14 Former Buffalo Bills Players Playing In Post-Season
by Brian Galliford on Jan 5, 2012 11:15 AM EST
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The 2011 NFL playoffs begin this weekend, and sprinkled amongst the 12 teams competing for Super Bowl XLVI are 14 former Buffalo Bills players.
The three biggest names on the list are all significant veteran players that are getting their first shot at the post-season this year. Lee Evans, who has done little since being traded to Baltimore in August, sits atop that list. He's joined by Cincinnati cornerback Nate Clements and San Francisco safety Donte Whitner as playoff newbies, as well.
Of all of the players on the list, however, no former Bill has had more post-season success than New Orleans cornerback Jabari Greer, who won himself a championship ring in Super Bowl XLIV. This year, he's on a red-hot Saints team that has another legitimate chance at bringing home a title.
You can find the names of all 14 former Bills playing post-season football after the jump.
- Nate Clements, CB, Cincinnati Bengals
- Willis McGahee, RB, Denver Broncos
- Mario Haggan, LB, Denver Broncos
- Kirk Chambers, OT, Atlanta Falcons
- Blake Costanzo, LB, San Francisco 49ers
- Donte Whitner, S, San Francisco 49ers
- Joique Bell, RB, Detroit Lions
- Ashlee Palmer, LB, Detroit Lions
- John Wendling, S, Detroit Lions
- Danny Aiken, LS, New England Patriots
- Lee Evans, WR, Baltimore Ravens
- Jabari Greer, CB, New Orleans Saints
- Jonathan Scott, OT, Pittsburgh Steelers
- Jamon Meredith, OT, Pittsburgh Steelers
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Unfortunately 53 current Bills players are not playing in the post-season.
"Slowly all the roles we act out become our identity. And in the end we are what we pretend to be." - Jerry Cantrell.
I was just thinking about this the other, day.
I said every team but Green Bay, because I was including Houston and NYG, with Wade Phillips and Perry Fewell.
Screw you MSG, and screw you TWC!
I want my Sabres!
Well there ya go
Screw you MSG, and screw you TWC!
I want my Sabres!
by bflo on Jan 5, 2012 12:20 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
Actually, we have 4 former head coaches in the playoffs too
Wade, fewell, mularkey, gregg williams.
Screw you MSG, and screw you TWC!
I want my Sabres!
by bflo on Jan 5, 2012 12:22 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
none as HC's tho
for a reason
Buffalo, that's where it's at baby. - Adam 'Pacman' Jones
To us winning is a tradition. We are victors and need not explain. You may hate us, but your girlfriends love us. - BC
One more than Shaq. - Kobe answering how it felt to win Championship number 5.
by silverstreak3k on Jan 5, 2012 12:36 PM EST up reply actions
Absolutely.
I find it funny that the Jags were asking permission to speak to Mularkey. Hes a good OC, but god awful HC.
Screw you MSG, and screw you TWC!
I want my Sabres!
to be fair on mularky
he was only here one year, we really have no idea how he will handle a long term HC gig.
but like you, i do have my doubts.
Buffalo, that's where it's at baby. - Adam 'Pacman' Jones
To us winning is a tradition. We are victors and need not explain. You may hate us, but your girlfriends love us. - BC
One more than Shaq. - Kobe answering how it felt to win Championship number 5.
by silverstreak3k on Jan 5, 2012 12:44 PM EST up reply actions
Well the team he had here was pretty talented.
And he still didnt get it done, fell short of expectations, IMO.
Whoever gets the Jax HC job, good luck. That roster is gross.
Screw you MSG, and screw you TWC!
I want my Sabres!
