Early 2003 Bills Free Agent Outlook

[Ebenezer]

OK, I know CP will come in later and edit this to make sure I have everybody in the right catagory. Below is a list of Bills free agents after this season. I have them broken down by UFA (unrestricted free agent)-free to negotiate with anybody and EFA (exclusive rights free agent)-basically bound to the team if they want them. To my knowledge the Bills have no RFA (restricted free agents). That being said. I simply ask, WHO DO YOU WANT BACK??...and why??

2003 UFAs
C Billy Conaty
K Mike Hollis
LB Keith Newman
RB Shawn Bryson
WR Charles Johnson
WR Charlie Rogers
WR Pearless Price
DE Chidi Ahanotou


2003 EFAs
FB Philip Crosby
LB Anthony Denman
P Brian Moorman
DE Kendrick Office
QB Troy Brown
WR Reggie Allen
RB Joe Burns
DE Grant Irons
TE Cory Geason
OT Mike Houghton
LB Mauguala Tuitele

[WG]

No huge contributors on that list other than Price, Newman, Rogers, and Hollis.

I say make a move to keep Newman, Rogers, and Conaty and offer Price around $2.5M/yr. max. See what Ks are available before offering Hollis another contract.

[Earthquake Enyart]

Price and Moorman are the only ones worth keeping. The rest are interchangable with all the other riff raff floating around the league.

[DraftBoy]

K Mike Hollis
LB Keith Newman
WR Charlie Rogers
WR Pearless Price
P Brian Moorman
RB Joe Burns
DE Grant Irons

Those are the ones I would take back.

[Jman]

Yea, rogers is tearing it up on the kick returns.

As far as the 2003 FA signings go, we best pick up a ****load of bright new Defense.

[Buffarama]

Since defensive coordinators don't count against the cap, what do you all say we go out and get us one?

[casdhf]

Re: Early 2003 Bills Free Agent Outlook

2003 UFAs
C Billy Conaty keep if cheap
K Mike Hollis undecided
LB Keith Newman if he's gonna play, keep him
RB Shawn Bryson scrub goes
WR Charles Johnson who cares
WR Charlie Rogers keep
WR Pearless Price Keep
DE Chidi Ahanotou see ya


2003 EFAs
FB Philip Crosby descent blocker, could be worth keeping
LB Anthony Denman good on special teams, keep
P Brian Moorman keep
DE Kendrick Office who?
QB Troy Brown scrub. bye bye
WR Reggie Allen who?
RB Joe Burns 1 yr deal
DE Grant Irons keep
TE Cory Geason who?
OT Mike Houghton see above
LB Mauguala Tuitele -- bye bye

[Marcos20]

LB Keith Newman
WR Pearless Price
DE Chidi Ahanotou
RB Joe Burns
DE Grant Irons <-- I really like him
K Mike Hollis
P Brian Moorman

other than these guys is only b***

[TigerJ]

I'd like to see Buffalo keep Price if he will consider any kind of reasonable contract. There's no one on the list who's absolutely indispensible, so I'd offer contracts that are reasonable and say "take it or leave it" to everyone on the list.

BTW, our third string QB is Travis Brown, not Troy Brown.

[DraftBoy]

Travis or Troy, dont matter the name he still sucks