Are we assuming that the starting LT will be drafted?

2010
$860,000
2011
$875,000
2012
$890,000

So we definitely paid more than NFL vet minimum…

should be starting RT and draft LT 1st

this could work nice if Bell and or Marideth develope behind him

 we will be set on the line for a while

Hoping that Green ends up being a depth player, though.

first of all, now maybe all the pissin & moanin about how the Bills let the offensive powerhouse Wade Smith leave without a contract will stop and most importantly, we signed a player with quality experience at a need position. Good signing, now how bout some DL & WR help if possible

Happy now, everyone in the “just sign someone anyone” camp?

The financial impact wouldn’t be so bad that way.

I hope he turns into a depth player, but at least we were able to be bring in a guy with starting experience. Let’s take a RT prospect in the mid/late rounds now.

Time for a C/G now…

our first non-practice squad acquisition of the 2010 season! moving up in the world. next stop, playoffs. woo hoo.
/more sarcasm
:-)

we have some age in the depth but those guys have little talent

I’m still waiting to read a positive on this guy. This appears to be a foolish signing at first glance. Buffalo would be much better off signing young veterans rather than 33-year-old Raiders’ cast-offs…thumbs down.

we got rid of an overrated player who was more concerned about money than anything and got a few picks in return…… I’d make that trade any day in spite of the fact of all the problems we had on the OL last year…. Peters may have helped our situation last year but his trade certainly didn’t spell doom ……..

greene would have all of his fingers chopped off for false starts.

Chan Gailey’s offense and its implementation will require guys who understand the NFL and its language, styles, and schemes. Meredith and Bell couldn’t be further from that as both are raw. Chan will probably give the vet a heads up in the competition for RT because of experience alone. I wouldn’t mind letting Green, Meredith and Bell have a training camp battle for RT and leave it at that – winner starts based on merit. I think RT is officially addressed for this upcoming season. Meredith and Bell will have more time to develop and overtake Green even if they lose out to him this training camp.

Next good signing? If trading Marshawn Lynch to RB starved San Diego comes to fruition lets grab Justin Fargas from Oakland too.

Well at least it is a start. We need around 15 – 20 bodies with our holes and the 3-4. At least we have one on board who will either start or offer depth.

For those freaking out re 3 years for 9 mill. Look at his age – I’d imagine the odds are very short that a lot of the money is in year 3 – and he’ll never see it ! Guys who are low tier and 33 or so years old generally do not see the last year of the deal.

So in the worst case we likely signed a low starter or good depth and he’ll likely see abour 4 – 5 mill over 2 years. That is not the end of the world.

Now, more bodies in the next week or so please. Lets fill some depth or maybe even a starter somewhere. No need to rush, but we do need some more guys before hte draft.

Sorry for deleting the Tebow stuff, folks, but I was seriously about to bleed from the eyes.

Nice to have some solid experience. The bit about being penalty prone is worrisome, but beggars can’t be choosers.

So the Bills still take a tackle at No. 9 right?

Rookie/Bell – Levitre – Hang – Wood – Green/Bell/Meredith

I can probably live with it.

I’m not a big fan of this deal. I’d like it a lot more if it was 2 years, 5 mil or something along those lines. To me, this is classic Bills. And I hate that I’ve got the compare the new FO with what happened under Jauron, but when I see a versatile and pretty decent player in Artis Hicks sign for 3 years, 9 mil and then watch Buffalo go out and add a below average player for the same total, all I can think is that it’s the same old Bills. I’ve been a defender of Brandon and his role with the team, I’ve defended the competance of Buddy Nix, but they’re going to have to do better than this to win me over. And I don’t mean better, as in much better players or lots of significant moves. I just want Buffalo to find value in the free agent market instead of overpaying for barely passable starters. Hopefully there isn’t much guaranteed money or the deal is backloaded with unguaranteed salary because if it’s not, I think Buffalo just did the one thing that I thought they couldn’t afford to do and that’s overpay for guys who aren’t even that good of stop gaps.

Not sure how much stock y’all put in Pro Football Focus, but Green ranked in #48 last year at OT. That puts him ahead of Chambers, Scott and Bell. (Also, strangely, puts him ahead of Marcus McNeil.) He does, however, rank behind such stalwarts as Tyler Polumbus and Dennis Roland.

he was a good OLB for Dallas and hes aging so he could be a good stop gap for us.

And Green says. “I LOVE to run the ball” Can’t wait to see him.

Maybe a change of scenery will do him good. A

nd you can’t really count how many penalties he got as a member of the Raiders, isn’t that part of their philosophy?

I agree that this contract is a touch steep, but I am happy that we are getting a potential starter (even if he is thoroughly mediocre) at this point in the season rather than as an emergency fill-in when we start getting hurt. I’m sure one of the not-so-hard-to-make observations from CHIX about our last season is that our line fell apart and we were left scrambling (Jamon Meredith, Richie Incognito, Kendall Simmons, Andre Ramsey, Christian Gaddis… did I miss anyone?) to patch together a group of players that didn’t know the offense or each other.

