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Every time a team beats the Buffalo Bills, it reminds us of the wholesale slaughter of untold millions of American Bison. We are reliving an environmental catastrophe. How can they be so insensitive?

I believe if he fell to the ground on the Bills' sideline, that is acceptable; falling to the ground in the endzone is a 15 yard penalty. Isn't that the rule?

This is the key point. People can say "sign him for WR#2 money", but it takes both and offer and Stevie signing the contract to make that happen. So: 1) What do people think Stevie's market value is, if he becomes an unrestricted free agent able to solicit offers from any of 32 NFL teams? $ Per year and guaranteed money, excluding any fake years intended to be voided. 2) How much do you believe the Buffalo Bills should offer Stevie Johnson? My opinions: 1) He can obtain somewhere around 5 years, $40 million but with only ~$15 million guaranteed. I am really unsure of his market value at this time however and the total value may be high. 2) The Bills should franchise him and take more time to decide, even though this will mean paying a high salary next year.

I believe his drop and showboating problems are likely to improve. On the plus side, he definitely showed an ability to get separation today. I would attempt to re-sign him, if the coaches agree with the idea that his problems are fixable.

Since some in the NFL will always endorse the "win at all costs" philosophy, Suh needs a 2-game suspension. On top of him costing his team a touchdown, that will make the point that these actions will not be allowed to help teams win. When you can't appeal to decency, deterrence is the only option. The precedent of a 5-game suspension applied to Haynesworth's stomp on a player's exposed face resulting in 30 stitches; despite Suh's attitude this incident cannot be penalized as severely as the Haynesworth situation, since it did not injure the player and was generally less likely to cause serious injury. 1 game suspension for Suh's actions and 1 for his denial/attitude should be fair. As with any other offense, if he continues to play in ways likely to injure other players, he should receive escalating fines and suspensions.

If he had played at his previous level, yes. Regardless, if this article is accurate, they did not give him $60 million. So it is a lot easier to understand.

Fitz has not played well the last few weeks. Earlier in the year, he was playing better. It is not just the loss of other players, in several cases today he had sufficient time and an open receiver, and misfired on the pass. In many of these cases he looked like he was rushing the throw even though the pressure was not there yet. However - I am willing to cut him significant slack for today's game, because I believe the constant flow of bad snaps REALLY threw off his timing and poise. I cannot remember seeing such a bad performance by a center in my life. If Levitre was actually a center, I would call for him to be cut. Since he was never meant to be a center, I think he should be returned to play LG or at worst LT.

This would make the Bills even MORE uncompetitive with respect to most free agents... and they say Ralph is cheap? As far as Roscoe ... offer a 1 year deal, for a fair amount of money; he is not likely to attract that much interest on the market.

Can he snap the ball, rush the passer, or play WR or CB? If no, forget it.

Since there was a lot of time left in the game, you don't think that you can score 24-28 points in 3 quarters with a lot of running mixed in (if you are having success running)? I think that when coaches give up on the run because they are behind early, they give away the game. Running also helps you keep the opposing offense (that you can't stop) off of the field. The chances of a fumble are relatively less than the chances of an interception. Now, if you are behind by 14 and it is halfway through the 3rd quarter, you'd better start moving. By the way - can't you hurry up after a rush play? Doesn't the clock stop after a rush out of bounds? What about the 3 timeouts he started the FIRST HALF with? Bad game management to go all pass-happy when you are down 21. What's the CB crop look like?

Is it any consolation that FJ will be the league leader in rushing after today, unless AP goes over 122 (50/50)?

Could he drop more than Jones?

After reviewing the game film, the coaches should cut someone from the team in order to send a message. I'm not sure who, let the coaches decide based on who is not performing their assignments (going out of gaps, wrong place in zone, etc.) At least, send someone to the bench. The team needs to be shaken up.

I am rooting AGAINST the Jets, rather than FOR the Patriots.

If someone were (unwisely) there with children, I guess that would be a teachable moment?? Speaking of bad behavior, does anyone remember the game where the Jets fans set fires in the stands on Monday Night football? There were also fights bordering on riots, and an inflatable pumpkin. I just looked it up and it was in 1988. I am not sure that it can be said that Bills fans are the worst, or that it has gotten much worse, when considering this kind of situation. http://people.wku.edu/douglas.smith/Sports%20Crowd%20Behavior.pdf

Structure a contract where the guarantees kick in at the beginning of 2012. Like this (for example): 2011: $1.5M signing bonus plus current salary. 2012: Roster bonus of $5M. If the roster bonus is paid, the 2013-2014 guarantees also kick in. 2012 salary of $3.5M, total $8.5M. 2013: Guaranteed $3.5M, total salary $7.5M 2014: Guaranteed $1.5M, total salary $6.5M 2015: $5M option year. 4 yr extension, ~$27M in new money ... but guarantees kick in only in 2012 with a total guarantee of $11.5M - and realistically he will probably not be picked up for the last $5M so it is $24M in new money. I think Fred cannot do much better than this with his contract situation and age and I am not sure the Bills will go this far. However, it will give him $1.5M in money this year, in case of devastating 2011 injury, while protecting the Bills for this year only. Given his performance it is very likely the Bills elect to keep him in 2012. This triggers a total of $10M in additional guaranteed money, plus if he plays 1 game $3.5M salary becomes guaranteed (by CBA) so $13.5M for playing game 1 of 2012 (payable over time). Everything beyond that is gravy. If he hits the age wall or is injured prematurely, here are the scenarios (based on approx $2M salary in 2012 current contract): Last year w/ Bills 2011: $1.5M in new money Last year w/ Bills 2012: $13M in new money Last year w/ Bills 2013: $17M in new money Last year w/ Bills 2014: $22M in new money Last year w/ Bills 2015: $27M in new money Of course these figures could be adjusted either way depending on your preference, but I think this is the kind of structure that would give the Bills some benefit while also substantially raising Fred's salary when he is most valuable (now and 2012). He cannot get a contract that is equal to his free market value if he were an URFA this year, this is close and will send a positive message to the team.

It's actually kind of a wishy-washy comment. The person says they don't think he will take them where they want to go, but then states that the price was only going to go up so they understand the deal. So, in other words, this person is not really criticizing the contract, just betting that Fitz will not win the Super Bowl. Real strong stand there.

Also re-sign Rian Lindell.

Unfortunately unless Rodgers falls off a cliff he has MVP locked up. But, Fred has a good shot at All-Pro.

The guaranteed money places this between Kevin Kolb ($21.5M) and Matt Cassel ($28.5M). Anyone complaining that we overpaid, is essentially saying that we should have let him hit free agency and tried again with a draft pick; or waited until the end of the season and taken the chance that he actually diminishes his value by poor play (otherwise in a bidding war we would have to pay more). There are no superior QBs expected to be available in free agency or by trade so what was the other option? Someone mentioned a 3yr, $30M deal... do you think he would have taken that with less than $24M guaranteed?

The assistant reported that he took 4 pain pills and concluded it was a suicide attempt? 4 pills? He needs a smarter assistant.

Too bad he hasn't been practicing at DT. However, Pat Williams is available.

Based on his season so far there is no evidence he is using HGH, and if he was, he was not getting much out of it.

I have been thinking for a while that he has been "nursing" this injury for 2+ years and avoiding surgery. By this point with "flare ups" it is apparent that the problem is not going to heal itself with rest. Unfortunately the prognosis after Achilles surgery is probably not that great either.

If this link is correct, the last time it was successfully used in the NFL was against... the Buffalo Bills. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_catch_kick