I have been listening to various sports outlets and apparantly alot of teams are now panicked by how weak this years FA market. Certain teams have left their restricted FAs without enough comp and now teams are scrambling to get bodies.
It is now time to give the Bills a much better grade and heres why:
1) Letting Nate walk was the right decision. Anytime a player leaves it is going to leave a hole. I think the Bills were stupid to let Pat Williams and Winfield walk but this isn't one of those cases. Nate was not worth 80 million dollars. PERIOD. So stop *****ing.
2) Dockery was a great signing. He really was the only one available because Steinbach wanted to play for his hometown and Dielman ended up wanting to stay with the Chargers. The Bills got the best available LG and he's a legitimate starter. When was the last time that we could say that about a lineman.
3) Whittle and Walker might not look like much at first but going into last years pre-season we not only had a crappy line but we had no depth either. Matter-of-fact the whole team was lacking depth. Great teams have depth. Pittsburgh's 2nd string D manhandled us in a must win game a few years ago. Even if you don't like the Walker move it's another player competing for a position. You have legit backups and starters at every positon on the line.
4) I am not a huge Kelsay fan however with the addition A-train and K. Thomas signing the Bills were smart not to fight the battle on every front. Kelsay knows the system and in hind sight signed a very reasonable contract. The Bills have planty of holes and keeping continuity counts.
The Bills did a great job and deserve some credit. If the draft goes our way than this FA period will look like the draft that we supposedly didn't do well in last year.
It is now time to give the Bills a much better grade and heres why:
1) Letting Nate walk was the right decision. Anytime a player leaves it is going to leave a hole. I think the Bills were stupid to let Pat Williams and Winfield walk but this isn't one of those cases. Nate was not worth 80 million dollars. PERIOD. So stop *****ing.
2) Dockery was a great signing. He really was the only one available because Steinbach wanted to play for his hometown and Dielman ended up wanting to stay with the Chargers. The Bills got the best available LG and he's a legitimate starter. When was the last time that we could say that about a lineman.
3) Whittle and Walker might not look like much at first but going into last years pre-season we not only had a crappy line but we had no depth either. Matter-of-fact the whole team was lacking depth. Great teams have depth. Pittsburgh's 2nd string D manhandled us in a must win game a few years ago. Even if you don't like the Walker move it's another player competing for a position. You have legit backups and starters at every positon on the line.
4) I am not a huge Kelsay fan however with the addition A-train and K. Thomas signing the Bills were smart not to fight the battle on every front. Kelsay knows the system and in hind sight signed a very reasonable contract. The Bills have planty of holes and keeping continuity counts.
The Bills did a great job and deserve some credit. If the draft goes our way than this FA period will look like the draft that we supposedly didn't do well in last year.
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