KDS73

We've been down this road. Both teams are better because of the trade.

Grave dancing is bad karma.

Let's be honest. There's no way Jackson is getting cut unless Rex wants it that way.

Since we have yet to see how they'll shake out on the field, I have no idea how his moves as GM will work. Neither do you. I see no reason to trash the guy for moves that may or may not work out. The decisions to cut Jackson and re-sign Cooper were made long before Chip was given control over player personnel moves this off-season. Mathis being cut had nothing to do with missing voluntary ota's. Mathis demanded that incentives be added to a contract that was already going to be paying him 5.5 mil this season. When Chip told him to get bent, Mathis requested his release, so Chip obliged him. Don't you find it odd that, even though he's an elite LT, that nobody has signed him yet? It's not because he missed a voluntary workout, that's for sure. It's because he's making unrealistic contract demands for a guy his age, and with his injury concerns. Unless a team gets really desperate and overpays him, he's probably going to end up taking a paycut because of his greed. Two years ago, everybody said Chip was just another gimmick coach who would fail miserably in the NFL, and would be back to coaching college by now. So far, all he has done is prove everyone wrong. Now those same people are back to predict how terrible his moves as a GM are going to be. Have at it. But you won't find me betting against him at this point.

Definitely sucks. Without a decent qb, the season is already lost. A good defense does you no good if your offense can't stay on the field long enough to keep them rested. Still too early to hit the panic button, but it's not sounding good at this point.

Looks like it becomes a 4th round pick if Boykin plays 60% of the snaps this season on defense for the Steelers. Sounds to me like Boykin already had one foot out the door and was expected to walk after the season because he wants to play outside corner instead of slot. But Chip doesn't feel he has the size to play outside. So I guess the line of thinking for Philly is, get something for him now or watch him walk after the season and get nothing. Really? You're a hard man to impress. How many playoff wins do you think he should've racked up by now after only 2 seasons of taking over a 4-12 team?

That was Cary Williams.

No, McCoy's comments were stupid, therefore I don't agree with them. I don't think his comments were stupid, I KNOW his comments were stupid. It's that simple. And who are all these ex coaches and ex players who said Chip doesn't want star players on his team? Such an extensive list, yet somehow you couldn't even name a few of them. Not that it matters anyway I guess. Anyone who thinks ANY coach in the NFL doesn't want star players on his team to help him win simply because he jealous of not getting credit is just as dense as Lesean is. It seems you have yourself convinced that you have to defend every comment a Bills player makes, simply because of the uniform he wears on Sunday. Sometimes it's okay to just admit players make stupid comments. It doesn't make you any less of a fan. Especially when it's obvious that those comments are being said out of anger after being traded. Obvious to most of us anyway. I thought I explained in pretty simple terms what it proves. The earlier poster said that Chip doesn't want players who get more attention than Kelly himself does. So then I used Tebow as an example of how ridiculous that particular portion of his comment was. Because there isn't a player or coach in the NFL who gets more attention that Tim Tebow. Understand now? As far as what Chip's thinks he has to prove to the world, I'm not a mind reader, so I'm not going to try. But I get the distinct impression from him during press conferences that he's the kind of guy who really couldn't care less what people think of him. The kind of guy who already thinks he's the smartest guy in the room and really doesn't feel he has to prove it to anyone. He has guys like Bill Belichick and Urban Meyer calling him for help with everything from offense to team building, so it's obvious that he has great respect among his peers. I can't imagine why he would need anything more than that. But like I said before, I think proving how smart his to the world is probably the last thing on his mind.

