I’m all for bringing a gaffney-esque WR in during the offseason. I like Josh Reed, but he doesn’t draw coverage away from lee evans. Remember that Andre Reed’s Bills didn’t explode until they got James Lofton.

As for Parrish, I’d rather let McKelvin try his hand with punts and give Rosco the boot. He makes a lot of mistakes returning punts, for all his explosiveness, and he flat out has bad hands as a receiver. 3 Million a year seems a lot for a gadget when the team has so many bigger needs.

I think its important to discuss Hardy’s injury situation heading into next year if we are going to build our needs list properly. If Hardy’s injury has the potential to keep him out for an extended time frame next season then WR becomes a much larger need. If Hardy can’t go we’ll need to find a big WR for next year. Even if Hardy is ready to play but misses training camp we’ll need to find someone. I wish we had tried for Muhsin Muhammad when he left the Bears.

He should be ready to go as ACL’s are usually 8 month ordeals now adays to gettinb back to 100%. But either way he can’t be counted on to contribute the 30-60 catches we need from a legit #2. I think it is prudent we bring in a veteran guy and then also get our pass-catching TE. If we do that I would feel a lot more comfortable.

I know we have so many important places to spend our money this offseason but I wonder if there is any interest among this fan base in spending some big bucks to bring in a play maker like Antonio Bryant or TJ Housh. Personally I don’t know if I would but its worth thinking about. If the Giants let Amani Toomer walk I would definitely want him on the Bills, we are sorely lacking in veteran leadership on offense and could use a smart dependable target like Toomer.

We need a plan if Hardy is unable to go by Training Camp.

Antonio Bryant, Reggie Williams and Bryant Johnson would also be options as UFAs.

I also like Demetrius Williams as RFA from the Ravens- good size and speed – health has been an issue though.

what about a guy like Mike Furrey from Detroit. He’s a legit #2, 98 catches 2 years ago, 61 in 10 games last year. he has injury problems so he could be cheap, but he’s proven that, when healthy, he really knows how to get open…

also we’ve been looking for a “token white receiver” since Don Beebe.

yes i’d rather have a “token white WR” than our token white DE’s…..not being racist here, but our hard-working DE’s are just that….no production and I’m sick of it!

BUT, I think a 2nd round tight end prospect, would be more intriguing then a WR taken again that high in the draft. I also think either of Johnson or Hardy can emerge as a number two, or number three threat.
I also think it IS realistic that of this year’s rookies could emerge next year. Hopefully Hardy’s injury heals up, but there might also be a problem with our reciever coach, and if Shanahan is gone in Denver, we may be wise to look at how they got Eddie Royal so in tune with the pro game, while i do realize Royal may just be more talented or gifted between the ears, I think Hardy has great potential, especially over the middle.

As a side note, I think we get scared as a team. For instance, Hardy caught a nice slant over the middle from an Edwards throw, then Edwards takes the injury in Arizona on that play. If Edwards doesn’t go down, Hardy may have had a good game, just the sort of game to build on for the season, and I also think Edwards has a great chacne of pulling out that game. I know, I know, its hard to say what could have happened, and more important to look at what did happen, but, I think due to injury, gameplans change, and DJ & Co start to call plays in fear of what the other teams will do, or in fear of what our young players “can’t” do. Which i think is BS

Anyway, i like our WRs right now and think we need to utilize them better and, I also think its time for an A+ TE to help out over the middle, although I think our WRs should be doing more crossing patterns all together.

I also think none of these players, or anyone on the Jauron Bills will have more than 80 or so catches and it would be more accurate to say they will all have between 40 – 60 in this offense

The initial report I heard was that he may have injured more than an ACL. Since everything is so secretive these days, we really do not know the extent of his injury. SO hard to predict his recovery time frame. He is a very tall for a WR and they do take longer to develop. I did, however, see him mostly misused after his beautiful TD catch vs Jax. Our esteemed coaching staff seems to have that down to a science. Fine is great one week receiving and then disappears. Jackson looks good one week and then disappears. We run the ball well to the outside one week and then – fugettaboutit. When Hardy ran a slant he did well. When he was told to run a fade down the sidelines to the corner, eh. We misuse Evans in the red zone too. But – I have lowered my expectations and I do not expect our coaching staff to learn much from their errors. The ONLY way we do well next year is to feature a running game first. Big time. And use the slant pass as our primary pass route. With our schedule, rotsa ruck.

Agree. Rec’d.