Its not that bad
Rhey have plenty of key players they need corners wideout and defensive ends
With the first pick in the 2012 draft the Indianapolis Colts select Robert Griffen III
by Gpluehri on Jan 5, 2012 1:22 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
He was here for two seasons. First year started 0-4, rallied to 9-6, then failed to beat Pittsburgh’s 2nd and 3rd stringers, leaving them just outside of the playoffs. Next year, they went 5-11, and he resigned shortly after Marv Levy was hired as GM.
by SiriusRed on Jan 5, 2012 3:16 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
That first season was hard to swallow
We had a ridiculously easy schedule in them iddle to late season and could not get it done. Looking at a 6 – 8 week stretch of opponents was like looking at a list of “Who’s Nobody”
It's close to Midnight, somethings lurking in the backfield. Under the Bright Lights he cuts so fast it almost stops your heart. You start to scream, but he's in the End Zone before you make it. You're Paralysed.
Cause it's CJ Spiller - all Frickin Night, and no-ones gonna save you from the Beast that just struck ya. You know it's CJ Spiller ! You're fighting for your life against the Spiller Thriller tonight !
In Mularkey’s defense (and I swear I’ve never started a sentence that way) the team’s last winning record was with him as the head coach.
Thank you thank you thank you thank you sireric for bringing the furious punching cat back into my life. - poz
by bluecollarbuffalo on Jan 5, 2012 2:18 PM EST up reply actions
The only unforgivable move there is Jabrari Greer. Dick was supposed to be a secondary guy. Greer was home grown. We paid the same as it would have cost to keep him to down grade (in my opinion) to Florance. I never understood why we did that.
Hopefully it is the last time we let that happen but it probably won’t be (see Stevie Johnson)
We paid the same as it would have cost to keep him to down grade (in my opinion) to Florance.
That’s not right at all. Florence signed a two-year, $6 million deal to replace Greer after Greer signed a four-year, $22 million deal with the Saints. Greer almost doubled Florence in annual salary right there.
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by Brian Galliford on Jan 5, 2012 11:36 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Greer
He was overpaid. Not like Clements overpaid, but still got more than he was worth. I hate that people blame the Bills for being cheap but don’t take the context of the deal into consideration.
GET TO THE CHOPPA!!!
you dont think bills are cheap?
the saints sign greer to 4 year 22 million contract at best to be their 2nd cb…
they had darren sharper as cb who they converted to fs, they drafted malcolm jenkins that year in the first round… and they still drafted patrick robinson in the 1st round after they won the superbowl…
and you dont think bills are cheap?
there is not even a competition… they are cheap and a bunch of dunces in drafting and keeping talent
by statcruncher on Jan 5, 2012 12:05 PM EST up reply actions
???
No, I don’t think the Bills are cheap. This season the Bills ranked 22 in money spent on players, but just as far back as the 2009-2010 season they were 13th overall. They aren’t spending money like it grows on trees, and that’s fine.
The fact that the Saints would sign Greer to a 22 million dollar deal, draft a corner in the first round, and then do it again in the next year is their own prerogative. I don’t really understand how the Saints signing and drafting corners makes the Bills cheap. Maybe the Bills extending Fred Jackson and then drafting CJ Spiller means they are spending big bucks then…
If they were letting players walk for average money then they would be cheap. Nate Clements signed for what, 100 million? The 49ers made him the highest paid defensive player of all time. GOODBYE!!! Was Jason Peters worth what he wanted and what the Eagles gave him?
The biggest problem the Bills have is finding players worth throwing wads of money at. Kyle Williams, the Bills best player, just got an extension. Urbik earned a raise, they gave it to him. If Levitre has another solid year, he will get paid, and so will Eric Wood if he can stay healthy. They also just did it with Fitzpatrick, they did it the year before with Kelsay. I think that both of those deals were foolish, but neither make the franchise cheap. Being cheap would be trading Stevie Johnson before this season started simply because they don’t want to pay him.
To summarize, the Bills pay players when they feel they deserve it. If they don’t think they’re worth it, they let them walk. They aren’t scared to pay guys, but they aren’t going to be stupid with their money, either.
GET TO THE CHOPPA!!!
Re: Jason Peters
Yes he was worth what the Eagles gave him. He may have been the most dominant LT in the league last season. It was foolish for the Bills to let an elite player leave for a reduced price even coming off of a bad season. Again, it comes down to better foresight from this franchise.
