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Also Byrant Mckinnye is gone for four games. Good thing we didn't draft him or we'd have two guys out. Damm, I'm glad we drafted Mike Williams instead!!

Because it was in the Bill's best interest at the time to re-do the contract, particually I recall for Schobel. The Bill's wanted cap relief so they re-did the contract to push $$ out. Peter's on the other hand has a very manageable cap amount, so no need to re-write the deal. And again neither of those two guys held out with three years left on their contract. In regards to the Bills not willing to re-do the contract in 2008, I don't recall the Bill's stating that until recently. Maybe if he had come to mini camp back in May/June and all of training camp it would have already been re-done. But now as this article points out, it likely will take him some time to get up to pro bowl shape again. So why pay a guy pro-bowl money until he can play like a pro bowler which may take half the year. On top of that throw in the fact that the last thing he did was get injured and the Bills have little knowledge of his recovery, thye'd be nuts to re-do the contract now. They could re-do the contract late in the year too, like around December particually if they have some injuries and need to sign some players and need money. If they already decided they were going to re-do it by March and maybe have had discussions to at least know what the likely number will be, they could move it up a couple of months, again more likely to happen if it benefits the Bills. The one point I really like about this article is how it pointed out that at the time the contract he signed wasa good deal. The Bills took a chance as they had no idea if he even would become a good right tackle. But they paid him the $$ then anyway.

You know, you may be on to something. That could explain why very little communications. Aren't you only allowed to make phone calls on Sundays? could be that's Russ's day off!!

I've kind of been wondering the same thing. The fact that he didn't re-hab in Bufflo makes you wonder. Or did he spend all season eating himself out of shape and knows he won't get any new contract once they see what kind of shape he's in so was hoping to get one by holding out. If I'm Bufflao at this point I don't give him a new contract until I'm certain he's back to his old playing level, which likely could take all season. From what I've read it sounds like the Bills weren't going to give im more money this season anyway, but thic could be part of their reasoning.

Does WGR's streaming audio work anymore for anyone? Months back I was able to use it, but not lately. I tried following their instructions and downloaded the latest version of Media Player, but when I click on the link on their page, nothing happens. I could understand if it would attempt to run, but my virus protection or something would prevent it, but it doesn't seem like clicking on the link is even attempting to do anything. Is there something I'm missing? Anyone else have same problems??

People don't seem to be able to count around here. As you asked, who are we going to cut? Someone did respond; "I'm sure we can find someone on the roster to cut" Good idea, let's cut Craig Nall. He never even played a down, so why bother with a backup QB. That's a luxury we can't afford. There was a trade suggestion. Can we get a first round pick for McCargo? If so great!. If not, then we are giving up on 1st rounder after one season in which he was hurt and hardly played. To bring Jenkins in, one of the five names mentioned must be cut. The only way I'd even consider it would be if you bring him in real cheap with no signing bonus, and he plays much better in training camp than Triplett. I'd maybe consider cutting him instead. But even then you're then eating Triplett's signing bonus whatever it was, so is he that much better? You can't keep swtiching horses every year. Then you go no where. That's part of the problem we're having with dumping TD and MM, you now somewhat start over, though not as bad as when TD first came in. But to give up on someone after one year, (or even two) just totally wastes whatever resources were used to aquire him. Yes on occasion, if you are certain a mistake was made, then end it quickly i.e. Tuton Reyes. But otherwise you have to give time for development.

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If McGahee and Spikes were in the group of our four best players we're in more trouble than I thought! They lost two top players in Clements and Fletcher. However I think the additions on the O-line make up for Clements. In Fletcher's case he was good because no one in front of him tacked anyone. I'll be surpirsed if our 1sr round pick isn't either a middle linebacker or Def tackle which will offest the lose of Fletcher. The Bills are a young team that just got a year more of experience. That too will make them better. The only one of those four I worry at all about replacing Clements and again his loss if offset by gains elesewhere.

That may happen, but I don't think it would have happened had he stayed here as he didn't seem very motivated. Maybe wit ha new team, that will change. Lets see if he goes to mini camp. If he doesn't, same old Willis. If he does, while it may show him to be more dedicated , and may help him have a big year, then to me it makes this a better move cause he wouldn't do that here for us.

Man does Chirs Brown get around alot. Did he post that report after he finished meeting with the Bill's today?

Please, not another one from the U Actually with Marv in charge, I'd be shocked if we take anyone from the U!

I also think the articles he's written for Bill's Digest have been pretty good for a running back!

