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I think with a 17 mil SB, he's more likely to bit on the deal. He's get one of the highest SB's for a CB in the last couple of years, and thats what players and agents really care about. Then the numbers would look something like this... Cap hits in parenthesis 05 750K ($3.58M--about $1.5 M in cap savings this year) 06 $1.25 M ($4.083M) 07 $4 M ($6.83M) 08 $4 M ($6.83M) 09 $4.5 M ($7.33 M) 10 $4.5 M ($7.33M) The last couple of years are a bit more workable with the higher SB.

I agree on Kevin Everett. He's going to make a terrific pro. Do you think he'll still be around in Round 3? Also, sorry I edited my post to add the Marcus Bell signing if we have the money.

Moves I would make if TD... 1-I would sign Rick DeMulling to play LG. 2-I would deal Henry and a conditional 06 pick (between 3 and 7th rds)to Ari for Shelton. 3-I would sign Tyrone Wheatley to be WM 's backup. 4- I would restructure MW (if he'll accept), cut Coy Wire, and offer Prielou a restructure. If he takes it great, if no gone. 5- I would speak with Kevin Johnson's rep about being the third WR. If there's interest and he's cheap, I'd go for him. 6- I would speak to Ty Law and see if he'll accept an incentive laden deal. If so, I would try and get him signed. 7- With whatever cap room I had left, minus the rookie pool, I would offer Nate the extension. I'd scale his pay waaaay back in Year 1 to make it fit. 8- With the 1.5 or so I saved on Nate this year (yes it would be a savings this year) I would offer 1 mil or so to DT Marcus Bell, a younger PW run stuffer. 9- I'd draft a TE with my first pick in the draft, CB and OL depth the rest of the way.

Why the high base in the last 3 years. Why not keep the total value the same, but offer 17 mil in SB, thereby lessening the numbers over the last 3 years. Spending over 7 mil on a player, even a very good one, seems like a recipe for cap hell.

TD has gambled on injured players coming back before. Some have worked out (WM) and some have not (Marcus Jones, Jason Gildon). But I like and applaud his willingness to try. I just had a thought. I haven't heard of Law making any visits. Maybe he and his agent don't want to publicize anything b/c of what the doctors MAY find when they check him out. It would significantly hurt his market value.

If we get DeMulling & Shelton, with Holcomb in the fold and TD likely to sign a vet RB to "serve as mentor to McGahee" (in the words of Lenny P), I think TE is where we are headed in the draft. TE or CB are the most likely spots for us to use our # 2.

I think the key would be the incentive-laden contract he gets. Will he sign something like that? Will TD even present it? Maybe this is being done on the down-low for a reason. If Ty is interested (and his agent has to know the Bills don't have the cap room for a big signing), then it would be irresponsible for TD not to be interested. Ty Law is the best CB in football when healthy.

I'd be more interested in Kevin Johnson as the third WR, provided he comes cheap.

OK, as Mark says, lets discuss this... Ty Law COULD want to come to Buffalo. Good D, best buds with Milloy, TD known to be pretty fair in contract dealings, chance to stick it to Belly-chuck twice a year. Its an appealing spot from Law's perspective. The Bills COULD want Law in Buffalo. Best CB in football when healthy, hedge against losing Nate next year. Would give great 1-2 pass coverage punch with Nate this year, moving McGee to nickel. Definite Upgrade. For the Bills, IF Ty Law agrees to an incentive laden deal based on playing time, it might be worth it. I know the Bills have other needs but maybe there is a way to get this done as well.

Agreed. But so would Tyrone Wheatley.

You will see our secondary be among the top 3 in football this year. With the possible exception of Philly, noone's is better. Safties we have to be #1, with Milloy and Troy Vincent. Remember TV made the transition on the fly last year. With a whole offseason to prepare, I think we're looking at a Pro-Bowler there. Corners, Nate was rated #1 in football by Dr. Z this past year (an opinion I respect), McGee is an up and coming playmaker who really only had one bad game when named the starter. Thomas is adequate at nickel. As it is currently constructed, I put it in the top 3. Now, if Law does sign with us (below market, incentive laden, with Lawyer's goading), pushing McGee to nickel, you can forget it...#1 in football.

I think this is likely. The backups would be Gandy for the T slots, Bannan for the G slots and Tucker at C. That would give us a great starting unit with adequate backups.

But they still look pretty damn good!!

Like I said, a psychotic sort of way!!

Wholeheartedly agree.

I hope he does work out. He'd be a good, inexpensive signing if he lives up to all the press clipping around here. But there are two ways to view this for now... 1- He was signed to be a starter. We do need to solidify the position. If this is what TD has planned for LG they better be right. We would then have closed off any other avenues for an upgrade. 2- We're just taking a Marcus Jones-esq flier, and plan to sign someone else as well.. I would hope that TD & Co. made sure of his health prior to the deal but if it is just a flier, cool. I am hoping for the former, obviously, because inexpensive, good starters are difficult to find.

She's kinda cute in a psychotic sort of way... http://www.correspondwithme.com/64267.htm

Interesting. It appears I may been wrong. Maybe he will be our starting LG. If he's healthy, maybe that works out.

From KFFL..... Noone is sure if they signed him as a starter or a backup. It appears backup.

Cause Price is 32 or 33 and Gandy is 26.

Introducing your new backup swing tackle to replace Marcus Price....

You are right. I should have said top 3 RT's in football rather than used the Pro Bowl as the standard. If he continues playing next to Villarial and under McNally, Willis ought to be able to run right for 4 yards anytime he wants next year (except obvious overload situations). If that happens, I would consider him top 3 RT's in football.

Form previous threads on MW's contract, if we cut him this year he would count 7 mil aginst our cap. Since he currently counts 9.2, that would save us 2.2 mil. The dead money would be off next year which, combined with Bledsoe's dead money, would give us 11.3 mil in cap room from those two alone. I was in favor of cutting him, if we could have re-signed Jonas and made the Shelton deal, thereby giving us two legit tackles. With Jonas gone to SF and the Shelton deal seemingly shelved, it makes no sense to cut him. However, if he won't restructure, then hopefully TD makes plans to dump his overpaid bloated a$$ next offseason. That is, unless he develops into a Pro Bowler. Then he must be extended and kept. Pay for performance, not potential.

I really couldn't agree more. I actually favored cutting MW b/c he would not renegotiate and using the money to sign Jonas. Then making the Shelton deal. Since that didn't happen, if MW does not re-do his deal next year, he should be cut. We need the money to re-sign Nate and keep Moulds. We need Moulds for 06 to take our one big shot in 06 before armageddon.

I think what is more likely to happen is that the right side will stay as is, Tucker will be our new C (and I like him b/c he plays with attitude), Teague will be our new LT (MW doesn't have the footspeed for the position), and we will sign a LG, probably Keydrick Vincent from Pittsburgh. Now, if the Henry-Shelton deal goes thru, I can see Shelton being our new RT, MW moving to LG with teague at LT and Tucker at C. This speculation is from McNally's article last year that said the line could be reshuffled. Either way, I think teague could be our new LT (with our 2nd rd pick going that way as well b/c Teague is a FA after 05) and Tucker being our new C.