Bill from NYC
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Good articles, thanks.
What I found to be particularly telling was the quote from MM where he stated, "it happens every year."
This started me thinking that some of us on this board are more stressed out than the coaches about this ordeal!
For this reason, I am through worrying about the switch. To those who supported it, congrats! To those (myself included) who did not, it is a done deal. Support the kid, he is a Buffalo Bill!
With a good backup, things should be OK.
GO JP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!GO BILLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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First, I would like to thank Clumping Platelets for the amazing effort that he puts into the issue of the salary cap. You are the man CP!!! The following is from a CP post.....
>>>MW cap numbers are:
2005: $9.17 million ($4 million salary, $2.17 million amort. , $3 million roster)
2006: same as 2005
2007: $7.17 million ($5 million salary, $2.17 million amort.)
he also has a number of NLTBE's as well that could impact the cap<<<
I want to know how this sits with the posters here. Does this border a crisis situation?
I was one of his biggest critics, but he DID pick up his game in 04. The way I see it, if he plays as well as Erik Williams did for Dallas before he lost his mind, then he MAY be worth this kind of cap hit.
If not, he does NOT deserve to be one of the largest cap hits in the NFL.
Either way yes, I have a problem with these numbers. Does anybody else?
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No Mike Williams will be the next whipping boy, it has already started that he redo his contract , which he does not want to do. He was watched like a hawk last season, with JP starting he will be watched that much more closely and any failing will be attributed to him , fair or not........
CP says that his cap hit is something around 9 million dollars. For that price, he deserves a bit of scrutiny.
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>>>>>They were swept by the Pats, beaten by NYJ<<<<<
They also beat the jets. Does that count?
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Yeah, I know, you all expected him to say "well of course they're going to cut me. I suck." But he didn't. The reason why he was cut is that he still believes he's a starting-calibre QB. We'll see soon if one of the other 31 teams agrees with him, but if he didn't have that belief in himself, I can guarantee you that none of them would. If I'm a team looking for an interim QB, I certainly don't want to hear "Well, the team said they were going with Losman and once they explained why I said 'that makes sense.'" Of course, if he didn't have that belief in himself, we'd have our "veteran backup QB."
What wonderful lives you all must lead to scoff at someone for believing in himself....it's not like he could say anything right by your eyes anyway.
Very true Dan, great post!
You know, Travis also wants to be a starter. He wants out of Buffalo to be sure, but he is generally highly valued and well received on this board.
I wish Drew well and thank him for lifting the franchise. Time to go? So be it. We DO have smart coaches and a smart GM. All we can do is trust their expertise and hope they are right.
I STILL want to see a good backup brought in.
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The moderators did not delete my post, nor did they ask me to. I deleted it.
I did it because I love this site, and do not want to do a wrong thing, nor set a bad example.
His attack was juvenile, but my response was worse.
I apologize to fellow posters, the other moderators and SDS.
Now, back to football.
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No turning back is right John.
I wish Drew nothing but success unless he is playing the Bills. My wish is for JP to take us all the way and I will cheer him at RWS this fall.
I just hope that TD brings in a viable backup.
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Yeah except for the niggling little fact that we are still stuck in what is by far the NFL's toughest division. And that we played half of our games against playoff bound teams. And that we played Jacksonville with thier starting QB and that we played Oakland with Gannon and that we played Cinci with their veteran QB.
But yeah, our schedule was way weaker than everybody else's.
Actually, I liked his post. It offered a sensible way of looking at the situation, but I fully agree with you. The schedule was not so easy. Many viewed the Rams and Seahawks as cakewalks. I did not.
They also were able to win on the road this season.
The Bills improved in 04. Maybe not as fast as most would have cared for, but it was an improvement nonetheless.
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You were bitchin' non-stop about the oline pre-season and in the beginning of the season, mocking anyone who said McNally would make them better. At the end of the season you openly admitted to eating a big plate of crow.
Now your bitchin' non-stop about Bledsoe possibly being released and now that Bledsoe IS being released, mocking anyone who says Losman might have the goods to succeed. Methinks at the end of this season you will openly admit that you loved crow so much you've decided to have seconds.
Yes, I openly admitted to being happily wrong about McNally, something not so many do around here.
As for JP, I WANT him to do well because I am a Bills fan. What is wrong with having my doubts and expressing them?
