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I don't think the O-line is really quite that bad. Yes definitely need a center. However I think Walker and Dockery played decent. If you want to upgrade one of them, OK, but I don't think you can afford to do both and the odds of you actually getting a better player are low. I'd be fine with getting a FA center, drafting maybe 2nd round guard, bring him along slowly and maybe the following year, replace dockery if not big improvement. Id also be fine with bringing in an assistant line coach who has experience particually in the area of improving run blocking. That was the one area I was disapointed in.
I would also BE OK with trading Peters IF we can get two #1's for him. Less than that, keep him and sign him.
The o-line needs upgrades at center, RT and LG. Among this list an upgrade at center is key. The TE situation is a joke. Schouman and Fine are good reserve players. They are not NFL starters. I know this opinion will not be popular but sorry Lee Evans is not a #1 receiver. He is a superb #2 and Reed belongs in the slot. Please never put Roscoe Parrish back on the field as an NFL wide receiver again. Look at his stats and try to tell me otherwise (please no more .. he could be Wes Welker .. he is not and never will be). Back to Lee Evans. He is a very, very good receiver but he can not make a defense have to play to his abilities. Eric Moulds in his prime was a far better receiver. Lee has speed that can't be ignored but he does not have game presence. He would be a killer opposite a true #1. Good news is that the two heaed monster of Lynch and Jackson is as solid as they come.My thoughts ... what are yours?
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It's almost impossible to know. Look at htis seasons schedule back in August. Who wasn't worried about starting off with Seattle, Jax, Chargers, going to Az, even St Louis scared people some. So from year to year much does change. Some teams who are expected to do well won't and other's will surprise. (see this years Atlanta)
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Repeat after me; ENDZZONE ANIMAL GET OUT!
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I can't figure out if you're really this stupid or just rying to get other's riled.
Yes you are correct, you can leave Ralph behind and move. Go follow another team, not a problem. As far as your comment of "Ralph get out" I'll speak for Ralph on that one. "No you get out, and don't let the door hit you on the way out. If you feel your abused and don't like what I do, too bad, go follow another team. I'm the owner of the team, I'll do what I want, and you're just pond scum. If that makes you abused, so be it! Buffalo struggles to support a team in todays NFL I charge less for tickets than all the other teams, much less for luxury boxes cause that's all Bufflao can afford. I'm giving you the privalage of watching NFL football; you don't like it, the alternative is no team! "
Denial...a powerful force. Look at the hysteria from some of the battered wives, lashing out at those who confront them and call out their abusive relationship for what it really is in what amounts to a message board intervention. Look, nobody wants to be told they have a problem, that they can and should act to extracate themselves from their perpetual victimhood, stand up for themselves, and stop defending their abuser.In short, this defensive reaction is predictable and expected.
But, there is a solution, there is help, you can leave Ralph behind and move on. It won't kill you, it won't kill Buffalo. It won't destroy your lives. You'll be a better person if you just start thinking of yourself as better than that, that you don't deserve to be mistreated, that your life will be better without him and his unhealthy hold over you.
For those of you who do recognize that life as Ralph's doormat isn't necessary, that you can choose to get out of a disfunctional and abusive relationship and move on without blaming yourself, please don't fret or panic. You have nothing to fear. You won't be an outcast! Be strong! YOU DESERVE BETTER, AND WILL GET IT ONCE YOU LEAVE HIM!!
Say it again: RALPH, GET OUT!!
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30 years ago would have been a good idea, now there's nothing left in rest of state to even support itself.
Don't know if this is true, but it does make sense, I heard back in the 90's when stock market was going crazy in a positive direction, all that money changing hands in the NY Stock exchange was subject to some types of "corp taxes" since it was made within NY state, hence NYC added a whole bunch of money into the state which everyone benefited from in rest of state
Never going to happen. You are talking about a city (Buffalo) that has been steadily losing population, industry, jobs, etc. Rochester has also. The best way to get any growth in the rest of New York State is to get NYC out of the state and make them a District like Washington, D.C., or their own state. All of New York State has been and will continue to keep playing for NYC. -
Speaking of which, did I hear that Lane is following his son to Tenn? I know it's be rumored, but thought I heard something to the effect it had been announced?
