BobbyC81

I have this long-lasting vision of Bledsoe "The Statue" standing in the pocket and then one, two, three... defenders getting a hold of him and they can't get him down and then the whistle blows.

And that makes sense as history has shown that spending big in free agency (Redskins, Dolphins, etc.) doesn't usually result in contending teams.

If both Gaines and Matthews leave, that would make both of those trades worse. Each played about half the games this season. Then, basically, the Bills got a Rams 2nd round pick and half a season of Gaines for Sammy, plus, an Eagles 3rd rnd pick and a half season of Matthews for Darby.

The moves by McBeane have been to rid the team of players they thought didn't fit their culture, so Sammy was one of them. No way they bring him back.

Yeah, I wonder if it was the New England press, the national media or a combination of the two that led to his now sour demeanor.

Where's the sarcasm font?

I hated the Spiller pick also. I remember watching the draft at a friend's house and after that pick dropping to my knees and repeating "Why?! Why?!" I didn't like that period when the Bills kept using 1st round picks on RBs when they already had a starter. I wanted Poslusny when they took Lynch but they were lucky to still get Pos in the 2nd round.

Eddie Abramowski first!

Well, after Irsay insinuated that Luck’s injury was in his head, maybe Luck wants out of there.

Agents are running amok. They need to clamp down on them. Are they now getting paid to provide reporters with back door information? So how could it be announced that Denver has deal with Cousins? Again, people finding ways to get around the rules. So, if the agent talks to Denver, then talks to Cousins but Cousins doesn’t directly talk to Denver, it’s OK? That’s BS!

Actually what I’ve been thinking. They keep screwing him over. He should just tell them to stick it. He’d get another starting job.

He is not a free agent. Contracts run for the league year. 2018 NFL League year starts March 14th.

Now that teams know what the asking price is, they have a month and a half to come up with better offers.

I wasn't going to watch but as it gets closer I think I will continue the tradition of watching. If Pats go up big, just turn it off. I've watched all of them starting with IV.

Ancestors were cotton plantation owners?

Yeah, I can understand the team looking at salary cap implications and it's not my money, but I think going after bonus money already paid to the player is tacky.

Yeah, remember in their earlier days they had a mediocre wide receiver named Troy Brown, who always seemed to make big plays? He even volunteered one year to play DB when they had some injuries. Not a great talent but a team player that made contributions to thir success.

Or letting players leave as free agents and then using their 1st round pick to replace them.

While watching this Senior Bowl, I flashed back to the one in 2013 that EJ played in. It was somewhat a boring poorly played 21-16 game with EJ throwing a TD pass and scoring on a run to get game MVP. This game was way different with the QBs lighting it up. I wonder if it had something to do with the head coaches, with O'Brien as coach of the South team. Both head coaches of that 2013 game were defensive coaches (Schwartz and Dennis Allen). Now, despite the fact EJ was a Senior Bowl MVP, I value more how QBs played in this game with NFL coaches and NFL caliber defenders than how they look at the combine running around in shorts throwing to uncovered receivers. Given that, reports from the practices said that Josh Allen didn't look that good missing badly to uncovered receivers. He didn't look that good in the 1st half but played much better in the 2nd half so maybe he's a gamer. Mike White and Lauletta also looked good. Personally I feel a little better about this year's crop of QBs than I did before this game. Unfortunately we have to wait 3 more months for the draft.

That's the risk teams take when they manipulate the salary cap by trying to push money into the future and get players to restructure by giving them more guaranteed money.

Dilly dilly!

I go back to the comments by Mike Florio that many of the scouts he talked to felt that this crop of QBs isn’t as good as last year’s. I wouldn’t overspend to move up. The Bills may have blown it by not picking Watson or Mahomes when they had the opportunity with the 10th pick of the last draft but it’s in the past and can’t be changed now. They’ll just have to try and make the best move they can to improve the QB position.

History has shown for the Bills and other NFL teams that, unless you want to invest in a Fournette or Gurley, productive running backs can be found in the later rounds and even undrafted free agents (Fred Jackson).