What needs to be done in the offseason but probably will not

I agree in Edwards being fired, as does probably 99% of Bills Nation

I was always a critic of Kelsey, but he actually has done a decent job this season. He sets the edge against the run, and has done well in his role. Parrish won’t be signed because of his constant injuries. I don’t think Donald Jones belongs in the NFL, so I would be more than happy for him to go. Thigpen is beyond terrible, and he should be cut loose. McGee also should be let go. He’s done a great job as a Buffalo Bill, but we can’t count on him anymore.

It would be awesome to have Vincent Jackson here. But signing Stevie is a bigger priority in my opinion. I know everyone wants to see Freddy get paid. Yes, he deserves it, but he also has another year remaining on his contract. I wouldn’t even consider it a 5 year deal either.

Brad Smith as a QB just doesn’t seem like a good move. He’s made some plays as a reciever, so why not keep him there? He has missed several throws that were wide open. He is a worse backup QB than Thigpen in my opinion.

Clearly the biggest need is a pass rushing OLB. But I won’t reach just to fill a position. If there is another player that Buffalo is high on, I would have no problem taking that. We can’t afford to pass over quality football players to fill up one position. (CB, ILB, Franchise QB comes to mind)

Yeah, I would definitely try out Merriman again. He’s got one more year under contract, so why not? I would also sign Bell, but not if he tries to get big money. He is also another unreliable player health-wise.

I think that cutting our most solid (if unspectacular) OLB is a terrible move, and would really hate it, especially after giving him a contract.

I would also dislike dropping Jones. As boomsauce said above, he’s a perfectly viable #4 or #5…I want them to draft a stud to become #1 in a year or two, but not drop Jones in the process.

I don’t want our backup QB to have to “learn how to throw”. Thigpen, for all his drawbacks, is at least a pocket passer who has thrown in the NFL.

I agree with drafting OLBs, if the value is there, and keeping Merriman and Bell.

I agree on Edwards being fired, but where does the Wannstedt love come from. I feel like this is one of those examples where we’re just being homers and if a divisional team hired him as a DC, we’d make fun of them.

Wannstedt hasn’t been a defensive coordinator since the 90s and has never coached a 3-4 team. The only season he had as the DC with Miami (1999) was a dissapointment as they finished 19th in the league in scoring defense despite having super star Jason Taylor, Zach Thomas and Sam Madison in their primes and good plays like Terrell Buckley, Patrick Surtain, Daryl Gardner, Rich Owens, Lorenzo Bromell and Trace Armstrong.

Before Miami, He was a failed HC with Chicago and before that he was a great DC in Dallas from 1989-1992. In Wannstedt, we’re talking about a guy who had almost every bit of coaching success he’s ever had as a coordinator for the great Jimmy Johnson. A guy who totally failed as Mike Ditka’s replacement in Chicago and only got the Miami job because he was Johnson’s #2 guy there. Wannstedt was an underachieving mediocre HC in Miami and a mediocre underachieving HC at Pitt.

I don’t understand the logic of letting go a (soon to be) 3rd year WR like Donald Jones, who makes peanuts, can play special teams and provides solid depth.

Merriman, if the price is right, can help with a pass rush.

Merriman showed earlier this season that he could not help the pass rush. And we know the price, it’s about 5 mil and IMO the price is wrong. Keeping Merriman and cutting Kelsay is all different kinds of backwards to me. You say Kelsay doesn’t have a sack, but Meriman has one this year after having none in 2010. Merriman has been placed on IR three times in the last two seasons. That’s not an easy thing to accomplish. Seriously, can somebody explain to me why they think Merriman will be healthy and/or effective this year after being less healthy every year over the last 3 or 4 seasons and putting up 5 sacks in his last 4 NFL seasons?

Five years for Fred Jackson? He turns 31 this offseason. He’s under contract for next year, just give the guy a nice two year extension where he can pocket a pretty big signing bonus and then have a fairly low yearly salary for a few seasons. Something like a 5-6 mil signing bonus on top of his 2 mil salary for next year and then a couple 4 mil per year salaries that he’ll have to earn by staying effective into his 30s. Everybody wins and the Bills don’t commit to much. It’s not like anybody is going to give him a big contract in the 2012-2013 offseason right after he turns 32 years old.

I want players who have done this more than one season. Maybin should not have been a Buffalo Bill

Yeah, who would want some one year contributor like Clay Matthews. What a bust that guy was. Maybin came out of school as a sophomore. Of course he only had one good year in college. Unless you think his 4 sack season as a redshirt freshman was a disaster or something.

Sign Vincent Jackson to #1 WR money. Sign Stevie Johnson and Fred Jackson.

Agree. If they don’t feel there’s an OLB worthy of there selection, they can always do something crazy (cough) draft Jeffrey/Floyd (cough).

Jackson – Johnson – Nelson – Jeffery

Ah. I can just picture the 4 wide sets now. Of course with a WR lineup like that with Jackson/Spiller at RB, who needs a defense?

everyone has the answer and noone knows the question. this site becomes nauseating when you stray from the featured articles

should be our next DC with Haley on the way out in KC then he may be on the market…