32 Million Reasons

I consider the Bills and Jim Kelly, Thurman Thomas, etc an NFL Dynasty. Four consecutive AFC Championships should merit that. Is that a valid view for Bills fans?

Seen a lot of you on your home site & here on occasion. I even used a post from you as my sig for a few weeks, I think back in Feb.

 If you have read any of the 487 articles over the past several months a few things should be clear in Rumblers views.

• Our O-Line is weakest on the right side. I believe we had 6 guys in the RT spot alone.
• Marcus Stroud was dumped & Marcel Dareus drafted to replace him. Should be an upgrade at that spot.
• We hope Merriman shows some of what he had a few years ago, but are at best cautiously optimistic. Our LB crew in general is a big ?_? at all positions.
• DBs are a mixed bag. McGee had surgery to correct a nerve problem in his back. Reports are that this problem is fixed. McKelvin erratic play, Florence is a FA. Youboty & Corner are at best capable of some nickel corner. Drafted 2 CBs and a SS. Whitner may/may not be back. Byrd is solid at FS.
• WRs seem to be a strength. Didn’t draft any.
• RB Jackson is underrated in the league. Spiller needs to continue to grow and get better at his major weaknesses. Drafted RB White from UNC for possible GL/3rd downs
• TE – we don’t have any. We actually have 4 but they are just extensions of the O-Line. Combined the position might have had 20 receptions. Gailey does love his 4-wide offense though, but you knew him from his KC days.
• And then there is the QB. Fitzpatrick is the current starter. The only other QB is Levi Brown, currently a project.

As for solutions, well opinions vary. If the Bills pursue a RT in FA, lots of opinions on who would be best. There are a few guys that seem to be an upgrade over what we have. I am not very impressed with the FA LBs. Most are on the downside or flash-in-the-pan. Many sites list Bills LB Poszlusny as the best available. As best we can tell the Bills will re-sign him unless someone offered him $8M/YR or some nutty number.

My FA view: Re-sign Poz, need a capable 2nd QB, Top-Flight RT, a CB that at minimum plays nickel well with solid NR 2 ability (either re-sign Florence or equivalent/better), maybe a receiving TE, and an UDFA QB.

Hope this helps.

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Utter discrace. Ran over like a train. Disgusting.
That’s why we drafted who we did at #3 and our young LBs will step up (hopefully).
TI still don’t get why folks think Gaither is a good addition.
He is lazy, injury prone, and wants big money.
After he gets big money, he will still be lazy and injury prone. Ozzie doesn’t want him. What does that tell you?

By the way, I cringe everytime the Bills go to KC. Even in our glory years we often got spanked there. That place is not a good site for the Bills to play. Not sure why.
Just my memories.

Nix is the GM, is he doing a good job for length of time he has been there?

Carl Peterson was awesome when he arrived in 1990’ish and brought in Marty Schottenheimer, then the years rolled by and things were okay but not moving forward in a consistent fashion. Companies sometimes do that too. Pioli has brought a new spirit to the GM position and Haley is Unique to say the least.

I shouldnt have, but its late and I did

Along with most, I think the holes most likely to be (potentially) filled in FA will be along the offensive line. If the Bills could add some depth and a player to compete for the starting RT spot, I think FA will be a success.
The Rumblings staff recently ran a four part series about getting to the cap floor and I believe that they won’t be too busy in FA, focusing more on resigning their own players and getting others long term extensions.
What holes does KC have to fill? It seems like they’re set at QB, RB, TE but how about WR and the line? If Hali a free agent? What about along the Dline?

Khaled: They need to be less reliant on Williams for their pass rush.

Right or wrong Nix is pinning Buffalo’s hopes largely on Shawn Merriman. Kelsay is known by some as KOTAS—King Of The Almost Sack. There’s no telling why Nix gave Kelsay a fat contract extension. Bills fans are hoping that Nix’s judgment is better in the Merriman case.

No, what they really need is some better blocking

Right tackle was a revolving door last season, both in terms of the players and quality of play. Bell wasn’t anything special at LT but the interior line is a strength of the team. Bell will start at LT and hopefully will continue to improve. If Buffalo can get a consistent starting quality RT the line will be at least reasonable. If the Bills go after any linemen in free agency look for Nix to target a dedicated RT….but even that is only a maybe as Nix appeared to like a couple of the guys who played RT last season. If Mansfield Wrotto is starting Chiefs fans should be delighted.

The Bills shut down the Chiefs WR’s and also kept the Chiefs Rushing game in check to the Outside.

Did the Bills shut down the WRs or were the WRs not particularly necessary except for keeping the defense honest? As for keeping the Chiefs from running to the outside, I think that was a case of Buffalo picking their poison and scheming to stop those runs….which allowed gaping holes to open in the middle of the defense.

Marcus Stroud, Chris Kelsay, and Reggie Torbor did not.

Stroud is gone and there’s a chance that Torbor either won’t be on the team or won’t be on the field if he is on the team. Much to the chagrin of Bills fans, Kelsay will likely be on the field when the Bills play KC. If Todd Haley is any sort of coach he’ll game plan for Kelsay by sending the RB out to Kelsay’s flat…..guaranteed first down every time.

Having a Chiefs fan come on and start an interesting thread. Kudos to you, Steve_Chiefs!