Dr. Trooth

Waht are you exactly saying here? Should the Bills not pursue a #1 wideout because you think Easley is the answer next year and beyond? And, if they blow #1 money on a #2 (Johnson), then what?

That's both amusing and ridiculous. Finley's a TE and has a higher yds./catch avg. than a wide receiver. Finley played on a team that had 4 or 5 viable target options for their QB and still managed to snatch over 50 balls. Johnson was basically was perhaps 1 of 3 viable targets Fitz had... and when Fred and Chandler went down, he was the only target. Finley does his deeds on a team that lost only one regular season game. Johnson did his deeds (and misdeeds) on a team that lost 10 times as many games as did Finley's team. Johnson is a good possession receiver. Not a very good one, not an excellent one, not an outstanding one. As possession receivers, right now the gold standard in the NFL is Wes Welker, Larry Fitzgerald, Marques Colston, and Dwayne Bowe. I'd take any of those guys before I'd even sniff Johnson. Bowe and Fitzgerald did it with 3 different QBs this past season and Colston did it playing in 14 games this season and injured a lot of the time. A lot of Bills fans over value Johnson. Not by a little, by a lot. If I were the Bills GM I'd make an off of 6 - 6.5M. Take it or leave. No team worth a schitt is gonna pay him more.

Bull. If it can't be measured, it don't count. What, if the Bills leave is everyone gonna turn into zombies? Will the lights in the city go out? When the Rochester Royals left in the late fifties, did Rochester go into a tailspin?

How do you know they don't? Plus, you just shot youself in the foot by stating "draft people that play the best competition". Well, Jeremy Lin played in the Ivy League... about as low on the Div. I hoop scale you can go... not to mention the jury is still out on Lin, as none of the Teams he beat are all way under .500. The combine is just another tool in evaluating talent. No one and no team puts all of their eggs in that one basket. There's BLESTO evaluators, individual team scouts with their grades, coaches review film, teams always look at production. Teams hire private investigators to get the whole story on a player And... yes... it is a crap shoot. There is no sure fire science. But, it's the best science there is.

The operative word here being the "right price". The dude is a known slacker. Sign the bum to a big contract and I'l guarantee you he'll under perform. He is what is is. A Big guy, athletic, but he does not have a passion to play this game. He plays for the $$$. Thus, if you want him to play, you must constantly display a carrot in his crosshairs. Which, interpreted for the masses, means pay the bum veteran minumum wage plus performance incentives. Otherwise any team picking him up is gonna get screwed

If the Bills got nothing for that POS Lynch, it was worth it. Addition by subtraction.

Yeah. My wife & I had a threesome with Kim Kardashian last week and she said the same thing.

Seems to me a sports columnist (that couldn't cut it writing fiction novels)is throwing out another lame stupid column so he can pick up his check ths week. We all know it ain't gonna happen. Pats got bigger fish to fry, like 20 free agents of their own to think about.

Why do people who no absolutely nothing about nothing think that every time a player becomes available the Bills should jump on them and pick them up? I think this is about the 150th player we should pickup in the las month. The Bills would have three rosters and 10 salary caps. Unbelieveable. I know, I know, he tested out well in Madden with the Bills, especially when Peyton Manning was throwing to him.

No one gives a flip who is drafted at 10. However, whoever he or she is, they damn well better play right out of the gate and make an impact. That's all that matters. If it's an OT, he better be layin d-linemen and LBs out on the run and protecting his QB. The one thing you don't do with the #10 is draft a player that can't contribute for a year or two, or even worse, a bust. We don't need coddled, wussy, never was's (Like Maybin, JPL).

Totally shocking. Who would have known?

Dude... The Pats ranked 31st in defense. Just another example that offense sells tix and defense wins championships. Drive for show, put for dough.

Absolutely true. If you're going to build one, you must build it to multi faceted. In Buffalo, that would mean a retractable dome to serve as a venue for Pro football, Hockey, Hoop, potentially for youth hockey, soccer, the monster truck insanity, circuses, extreme sports competition, PBA bowling championships, boxing,snow mobile racing/jumping, etc. Irt would almost have to be tied to another attraction, like a huge mall. I've often thought that the area near NF where Hooker & Carborrundum once were should be an ideal place for a huge sports complex and mall. Especially considering the proximity to the Falls plus in a couple of years casinos in NYS will be legal and they will be building a few there to entice the Canadians as well as other tourists. Taxpayer monry shouldn't fund that schitt necessarily, but if it did, the taxpayers must see a huge payback. Otherwise, let the entreprenuers do it and govt. stay the F**K out of the way.

Trust me. That's a good choice. At least they've got a great shot at seeing their team in the postseason.

Wow. And the koolaid ain't even been poured yet.

OK what happens if Shep or Barnett (or both) go down with an injury? And, you assume Barnett hasn't lost a step, but don't seem to be concerened that he'll be playing a bit out of position.

At least, so far, he hasn't married her. That leaves his finances still discretionary.

I think we're looking at a TE project if he adds about 20-30 lbs.

In case you didn't get the memo, I made this announcement as soon as Wanny was promoted. How does it affect things? A lot. 1) Bills have at least 3 LBS that should be able to play MLB. They have one that might be able to play OLB... and then a huge dropoff. No one has ever played OLB in a 43 on the current roster. So, there needs to be at least 2-3 43 OLBs brought in. No ands, ifs, or buts. 2) All of the Bills Defensive lineman (except Kelsay)(not counting the two street FAs the Bills pickeup toward the end of the season) are all 300 and above. Well, DEs in the 43 usually weigh in anywhere from 240 lbs. to 275 lbs. Jenny Craig ain't running the strength and conditioning program and neither is nutrisystem. So, do the math... a few of them will be sent packing and new and competent ones brought in. In other words, one step forward 2 steps backwards. I aint saying the Bills won't improve significantly on defense. But by the time that happens will the Bills still be in Buffalo?

The Pro Bowl is a ridiculous, meaningless, bullcrap thing. If I've got a chance to watch paint dry or the pro bowl, I'm going with the paint. At least I can catch some good fumes.

Brilliant. Pickup a 36 yr. old QB that's finished (3 neck surgeries in < 2 yrs.... fusion) and sucks up so much salary cap space that the team can't improve. He will retire.... cuz he can't play no more.

whoever they pick at #10 must step right in and play and contribute significantly. Nuff said. No qb selected in the top 10 sits

See if I've got this right. You disagree with extending the leading rusher in the NFL (when he got hurt) for a couple of years and trading him for a DE, and then draft James at #10? Are you on meth?

WTF? This is one of the most ridulous excuses I've ever heard. It rates right up there with the dog ate my homework. The bottom line is Cundiff has achip shot field goal to tie with under 20 seconds to go. Make it and stay alive. The score board lights could be out or flashing "F U Cundiff" and the fans all mooning him, what difference does it make? You got an easy kick to stay alive... and you choked. If it were a 50 yarder, no one would say anything if it had been missed from that distance, but 32 flippin yards? That odds of missing a field goal at that distance is probably less than 5 percent. It takes three to tango on a filed goal attempt. The snap was good, the hold was good, but the kick sucked.

Buddy had nothing to do with selecting in San Diego. John Butler and Dwight Adams drafted the players, with input from the coaches. All Buddy did was go sniffin for players and handed over his notes & tape on players and expressed his opinion. If he did good, once & a while he got to sit on John's or Dwight's lap.