FightClub Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 Seeing a lot of talk about FA's already thought I would post this from The Sporting News. Their War Room gives a lot of info on Free Agents and the Draft in the offseason and I subscribe because I like to do my own research on what the Bills should do. Anyway, this is their list of "Super 99" free agents. Not sure how baked this is this early in the offseason but I was surprised that Williams and Jennings did not make the list. The grades are similar to what they use for the draft (see "8.9" for Walter Jones) 1 Walter Jones OT 6-5 315 8.9 Unrestricted Seattle 2 Shaun Alexander RB 5-11 225 8.7 Unrestricted Seattle 3 Orlando Pace OT 6-7 325 8.6 Unrestricted St. Louis 4 Edgerrin James RB 6-0 214 8.4 Unrestricted Indianapolis 5 Plaxico Burress WR 6-5 226 8.3 Unrestricted Pittsburgh 6 Matt Hasselbeck QB 6-4 223 7.9 Unrestricted Seattle 7 Julian Peterson LB 6-3 235 7.8 Unrestricted San Francisco 8 Kendrell Bell LB 6-1 257 7.7 Unrestricted Pittsburgh 9 Drew Brees QB 6-0 209 6.8 Unrestricted San Diego 10 Charles Woodson CB 6-1 200 7.6 Unrestricted Oakland 11 Donovin Darius S 6-1 225 7.6 Unrestricted Jacksonville 12 Andra Davis LB 6-1 255 7.6 Restricted Cleveland 13 Brian Westbrook RB 5-10 205 7.6 Restricted Philadelphia 14 John Abraham DE 6-4 256 7.4 Unrestricted NY Jets 15 Bubba Franks TE 6-6 265 7.4 Unrestricted Green Bay 16 Gary Baxter CB 6-2 215 7.4 Unrestricted Baltimore 17 Corey Simon DT 6-2 293 7.4 Unrestricted Philadelphia 18 Edgerton Hartwell LB 6-1 250 7.4 Unrestricted Baltimore 19 Chike Okeafor DE 6-4 265 7.4 Unrestricted Seattle 20 Rich Braham C 6-4 305 7.4 Unrestricted Cincinnati Rk. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Grade FA type 2004 team 2005 team 21 Rudi Johnson RB 5-10 220 7.1 Unrestricted Cincinnati 22 Ken Lucas CB 6-0 205 7.0 Unrestricted Seattle 23 Lenny Walls 6-4 192 7.0 Restricted Denver 24 Jason Ferguson NT 6-3 305 7.0 Unrestricted NY Jets 25 Jermane Mayberry G 6-4 325 7.0 Unrestricted Philadelphia 26 Joe Andruzzi G 6-3 312 7.0 Unrestricted New England 27 David Dixon G 6-5 343 7.0 Unrestricted Minnesota 28 Chris Gray G 6-4 308 7.0 Unrestricted Seattle 29 Mark Fields LB 6-2 244 7.0 Unrestricted Carolina 30 Rocky Calmus LB 6-3 238 7.0 Restricted Tennessee 31 Chris Claiborne LB 6-3 259 7.0 Unrestricted Minnesota 32 Morlon Greenwood LB 6-0 238 7.0 Unrestricted Miami 33 Warrick Holdman LB 6-1 235 7.0 Unrestricted Cleveland 34 Correll Buckhalter RB 6-0 222 7.0 Unrestricted Philadelphia 35 Najeh Davenport RB 6-1 250 7.0 Restricted Green Bay 36 LaMont Jordan RB 5-10 230 7.0 Unrestricted NY Jets 37 Jon Ritchie RB 6-2 250 7.0 Unrestricted Philadelphia 38 Kenoy Kennedy S 6-1 215 7.0 Unrestricted Denver 39 Adrian Wilson CB 6-3 222 7.0 Unrestricted Arizona 40 Mike Gandy G 6-4 310 7.0 Street Chicago Rk. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Grade FA type 2004 team 2005 team 41 Freddie Jones TE 6-4 265 7.0 Unrestricted Arizona 42 Stephen Alexander TE 6-4 250 7.0 Unrestricted Detroit 43 Eric Johnson CB 6-0 210 7.0 Unrestricted Atlanta 44 Chad Lewis TE 6-6 252 7.0 Unrestricted Philadelphia 45 David Givens WR 6-0 215 7.0 Restricted New England 46 Joey Galloway WR 5-11 197 7.0 Unrestricted Tampa Bay 47 Ben Hamilton C 6-4 283 7.0 Unrestricted Denver 48 Justin Hartwig G 6-4 305 7.0 Restricted Tennessee 49 Andre Dyson CB 5-10 183 7.0 Unrestricted Tennessee 50 Fred Smoot CB 5-11 174 7.0 Unrestricted Washington 51 Nick Harper CB 5-10 182 6.9 Unrestricted Indianapolis 52 Jarvis Green DE 6-3 290 6.9 Restricted New England 53 Aaron Kampman DT 6-4 284 6.9 Restricted Green Bay 54 Hugh Douglas DE 6-2 281 6.9 Unrestricted Philadelphia 55 Reggie Hayward DE 6-5 270 6.9 Unrestricted Denver 56 Tony Williams DT 6-2 296 6.9 Unrestricted Cincinnati 57 Marcus Bell DT 6-2 339 6.9 Unrestricted Detroit 58 Seth Payne DT 6-4 315 6.9 Unrestricted Houston 59 Bryan Robinson DE 6-4 296 6.9 Unrestricted Miami 60 Daleroy Stewart DT 6-4 298 6.9 Restricted San Francisco Rk. