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    2013 - Free Agents. Who should the Bills go after?

    The Bills have a number of needs this off season. Some of these needs could be filled through free agency. I am going to list the guys who I think the Bills should go after. I know signing every one of these guys is not realistic. What do you guys think the Bills should do?

    I consider each of these positions necessity needs for us, in order of importance.

    QB: The only quarterback worth wasting effort on is Joe Flacco and Matt Schuab. I also don't believe the Ravens will let him get to free agency. Houston might go with TJ Yates instead of paying Schaub. Matt Moore is much more consistent and a better option than Fitzputrid, IMO.

    Joe Flacco - age 27 - Baltimore
    Matt Schaub - age 31 - Houston
    Matt Moore - 28 - Miami

    LB: Some of these are worthy are going after. Most of the guys worth signing come from a 3-4. I don't know how they would translate to the 4-3.

    Shaun Philips - age 30 - San Diego
    Bradie James - age 31 - Houston
    Leroy Hill - age 30 - Seattle
    Erin Henderson - age 26 - Minnesota
    Will Witherspoon - age 32 - Tennessee
    Manny Lawson - age 28 - Cincinnati
    Philip Wheeler - age 27 - Oakland
    Daryl Smith - age 30 - Jacksonville
    James Laurinaitis - age 26 - St. Louis

    WR: I believe the Bills need a 1b option at the receiver position. Nelson and Jones should be nothing more than slot receivers. They are both RFA in 2013.

    Dwayne Bowe - age 28 - Kansas City
    Mike Wallace - age 26 - Pittsburgh
    Greg Jennings - age 29 - Green Bay
    Ramses Barden - age 25 - NYG
    Brandon Gibson - age 25 - St Louis
    Devery Henderson - age 30 - New Orleans

    CB: It's clear that don't have a #2 at this point. Ron Brooks might turn out to be that guy. Leodis can handle the nickle positions if the Bills resign him.

    Chris Houston - age 28 - Detriot
    Tracy Porter - age 26 - Denver
    Quentin Jammer - age 33 - San Diego - Although aging, he's still very good. Look at what Woodson did for Green Bay at the same age.
    Brent Grimes - 30 - Atlanta
    Jason - McCourty - age 26 - Tennessee

    RT:
    Phil Loadholt - age 26 - Minnesota
    Sebastian Vollmer - age 28 - New England
    Jermon Bushrod - age 28 - New Orleans
    Will Svitek - age 30 - Atlanta

    S:
    Tanard Jackson - age 27 - Washington
    Kenny Phillips - age 26 - NYG
    Laron Landry - age 28 - NYJ
    Kerry Rhodes - age 30 - Arizona
    Yeremiah Bell - age 34 - NYJ

    C (backup): Don't know many quality players or backups even for this position.
    Jeff Faine - age 31 - Cincinnati
    Dan Koppen - age 33 - Denver

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    Re: 2013 - Free Agents. Who should the Bills go after?

    I know he hasn't proven much, but I wouldn't mind bringing in the Pharaoh at WR. I watched him play a few times at Cal Poly and was very impressed. Love his size.

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    Re: 2013 - Free Agents. Who should the Bills go after?

    I would love Flacco. Be happy with Schaub. Accept Moore because he is better than Fitz even if not by much.

    I think resigning McKelvin would be the best option at CB & Easley may turn out to be the WR we need.

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    Re: 2013 - Free Agents. Who should the Bills go after?

    I missed Schaub signed an extension. He signed a 4 year extension. I did my best to make sure all of these guys were going to be free agents after the season.

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    Re: 2013 - Free Agents. Who should the Bills go after?

    Doubt the Bills could afford many of these guys particularly given that Byrd and Levitre need to be the top two priorities, since there are no obvious in-house replacements.

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    Re: 2013 - Free Agents. Who should the Bills go after?

    Their own.

    next.

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    Re: 2013 - Free Agents. Who should the Bills go after?

    I really like James Laurinaitis, he is still young and a decent LBer

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    Re: 2013 - Free Agents. Who should the Bills go after?

    Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Magoo View Post
    I really like James Laurinaitis, he is still young and a decent LBer
    He isn't a FA, he signed an extension earlier this year:

    http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap100...ract-extension

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    Re: 2013 - Free Agents. Who should the Bills go after?

