Former Bills Players look good, so what?

[Forward_Lateral]

Be happy for them (except Peters, who looked like crap anyways).

What's the point of bringing it up, though? Fletcher has looked real good in Washington. Winfield is a stud in Minny. Nate Clements looks pretty good in San Fran. The list goes on and on. It happens. Get over it.

[BAM]

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Some people just aren't familiar with the free agency era, which began a long time ago. They'll catch up.

[SABURZFAN]

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i see Williams and Winfield up in Minnesota and just frown about how inept the upper echelon in this organization is. Fletcher is still playing great football in Washington and i feel like throwing up when i think about how they let him go. i enjoyed watching these players when they played in Buffalo. i don't wish for them not to succeed. watching them kick ass only cements my idea of how cheap the Old Fart is and the people he has in charge know nothing more about football than i do.

[Forward_Lateral]

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AT the time, almost everyone, myself included, agreed with letting these players go.

[SABURZFAN]

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Some people just aren't familiar with the free agency era, which began a long time ago. They'll catch up.

it just makes me sick how they shell out the big contracts to the duds like Fina, Schobel, and Denney and not give it to the studs like Williams, Winfield, and Fletcher.

[ddaryl]

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I'm more upset with the fact that we did let Winfield, and Pat Williams go

Clements was overpaid, but the BIlls could of locked him down in advance for less.

Peters heldo out and pissed on the fans and th eorganization IMO... So he is the only one out of our recent group of last players that I have a distate for

[Forward_Lateral]

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In fairness, if they kept Winfield, they probably wouldn't have Mcgee right now. If they kept Fletcher, they likely wouldn't have Poz, and if they kept Williams, they probably wouldn't have Stroud.

[Forward_Lateral]

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OK, maybe the Stroud thing is reaching a bit, but the other 2 I'm fairly certain are true.

[SABURZFAN]

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AT the time, almost everyone, myself included, agreed with letting these players go.

it's not even about what people think on this board. it's the continued duds that they sign to the big contracts and they never fulfill what is expected of them. that's one of the most frustrating part about being a fan.

[Forward_Lateral]

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it's not even about what people think on this board. it's the continued duds that they sign to the big contracts and they never fulfill what is expected of them. that's one of the most frustrating part about being a fan.

I agree 100% with you. I'm just saying, I'm tired of people living in the past.

[SABURZFAN]

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In fairness, if they kept Winfield, they probably wouldn't have Mcgee right now. If they kept Fletcher, they likely wouldn't have Poz, and if they kept Williams, they probably wouldn't have Stroud.

maybe the FO would have had their head out of their asses too and address areas that needed to be addressed. like i said.... MAYBE!!!!!

[SABURZFAN]

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I agree 100% with you. I'm just saying, I'm tired of people living in the past.

i understand where you were going with this thread but i was just expressing my frustrations out loud.

[LifetimeBillsFan]

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Fletcher looked great in Washington?

Are you saying that because of his stats or did you watch him play on Sunday?

I watched him play and saw a lot of the same things that a lot of folks criticized him for when he was with the Bills: making tackles 4-5 yards downfield and not being able to cover his man in pass coverage.

He was the guy that was beaten on both of Kevin Boss' big receptions that I saw and at least a couple of Steve Smith's catches came in the middle of the zone between the safety and MLB.

Don't get me wrong. Fletcher is still a decent player. He puts up great numbers. But, he is better in fantasy football than he is on the field. With Albert Haynesworth and Phillip Daniels (they both played well, although Haynesworth screwed up on a couple of plays, including getting a big offsides call against him) in front of him, a true stud MLB should be making tackles in the backfield or at the line of scrimmage all of the time, but the Giants were able to run the ball effectively.

Pat Williams and Winfield, different story. The Bills never should have let Pat Williams go and they know it. But, that was Donahoe's call all the way.

[Forward_Lateral]

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I didn't watch the entire Giants Washington game, but when I did, London looked pretty good.

I'll admit, between falling asleep during the late games, and watching the Cards vs Niners, I didn't see much of the other 2 games.

[Jan Reimers]

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It's actually a pretty short list, and I'm just as happy with our current starting CBs and Poz at MLB. Williams was a mistake, but every team let's a few guys go who they shouldn't.

I'm more disappointed in some of our draft picks, e.g., Whitner over Ngata, than in our FA losses.