[You know...the Yobuty pick is a very smart one]

I'm curious what the Bills are saving all this cap room for?  How is Nate "too expensive" when the Bills are in the neighborhood of 9 million under the cap?

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10.7M under the cap, before A-Train and Tutan.

[Round 3 (#70) Selection: CB Ashton Youboty]

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What's wrong?

 

Don't like having Nate Clement's replacement on the team?

[Round 3 (#70) Selection: CB Ashton Youboty]

Great pick.

 

He was predicted to go into the first round.

[Bills to #14?]

Wow!  How did you know this?  Marv is that you?   

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Mike Mayock called it.

[How does he compare to Polamalou?]

ESPN compared him to Eugene Wilson, of the Pats.

["you want me to line up WHERE?!"]

I wish Jerry Gray luck in his future career.

 

Just didn't work out too well here, even though we had the top D for two years.

 

But part of that credit has to be given to Dick Lebeau.

[MaGahee expected to seek new contract?!!!]

Ah.  There was a little blurb on KFFL the other day from Leo Roth saying that Willis would probably be seeking out a new contract offer.

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I saw that also.

 

It'll be interesting to see how Marv handles this.

[Randy Cross is a moron]

Randy Cross, never listen to him much after I heard this quote from him.

 

"Buffalo is one of the least blitzing teams in the league."

 

He said this during the Chiefs game.

[$8.8M to Franchise Clemens?]

That'd make sense if Nate was a top flight corner. He's not. He's good, but not that good.

 

Franchise him and try and get him cheap next year, if that.

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This is the perfect opportunity if the tag is at 5M or so.

 

We have to act now.

 

What if we tag him this year, we pay him the 5M, and the tag goes up to 8.8M again next year?

 

Then we're in a lose-lose situation.

 

Either lock him up, or trade him.

[$8.8M to Franchise Clemens?]

I don't see nate being worth even 5 mil per. He really showed his deficiencies this year and it is a contract year for him. He's good but I don't think he's "top tier"...

 

Does he still have that lame ass "Playmaker" liscence plate? 

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Nate is still a top corner.

 

He has one bad year, and you throw him under the bus?

 

What about the 4 other good years he provided to us? Does that mean nothing now?

 

You have to at least look into locking him up.

[MaGahee expected to seek new contract?!!!]

Yeah, Marv never banked his career on "U Players" like Jim Kelly 

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First of all, Kelly wasn't Levy's pick.

 

Second of all, Jim Kelly kicked and screamed his way to Buffalo. He said before the 1983 Draft that this is one of the cities he wouldn't want to go to.

 

Sure we got Jim Kelly in here, but we had to force him to be here.

 

And that's just because the USFL closed, and we still owned his rights.

[Thank God Levy's doing the hiring not US]

There you have it.  The real reason.

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No, I don't mean Jauron and Polian.

 

I mean Levy and Polian.

 

I don't think Polian would steer Marv wrong, would he?

[MaGahee expected to seek new contract?!!!]

If McGahee starts demanding more money after this season then Marv could look into a trade.

 

He doesn't like players like this, with little or no character.

 

Either Willis shapes up his act, or he's out of here.

 

Not too fond those U players.

[$8.8M to Franchise Clemens?]

If those numbers are true...

 

1. See if you can possibly lock him up long-term.

 

2. Trade him to a team in need of a CB

 

We are in trouble if those 2 both don't happen.

 

I don't think that will be the case, though.

[BILLS 2006 SCHEDULE]

Home

 

Dolphins - W

Jets - W

Pats - L

Jags - L

Packers - W

Titans - W

Vikings - L

Chargers - L

 

Away

 

Dolphins - L

Jets - L

Pats - L

Bears - L

Colts - L

Lions - W

Texans - W

Ravens - L

 

6-10, as of now.

 

This will probably change through draft/FA, as it should.

[What kind of defensive formation would you like to]

obviously...

 

We need to address the following positions: LT, LG, C, DT, CB.  DE?

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We should probably add S on there.

 

I don't know if Vincent will be a Bill for 2006.

 

There are some safeties in the draft that would fit the bill.

[What kind of defensive formation would you like to]

It depends how draft day goes.

 

If AJ Hawk is there, he could fit right next to Fletcher in the 3-4.

 

If Ngata is there, he would fit next to Adams in the 4-3.

 

I'm partial to the 3-4, however.

 

I think it gives the defense a lot of flexibility.

[pro football weekly- MARV LOVES CUTLER]

It doesn't matter who we draft in the first round, if we don't have an O-Line.

 

No O-Line = no success.

 

Cutler, Losman, Holcomb will all fail if we do not fix this problem.

[defensive coordinator]

Jim Bates doesn't really have a choice.

 

It's accept the Bills offer, or stay home the whole year.

 

He's not fit to accept a television role, not his style.

[Thank God Levy's doing the hiring not US]

Not a surprise that Polian recommended Jauron to us.

 

They remain closest friends, even to this day.