    Laurinaitis was a last minute addition. Can't catch them all. He would have been a great addition to this team.
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    Re: 2013 - Free Agents. Who should the Bills go after?

    Laurianitis would've been key, but as of that list unless we can't re-sign Byrd and Levitre I see only draft choices and maybe Ramses Barden. Dude is huge and is finally crawling out of the depth chart in NY
    Bye Bye Brady...

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    Re: 2013 - Free Agents. Who should the Bills go after?

    CIN- Faine stepped in when CIN was in dire need when starter Cook went out in pre-season. Did a more than decent job in picking up the line calls, acceptable pass protection, but he's not good in run blocking, Been out for 4 games or so, with a hamstring. And was cut from CIN today as Cook returned.

    Manny Lawson is just ok - if Thomas Howard wasn't IR'd early during practice with a knee, rookie Burfict would have eventually pushed him to the bench.

    Lawson's a good guy, has smarts, shows up to play, but he's pretty much a starter out of necessity IMO. If you have roster space, he'd be a very worthwhile bench addition. Subject to the draft, I'd guess CIN re-signs him.
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    Re: 2013 - Free Agents. Who should the Bills go after?

    First they should get Byrd under a new contract. If Gailey is still the HC next year, go get Bowe. Our secondary could use a decent veteran presence, maybe Jammer, or Grimes if they couldn't find better. A lot can still happen between now and the opening of free agency so I'll stop there. JMO

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    Re: 2013 - Free Agents. Who should the Bills go after?

    Quote Originally Posted by coastal View Post
    Their own.

    next.
    The Bills will already have signed their own by the time free agency rolls around.

    Next.

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    Re: 2013 - Free Agents. Who should the Bills go after?

    to offset the fans disappointment of bringing back Chan, Russ Brandon signs Dwane Bowe. Fans forgive the FO and season tickets start selling again.

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    Re: 2013 - Free Agents. Who should the Bills go after?

    Dwayne Bowe would probably be at the very top of my free agent wish list. If we could land him I wouldn't care if are only other free agents additions were just some affordable depth players.

    We really need another legit WR and a rookie could take time to develop or be a bust. QB and LB free agent options don't look that good, so I'd rather focus on those positions early in the draft and remove WR from the list of needs via free agency.

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    Re: 2013 - Free Agents. Who should the Bills go after?

    Quote Originally Posted by HurkeyNuts View Post
    The Bills will already have signed their own by the time free agency rolls around.

    Next.
    Urbik, McMarbles, Levitre and Byrd all resign?

    i hope you're right.

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    Re: 2013 - Free Agents. Who should the Bills go after?

    Quote Originally Posted by Ed View Post
    Dwayne Bowe would probably be at the very top of my free agent wish list. If we could land him I wouldn't care if are only other free agents additions were just some affordable depth players.

    We really need another legit WR and a rookie could take time to develop or be a bust. QB and LB free agent options don't look that good, so I'd rather focus on those positions early in the draft and remove WR from the list of needs via free agency.
    Bowe is familiar with Chan so I don't think the transition in learning Chans system will take long.

    Plus, Nelson will be back. I like!

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    Re: 2013 - Free Agents. Who should the Bills go after?

    i dont need to see a big name signed this offseason. i'd just like a lot of depth added. and then see the draft get the qb we need. not to take a qb for qb sake, but to get the best one we can.

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    Re: 2013 - Free Agents. Who should the Bills go after?

    Quote Originally Posted by coastal View Post
    Urbik, McMarbles, Levitre and Byrd all resign?

    i hope you're right.
    Urbik is a RFA. Byrd will get franchised if he can't be signed before FA and I believe Levitre will get signed.

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    Re: 2013 - Free Agents. Who should the Bills go after?

    Quote Originally Posted by HurkeyNuts View Post
    Urbik is a RFA. Byrd will get franchised if he can't be signed before FA and I believe Levitre will get signed.
    Urbik was a restricted free agent last year and was tendered a one-year deal by the Bills:

    http://www.buffalobills.com/news/art...8-aa29f1817bbb

    Though he didn't play at all his rookie season (2009), he was on the Steelers roster and earned a year toward free agency. He will be unrestricted after this season.

    I think it makes sense to make a hard push to sign Levitre to an extension first, as the tag is a greater value for S. Either way, they probably make a strong effort to keep both players before next March. I don't think it is time to panic, there is plenty of time.

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