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How about we spend our cap space on 1- At least 2 guys who can rush the passer 2- A legitimate #2 WR. We have a ton of 3s and a viable 1 in SJ, we NEED a #2 and he's not on the roster. How about another thread wondering if we could trade for Sproles or Bush "so we can have a 3-headed monster?" This board used to have legitimate discussions about our roster and news about players we were rumored to be in the running for. Lately, all I see are a bunch of trolls posting and people starting threads bashing players they don't like.

Carrington and Johnson are both DEs

Why do I keep seeing these threads? Guys want to keep blowing up our lineup for some maybe players that we're not gonna sign anyway. How about a trade for Cam Newton? Why bring it up when it's not feasible at all? Flynn will be picked up for inflated money by someone promising a shot at a starting job. The Bills invested in Fitzpatrick, paying him #1 money and they have already stated he's the starter. If we get another QB it will be in the draft, not someone expected to compete for a starting role.

Buddy described the type of pass rusher he is looking for in his presser- 6'4 or 6'5 240-250. I do like your guy, but I think we're done drafting undersized guys.

Voted 30x. Come on guys, let's get him the win

I don't disagree with your sentiment. However, I don't believe he conditioned the statement and I really don't see the trade coming. They keep talking up Naaman and have indicated Brad Smith will be playing a lot more receiver. We have gotten more production out of our late rd draft picks and UDFAs than we have our early ones. We drafted Hairston and Searcy in this year's 4th rd and Easley last year. I don't believe Nix is willing to trade away young prospects, even for a receiver in his prime. Again, I would like to bring him in myself, just not convinced we'll do that. We've all seen the national media's ignorance when it comes to this team in the past. Most likely, they saw we have 2 guys on IR, Jones is out for 4-6 and assumed we needed a WR so they reported we are interested. But, I hope I'm wrong.

I thought that was hilarious

I agree. I disagreed with the decision to move him inside, but Chan did state that if he were moved outside again he would probably stay there. I hope he supplants Kelsay or Merriman as a starter, really like him and his potential.

I think the most relevant point to this discussion lies in a quote from Buddy Nix from two years ago"we do not trade draft picks, we will try and accumulate more when we can"

Yeah, I read that and came back to remove the post. Too late!

Maybin was released weeks ago http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d821f5db3/article/former-firstround-lb-maybin-cut-jets-claim-four-off-waivers

1- Peggy would always remember how her mother told her she was "born with a pom pom in her hand" 2- Like mother like daughter 3- The apple doesn't fall far from the tree 4- Touchdown sends woman into premature labor

+1, beat me to it!

NO

That's his new nickname as far as I'm concerned. Chan "Warlock" Gailey

I guess Aaron Williams in the 2nd wasn't as bad as a lot of us thought it was! Makes me think Buddy knows what he's doing. Another thing I love about the FO is they aren't afraid to start UDFAs and late round picks over higher drafted players. Normally I'd be pessimistic and say "yeah, but that's cause our team is so bad, we start guys off the street", but players like Jones are actually being effective against other teams. This team has a lot of upside.

Really? I don't know I'd go that far. I'd say was simply decidedly average. No terrible flaws, but no real areas of great strength.

Not skepticism, incredulity. Don't be snarky cause you had a dumb idea and people shoot it down.

Ugly, should have been sacked 3x

Wooohoooo! I'm on my Stevie Johnson!

Hey what was our starting OL alignment? I missed the first drive and just wasn't paying attention last one. Is it: Bell, Levitre, Wood, Urbik, Pears?

Yeah. But I count myself in that group, so I thought I'd be a hypocrite and not insult MYself.

FYI, posting things like this in an open forum are more likely to lead to those sites getting shut down. Especially if the person making the request has a total of 3 posts since 2006.

I understand that. I truly do. Offense, especially the offensive line, is the one group that benefits most from time together. Missing OTAs and mini-camps adversely affected more than just UDFAs as most journalists would have you believe. The fact is, in getting larger up front, we essentially assured that only 2 players on the O-line would be returning to their old positions-Bell and Levitre. Urbik and Rhinehart haven't had a full offseason with the team, as they were mid-season acquisitions. The O-line is BOUND to look terrible this early in the year for that fact alone. Bell's play has been poor and that has created even more instability. You think this is the same old bad team? Look at the depth chart from 09. The year before Nix as GM and Chan as HC. I put stars next to the players currently starting for us at the same position. QB- Trent Edwards, Fitz, Hamdan RB- Marshawn Lynch, Fred Jackson, Dominick Rhodes WR- Evans, TO, Josh Reed, Parrish LT- *Bell, Chambers LG- *Rookie Levitre C- Geoff Hangartner RG- Rookie Wood (went on IR) RT- Langston Walker, Butler TE- Derek Fine, Nelson, Schouman DE- Denney, Kelsay, DE- Schobel, DT- Stroud, Johnson DT- *Williams, McCargo ILB- Pos, Thomas, Buggs OLB- Ellison, Corto, Bowen OLB- Mitchell, Palmer, Nic Harris CB- *McGee, Harris, CB- *McKelvin, Youboty CB- *Florence, Langster SS- Whitner, Wilson FS- Ko Simpson, Bryan Scott We have exactly 2 player on offense returning at their position as opposed to TWO years ago and that may become ZERO if Levitre replaces Bell at LT. On D we have 4 people returning at their positions. Those 4 are playing, solid football. All I'm saying is. PLEASE, give the FO the benefit of the doubt. There have been a LOT of changes and I think they're almost all for the best.

Continued... 1- Every time Pos makes a tackle, half the people on this board will whine that someone else paid him 7M a year to leave us. The other half will laugh about how it happened "10-15 yards down the field." 2- The offense will struggle and people will blame it all on the o-line, not impatient running or bad timing in route running. 3- People will talk about who will be starting at QB by X week after Fitz throws a single bad pass. 4- People will complain we didn't sign so and so, who we may have offered a boatload of money and just didn't want to play here anyway.