"There's only one C.J. Spiller." -Buddy Nix
by Port Royal on Jan 5, 2012 12:53 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Jason Peters was not as good as Joe Thomas, Jake Long, Ryan Clady, Jordan Gross, or Michael Roos. Plus, he isn’t blocking for Vick’s blindside, and LeSean McCoy would make Ryan Lindell look like a good offensive lineman. He’s definitely really good, but I would much rather the Bills save the money and use it for a skill position player (QB, RB, WR, CB, OLB, DE).
GET TO THE CHOPPA!!!
Hold-out
Peters was also a constant hold-out and unproven self motivator. He was resigned from his rookie FA contract and still wanted more money… I think he was a good choice to let go at a glamour position (yes LT has become a glamour position)
many times, the Bills aren’t wrong in their valuation of a player’s worth (Kelsay being one of those “other” times). Other teams see a player as a means to an end(post season- SB). If that player can get them to that end despite the cost, they pay.
The Bills aren’t going to pay ground round prices for ground chuck. They’d rather starve over the principle. Noble, but, fatal. That’s why we almost look like a farm team for the NFL most times. Once the rookie contract is up, we don’t want to pay “market prices”. The market may be wrong, but, it is what it is.
In other words, short of cutting back a few miles, has anyone stopped buying gas at these “market prices”?…to accomplish goals(going to work/school) it is a necessary evil to pay the market.
"a play in which nothing happens, that yet keeps audiences glued to their seats". -Vivian Mercier - a description of Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot"
According to Beckett, Godot was a metaphor for the Buffalo Bills :-)
Market price is never "wrong"
The salary that the player gets from another team is always by definition that player’s actual worth in the market. The player may not be worth that much on the field, but that’s a different question. And of course the player’s future worth on the field is a matter of evaluation and guesswork. Sometimes players change teams — which means a new coaching staff and scheme — and suddenly perform much better than they did for their former team.
If you want to keep a player, and the FA signing period has begun, you have to pay the market price, whatever that is. It’s an iron law. The Bills don’t always understand that.
The Bills don’t always understand that
Or, they understand, they just don’t want to “pay to play” (in the post season).
"a play in which nothing happens, that yet keeps audiences glued to their seats". -Vivian Mercier - a description of Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot"
According to Beckett, Godot was a metaphor for the Buffalo Bills :-)
Ok, I agree with that correction.
Again, I’m not saying that the free market can’t do stupid things. One thinks of the price run-up on mortgage-backed securities in the middle of the last decade or the price that the Redskins paid for Albert Haynesworth. But stupid or not, the highest price that someone is willing to pay is the market price for that item, and that is never “wrong” in terms of how the market works. And so the bottom line is precisely that in the NFL you have to be willing to “pay to play” if you want to improve your team through FA.
Since when does spending big $$$ on free agents = post season success or entry? Hardly ever. This Bills are cheap argument is ridiculous. I’ll give you that the Bills will overpay for the wrong guys, or overpay and then guys turn into white elephants, but that is turning around a little under Nix & co. Barnett and Florence were good signings. Until we have the core of young guys from the draft, it makes no sense to shell out big dough. Also, the premium the Bills would have to pay to get a free agent to sign here instead of elsewhere makes the A-list free agent contract numbers ridiculous.
If the Bills are smart, they’ll get Freddy and Stevie signed, along with the other guys Chandler, etc., get a couple of lunchpail guys like Barnett in free agency, and continue to build the roster from inside out. I believe next up will be defensive end, outside linebacker, corner, and maybe a 2nd / 3rd round OT prospect.
Another season (maybe), another year getting on the roller coaster. Hope the ride lasts more than 16 games :)
Am I speaking greek?
Since when does spending big $$$ on free agents = post season success or entry?
