Happy Days Lois & Clark

On the Bledsoe trade from New England the Bills needed a quarterback desperately. New England wanted a 1st rounder and Donahoe wanted to get him for less than that. I think that Donahoe was willing to wait to get Bledsoe for less but after talking to Ralph Wilson, Wilson said to give up the 1st rounder. The Bills gave up the 13th pick in the 2003 draft. If the Bills did not get Bledsoe they probably would have got Jeff Blake who did not have nearly the cridentials of Bledsoe but would not have cost them a draft pick and would have costed them about 1-2 million against the cap compared to 5 million for Bledsoe. Hindsight says that the Bills maybe should have gone for Blake but Blake didn't perform well either so it is difficult to say if the Bledsoe move was the right one or not. Thinking back on the trade for Peerless Price , Atlanta wanted to give a 1st rounder for the 2004 draft not 2003, but Tom Donahoe insisted that he wanted their 1st round pick for 2003. The Bills did get the 2003 pick which was 23rd overall. From my understanding the Bills were not overly impressed with the players who were their at #23 so took the player who they felt coulkd make the most impact in future years in McGahee. The problem was he was injured badly I realize that Atlanta was considered to be Superbowl contenders in 2003 until Michael Vick got hurt but if Donahoe thought that the late 1st round of the 2003 draft was going to be weak he shoud have waited took the pick for 2004. Instead the have McGahee who signed a 5 year deal paying him 1st round money. The 1st season he didn't play at all due to rehabbing. His 2nd season so far he is the definate backup and is hardly being used at all, basically wasting 2 years of the 5 year deal of the 1st round pick. If the Bills would have took Atlanta's pick in 2004 it would have been the 8th pick overall. Assuming the Bills won't want to waste a 3rd season on McGahee, we will have to wait and see what they can get in return for Travis Henry. Possibly a 2nd rounder and a late round pick. Now the Bills don't have a 1st rounder for the 2005 season which currently expected to be again in the top 10 due to their trade for Losman. http://www.gbnreport.com/2003draftorder.htm http://www.gbnreport.com/2004draftorder.htm

