according to chris brown, bills will not franchise johnson

[NOT THE DUDE...]

chris brown says bills will not franchise johnson...

question- do the bills have to spend 95% of their cap?

could this mean nix like vincent jackson more? or maybe someone else?

also fred jackson said the team front office told him pass rush was the top priority, no suprise there...

im praying for cliff avril and we cut kelsay... and then draft coples...

[YardRat]

Re: according to chris brown, bills will not franchise johnson

They shouldn't. Hell, depending on results of conversations they may not be interested in bringing him back at all.

There is no cap floor for the first two years of the new CBA.

Bringing in Jackson would be great...keeping Stevie and pairing the two of them would be better.

I like Avril also, but would still hang on to Kelsay for another season or two.

[HAMMER]

Re: according to chris brown, bills will not franchise johnson

Johnson can take his tired act and beat it down the road. We need people that are about the team, not themselves.

[Luisito23]

Re: according to chris brown, bills will not franchise johnson

Yet another player we develop, and are gonna let go...

Buffalo = Mediocrity at its best.

[JCBills]

Re: according to chris brown, bills will not franchise johnson

chris brown says bills will not franchise johnson...

question- do the bills have to spend 95% of their cap?

could this mean nix like vincent jackson more? or maybe someone else?

also fred jackson said the team front office told him pass rush was the top priority, no suprise there...

im praying for cliff avril and we cut kelsay... and then draft coples...

I wouldn't get picking up Avril to play RE then drafting Coples for LE. With the amount of early DL picks they've already taken, I don't think that is very likely. If Carrington slims back down to 4-3 LE shape, he'd be back at his natural spot where he can hold up against the run and provide some pressure. If we had a solid RE already, I'd look at OLB (4-3 if this is the route they're headed) and CB for the defensive side. A pickup like Avril expands what they could do in the draft.

[NOT THE DUDE...]

Re: according to chris brown, bills will not franchise johnson

I wouldn't get picking up Avril to play RE then drafting Coples for LE. With the amount of early DL picks they've already taken, I don't think that is very likely. If Carrington slims back down to 4-3 LE shape, he'd be back at his natural spot where he can hold up against the run and provide some pressure. If we had a solid RE already, I'd look at OLB (4-3 if this is the route they're headed) and CB for the defensive side. A pickup like Avril expands what they could do in the draft.

maybe they do pick up avril for the rde blind side pressure and start carrington. i have a feeling that nix is done with merriman and kelsay and both will be cut like stroud. take johnsons money, give it to avril. and then draft alshon jeffrey or michael floyd... hmmm, plus easley should be allowed to develop with jones and nelson. maybe draft maze from al in the 5th to replace the depth of parrish...

avril will command top 5 money, but if we are serious about it, we need to go after him, i dont think the lions will be able to afford him...

[NOT THE DUDE...]

Re: according to chris brown, bills will not franchise johnson

it might make more sense to go after avril then to draft a questionable pass rusher who is probably not what we are looking for... we need outside pressure to make qbs step up. avril would cost lots. but i think he is probably the best out there.

[NOT THE DUDE...]

Re: according to chris brown, bills will not franchise johnson

one thing is for sure, we are not going to win a championship with kelsay and merriman supplying our pressure.

[baalworship]

Re: according to chris brown, bills will not franchise johnson

If the Bills let Stevie walk and don't replace him with a Vincent Jackson or someone in FA, then I cannot watch this team next year. I will always be a Bills fan but I just won't have any interest until this team can pretend it wants to win.

[NOT THE DUDE...]

Re: according to chris brown, bills will not franchise johnson

If the Bills let Stevie walk and don't replace him with a Vincent Jackson or someone in FA, then I cannot watch this team next year. I will always be a Bills fan but I just won't have any interest until this team can pretend it wants to win.

I agree! if we dont resign stevie or sign a big time wr to replace him along with being active in signing at least one big time pass rusher, im done!

kelsay offers no impact, he sucks. hes old, hes slow, hes getting worse. merriman gets hurt when you barely touch him. as far as im concerned we have one de, thats carrington, and thats very very sad...

if we go 43, we need 3des, and two olb...

nix simply can let johnson walk and draft his replacement. thats not getting better, thats getting worse...

if johnson walks, im convinced this team cant win until ralph leaves. there is literally no excuse, we have plenty of cap room...

[elltrain22]

Re: according to chris brown, bills will not franchise johnson

If they let Stevie walk, I'm gonna freakin lose it!!

[mrbojanglezs]

Re: according to chris brown, bills will not franchise johnson

if they don't want to pay him 7.5 million a year why would they pay him more with a franchise tag?

[Raptor]

Re: according to chris brown, bills will not franchise johnson

Good idea, keep letting talented players go. Its been awesome game plan and gotten us to the playoffs......

[BertSquirtgum]

Re: according to chris brown, bills will not franchise johnson

Johnson can take his tired act and beat it down the road. We need people that are about the team, not themselves.

brilliant!

[DrGraves]

Re: according to chris brown, bills will not franchise johnson

how are so many people against resigning stevie???? he is our second, maybe best player on our team next to freddie.

there are so many rapists, murders, drug addicts, and ****ing criminals in the league... this guy wants to write dumb things on his t-shirt. if the bills have to give up 15 yards on a kick off once in a while so be it. id rather have this 1000 yards and td's than our WR's looking like: roscoe, hagan, roosevelt, jones, nelson. puke.