Get him in now, let him take the reps, and I am 100% confident that a mediocre over-priced (potential) backup is going to be a much more capable than a PS cheap signee forced into action without enough practice come the second half of the season.

I find it hilarious to be honest to see many going nuts over some the Bills signed for depth and a chance to start. I will take this guy with experience over Meredith or Bell who arent even close to being ready, and may never be ready to be honest, to play on the line in the NFL.
People that are going crazy for how much we signed him for are blowing it a bit out of proportion too. I mean, really. The only time you are going to be able to sign someone for a veteran minimum is during the year when they are desperate to find work. Everyone needs to relax on this signing a bit and take it as it is.
Nix did what he said he would. They signed someone to add to the depth at a position because they can’t do it all during the draft for obvious reasons. Thats it.

“Listed at six-foot-six and 315 pounds, Green said he’s been told he’ll be the team’s new starting right tackle, taking over the position after Brad Butler(notes) retired last month.”

I am ok with this as a depth signing… Seems like we overpaid a little, I would have much rather had Pashos for simalar money.

This is experienced camp fodder. The only way this signing makes sense – given the dollar amount – is that it is very light on the guaranteed side of things.

Because then if he’s confident that he can still play at a high level (or just plain still play, really) then I’m willing to give a guy like this the rope. I’ve got to see this guy in camp before he gets any money out of my pockets.

I’m not groaning, but matter-of-fact: sorry state when this is the top of the ledger. And that speaks to more than Ralph being “cheap.” I tend to agree with what Der Jaeger wrote a couple days back about the Dolphins being a model (as much as I hate admitting we have another AFC East team to look up at)… so i guess I am looking forward to seeing something along those lines. This isn’t such a hot start and it’s also boring (zzz) from a football perspective because this tells us nothing about the direction OBD (there, I said it) is trying to take regarding any position.

“We need depth…” OK, if that’s your justification for signing the towel boy… wake me up when you sign someone because you thought they presented us with a piece to the puzzle.

I believe he is signed to start at RT. If Meredith out performs him or Ramsey for that matter, I say cut the man loose and send him packing. I want a winner as much as anyone but not at the expense of the integrity of Bills nation. I would be satisfied with eleven Keith Ellisons and a continuation of 6 – 10 seasons before that. He better come to play or get him the hell out of here.

Why I had to get to nearly the bottom of these comments to find the first comment about the domestic abuse charge against Green.

Funny how this borderline thug is OK with the fans. Are we that desperate that a player of this quality and character now excites us? How many of the above comments are from the same writers that trashed Incognito, and defended the Bills for not pursuing him?

Things are really sad when a signing like this generates so much enthusiasm.

Apparently left Houston without a contract and is visiting Arizona.

Once he proves himself in training camp and makes it through without injury we can start judging his performance – I love the acquisition because it adds immediate help to our young lineman, the man has been in the league for ten years.

Not an impressive first interview for Cornell Green. What was good was he talked about how he loves to get down and run block. What was dubious were his claims to be a leader. What was bad was that he referred to Bills running backs as “Lynch and that other guy”. Here’s hoing he gets to know and love “that other guy” real quick. Personally, I think “that other guy” is the current face of the franchise.

Just went and followed the daily links to the silver and black blog. All I can say is thank God I’m a buffalo fan and buffalorumbler. I think sometimes we take for granted the high quality articles and comments from everyone here especially Brian and the editors/authors. Go read the comments for five minutes and you’ll understand, I’d say happy Green is gone is an understatement.

is his penchant for assaulting women. 1 time is too many, and I find it to be a MAJOR character flaw. How Ritchie Incognito was seen as less desireable, I don’t know. Though, Incognito wasn’t going to play RT.

Trade D.Whitner and our next years 2nd round pick to get Clevelands number one this year.
Then Draft B.Bulaga/LOT out of Iowa.
With our number one draft R.McClain/ILB out of Alabama.

In the third round grab S.Lee/ILB out of Penn State for solid back up role in the 3/4.
In the fourth round grab K.Calloway/ROT out of Iowa.
In the fifth round grab A.Ulatoski/ROT out of Texas
(Switch him over to starting ROG)

Bills 3/4 Starting Linebackers in 2010
C.Kelsay/OLB R.McClain/ILB P.Posluszny/ILB A.Maybin/OLB
Backups K.Mitchell/S.Lee/E.Ellison

Bills Starting Offensive Line in 2010
LOT/B.Bulaga—LOG/A.Levitre—OC/G.Hangarten—ROGA.Ulatoski—ROT/K.Calloway
(E.Wood goes back to OC once he is healthy from injury)