He said Chip doesn't want star players that will eclipse his attention. Which sounds awfully similar to one of the many stupid comments mccoy made this off-season about his former coach. I could understand when mccoy said it, because everyone knew he was just angry about being traded. But I didn't think anyone would actually believe those comments. If Chip didn't want star players, he wouldn't have signed demarco murray. If he didn't wan't players who "eclipse his attention", he wouldn't be taking a chance on a guy (Tim Tebow) who has a media circus that follows him wherever he goes. By all accounts, Chip Kelly is the most frustrating coach for the media to deal with, because he never gives them comments for stories they're writing about him or the team, and he goes out of his way to avoid them for the most part. He's probably the most interesting coach in football. Which is why he gets all the media attention. But you can't blame him simply because the media loves to talk about him. Did you read the write-up the Washington Post did about him recently? If ever there was a coach who doesn't care for media attention, it's Chip Kelly. He just wants to win football games, his way, with his kind of players. That doesn't make him any different than any NFL coach I've ever known.

I know they spent a few of their draft picks on DB's. Must have been impressed during ota's and mini camp with the guys they drafted.

I hope this was a jab directed towards McCoy's earlier stupid comments and not something serious.

Yep, that's what I got out of it. And maybe trying to paint McCoy as a guy who "just doesn't get it." Which, after hearing some of his comments this off season, seems to be true.

I wonder if the NFL will continue to investigate now that the two sides have reached this "agreement." Kromer may not be out of the woods yet.

Season ticket holders in Florida?

Wonder how much hush money he had to fork over? Kid will probably have a nice college fund waiting for him when he's 18, and most likely a new car to take him there.

Um, you do realize that his son was charged too, right? And do you really think Kromer is willing to risk throwing away a high paying career, simply because he doesn't want junior to have a tiny little misdemeanor on his record? Give It up man, it doesn't even pass the common sense test. If anything, the opposite makes the most sense. Junior should have tried to fall on the sword since he doesn't have nearly as much to lose, if anything. Think about it. A young guy in his early 20's hitting a teen doesn't sound nearly as bad as someone in his 40's doing it. It wouldn't even make the local news, much less national sports news. Dad would still be the OL coach and junior would be facing a small fine and possibly some community service. No big deal at all for someone his age. If your theory is correct, I don't even want Kromer anywhere near the team anymore. Because he would have to be the worlds biggest idiot.

He's speeding up the process by writing in his plea instead of waiting until 8/12

Injury concerns aside, I would happily take Bradford over anything the Bills currently have on their roster. If he can stay healthy, he's going to turn a lot of heads now that he has a decent team around him.

lol @ anyone comparing Tebow to Peyton though. I know some of you have wood for the guy because he prays to the same God that you do, but c'mon now. There's no comparison at all. They both play qb. That's pretty much where the similarities end.

lol. He was never "blackballed." The media circus that followed him just became too big of a distraction for any team to want to deal with. It got to the point that the media distractions that came with him weren't worth the marginal skills he brought as a qb. If it's a guy like Peyton, Rogers, Brady, etc, then yeah, you deal with the distraction because those types of guys can win you a Super Bowl. But the Tebow if two years ago? Sorry, not worth it. Perhaps Chip feels now that after two years of Tebow working hard with a throwing coach to improve his mechanics and accuracy, he's worth another look, and possibly worth dealing with the circus that follows him. Or perhaps he feels that if kept as only a 3rd string qb, the media won't be nearly as interested as before.

Replacing Barkley with Tebow would already be an upgrade at #3 qb for them. He can't possibly look any worse than Barkley has on that team. If nothing else, you know Tebow can get you TD drive or two with his running ability alone. Barkley has looked completely lost in the NFL.

My guess is, they're waiting until after training camps start to minimize the amount of media coverage the story gets. Fire him today and it becomes a big story since there's not much else going on in the NFL. But do it a week or two from now when camps are in full swing, and it won't get nearly the same attention.

You make it sound like it was the media's fault for all the ridiculous comments McCoy made this offseason. It's not like they held a gun to his head and told him to say something stupid.

Somebody holding a gun to your head and forcing you to read through it? Didn't think so. Got a topic you'd like to discuss that hasn't already been discussed every which way and back again this offseason? Great! Go start a thread about it. If it's interesting enough, I'm sure people will be along shortly.

Nowhere in the article do the Bills say that they do approve of the party either. So I guess using the article to determine whether or not they do or don't approve is pretty pointless, huh?