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Grade FA type 2004 team 2005 team 61 Ryan Diem G 6-6 331 6.9 Unrestricted Indianapolis 62 Cosey Coleman G 6-4 322 6.9 Unrestricted Tampa Bay 63 Cooper Carlisle G 6-5 295 6.9 Unrestricted Denver 64 Casey Rabach C 6-4 301 6.9 Unrestricted Baltimore 65 Adam Vinatieri K 6-0 202 6.9 Unrestricted New England 66 Akin Ayodele DE 6-2 251 6.9 Restricted Jacksonville 67 Scott Fujita LB 6-5 250 6.9 Restricted Kansas City 68 Jason Gildon LB 6-4 255 6.9 Unrestricted Jacksonville 69 Will Witherspoon LB 6-1 231 6.9 Restricted Carolina 70 Kevin Bentley LB 6-1 240 6.9 Restricted Cleveland 71 Torrance Marshall LB 6-2 255 6.9 Unrestricted Green Bay 72 David Thornton LB 6-2 230 6.9 Restricted Indianapolis 73 Quincy Carter QB 6-2 213 6.9 Unrestricted NY Jets 74 Josh McCown QB 6-4 212 6.9 Restricted Arizona 75 Vinny Testaverde QB 6-5 233 6.9 Unrestricted Dallas 76 Kurt Warner QB 6-2 200 6.9 Unrestricted NY Giants 77 Eddie George RB 6-3 235 6.9 Unrestricted Dallas 78 Garrison Hearst RB 5-11 215 6.9 Unrestricted Denver 79 Travis Minor RB 5-10 205 6.9 Unrestricted Miami 80 Dominic Rhodes RB 5-9 203 6.9 Unrestricted Indianapolis Rk. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Grade FA type 2004 team 2005 team 81 Anthony Thomas RB 6-2 225 6.9 Unrestricted Chicago 82 Sammy Knight S 6-0 215 6.9 Unrestricted Miami 83 Marlon McCree S 5-11 202 6.9 Unrestricted Houston 84 Marques Anderson S 5-11 210 6.9 Restricted Oakland 85 Idrees Bashir S 6-2 198 6.9 Unrestricted Indianapolis 86 Zack Bronson S 6-1 204 6.9 Unrestricted St. Louis 87 Stockar McDougle G 6-6 335 6.9 Unrestricted Detroit 88 Ian Allen 6-4 310 6.9 Restricted Philadelphia 89 Tom Ashworth 6-6 305 6.9 Restricted New England 90 Itula Mili TE 6-4 260 6.8 Unrestricted Seattle 91 Tai Streets WR 6-3 207 6.8 Unrestricted Detroit 92 Corey Bradford WR 6-1 201 6.8 Unrestricted Houston 93 Charles Lee WR 6-3 227 6.8 Unrestricted Tampa Bay 94 Robbie Tobeck C 6-4 297 6.8 Unrestricted Seattle 95 Brian Williams 5-11 198 6.8 Restricted Minnesota 96 Rashad Bauman 5-8 184 6.8 Restricted Cincinnati 97 Ken Dilger TE 6-5 250 6.8 Unrestricted Tampa Bay 98 Derrick Burgess DE 6-2 266 6.8 Unrestricted Philadelphia 99 Rick DeMulling G 6-4 304 7.1 Unrestricted Indianapolis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarolinaBill99 Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 Lots of good, large guards as UFA. 25 through 28 ; 40, 48; 61-63. I hope we pick up a big guy to help make this running attack dominate. Tucker is good, but not large enough to move people out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FightClub Posted January 19, 2005 Author Share Posted January 19, 2005 Good point. I see a signing on the OL this year as personally I think we will keep Williams but not Jennings. Jennings is a lot like Price was - in fact living down here in Atlanta I have heard him on local radio shows more than once sounding like he already plays for the Falcons