My attempt at playing GM

[L.A. Playa]

Here is my shot at my plan for the Bills in the offseason.

HC if you prefer someone with HC experience I would go to the college ranks and hire Jim Tressel of Ohio State

If you prefer a defensive coach, I hire Ted Cottrell

Offensive coach, I hire Gary Kubiak

Player decisions, Sam Adams and Eric Moulds either restructure or they are cut.

Mike Williams, Jeff Posey, Bennie Anderson and Coy Wire are cut.

Nate Clements is franchised and traded to a team dumb enough to trade their 1^st rd pick for him The Oakland Raiders

Trey Teague is not resigned, Josh Reed is offered the minimum contract. Angelo Crowell is resigned.

Now I may have missed some players here but those are the main guys.

With the Bills first pick I draft Mathius Kiwanuka DE
Adams at NT, Kelsay at one DE and Mathius Kiwanuka DE as the other DE

Crowell and Schobel as OLB’s and Spikes and Fletcher as ILB’s

Also say bye bye to either Vincent and or Milloy

With our second 1^st Rd’er picked up in the Raider trade we draft Darnel Bing S USC

Then to fill out our #1 CB we sign Charles Woodson much cheaper than the Raiders signed Nate

2^nd rd we select
Jesse Mahelona, DT Tennessee

He can either start day 1 or take over for Sam next year, contingency plan if Sam wont renegotiate, sign Larry Triplett DT of the Colts as insurance if rookie isn’t ready

3^rd rd we select

Taitusi Lutui, OG USC

Day 1 starter at RG

We retain McNally as line coach, we sign Steve Hutchinson and LeCharles Bentley

Our new OL is Mike Gandy at LT, Steve Hutchinson at LG Bentley at C Lutui at RG and Jason Peters at RT

Our next 3^rd rd pick is
Maurice Stovall, WR Notre Dame

May start day 1 if Eric Moulds doesn’t resign at lower cap hit, contingency plan if Moulds doesn’t sign is to sign Isaac Bruce to a 1 year contract when the Rams cut him

Also Kevin Everett will be our starting TE and we release Mark Campbell and Tim Euhus and with our compensatory pick in rd 3 for losing Pat Williams we select

Dominique Byrd, TE USC he will battle Everett for the starting spot and will make a great blocking TE

Our 4^th rd selection will then be

Justin Wyatt, CB USC

So there you have it a young team that may or may not compete come day 1 of the 2006 season based on team chemistry but definitely a step in the right direction, so now rip my plan LOL

[fliefish]

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The only thing that you forgot is the new Head Coach and GM, who I assume by all those USC draft picks will be Pete Carrol

[L.A. Playa]

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HC is touched in the begining and the USC players are great players and NFL ready due to great college coaching, Pete Carrol is a great COLLEGE coach and recruiter Idont think he would do well in the NFL but he does know how to prepare players for the NFL, IE. Carson Palmer, Keary Colbert, Kenchi Udeze

[gonzo1105]

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I'm sorry but that is just not good. You honestly think the Raiders would give up a top 10 pick and then we would take Darrell Bing with that pick? i'm telling you right now Kiwanuka is gonna start falling down people's draft boards. People consider him a tweener because he is so tall. They dont feel he can add much bulk either that he has filled out his frame. I'm just saying dont be surprised. I've been trying to say it to all the Kiwanuka lovers, if were gonna draft a DE it better be Mario Williams. You also think that Charles Woodson is goin to come cheap? If Clements is franchised, Woodson would still be the top CB on the market even after being hurt and he would get a big deal.

[L.A. Playa]

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and using Clumps cap #s we could sign

Bentley $4 mil cap charge
Hutchinson $6 mil cap charge
Woodson $3.5 cap charge
Triplett $2.5 mil cap charge or Adams lower cap # to 1 mil
Bruce $1 mil or Moulds lower cap # to 5 mil

rookies lets say $10 Mil

total cap charge $27 mil and still be around $5 mil under cap for depth signings

[L.A. Playa]

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I would rather take a chance on a tweaner DE (ie. Dwight Freeny) than a massive OT (ie. Mike Williams ) just my personal preference but we are all entitiled to our own opinions

[Forward_Lateral]

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If the Bills don't select an offensive lineman in the first round, I think Ralph, and 50 million Bills fans world wide will have a collective stroke, and 50,000,001 heads will explode instantaniously. Just my opinion.

[L.A. Playa]

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1st rd OL to me are a waste of cap space

[justasportsfan]

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Cotrell? Based on what? Wade Phillips is a better DC.

[L.A. Playa]

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Wade will never be back in Buffalo, Ted Cotrell has always run a good defense and was well liked in Buffalo

[hydro014]

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D'Brick is the only OL that is worth a top 10 pick, and he should be gone by pick #5. We can t use another top 10 pick on an a OL. also Kiwi is not as good as mario williams, williams is better at stopping the run and can still pass rush, kiwi is better at rushing and can struggle at times at stoppingthe run, IMO williams has a ton of upside.

[Lexwhat]

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D'Brick is the only OL that is worth a top 10 pick, and he should be gone by pick #5. We can t use another top 10 pick on an a OL. also Kiwi is not as good as mario williams, williams is better at stopping the run and can still pass rush, kiwi is better at rushing and can struggle at times at stoppingthe run, IMO williams has a ton of upside.

Maybe Ngata, Kiwi, and D'Brick will all be gone by the time we pick (along with Leinhert and Bush of course). Perhaps we would have Williams fall to us and take him by default.

Either way, I would take any of the 3 (Ngata, WIlliams, Kiwi) players, surely one of them would be available when we pick.

[Throne Logic]

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If the Bills don't select an offensive lineman in the first round, I think Ralph, and 50 million Bills fans world wide will have a collective stroke, and 50,000,001 heads will explode instantaniously. Just my opinion.

I do not want an OL in the top 10 picks. Way too big of a risk for the money. Look at Mike Williams. Look at McKinney. Look at Gallary. For every good OL picked in the top 15, there seems to be any number of busts.

I like the idea of a LB. Maybe a CB. These positions are much better on the risk reward ratio. My issue with DE is that we have a couple of guys who can play the position fairly well - if we move to a 3-4, we have a pretty good lineup. Well, good on paper anyway.

[Lexwhat]

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I do not want an OL in the top 10 picks. Way too big of a risk for the money. Look at Mike Williams. Look at McKinney. Look at Gallary. For every good OL picked in the top 15, there seems to be any number of busts.

I like the idea of a LB. Maybe a CB. These positions are much better on the risk reward ratio. My issue with DE is that we have a couple of guys who can play the position fairly well - if we move to a 3-4, we have a pretty good lineup. Well, good on paper anyway.

I agree about your point on 1st rounder O-Lineman. However, I dont like the 3-4 scenario very much. The reason? Takeo Spikes. I want Takeo to have as much room as he needs to move around and not be limited by having 3 LBs next to him. However, I wouldn't be opposed to running a 34 hybrid that would still allow us to utilize Spikes's talents. But I dont want to run a defense like the ones NE and San Diego have. I think this would hamper Spikes. Do you think Urlacher or Ray Lewis would want to play in a 3-4? JMO though.

[Lexwhat]

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I like the idea of a LB. Maybe a DB.

By the way, if we move to a 3-4, where would our Nose Tackle come from?