colin

huff really does grade like a sean taylor, ed reed, and roy williams in many people eyes. when you see what palimalou does for pitts, he is not a bad value at 8. i agree with the general sentitment that we NEED to upgrade our lines, but if we can do that in FA and later rounds (we should be able to get QUALITY young OT, OG, and DTs in the 2nd and 3rd rounds as well is in FA).

xactly if we get some guys for the lines in FA i'd be happy with davis. davis blocks too.

they wouldn't take it because they think they can get more. i think they'll settle on 57 or 58. i'm hoping some kind of veteran resigning rule and rookie pool comes out soon

i don't think you can call the NFL communist or not free market because of their cap and draft. the NFL teams are franchises in one business. they agree to terms and conditions and vote on them as a group, but they are still private enterprise and as such are still "capitalist".

new orleans would do this if a) they were not in love with any of the top QBs this year b) were huge on JP's potential c) MOST IMPORTANTLY have a big cap concern. the cap savings they'd have for going from #2 to JP and number 8 is big. they'd also get what they feel is a qb who can play now, and a good player at #8.

hmm if we have an uncapped year in 07 do you think ralph might just decide to spend some money to finally win it all and dump a ton of cash in FA? we spent a lot of money before the cap was in place back in the early 90s, if he really wants to win it all he might jus buy a trophy...

we ditched a back up Olineman, a slow SS who could not hit all year (injury), and a freelancing DT from the worst run D we have ever had. we also lost a TE who did nothing. i agree losing a bunch of starters is a big change, but we can replace them with some quality guys and be better than last year in short order.

you know, there is an outside chance we make our own 34 cover 2 type d. blitzing and zone blitzing would be great because we can send just 4 or 5 and confuse the blockers (like how pitts does and we used to years ago). just having a 3-4 wrinkle would be good as well. i think aaron could play DE in the 3-4, but he would be targetted on a lot of running plays. it all depends on who we sign, but i think we will get 2 or 3 new DTs (through FA and the draf) and along with edwards coming back will really improve us in the middle

guys, don't look soley at this years cap figure. cutting those old guys and m williams means we have plenty of room for long term contracts. we can sign all kinds of players if we want to.

that guy would be a slam dunk in the 2nd! if he was there in the 3rd i'd be all over him.

the sandiego story has me thinking we should get vernon davis

normally i'd yell no to a TE, but i think there is a chance we can take davis and make it work. if we get a tackle and a C/G in FA, then unless d'brick is sitting there we really don't have a guy worth taking that high on the o line. if williams isn't there then the question is: do we jump all over ngata? well, if we have the same Dline coming into the draft (with no one else to sign just sitting there) then yeah we take him. if we grab 1 or 2 of the 5 or 6 DTs in FA this year that would really improve the bills, then a guy like davis might just make us a much better team. moulds will be gone. with evans and parrish out there stretching things a tight end who is a deep threat will take a ton of pressure off of JP. davis can also block, so we can run and pass out of similar formations, something we really haven't been able to do since 02

we lost a couple of upper mid level to lower top level vets on D and went from 2 to terrible (pat williams and edwards), losing spikes put in the hurt locker but i am assuming he will be back (perhaps not week 1 at full speed, but he will get there). so we should be able to add a few guys to our D and get them back up to very solid. now we still need youth and we are dying for a few quality big men, but if we grab one of the better DTs in FA (maybe even 2), 2 solid Oline players, and cut moulds (money to pay for everyone) then we can absolutely draft davis and still spend the rest of our picks on 1 D lineman 2-3 olinemen a safety an LB a cover corner (nickle/dime guy) so who we take in round one depends on who we get in FA. if we land a DT and some OL help, adding a player like davis will really help our young qb and add a dimension that has been lacking from our O for some time

he did, he got 35ish. he is plenty strong

i could see him with san diego if they cut mcCardel i could also see Bmore or jacksonville going after him. phily is still the front runner

i don't think he is worth that much. i have got to assume someone will pay less, the jests can't afford him for one year and thus might cut him if no one pays up, so why pay big when he might just hit the market? if you trade you still have to negotiate a deal

didn't jp play behind in him in school?

isn't that the guy who's ancestors were royalty and got offed by ida amin? a guy like that prolly has a really different mindset and IMO DEs who get mad sacks and cause disruption are often their own man (bruce and reggie, hayly, even howie wrong were all different than a typical baller)

i saw the footage of the reps on TV. they were quick but not really sloppy and he didn't really bridge or get too much of a bounce. in the probowl the NFL guys do half reps, in the combine they have to lock them all out. this guy with 44 had a fairly narrow grip and did 44 reps with VERY long arms. at 308, thick and very lean for a DT, along with being a good player from a big time school he might be the kind of guy who would really rush the passer well from the middle. miami used to have those two tackles (bowens and that other guy, can't remember his name) who were strong as oxes and not super sloppy. they could both stuff the pile and play 1 gap or get up field. i like this kid, perticulalry if we are in a cover 2 with some decent secondary

after cutting eric and mike, and if london restructures/maybe milloy too we have plenty of cap space now and in the future. we should keep nate and sign bently and at least 2 more big men in FA (DT, DE, OG, OT whatever). that and a good draft will make this team better than it was last year.

yeah, he did bad on the road against miami, new england, and cincy. also, you've looked at every other DE in the NFL and have determined that they all sacks against quality OTs and got there in one second, and are good against the run, and never mess up. you're pretty sharp, are you a rocket scientist?

runyan is NOT a character guy. he is a dirty dirty player what in the world makes you think he is a character guy?

i'd take hope and dump milloy that'd give us vince hope mcgee clements we'd also draft a future SS on day one. that is a very solid D, epsecially for cover 2 (remember what our team did against carolina and steve smith using a cover 2 type D)

the big problem was TD either didn't have or wouldn't stick to a strategy. he brings in GW (who is clearly a great D guy and a decent players coach, but lacked as a head coach) and then allows a green and terrible staff to be built around him (obviously TD protected himself with young coaches, but he should have forced SOME king if decent vet staffing to start with). he traded for bledsoe, drafted reed, henry, and williams and ended up with a great O for 02. he then dismantles it, goes heavy on D in FA, and lets the O walk and drafts another RB and another 2nd round DE (his thrid in a row) so he seemed to have his o set at skill positions anyhow, but then he goes after a new QB, RB, and 3 new WRs (evans, evrette, parrish). the bottom line is he didn't know what steps he would take to get the bills to where he thought they should go. he stumbled around and put cash and picks into nothing. this also showed in his coaching moves. he is just a good contract guy but a terrible GM

the bills will want to see where they are in contract talks if they are close they might turn down any offer. signing nate gives us 3 very very solid starts in our D for coverage (mcgee, nate, t Vince). it also lets us cut milloy and draft a young guy and/or sign a cover SS in FA. cutting milloy, reneg/cutting moulds + williams and renegotiating london (along with cutting turds like wire, posey, etc) will allow us to sign bently at 6 bucks per and an LT as well. so you might look at nate and think he worth a certain contract based on how he played against teh raiders, but he may well be worth that to our team