I wish I had your confidence in him. Imo, he is an unknown commodity and yes, I will happily admit it if I am wrong once again.
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>>>This is cleary the "watch out what you wish for, you just might get it" phase.<<<
I fully agree with this. What I DO hope is that Bush will be able to place a "Bork" style judge on the Supreme Court before the repub majority fades.
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Great. We may have an unproven being backed up by a nobody.
What a friggin mess.
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The Seattle Seahawks on Wednesday reached a seven-year agreement worth more than $50 million with Pro Bowl left tackle Walter Jones, avoiding him being tagged the team's franchise player for the fourth consecutive year.
Cross him of the Bills fans "in our dreams" list
Seahawks still have tag left to put on either Alexander or Hasselbeck
(If I were Matt, I'd leave. To many dropsy receivers)
I sure wish that Hasselbeck was coming to Buffalo.
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AD I tried to make clear in the first sentence of my post that I have major problems with repubs, from the top, to the local level. Their policy on labor is chief among them.
What I was trying to illustrate is that the dems are in awful shape, what their party consists of to a very large degree, and who their "leaders" are.
I was NOT singing the praise of repubs, was I?
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just to set people straight, we did NOTt give up a first, a second, and a fifth round pick for losman - we gave up a 2nd and a fifth. we also swapped our first rounder in 05 for dallas' first rounder in 04. spelled another way, both teams ended up with the same number of first round draft picks in 2004 and 2005 -- 2. (our pick in 05 will be a hair higher than dallas' in 04, but factor in that for a trade made in 04, a first rounder in 04 is worth more than a 1st rounder in 05 (using the draft pick point system that pretty much every team abides by)).
again, we gave u a 2 and 5 to get him, not a 1.
How many spots did we lose in the first round? I thought it was 7, but someone said it was only 2.
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This may not get you much in Manhattan. Are you driving?
If so, you might want to try long Island. You can drive (or take public transportation) to the ballpark, and you will be near some nice beaches.
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It fully depends on your price range.
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Actually, I would wager a large sum of money that militant vegans do NOT make up a sizable chunk of the Democratic Party. It would be far more accurate to say that Democrats make up the vast majority of militant vegans...but that in no way implies the opposite, in the same way that "all oranges are fruit" does not mean that "all fruit is oranges".
I did not mean to imply otherwise.
Add the groups that I listed, throw in minorities (and I do find this upsetting) and you have yourself the bulk of the democrat party.
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I don't see why 6.5 million means Eric gets cut. If he has another 1000 yd 80 catch season
However If they only converted this years salary into bonus then cutting him next year would probably mean that the he will still cost the team 4 - 5 million to release only saving us 1 - 2 million at best.
I think Eric is safe for another year.
I am more concerned about Mike Williams situations.
The way I understand it from CP, his salary alone would be over 6 mil. Add in the pro-rated bonus, and we could be approaching 8 mil. This is a ton for any receiver, let alone Moulds. Yes he is good, but his best days are probably behind him. Again, 8 mil???
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Seahawks | Jones Agrees to Lucrative Long-Term Deal - from www.KFFL.com
Wed, 16 Feb 2005 07:54:14 -0800
Jay Glazer, of FOXSports.com, reports the Seattle Seahawks agreed to terms with OT Walter Jones on a seven-year deal that includes a signing bonus exceeding $15 million and includes additional roster bonuses over the first three years. Jones' new deal averages more than $7 million annually, putting the veteran tackle on par with the highest paid linemen in the league. Jones is expected to officially sign his new contract Wednesday, Feb. 16.
That my friends is bad news. Did Pace get the "franchise tag" yet?
At this rate, JJ will be the high ticket free agent LT. As soon as this happens, say goodbye.
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hey jackass, we didnt give up a first rounder to get JP...do the math...
2 first rounders in 2004 + 0 first rounders in 2005 = 2 first round picks in 2 years, how is that any different than a normal draft...oh yah it isnt...
we gave up a 2nd and a 5th to get losman, those are picks we will never have...
And we gave up what turned out to be a 20th pick for #27, right? That counts too.
Some teams in a draft might have to throw in a 2nd or 3rd to move 7 spots.
TB had to cough up a 2nd to the Bills to move up 7 spots.
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NG, your point is very well taken. I think what Mickey was doing was reacting to the part line glee on the board about TD releasing Drew.
