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Bills looking to trade up?

03-04-2008, 09:28 AM

Seeing as how the Bills are covering all their major needs so quickly in FA... does anyone think that maybe they are looking to trade up in the draft to take either Gholston, Chris Long, Sed Ellis or Dorsey?

Its not as likely that they would do it for Ellis or Dorsey now that they have Stroud and Johnson but they would most likely be able to take one of Gholston or Long....

Buffalo is already a young team loaded with depth and according to the draft value chart they would only have to give up a 2nd rounder in combination with their 1st to move up to the 5th spot.

Just a thought...

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03-04-2008, 09:30 AM

Re: Bills looking to trade up?

Only if Ellis or Dorsey drop.

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03-04-2008, 09:32 AM

Re: Bills looking to trade up?

Trading up would convince the Patmoran's, gr8slayer's, and Toronto fans of the world, that the Bills are indeed SERIOUS about winning.
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03-04-2008, 09:33 AM

Re: Bills looking to trade up?

Originally posted by Romes

Only if Ellis or Dorsey drop.

At this point I would rather have Chris Long or Vernon Gholston than Dorsey/Ellis.
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03-04-2008, 09:34 AM

Re: Bills looking to trade up?

I would rather stay at 11, grab a CB (or WR if one is not signed), then get a TE/WR/Center/Guard in round 2.

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03-04-2008, 09:34 AM

Re: Bills looking to trade up?

I doubt we'd go after Chris Long since we already have some big contracts in that position. Same thing for Ellis and Dorsey.
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03-04-2008, 09:35 AM

Re: Bills looking to trade up?

After the last few days, I really don't see us trading up for a DT, and Long is going to Miami IMO, so that leaves Gholston. I love the guy and would love to see him in a Bills uni, but does it make financial sense to go for a Gholston (considering what we would have to give up) when three of our top 10 paid players (on 2/28 anyway) were DEs? If we could deal Denney or Kelsay (unlikely), I'd more interested... just as I would if we were picking at #5 already, but given the state of things, I don't see this happening.
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03-04-2008, 09:35 AM

Re: Bills looking to trade up?

I would rather keep the picks and stockpile players for depth. Buffalo already traded away two of their picks and I would like to see them keep the rest to add depth and special teams players.

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03-04-2008, 09:36 AM

Re: Bills looking to trade up?

Originally posted by Mahdi

At this point I would rather have Chris Long or Vernon Gholston than Dorsey/Ellis.

Long for sure. Dosey/Ellis would be some good insurance incase Stroud isn't able to bounce back or McCargo/Williams/Johnson don't step up.

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03-04-2008, 09:39 AM

Re: Bills looking to trade up?

If we trade up, keep in mind that a higher picked draft prospect is going to cost us alot more than a lower draft pick. Say goodbye to any chance of resigning Evans!!!
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03-04-2008, 09:45 AM

Re: Bills looking to trade up?

Originally posted by mysticsoto

If we trade up, keep in mind that a higher picked draft prospect is going to cost us alot more than a lower draft pick. Say goodbye to any chance of resigning Evans!!!

Cap will go up next year and we are paying bigger front end money to keep the yearly costs down.
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03-04-2008, 09:46 AM

Re: Bills looking to trade up?

Originally posted by mysticsoto

If we trade up, keep in mind that a higher picked draft prospect is going to cost us alot more than a lower draft pick. Say goodbye to any chance of resigning Evans!!!

The Salary cap goes up every year... we still have next offseason to re-sign Evans... and the Bills are still in great cap shape...

Keep in mind we might have the cheapest secondary in the NFL and our LB corps is not that expensive either....
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03-04-2008, 09:48 AM

Re: Bills looking to trade up?

Originally posted by Mahdi

The Salary cap goes up every year... we still have next offseason to re-sign Evans... and the Bills are still in great cap shape...

Keep in mind we might have the cheapest secondary in the NFL and our LB corps is not that expensive either....

Cap may go up next year, but so will Evan's price. At the minimum, Evans isn't going to accept any less than Bernard Berrian did this year. He will likely want $50 million+ and he certainly has a much better record than Berrian does even with the crappy QB situation here in Buffalo in the last few years...
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03-04-2008, 09:55 AM

Re: Bills looking to trade up?

I still want a WR and TE in the draft (regardless of who we sign), and CB, DE, OG could use help too. I don't want to lose any more picks. Last year showed how valuable depth is.

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03-04-2008, 10:06 AM

Re: Bills looking to trade up?

Originally posted by Mahdi

At this point I would rather have Chris Long or Vernon Gholston than Dorsey/Ellis.

Dont think we need him...if anything we trade down....

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