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Only if you were to get 1 or 2 first in return would it make sense. Philly could be willing to deal. We could use the #11 on Oher, or maybe Smith (hopefully he isnt a head case). The only problem is you lose out on Everette Brown or BJ Raji, assuming there still there, so our poor pass rush wont be improved. Its going to be interesting these next few weeks till draft day.
I've been on Peter's case since last spring. Between breech of contract and crappy play through most of last season resulting from the holdout, I really have a bone to pick with him.
That said. Our Oline will be MUCH better this year WITH Peters. That is assuming that he comes to camp and participates in the pre-season. By simple comparison, Peters-Version 2009 would be an improvement over Peters-Version 2008. Funny how showing up for training camp, practices, team meetings, and a warm-up game or two really does effect your level of play.
If we're truly looking at another all Summer holdout, then I agree completely with your statement.
Sometimes there is a point of no return and you're forced to make a move you didn't want to make. A 2nd year of holding out & coming in late to play lousy football is unacceptable.
I'm thinking the Bills may be reaching that point with Peters but the market for him must be researched. Will someone actually give the Bills a 1st Round pick (or high 2nd) for him, when 3-4 OT's are currently carrying 1st Round grades in April ? It's not etched in stone, just because posters decree it.
My prediction is that the Bills will have to move him and make do with Chambers for now while a high pick develops or beats him out in camp. Another high pick will be Guard, so this line will be in a flux for a while. That's better than being consistently bad.
That makes the aquisition of Owens look smarter by the minute, with his ability to get off the line and catch the quick slant (in addition to his red zone ability).
Last season, the Bills got lousy play from both Centers, Dockery and Peters for most of the year. The line really has no where else to go but up. Butler is fair & hopefully improving. Walker is better than many think and did good filling in at LT. I've been very pleased with his play and willingness to switch positions. We got a Center last month.
We need a Guard early, in addition to Peters replacement.
Let it play out before jumping off the bridge.
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Yeah but if we have to take a LT at #11.... we would still have enormous holes at LG, TE, LB, and DE. We can't accord to make new holes at this point.
And we'll have more picks to address those needs than we do today...
1A - Michael Oher or Andre Smith (We probably won't see Raji, Brown, or Orakpo anyway)
1B - Brian Cushing, Tyson Jackson, Brandon Pettigrew, Conner Barwin, Alex Mack, or Aaron Maybin
And we'll still have our #2 thru 7 plus another 3rd or 4th for Peters.
And we'll have more picks to address those needs than we do today...
1A - Michael Oher or Andre Smith (We probably won't see Raji, Brown, or Orakpo anyway)
1B - Brian Cushing, Tyson Jackson, Brandon Pettigrew, Conner Barwin, Alex Mack, or Aaron Maybin
And we'll still have our #2 thru 7 plus another 3rd or 4th for Peters.
No idea whether that LT we took at 11 will be worth anything ever, much less starting in his rookie year.
But it may be the only sensible option left, if Peters keeps up the 'stupid money' demands.
If Peters thinks he can hold the team to ransom, I hope the team gives him the finger big style.
By that I mean that if he doesn't sign a deal by draft day, he either gets traded for an acceptable pick value (1st +), or he is made see out his contract (on the pine).
The Bills have made him a decent offer, and they may improve that some, we don't know, but if there is no real attempt from the Peters camp, to actually engage with sensible negotiations, then it's time to go to the plan that takes no account of him.
The OP is certainly correct that the O-Line without Peters, isn't necessarily worse than it was last year. Including games he missed, Peters probably only played ok in about 9 from 16 games, and even within some of those, he was still making fairly critical mistakes. People go on about things like, it was only 1 oe 2 plays in a game, which is sort of a fair point, but the difference being, is that those were plays that actually mattered, within the games played. The true top guys, don't make mistakes when things matter.
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