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Rap at Random

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on September 6, 2007
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Back in July, I wrote about an underground rapper named “Ja Skillz”, who also went by the pseudonym “Daniel-san”, the same name I write under.

This “Ja Skillz” berated me in an email in which he demanded that I stop writing under “his” name. We exchanged heated emails and he became more and more interesting to me. Eventually, I asked him for his album and he offered it up to me for the “low price, considering the brilliance, of $35″.

As I said back in July, a week after I immediately turned down that offer, he sent me a rap song about Golf. Fantastic.

He also sent me a rap song about the Buffalo Bills. He mentioned in his, I’m assuming, fake bio that he was born in Buffalo, so apparently he has an affinity for the Bills, as well as the Gentlemen’s Game.

I haven’t heard from “Skillz” in awhile, but the Golf Song and this Bills song, entitled “Norwood Wide Right”- which he called a “slow jam”- have gotten me through a long summer.

First, to preface the song, it was apparently written between 2000 - 2002, during or just after the “Rob Johnson Era”.

Wade Phillips fat references, Kent Hull, the Biscuit, Jim Kelly and Rogaine, Ted Marchibroda, Thurman losing his helmet and Andre Reed getting the unsportsmanlike conduct call in the Redskins Super Bowl right before half-time: this song has it all.

“Norwood Wide Right” - Ja Skillz - link to song

NFL at Random

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on July 23, 2007
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Rumor around Buffalo is that a certain recent Buffalo Bills Draft pick, for privacy’s sake let’s call him Marshawn L.- no, that’s too obvious… let’s say M. Lynch- has already, before he has even spent a large amount of time in this new city, been barred for life from a popular downtown bar.

The reason for the banning is because Mr. Lynch, allegedly, brought in his own alcohol. Now this doesn’t seem like a major offense, but weird situations like this keep coming up in Marshawn’s life. I don’t think Marshawn is anything like a Michael Vick or Pacman Jones… but I’m not exactly sure he isn’t, either.

-The unmistakable man with the shiny teeth and the big dreads was apparently mistaken as somebody else when he was shot at last year while attending his sister’s high school graduation. A person even called his mother 20 minutes after the shooting to tell her it wasn’t meant for her son. How a person with this knowledge, if true, has Marshawn’s mother’s phone number, I don’t know- but it isn’t a good sign.

-Marshawn was accused of sexually assualting a former girlfriend last December, but the case was thrown out because the accuser apparently changed her story and lack of evidence. This could easily be the case of someone just trying to get theirs from someone who is going big time, but it could tell a little about the place in Oakland that he’s coming from. Could be people dragging him down in the future.

- And then everyone remembers this:

Marshawn claims he only took the cart because he was going to help a teammate who had just returned an interception for a touchdown who was probably tired, but too many people were celebrating around him, so he just decided to tip his whip. “That’s how we do it here in Oaktown. I was gonna ghostride it for a minute at the end, but it ain’t got no neutral, so it would’ve just kept rollin’. So I just did that move — I got it from my boy Hurp. His name is Dion Hurp, and he does it in any kind of vehicle we ride in. Buick. Chev. Boxes. Whatever.”- SI.com

-In an interview Marshawn did with a local TV channel (WKBW) in Buffalo, he said, “You probably won’t see me too much, I’m gonna probably be at my house- got a nice little ‘Boom Boom Room’ downstairs.” Well, people have already seen you out, Marshawn- seen you out bringing your own booze in, so now you can go use your Boom Boom Room (which I think is just a bar/club type room where you can party, but UrbanDictionary.com uses the word in this sentence: “I’m taking your mom to the Boom Boom Room to get a lil’ brother.”)

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Marshawn often does this pose (from the blog Upper Playground), which is, supposedly, not a gang sign. “It’s something for the family — it lets us know we’re well-respected and well-connected. The people in our family know what it means, and it ain’t nothing like what some people think.” What is it then, Marshawn? Even if it is just actual blood relatives, it could end up in a Sebastian Telfair, Amare Stoudemire kind of situation. He is not going to be able to support and keep tabs on everyone from his “family” in Oakland. I want to say families are supportive and keep you strong, but they can also be disruptive and bring you down (similar to an opportunistic ex-girlfriend).

