Steven in MD

Greaveys is still there....still a Bills backers bar

Let's break down your reply..... Tom Brady is clearly the product of a system, otherwise he would not have made it to the 6th round of the draft. Furthermore, Tom Brady would not have seen the light of day if not for the Mo Lewis hit on Drew Bledsoe. Peyton Manning came into this league with a tremendous potential, and if anything has shown to be a great QB who cannot win the big game. Emmitt Smith though highly touted out of college, had the luxury of playing behind one of the best OL of all time. If not for the Hershel Walker trade, he would have been probably a 10,000-12,000 yard rusher. Nothing to sneeze at, but not the all time leader rusher. You and I will disagree about Zach Thomas. He is a slightly above average LB whose great asset is his coverage skills. You made an excellent observation that he covers the RB and TE, though rarely does he get close to a RB on a running play until after he has crossed the DL. An outstanding MLB makes plays at the line of scrimmage, not 5 yds after on a RUNNING play.

Nobody will deny he makes tackles....unfortunately they average 5 yds from scrimmage. He is a player who excels in a system.

The stat that would be interesting is how many yards from scrimmage does he make the tackle. I bet he averages 5-6 yds from scrimmage before he makes the tackle. He is overrated....but then again, he is also going to be in the HOF for no apparent reason.

A better question is which former Bill will have a better year than his replacement?

How did the Thermal the traitor make it this far. Maybe the Felons can vote him on their island, but when he wore those colors, he should never be associated with the Bills.

DC Tom said it best as to why people commit suicide. Unfortunately I am learning about suicide from my girlfriend whose lost her mother to suicide. She takes it very seriously and will actually be doing an out of the darkness work for suicide prevention.

Sorry I meant the trade and ultimately picking WM.

Schobel = Hansen

I point to 3 bad moves by TD. Moving back into the first round to take Willis. I think he gave up too much at the time with a team that did not have a year to wait. Hiring GW and then MM instead of looking for an experienced HC. His continual lying to the fans about how good the team is. It is clear to me that he is a terrible personnel manager, and terrible at PR.

What I liked most about Levy in this draft is he did not trade away future picks. TD had a tendency to trade away picks in next years draft, and I think it is just silly.

Donahoe would have drafted Leinhart.

No need to call out specifc players here....

I admire you and your buds! How can ANYONE respect the player once they worn a Dolfags uniform? Why would you? Respecting a player who played for the Dolphins is just wrong...no matter who it is!

TD was an ice salesman to the Eskimos. Marv is a rationale, take it slow, build character type guy. TD snowed us all, and we bought what he sold. Marv is a known winning commodity in Bills Land, we expect a winning season!

WEEI has a history of having Patriot Homey's. If not Eddie the A*hole it is Fred "I hate the Bills" Smerlas. The Patriots can do no wrong in the WEEI mind. I think Kraft has given them so much money, they just feel the need to continue to lie!

And LeBron James staying in OH and playing for Cleveland. Though, a lottery would get teams to have to play 16 games, versus tanking it in the last 2 weeks because they get better draft positioning.

I cannot see the Bills taking a QB at 8. If they want to look at Nall for the future that is one thing, but to draft a QB when you need help on the lines is just not going to happen.

Why not sign Greise then? It wasted cap space, and I am a Marv supporter, but he blew this one.

These trades are costing Leinhart and Young (and Cutler) millions of dollars!

After watching the Sabres come back and beat the Caps last night at the new phone booth (Verizon Center), 3 things became clear. 1. Buffalo fans can root for a guy named JP (Dumont in this case). 2. Good teams get the timely calls. The Sabres were benefactors of some timely calls by the referees last night, allowing their #2 ranked power play get them back into and eventually win the game. 3. Hockey like football is a team sport. A good coach who can develop a system around his players will be successful. Ruff has done just that. He maximizes the skills he has on the team.

That is the key for Snyder. He believes (and has been right so far) that the cap will increase at an annual rate the is higher than the amortized bonuses.

The accounting is done at the league office. Every contract is approved by the league ensuring that teams do not exceed the cap. The Redskins are just a team that makes big bets that the cap will expand faster than they can spend. A bet they almost lost!

There was always a cap rollover allowing you to amortized signing bonuses. Pyrite Gal said it best..."Robbing Peter to pay Paul." The Skins operating under a system that says, the salary cap will continue to increase every year, so we push the money into those years until we can no longer push it. Again, they might not win the Super Bowl, but it will keep them competitive.

Actually, by limiting the amount of signing bonus in a year will give owners like Synder more money in their pockets. I would think a proposal that has a cap of $100 million and no more than $25 in a year for signing bonus would "level" the field.