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Gruden looked over Spiller and said that he liked that he was a willing blocker, but that he would have to work on it to be a good back in the NFL.

????? Parella went on the play a number of very solid season with San Diego. Excellent against the run. Derrick Burroughs was playing well and showing signs of being very good, until he was diagnosed with a neck defect that ended his career. Ronnie Harmon was a nut case, and the gut who dropped Kelly's perfectly thrown pass to him in the endzone that cost us a playoff win against the Browns (1989 season playoffs), but went on to be a very solid 3rd down back, also for San Diego. Eric Flowers and Tony Hunter were total wastes. Ryan, seems you need to brush up a bit on your research. Busts are guys like Eric Flowers, Perry Tuttle, etc....

Innocent, Guilty? When did he go to court? Innocent legally may also may well be a far cry from innocent in reality. Clearly he has a problem. Another jock who thinks he can do whatever he wants. (Oh, and OJ was found NOT GULITY, which again is a far cry from innocent.)

Wilfork got a nice contract. Yet, I can't help thinking of Ted Washington as one of the best NT's to have played the game. His production compared to Wilfork's was double. in 1996 for example, Ted was in on 70 tackles, and had 3.5 sacks, and no one took up multiple blockers better than he.......

The draft is for a teams core, and FA used to fill where needed in a responsible fashion. Example, the Pats and even they have struck out when swinging for the big player in FA (Roosevelt Colvin, Adelius Thomas). Homeruns were hit with a few trades (4th rounder for Moss, a 2nd & 7th for Welker, etc - mostly because they Raiders were, well, the Raiders and the Dolphins were just plain stupid). In short, a team cannot be built solely thru the draft. It takes wise FA signings, wise (and lucky) trades, and hits with drafts to build a team. What we have seen from Buffalo this off season is restraint from attempting to make the big FA splash, yet some immediate needs were addressed. Edwards will hopefully be a big help.

............one can only hope that the message has finally gotten thru to One Bills Drive.

..............go off on a "Barry Brady" length rant.....and rightfully so.....

How true....maybe.... Worse yet, Spiller? Scat back? Wow, maybe he will have Darren Sproles sterling yards per carry averages (3.7) and Reggie Bush's sub four (his first three years of his now 4 year career). Scat backs are far more a luxury than would be Clausen or Bradford. (Bill, while I see the logic of your point, the Colts didn't have a great line in place when Manning was drafted, Troy Aikman was drafted by a Cowboy team that was only a shell of itself previously. Kelly was drafted by....well......you get the picture. What you say makes perfect sense, yet The Cowboys, Colts and the Bills were darned glad they picked these QB's.)

Lack of charges only mean that they don't believe there's enough evidence to pursue charges. It does NOT mean that a crime wasn't committed. As with "civil" trials, the evidence required for violating a personal conduct policy, does not require criminal conviction to be found guilty. Quite possibly Ben is a boor beyond compare and that in and of itself may be all that's necessary to find him in violation of the NFL's policy. Yeah, I know, you fail to see how a higher standard might apply with respect to conduct. I say, tough. These guys should be held to whatever standard the NFL, their employer, deems appropriate and is reasonable. Sexual harassment will get one fired from most employers and this may be exactly what Big Ben has practiced.

Narrow minded Sir? You are the personification of narrow minded! RKFast, you're rapidly becoming a joke, This is not a race issue. It's more simple that that. It's either you have a self functioning brain or not,. Key being whether you are filthy rich and only seek to keep every single dime you can, or that you simply don't care about anyone or anything other than yourself and you're too deficient intellectually to understand that the "teabaggers" seek to advance themselves and rare not a wit about you. Are you aware that 47% of American families pay zero federal in federal income tax. Are you one of them or the rich who reep the benefits far beyond roads, schools, national defense, etc., and assume they too should bare no share in their cost? These ideas that you continue to propagate, have rendered you a non-entity. Please step aside, for the good our our country.

I'm also not keen on trading Lynch for a draft choice (other than another 1st) as while I like Freddie Jackson, he's a bit old for a RB and I don't believe he has all that much left in the tank. Trading away Lynch means we'll need another RB and we have a lot of other holes to fill.

This is the year to finally call Kelsay a former Bill.

He is a poster from another site who fancies himself as a sports journalist. He is wrong as often, if not more often than not about his "tips", insights, etc. Yet, just like baseball, if you keep on swinging, you're bound to get a few hits. It doesn't take much to see that somethings up with Lynch, his no show, etc. Clearly, he lost his starting job last year, and any athlete worth his salt wouldn't be happy about.

You have to look at the individual games though. Trent played very well in the late third, fourth quarters of those wins. Yes, he "looked" as if he was turning the corner. As for the hit, he completed the pass, standing in there and releasing the ball just before the hit. On that play he looked like he had it all going, and unfortunately, that hit and few other lesser ones afterward led him to become a "deer in the headlights" QB. Can he regain his confidence? Who knows, but it does appear that he is lacking in toughness. I still can't help myself from disliking his throwing motion. Compared to the classic over head throwing motion of Kelly, Edwards kinda throws like what we used to call, "a girl".

Sadly, just one of many of late.

Not that's a real comeback. Heck, I liked Butler, but second coming, he wasn't, but to cite a 1-sack season last year? How ridiculous this "fabulous" stat is given the fact he went out for the year in only the second game of the season (against Tampa Bay). Jeez.......get real.

While Butler seems to have gained stature since he was injured and then retired, he wasn't the second coming..... I would much prefer he was here, however, we may just find that Green will be every bit as good at RT as Butler "may" have been, at least for the coming year. Even Butler was playing, I just don't recall anyone saying how tough our O-line was. We all know it's been a problem area for years. Here's to hoping that this year we begin to see real improvement and that Wood make a successful return this year, even if he doesn't immediately start. In fact, I doubt he'll be ready for the opener, but he's young, so one never knows.

Clearly Mr. Weo hasn't a clue.....

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Lets not get carried away as this being a top 5 game since 1993, yet it was a great win. Flutie was very effective in 98, and seeing old TT still being able to make plays, and the emerging youngster named Moulds, brings back memories of the days when we were last competitive. Flutie slipped a ton in 1999, but our D carried the team all year and Flutie managed to make just enough plays for the Bills to win more often than not. Pint sized ego maniac could play the game though.

Inappropriate analogy. Not the same thing at all.

I believe it's been reported that McNabb can veto a trade to Buffalo if he chooses.

Without any doubt, I'd rather share a ride in a car with someone who just had a beer vs. someone who just smoked a joint. I call tell you this, I don't want any on the road who has just smoked a joint any more than I want a drunk. As for zero "weed-related" deaths....humm....tell that one to those that have died in drug wars and also, where did you garner your "facts", Tommy Chong?

This brings to mind an age old question, what was Nixon thinking?

It was the knee, and you didn't need to add any wild "other" speculative cause..... Sometimes things are just what they appear to be.