All of this proves absolutely nothing and it really is hard to get into trouble in a town like Buffalo, but I don’t like the pattern. The Bills risked a very high draft pick on him and we don’t need Sheriff Goodell coming to town any time soon. And I’m not trying to make Marshawn seem like a bad guy, for all I can tell, people seem to really like him- but he’s not in “the Town” anymore, where he was a high school and college star. Even in Buffalo, where players also get special treatment, he’s already been kicked out of a popular spot.

At the very least, he’s not off to a good start.

NFL at Random

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on July 11, 2007
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SI.com and NFL “genius” Peter King ranked all the NFL starting Quarterbacks about a month ago. Then fellow SI.com columnist Andrew Perloff did one, too. Peter King had J.P. Losman 20th and Perloff had him 28th. Sports at Random’s Puja takes umbrage with those rankings:

“For some reason, J.P. Losman is trendy to pick on, but he came along really nicely last year– NFL.com Senior Editor Vic Carucci called him the NFL’s most improved player. Losman finished the season w/ an 84.9 QB rating, good for top-10 in the league. This was more efficient than Pennington, Delhomme, McNair, and of course Eli Manning & Roethlisberger.

Four times in ‘06, he engineered successful comeback drives w/ under 2 mins remaining.

The first of 3 consecutive weeks- 1) @ Houston:

Quote (AP):J.P. Losman hit a diving Price in the back of the end zone for the 15-yard touchdown with 13 seconds left, giving Buffalo a 24-21 win over the Houston Texans on Sunday. Losman was unstoppable in the first quarter, throwing for 209 yards. On the game-winning march, he completed six passes for 55 yards. “As a kid that’s your dream,” Losman said of throwing the winner. “The game is on the line and you practice as if it’s your last play — that no matter what happens we have to get this ball.”

2) Versus eventual Super Bowl Champ Indy:

Quote (AP):Buffalo forced Manning to go more frequently to his tight ends and running backs. J.P. Losman was even more patient. Down 17-16 in the 4th quarter, Losman quickly moved them into position driving to the Colts 17. He completed 8 of 12 passes for 83 yards before Rian Lindell missed the chip-shot field goal attempt.

3) Against JAX:

Quote (AP):Showing poise in avoiding the rush, Losman stepped up in the pocket and threaded a perfect pass to Roscoe Parrish, who kept both toes inbounds at the left sideline for a 30-yard catch. Two plays later, Rian Lindell hit a 42-yard field goal as time ran out.

Then versus Tennessee in Week 16:

Down 30-29 with 2 minutes left, Losman drove the Bills to the 30, but the wind was too strong to attempt a FG. He was intercepted on the final play in one of the most egregious PI non-calls I have ever seen. The ball was thrown high into the air at the goal line and Pacman Jones decided to just blatantly hold Josh Reed from getting to the spot. Another fan in my section began celebrating what seemed to be victory and a shot at the Wildcard the following week versus Baltimore. However, just as in ‘04– when they laid an egg vs. Pittsburgh substitutes in week 17– the playoffs were not to be. I still can’t believe that foul went uncalled. Did VY play a better game? Perhaps, if you (like the media) base this solely on his wicked TD run. However, JP threw for 266 and had a pick added to his stats on the very same play the game was stolen from him. Bills fans just have to feel like it was another part of the conspiracy.

J.P. Losman also dominated Pennington and the NYJ twice. In the first game, they lost late on a fumble and terrible call:

Quote (AP):Despite being out-gained 475-256 in total yards, the Jets took control on the Bills’ opening possession of the third quarter when safety Kerry Rhodes rushed around the right corner and got around McGahee’s weak block. Rhodes got to Losman and stripped the ball, which squirted toward the line of scrimmage. Hobson picked it up and rumbled down the left sideline for a touchdown. The Bills failed to challenge the score despite replays showing Hobson stepped out of bounds at the Buffalo 3.

By the way, “Will-Miss” McGahee had this to say after the game– the same contest in which he made one of his patented blown protections (good riddance): “It’s just the little things, the penalties, the turnovers, that hurt us.” (AP) Thanks, McGahee, for so humbly pointing out your own failures… I’m sure that was your intent. The NYJ weren’t so lucky in the 2nd game, however, getting absolutely owned 31-13 with Losman throwing 2 TD’s and completing two thirds of his passes.

