Brandon

If stats are the measure, it looks like McGee holds up quite well. McGee has 76 tackles, 3 interception and 2 sacks, and we all know what McGee can do as a special teams player.

I think he has to be the priority. He's not an elite LT and he does have a tendency for nagging injuries, but he's a good player who will be difficult to replace if we lose him. The fact that we have problems at LG and C make resigning the only reliable player on that side of the line vital to our continued success. Unless he proves too expensive to retain, I suspect the Bills will make every effort to keep him.

The reason teams stack the LOS is that they want to stop McGahee and force Bledsoe to beat them. It says more about opposing teams' fear of McGahee than anything else. As for Moulds, no, he is not worth $8.5M per year and something is going to have to happen with his contract if he wants to stick around past this season. The one thing that made him great was his explosiveness after the catch. He appears to have lost that, and the rest of his skills really aren't good enough to take up the slack. As a result, he's now just a 'good' NFL WR, and no longer one of the elite players at his position. To be honest, I don't think he's even going to be the best WR on the team by the end of next season. He's still worth keeping, but I would not break the bank to do so. Although I'm not an advocate of unloading him, if the Bills had to do so, they could probably bring in a quality veteran possession reciever much cheaper. It would be a risk, but in today's NFL, you can no longer afford to keep aging veterans at exorbitant prices. BTW, as good as Spikes is, he is not the Bills best player. The Bills best player is Sam Adams. I didn't care much for signing him, nor was I impressed with his season a year ago, but this year he has turned in one of the most dominating seasons by a DT I've ever seen.

I agree with most of that. I'm not sure he's a lockerroom cancer, but I agree that while he may be an excellent athlete, he is not that good of a QB and is vastly overrated. I also think his Pro Bowl nomination is very questionable in light of the seasons Favre, Delhomme, Griese, Hasselbeck and Bulger have had. Favre and Delhomme, in particular, have had very good seasons overall, even if their teams have had some problems. The worst part is that Griese has played 10 games and has more yardage and TD passes than Vick in 14.

Moorman is the best punter in the NFL. Not only is he a good bet to hit one 60 yards when you really need it, he's also an excellent directional punter and can pin an opponent inside the 10. He also plays in weather conditions that are often horrible. That he was overlooked by the voters (read that:fans) who are too stupid to realize that punting requires more than a high average per punt is a travesty. No arguments with the three guys who made it outright. Adams, in particular, had a monster year, even if his stats are average. I was a detractor of his prior to signing him and was underwhelmed with his performances most of last year, but he was practically unstoppable this season. Moulds and Schobel do not belong as Pro Bowl alternates. Moulds probably has the stats, but he's dropped far too many this year and really has not had the type of year the numbers would indicate. He's been pretty ordinary this year, and I suspect he got there on name recognition. Schobel is a mystery to me. He certainly doesn't have statistics on his side. So maybe numbers aren't everything, just ask Sam Adams. Adams may be the best DT in the NFL right now, but the stats don't bear it out. The problem for Schobel is that he isn't anywhere close to dominating, certainly doesn't command double teams, and in fact, he's been a non factor quite often this season. So again, maybe I'm missing something, but I just don't believe Schobel should be an alternate.

I'm not sure, but even some of the 5-9 NFC teams may still be alive at this point. Heck, it may even be mathematically possible for a 6-10 team to make the playoffs. That's pathetic.

Both Tucker and Teague get pushed around far too often. I suspect that Donahoe will go shopping for both a LG and C this offseason, whether it be in FA or the draft. Drafting a C and signing a LG is probably the way to go, as a good LG will probably be cheaper and easier to find in FA than a good C. Meanwhile, they can take their time developing the rookie C since Teague is probably just good enough to get by with if he has two good OGs beside him. LB is another position I'd give strong consideration to. Aside from the fact that the Bills have no depth here, they also need to start planning for Fletcher's possible departure through FA. They could also use someone to push Jeff Posey. CB, RB, and OT might sneak into the Bills first day draft plans, but I suspect they'll be lower on the draft/FA priority lists. I'd be a bit suprised to see them make anything but marginal FA signings at these positions. Obviously, needs at RB and OT depend upon the status of Henry and Jennings. DT is a position that will recieve mention by the fans, but even if Pat Williams leaves, I doubt the Bills make any major moves there. Ron Edwards appears to be developing nicely and they drafted Tim Anderson in R3 last year. I think they'll stick with what they have unless a great draft prospect falls to them in R2. In any case, I don't see any major outside FA DT signing with the Bills.

It won't matter. Every GM in the NFL knows what McGee is capable of.

I doubt the Bills would trade Henry for less than a 2nd round pick (or a trade that potentially allows them to get a 1st or 2nd). Donahoe won't trade him for less than the Bills have invested, and quite frankly, a 1300 yard RB is worth more than a 3rd or 4th. In any case, I suspect that any deal involving Henry will involve a fixed draft choice in 2005 and a conditional pick in 2006.

It doesn't matter. He'll be a restricted FA until after his third NFL season, so its not a big problem if they want to keep him. My guess is that he's probably under a 2 or 3 year contract for the minimum, anyway, so this isn't even an issue.

The Bills offense will be facing a fairly weak Cincy defense, while Cincy's offense will have to face one of the best defenses in the league. Weather is also a factor and will limit scoring and could help create turnovers. Bills win 27-17.

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Yep. When you pay a WR $5 million a year, you expect him to make the tough catch. A lot of the incomplete passes thrown his way yesterday were not great passes, but they hit him in the hands and were catchable. Those are plays you expect a player of his caliber to make, but far too often, he doesn't.

Teague appeared to be OK. He walked off the field with no assistance. BTW, Shaud Williams is having a very good fourth quarter. A lot of that is attributable to the fact that the Browns have all but quit playing, but Williams is still running well. And there's a TD for him.

At the rate this game is going, the Bills might get two or three more sacks before its over.

I'm wrong. The record is -7 set in 1979 in a Raiders-Seahawks game.

For some reason, I'm thinking that the NFL record is somewhere around 48 yards. I know its a positive number, but I can't recall exactly what it is.

Yup, they've got -2 yards. Pathetic.

They'll probably show it on the halftime replay, so I'll take another look if they do, but it appeared to me that McGahee should have had little trouble securing that handoff.

The problem is that the OL gets zero movement on about 2/3rds of the Bills running plays. That's the reason why McGahee seems to start slowly. Its actually the inability of the OL to open up running lanes in the middle of the defense. The good news is that McGahee is good enough to make something out of nothing, plus the Bills passing attack is just dangerous enough that they can usually loosen up the D later in the game.

And by the way, as usual, the more the Bills use Lee Evans, the better their offense performs.

McGahee has fumblitis today.

It was McGahee's fault. Bledsoe put the ball right right on the 21 of McGahee's jersey. Willis was late closing his arms on it. Otherwise, Bledsoe has been playing like crap, mostly attributable to his insistence on locking onto Eric Moulds. Case in point: he had another WR 5 yards behind the DB on the play where he threw the INT. What do you know? He throws to Lee Evans and we get a TD out of it. Its about time.

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Its actually about $127 per month. You should also factor the $3,700 into the equation. That said, even $127/month for the right to drive a new vehicle for four years is a pretty good deal. The lack of warranty coverage in that last year might scare me away, though.