If the Bills can get a 2nd rounder for Henry I would take a tackle and a guard with the first 2 picks then I would take Kicker Mike Nugent in the 3rd from Ohio State if he's available From Great Blue North Report OT Jammal Brown, 6-5, 310, Oklahoma Michael Munoz, 6-5, 315, Tennessee (XKa) *Andrew Whitworth, 6-6, 325, LSU Wesley Britt, 6-7, 315, Alabama (XL) *Jon Scott, 6-6, 305, Texas Max Jean-Gilles, 6-4, 340, Georgia (KA) Rob Petitti, 6-6, 330, Pittsburgh Nick Kaczur, 6-5, 305, Toledo Alex Barron, 6-6, 315, Florida State (XS/K) Adam Snyder, 6-6, 320, Oregon Justin Geisinger, 6-4, 325, Vanderbilt Calvin Armstrong, 6-7, 315, Washington State *Jami Hightower, 6-4, 355, Texas A&M (XO) Chris Colmer, 6-5, 305, North Carolina State (XO) *Marcus McNeill, 6-8, 330, Auburn Anthony Alabi, 6-6, 325, Texas Christian (XS) *Eric Winston, 6-6, 310, Miami *Winston Justice, 6-6, 305, Southern California (L/E) Khalif Barnes, 6-5, 310, Washington *Zach Strief, 6-7, 335, Northwestern Rian Melander, 6-6, 295, Minnesota Daniel Loper, 6-6, 330, Texas Tech Jeremy Parquet, 6-6, 315, Southern Mississippi Brandon Phillips, 6-8, 310, Arizona (XKa) Doug Neinhuis, 6-6, 315, Oregon State Harvey Dahl, 6-5, 310, Nevada Ryan Krug, 6-4, 305, UConn Adam Terry, 6-7, 315, Syracuse Ray Willis, 6-6, 305, Florida State (XS) Ivan Douglas, 6-6, 305, Ohio State (X) Erik Pears, 6-8, 315, Colorado State Mike Kracilik, 6-8, 325, San Diego State Joe Dunn, 6-6, 340, Virginia Tech Nate Griffen, 6-5, 335, Marshall Sam Lightbody, 6-8, 320, Washington State Derrick Sarosi, 6-6, 295, South Florida Matt Roth, 6-5, 320, Arkansas State Julius Gant, 6-4, 310, Middle Tennessee State (OG) David Stewart, 6-6, 320, Mississippi State Jake VerStraete, 6-6, 310, Northern Illinois Sam Wilder, 6-5, 305, Colorado (DT) Tim Brown, 6-5, 295, West Virginia (XAc) Bruce Hampton, 6-4, 300, Louisiana-Monroe Robin Knebel, 6-5, 320, Oregon Ron Green, 6-6, 320, Rutgers Trai Essex, 6-4, 315, Northwestern Logan Mankins, 6-4, 320, Fresno State (XA) Adrian Gonzalez, 6-6, 315, Louisiana Tech Mike Lorenz, 6-5, 315, Wisconsin Adam Kieft, 6-6, 330, Central Michigan Ryan Brooks, 6-5, 300, Washington William Obeng, 6-6, 310, San Jose State Steve Vierra, 6-5, 300, UCLA (XK) David Owen, 6-5, 295, Purdue Jonathan Colon, 6-7, 320, Florida (XK/B) Chris Johnson, 6-3, 310, Arizona (OG) Sameeh McDonald, 6-5, 300, Rutgers Cale Stubbe, 6-4, 300, Iowa State Kyle Wallace, 6-5, 295, Georgia Tech Phil Hawkins, 6-5, 315, Houston Levi Newton, 6-4, 305, South Florida Michael Watson, 6-7, 290, West Virginia Clint Stickdorn, 6-6, 310, Cincinnati Morgan Davis, 6-5, 320, Wisconsin Pete McMahon, 6-6, 335, Iowa (OG) Sean Poole, 6-6, 295, Michigan State Jon Doty, 6-7, 300, Kansas State Lester Brown, 6-5, 315, Louisiana Tech Miniya Smith, 6-6, 340, Southern Mike Grzeskowiak, 6-5, 315, Akron Tom Kaleita, 6-5, 320, Eastern Michigan Andrew Hart, 6-5, 305, Bowling Green Kenton Johnson, 6-6, 325, Georgia Tech Osmar Staples, 6-5, 330, San Jose State Christian Mitchell, 6-6, 325, Duke Makai Alalona, 6-4, 300, Utah Chris White, 6-4, 285, Southern Mississippi Robert Espinosa, 6-3, 310, UTEP (OG) Scott Mayhew, 6-5, 305, Rice Sreve Eastlake, 6-6, 290, Cincinnati Darren DeLone, 6-4, 310, Nebraska Henry Tellis, 6-5, 310, Troy State Dennis Thompson, 6-4, 310, Ohio (XL) Clint Dato, 6-5, 325, Rutgers Jonathan Banks, 6-6, 360, Grambling Mynia Smith, 6-6, 340, Southern Steve Burch, 6-5, 315, Idaho State Geir Gudmundson, 6-6, 315, Albany Brian Akins, 6-4, 310, Southern Illinois Buster Ashely, 6-4, 300, Western Kentucky OG C.J. Brooks, 6-5, 320, Maryland Elton Brown, 6-6, 335, Virginia David Baas, 6-5, 320, Michigan Claude Terrell, 6-3, 330, New Mexico Marcus Johnson, 6-5, 330, Mississippi Dan Buenning, 6-4, 305, Wisconsin Chris Kemoeatu, 6-4, 335, Utah Sam Mayes, 6-4, 350, Oklahoma State Mark LeVoir, 6-6, 320, Notre Dame Cedric Johnson, 6-4, 325, Clemson Matt Ulrich, 6-2, 310, Northwestern Eyoseph Efseaff, 6-3, 305, UCLA (DT) Jason Respert, 6-3, 310, Tennessee © Steve Subia, 6-2, 365, New Mexico State Doug Buckles, 6-5, 300, Mississippi Dan Stevenson, 6-5, 300, Notre Dame Kanan Sanchez, 6-3, 325, Oregon State Evan Mathis, 6-4, 310, Alabama Wes Sims, 6-5, 310, Oklahoma (RT) William Whitticker, 6-4, 320, Michigan State Kyle Takavitz, 6-4, 305, Cincinnati Tony Coker, 6-5, 315, Kansas Andy Galloway, 6-5, 310, Alabama-Birmingham Jonathan Clinkscale, 6-3, 305, Wisconsin Nick Steitze, 6-4, 320, Oregon Mo Mitchell, 6-6, 365, Florida (DT) John Drake, 6-4 350, Southern California (XA) Chris Myers, 6-4, 300, Miami Mike Kne, 6-4, 300, Ohio State PK Mike Nugent, 5-10, 170, Ohio State Jonathan Nichols, 6-0, 180, Mississippi Jared Siegel, 5-10, 195, Oregon Matt Payne, 6-4, 240, BYU (P) Jonathan Nichols, 6-0, 180, Mississippi Nick Hayes, 6-1, 180, Alabama-Birmingham Rhys Lloyd, 6-1, 220, Minnesota (P) Wes Zunker, 5-9, 175, New Mexico Nick Novak, 6-0, 195, Maryland Joe Rheem, 6-2, 200, Kansas State Xavier Beitia, 5-10, 210, Florida State Shaun Suisham, 6-0, 200, Bowling Green Dave Raynor, 6-2, 205, Michigan State Brian Bostick, 5-10, 215, Alabama

http://ledger.southofboston.com/articles/2...ts/sports02.txt

- remove the red line and bring the blue lines closer to each other - add a shootout after 5 minute overtime during the regular season - regulate size of goalie equipment - call obtruction penalties throughout the season - a penalty in the first period should be the same penalty in the closing minutes of a game - There should be a cap where if any team goes over the cap they pay a heavy fine that goes along with revenue sharing. 70-30 gate sales should be split between home and away teams - No more garanteed contracts - it makes too many players take a night off - Shorten the Season to about 72 games - Unrestricted free agentcy at age 26 or 27 for players or x amount of games played in the NHL AT LEAST WE CAN CHEER ON THE AMERKS TIL THE SABRES PLAY AGAIN