One point loss @ NE: Losman also opened the season on the road, held a lead for 3 and a half quarters, and threw for more yards and 20% higher completion percent than Tom Brady.

Three point loss vs San Diego: Losman played well enough to offset Tomlinson’s dominating 178 yards. JP had as many rushing yards as McGahee– and although Rivers had more success on the season as a whole– in that game Losman threw for more completions, yards, and TD’s, behind one of the worst Offensive Lines of 2006 (he was sacked 3rd most in the NFL).

Is he an elite QB? Not now, but last season was his first full season as a starter and he finished strong down the stretch. I would take him over more than half the QB’s in this league, though.”

Thoughts at Random

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on June 21, 2007
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- The 1st ever female President of an NBA Franchise, Susan O’Malley of the Washington Wizards, will step down when her contract expires at the end of the month. Now, owner Abe Pollin wanted to salute her as she exited, but he clearly didn’t re-read his statement before he sent it out. I understand what he was trying to say and that he didn’t want to call her “my right hand man”, but he just could have come up with something different:

“Susan has been my right hand through the past 20 years…”

- Li Jie is a true entrepreneur. He’s the CEO of Beijing Lunar Village Aeronautics Science and Technology Co. in China. A year and a half ago, Li started selling acres of land on the moon. For the low low price of $37, you could own a full acre of land on our earth’s only natural satellite. He was quickly shut down, but not before over 30 people fell for the scheme.

Now Li Jie is at it again. After the 2006 World Cup, Li’s company began selling “World Cup Air”, which was green plastic bags full of air for $6.60, supposedly from stadiums in Germany that held World Cup matches. He was refused the right to sell it by the Beijing Administration for Industry and Commerce, where he listed “special air from a special place” on the application.

You really have to admire Li Jie. He’s worse than Dan Akroyd’s “Irwin Mainway”. Yes, he could go to the corner store and sell cell phones or even just to the corner and sell drugs, but that’s not the life for Li. He wants to take things that are free to all of us, package them up, and sell them back to us. He would be a great American.

- Don’t let his age fool you, that Marv Levy is one tricky devil. In March, the Bills traded LB Takeo Spikes to the Eagles for DT Darwin Walker. The Bills thought Spikes was making too much money and too injury prone, so they sent him off for the disgruntled Walker, who wanted a new contract, despite having 2 years left on his current one. Most thought it was a good move for both teams; Eagles get a much needed LB and the Bills get an even more needed DT to play alongside Larry Tripplett.

But this move may not have been to fill a need. It may have been just to dump Spikes on somebody. Darwin Walker’s agent is reporting that in contract negotiations with the Bills, Levy has offered a 1-year contract worth $1.3 million, which is what he’s making this year anyway. He’s looking for a huge raise and some guaranteed money, not less years for the same price. The thing most people didn’t see in the trade was that if Walker didn’t report to the Bills by August 5th, he’d be sent back to the Eagles for a 6th Round pick.

So you can see what Marv Levy is apparently doing. He has no interest in signing Walker. He is, basically, offending him with low contract offers and is just going to wait it out until August 5th when he can get his draft pick. Although the Bills need a DT, I’m still going to say that this is another genius move by Levy. No one on this team shall be above 25-years-old, hell of a way to run an organization.

Thoughts at Random

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on May 22, 2007
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- The Buffalo Bills have signed former Tulsa Talons (of the Arena Football League) Wide Receiver Donovan Morgan. So after you move on from the fact that an Arena League team is called the “Talons“, check out Donovan’s eyebrows. Who puts lines in their eyebrows anymore? And, once you make that fantastic decision of putting lines in your eyebrows, wouldn’t you get someone else to do it? Look at his left one. He must have tried to do it himself (good, no self-respecting human being would probably agree to do that) and really screwed up on that side. Good signing, Marv. Maybe next week you can sign someone who wears their jersey and pants backwards and has to unzip their butt to take a leak.

- In other Bills news, apparently Marshawn Lynch thinks highly of himself- maybe a little too high. According to Sports at Random’s Bills Insider, Puja, Marshawn is acting a little too cocky, almost reminiscent of when J.P. Losman first came to camp as a Rookie. And we all remember what happened to Losman- Troy Vincent broke his leg in practice. Now this is 4th-hand information from inside the Bills Camp, so take it for what you think it’s worth- but it doesn’t really surprise anyone here if it is indeed true.

