Teams In AFC east keep getting better but bills.

If your that upset, dont watch football. Take the season off or something. Because were rebuilding not reloading. And this rebuild is long overdue.

Just another great fan opinion shared on the pages of BuffaloRumblings.com.

patriots added a formerly great and now (very) aged receiver and resigned some good players that were already on their team. is this a big deal? not really.

jets added jason taylor (very old, definitely lost a step), LT (lost a step, pretty old, got pounded earlier in the decade), cromartie (a boom-or-bust CB who has off-field issues) and holmes (who was about to get cut by his team because of his terrible attitude issues and off-field issues).

phins got marshall, who is bloody awesome, and dansby, who is very good.

phins have done well, adding two starters. pats have stayed the same, adding a number four wideout. we’ve improved by adding two, possibly three starters. hopefully only two =)

i’m one to say that the jets didn’t improve or got worse with every signing they did. i’d take thomas jones over LT any day of the week. taylor’s keeping other guys off the field who have a chance to succeed. i’ll bet that taylor’s situational at best by the end of the season. holmes theoretically might not see the field this year for the jets if he screws up again. cromartie’s in the same boat.

im getting so frustrated with the Bills are getting left in the dust idea. Answer honestly if you really would have been happy to have Torry Holt or if you would have joined me and I would expect 80% of the other posters here in cringing over the fact that we signed a down and out and clearly finished Torry Holt. The guy has NO LEGS left.

Who are these players the other teams are adding?

The Jets: Cromartie (young DeAngelo Hall, makes big plays but gets burned three times for every big play he makes, trouble maker), LT (aging and rapidly declining, is replacing the AFCs leading rusher so is in fact a true downgrade for the Jets), Jason Taylor (going to be 36 years old, what purpose would he have served in Buffalo? A one year mediocre wonder?), Santonio Holmes (a good gamble but a gamble nonetheless, people said the same thing about Braylon Edwards last year and he didnt break open the division)

The Pats: Torry Holt (TDs over the last four years in order 10, 7, 3, 0. Thats right ZERO Tds last year! His legs are gone)

The Phins: Now here are some great upgrades, they are giving a young franchise QB hopeful the best young WR in the league and adding a talented LB to their defense.

So outside of the Dolphins who lost both their starting OLBs in the process, what is the big deal? Let me tell you what I see in the moves made by the Jets and Pats. I see two teams that were playoff teams but who get the feeling that times are desperate. The Pats are aging and declining and more and more holes are emerging in their roster. They are throwing some old time stars who are a shell of their former selves and hoping something sticks to give them a push to get them over the hump one last time. The Jets snuck into the playoffs at 9-7 and ONLY because two teams laid down and handed them the wins they needed to get in to the misery of the far more deserving Houston Texans. The Jets know they will not have the adrenaline rush of a first year under Rex Ryan, that teams will be studying their moves and film ten times harder then they did last year and gunning for them as AFC title game competitors, and are aware their offensive line has three guys aging, a defense that is aging in the front 7 and which did not generate much pressure, and a young QB who will be asked to do more and more with Thomas Jones gone (which makes Santonio a good play). The Jets are hoping to ride the momentum of last year and get that title while they can – you dont think they know they arent as good as where they finished the season? Another desperate play.

The Bills are trying to build a franchise to last and a team to be competitive for years much like the Patriots did before us. We are not trying to get over any hump in desperation. I would have been pretty furious if the Bills spent money on Torry Holt, LT, and Jason Taylor. Instead we need to establish a foundation and we signed two guys on defense who can provide us a base with which to learn a 3-4, two guys who have as much experience in the system as any players in the league in Davis and Edwards. Cornell Green wasnt flashy but he adds a body to an offensive line in shambles.

Let the Jets and Pats sign these guys, despite their desperation they are still teams that should be acknowledged for having a shot and for that they deserve praise, but if we build ourselves with an eye to our rivals we’ll never build anything thats going to last. Let them fight it out now, it will make it that much more satisfying when we blindside them when they realize they are weak and we are strong 3-4 years from now.

Dwan Edwards may prove the exception to this rule, but i’m very glad that this organization didn’t try and land the flash. I’m VERY excited they did get Edwards though.

Expecting the Bills to make big signings in FA and avoid rebuilding is what has kept them out of the playoffs and in the dregs for the last 10 years.

Who says these players will be good on their respective teams? Who knows, Marshall could get leveled the first game by one of our guys and be out for the season, or he and Henne might just not have any chemistry and they end up sucking together (though unlikely, but who knows?).