I find it interesting that every year on the first day of free agency, a number of high name and high $$ value players sign contracts. This year I'd place Clements, Fletcher, and Dockery in that list for starters. Always makes me wonder why would a player visit with only one team and sign without know what other teams may give him? Unless, are their agents and teams all talking pre March 1st (i.e. tampering) as to what the value of these players might be and who will give them how much. So the players then conveniently go and visit the team that told them they'd give him the most and then sign right away? Am I being completely naive in assuming that isn't exactly what is going on?

Per NFL's Adam Sheftler Spikes on the Blocks!

The bottom line is they do broadcast the Sabres, not the Bills' so it's just smart business to hype the Sabres at the expense of the Bill's

God help them if they did. If the owners even talked about that over cocktails, that's collusion. MLB owners tried that one year and got sued so fast and lost their shirts. It may happen, but doubt the NFL owners would be dumb enough to talk about it.

From what everyone is stating and I agree with too, is we'll be lucky to get a first day pick for Willis. So lets assume we get a 3rd rounder for Willis, but by thgrowing in our 4th rounder, then the value jumps up to a 1st rounder??? Wow, go for it absolutely!! According to the charts, the Giants pick is worth about 800 points. Our 2nd and 3rd is worth close to 700. So maybe our 2, 3 + Willis gets you there. And no way would I do that!

I always wondered if he had a screw loose?

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I find it kind of funny that the writer skips the 99 season. Flutie was great the first year here that he started when Johnson got hurt. But the next year, they won inspite of Flutie. I think teams figured him out what to do to stop him, essentially not rush him, and make him beat you with his arm, throwing over the middle. I agree too, not sure if iut really was Phillips decision or Wilson, but wither way, I don't think we could have gone very deep into playoff with Flutie. I didn't think it was such a bad move at the time.

When he says family, is he talking about his three girlfriends and their kids??

Well I could certainly tell you that Butler does have the capabilities to become a good backup, but realistically I have as much knowledge about that as you do, none. So I'll rely on the Bills front office knowing more than we as arm chair fans know. What I 'm conficdent though is, if you look at the roster of every team in the league, you’ll find they all have at least one Brad Butler who is one injury away from proving his worth. In some cases they fail, in others they succeed. Teams can’t afford not to carry a couple of Brad Butlers on the roster in a couple of positions and offensive line is usually one of the first ones you see as that is one position where your starters, barring injury will play the entire game, unless they get pulled for poor play. But you rarely see situational substitution on the O-line or for getting a fresher player in there. So having a Brad Butler there isn’t uncommon. You want to bring in a proven better player than Butler to back up both positions, that’s fine. But bring him in clearly as the backup. Or if you want to bring in a player who clearly is a <b>big</b> step up, that’s OK too, but are there bigger needs that you should be spending any FA money on? Personally my opinion is there are. But the one thing I wouldn’t do is bring in a similar player with similar abilities and let them fight it out to determine the starter. That to me is a waste of resources!

Why would we want to bring in competition?? To me that means bringing another player about equally as good. So why spend FA money on that as compared to using the money elsewhere. If you use our 1st round draft pick on a RT, then he likely will become the next starter, but likely will be a step back initially till he adjusts. I canstill live with that, though feel our first rounder should be spend elsewhere. If we go out and sign a top notch free agent RT, then again that's an ugrade, so OK with that in principle, but again would rather spend it on a RG. However, I don't see much value in bringing in some other player that isn't a clear step up. I'd rather use the money we spend on thie "compitition" to instead sign a better guard to play next to him. I'm all in favor of signing the best right guard out there. As far as left guard goes, again if we can sign somepone clearly better than Gandy great. Otherwise would rather keep the continuity going. There isn't a bottomless pit of money, so you can't keep every year trying to find a better play for each position out there. When you sign someone whether it be a FA or a draft pick, you need to make a committment to that person anf give him enough time or totally give up if you quickly feel it was mistake. Like Reyes, appears to be a mistake, so cut him and move on. Pennington played pretty good for a rookie. If you feel you need an improvement there, then I'd also feel you need to replace both guards, and I doubt we can afford three top notch starters.

Come on, have you ever heard a coach of a current play say anything bad about one of there own guys? For that matter even opposing coaches will tell you how great everyone is. Listening to coaches GM's etc, everyone is great. Weis will tell everyone how great he is, maybe help get him a bigger contract, and if he fails, is anyone five years from now going to say, boy was Charlie Weis stupid for saying he was great. I'll bet you can find quotes from Ryan Leafs college coach prior to the draft predicting greatness too!

Actually it sems I recall PW mentioned how much he liked Marv, so if were to get cut, I think he may come back here given the chance.