MadBuffaloDisease

Flutie was an anomaly and quickly was figured-out. AVP was a great guy and a decent backup, but that's about it. If he comes in at over 6'1", I say scoop him up in the middle of the draft. Anything less and it's UDFA.

Ain't that the truth! Him reporting early shouldn't be noteworthy. What WOULD have been noteworthy is if he DIDN'T report early. I mean it's not like he has a wife and kids or many outside responsibilities. He SHOULD be living in Buffalo year-round until he's learned the system inside and out and proven himself. Hopefully that's what will happen.

Vincent Jackson sounds like a decent TE prospect.

I like LeFors, but he's something like 6' even. Too short.

My blanket reply: neither Reed nor Aiken has shown enough to give the Bills the warm and fuzzies about them being a bonafide #3 WR. So that means signing one in FA or taking one in the draft if the FA route doesn't work. Evans emerged midway through last year, to complement Moulds, and Reed did squat. Aiken has been injury and drop prone. The Bills can't wait to see if they develop, just like they can't wait on Campbell and Euhus to come back from their ACL injuries. If they do, great, it's more depth.

Hold on a second. I don't think that the Bills dumping Bledsoe and going with JP is a sign that they're "ready to put [JP] in." They're merely trying to get a jump-start on the future and save some money.

I doubt it. Like I said, the ONLY constant over the past 4 years is the Pats' coaching staff, who have found a way to win despite losing players like Brady, Seymour, Law, Washington, and Bruschi in big games.

Okay then, he UNIMPRESSED me. I would expect a little more from a 1st round draft pick than to just hand-off the ball to a 3rd string RB in garbage time. There were also numerous other games in which the Bills could have gotten JP some action but didn't, for some reason. Like I said, I'd rather JP EARNED the job than simply be handed it. However the way it's working out is that he's being handed the job, like Todd Collins and RJ were. And again as I said, I hope he starts to impress me because I don't want to see a Bills player fail.

Hindsight is 20/20.

Simpletons use SB wins as a mark of a great player. Winning the SB is ALL about the team, and most of the time about who has the best coaching. Give Marino or Kelly Brady's/Dilfer's/Rypien's/Hostetler's coaching and/or defense and they win at least 1 SB.

Good for JP. He's doing what he's supposed to be doing. He's got the most to learn.

I'll answer this. I want JP to start when I've seen him play against starters in several games in pre-season at the least, and has outperformed Bledsoe. I wish he showed enough to give the coaching staff enough confidence to play him in mop-up duty in some of the games last year, but that wan't the case, and that's what scares me with the news of the Bills handing the reins over to him. At least with dentists and doctors, they perform procedures under the supervision of an established dentist or doctor several times before going out on their own.

Better to be wrong about football than in everyday life. And we'll see how wrong I am about the Pats taking a hit from losing Weis and Crennel. Also I'm sure the NFL didn't like the drop in ratings of this year's SB, if you know what I mean.

Is that possible?

Players and their agents are to blame. Owners aren't driving up salaries in a vacuum. They're merely trying to put the best product out there for their fans, and players and agents are continually looking for more and more money.

Yep, every single post. Just like every one of YOUR posts doesn't to do with Bledsoe. And hey, Mangini still has a lot to prove to fill Crennel's shoes, as will the new OC.

These players are idiots. Unless they don't believe in what their PA is doing for them and WANT a salary cap so they start making money and play again. Otherwise it doesn't make sense.

Interesting. Maybe the rats are deserting the ship? Oh and Belichick was only the "QB coach" in 2002. Consider yourself "corrected."

It's very possible. They pulled that schtick back in 2002, with the same coaches and team. Now it's different coaches and older players.

I look at Belichick's day in Cleveland. He had an excellent DC in Saban. However his defenses were nowhere NEAR as good as the ones he's had in NE. I don't think the Pats will fall off the face of the earth, but I don't see the dominance anymore. But that's why they play the games.

Unions had their place at one time. But as has been said, they're the reason jobs are going overseas and productivity has plummeted. Now not everyone in a union is lazy, but the environment fosters it and more than a few take advantage of that.

Yep, that's who it was.

They still have time.

Alexander may be franchised, Edge may be franchised, and I read that Rudi Johnson may be franchised. That's good news for the Bills, leaving just Jordan (Brian Westbrook will be kept by the Eagles) as the only available RB who teams may want over Henry. However Jordan is largely unproven as a starter.