Ralph probably would hire a Raiders coach. -
He may have been out of work for a year?? Or was just the delta in salaries he was after? Don't know? Maybe that's a common practice that teams do. Guy gets fired; owed say $1mil as a head coach for three years. New team hires him as position coach or coord., maybe normal salary for that type of job is say around $500k. (unless of course it's Washington) But since old team is on the hook for his salary new team gives him four year deal with first three years being real low number say $250k and real high fourth year. So first three years costs the new team very little, then the fourth year new teams pays him alot. Who knows maybe teams even make fourth year voidable?? Coach goes along wit has he knows for the next three years he's gettign a real high salary based on job he's hired for and knows in this business so much can change quickly anyway.
No idea if any of this is true, pure speculation, but system certainly could be manipulated in such a way. And if all the teams are doing it no one really complains as it all comes around and eventually all the teams benefit from former deals. Coaches aren't part of a union who would sue over practice, so continues.
As an added bonus for Buffalo, they may not even have to deflate their normal salary offers!
Didn't Wade get a job after leaving Buffalo? I know he was still looking for his $$ not too long ago. I wonder what the difference is, for him. -
He'd be paid the difference between the contracts. Say he was signed for 2009 to make $1.5 mil. Another team signs him to be def back coach at $.5 mil. RW then has to cough up the extra $1 mil that DJ lost. However considering RW pays his coaches low, if DJ gets another job, there's a good chance another club would pay him enough that RW's share wouldn't be too large.
Then again the other side to that argument could be the other team pays him low knowing the Bills make up the difference.
Either way to answer your question RW pays the difference.
A Question on Jaurons contract extension...If DJ is fired and then hired by another team as a DC or a DB coach, will he still continue to be paid by Wilson for the reminder of the contract or does his contract then come off the books ?
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That's not what happend with Wade Phillips. RW wanted him to fire the special teams coach, he refused to RW fired Wade. I kind of think that's more RW style try to make demands until DJ does resign. That may have kind of been what happend with MM when Marv showed up. Based on past history demanding a new coach or two is exactly what RW has done.
Your problem is the OC thing. You really feel that Jauron will follow through the orders, fire his OC, and work efficiently with a new one? If Ralph Wilson is the old nutjob that I think he is, if Jauron stays, the OC stays. It's extremely unlikely that he goes. -
Agree, Totally irrelevant! The difference between Bills fans and the battered wife is the battered wife may have other options. She can hope there may be a better man out there for her and in most cases there is.
Since you bring this example up, lets just assume for a second there are 31 other guys in her neighborhood all filthy rich, all with wives who on a 1 to 10 scale half are 11's and the other half are in the 7 to 8 range. And instead of a neighborhood, lets assume it's a deserted island that these 32 couples live on with little chance of any newcomers showing up unless someone washes ashore. Now we have live in the NFL! This battered wife though is about a 2 and getting older and uglier every day. So she has a choice leave the battering husband and convince hereself that one of these other 31 millionaires is going to dump their 11 for her, or maybe some other millionaire out of the blue will show up and rather than try to woo one of the 11's away they are going to fall in love with the ugly stepchild and marry her and live happily ever after. Or she can face reality and realize her choices are continue being the battered wife or leave him and spend the rest of her life alone. But at least she's smart enough to know one of these other guys with the trophy wives isn't coming for her.
So in the case of the Bill's staying the battered wife is the only choice or be along. Bufflao is not getting a second chance! If you'd rather have the Bill's leave and have no team here, that's fine, no problem with that, but if you think forcing RW out will bring another team in, you're delusional. So if you want to stop being the doormat as you call it and walk out, fine, just don't expect him to come and beg you to return, cause the door will be locked behind you.
The battered wife post of the year, folks. Crying because we should feel lucky anyone will have us. So he gave us a black eye, some bruised ribs, a few chunks of hair missing, sleeps with other women in other cities, at least he was willing to marry me in 1960. He may not be perfect, but I'd never get another suitor...look at me, I'm ugly and depressed...whaaaa!!Come on, already! Stand up and show some pride in yourself! Stop being his doormat and walk out! Leave him!!
