Which they may have done to allow one of our rotation guys go. I wouldn’t be surprised if the escalators included things like playing time, how well the Colts do (playoffs, AFC championship, Superbowl). Since the Colts were so desperate, and we had someone we could give up (I guess) this may be for a bit more than a 5th, but we’ll have to wait to find out :-(

My guess is that it’s a third at minimun. I’m hoping it’s a two, plus some change. I’d fall off of the proverbial rocker if it was a first.

I liked the potential McCargo had. I thought he played better toward the end of last season. Unfortunately, he hasn’t shown much this year, and the organization seems to have frowned upon him some.

This now begs the question of who is available FA wise. Certainly, the Bills need to add another player. I don’t think it’s smart to run with three DTs for the rest of the season.

Is Corey Mace the practice squad guy I’m thinking about?

He isn’t what he used to be, but he would be an OK 4th DT in a rotation and used on obvious running downs.

Why did he never catch on?

Ultimately, I think this is a good move by the Bills. We were able to move a player that wasn’t really contributing to our on-field product for a draft choice (always a valuable commodity). Hopefully it’s at least a 3rd. I’d feel bad giving up a guy we moved up, back into the 1st rd to get, which cost us extra picks, for anything less. But I guess I’d grudgingly accept a 4th.
The best thing this does for us, IMHO, is it allows us to further address our need for more QB pressure. It opens up an “active” spot on our gameday roster which will, hopefully, be filled by Chris Ellis – 2008 3rd rd pick out of Virg. Tech and supposed pass rushing specialist. He’s had 1/2 a season to get his bearings and maybe the staff has deemed him worthy enough to finally see the field. I sure hope so. I’d like to see him get some quality playing time ( and maybe chip Phil River’s tooth)

Adam Schefter reporting it on his blog.

http://blogs.nfl.com/2008/10/14/bills-trade-mccargo-to-colts/

Something I’ve been noticing around the league is that DL depth is CRUCIAL (see the Giants). What happens if we lose one of our other DTs? I really hope that pick is escalated to a 3rd because I think having him here for depth is more important than a 4th rounder. There must have been something pretty wrong for the Bills to give up on a 3rd year player like that, basically admitting they were wrong on one of their 1st rounders. It’s a shame Kyle Williams doesn’t play in John McCargo’s body. The thing is the Colts are going to give McCargo a lot of playing time, and that may have been all he needed to improve his game. We’ll see. That would be awesome if Chris Ellis gets activated now.