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    Re: D.J. Hackett to Carolina

    Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Miyagi
    You guys are all assuming that we had no interest in him. Maybe he didn't want to play for Buffalo? Maybe he turned down our invitation to visit?

    Don't jump the gun and blow a cap.
    This FO hasn't earned the benefit of the doubt.
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    Re: D.J. Hackett to Carolina

    Quote Originally Posted by Philagape
    This FO hasn't earned the benefit of the doubt.
    Then we should all panic and over-react to not signing an injury prone slot WR who does not fill our need at WR.
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    Lecter is right in everything he said.

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    Re: D.J. Hackett to Carolina

    Hackett was not a good fit for the Bills. We're looking for a WR with the potential to have a long and fruitful career, not a one hit wonder.

    We're not a contender looking for a missing piece people. Build thoughtfully and carefully not hasitly.

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    Re: D.J. Hackett to Carolina

    Quote Originally Posted by gr8slayer
    It's not uncommon for guys that were just signed to be let go. My point is that they aren't going to release a guy who they just drafted and gave up a high pick for.
    No? WR Mike Williams ring a bell? Troy Williamson? Jeff Faine?

    Plus, he was a second rounder, not that high of a pick. I agree it's uncommon, but not impossible.

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    Re: D.J. Hackett to Carolina

    Hackett was a STARTER last year with Seattle when he was averaging close to six catches a game and a TD every other game.

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    Re: D.J. Hackett to Carolina

    Quote Originally Posted by Dr.Lecter
    Then we should all panic and over-react to not signing an injury prone slot WR who does not fill our need at WR.
    I agree. I'm gonna jump off the bridge this afternoon. See you guys on the other side.

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    Re: D.J. Hackett to Carolina

    Quote Originally Posted by madness
    Hackett was not a good fit for the Bills. We're looking for a WR with the potential to have a long and fruitful career, not a one hit wonder.

    We're not a contender looking for a missing piece people. Build thoughtfully and carefully not hasitly.
    The guy's only 26 and was getting better every year!

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    Re: D.J. Hackett to Carolina

    Quote Originally Posted by Philagape
    Hackett was a STARTER last year with Seattle when he was averaging close to six catches a game and a TD every other game.
    At the wrong position though.

    The Bills don't need a slot WR. They need an outside WR.

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    Re: D.J. Hackett to Carolina

    Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Miyagi
    I agree. I'm gonna jump off the bridge this afternoon. See you guys on the other side.
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    Re: D.J. Hackett to Carolina

    Quote Originally Posted by Dr.Lecter
    Then we should all panic and over-react to not signing an injury prone slot WR who does not fill our need at WR.
    Especially a WR who was trying to up his worth in FA but who's first priority was to sign with his old team.

    Hackett's true worth was definitely revealed.

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    Re: D.J. Hackett to Carolina

    Quote Originally Posted by Dr.Lecter
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    Re: D.J. Hackett to Carolina

    Quote Originally Posted by Dr.Lecter
    At the wrong position though.

    The Bills don't need a slot WR. They need an outside WR.
    He was their starting split end. Seattle used a FB and TE, not a base 3-WR set.
    http://www.nfl.com/teams/seattleseah...chart?team=SEA

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    Re: D.J. Hackett to Carolina

    Quote Originally Posted by Philagape
    The guy's only 26 and was getting better every year!
    Hackett couldn't cut it on a roster full of underperforming receivers in a pass happy offense.

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    Re: D.J. Hackett to Carolina

    The Bills don't get him, so suddenly he's not right for us. That's how it works in homerland.

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    Re: D.J. Hackett to Carolina

    Hackett is a good fit because the Bills don't that that kind of possession guy on their roster. He keeps chains moving. They could have signed him and still drafted a WR high, and wouldn't have lost anything. It is unfair to dismiss him as a slot WR, he isn't limited in that way.

    That said, it isn't like they lost out on Terrell Owens. Hackett is a good player, but he has to show he can stay healthy.

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    Re: D.J. Hackett to Carolina

    Quote Originally Posted by madness
    Hackett couldn't cut it on a roster full of underperforming receivers in a pass happy offense.
    Averaging six catches a game, with 100 yards and a TD in three of the five full games he played, isn't cutting it????

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    Re: D.J. Hackett to Carolina

    Quote Originally Posted by Philagape
    The Bills don't get him, so suddenly he's not right for us. That's how it works in homerland.
    Whatever you have to tell yourself to get you through to the morning. I didn't want him from the start.

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    Re: D.J. Hackett to Carolina

    Quote Originally Posted by Philagape
    This no short deals policy is STUPID. A short deal carries no risk. There is no reason not to do it. If a guy does well and wants a better deal, then he's earned it.

    This is absolutely ****ing outrageous. We could have had him for a cheap, no-risk contract. Carolina just got a lot better for a hell of a bargain. He's a perfect complerment to Smith just as he would have been to Evans.

    SON OF A B****!!!!
    I like the no short deals with young players policy,,, why would a team that is building for the future waste time with a player that is only looking for a 1 year contract to prove himself with then bolt to the highest bidder?

    The Bills want to put the pieces in place that they will move on with for the next 10 years ala the Colts.... Their team is perfectly built and designed. The players they have locked up for the rest of their careers are perfect for their system ie. Freeney, Mathis, Brackett, Sanders, Manning, Wayne, Harrison.

    Im 100% sure that the Bills are following in the Colts footsteps...

    They want their #1 and #2 receivers locked up for years and preferably drafted by them... Franchise QB, 2 DEs, MLB and safety.

    If the Bills can put a core of players together that will stay together for the next 10 years the we can also have similar success.

    And as a sidenote im not saying that Evans is that #1 that they envision but whoever it is they want continuity going forward at that position.

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    Re: D.J. Hackett to Carolina

    Quote Originally Posted by Mahdi
    I like the no short deals with young players policy,,, why would a team that is building for the future waste time with a player that is only looking for a 1 year contract to prove himself with then bolt to the highest bidder?
    God forbid we should be the highest bidder.

    And Hackett got two years. We're signing garbage like Courtney Anderson and Teyo Johnson, so why not another no-risk deal? At that deal, Hackett would have been just another body with no big expectations, and we'd still draft a WR high. Nothing to lose, everything to gain.

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    Re: D.J. Hackett to Carolina

    Quote Originally Posted by Philagape
    Averaging six catches a game, with 100 yards and a TD in three of the five full games he played, isn't cutting it????
    Wow, he played in 5 whole games?

    I thought I mentioned the part of being in a pass happy offense. There's no way he comes even close to that production on any other team except NE.

    Such massive stats for a player who ended up being a 3rd tier FA.

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