Ed_Formerly_of_Roch

So if one of Lockers issues is accuracy, and I keep hearing how Fitz isn't the answer @ QB primarily due to accuracy issues, then why should we take Locker?? I agree with earlier post, maybe 3rd or 4th round I'm fine, but second round sounds too high for a guy who has the same shortcomings as the person you presently have, and Oh BTW, Fitz doesn't appear to have any issues with decision making. I've often wonder how the kid from Syracuse (think his name was something like Greg Paulli??) who went to Duke to play basketball, would have done instead if he had gone to a big time school for football. I believe he set records in HS for TD passes, or if not records were certainly high numbers. After not playing college football for 4 years, he returned to SU as a grad student and looked pretty good for the one season of eligibilty he had left. By the time he was a senior at Duke, he ended up getting benched too BTW. At the time I gave him credit for sticking to his love, playing basketball at Duke, but did think he likely was giving up on potential millions of $$!! Anyone ever hear what that kid is doing? Is he playing basketball someplace, or football? Did he latch on someplace in Europe?

I'll volunteer for that job. Send the money to my PO box in Bolivia.

Huh?? I just read Chan's comments he doesn't sound all that impressed about Newton. It could be a smoke screen, that they want others to think they don't want him so no one will try and jump over them to #2, but if you're quoting the "talking heads" the #1 or 1A head don't sound all that interested. Cna and Nix are the only heads thta matter. Guys on ESPN can tell you who the Bill's should take, but that means little. As far as Chan's comments go, glad to hear as those are many of the same fears I have about Newton. Can't see the Bill's taking him @#3 to use as a "wildcat QB"

Would be nice if they also mended fences with Rochester and made them their farm team again. At the time of the split. there were issues on Rochesters end too, but I believe most of those "issues" are long gone.

The difference being Merriman was picked up via waivers, so no bidding war, no signing bonus, etc.. Even with all of Sanders injuries, there likely will be bidding and a signing bonus of some degree involved. So could cost alot more for someone who doesn't work out. Even with Merrimans latest signing, it doesn't appear it will cost the Bills much if he doesn't work out.

Sounds like he wants ot go west, so Seattle, Arizona would work. What about SanFran?

I also was thinking that if you gave a 427 HP car to Big Ben, how long would it take him to wrap it aorund tree

My favorite anthem redition was listening to Roger (can't recal lthe last name Do'Chet maybe??) sing Oh Canada from up in the Forum in the late 70's early 80's. He'd do one verse in French too I recall. Actually from a pure song perspective I enjoy hearing Oh Canada better than the US Anthem.

They said a similar thing when Marv Levy made it as he was working for oneof the networks at the time.

Totally disagree. RW has stated all along that is what will happen, however until he actually dies, we don't know that. The team could pass on to his wife totally estate tax free. Previously it has been stated she has no interest in owning the team. Have not heard that publicly stated as of late i nregards to that. Maybe she's changed her mind. She also could own the team but make someone else CEO, another president adnd essentially be a silent owner. (Probably something Roger Godell would welcome these days a silent owner) While the NFL may not like it, and not want to approve a silent owner, I'd imagine it would take years of court battles for someone to agree that the power of the NFL supecedes someones will. My response above is pure speculation as is anyone else who claims to "know" what is going to happen. Unless RW has sat down and shared his will with you, you don't know. This is just another potential direction things could go in.

What about Kent Hull? He was the anchor of the line. Don't recall many pro-bowls though??

In fairness to the original poster, out of the people mentioned so far, for the most part, none were viewed as young franchise type QB's who were let free by their original team. The only exception would be Brees, but even there, there was a reason. He appeared to be a bust so SD drafted Rivers, then Brees played great the next year so now SD had to very good QB's and they let one go. NO was still taking a bit of a chance in signing him as he may have been a one year wonder. Vick, Farve, Flutie, and Warner all had questions or limited life left in them. All four did have some success, but did not become the long term answer to the team aquiring them. Can you trade for one like the back up in Phily. Yes but as is the case in Philly teams often ask way too much for a guy who has shown streaks of greatness, but not enough to be worth what Eagles are asking for. Having said that unless some player comes out of the combines worthy of the #3 overall, can't see it happening. So far no QB's are in that mode.

Doesn't Brohm have a pretty high contract for a backup? If so could them keep Levi and cur Brohm. I think the Bill's will draft a mid round QB. If they also sign a FA vet, then both may be done, otherwise my money is on Brown coming back.