I did not say that! Again, I’m saying they need to retain those good players they draft after their rookie contracts are up. Never said free agency…
"a play in which nothing happens, that yet keeps audiences glued to their seats". -Vivian Mercier - a description of Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot"
According to Beckett, Godot was a metaphor for the Buffalo Bills :-)
Not too long ago the Bills brought in Langston Walker, Derrick Dockery, Lawyer Malloy, Drew Bledsoe, Takeo Spikes, and London Fletcher. Did spending all that money get them to the playoffs? Close, but I will take a team built through the draft and set up for long term success over throwing money at the wall and hoping it sticks any day.
GET TO THE CHOPPA!!!
you misunderstand
not meant to imply FA was the way to go or “throwing money against the wall”.
As I said, we draft, but don’t retain. No chance to “build” because we don’t keep the players. The upcoming issue with Stevie might be an example (antics aside). Are we going to pay the market to keep him? Or, say “here’s what we think you’re worth, take it or leave it”. My guess is he’d leave it for the “market offer”.
"a play in which nothing happens, that yet keeps audiences glued to their seats". -Vivian Mercier - a description of Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot"
According to Beckett, Godot was a metaphor for the Buffalo Bills :-)
I will take a team built through the draft and set up for long term success over throwing money at the wall and hoping it sticks any day.
The problem is they’ve been unsuccessful with both approaches. Spikes, Fletcher, Malloy and Bledsoe were signed when the Bills were trying to rebound from a 3-13 season and the Bills past success was still fresh in everyone’s mind. They did bring energy and respect to the Bills but only could muster one winning season in “04” when they missed the playoffs by one game. Walker and Dockery were signed on the hope that would continue to improve as players which they didn’t and the Bills have been a funk ever since.
No need to beat a dead horse by going into the drafting issues…
"I wouldn't ever set out to hurt anyone deliberately unless it was important -- like a league game."
Dick Butkus
for once I would like to see the Bills overpay someone who plays well
"Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there." - John Wooden
"Do not repeat the tactics which have gained you one victory, but let your methods be regulated by the infinite variety of circumstances." - Sun Tzu
What happened that year: they had an offer on the table to Greer (who was talking to New Orleans), they put a deadline on the offer, Greer let the deadline pass (because he was talking to New Orleans), and the Bills immediately signed Florence.
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by Brian Galliford on Jan 5, 2012 12:27 PM EST up reply actions
I recall. The net result of this tactic worked out very poorly as Greer has been excellent throughout the life his contract so far and Florence has drifted from good, to mediocre, to bad in his three seasons with the team. I get that “hindsight is 20/20” cliche that people use to defend OBD, but you know what? The foresight up there needs to be MUCH closer to useful ASAP. The short-sighted errors like this trade-off are too numerous to count and cerainly are the collective cause of this team’s being the worst franchise in the NFL, rather than lame circumstances like their division (overrated) and luck (cop-out).
"There's only one C.J. Spiller." -Buddy Nix
florence was terrible
the year he spent in jax before coming here. hence the cheap contract.
Buffalo, that's where it's at baby. - Adam 'Pacman' Jones
To us winning is a tradition. We are victors and need not explain. You may hate us, but your girlfriends love us. - BC
One more than Shaq. - Kobe answering how it felt to win Championship number 5.
by silverstreak3k on Jan 5, 2012 12:46 PM EST up reply actions
Hmm...
Three offensive tackles… gives one pause.
I also intensely dislike it anytime Belicheck picks up anybody from our roster. I don’t care if he’s only a backup long snapper, or the Gatorade guy.
by Defensewinsgames on Jan 5, 2012 11:33 AM EST reply actions
Pause and then move on. Kirk Chambers and Jamon Meredith were bad in Buffalo. Jonathan Scott was serviceable in B-lo and continues that with the Steelers.
by MattRichWarren on Jan 5, 2012 11:40 AM EST up reply actions
I know, its just that...
he was in Philly for a down year, went to SF, they dont make it, now theyre the #2 seed. SD loses the division by a tie breaker.
Just bad luck.
Screw you MSG, and screw you TWC!
I want my Sabres!
Lee Evans catches the game winning TD on Jabari Greer in the Super Bowl.