- Jessica Alba recently told InStyle Magazine that “The second somebody says ‘no’ to me is the second I’m going to jump up and say ‘yes!’” Wow. There’s just so many different directions I can go with this one…

I will now pray all night that tomorrow I get to see Jessica Alba on the street and say, “Jessica, do not give me a lap dance right here on Hollywood Blvd. No, you can’t do it!”

So that’s why you went against your publicist’s wishes and did Fantastic Four 2.

Proof, once again, that playing hard to get works on every girl. Even Jessica Alba.

Jessica, doesn’t it suck on how the conservative majority of America won’t let you make out with Jessica Biel?

Etc., etc.

- Driving around on Sunday, I came across the Anaheim Angels broadcast of their Interleague game against the Dodgers. It was in the 2nd Inning and all the announcers were talking about were the Yankees. Seriously. For the next 2 Innings, that’s all it was. I barely remember them talking about the actual game on the field. They just kept talking about the state of the Yankees. And this is, apparently, a huge rivalry. The Freeway Series. This wasn’t Inning 6 of a 7-0 game, it was the beginning of the freaking game and they just wouldn’t stop talking about the Yankees. I don’t know why I’m amazed by that at this point, but I just am.

NFL at Random

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on April 12, 2007
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Jannie Jones had 3 different sons with 3 different fathers. She preached to her offspring, “No outside kids”, but it didn’t seem to work.

After Baltimore Ravens RB Willis McGahee had his first child out of wedlock 2 years ago, she knew to step in and talk to her son. “I had a heart-to-heart with him after the first (child), ” said Willis’ Mother, Jannie. “After the second one, and after the third one. And I told him, ‘no more’.”

So 3 kids and 3 mothers later, Willis doesn’t seem to be listening to his own mother. But Jannie speaks the truth. “Willis isn’t ready for a wife. He’s not even ready for kids.” Well, good luck with 3 then.

But Ravens fans are hoping Willis is ready to make a trip back to Buffalo during Week 7 this year, as the Ravens visit the Bills that Sunday afternoon. This is the same Buffalo Willis flew out of immediately after the season ended, leaving his Mother to deal with everything that had to be sewn up. “I couldn’t wait to get out of there, ” the 25-year-old RB stated.

Oh, Willis, tell us more about Buffalo. “Coming from Miami, I was used to partying, going out, just having something to do every night. Restaurants, whatever. Going to Buffalo, it was like hitting a brick wall. Like, ‘Damn!’ Can’t go out, can’t do nothing. There’s an Applebee’s, a TGI Friday’s, and they just got a Dave & Busters. They got that, and I’m like, ‘What the?’ And, you know, the women…”

Willis, easy. Don’t make fun of the women in Buffalo- you’ll never make it out of there alive. And have you never been to Chippewa? You need to go Downtown, Willis. You were just hanging out in Orchard Park. That’s the suburbs, you Moron. You don’t see Tom Brady complaining about Foxboro. Of course not, he knows you don’t go out in Foxboro.

“You see, when I was in college, that’s what I used to thrive off of.” (The women? Really? No wonder the Stones are still touring.) Willis went on, “The better you do, the more fame you get. So, you know, it was like, I was used to that. And then you get to Buffalo and no matter how you do, it’s the same.”

Wait a minute, Willis. You mean to tell me that in Buffalo, they treated you the same no matter how good you did? How awful! You were treated the same as everyone else? How did you even live?! You could go out and score 3 Touchdowns and then go out the next game and fumble 4 times and they would still treat you like a normal human being, neither especially good or especially bad? That’s awful, Willis. Truly. Good thing you moved on. Hopefully Baltimore is much more fickle than Buffalo was.

NFL at Random

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Sports at Random’s Ryan shows us how the Buffalo Bills can replace Willis McGahee:

“Running back roulette. That’s what NFL GMs have been playing the past few weeks. And, perhaps surprisingly, by dealing away their “star” back, the team best at betting on black (as Wesley Snipes would tell us to do—but don’t listen to him regarding any other money matters) is the Buffalo Bills (said without provocation from this site’s proprietor).

