Mr. Pink
04-11-2006, 04:44 PM
Lets judge the offseason moves...I feel left out on being bashed for an opinion because I don't take the "rose petaled glasses" look at this team and look at it objectively.
Fire Td-PLUS
Mularkey walk away from 1 of 32 jobs in the NFL, who had COMPLETE backing by this regime-NEGATIVE. I don't think negative exactly hits it properly. Dude walked away from one of only thirty two jobs in the world, what does that tell you?
Robert Royal signed....Positive, he can block. Jurys' out on if he can catch consistently but he's really only brought here to block. And considering some of you say that Royal fixes the O-line, then drafting Vernon Davis should not be any problem. But if you equate the signing of a blocking TE to fixing the o-line then you're comparing put a band-aid on a 3 inch open gash.
Andre' Davis-Speedster, had lots of promise, can't stay healthy. Former Botch Davis Browns second round pick who has good hands, decent route running ability and blazing speed. Has battled injuries entire career, was traded out of Cleveland because he fell down the depth chart at WR so far that his only real role on the team was KR. Lost those duties to an undrafted rookie QB who was converted to WR/KR. Think about that for a second before you decree this guy as "good." He lost his job to an undrafted rookie free agent QB.
Craig Nall-Perennial bench warmer who "we" thought was good enough to bring in and enter an open competition at QB. But Green Bay thought so highly of this guy they brought in Tim Couch to try and be Favres' predecessor and then drafted Aaron Rodgers. How he excites any of us I don't know.
Larry Triplett-Only as good as the system around him, he's now asked to be a star player and only good contributor at DT. He played well in a rotation in Indy but here will be part of no rotation, or if he is, we get to see the same scrubs on the field we saw last year get pushed around. Good signing if there are complimentary pieces, alone it's nothing to be excited about. Now this could change if the Bills were to draft Ngata or Bunkley or bring in a FA DT.
Matt Bowen-Special teams ace. Serviceable Safety. Didn't we already have one of these in Coy Wire? This signing makes absolutely zero sense. Yes, Ice, I know, he's slated to be the "starter." Well look at his competition right now on the roster then look at his paycheck. Of course he's the starter, by default, not by his dominance.
Peerless Price-Was good, 4 years ago. He ran into the problem of Michael Vick and his non-trust and constantly juggling of OCs and offensive schemes. Or you can just flat out say that he never was number 1 material. A good signing if he reverts back to 2001 form, roster fodder if he stays where he is at now. We'll know more on this one by mid-season. I think he's number 2 on the depth chart by default and experience.
Melvin Fowler-Another Botch Davis classic pick. He was good at these on draft day. Fowler was drafted in round 3 when he was projected to be a 4. He was supposed to take over for Dave Wohlbaugh at Center, that never panned out because apparently the front office in Cleveland was so HIGH on this guy, they drafted Jeff Faine the next year in Rd1. Fowler then tried to become a guard, he was unable to beat out a 7th round pick at G in Paul Zukausas. He was then depth and then traded out of Cleveland. He went to Minnesota, played ok while Matt Birk was hurt. Track record says he's a bust, but people around here spin his stint in Minnesota claiming he's the next Mike Webster.
Aaron Gibson-Big time talent, Bigger Gut. The guy literally ate his way out of the league. Then said if he wasn't starting to chicago he wasn't signing. He didn't sign, sat the year out. If this serves as a wakeup call to him, this BY far is our best signing of the offseason. He could start at tackle for the next 5-7 years. If he decides that the OCB-old country buffet is more fun, well then we took a flyer on a guy who didn't pan out. No big deal.
Josh Reed-words don't even begin to describe the idiocy of bringing him back. Combine Reed, Price, Aiken and Davis being signed you have now pushed last years 2nd round pick to 5th on the depth chart. Excellent! I dunno about you, but I'd rather have a WR that could catch the ball as opposed to one that blocks.
Aiken-good resigning, best special teams player outside of Moorman on the roster.
Stamer, Haggan, German-who cares...roster fillers and depth.
Ryan Denney-another excellent resigning, ok I was being extremely sarcastic. What has this schmuck done to deserve being in the NFL anymore let alone in a Bills jersey?
Going after UFAs Wells and Idonijie was a smart choice but everyone knew with what we offered them, the contracts would be matched, so good that we tried but bad that we didn't offer them enough.
Trading Moulds for anything is better than I thought they'd get, so I'll give Marv credit. Problem is that 5.5 million in cap relief woulda served the team better at the start of free agency and not when they got it.
I won't even comment on the last 4 days.
All in all, so far it's been a very disappointing offseason. We're a team with just as many if not more holes this year than last. We haven't really upgraded anywhere "talent-wise." Outside of Royals, he's the only real upgrade I see on this team.
Now for players who would have upgraded this team, and yes it WOULD have made the team spend more money and not be sitting approx 17 million under the cap right now. Odd I know.
Kevin Mawae at C....experience, good, could have tutored Preston.
Fabini at tackle....same as above except could have tutored Peters.
Seeing Nate won't sign his tender, trade him...sign Law.
Arrington is still available and is an upgrade over Posey or Crowell. Not too
mention who knows what Takeos' health will be at this year.
Brees, Culpepper, Griese, Kerry Collins-pick a winner, all better than the 2 we had and the one we signed.
Az Zahir Hakim woulda fit right in with the speedy smurf 4some at Wide. That was a joke.
Tank Williams, Marlon McCree both better than Bowen and starting material not just special team aces.
