26CornerBlitz Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 ClaytonESPN John Clayton One of the things that helped to convince Nick Barnett to go to Buffalo was the chance to play with Shawne Merriman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Doug Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Great pick up assuming he can stay healthy. Sorry, I just got to look for the silver lining in everything. Btw, why did the pack cut him? Was it a cost savings move? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfaninvgs Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Glad to hear it..... Let's get some more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Great pick up assuming he can stay healthy. Sorry, I just got to look for the silver lining in everything. Btw, why did the pack cut him? Was it a cost savings move? Pack has Desmond Bishop and AJ Hawk at ILB. Just extended Bishop last season fro big $$$....No financial room for Barnett....The dude can play!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bills_red Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Bills agreed to terms with ILB Nick Barnett on a three-year, $12 million contract.The Bills won't be going with underwhelming vets Reggie Torbor and Andra Davis at inside linebacker after all. Barnett has plenty of experience at inside linebacker in Green Bay, and he's set to replace Paul Posluszny in Buffalo. A highly productive defender with sideline-to-sideline range, Barnett averaged 109 tackles in his first seven seasons with the Packers. He's a major upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappy Posted July 31, 2011 Author Share Posted July 31, 2011 (edited) You're an emotional train wreck. I wanted Poz gone for better talent, which is what has come about (saving ~$3-4 Million a season was icing on that cake). I got torn apart for asking for improvement, to be vindicated in FA. This is what makes a better team, improvement through FA & drafting. It has to a be mix & with Poz gone, this was a huge blessing. Edited July 31, 2011 by Scrappy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeMonkey Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 I didn't know anything about him until now, but it would seem a decent pickup for the Bills and a very fair deal for Barnett as well. I love the length of the deal. Not a long term solution by any stretch of the imagination but should help make the Bills defense considerably more solid for the remainder of the rebuilding period. The best deals are the ones where both sides win like this one. Well done Buddy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ndirish1978 Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 I'm sorry, but this is only a need because we created it. I'm not saying we should have paid poz, but this doesn't really jump us up that much from last year. Also, this guy is just as injury prone and only became available after he was cut late and the market dried up. It was between us and the Lions and they just backed out. Sorry, but this doesn't prove much to me on behalf of the front office. This was a gift and we don't know how much we paid either. Btw, we run a 3-4, which requires a ton of linebackers. We are now just back to par plus a draft pick. We weren't even close to capacity last season. I'm not trying to be negative with this, just looking at the facts and what can give me hope to be better than 4-12. We have no depth at linebacker, no pass rusher, subpar safeties, and still no RT. For not trying you are succeeding! We have DL players like Troupe/Carrington, LBs like Moats who have just finished their first year and could develop into solid starters. We don't know what we have in Batten yet, but there's no reason to write him off. We drafted 2 rookie ILBs and I expect Kelvin Sheppard to start; we upgraded our veteran ILB position with Barnett over Pos, Merriman should finally be healthy, we drafted the best DL player in the draft, picked up a big physical rookie CB and a young SS. Oh and we picked up a developmental guy who is the largest human in the NFL who has great athleticism. That's just on D. We could win 7+ games this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Ralph is cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Rob Johnson Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 (edited) Sorry, but this doesn't prove much to me on behalf of the front office. This was a gift and we don't know how much we paid either. 3 years $12M http://www.acmepackingcompany.com/2011/7/31/2307689/nick-barnett-signing-buffalo-bills-nfl-free-agency-2011-green-bay-packers-news Edited July 31, 2011 by Ghost of Rob Johnson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welborn9 Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 One full year in the system alone (nevermind the personel moves) makes us a better team. Health will be the most important factor in improving our record this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benbillsfan Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 https://twitter.com/#!/NickBarnett NickBarnett NickBarnett #GOBILLS 3 minutes ago » NickBarnett NickBarnett God has blessed me once again to be part of a great organization.. Great coaches, Great staff, Great players and more importantly great fans Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm so happy about this right now!! dude things are looking up guys....did you see where he says bills fans are awesome on twitter..how about in the stadium....this team and this organization is on its way up...we need the 12th man in there to show our new guys what we can do...LOUD ...im offically signing up for twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flmike Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 I like this. Hope it all works out on the field. One really never knows, though. Looking forward to finding out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papazoid Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 and they saved $3 mil/yr vs Poz... i'm thru with this team.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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