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Let's look on the other side of the coin for a minute.
Jennings and Williams are gone. The Bills have yet to address the OT or DT position. (First, we should all stay calm because there are a lot of days before camp opens). Maybe the Pittsburgh game convinced the Bills that they are further away then they thought; a little tinker here, a little tinker there wasn't enough. So, rather than take two years to right the ship the Bills are doing a wide spread change. With the amount of FA they have after the 2006 season maybe they are going to see what these guys can do.
Take a look at DT. Adams is set through 2006. Bannan and Edwards need to step up and show they can play to get signed beyond 2005. Anderson is a kid who will get some playing time. They could build from within and have 2 solid stars by 2006.
OT. I haven't a clue what the thought here is but maybe the team feels good enough about MW and Trey Teague at the tackles that they are willing to wait until 2006 to bring in somebody else. TT gets a year to show that he can play tackle and if not he is free to leave after 2005.
Then in 2006 the Bills can restock with players from their own roster, free agents and the draft. They could be as much as $20 mil going into FA next year (if not more). Losing PW and JJ will fetch some compensation picks and they will have their 1st rounder in 2006.
This could be it: See what you got internally this year while JP has the year to learn on the fly. Resign those FA that are of great value after 2005. Reset in 2006 through FA (when you got significant money to spend) and the draft (compensation picks from JJ and PW). This allows JP to mature even more and the team to gel. Then you go for it all in 2007.
We'll see.
Jennings and Williams are gone. The Bills have yet to address the OT or DT position. (First, we should all stay calm because there are a lot of days before camp opens). Maybe the Pittsburgh game convinced the Bills that they are further away then they thought; a little tinker here, a little tinker there wasn't enough. So, rather than take two years to right the ship the Bills are doing a wide spread change. With the amount of FA they have after the 2006 season maybe they are going to see what these guys can do.
Take a look at DT. Adams is set through 2006. Bannan and Edwards need to step up and show they can play to get signed beyond 2005. Anderson is a kid who will get some playing time. They could build from within and have 2 solid stars by 2006.
OT. I haven't a clue what the thought here is but maybe the team feels good enough about MW and Trey Teague at the tackles that they are willing to wait until 2006 to bring in somebody else. TT gets a year to show that he can play tackle and if not he is free to leave after 2005.
Then in 2006 the Bills can restock with players from their own roster, free agents and the draft. They could be as much as $20 mil going into FA next year (if not more). Losing PW and JJ will fetch some compensation picks and they will have their 1st rounder in 2006.
This could be it: See what you got internally this year while JP has the year to learn on the fly. Resign those FA that are of great value after 2005. Reset in 2006 through FA (when you got significant money to spend) and the draft (compensation picks from JJ and PW). This allows JP to mature even more and the team to gel. Then you go for it all in 2007.
We'll see.
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