vegas55 Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Give credit where credit is due; one of the best moves made by the new Bills regime was recognizing the talent of Leodis McKelvin and rewarding him with a contract extension. I thought he was the Bills best db in 2013, and in many games was a flat out, shut down corner. Somehow his ability/potential completely eluded Wanny, as did many things. I still recall the last minute loss to the Titans in 2012, where they completed the game winning TD pass on a 4th and 9 play. Wanny had Justin Rogers and Byron Scott out there unsuccessfully attempting to cover a wide receiver and tight end; while Leodis sat on the bench. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuntheDamnBall Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Well, this won't be a popular thread, but it's a good idea. Among others: 1) Hiring Pettine as DC. He has transformed a D with a lot of the same personnel. Still work to be done on run D, but a lot of promise. 2) Goes with #1 - improved pass rush 3) Signing (and re-signing) Branch 4) Signing Lawson 5) Extending Wood (see what I just did there) 6) Not trading Byrd 7) Drafting Goodwin (looks like a keeper) 8) Trading down in the draft to net an extra pick --> Kiko, while still getting the QB prospect they wanted. 9) Turning a camp cutdown player into Thad Lewis, a potential long-term backup or #3. The big problem, as I see it, is that not enough of these improvements are on offense. Hopefully we see some more of them coming to fruition in 2014. It'll have so much to do with EJ's development. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebandit27 Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Signing and giving significant playing time to Nickell Robey Signing Jim Leonhard Bringing Frank Summers back into the league and getting him involved with the offense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixxxer Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Well, this won't be a popular thread, but it's a good idea. Among others: 1) Hiring Pettine as DC. He has transformed a D with a lot of the same personnel. Still work to be done on run D, but a lot of promise. 2) Goes with #1 - improved pass rush 3) Signing (and re-signing) Branch 4) Signing Lawson 5) Extending Wood (see what I just did there) 6) Not trading Byrd 7) Drafting Goodwin (looks like a keeper) 8) Trading down in the draft to net an extra pick --> Kiko, while still getting the QB prospect they wanted. 9) Turning a camp cutdown player into Thad Lewis, a potential long-term backup or #3. The big problem, as I see it, is that not enough of these improvements are on offense. Hopefully we see some more of them coming to fruition in 2014. It'll have so much to do with EJ's development. You forgot to mention a Hughe(s) move we made in April last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuntheDamnBall Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 You forgot to mention a Hughe(s) move we made in April last year. You're right. And the addition by subtraction of getting rid of Sheppard. Great trade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazed and Amuzed Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Lets not forget about the Thad Lewis trade also, I highly doubt Chris White would've had as much of an impact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombstone56 Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 i think robey and summers made great additions , i think moats and bradham days are numbered Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swnybillsfan Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Lets not forget about the Thad Lewis trade also, I highly doubt Chris White would've had as much of an impact. thank you. i forgot his name in a different thread and it was bugging my like the song that gets stuck in your head that you don't know the name of but keep humming all damn day. i think robey and summers made great additions , i think moats and bradham days are numbered agreed, and it pains me to say that as i love arthur moats, he just seems like a great guy and extremely positive, upbeat person. i just kinda hope he is one of the six special teams aces marrone is talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kkspike Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Chris White will be starting for New England on Sunday.brandon mr cheap shot Spikes is on Ir with a knee injury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubes Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Lets not forget about the Thad Lewis trade also, I highly doubt Chris White would've had as much of an impact. Some might argue the loss of White was one of the reasons our special teams coverage was so lousy. But yeah, I think that was a good trade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San Jose Bills Fan Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Cutting Da'Rick Rogers. :devil: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max997 Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Leodis actually had a strong finish last year at CB and was great as a returner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffalover4life Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Drafting Mike Evans Oh, wait, that hasn't happened yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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