Remember eric moulds he would have Been a hall of famer if he had a qB . it doesn’t matter if we had jerry rice michael irvin and andre reed if we don’t have a good ofensive line to give them time to get open or a decent qB to get them to Ball . lee evans is Burning corners 4 no reason

Its a huge cliche but it all is about our offensive line. At the start of the year when Trent had time he was able to throw the 15 plus yard passes which made the check downs to the RB effective. Teams were trying to play coverage and make Trent beat them which he and the WR’s were doing. Then the NFL releazied that our C and G’s are bad pass protectors and blew up the middle of the pocket and there was never any time for Trent or the recievers to get open deep, because of this the corners started to squat more and the checkdowns became very ineffective and frustrating. I know we all like to pick at our OT’s because that’s what everyone can see easily. But on more than a few of the sacks they gave up the OT’s were actually doing their job and blocking at the proper angle but Trent couldn’t step up and was getting forced out of the pocket into the speed rusher’s arms. DD and BB are as big a bust as our C’s. They are big and average at run blocking but hey are a huge liability in the passing game.
You also have to account for JP lossman playing in basically 4 games this year and another game in unpassable conditions (I was there it was bad). So if you look at the stats and production of our WR’s I think they are fine. I’m not sure why everyone hates Roscoe so much. He is an explosive WR with decent hands as well as an outstanding punt returner and just for that he is worth it.

But only Hardy got the chances

He needs more help; Buffalo’s two rookies did little to take defenders away from Evans

Johnson was used so sparingly you certainly cannot blame him for not helping Evans! He really performed well every chance he got and actually deserved to get more chances. I think he will surprise many next season.

As for Gaffney, well I prefer a guy like Devery Henderson or even better, let the Bills make that splash that you were talking about and go get T.J. Houshmandzadeh

I want Panda. That guy is still a good fit for what we’re in need of. A WR with size, red zone ability and able to contribute as a starter. He’s going to be cheap enough and I still think would be a good pickup. Hopefully, we’d give him the one or two year deal we wouldn’t last year….

For the Bills to really improve to a Super Bowl contender level they need better WRs (Tennessee is an exception). The problem here is the Bills have some major needs to address this offseason, aren’t in position to compete next year and already have 5 WRs under contract. I think the improvements Buffalo needs can come from within the roster and I woulnd’t mind one bit if Buffalo decides to stick with the 5 guys they have and let a late round pick or a couple undrafted guys compete with Justin Jenkins for a potential 6th WR role.

I think we can do fine with Evans as our number 1 guy (even though I am well documented on this site as a guy who does not think he is a top 10 WR in this league and I don’t think he really seperates himself from that second group of really good WRs either). Reed as a number two with Johnson seeing a lot of snaps there depending on the situation isn’t the most desirable #2, but I think it is solid fit for Trent and allows Johnson and even Hardy chances to get in the game and develop that they normally wouldn’t see with a deeper group of WRs in front of them. Hardy and Johnson are the future of the position (obviously Evans too) and they need to improve for this team to get significantly better.

Amani Toomer might be the exception if he doesn’t re-up in NY. He will be 35 next season, but still has something left to offer and with a similiar body type and playing style to Johnson he could be the ideal mentor for a young group of WRs. I wouldn’t mind overpaying for him one bit. He is 6’3 and the Giants used to throw to him in the red zone all the time before they got an even better threat in Plax. How good would Evans and Toomer look on the outside with Johnson in the slot inside the 15 yard line? I could even see a situation where there is an obvious pass situation inside the ten yard line and Toomer and Hardy are lined up outside with Johnson and Evans inside. That could be a big part of what this team needs to score points in the red zone.

I wouldn’t mind a move for Jabar Gaffney, but I don’t know if he is that much better of a red zone threat than some of the guys already on the roster. He is only 6’1 and I think he will demand much more money than he deserves. He isn’t a number 2 type of guy who could displace Reed and I think that is a necessity for any non-Toomer FA acquisition because the last thing this team needs is a WR to come in, make over a million dollars, not start and most importantly push Johnson and Hardy down the depth chart.

Malcolm Floyd would be a VERY interesting option if San Diego is somehow stupid enough to give him the lowest tender. That almost seemed too unlikely for me to even waste 10 seconds typing up though.

19 Steve Breaston ARI WR 77 1,006 13.1 62.9 58 3 TD
28 Lee Evans BUF WR 63 1,017 16.1 63.6 87T 3 TD
36 Josh Reed BUF WR 56 597 10.7 45.9 24 1 TD

Give me a break. The Bills receiver’s are “very average” at best. Except for Evans, but he is double teamed the whole team. Reed is an okay slot receiver, but is not a Wesley Welker by no means. Bills need to address this in the draft as well. Look at Steve Breaston of the Cardinals statistics, and he was “3rd” in receiving with the Cardinals.

Bills fans need to start watching other football teams besides the Bills – Good one’s!!!!!!