap but can't play. I blame Whaley for mismanaging the cap........overspent last year...cutting needed talent this year. Cromartie was terrible in NY last year.......its why he is a free agent. Hope Rex doesn't bring hi8m in as another Jets based stray.

Twin clowns are not better at coaching than a single.......

I guess they are counting on Miller....he didn't bring in last year.....Urbik was better than him. But, whaley is grasping to solve his cap problem...and he can get younger guys cheaper, I guess. Vet minimums end careers, I think, for backup/marginal players. thats OK.....the bills still have big problems on the O line........only Wood is stable imho. Everything else in play.....

I wish Rex would stop bringing in strays that are former Jets.....tired tired tired....... I recall McKelvin picked Fitz to stave off the Jets in the season final......he is a starting CB in this league. he was hurt for first half of season, and took a couple of games to get it together. He played well against Dallas as well, of course, I might have been able to play CB against that QB.

I watched the QB's throw live......the guy from South Dakota was the best by far. He won't last until #19.....

I would comment that the deal that TT got here was pretty good for TT, if he got on the field and got the chance to perform. He did just that, and performed pretty well. I know, he is an incomplete as far as testing him to franchaise QB status......but, here is my point. He now has put himself in the position where the Bills recognize he might get there in year two, and be a total free agent. The only leverage they have here is to negotiate here now when there is still some doubt...making TT want to cash in sooner......or...sign another legit QB candidate through the draft or FA..... Should Tt have a really good year (not even a great year), he would be a real hot commodity on the free agent market next year. the current Bills contract w/ TT apparently didn;t contemplate he would do this well in his first year....it was more like maybe he might do it in year two. So, TT has played himself into the drivers seat here.........If he goes the Flacco route, he will play out the 2d year and go the FA route...and collect big. (not necessarily in Buffalo either) Of course, next off season, then, the bills would have zero QB's on the roster under contract unless there is another alternative. (EJ is history after this year, another JP Losman like fiasco for the Bills) So, look for a promising later round QB to be part of the draft so they have somebody to run the O in the offseason workouts next year. Credit to Ryan for seeing the potential, TT for coming to the Bills recognizing he had a chance here with no established QB and mild criticism to Whaley for allowing this deal to put the Bills in this position. IF TT succeeded, there was never any chance that the third year of the contract would play.

Good news on the Ralph would be that they have put back in the drinking fountains that they took out in the renovation. All the more to sell $5.00 bottles of water to you.....they even got an exemption from the Erie County Health Department...unbelieveable. Of course, they have a yellow water cooler at the guest services desks....and you can get a Dixie cup of water there if you know to go there...and if you believe that is sanitary. Of course, the local golf courses had to remove theirs because the health department told them that such coolers were a hazzard, at least on a golf course. Hard to figure why its safe in the Guest Services desks, but not on the golf courses. I am thinking the welfare of the fans was not at the heart of the decision. Now, as a season ticket holder, I gave feedback to the Bills that their plan here was not acceptable to me...but I don't expect much from them....the almighty dollar will rule...thats what the NFL is all about...extracting max dollars from the game attendees. REINSTALLING WATER FOUNTAINS....that would be good news about the Ralph. (I am guessing the Bills don't have Erie County Health Dept approval for their yellow coolers)

Yes, I saw him play w the Bills and always wondered why he didn't get a legit shot a showing his stuff. He looked like a stud to me...big receiver...but.....our crack coaches had their favorites....and he never got to play here. Big, fast.....never understood it.

Thinking about the big picture here......with Mr Wilson gone....and his long term "challenged" management of the Bills, we now have rookie owners who made a really bad HC hire in Ryan. Makes me think of the Harvey Johnson HC hire that Ralph did in the 80's.......A shame the Pegs couldn't get a football t ype to help them get it right. Brandon is a business guy, and he is OK, but not a football guy. On the HC hire...it was the PEGS..Whaley and Brandon giving lip service to whoever the PEGS hired. But, they saved the franchise...its just it appears it will be the same old Bills....never get it done.

McKelvin and Lawson....probabily.....Urbik...no, he did that last year I recall, nothing much to gain from him now. Carpenter, maybe not....he is still a real good kicker. Unless our kickoff guy can take the job away............in camp. Dixon gone imho unless Shady is in the slammer. I am torn vis a via Gilmore....everybody says he is a top top CB.......but, I haven't seen it often...just sometimes...and I am a season ticket holder. I worry that some of the rep is hangover Bills marketing bs. His interception numbers surely don't reflect top 10 status. And, I wonder what the players truly think about playing for a team led by twin clowns, some might prefer more sane leadership where bragging comes after accomplishment. Anyhow, the big free agents all want to get paid...and, given close offers...might opt to go elsewhere. (It would cross my mind were I in that situation)

This is right. The Bills may well be without him for some games......maybe a lot if he serves time......certainly for NFL or Bills suspension. But, it might partially solve the cap problems in 2016. Cause, he doesn't get paid when on suspension. Lots of analysis out there that fails to account for that fact. Now, he is certainly some kind of thug....but, know what...so are the police in all likelyhood. NFL players/ cops don't have back down in their blood.....and the cops were foolish enough to get involved with a physically superior crew. The NFL guys were also foolish....oh well...bar fights since the beginning of time.......

Richie is still crazy....he is just handling himself more like a pro these days.......hard lesson being unemployed, even the crazy can learn from that experience. But, he can play even at his age. IMHO, playing w Eric Wood has been a steadying influence on Richie. Back when Richie was under fire, Wood was one of the few to defend him......