Ed_Formerly_of_Roch

Two things hurts EM trade value. Teams know we likely will release him anyway, so they'll just wait us out. And as soon as we start talking trade then teams know for certain he's not in our plans, so gives them more reason to wait us out. Secondly his contract is not worth picking up in a trade. Yes, by trading for him you gain exclusive rights to him as opposed to competing for him if he's a FA. But at $7mil, not likely worth it. You could probeably sign him for $7 mil including a bonus spread over a minimum of two years even if you decide by next season he's a flop. You trade for him, unles he agrees to re-do his contract (which I think he might) he's a $7 mil hit

And bringing in Schaub makes us more set. He's just as unproven as JP.

It may also have been that JM made that comment a year and a half ago when JM first got here. He watched MW and said wow! But at that point, he didn't yet realize how soft the guy is. Plus physically, that statement may still be true. He may be as good as anyone he's coached WHEN he wants t oplay.

It may be an open competition, but I have to believe it's JP's to lose. You know what you have in KH, a smart player, understands the game, but has no arm to speak of. JP has the potential to improve, so unless the gap between them is huge, I think the Bills would be crazy to start KH as he isn't the answer. The only reason to start KH is if you're ready to give up on JP.

He could sell now and maybe maintain 10 or 15% ownership. That would still keep him involved a little Ralph may juast be pissed enough after the latest dealing with the NFLPA to say I'm ready to sell now.

Well brown didn't give a reason for voting no, RW did and it was an easy reason to poke fun at. I think he was being honest that most likely very few people in the room voting understood the whole thing. The sensible thing would be to take time to study. But if you give people time, they'd likely tear/pick it apart. So from that concept best to have voted rigt away. But as soon as I heard Ralphs comments, I knew he'd be ripped apart for it and cast as being too old.

He likes voting "No" and beign the lone no. He was the only one to vote against the Celveland move as I recall. I've done alot of volunteer work over the years with exec councils for the various groups. There would always be one person, regardless of the issue who'd vote no just to get into the meeting notes.

Well you have to assume if the cap goes up by 10%, players will expect offers to be higher to by the same, plus more easy to start a bidding war to escalate salaries, so I don't think $22mil will buy what it use to. I'd rather see them go after less quanity, but more quality. I agree with cutting Moulds and Anderson, though by the time you eat $5mil to cut Moulds then spend $2 -3 mil on a replacement, is it the same as paying him? Wire I like his ST play, don't think he costs much so would be inclined to keep him. I'd go after the best guard out there, at tackle willing to start Gandy another year and draft a tackle in round 2 will idea by next year he'll be the starter. Supposedly there aren't alot of blue chip tackles available, but alot of good ones in 2nd round. I could live with Peter, Villiari, Preston, FA, and Gandy Maybe if you can pick up Flannigan or Mawae, I'd go with one of them at center instead of Preston. Also possible sign a decent back up tackle As mentioned above, if you feel you can get a much better WR than Moulds for less money than the cap hit plus replacements salary great, but may keep EM instead. I'd sign one of the Def tackles mentioned and draft a tackle in first round (if not a tackle then draft a CB instead, then maybe sign another tackle) I want to give Everett a full year before I'm ready to sign another TE, you have decent depth behind him, so don't need Everett as a backup. For DE, the only type of player I'd be interested in there is a great top 5 pass rusher.

I think if they come to an agreement, things will be delayed a week or so to allow all the bean counters to determine exactly what that cap will be, give teams time to figure out what they now need to do, etc. Kind of what the NBA did last year when they reached an agreement. If it's not settled, then I do think it will start as scheduled.

How do you move the pay scale down? Do you think the players are going to vote in favor of doing that? There also is a minimum cap that teams must pay. Again are the players going to vote to lower it? I doubt it. So the logical thing to do would be for all the teams to get together and privately agree to lower the salaries. First off, you'll always have someone out there like a Jerry Jones who at the last minute will say the hell with the $2mil, if I sign this one guy for $5 mil, I can win the Super Bowl. And if the owners all held true, they'd be sued so quickly for Collusion, Restraint of Trade, Price Fixing, and a bunch of other stuff. And IF those players who are worth $20 mil all agree to play for $2 mil and give the remaining $$ to charity. That means they are giving roughly 90% of their worth to charity. So is that English teacher going to donate 90% of what he's worth to charity? In reality the owner is donated $20 mil to charity, why should he? RW already donates many millions more to charities than probably everyone who's ever posted on this board combined. Sounds like you watch football. If you and all your friends want to change the system, then I'd suggest everyone your age stop watching football. Stop going to the movies, watching TV, etc. So then TV will stop paying, hense salries will plummet. That is the only way to drive prices down. I also hope you're don't own a car with AC, power windows, locks etc. The money you paid for those frivelious items easily could (should) have been donated to charity! And you're are right about one thing, it is the American way! And there's a simple way to fix that if you don't like it here. I'll bet teachers in Siberia don't make much more than the Russion movie star? Then again Anna K. seems to have forgot her socialist roots pretty quickly. Gee seems to be a pattern here, the people who think socialism is good all seem to be the people without!

I don't know it could be the other cuts were made to free up enough money to keep EM. So he could get lucky on this one.