I would doubt that very much. Where do you think people like Kiper and McShay get their info and put together their drafts. They talk to GM's, scouts, etc. Does Kyper attend the combines? Is he even allowed? How many college games and practices does he eve nattend. As much time as he spends on TV and radio, likely not many. So they talk wit hothers, like the GM's and scouts and based o ntheir concensus and other info and sources they have, they develop a draft. As far as wehre a Thompson or Polian had someone like Maybin. I'll guarantee you every year if you looked at the top say 30 players on every GM's list, more than half would be the same, another ten would be close and there would likely be one or twoplayers where one team rates him top 10 talent and another GM doesn't have him in the top 100. Every year it's a different player and a different GM with a very different opinion of a player. Was Maybin that guy? Maybe, maybe not, no one knows. But to say that those two didn't have Maybin in the 1st round is nothing more than pure speculation. Did they have him rated as hig has #10, again who knows??

It's very rare to ever hear a coach talk about a player o ntheir own team in such harsh words. Based on comments like that I'm guessing he will be cut this spring, but no sense cutting him today as it serves no useful purpose to the Bills. Not even sure if you could cut a player right now

If she were to take over the team, there'd be huge estate taxes, unless RW's wife is the owner and she becomes CEO. Then no taxes due. But if she were to inherit, big $$ owed to Uncle Sam BTW Sam is Bill's cousin on his mothers side

I've read that the 18 game schedule is just a bargining chip by the owners. They will gladly give that up in exhcange for reduction in the % money given to the players. So will see what happens there.

If you read the article in todays Buffalo News about the Senior bowl and 7 of the last ten teams coaches drafted a player they coached. If that's true, maybe try harder to trade dow nto around 8 or 9 and select Von Miller since CG is coaching him.

Unless it's the Bill's there would be a large amount of money owed to Buffalo for territorial rights. Seems the NFL is a ways away from fileding teams in other countries, too many issues, do the players get paid in American $$, TV coverage and rights, How would they avoid forfeits when teams don't have enough players to suit up as half their team was stopped at the boarder due to the "No Felons" rule.

Emotion doesn't make you winners. See NE, Indy with Dungy, Bill Walsh, Levy wasn't all that emotional either. Yes Rex Ryan is, but don't recall any type of ultimatums either. Rarely does an owner ever want to box a coach into a corner like that. For one thing once he starts losing if he knows he'll be fired at year end, maybe the last half of the season he works more at finding his next job. On a few occasions there's been rumbling of an owner giving the coach an ultimatum of win or else seems to rarely work. I'm with most of the other here, who feel if it was year four or so then maybe though I still wouldn't put anything in stone about it. But after one year woul be totally stupid to do that. Coaches are usually given three years, GM's are usually given at least two coaches which works out to 5 or 6 years.

First off it's "Amish" Secondly, Amish QB's tend to get it done better in the NFL than glitter college QB's. You could field an entire roster of college superstars who's done nothing in the NFL. Will these two be the exception, maybe, but not likely. From what I saw of Tebow, he had one pretty good game and two average at best. Were they above average for a rookie, probably, but does that mean he will continue to improve, who knows. So to cal lhim a superstar is based on nothing but hope. Ususually gimic players can look good for a season or so until enough teams get film on them and figure out how to stop them. Look at Flutie, his first year in Buffalo, looked great, made the pro-bowl, second year, average (except in his own press conferences). Why cause teams figured out, clog the middle and don't let him take off and run. Make him throw to the outsdie. Once they did that, he was nothing special and you saw why he played in Canada and everywhere but the NFL all those years. I see a similar future for Tebow. And BTW, Tebow is no more a "winner" than Flutie was in college.

Well working backwards, that would indicate that if nothing is signed by mid Sept or so, likely done for the year. Last time there was a work stoppage was what 1987?? There was no free agency, training camp a bit longer and all the off seaosn mini camps either didn'tyet exist or were much shorter. Made tings much easier to crank things back up again. Actualy got me thinking, when did all the spring practice season an mini camps start happening? It wasn't always like that.

RW never really paid fo coaches and front office. He got luky though with Polian and Levy. Though I'm more inclined to think Levy was just at the right place at the right time due to the players Polian brught in. The only somewhat high paid coach he ever signed was Chuck Knox. I don't think even Levy made top $$ I don't think even TD was paid top $$ The problem seems to have been over past ten years, the decisions as to whom to sign have failed terribly. But he's paid pretty well doing it. Maybe now he's getting to the point f being gun shy, don't know. But figures he can lose just as well with cheap players as he's lost with expensive players too.

I agree.I do however also think that situations like this, time to sign draft choices, etc, will create a situation where the owners may be more willing to wipe out the entire season rather than having to rush things through if something is signed after August 1st. At that point the owners may figure, not worth trying to salvage the season, the longer we hold out now, the better deal the owners get as the players will more likely cave once the checks stop soming in.

Well to bring up a sore subject, the draft pick value chart, they'd need to give up much more than that, likely need to throw i ntheir 2rnd and 3rd round picks too. Or the two first rounds, their 2nd and next years 1st.