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if we get turnovers, kick but on special teams, and can just convert some of our 3s into 7s we'll be plenty good enough on O. some big plays here and there are important, but if we are physical and tough that will be better than big stats.

i disagree about peters. left tackle (along with CB) is a super expensive slot because it is very hard to find guys who can play it at that level. it doesn't mean that that slot provides the biggest contribution to the team tho. during the offseason, it is all supply and demand. so yes in the offseason it is hardest/most expensive to replace a good LT (or CB). once the season starts tho the worst people to lose are your QB (if your back up is a lesser player of course), your star playmaker on O, and your defensive key players (which usually means a passrusher or your best DT). while these guys are more "replacable" in the offseason because of the extra supply (and mosly in the draft rather than FA) vs LTs (and CBs) they will make a bigger impact on wins and losses in the reg season. you can scheme your D to cover up for coverage, and scheme on O to help a weak spot at tackle. you will give up more sacks, get fewer ints, and all that, but you at least have some control. you lose your play maker or qb, you lose an entire dimension to your O. you lose your top DT (phat pat for us) and you just might never get your run d on point, and if you lose your passrush (remember that playoff game in pitts when bruce was ill? his usualy dominant game might have won us that match) you can't pressure the o and usually one or 2 guys really kick start your pass rush. so for us, if trent or evans comes on strong they would be the biggest loss (or lych for that matter, but i think evans is more likely to be a top 3 guy this year), failing that it is aaron or stroud. i'd still be a lot happier if peters was in camp and getting ready to smash heads, but if our d is strong and we get the odd long TD and ST play, we can manage.

lol good to read. how awesome would a trade of JP for their first be?!?!?!!? 1st or 2nd overall baby!!

depending on how the incentives are structured, that could be a very very fair contract. would you pay a guy 40 mill for ~20 TDs over 3 years, most of them on special teams? that's totally economical.

i totally understand the willis hate, but between travis, him and lynch the bills have had some shockingly good talent at RB. i really wish we still had henry. he and lynch together rushing about 300 times a season would be monstrous.

do you post with your game used jp losman jock wrapped firmly around your nose, or does the man-scent just get you so hot and bothered you can't type?

you are getting closer the krazykat trolls now bill. bill, i know you have a good understanding of ol play, how would you rate your understanding of secondary play and secondary player evaluation? and further more, how would you rate your understanding of contract negotiation and pro player contracts? how about game theory and negotiations?

i think peters and the bills both know they are gonna extend him. the issue comes down to the type of contract (rest assured it will be in the top 5 OL contracts in all catagories) and when he extends. because he got hurt i think peters and his agent are now scared of getting hurt again before the big payday. i think he is prolly healthy, but just has the fear that if he gets hurt again, he might not get his super money. i think the bills FO wll play ball, but they want to see him healthy and in camp first.

i used to think you were just an insane jp ballwasher. now i know you are on crack.

mckelvin might break the rook int record.

at least we know that after he is out of the nfl jp will never be wanting for a nice bag massage and balloon knot polish, not as long as krazykat can draw breath? i'd give up on edwards if he is as bad as jp was in his second year.

we do have leverage. if peters sits we can not pay him and he can't play football for 3 years. he has to play if he ever wants to play again. i'm quite sure his contract will get redone (and for huge top 3 nfl lineman numbers) but that won't be until next season. he needs to be proven healthy and play 2 back to back great seasons to be the huge money guy he wants to be. and we don't want to cave after one great season to a guy we have for 3 more years. that alone could really hurt us.

the jets or dolphins would have a problem with terrible QB play.

krazykat, are you wys from wys wings? your analysis is horrible and and you are prolly insane. as a rook, compare how trent did vs the bills average, and adjust the bad weather games by how far off their norms the opponents were. your point about the coaches effing jp by putting him into an O that hurts him is both retarded and wrong. jp's only close to good season was 06, and his numbers (with inflated accuracy and QER numbers) only came about because in most of the games jp only passed 12-19 times. and he STILL got sacked and fumbled and threw picks with a high frequency. a couple good games against horrible oppnents (like cincy this past season) then overwhelms the fewer number of attempts against sub terribe teams. jp's success in 06 came because our coaches made sure they never gave him enough rope to hang himself with.

jp's only good games comes when he has zero pressure on him, or is constrained greatly by the gameplan. he's a lesser qb than rj. remember in his second season when he was the starter, how did it take for him to throw for 200 in one game? and holcomb came in and did it regularly. he passed for 75 yards against atl, and threw away a game against NO who got the 2nd overall pick that year. he's awful.

i feel that way too. imo our entire front 7 tend to shoot gaps and run after the ball. based on that you need to look at them all together, and i think our front 7 has a good shot at being very good this year.

I KNOW I DID!! I'M BAD WITH NAMES STARTING WITH B!!!111 DON'T JUDGE ME!!

as a football fan i want to see favre on the vikings putting up huge numbers. as a bills fan i want to see him lose to the cowpukes in the nfc championship and then the cowgirls lose the BILLS in the big dance with romo the homo getting sacked 8 times and throwing 8 picks.

again, i agree w the ranking but to start last season we had no back up DEs and that's a big part of our D. we now have denney, ellis, and sometimes johnson. we went from tripps and willaims to johnson and williams being back ups and mccargo and stroud starting. we are much much better at the D line. we also are up Poz who is more mature and not hurt, and mitchell over coy friggen wire. that means the guys playing front 7 are better at between 4 and 6 spots depending on who's rotating in. so you can rank each unit how you like, but our run D should be miles better this season. akc, didn't you make a big deal about drafting D linemen early = good team, but then it turned out that that's not really true?

prolly fair until we prove otherwise. they really like the 3-4 lines, having 5 of them in the top 8 or so. the pats and chargers are friggen HUGE at the 3 line. i wonder if they get dinged up and slowed down too much at any point. as bad as we've tended to be i think we are good at running on the 3 man lines, if we can keep marshawn on the feild for more downs so it isn't obvious when we run or pass i think w can exploit the slowness of most 3-4 teams, and we play plenty of them.

i think favre on a new team (minni really) could get the spark he needs, but on the pack he would prolly fall apart late again.

maybe so in terms of clutch kicks and so on, but statistically lindell is tops. good unit all around. imo with mccorner in there we will have the fresh legs to vie for #1 in both punt and kick returns.

ummmm, yeah. how many teams have gone 10+ years without a single quarterback of the caliber of any of those guys? we had one good year with flute and one good year with bledsoe, but over all i'd say any one of those would have been a big upgrade.

very interesting situation. i think minni would be the best spot for favre (perhaps not likely tho). he would instantly make them a top 3 team in the NFC. 9 games in a dome could give favre a 5K season too! as far as greenbay goes, i think rogers is a good young qb, and i really think brohm is a stud in the making. if these guys pan out the qb's out of greenbay will be favre bulger warner aaron brookes brohm rogers brohm which is insane.

obie wan and akc will say that since he is on offense, we can't use his (and leftwich, and others) being on the jags as evidence of the infalibility of the jags talent evaluation and personal dept. clearly stroud is garbage because they let him go.