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This article is all bull. Everyone here knows the real truth about the entire conspiricey.
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They did a great job in St Louis. Unfortunately the rail was large enough to pack the team on it too and they all went to Az. Ditto for Houston, or should I say Tenn. Fortunately for them the Rams showed up on their doorstep and the NFL decided they wanted a team located in one of the ten largest cities in the county so Houston got a second chance. If you think that's going to happen here, you're out of your mind. If the Bill's leave, they are gone forever.
The fans in St' Louis all but ran Bidwell out on a rail. In Houston they shoved out Bud Adams two years early on his Astrodome lease. It can be done, people. -
WOW, stats like that will get you to the pro bowl. So if 6 for 8 is fine, then can you explain to me what NE's passing game is all about?
If you want to talk about today only, Cassel was 6 of 8 and did fine in the same conditions. I am more interested in this trend over the whole season, especially in the last 8 games. -
Yes he can sign it Most often players don't as they expect to get more on the market. In Greers case unlikely so if I were him, I'd sign the offer right away. Then the Bills are stuck with it. In most cases the tender offer is less than the player will get on open maket, so if he did sign the offer the team who frnachised him isn't getting a bad deal
So as was stated prior, you ONLY do this IF you're willing to pay him $9mil.
One comment regarding upcapped year. There are so many restrictions still in place with the uncapped year, who knows the exact mpact. For example players need six years to be considered a UFA as opposed to four.
BTW with Peters coming back when he did this season, does he now qualify as UFA? I think he does??
Would he be allowed to sign the offer sheet and just stay? If so, too big a risk imo. -
But it does take effect IF the player signs the tender. Usually players don't sign it as they assume they will get a better offer. In this case if the Bill's franchise me, I'd immediately sign the tender as that like would be the best offer he's ever see. So doubt that will work.
Actually they wouldn't have to pay him.When you tag and trade a player you don't trade the Franchise contract. You lift the tag prior to the trade and allow them to sign whatever deal they worked out.
A Franchise tag does not immediately set in stone a top contract. It's flexible and reversible right up to the start of the season.
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I don't think they'd get any where near that much as while teams may be willing to make the trade as they get exclusive rights with him, they also no NE can't keep bot hand are forced to make a trade, so the value goes down. I also believe that betwen the time they franchise him and trade him, NE is one the hook for that much money and that would count agaisnt the cap, thus preventing them from signing other FA, or making other moves. I know even during off season, you can't be over the cap for any given day.
The Pats will tag Cassell knowing that they'll have as many as 10 serious suitors for Cassell's services. With so many teams in dire need of a top QB the Pats won't have to worry about having all of them "wait them out". You'll see a bunch of QB needy (read lousy and unattractive to play for) teams jumping up to the head of the line so that they don't miss out on the opportunity of getting hold of Cassell before he's free and clear to sign with more attractive teams.My guess is the Pats will trade Cassell to the Lions for the #1 overall pick in the 2009 draft. Or some combo of similar value spread out over a couple years
If you are the Lions and are thinking about taking either QB Bradford or Stafford 1st overall and then paying one of them the money that the 1st overall gets (ie. 6 years, $70 million, with $35 million in guarantees) then you'd be crazy not to jump all over an already proven, very good and experienced NFL QB like Cassell instead of taking a huge gamble on an unproven college kid who will not likely pay dividends for some time. Cassell will step in and start and be a top QB right away. Very few rookie QB's do so.
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The other good thing that will come of that, whether it be this off season or next., it will set the Jets back some as who's their next starting QB? I think they have some young guy, but now got no experience at this season.
My prediction is he comes back one more year, as I think the Jets will try to talk him into it as they don't want to see all their effort be gone after one year. They probably will promise him all kinds of help , recievers etcto improve the offense. And I think he'll want to try and prove all the nay-sayers wrong who are as in this thread stating GB was right.
Maybe this off season, Favre finally gets it right and realizes the game has passed him by, if not for any other reason than old merciless father time.I just don't believe he's up to he rigors of a 16 game schedule, let alone playoffs. This year it has also become glaringly apparent that old Favre has lost a few feet off his fastball.
