KeisterHollow Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 I was looking over the Walterfootball website this morning, which is pretty comprehensive in its coverage of the draft and just about all things NFL related. Anyway, I was curious to see who was left in the FA market for WR's. After I looked, and considered other threads on this board started up for just about every player that gets cut, I thought I'd just put out there some names I found that are still available via FA. The names I'll list are not all the available players, but ones I thought could be good fits in Buffalo - for the entire lists, just visit the website. I put their ages after the player's name: WR's: Austin Collie 27 Devery Henderson 31 Steve Breaston 30 Sammy Stroughter 27 Chaz Schilens 27 Early Doucet 27 LB'ers: (ILB) Karlos Dansby 31 Larry Grant 28 Bart Scott 33 Bradie James 32 Bradon Siler 27 Barrett Ruud 30 Tavares Gooden 28 (OLB) Daryl Smith 31 Shaun Phillips 32 Thomas Howard 30 Leroy Hill 30 Michael Boley 31 Chris Gocong 29 Quincy Black 29 CB: Mike Jenkins 28 TE's: Dallas Clark 34 Kevin Boss 29 Randy McMichael 34 Chris Cooley 31 Leonard Pope 29 Travis Beckum 26 G: Brandon Moore 33 S: Kerry Rhodes 31 Quintin Mikell 32 Gerald Sensabaugh 30 It surprised me, really, that there are this many quality players still available - and it gives me hope that between the draft and FA, the Bills might actually be satisfied with their roster come summer. Furthermore, it gives me confidence that if the Bills aren't signing certain players at certain positions it isn't necessarily because there is no one available, but maybe because they're confident they can get a viable upgrade from the college ranks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEra Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Lots of good Lbs out there as well as some serviceable TEs. I'm not a fan of the wrs unless they were brought in for minimums. Doucet, collie or Breaston would suffice. Two of which have played with Kolb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPS Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Dansby and a bunch of guys who used to be. Pick them up later on the cheap. Other than Dansby, whom I think could help. He must be a real ahole if he hasn't been signed yet. That's the only explanation I can think of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylanme8 Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 I like Clark, and Rhodes or sensabaugh, maybe breaston but sounds like he is hurt. Unsure about any of the linebackers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Jackson Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Did Mohammed Massaquoi (sp) sign anywhere? Thought that he may be a good fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeisterHollow Posted April 4, 2013 Author Share Posted April 4, 2013 Massaquoi is still out there, too - I didn't include him because I figured if we're going to go after a WR then he probably has to be pretty fast. A thought I had regarding the linebackers - perhaps some of the older LB's who traditionally played OLB might be able to have more success being moved to the inside? Seems to me if they're fast enough to be on the outside they should be athletic enough to be moved inside, especially as stop-gaps for a year or two until we have young guys capable of filling those roles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Linen Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 I still think Brandon Lloyd could help this team. I understand there's a rumor of him not being that great of a teammate, but chemistry is about 4th on the list right now, we need someone that can catch some balls and get open. I think he can still do that. He's not exactly Titus Young nuts. Our receiver situation is such a major concern to me. At this point we have to rely on Graham and Easley to instantly become major contributors. That scares the hell out of me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddog69 Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Did Mohammed Massaquoi (sp) sign anywhere? Thought that he may be a good fit. He is terrible. Drops everything thrown to him. I would not want him on the Bills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smapdi Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 I think Dansby is worth a look. I'm a little surprised he is still out there. Only thing I can think of is that he wants ridiculous money. We could definitely use him when we our in the 3-4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Jackson Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 He is terrible. Drops everything thrown to him. I would not want him on the Bills. Not saying that he is the greatest WR in football but who is going to line up there? As far as I am concerned the Bills still need AT LEAST 2 (maybe 3) NFL caliber WR. As far as I am concerned they have 1 at the moment. I liked Nelson but he was hurt and I thought that Donald Jones was terrible. I think that I could have covered that guy. I had no problem with getting rid of those guys but I do have a problem with not replacing them. I think that the majority of the people that you could replace them with would be considered an upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbillsfan Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Dansby , Jenkins And Moore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Am I the only one who wouldnt mind Bart Scott on a 1 year contract? CBF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExWNYer Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Am I the only one who wouldnt mind Bart Scott on a 1 year contract? CBF Too old, too slow. Pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leper65 Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Too old, too slow. Pass. Thank you. Dude's way past his prime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tipster19 Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Quincy Black's career is done. I was at the game when him Ryan Matthews collided. The game was stopped for about 15 minutes. Add Kevin Boss to that list also, too many concussions and his career is hanging in the balance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frogger Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 I've always been a Thomas Howard fan since his time at utep. If he's healthy he'd make a good weakside ilb, he is solid in coverage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San Jose Bills Fan Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 Chris Gocong? Why does that name ring a bell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KOKBILLS Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 I'm a bit surprised Ramses Barden has got no attention from OBD...He seems like a match for the Bills needs and vice versa...One of the things I read about him was that he was looking for an opportunity to compete for a starting role...And Buffalo is one of the few teams that can offer that opportunity...Obviously he's not going to be too expensive...And he does have a rare size for the position...Plus he was Drafted by one of the best Scouting Departments in the NFL...I'd like to see the Bills give him a look... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 Am I the only one who wouldnt mind Bart Scott on a 1 year contract? CBF I dunno, but if we cut Barnett 'cuz we thought he'd lost it, last year Bart Scott looked lost it x 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San Jose Bills Fan Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 I'm a bit surprised Ramses Barden has got no attention from OBD...He seems like a match for the Bills needs and vice versa...One of the things I read about him was that he was looking for an opportunity to compete for a starting role...And Buffalo is one of the few teams that can offer that opportunity...Obviously he's not going to be too expensive...And he does have a rare size for the position...Plus he was Drafted by one of the best Scouting Departments in the NFL...I'd like to see the Bills give him a look... Yeah Barden and Brandon Moore are two guys I would have thought the Bills would be interested in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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