Recapping Buffalo's free agent activity to date

If we could just sign a LB or find a good vet guard, one of these two things i would feel so much better headin into the draft.. because right now we have too many holes to fill in order for the draft to answer all our questions. Unless they feel good about chambers filling the LG spot…idk, he would be an upgrade over dock in the pass blocking area, and i would imagine can’t be much worse run blocking, but we still need depth on the line, a better LB (although i could handle another year w/ ellison, but i’d rather not), a pass rusher, a TE… and i think those are our most important needs at this time.. and that RB/S/DT should be put to the way side until these areas are addressed

I voted ``yes’’ in the poll. One big name FA to get people excited, a large number of second and third tier guys to fill out the roster. Don’t care much for letting Jabari go, but that is the way the Bills do business much of the time: they develop a player and when his price is deemed too high, they let somebody more desperate take a chance. See Antoine Winfield. See Pat Williams.

Caveat: without a stud protecting Trent’s blind side, we are screwed. Same questions as last off-season. If the Inner Circle really wants to get the fan base energized (although I do admit adding T.O. is pretty energizing), they’ve got to lock up our only other legit top tier player. Time to pay the man and eliminate the anxiety about whether he’ll be here or not, whether he’ll show for OTA’s or not, whether he’ll be in NFL condition or not when he gets on the field.

I am feeling anxious about these rumors that Peters is being shopped for a trade.

Very anxious.

I think Brian’s list is very accurate but I would move TE to the starter category. Schouman and Fine are definitely not legitimate starters and probably never will be. That means that there are currently three critical holes to fill on the starting team: OLB, TE, and LG. I could see them getting filled in the draft in that order except for the fact that there is a chance all the really good TE’s could be gone before the Bills’ second round pick. How they are going to handle that is a big question.

that OBD is planning on plugging in Chambers at LG, and let him battle it out with a rookie. I think they are trying to veer away from signing interior linemen to big contracts. Peters,Chambers,Hangartner,Butler,Walker. That’s a pretty decent line. We need depth really bad if their plan indeed is to start the above five.

I hope that one of our first 2 picks is an OLB or a DE. I could see them signing Cato June as a last-ditch if they don’t get their guy in the draft. As far as Crowell, I would have loved to see him return back to Buffalo. But the fact that he’s still out there since the start of FA tells me something. When the Detroit Lions don’t offer you a contract, you know something is wrong.

Every team has a few holes in it, ours seam to be a little smaller than last years, so thats a positive. Last year we had all the same needs as this year plus WR and CB. We obviously can’t fill every need. So what weakness are people willing to live with at this point?

If they drafted Pettigrew and a guard in the first two rounds, by midseason the offense could be firing on all fours. But the pass rush will stay lame.

If they draft a DE or blitzing LB and a TE in the first two rounds, then the OL will be lame.

If they draft a DE and a guard int he first two rounds, then we will mediocre TE’s.

Don’t they start training camp with about 85 players? I wonder how many they have right now. They typically draft 7 and sign about 10-15 undrafteds, so they would need 65 veterens signed, right? I wonder how many are right now. Anyone have a count?

I love that anwer for picking now…“I miss JP” HAHAHA