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I don't know, I almost think the opposite. We have decent depth as long as they are in a back up role, but when we asked some to start do to injuries, we struggled. The two spots that seemed to kill us were the injuries to Reed and Butler. So maybe with a replacement for both those spots, and take the current starters and make them backups we'd be OK
Well, there certainly is a lot more talent on the team than their record would indicate...decent depth, too. Ralph should be pissed that the coaches have done so little with it.Good effort today, though.
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HomerTv replace Stooge TV, but that also appears to be gone.
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Well then you could make the same argument that if TE was on a team with better coaches, you'd see more from him too.
I have always maintained & still do that JP has POTENTIAL. All the EXCUSES given for Trent can be multiplied by 5 & applied to JP. When he goes to another team & has a chance to develop under GOOD coaching, we will find out if it was ONLY potential.You're right he did regress, but only because he started his 2nd year playing much better than most expected. I wouldn't call that regressed. He also has played much better at many times to give up on him. Is he the answer, I don't know, but I do know at times he's looked great , played as well as maybe the top 10 QB's in the league. While JP has show promise at times, (though not at al lthis season) I can't recall JP ever looking like a top QB, just more a case where IF he kept improving he might become good.
I alo am a person who at the time was lobbying for JP, but have given up. I also do see TE doing many things than JP never did. Is weather a concern with TE, yes, but certianly not anywhere near ready to give up on him yet.
A young INJURY PRONE QB that can't stay on the field, & for WHATEVER reason did not develop but in fact REGRESSED GREATLY, who has NEVER shown ability to play halfway decent in poor weather. That is what those of us aside from the Trent DIEHARDS see. Most of us don't think another 3 years of 7-9 is better than the CHANCE of improvement that COULD happen with a house cleaning. -
More money in being a Senator in Ill.....Oh wait that's Governour.
More money in being a Senator in NY.Senator Mead . I like the sound to that . Now if I could just give the gov a little money .
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At the beginning of this season, I'd have agreed, but now, I will be surprised if he goes int ocamp anything more than a #3. But wit ha little luck and some injuries, not to say by year end, he could be playing. And watch he'll come back and beat Buffalo by throwing a fade into the endzone late in the game.
Ya, he's definitely taken a step back which is concerning. However, he's still relatively young, and I'm sure he'll make it on with some team somewhere as a #2 and perhaps even compete for a starting job somewhere. JP will be just fine considering he's making millions regardless. -
Going into the season, based on what JP has shown, I thought he was alright as a backup. How many teams have better backups based on JP's 2007 stats? If you had money to spend there were more important places to spend it too. I also thought ihs play in the Arizona game was OK for a backup. But the past 2 1/2 games, he's been horrendous. Is it because he doesn't care? I have trouble believing that as he himself stated, these games were for resume building. Not sure what the problem is, but yes in hindsight, keeping him was a mistake, but at the time, didn't seem that bad of a decision.
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JP was/is a good guy, just not good at what he's being paid to do. QB! While some are arguing why did we keep him this year as a #2 , he could have demanded a release and/or trade, but again he was willing to play out his contract.
In fairness, he did play well enough last year to justify bringing him back as the #2. Many here argued he should have been starting when TE struggled. But what he has done this year on the field, I don't think even the biggest JP critique(sp) could have imagined him playing as bad as he has. I wouldn't surprise me to see him out of football next year. Though there was room for Rob Johnson, so anything is possible
Mularkey a candidate?
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I think the problem MM had was TD pulling his strings behind the scene. MM's first year was TD's 4th. At that part TD's parinoia started getting bad, but by TD's last year (MM's #2) TD was out of control. Remember him throwing people out for signs. People accused MM of being wishy washy, looking confused in press conference, etc by the end of year #2. I think that was because he had to think carefully about anything he said as what will TD want him to say. I think ulitimately that was what brought TD down, was his trying to control everything.
Funny to for a guy who when he first came to town, was extremely open with the press. I recall he had many of these "off the reocrd" lunches with the media. But by around the 3rd and 4th year, people being critical of the McGhee and the Mike Williams picks to name a few, sent him over the edge
There are a number of coaches who learned from first failure and improved, look at Belicheck. so he too could do much better the second time around.