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So your name is actually Ritchie Rich??

Maybe some chicken wings would be more appropriate.....

Can you say Jim Kelly?

I think it is a four year plan that we need to see through. That's why Marv signed a bunch of guys to those 4 year contracts (walker,reed, denney, etc), to have enough talent that they will replace them through the draft. I think they're behind schedule, but hopefully they will add their 2 FA's, sign Peters and draft a couple of starters on the first day. If they don't win in 09, we will have enough young talent as a core for someone else to work with. I'm really hoping this leads to a shake up with Modrak/Guy, but it just seems like Ralph isn't going to spend a dime he doesn't have to.

He did pretty well the year after Noll left, does that count?

Unfortunately the ads were too irritating for me to put the time in to read the whole article, especially since they had managed to spread the content over 17 pages.

I'd like to see Russ Grimm or possibly Jack Del Rio if he gets canned.

How can you have a great T2 defense without a pass rush from your DL????

I'm not sure, but Edwards will have an offseason to address 8 men dropping into coverage and I am hopeful he will get better. Defenses adjust pretty quickly, and young qbs tend to take longer to overcome problems they have. I included qb in the first round choices in case the coaches don't think he will improve. I think Steve Johnson has a great chance to contribute more considering how much he did this year, and hopefully Hardy will earn some more time, but that's the biggest question. That's a good point about the money invested in DE, but I saw that Greer may be looking at 7 million a year this offseason. I'd hate to think that if a good DE is available we would pass because of money, but I can believe it. The Pittsburgh Pirates have been doing that (and sucking) around here for years. I'd like to see LB, C, d or o lineman in order in the first three rounds. The Steelers have been playing without their 2 starting guards from last year as well as their OLT for most of the games this year, and that was without any help from their draft class last year. I think we need to have that kind of oline depth before we go for a dynamic TE. Imagine if we had Walker/Whittle/Fowler/Preston/Chambers starting on Sundays.

I just think a major upgrade can be done in the second round for either te or c, and I prefer c. In the first I'd like an impact defensive player, preferably at lb assuming we do not fill crowell's spot in free agency. I also do not want to jump up to get a player because I don't think our player rankings are that good.

We have 2 young wr's and a young qb who will improve this years output. I do agree that we need help on offense but if we're picking around #10, I think a RT, G or QB would be a better value to our team than TE.

My point is they all have new qb's this year, with the Falcons and Ravens using first round rookies and all are doing well. So if you have any questions about the qb on your roster and there is a franchise qb there, you take him. The Jets and Fins both had 2nd round qb's on their roster, didn't they?

A first round TE is nice AFTER you make the playoffs, which I think is why we haven't seen one in a while. If you can't get to the playoffs with a normal TE, you have more pressing needs. Like DE, OLB, C. I'd even take the best available G or RT or even a playing making safety before TE. We need to draft a new personell department, and hopefully Ralph will do more than just allude to the fact that our drafts haven't been great for the last 7 or 8 years. Could be the reason why DJ got extended - Ralph made his decision on where change is going to happen. My fingers are crossed.

I think the Falcons, Ravens, Jets and Dolphins would disagree with you there.

I guess I'm blind, because I see one defensive player for peters, Dock and preston to block, then the ss overloads peters side. The olb comes to peters' inside shoulder and peters does not see the ss quickly enough to get a solid shot on him. That is a well defined blitz. I really don't understand what is going on with the play side. We left the left outside linebacker unblocked and he ended up getting a shot in on the fb and disrupted the play. Butler blocks down and Walker blocks the end, making Walker the only blocker on that side. I guess the thought is the olb will attack Lynch and the play fake, but it would have been nice to let Walker at least get in front of him and have Butler help Walker. Maybe they were covering for Duke, I don't know. Looking at that play now, Fine should have been the target, the safety who I can't see was well off the line and there should have been enough space to get the ball in there.

I've been waffling on the play call for a while. At first I blamed JP, then reading some threads here I was thinking why would you try to throw it there, now I'm back to JP. It seems the Jets had a run blitz on because the FB got blocked and the opposite side db crashed as well. At least with the pass you get a chance to pretty much end the game. If JP realizes that the defense is going to be sending everyone, then get out of the pocket and run for it. You HAVE to see how many guys are on the line and know you're going to be outmatched and try to make a play. It's one of his three strengths, you'd have thought he would run with it. The other two being a deep ball and the slant pattern. I guess the real problem is that he's still on the roster. Maybe we'll replace him with a first round qb. Having a quality qb seems to help more than anything else.

I agree. I thought that maybe he was trying to pull a Brett Favre stunt there and flip the ball to someone at the last minute. The thought also crossed my mind that he decided he was "going to make something happen" and didn't put the team goals of winning the game first. Given the situation and his running ability, he should have taken off. Jack-a$$.