The real problem, and it’s a biggie, comes when the Bills play on the road. They’ve now lost 11 of their last 13 away games with Bledsoe, who has thrown 10 touchdowns with 17 interceptions during that stretch. He’s also been sacked 45 times. http://www.wgrz.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=23151

interesting point

For someone who took a paycut, the new deal will cost the Bills too much money.

He stands in the pocket unable waiting too long for a safe play. Sometimes he makes the play, other times he takes a sack. His career TD/ INT ratio is not very good His career completion % is poor

The patriots had fumbled 5 times but did not lose any fumbles

http://www.fanball.com/fboe/matchups.cfm?I...d=1017&mid=2168

Great job Astrobot. Will you have a scouting report on the Raiders too? Something else I heard is that LB/DE Cordova was placed on IR for them. LB Humphrey was put on the IR too. Fred Taylor is expected to play. Leftwhich has had an injured throwing hand during the preseason which is partly why he has played poorly. We will see how much it will affect him opening day. I have heard that Jimmy Smith finished well last season and looks good so far this season even if he is 35 or 36 years old The Projected starting DE's and Linebackers last season had less NFL sacks combined than Ryan Denney's 3.5 sacks last season

even after taking a pay cut, the bills are still paying bledsoe too much money

I think that we should win the opener vs Jacksonville due to their lack of pass rush and they don't have much of a recieving game outside of the 35 year old Jimmy Smith Beating Oakland on the road will be much more difficult. Wheatly lost weight. Fargus is an explosive back. Porter is healthy. They have fast young receivers that may put Jerry Rice as a backup sooner than later. They got W Sapp & T Washington to bolster their run defense. On the good side it seems as if Gannon's play has slipped since a couple years ago. They too do not have a very good pass rush. Also their new coaching staff and new players on their offensive line and changes in their defensive backfield may take time for the team to adjust to. New England. Well, can the Bills stop or slow down the short passing game of New England? Can they keep Cory Dillon under wraps? Can they score on the NE defense? Can they win the turnover battle?

I think that he can be a good player and a good person, but he has problems with injuries and holding onto the football.

your receivers are excellent but your running backs will be splitting time

Most publications had him not even being drafted but the Bills took him in the 5th round

I didn't know Marcus Price was a rookie?

http://utsports.collegesports.com/sports/m...r_jabari00.html http://www.nfl.com/draft/profiles/jabari_greer http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/...yers/47015.html http://utsports.collegesports.com/sports/m...r_jabari00.html http://www.seahawks.com/DocTemp/inms1uikut...40906083634.pdf http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/p.../408200306/1021 http://sports.baltimoresun.com/default.asp...DRAFT-greer.htm

http://www.nfl.com/draft/profiles/shaud_williams http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/...yers/31742.html http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/player/profile?playerId=123213 http://www.seahawks.com/DocTemp/qne4mb453s...40906081509.pdf http://www.aggiesports.com/big12news/texas...audwilliams.htm http://www.andrewscountynews.com/news/get-...pg=get-news.asp

They will have even more money under the cap when Milloy comes back and they cut Pierson Proileau I think they should look to extend A Schobal or N Clements if they can't get an extension with them then try P Williams or J Jennings, ifyou can't get an extension with then then try both M Price and K Thomas

The optimist in me says 11-5 The pesimist in me says 7-9 I would guess maybe they will go 10-6

I just had my draft yesterday. It was a 12 team league where i picked 7th I got Randy Moss - Minn Torry Holt - Stl Chris Brown - Tenn Kevin Jones - Det Boo Williams - NO Mike Vanderjact - Indy Aaron Brooks - NO TJ Duckett - Atl K Robinson - Sea Tampa Bay - def Washington def Carson Palmer - Cin Tyrone Calico - Tenn Justin Fargis - Oak Dallas Clark - Indy Ryan Lindell - Buff

he made 3 tackles, 2 assists, and 1.5 sacks in the preseason

http://www.nfl.com/teams/stats/BUF/2004/pre

OL Marcus Spriggs - Washington DT Oliver Gibson - Tampa Bay OL Robert Hicks - Oakland OL Corey Hulsey - Oakland C Billy Conaty - Minnesota K Steve Christie - Jacksonville CB Chris Watson - Green Bay I may have missed some others too