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Re: Not overly impressed. See us running in place.
I think Phase II of FA has been a gross dissapointment. I'm not exceptionally disappointed by Johnson not signing. I really think we tried, but his agent has led him down a bad path. The Hackett thing bothers me a bit, but he does have an injury history that is a problem, but a two year contract for 3 million sounds reasonable especially with all our cash to cap room.
I'm more concerned that we didn't take a look at Utecht, but signed Anderson. I think Utecht has much more upside and playmaking ability.
I think they really need to focus on the secondary with the rest of FA. Signing Scott today is okay, he was actually a decent backup, but I'd rather have had McCree and I think we dropped the ball on that. I think James would be a good addition at CB, he would bring some depth, but we've seem to let that fly by.
So, I can understand the questions brought forth by HH. My only response would be that by cutting Price and Tripplett, we are adding by subtracting. We need to address the offense in the draft to upgrade the team enough to challenge for a Wild Card spot.
Re: Not overly impressed. See us running in place.
Originally posted by historypete
I think Phase II of FA has been a gross dissapointment. I'm not exceptionally disappointed by Johnson not signing. I really think we tried, but his agent has led him down a bad path.
His agents job is to get him the most money he can, that's it that's all. It's up to the player to make the final decision. If Johnson wanted to be a Bill he would have been a Bill. Maybe the Bills weren't even in the ballpark, hard to say since none of us were actually at the table.
Re: Not overly impressed. See us running in place.
Originally posted by HHURRICANE
Well, we got an above average LB and an above average, injured, DT.
We released Price and Tripplett.
Why am I supposed to believe we are better than 7-9 again?
The draft is going to get us a Peeless replacement and a secound round CB.
Stop with the negatives...
1) 14 or so returning from IR... POS, Peters, Ko, Kelsay/Denney to name a few.
2) 7 to 8 fresh rookies with potential upgarde to our starting WR's, TE's and CB's.
3) Stroud > Triplett
4) Mitchell > Ellison
5) Johnson > Hargrove/Williams and maybe > McCargo
6) James > Thomas and maybe > Greer
7) Scott > Lenhard.
Re: Not overly impressed. See us running in place.
Originally posted by feelthepain
His agents job is to get him the most money he can, that's it that's all. It's up to the player to make the final decision. If Johnson wanted to be a Bill he would have been a Bill. Maybe the Bills weren't even in the ballpark, hard to say since none of us were actually at the table.
If his agents job is to get him the most money or best deal he really screwed him. His agent is banking on the fact Johnson will have a big year next year. That is fine, but to take that chance in SF is stupid. Their offense was worse than Buffalos. I'm not saying he should have signed here or that we made a compedative offer. I'm just saying his agent really did his client a disservice by telling him to take a 1 year deal in SF, because if he tanks which is likely considering the way they played last year his market value falls even farther than it did this offseason.
Re: Not overly impressed. See us running in place.
Originally posted by HHURRICANE
Well, we got an above average LB and an above average, injured, DT.
We released Price and Tripplett.
Why am I supposed to believe we are better than 7-9 again?
The draft is going to get us a Peeless replacement and a secound round CB.
For all the misery that this team's put us all through, I don't blame anyone for feeling pessimistic. But having said that, I am quite optimistic about the team.
For example we didn't get one good linebacker addition this offseason, we got two. The Poz is back.
We got rid of dead useless weight in Tripplett. Stroud if only 70% of his former self is still much better than Tripplett.
Fairchild wasn't working, now he's gone. His replacement couldn't do worse.
As for the draft, this is the NFL we're talking about not the NBA. In the NFL (championship) teams are built primarily through the draft. I'm excited about the possibilities.
Re: Not overly impressed. See us running in place.
I gues that someone is compelled to start a thread like this every other day.
I think that it is some kind of by-law.
And so it goes: all the injuries from last season will re-occur, last year's rookies and second year men will fail to develop further, the free agents will bust, all the draft picks will be clueless, character and continuity mean nothing.
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