http://insider.espn.go.com/nfl/insider/news/story?id=4269800&addata=2009_insdr_mod_nfl_xxx_xxx
Ouch. I am not sure what is worse, the fact that five former Buffalo Bills are on the Overrated player list or the fact that a number of them received exhorbitant contracts post-Bills.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Jason Peters - Thanks for one year
One quality year after being signed as an undrafted free agent in 2004. That is all that Jason Peters was able to give Buffalo, the team that took a chance on drafting a tight end who was seen as a player that could evolve into a pro bowl offensive tackle. In 2007, the gamble on Peters paid off and he was selected to the first of two consecutive pro bowls. Charles over at the CF Buffalo blog already has an excellent write up on this situation here. I share Charles' view that Peters, while talented is not worth the kind of money that Philadelphia is paying him. The Bills were able to acquire multiple draft picks from the Peters trade. Fans should temper their excitement though. There is a larger failing over the last 5 years and that is the Bills continued inepitude at drafting offensive linemen
Jim McNally, hired from 2004-2007 as Buffalo's offensive line coach, was touted as the savior of the Bills offensive line problems plaguing the team since the late 90's. These are the offensive linemen who were drafted during his tenure:
2004 - Dylan McFarland (7th) Jason Peters (UFA)
2005 - Duke Preston (4th) Justin Geisinger (6th)
2006 - Brad Butler (5th) Terrance Pennington (7th) Aaron Merz (7th)
Tuten Reyes, Bennie Anderson, and Melvin Fowler were also signed during this period.
What was the result of all of this? Two pro bowls for Peters (with last year's being a sham vote) who like all except Butler, no longer play for Buffalo. I find this extremely disappointing and fans should fear the Bills ability to draft, let alone draft offensive linemen. If one of the most widely regarded offensive line coaches could not produce a line to allow running backs to gain a yard on fourth and inches, how can we count on the Bills' current staff to do any better?
Jim McNally, hired from 2004-2007 as Buffalo's offensive line coach, was touted as the savior of the Bills offensive line problems plaguing the team since the late 90's. These are the offensive linemen who were drafted during his tenure:
2004 - Dylan McFarland (7th) Jason Peters (UFA)
2005 - Duke Preston (4th) Justin Geisinger (6th)
2006 - Brad Butler (5th) Terrance Pennington (7th) Aaron Merz (7th)
Tuten Reyes, Bennie Anderson, and Melvin Fowler were also signed during this period.
What was the result of all of this? Two pro bowls for Peters (with last year's being a sham vote) who like all except Butler, no longer play for Buffalo. I find this extremely disappointing and fans should fear the Bills ability to draft, let alone draft offensive linemen. If one of the most widely regarded offensive line coaches could not produce a line to allow running backs to gain a yard on fourth and inches, how can we count on the Bills' current staff to do any better?
Apologies for not posting recently
I want to apologize to all of my readers (by this I of course mean Charles F.) that I have not posted recently. There are several reasons for this including an increase in workload, a new engagement to a wonderful woman, starting a beer club, and now attempting to house hunt. I will attempt to post more regularly, at the very least once a week. So much has happened in the football world since I last posted that I do not even know where to begin. To top it all off, several national stories actually featured the Bills. Now with the draft less than a week away, everyone is trying to guess what the Bills will do.
Friday, February 27, 2009
NFL Free Agency Has Started (meaning so has the madness)
For those of you who do not know, I am a die-hard Buffalo Bills fan. However, it has become increasingly difficult to enjoy the product that Ralph Wilson has put on the field over the last decade. Because of this, the off season has become more interesting since every year, hope exists the Bills can make the right combination of free agent, draft, and coaching moves.
Free agency began today at 12:01 AM meaning that anyone not under contract or "franchised" by his team is free to negotiate with any other team in the league. Each year the price for free agents keeps going up and every year a team jettisons poor free agent choices. This year it was Jacksonville and Oakland cutting ties with over-priced, underachieving players.
There are three noteworthy stories that I feel compelled to comment on:
Albert Haynesworth
A $100 million deal for a defensive tackle who has never played a full season and not made more than 2 Pro Bowls. I expect nothing less from Daniel Snyder who is probably still paying Hugh Douglas a portion of his signing bonus.
Fred Taylor
The headline here says it all. The Bills have put themselves in this position where we will have to offer at least twice as much as a winning team would to land a worthwhile free agent. Buffalo is just not attractive to players, especially players who are looking for one last attempt at a Super Bowl championship.
SAGE....ROSENFELS
Last year Sage single-handedly lost the Colts game for the Texans and played pretty bad in several others and he gets a $9 million extension. There is no way that I could negotiate a worse deal than that. Give me a job in the football world negotiating deals like this. Please.
Free agency began today at 12:01 AM meaning that anyone not under contract or "franchised" by his team is free to negotiate with any other team in the league. Each year the price for free agents keeps going up and every year a team jettisons poor free agent choices. This year it was Jacksonville and Oakland cutting ties with over-priced, underachieving players.
There are three noteworthy stories that I feel compelled to comment on:
Albert Haynesworth
A $100 million deal for a defensive tackle who has never played a full season and not made more than 2 Pro Bowls. I expect nothing less from Daniel Snyder who is probably still paying Hugh Douglas a portion of his signing bonus.
Fred Taylor
The headline here says it all. The Bills have put themselves in this position where we will have to offer at least twice as much as a winning team would to land a worthwhile free agent. Buffalo is just not attractive to players, especially players who are looking for one last attempt at a Super Bowl championship.
SAGE....ROSENFELS
Last year Sage single-handedly lost the Colts game for the Texans and played pretty bad in several others and he gets a $9 million extension. There is no way that I could negotiate a worse deal than that. Give me a job in the football world negotiating deals like this. Please.
First off...a little history about this blog's URL
It has been nearly a decade since Mystery Science Theater 3000 ended its adventure through the stars. Is is hard to believe it has been so long since so many of the incredibly humorous moments still resonate so well with me. In episode #820, the crew of the Satellite of Love were forced (as we were) to watch "Space Mutiny." Horrible but unintentionally hilarious for so many reasons, there was one running joke that topped it all. The "star" of the movie was Reb Brown, "famous" for playing Captain America in the 1970's. Long story short, he was given a series of macho, strong-man names one of which was Bolt Vanderhuge. Of course, vanderhuge.blogspot.com was taken so I had to settle for the second best name Gristle McThornbody. So welcome to the inaugural post of mcthornbody.blogspot.com where I will ocassionally post about video games, the football world, movies and TV, as well as anything else that may be of interest to very few.
On a final note, someone on YouTube was kind enough to collect every scene with Mike and the Robots calling out the names so if you can't watch the whole MST3K episode, at least watch this:
On a final note, someone on YouTube was kind enough to collect every scene with Mike and the Robots calling out the names so if you can't watch the whole MST3K episode, at least watch this:
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