Tortured Soul

Oops... Phillip (the A-T-L):: I cannot see Thomas Dimitroff(Falcons GM) giving up a 2nd round pick for Tony Gonzalez - I know he's great but Gonzo is 33yrs old and he probably only has 1 or 2 years before decline. Dimitroff is building for long run and I think its too soon to start giving up high draft picks for vets. what say you? SportsNation Pat Yasinskas: (1:10 PM ET ) I don't believe the Gonzalez rumors (about Atlanta) at all. (That was an hour before the trade happened. He's the NFC South blogger to boot.)

That, and Brandon's comments about being happy with Bell, when the more logical thing would've been to say he was happy with Chambers, seems to indicate they want him at guard. Personally, I'd be okay with him starting at tackle if we could get a guard Day 1.

What program was he on? What else did he say?

He still has an incentive for as many catches as he can get for his final big contract after the season. But you're right to the extent that if he's sitting on 89 on the last play of the season, he might drop the ball on purpose.

Can someone help me out - who are considered the top 4-3 SLBs in the NFL? And how does Curry compare to them?

It's speculation - hence the question mark.

http://www.philly.com/dailynews/sports/200...n_Andrews_.html And round and round we go...

He came up huge in the Denver game, too. But that's really what you have to expect from him. Some games he's great, others he's invisible.

So how do the Bills come out looking after this trade? Are they seen as too cheap to pay players what their worth or a principled, disciplined organization that made the best of a bad situation?

Tipsy, a lot of good stuff to respond to, but I don't have the time now. There is a date about a week before the draft by which RFAs have to sign offer sheets with other teams or they become ERFAs. What you're talking about isn't possible.

I actually love that idea. We should have a pinned thread with that as the title.

And we will draft one with the picks we get for Peters. Connor, please try to keep up.

Such as Kiper and McShay. They have him ranked 8th and 6th. I've always thought he should be our pick. What's happened to change my mind?

Do you have some investment in Buffalo Rumblings? Is there some reason you linked to it instead of ESPN?

Jackson is not currently under contract with the Bills, so I don't think he's even allowed to attend the workouts.

Hey Tim, Any sense of if the Bills would trade with the Jets, and if the Jets are interested in Josh Freeman?

Just 7 sacks? Last year's rookie leader in sacks had 5. The year before, the leader had 6. Asking seven of a rookie is a lot, especially for someone who averaged four sacks a season in his college career. I'd much rather hope that Maybin or even Brown could get after the quarterback as a rookie, having them play mostly passing situations.

I think it's about time Draftek reconsiders where they have Ayers going. Hardly anyone seems to think he's getting out of the top 20, and could go to Washington at 13. Edit: Scouts Inc. has him at 15. Kiper has him at 17. Mayock has him at 5.

I'd say we need someone packing heat to keep him in check.

Fingon, as long as your helping out with Insider rumors, what about the one from Tuesday on Peters and the one from Monday about the Bills interested in veterans? Muchas gracias.

Couple of nitpicks - Schobel is an eight-year vet, not a nine year, and he is three years to the day younger than Taylor.

http://miamiherald.typepad.com/dolphins_in...sionally-m.html This is probably the due diligence everyone said we should be doing with Jay Cutler. I'm not even sure how he fits with our team. Unlike Terrell Owens, he's not a one-year bridge to a player waiting in the wings. Maybe the thought is that it would free up our first-round pick and allow us to find that pass rusher in the second round (like Conner Barwin). Anyway, just thought it was interesting. A little revenge for Thurman Thomas.

Here's a guess: the next owner will do exactly that. He'll say that if Buffalo wants to be an NFL market, they should pay NFL prices (and build an NFL stadium). If the city fails to do that, then he has every right to move the team.

Tim, Your colleague Kevin Seifert called the #1 pick a "toxic asset" due to the guaranteed money and the pressure that rides on it. Also, he said Denver didn't even want it for Cutler. Ross Tucker at SI even suggested the Lions just let their time expire. And the conventional wisdom is that the most valuable picks are around 10-15, or even later. My question is, if that's true, when do we get to the point where a team in the Lions' position would actually trade straight up for a later pick, such as with the Bills? Nobody's ever able to trade the top pick because of the draft value chart. Will it take someone with the stature in the league to not be afraid of bucking history? (If so, no one would have been in a better position to do that than Parcells last year.) Or will there be a rookie wage scale before we ever get to that point?

I'm not sure there are that many Bills fans that wouldn't want Cutler on our team. It may just be a few posting repeatedly. But Buftex, don't discount the difference between a QB and a WR. A QB needs to be a leader out there, and the other ten men in the huddle need to respect him as such. Hell, five of those other ten people have one job - to make sure the QB doesn't get hit. The WR has one job, and that is to get open and catch the ball, and all the rest is just noise.