Didn't see this posted yet. Jet's announce some players who were cut. Should start to see the floodgates open the next couple of days. Jets story

I think some of the things you're blaiming MM for were related to TD such as: who is injured (or generally forthcoming about anything)

I certainly is easy for Carucci or anyone to say they aren't sold on him. If you state you're not sold on any starting QB in the NFL, you'll likely be right about 75% of the time, and will look real smart. With the low rate of QB's becoming sucesses, it's easy to state the person will be a failure.

I found the website on the Parliament House. Thanks for the suggestion!! Now I know what type of place it is! Would be an interesting place to watch a game. If the suggestion was made at half time to go outside and play a game of tackle, I think I'd run the other way.

Ok now got me curious, what's the Parliament House? A strip club? Other than my wife being with me, wouldn't be the worse place to watch the game I suppose.

If I were a player, I'd be pissed if what year other vets are in their contract can drop the franchise tag by $3mil from one year to the next. Definelty a screwy system, but hey if it helps us tag Clements for $5mil, I think it's great. But I will feel bad for Clements having to scrape by with only $5mil. If he signs here, I'd suggest we take up a collection.

Actually I was at this place last summer when I was down there. Watched the Bill's-Packers scrimmage. Forgot the name of it. Man never saw a bar with so many locations when I looked at their website. My only worry is will it be mobbed?

I'll be in the Orlando Fl area on Sunday, someplace between Altimonte Springs and Disney area. Wondering about a good place to watch the game? I may not be able to get to place till shortly prior to start of game, so am looking for a place that typically isn't jammed with people. Also would like to go someplace that has the game in high def. Yeah, I know I'm being a bit fussy, since can only get there right before start AND want high def, but heh, can try at least. Any suggestions??

I'd rather see them leave Gandy at tackle for the coming year, draft a LT with your second round pick aimed at starting next year. Then sign a high quality guard to replace Anderson. I'd prefer to do it that was as you likely could sign a top level guard for alot less than a tackle. Have Preston as your center, and leave CV and JP on the right side. I'd also comsider resigning TT, but only for low $$ and as a backup for tackle and/or center. I maybe could even go as far as say him and Gandy compete for starting LT spot. But the following year the rookie takes over anyway.

Wow!! you know more than the NFL and the NCAA's. Don't know what you do for a living, but obviously, you're wasting your time whatever it is. You should be running the NFL since you're so smart. I'm not that smart, but one thing I do feel confident about is, if the NFL could as you think make more money by palying the game on a Saturday night, the game would be played on Saturday. For that matter if they could make more money if the game was played at 2:00 in the afternoon on a Wednesday, they'd move it in a second. So I think the game is played when it's played because it does bring in the biggest audience. Sunday night has always been known for the highest rated TV night. There are many more people who work Saturday afternoons and evenings than Sundays. Remember a Saturday 7:00pm start is 4:00 on the west coast. Not to mention above all the majority of games are played on Sundays which IS likely a large reason that football is the most popular sport to begin with. Would I prefer a 5:00pm start on Sunday, sure. But it starts when it does to give it the best ratings. And it is over by 10:00 on a Sunday which considering you likely slept in Sunday morning to begin with(at least as opposed to a weekday) 10:00 is not too bad

The problem with the ESPN games is that, yes in Buffalo they will show them on a local station usually channel 7 since thats is ABC. But here in Rochester, we're not considered the flag ship market, so local station doesn't pick it up. So if you don't get ESPN, you're out of luck to watch the Bill's game. That is one thing that really pisses me off about the NFL's rules regarding broadcast. When it comes to an ESPN game, we're not the flag ship so we don't count. But if the game doesn't sell out, we're still in the backout zone. As far as I'm concerned, the NFL can't have it both ways. Probably if someone wanted to sue, may be over turned but not likelyt to happen?? One thing I do concider totally unfair though.

I think these days teams put more stock in the combines anyway. The senior bowl has lost alot of it's luster over the years it seems.

If I were a high profile type of defensive coordinator, I don't think I'd want to go to a team with a head coach with a strong defensive background as I'm sure I wouldn''t be a free to run the entire defensive as I choose. Just as it's been reported that DJ is giving Fairchild freedom on the offensive side, it likely would be somewhat the opposite for the DC whomever he is. In that respect, it would make more sense for Bates to go to Houston with Kubiak. More likely the Bill's will pick up a defensive position coach such as Lynn who shows promise as their DC. It would be good for him to learn from a guy like DJ. Thats likely the best you'll do regardless of how much money you throw at him. Conversely, if the Bill's had selected Sherman as HC, then Bates would have been a better fit as Sherman is from the offensive side.

If I were a high profile type of defensive coordinator, I don't think I'd want to go to a team with a head coach with a strong defensive background as I'm sure I wouldn''t be a free to run the entire defensive as I choose. Just as it's been reported that DJ is giving Fairchild freedom on the offensive side, it likely would be somewhat the opposite for the DC whomever he is. In that respect, it would make more sense for Bates to go to Houston with Kubiak. More likely the Bill's will pick up a defensive position coach who shows promise as their DC. It would be good for him to learn from a guy like DJ. Thats likely the best you'll do regardless of how much money you throw at him. Conversely, if the Bill's had selected Sherman as HC, then Bates would have been a better fit. But we'll see.