That’d be weird.
Screw you MSG, and screw you TWC!
I want my Sabres!
by bflo on Jan 5, 2012 11:49 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
Dude!!! I thought the same damn thing when I read the article.
Rec’d!!!
"My new cat just farted on my lap. Smells like Bills football." BG.
by SERGEANT MAJOR THOR on Jan 5, 2012 7:21 PM EST up reply actions
Clements
I hope the Bengals win it all. A lot of passion from that guy when he finally made it. I don’t take joy out of seeing men tear up, but I did thoroughly enjoy watching a player that gets just how important making the postseason is. Do it Nate!
GET TO THE CHOPPA!!!
I’m all in for the Niners. They most mirror what I think the Bills’ brass is trying to create. So it’s nice to see when someone gets it right. They may play in a weak division, but they are not a weak team.
"Go check on the ribs!"
by TheAfghanTwilight on Jan 5, 2012 12:07 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah that was cool.
He was all teary eyed. I always liked Nate. Exciting, big play type of player.
I read that Boldin stood up in the locker room after the win talking about Lee, and how much it means to him.
Screw you MSG, and screw you TWC!
I want my Sabres!
Also
the fact that Whitner signed there and then changed his mind and went to the 49ers. That would make a Bengals win even sweeter (Won’t happen though)
It's close to Midnight, somethings lurking in the backfield. Under the Bright Lights he cuts so fast it almost stops your heart. You start to scream, but he's in the End Zone before you make it. You're Paralysed.
Cause it's CJ Spiller - all Frickin Night, and no-ones gonna save you from the Beast that just struck ya. You know it's CJ Spiller ! You're fighting for your life against the Spiller Thriller tonight !
And even more watching from home
Clements and Greer are the only ones on that list that I really miss. On the other hand, there are plenty of ex-Bills from the 2009 (pre-Nix and pre-Gailey) roster who aren’t going to the playoffs and nobody misses — JP Losman, Trent Edwards, Aaron Maybin, Shawn Nelson, Nic Harris, Cary Harris, Ellis Lankster, Xavier Omon, Terrell Owens, Derek Fine, Derek Schouman, Jonathan Stupar, Geoff Hangartner (okay, a few people miss him), Langston Walker, Copeland Bryan, Ryan Denney, Chris Ellis, John McCargo, Alvin Bowen, Kawika Mitchell, Ko Simpson, and Ashton Youboty. (There are more, but I won’t list all the fringe players.)
And people wonder why it’s taking so long to rebuild this roster? Most of these guys aren’t even in the NFL any more, not even as backups. Seriously, this is what Nix and Gailey inherited.
by SiriusRed on Jan 5, 2012 12:15 PM EST via mobile reply actions 4 recs
I forgot to include Josh Reed in that list.
by SiriusRed on Jan 5, 2012 12:20 PM EST via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
I couldnt stand Josh Reed.
Easily my least favorite Bill of all time.
Screw you MSG, and screw you TWC!
I want my Sabres!
But, but, but
The Bills are cheap!!! Why would they let any of those players go!
The problem has been evaluating and acquiring talent, not keeping it around when it gets here.
GET TO THE CHOPPA!!!
That's not exactly true
Look at cornerback and running back. Buffalo has been fine with letting RBs (Henry, McGahee, Lynch) and CBs (Winfield, Clements, Greer) get their big paydays elsewhere and are forced to utilize precious draft resources to replace them. It’s hard to re-build when the team is so willing to create new holes by either balking at lucrative contracts or peddling off good veterans for mid-round draft picks.
"There's only one C.J. Spiller." -Buddy Nix
RBs are not worth big money.
but I do agree with you on CB, the past GM should have spent money on at least Greer. But can’t blame Nix for it now.
You are now Watching The Throne.
Actually
Whilst I agree with your post mostly, you need to look over other rosters a lot better. most of those guys ARE still in the NFL (Sure some of the old ones like Denney, Josh Reed and Owens etc are not due to their age). Losman, Edwards. Maybin, Harris, Hang, Walker, McCargo and Youboty definately are as I’ve seen them play recently and I wouldnt mind betting a few of those others are still on rosters somewhere too.