I absolutely loved Willis McGahee when he was at Miami. Loved. He had the perfect blend of size, power, and speed (one of the best college backs I can remember). But he also had the gruesome knee injury in the national championship game and never came back the same. The Bills took a chance on him late in the first round, and it was a solid gamble, which unfortunately did not pay off. McGahee was the consummate tease in the pros. I kept expecting, hoping, he would return to his dominating form of his Miami days, but he never did. The breakaway speed, as mentioned previously, disappeared for the most part. He also never seemed to like playing in Buffalo. So now the Bills have cut their losses, and they’re better off for one big reason: Adrian Peterson.

Peterson is another great college back, and in lots of ways, very similar to McGahee, including the injury history (although Peterson’s were certainly not as debilitating as Willis’s). Peterson has a fantastic burst, great vision, and very good size. He’s a bit upright running sometimes due to his tall build (another similarity to McGahee), but he has star written all over him. The Bills are currently sitting at number 12, but with the picks they’ve acquired from Baltimore in the McGahee trade, they have the ammunition to move up and grab Peterson without mortgaging their draft. Although there’s no clear spot for Peterson to go before 12, someone will surely trade up for him if he starts to slip. Marv Levy, who’s shown some guts on draft days in the past (Donte Whitner?), should do just that.

  1. Oakland: they could use a feature back, but they won’t take Peterson over JaMarcus Russell or Calvin Johnson.
  2. Detroit: they grabbed some insurance for Kevin Jones in the form of Tatum Bell, so assuming they don’t spin him off to a team like the Packers, they should be set at running back . As an aside, with the acquisition of George Foster in that deal as well, the Lions might not take Joe Thomas in this slot. One has to hope Matt Millen takes Calvin Johnson. I mean, the Fords clearly won’t fire him for taking another WR (or for doing anything, apparently), so grab the best guy in the draft, Matt!
  3. Cleveland: this was supposed to be Peterson’s landing spot, and still could be. However, the Browns made the odd move of signing Jamal Lewis. It’s only a one-year deal, so bringing in Peterson could happen, but Phil Savage and Romeo Crennel are in “win-now” mode, so if the Lions pass on Thomas, they’ll no doubt grab him. Lewis is another guy who didn’t really live up to his college billing—that’s right, I’m saying that of a guy who rushed for 2,000 yards in one season. If you remember Lewis at the beginning of his college career, before he blew out his knee, he had fantastic speed to go with his power running the ball. He was robbed of that and subsequently became a wear the defense down kind of back, with great success, although this seems to have caught up to him in terms of injury and ineffectiveness at just 27 years old.
  4. Tampa Bay: Cadillac Williams, pass.
  5. Washington: they’ve got Clinton Portis and Ladell Betts locked up long term.
  6. Arizona: Edgerrin James didn’t show a whole lot last season, but the Cards certainly would prefer to improve their defense with this pick and not anger their big pickup of the last off-season.
  7. Minnesota: this is where I had Peterson going in my initial projection, but with Chester Taylor there, it’s not a natural fit. The Vikings could use a playmaker on the outside, and this is a good draft for WRs. If they’re not locked in on Ted Ginn, who in my opinion isn’t worth this pick, they could trade down and get someone just as good.
  8. Houston: they foolishly invested a whole lot of money in Ahman Green. Much like the Browns acquiring Lewis, this was a win-now move from a team that’s still not ready to win now; I don’t think anyone imagines this deal ending with Green rushing for consecutive 1,000 yard seasons. Anyone?
  9. Miami: Ronnie Brown
  10. Atlanta: Jerious Norwood flashed some serious skills last season in a part-time role. Peterson would be tough to pass on, but the Falcons have bigger needs to address and should be set with Norwood and Warrick Dunn still on the roster.
  11. San Francisco: Frank Gore’s injury free, for now at least (Frank Gore staying healthy might have been the best, least talked about story of all of last year. Remember, he was McGahee’s back up at Miami, but was probably better than Willis. Then he blew out both his knees—both!—in college but still became a star running back. Hopefully he keeps it up)…

It looks like Peterson could be there for the taking for Buffalo. If they get him, along with the solid depth they’ve added so far in free agency, they will have to be considered one of the bigger winners this offseason and a serious sleeper threat next year.”

NFL at Random

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on March 8, 2007
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(insert corny “Whatchu talkin’ bout, Willis” headline)

Nobody, and I mean nobody, says the Bills should move to Toronto.