because I think he wants to come back down here (he's from GA) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffFanInATL Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 Appreciate the info, but man... that's gotta be a mistake... Neither Williams or Jennings are rated higher than those 99 ? That can't be right... Jason Gildon ? I seem to remember we cut him... Travis Minor ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsGuyInMalta Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 Williams I'm surprised by...Jennings might be a player who we Bills fans covet but gets no national media exposure. When I told a Steelers fan buddy of mine I was worried that he'd leave, he just looked confused and asked "Who is Jonas Jennings"?. To my shock, another friend also had no idea who he is either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 28 Chris Gray G 6-4 308 7.0 Unrestricted Seattle 41 Freddie Jones TE 6-4 265 7.0 Unrestricted Arizona 47 Ben Hamilton C 6-4 283 7.0 Unrestricted Denver 50 Fred Smoot CB 5-11 174 7.0 Unrestricted Washington 87 Stockar McDougle G 6-6 335 6.9 Unrestricted Detroit 211568[/snapback] wouldn't mind picking up any of these Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsGuyInMalta Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 Chris Gray would be sweet...the guy is very underrated. Would give us two grind out and nasty players at guard. Also, Smoot would be an interesting pick-up I think. The guy is arrogant for sure, but with Clements potentially on the way out in 2006, it might be wise to lock up a replacement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadBuffaloDisease Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 Gray will be 35 before the season starts. Don't like that. Freddie Jones will be 31. Hamilton is young, but he's only 283#. That might not make a difference, but is something to think about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pm73 Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 Appreciate the info, but man... that's gotta be a mistake... Neither Williams or Jennings are rated higher than those 99 ? That can't be right... Jason Gildon ? I seem to remember we cut him... Travis Minor ? 211642[/snapback] no doubt man. that list is a joke. charles lee, cosey coleman, even quincy carter? yeah they're all more valuable then a solid above average starting left tackle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ch19079 Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 Jason Gildon is #68. maybe this list should be only the top 50 FA. cus the rest SUCK. also, Galloway is higher than smoot... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ganesh Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 Can we sign Ferguson, if Pat Williams leaves...I think Jason is younger than Pat. Other interesting players on the list Chike Okefor, DE Douglas DE Bubba Franks TE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shibuya Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 Hugh Douglas is getting old and wouldn't provide with if any sort of an upgrade to Schobel or Kelsay. He had 3 sacks, 1 Int, 15 tackles and no Forced Fumbles last year Okeafor parallels Schobel in the stat department. Bottom line there are NO DE's in FA that upgrade our roster. We already have a rock solid D, what we need to do is pour money into out OL !!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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