Some posters hate Drew so much that they would probably love to throw throw their arms around TD and give him wet kisses for cutting their arch enemy.
Imo, Mickey is right. I dont think that he said TD is a bad GM. He is not and has done very well with free agency. The draft is another matter. MW will have a 9.17 million dollar cap figure next year. Sorry, that is NOT good.
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Conservatives ... and their bastard children, the Republicans ... love generalizations. Let one PROUD liberal Democrat get a little more specific ...
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- ANTI-WAR AT ANY COST
-- More a reaction than a "platform." Our way of countering the "ALL WAR, ALL THE TIME" mentality. War and killing are always meant to be a LAST resort. Take a quick walk down recent-memory lane and look at Bush's first six or seven "main" justifications for the war in Iraq. Lie after lie, and in the end, he got his war. Forgive us for thinking peace is a good thing.
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- ANTI-BUSINESS, RADICAL ENVIRONMENTALISTS
-- Wanting business to play by the rules does not constitute "anti" anything. As for that little fixation with drinkable water and breathable air, well ... air and water are neccessary to sustain human life. (Despite what the White House may say...)
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- TAX INCREASES
-- Are you paying attention? Clinton left a SURPLUS. Bush already has run up the largest deficit in US history, and he's not done. Enjoy the war and the "rebuilding", but someone's going to have to PAY for it. My guess is it won't be Halliburton.
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- GAY MARRIAGES
-- Another gross over-generalization. I am dead against compromising the sanctity of marriage. I know - I don't fit the model. Maybe the truth is that the whole gay marriage "issue" was a tool to get "conservative" voters out in 2004.
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- ANTI-SMOKING IN BARS
-- Again, I am a LIBERAL DEMOCRAT, and I HATE the new laws. Watch those generalizations...
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- LEGALIZE MARIJUANA
-- The alternative? How about the status-quo? Spend hundreds of millions of dollars and endless law enforcement man-hours to interdict less than 1% of the incoming pot. Yeah, seems to be working. Seriously, how about regulating and taxing pot? We do it with alcohol and tobacco.
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- ANTI-LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR THE MOST PART
-- Not at all. We're more concerned with the selective, arbitrary nature of what the Republicans call "law enforcement." Rob a gas station with a .22 and face ten to fifteen in a state prison. Break every business law in the book and steal two or three hundred million as a corporate CEO or CFO, and you're going duck hunting with Vice President Cheney. Seems a little tilted, doesn't it?
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- MILITANT VEGETARIANS
-- I'll keep that in mind later as I'm enjoying the 24 ounce steak at Delmonico's...
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- LAST SECOND ABORTIONS
-- Didn't Ronald Reagan all but force a woman out in California to have an abortion years ago when it threatened his blooming acting career? Do as we SAY, not as we DO, I guess. Abortion isn't a political issue rightly. It's a moral issue. I apologize for destroying yet another broad characterization, but as a Christian, I am very anti-abortion.
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-LET'S PRETEND THAT WE ARE CONSERVATIVES
-- Many Democrats ARE conservatives. Some are fiscal conservatives. Some are social conservatives. Case in point: Clinton's SURPLUS versus Bush's drunken sailor fiscal policy.
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--- I just think that the whole "Democrats all think this" and "Democrats all want that" nonsense is a matter of painting a picture using too-wide brush strokes.
Petrino, you as an individual might not fit every mold, but what I described is a very sizeable chunk of the democrat party.
Also, you lashed out at Bush which is of course fine, but failed to address the slime leadership in your party.
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Here's the best info I could find
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/stor..._len&id=1990017
From the above info it looks like Moulds received a 10.5 million signing bonus. Divide the bonus by 3 and you add 3.5 per year for amortisized bonus.
He has a base salary of 1.5 million in 2005 (cap hit of 5 million). This means he probably has base salaries of 3 million in 2006 (cap hit of 6.5 million) , and 4 million in 2007 (cap hit of 7.5).
If Moulds continues to play at a high level he may see another restructure in 2007, or he may get the ax.
Looking at CPs numbers, it is unlikely that Moulds will last beyond 05 as a Bill unless he restructures again.
Bills Need a Veteran QB
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Yeah but Promo, you were also an Alex Van Pelt fan!
I hope they sign Fiedler.