Considering they reported it as well... Bills | Parrish contract details - from www.KFFL.com Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:58:12 -0800 Updating a previous report, the Buffalo Bills have signed WR Roscoe Parrish to a three-year contract extension. Financial terms were not disclosed.

I find it hard to believe that he does not assess his performance during the games on Sunday and attempt to correct problems that occur. Whether it's enough for you or other fans is the point I guess. Really it comes down to if this team is where it needs to be under his direction. So we'll disagree about that, and I'll walk away thinking we can win a SB under Jauron and you will be looking for another coach. I've never heard another coach talk about how easy it is to win games. Ever. All coaches talk about how difficult it is. Heck, catch some of Joe Paterno's assessments of his opponents. You'd think they're playing an NFL team the way he describes them and how he hopes to beat them. It's part of coach speak. True, but look at this year. It seems to me like we have enough talent to field a good team. But if we lose a player or two, our play seems to crash. We need to have enough talent on this team so there is very little drop off if a backup plays. Look what the Steelers and Pats* have done this year with their injuries. Is that coaching or talent? You need the talent first, if we have decent backups and Jauron can't overcome a situation, then it's time for him to go. Until then, let's keep moving forward instead of rebuilding again. How do you compare DJ to MM? Did you forget where we were a few years ago? Why throw the progress away?

And I think he is valuable this year - but I also think Johnson can fill that role adequately next year, that's all. If someone makes a good offer for Reed, I'd have to listen. And I guess I'm thinking 4th round or equivalent.

This is slightly off your topic, but I think if we trade anyone it's Reed. Assuming improvement in our rookies, he is the one who has value and we can do without. I know he seems to be a key part of the offense this year, but I think Johnson has proven he can step into the "security blanket" role, and hopefully Hardy will gain more confidence in the offseason. If not Parrish can supplant him as the number 3. Parrish reminds me of Dante Hall, another guy who should have been a lot better with the offense but never seemed to get it done. If we do want to trade him, I vote they talk to SF, Martz like those small, quick wr's.

I didn't say it was easy, but I think DJ does not have as much or as difficult a road to change. He seems to have problems on Sundays, while Coughlin had troubles in the locker room and if I remember correctly his decisions were also questioned on Sundays. That viewpoint is awfully cy....oh, I see. My point is with better talent we have a better chance to win, regardless of the coach. If the players execute better the coaches will change their approach to the game and vice versa. Like last years MNF Dallas game. If TE doesn't throw a pick, don't you think that affected what Fairchild called for at least a few games? I'm hoping that the confluence of the players experience and the coaching end up with us being a competitive team for a while. With our luck, we'll get there, then the team will be sold and the new owners will blow it up again.

So let's play McKelvin and see what he can do. It's okay if he makes enough plays to keep Greer in the nickel spot. Makes us a better, deeper team. McKelvin has improved vastly on kickoffs, why not on the corner when he gets some time. If I remember correctly, teams take a baseline brain activity scan on qb's prior to the season for comparison if/when there is a question of whether a concussion is still effecting the player. I know some of the teams were doing that, maybe some else knows for sure that the NFL mandated it. I think the problem is his youth and the coaches have probably thrown too much at him. Regardless, he needs to keep improving. The fans need to realize that improvement may not mean better play all the time. Is it really that bad? Our starters seem to do okay except for center. I agree Butler seems a little fragile, and it would be nice to have him as our top backup. I'd like to see Walker play some guard because Chambers or someone else can play RT, but that doesn't seem to be in the cards. I remember the Oak fans saying Walker played well at guard and struggled at RT in space but I guess the Bills don't see him there. Again, is it so bad? Schobel is a quality LDE and I think that with a quality RDE Schobel gets less double teams and is under less pressure, gets hurt less and contributes more because of single blockers. We need pressure on the qb from our down 4, and we're not there yet. Our 3DT rotation has played okay, at least we're not a seive against the run and Stroud can get close to the qb. Keep in mind that Turk is learning as well, it's not all Dick. My hope is that between the two of them everything will come together for us to make a run. Sort of like Coughlin "got it" after a while. I think the place were we should spend money is the college/free agent scouting staff. More quality people there should translate to more quality draft choices and help our coaches get more wins. If Barry Switzer could win a SB, Dick Jauron can also.

I thought at the time they were signed the thought was we have decent players and too many other holes on this team to address DE at the time, sign them so we can concentrate in weaker areas. I think Ellis is an attempt to address these two upcoming holes and I hope a 1st day pick this year will help as well. Adding a pass rushing RDE will go a long way to making this D work well. It sucks that McCargo can't get his head out of his bum because it would be nice to try Spencer Johnson on the edge.

That's what happens when you allow a naked bootleg the prior week.