Bills RB Willis McGahee was traded for 3 Draft picks, a 3rd and 7th this year and a 3rd in the 2008 NFL Draft. Willis, like Thomas Jones, was in the last year of his contract. Considering Thomas Jones is older (but more productive) the Bills seemed to have gotten all they could out of this saturated RB market. The Bears only moved up in the 2nd Round, while the Bills got 3 separate Draft picks. Marv Levy has shown his worth once again (who’d a thunk that?). Now hopefully he will either sign Dominic Rhodes or wait for the draft to find a replacement. I do not want Chris Brown who is got to be one of the only players in history to demand a trade when he was the STARTING RB and Corey Dillon just seems old.

Willis wanted star RB money and he clearly wasn’t a star. Any Bills fan knows he had no breakaway speed. He had one 50-yard TD run this year when my friend and I stood up and were shocked he made it that far. You should not be shocked your starting RB can actually run more than 15 yards at a time. So, the Willis McGahee experiment did not seem like a successful one (with trading Travis Henry and all, too), but the argument should not be about how we got ourselves into this situation- that’s in the past, it happened, let’s now try to see how we can resolve this conflict (Iraq War anyone?)- but given the situation the Bills were in, it seems like a very good ending scenario.

(and yes, I apologize for any unneeded political conversation- especially comparing Marv Levy’s situation to whoever our next President is… shame, shame on me)

NFL at Random

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on March 5, 2007
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The reason the Buffalo Bills are having trouble trading Willis McGahee is because there are better players available that are free agents. Why give up any picks or players when you can get Travis Henry for free?

The Denver Broncos realized this and gave the former Bill and Titan Travis Henry a five-year deal. Henry has been a very productive player over his career, but when the teams he’s productive for keep letting him go, that also has to tell you something.

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In other NFL news, the Patriots just traded for Wes Welker, the Miami Dolphins leading WR/KR/PR. Yes, it was a good trade because the Patriots could have offered him a reported 7 year, $38 million deal and given up a 2nd Round Pick (and the Dolphins could have matched it because the Dolphins tendered a one-year offer to him), but instead they get him for sure (and probably less money) for a 2007 2nd and 7th Round picks.

Saying that was a good trade is like saying O.J. Simpson and AC did the right thing because they stopped the Bronco. They shouldn’t have been in that situation in the first place! I’m 5′9″, too (roughly). I don’t care how fast Wes Welker is, he’s not worth over $5 million a year. You wouldn’t give Deion Branch (another short guy) that much, but now you are giving Wes Welker that? Who cares if he returns kicks- I don’t understand who is running the Patriots this year, but it sure isn’t Scott Pioli. But the funny thing is, I don’t hate any of their moves (although this one is a hard dislike), it just isn’t Patriot-like.

NFL at Random

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The Buffalo Bills added 3 Offensive Lineman in the first day of free agency, including Left Guard Derrick Dockery, who signed a 7 year, $49 million contract, tied for the most in NFL history for a Guard.

Dockery leaves the Redskins, who ranked 4th in rushing last year even with injuries to RB Clinton Portis. The Redskins now are looking hard at Bills’ free agent MLB London Fletcher-Baker. I’d trade an improving, yet already very good 26-year-old OL for a great, yet aging 31-year-old LB anyday. Dockery makes J.P. Losman’s blindside (with Left Tackle Jason Peters) one of the best in the league. I applaud Marv Levy for realizing an offense is built from the QB’s blindside on.

This may be a bit of an over-payment, but getting depth at OL (with Jason Whittle and Langston Walker) and Dockery as a definite starter, the Bills have addressed an issue that seemed to cause their offense to stop working after the first drive.

Earlier in the week they resigned starting DE Chris Kelsay to a four year deal worth about $9 million. I expect the Bills to address the DT position soon as well (or possibly in the 1st Round of the Draft). I love what Marv Levy is doing. When he was winning AFC Championships, yes, he did have good skill players, but Kent Hull, Jim Richter, Bruce Smith, and Crew solidified the team. The O-Line made Frank Reich look like John Elway. The D-Line made Nate Odomes a Pro-Bowler. Marv understands this and seems to be going that way with the Bills, not over-paying LB’s or CB’s or WR’s, but taking care of the Linemen.

Now if we could only pawn off Willis McGahee and Takeo Spikes on somebody.