Surely Ko Simpson would be – he is afterall “worth millions”
It's close to Midnight, somethings lurking in the backfield. Under the Bright Lights he cuts so fast it almost stops your heart. You start to scream, but he's in the End Zone before you make it. You're Paralysed.
Cause it's CJ Spiller - all Frickin Night, and no-ones gonna save you from the Beast that just struck ya. You know it's CJ Spiller ! You're fighting for your life against the Spiller Thriller tonight !
@SiriusRed
I’m very happy Aaron Maybe and the Jests are sitting at home and imploding as we speak.
Makes me happy.
"My new cat just farted on my lap. Smells like Bills football." BG.
by SERGEANT MAJOR THOR on Jan 5, 2012 7:24 PM EST up reply actions
I am missing Youboty
mostly for the name, though.
McGahee
I know Willis doesn’t win any ‘nice guy’ awards, but he has put together a nice little NFL career for himself. He has played in at least 13 games in every season (after sitting out that first season) and has (3) 1,000 yard seasons (just missed 1 other last season w. Bflo (990)). Anyone who saw him play in college knew he was an Eric Dickerson/Adrian Peterson type talent. After jacking up his leg, he never got that speed back, but re-invented himself as a hard-nose runner who got the absolute most out of his talents. With that said Tebow and the Broncs are gonna be one and done.
"There were a lot of guys that were disappointed, frustrated and down, me included."
- Ryan Fitzpatrick
Denver has been a good running team for years. They’be been able to put in a different RB almost every year and still turn him into a 1000-yard rusher. As for McGahee’s time in Buffalo, he did have some good seasons, but he just didn’t want to stay here. The Bills had to move him at that point.
by SiriusRed on Jan 5, 2012 12:24 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Only two players on that list I would have liked to see here: Greer and Ashlee Palmer (Ok, maybe Joique Bell, but not really).
Give a monkey a typewriter and infinite time, and he’ll eventually release Maybin. -- stetzwebs
No one circles the waiver wire like the Buffalo Bills!
Sorry for the abysmal grammar.
Give a monkey a typewriter and infinite time, and he’ll eventually release Maybin. -- stetzwebs
No one circles the waiver wire like the Buffalo Bills!
by thefourwinds on Jan 5, 2012 12:24 PM EST up reply actions
only like 3 of those players are very good tho
the rest are parts of a better team. im not too sad. i miss greer tho.
Buffalo, that's where it's at baby. - Adam 'Pacman' Jones
To us winning is a tradition. We are victors and need not explain. You may hate us, but your girlfriends love us. - BC
One more than Shaq. - Kobe answering how it felt to win Championship number 5.
All I can say is that Whitner is a starter on one of the best defenses in the NFL.
"I wouldn't ever set out to hurt anyone deliberately unless it was important -- like a league game."
Dick Butkus
which means very little
he is as bad as he was here. that defense is based upon the up front 7 and lbers
Buffalo, that's where it's at baby. - Adam 'Pacman' Jones
To us winning is a tradition. We are victors and need not explain. You may hate us, but your girlfriends love us. - BC
One more than Shaq. - Kobe answering how it felt to win Championship number 5.
by silverstreak3k on Jan 5, 2012 9:00 PM EST up reply actions
Ah
Whitner still doesn’t get any respect, if he was that poor he wouldn’t be starting for Harbaugh. A great front 7 hides the deficiencies of the DB’s the Giants have been using that philosophy for years. The Bills have tried building from the the DB’s in instead of the lines out.
How come I always get blamed for everything I do ?
Dennis the Menace
He's played the same as he did here.
He has however a much better supporting cast around him and a better overall D. That said I’ve seen 5 of their games and he’s looked no bnetter than his years here. Some good plays, some good hits, some missed tackles and been beat in coverage badly a couple of times. Looking at the play we got from George Wilson before he was hurt we missed out of nothing.
