I’ve been a big backer of these two since ‘05 TC and summer 06’ respectively.

It was frustrating for me to see Greer constantly pushed down the DC after stellar camps and preseasons only get his shot finally by “default” in his 4th season. And since I watched Jackson run during those lazy summer days in NFLEL, I knew he could be a quality player over those like ATrain and Wright, and yet he only got his shot, again, by “default”. Great find by Marv as this guy was literally surviving on being a camp counselor while trying to keep his football dreams alive. Greer is also a good good locker room presence, a leader, and quite funny on his show. Both players are also boldly professed Christians which I admire.

To see both guys emerge as players and score TD, well that’s really rewarding as a Bills fan. If a Greer jersey comes out next year, I’ll be first in line.

That being said, not resigning Greer (seems to be more likely than I’d like) and Jackson would really turn me off as a Bills fan.

I’ve been saying Greer should have been resigned for quite awhile. And while the Bills do have a stranglehold it seems on Jackson’s future, I think it’d behoove them to throw the guy a bone or two…

I’d also seriously consider extending Poz. As much as I think he may at times be a little over rated, I think he’s a keeper. He only signed a four year deal. I don’t think it would hurt much to extend him by another year or two.

What’s Trent’s contract like? I would guess it was a four year deal like Poz’s too, and if that is the case, I might try and get him to extend by another couple of years.

What about Ellison and Digi? I think if they would accept something reasonable and fair, they would be inclined to stay a little longer in aback up roles.

Whitner is going to be very pricey, as is Mckee McGee.

How about a little perspective?

Here is a Veteran’s Day story to go along with that idea.

Back in September of 2005, on the first day of school, Martha Cothren, a social studies school teacher at Robinson High School in Little Rock, did something not to be forgotten.
On the first day of school, with the permission of the school superintendent, the principal and the building supervisor, she removed all of the desks out of her classroom. When the first period kids entered the room they discovered that there were no desks. Looking around, confused, they asked, “Ms. Cothren, where’re our desks?” She replied, “You can’t have a desk until you tell me what you have done to earn the right to sit at a desk. "They thought, "Well, maybe it’s our grades.” “No,” she said. Maybe it’s our behavior." She told them, “No, it’s not even your behavior. And so, they came and went, the first period, second period, third period. Still no desks in the classroom. By early afternoon television news crews had started gathering in Ms. Cothren’s classroom to report about this crazy teacher who had taken all the desks out of her room. The final period of the day came and as the puzzled students found seats on the floor of the deskless classroom Martha Cothren said, "Throughout the day no one has been able to tell me just what he/she has done to earn the right to sit at the desks that are ordinarily found in this classroom. Now I am going to tell you.” At this point, Martha Cothren went over to the door of her classroom and opened it. Twenty-seven (27) U.S. Veterans, all in uniforms, walked in to that classroom, each one carrying a school desk. The Vets began placing the school desks in rows, and then they would walk over and stand alongside the wall. By the time the last soldier had set the final desk in place those kids started to understand, perhaps for the first
time in their lives, just how the right to sit at those desks had been earned. Martha said, “You didn’t earn the right to sit at these desks. These heroes did it for you. They placed the desks here for you. Now, it’s up to you to sit in them. It is your responsibility to learn, to be good students, to be good citizens. They paid the price so that you could have the freedom to get an education. Don’t ever forget it.”

1. Greer (our best CB?)
2. Freddie (diamond in the ruff)

Not to beat a dead horse, the two are just too valuable to let walk. I’ll be ok with OBD if they at the very least put forth a valiant effort

Let Poz & Trent play another year or even 2 before we give them more, especially Poz. I think a quality LB is easier to replace than a (potentially) franchise QB.

Hate to say it we also need to go ahead an redo peter’s as well.

My keep’em list:
1. Jackson is definitely a keeper
2. Greer also is a keeper
3. Youboty as well (although I am starting to think he is very fragile)
4. Crowell is also a keeper.

Trash’em list:
1. Fowler
2. Kelsay
3. McIntyre
4. Schouman
5. Losman
6. McCargo

i really like fred jackson. lets hope we don’t let him get away.

that the Bills FO drafted McKelvin and Corner to replace Greer and Youboty and haven’t resigned Greer yet as a precursor to not signing him in favor of Youboty or McKelvin?

I really would hate OBD if they pulled some **** like that. I think Greer is more of a leader than people realize as is Wilson.

I hope we can just keep McGee, McKelvin, Youboty, Greer, AND Corner for a few years. We’ll never have to address it again! Eventually slide McGee to the slot, or maybe slide Greer to FS and line McKelvin outside. Corner is backup slot. Youboty, I don’t exactly know, but the kid was a PLAYER this year.

Definitely try to resign Greer. I wouldn’t have said that this past offseason and earlier in the year, but he’s earned my respect. He’s been pretty good. Unless McKelvin and Corner really prove themselves over the next 7 games, I think we need to resign Greer.

I wouldn’t bother extending Jackson. He’s ours for 2 more years anyhow, so why extend him when it’s not necessary? Maybe give him a 2-3 year deal, but anything beyond that is unnecessary….

When is Josh’s contract up? If OBD doesn’t re-sign this guy, they have NO CLUE at what they are doing. I’ve been calling him “Josh-just-move-the-chains-Reed” for the past two years. Look at what happened to our ‘O’ once he went down. 3rd down production all but fell off the face of the earth for these guys. I know, it’s not b/c of his absence alone, but….. And no one can argue, the guy gives his all on the field especially in blocking situations. He can be a beast out there! His attitude is – be the “hitter”, NOT the “hittie”

Granted, in his earlier years he couldn’t hold onto the ball and I was all for cutting him. He just couldn’t hack it in spite of a stellar collegiate career @ LSU. That was then. I know they extended him a couple of years ago, but I can’t for the life of me remeber for how long.