As you see only Law, Arrington and the QBs woulda cost a lot of money to bring in, ALL would have immensely improved this product on the field.
I'm done now.
Fire Td-PLUS
Mularkey walk away from 1 of 32 jobs in the NFL, who had COMPLETE backing by this regime-NEGATIVE. I don't think negative exactly hits it properly. Dude walked away from one of only thirty two jobs in the world, what does that tell you?
Robert Royal signed....Positive, he can block. Jurys' out on if he can catch consistently but he's really only brought here to block. And considering some of you say that Royal fixes the O-line, then drafting Vernon Davis should not be any problem. But if you equate the signing of a blocking TE to fixing the o-line then you're comparing put a band-aid on a 3 inch open gash.
Andre' Davis-Speedster, had lots of promise, can't stay healthy. Former Botch Davis Browns second round pick who has good hands, decent route running ability and blazing speed. Has battled injuries entire career, was traded out of Cleveland because he fell down the depth chart at WR so far that his only real role on the team was KR. Lost those duties to an undrafted rookie QB who was converted to WR/KR. Think about that for a second before you decree this guy as "good." He lost his job to an undrafted rookie free agent QB.
Craig Nall-Perennial bench warmer who "we" thought was good enough to bring in and enter an open competition at QB. But Green Bay thought so highly of this guy they brought in Tim Couch to try and be Favres' predecessor and then drafted Aaron Rodgers. How he excites any of us I don't know.
Larry Triplett-Only as good as the system around him, he's now asked to be a star player and only good contributor at DT. He played well in a rotation in Indy but here will be part of no rotation, or if he is, we get to see the same scrubs on the field we saw last year get pushed around. Good signing if there are complimentary pieces, alone it's nothing to be excited about. Now this could change if the Bills were to draft Ngata or Bunkley or bring in a FA DT.
Matt Bowen-Special teams ace. Serviceable Safety. Didn't we already have one of these in Coy Wire? This signing makes absolutely zero sense. Yes, Ice, I know, he's slated to be the "starter." Well look at his competition right now on the roster then look at his paycheck. Of course he's the starter, by default, not by his dominance.
Peerless Price-Was good, 4 years ago. He ran into the problem of Michael Vick and his non-trust and constantly juggling of OCs and offensive schemes. Or you can just flat out say that he never was number 1 material. A good signing if he reverts back to 2001 form, roster fodder if he stays where he is at now. We'll know more on this one by mid-season. I think he's number 2 on the depth chart by default and experience.
Melvin Fowler-Another Botch Davis classic pick. He was good at these on draft day. Fowler was drafted in round 3 when he was projected to be a 4. He was supposed to take over for Dave Wohlbaugh at Center, that never panned out because apparently the front office in Cleveland was so HIGH on this guy, they drafted Jeff Faine the next year in Rd1. Fowler then tried to become a guard, he was unable to beat out a 7th round pick at G in Paul Zukausas. He was then depth and then traded out of Cleveland. He went to Minnesota, played ok while Matt Birk was hurt. Track record says he's a bust, but people around here spin his stint in Minnesota claiming he's the next Mike Webster.
Aaron Gibson-Big time talent, Bigger Gut. The guy literally ate his way out of the league. Then said if he wasn't starting to chicago he wasn't signing. He didn't sign, sat the year out. If this serves as a wakeup call to him, this BY far is our best signing of the offseason. He could start at tackle for the next 5-7 years. If he decides that the OCB-old country buffet is more fun, well then we took a flyer on a guy who didn't pan out. No big deal.
Josh Reed-words don't even begin to describe the idiocy of bringing him back. Combine Reed, Price, Aiken and Davis being signed you have now pushed last years 2nd round pick to 5th on the depth chart. Excellent! I dunno about you, but I'd rather have a WR that could catch the ball as opposed to one that blocks.
Aiken-good resigning, best special teams player outside of Moorman on the roster.
Stamer, Haggan, German-who cares...roster fillers and depth.
Ryan Denney-another excellent resigning, ok I was being extremely sarcastic. What has this schmuck done to deserve being in the NFL anymore let alone in a Bills jersey?
Going after UFAs Wells and Idonijie was a smart choice but everyone knew with what we offered them, the contracts would be matched, so good that we tried but bad that we didn't offer them enough.
Trading Moulds for anything is better than I thought they'd get, so I'll give Marv credit. Problem is that 5.5 million in cap relief woulda served the team better at the start of free agency and not when they got it.
I won't even comment on the last 4 days.
All in all, so far it's been a very disappointing offseason. We're a team with just as many if not more holes this year than last. We haven't really upgraded anywhere "talent-wise." Outside of Royals, he's the only real upgrade I see on this team.
Now for players who would have upgraded this team, and yes it WOULD have made the team spend more money and not be sitting approx 17 million under the cap right now. Odd I know.
Kevin Mawae at C....experience, good, could have tutored Preston.
Fabini at tackle....same as above except could have tutored Peters.
Seeing Nate won't sign his tender, trade him...sign Law.
Arrington is still available and is an upgrade over Posey or Crowell. Not too
mention who knows what Takeos' health will be at this year.
Brees, Culpepper, Griese, Kerry Collins-pick a winner, all better than the 2 we had and the one we signed.
Az Zahir Hakim woulda fit right in with the speedy smurf 4some at Wide. That was a joke.
Tank Williams, Marlon McCree both better than Bowen and starting material not just special team aces.
As you see only Law, Arrington and the QBs woulda cost a lot of money to bring in, ALL would have immensely improved this product on the field.
I'm done now.