ghz in pittsburgh
02-28-2005, 11:44 AM
For Pat, this is his last chance for a big contract - being close to Ted Washington will only enforce that notion. For the Bills, TD wants youth and some fiscal control. Clearly they don't mesh together very well dispite the rhetoric love words ("I want back", "I want him back").
The key here is TD and the Bills. Donahoe's history is that he never gives big contracts to over the 30 guys, not in Pittsburgh (even for mistakes like Woodson), and not in Buffalo (Vincent only gets a contract in the $3 million range and TD told him he's another Woodson). And the Bills actually prepared for this by drafting Anderson and giving Edwards a one year extension last year.
Let's see, TD drafted Henry and that spelled doom for A. Smith. He drafted Reed which spelled the end for Peerless. He drafted McGahee and look where Henry is today. Losman in, Bledsoe out. The trend continues.
Anderson will be given the opportunity to beat out Edwards this summer. I do believe, however, Edwards should be the leading candidate to replace Williams.
Personally I'm not so sure about the tendon of Adams and Williams being as good as we say they were. When we face quality teams who can run, they run on us (Patriots, Begals, Steelers). To me, both Adams and Williams are slashing type of tackle, not the stay-at-home-controling-gap type of guy aka Washington. When Washington was here, Williams was a very good compliment for providing backfield plays. We saw the last two years that Adams is actually a better player at that. We really need some guy who's willing to do the dirty work alongside Adams. Williams did reasonable well. But watching him turned around by Fenaca and his backup on a regular basis on Jan 2 make me wonder if we can find a better option.
Truthfully, Ron Edwards is another penetrating type like Pat Williams, only faster but less stout, and most alarmingly, less consistent. Maybe it's time for us to get a look at what Anderson can do. From my understanding, he's exactly the type that we need - staying at home, controlling the run. But can he do that at the NFL level?
The key here is TD and the Bills. Donahoe's history is that he never gives big contracts to over the 30 guys, not in Pittsburgh (even for mistakes like Woodson), and not in Buffalo (Vincent only gets a contract in the $3 million range and TD told him he's another Woodson). And the Bills actually prepared for this by drafting Anderson and giving Edwards a one year extension last year.
Let's see, TD drafted Henry and that spelled doom for A. Smith. He drafted Reed which spelled the end for Peerless. He drafted McGahee and look where Henry is today. Losman in, Bledsoe out. The trend continues.
Anderson will be given the opportunity to beat out Edwards this summer. I do believe, however, Edwards should be the leading candidate to replace Williams.
Personally I'm not so sure about the tendon of Adams and Williams being as good as we say they were. When we face quality teams who can run, they run on us (Patriots, Begals, Steelers). To me, both Adams and Williams are slashing type of tackle, not the stay-at-home-controling-gap type of guy aka Washington. When Washington was here, Williams was a very good compliment for providing backfield plays. We saw the last two years that Adams is actually a better player at that. We really need some guy who's willing to do the dirty work alongside Adams. Williams did reasonable well. But watching him turned around by Fenaca and his backup on a regular basis on Jan 2 make me wonder if we can find a better option.
Truthfully, Ron Edwards is another penetrating type like Pat Williams, only faster but less stout, and most alarmingly, less consistent. Maybe it's time for us to get a look at what Anderson can do. From my understanding, he's exactly the type that we need - staying at home, controlling the run. But can he do that at the NFL level?