Nix: Bills are not done in Free Agency

[The King]

In an interview with the Toronto Sun, Nix confirmed that the club still has some work to accomplish in the free agent market in the coming weeks.“You have to plug holes in free agency, and that’ll continue for the rest of the spring,” said Nix. ”There’ll be guys available and there’ll be guys that’ll fit, and we’ll plug them in.”Knowing they have only six draft choices Nix has said more than once that holes have to be filled in free agency to take pressure off their draft.

http://blogs.buffalobills.com/2013/0...n-free-agency/

[OpIv37]

Of course they're not done.

even if we add 6 draft picks, we don't have enough bodies for a full training camp. They literally HAVE to add players.

[tatersalad]

LOVE the beetle juice pope

[clumping platelets]

Hey Buddy....FA started already

[MidnightVoice]

He is probably thinking of undrafted free agents

[Bert102176]

What I think is funny is he said they have SOME WORK still to be done, WAKE tfu Buddy this team has a lot of work to be done still, so remove ur head from sphinctor and get to work old man.

[RedEyE]

He's waiting for other team cuts and players to get seriously desperate.

[Dude]

Not done?

When did they start?

[ServoBillieves]

Yeah, we'll add some 4th or 5th tier trash. Thanks Buddy.

[Scumbag College]

Everyone forgot about the megasigning of Manny Lawson last week.

Honestly, the thing that irks me most about this is that they came out last week and said that they aren't concentrating on Free Agents-just the draft at this point. Like KC, Miami, Tennessee, etc. don't have ANY of their personnel at pro days and doing any college scouting and are/were only concentrating on free agents.

Ineptitude yet again from OBD...welcome to 2-14 in 2013.

[Don't Panic]

Time is definitely up for this guy... what I'm left to wonder is if the rest of OBD complies with the idea that we shouldn't be signing even low end FAs right now just so we can have some competition at certain positions.

[feldspar]

Yeah, every fan is beyond frustrated, but the Bills are currently in a spot; blaming anyone doesn't change that, either. They only have a limited amount of dollars to spend and a lot of holes to fill. We could basically try to upgrade several positions or maybe overpay for somebody to fill one spot or so.

Look at it for what it is...how it stands today. I read the Bills have about $10.6 million in cap space, or they will have that when you take into account signing the draft picks. Somebody correct that number if I'm wrong, but I believe it's around there. Like I said in the other thread, the smarter thing to do is spread that money around to upgrade a number of positions, not go whole-hog on one thing.

We need a quarterback. That's what we need.

[IlluminatusUIUC]

You guys remember Akin Ayodele, Cordaro Howard, Andra Davis, etc? That's the tier of FA we are bringing in.

[feldspar]

You guys remember Akin Ayodele, Cordaro Howard, Andra Davis, etc? That's the tier of FA we are bringing in.

Please...Ayodele was brought in in September when Mitchell went to IR, and Howard was an undrafted free agent...they don't count. Davis was a mistake of sorts, but it's not like we waited to get him in free agency.

This free agency period wasn't going to turn out pretty no matter which way you want to slice it.

OK, assuming the Bills have $10.6 million to spend, you be the GM. Who do we get?

[more cowbell]

this team sucks

[IlluminatusUIUC]

Please...Ayodele was brought in in September when Mitchell went to IR, and Howard was an undrafted free agent...they don't count. Davis was a mistake of sorts, but it's not like we waited to get him in free agency.

I'm not sure why you get to arbitrarily decide they "don't count." That's what we're getting - fodder fill-in players. Throw in Reggie Torbor if it makes the analogy easier.

This free agency period wasn't going to turn out pretty no matter which way you want to slice it.

OK, assuming the Bills have $10.6 million to spend, you be the GM. Who do we get?

If they wanted to actually upgrade a position, Dumervil and Dansby seem like the best bangs for their buck. If we're just looking to fill holes, then Moore and Heyward-Bey are possibilities too.

[feldspar]

I'm not sure why you get to arbitrarily decide they "don't count." That's what we're getting - fodder fill-in players. Throw in Reggie Torbor if it makes the analogy easier.

Because one was an undrafted rookie free agent, and the other one was brought in because a starter went down in September. Every team brings in fodder in those situations. That's not the same situation we are talking about. At least I thought we were talking about straight-up free agency.

If you want to assume bad things before the fact, go ahead. I won't blame you after the Bills have established their trend of sucking for so long.

If they wanted to actually upgrade a position, Dumervil and Dansby seem like the best bangs for their buck. If we're just looking to fill holes, then Moore and Heyward-Bey are possibilities too.

Now you are talking, but if we pick up Dumervil, say goodbye to any other free agent signing because our money will be spent unless we cut other people and create more holes...except Brad Smith - cutting him would create no real hole in my mind. Dansby I like, but I don't know what he's asking. I wouldn't mind looking into Heyward-Bey or Moore, either.

Some of these guys will be humbled at a certain point because nobody will give them the money they are looking for too. Not that this a tactic that I condone the Bills for employing, but that's a consideration nonetheless. I don't think that the Bills activity (or lack thereof) is necessarily an indication of being cheap, though, and that's kind of the point. The Bills are on a budget and have to spend wisely, IMO.

[DraftBoy]

Toronto Star scooping the heck out of Buffalo News recently. John Kryk is on fire.

[coastal]

Cordaro Howard

[Skooby]

He is probably thinking of undrafted free agents

Well technically....