It's close to Midnight, somethings lurking in the backfield. Under the Bright Lights he cuts so fast it almost stops your heart. You start to scream, but he's in the End Zone before you make it. You're Paralysed.
Cause it's CJ Spiller - all Frickin Night, and no-ones gonna save you from the Beast that just struck ya. You know it's CJ Spiller ! You're fighting for your life against the Spiller Thriller tonight !
How has donte whitner been this year?
(Looks at thread photo)
Apparently he’s still tackling with his back.
Da'Jon McKnight - WR (Minnesota) - 6'3'' 211Lbs. (5th Round)
1st Round Targets: Courtney Upshaw 3-4 OLB, Alshon Jeffery WR, David DeCastro OG, Justin Blackmon WR, Ryan Tannehill QB, Sam Montgomery 3-4 OLB
2nd Round Targets: Jared Crick (3-4DE & 4-3LDE), Melvin Ingram 3-4OLB, Kirk Cousins QB
by NordicBillsfan on Jan 5, 2012 11:08 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Apparently he’s still tackling with his back.
Rec’d
Give a monkey a typewriter and infinite time, and he’ll eventually release Maybin. -- stetzwebs
No one circles the waiver wire like the Buffalo Bills!
by thefourwinds on Jan 5, 2012 11:51 PM EST up reply actions
Coundrum
I think the list of bye-bye’s would have been much longer and our win loss even worse if Nix wasn’t caught in the ticket selling conundrum. We may be further ahead in a team build if we traded any talent that was over twenty five for more draft picks and evaluated more prospects at cheaper rates. Of course no fan base would have stood by that much of a gutting and still supported their team even though in the long run it would yield quicker results to a solid team.
I prayed for patience and I'm STILL waiting for an answer
Posted by Brian in 2009
Sometimes, you just lose a guy. It’s not that big of a deal.
I replied…
If only that were true. I would be happy with sometimes. Do we really have to list the players the Bills have let go who have ended up in the Pro Bowl…..starters on playoff or SB teams!!! We let people like Pat Williams go then can’t figure out why our run defense sucks!
The point is, we need to be better at keeping our homegrown players that are in their prime. If we are going to lose them, it had better be to mega deals like Clements got. You have to know when to sign someone like Greer or Jackson and trade someone like Peters. The Bills don’t seem to have a clue.
Bad boys, bad boys whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do
when they come for you?
by Joe P. on Feb 27, 2009 12:00 PM CST up actions
"Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there." - John Wooden
"Do not repeat the tactics which have gained you one victory, but let your methods be regulated by the infinite variety of circumstances." - Sun Tzu
by Joe P. on Jan 5, 2012 7:42 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
scary how little things have changed at OBD
"Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there." - John Wooden
"Do not repeat the tactics which have gained you one victory, but let your methods be regulated by the infinite variety of circumstances." - Sun Tzu
wow
That’s scary cause its true.
by itwasaforwardpass on Jan 5, 2012 8:42 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Thank You Joe
That’s the point I was trying to make above….
"a play in which nothing happens, that yet keeps audiences glued to their seats". -Vivian Mercier - a description of Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot"
According to Beckett, Godot was a metaphor for the Buffalo Bills :-)
You have to know when to … trade someone like Peters.
Seems to me the Bills did quite well in their trade for Peters.
Give a monkey a typewriter and infinite time, and he’ll eventually release Maybin. -- stetzwebs
No one circles the waiver wire like the Buffalo Bills!
by thefourwinds on Jan 5, 2012 11:52 PM EST up reply actions
and what did we get for Peters again?
"Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there." - John Wooden
"Do not repeat the tactics which have gained you one victory, but let your methods be regulated by the infinite variety of circumstances." - Sun Tzu
And although he was never a Bill...
…no former Buffalo player currently in the playoffs has had as much of an impact as former NFHS, UB and now Packers running back James Starks.
"I could have conquered Europe, all of it, but I had women in my life." - King Henry II of England
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