Houshmandzadeh will have to wait
It took everyone by surprise when word broke out that the Seattle Seahawks were parting ways with wide receiver TJ Houshmandzadeh, which happened Saturday.
Now, as a free agent Houshmandzadeh will have to wait.
The thing is the regular season is a week away and when a veteran is signed after week one of the regular season the players salary isn’t gauranteed like it is if they signed before week one.
Also, Houshmandzadeh will have to learn the entire playbook of his new team.
That means if he is unable to have an impact the team will be able to dump him, which they wouldn’t have been able to if he was signed before week one.
In the end, crap like this happens when you get greedy.
Evans could become expendable
Two undrafted free agent wide receivers made the Buffalo Bills 53 man roster this year and the team added another to the practice squad today.
If any of them pan out wide receiver Lee Evans could become expendable.
Evans is entering his seventh season with the Bills and has yet to reach his full potential.
With Bills head coach Chan Gailey having a offensive background there is no excuses this year.
Of the three wide receiver David Nelson has the most potential to be a starting wide receiver soon as his route running is solid, and has great hands.
The other two in Donald Jones and Naaman Roosevelt also had solid training camps, but the team decided to only keep five.
Also, Evans is smaller than the typical wide receivers and that works against him as Bills head coach Chan Gailey has stated he prefers tall wide receivers.
Finally there is third year wide receiver Steve Johnson, who the organization is high on, and is getting his first opportunity to start this year.
In the end, if any two of the wide receivers show that they can be starters then Evans won’t be with the Bills much longer.
Hardy will never pan out
The Buffalo Bills parted ways with dissapointing 2008 National Football League second round pick wide receiver James Hardy.
With his comment after the Bills game against the Detroit Lions this past Thursday it will never pan out with Hardy.
Hardy stated that even if the Bills cut him he will still be on another team’s roster for 2010.
Really?
That is probably one of the dumbest things I have ever heard, because your not guaranteed anything in the NFL.
You have to look no further than former Bills quarterback JP Losman as he has just bounced around the league after being cut by the Bils.
In the end, Hardy will be lucky to even be on a roster in 2010.
Williams pick looms large still
It has been many years since the Buffalo Bills cut their 2002 National Football League first round pick offensive tackle Mike Williams.
However, his turning out to be a bust still looms large over the Bills.
The other player the Bills were debating about at that point in time was offensive tackle Bryant McKinney who was more of a raw talent, but had tremendous upside.
Since then the Bills have spent a lot of picks on raw talent trying to mold them into stars.
The only one that has panned out so far has been offensive tackle Jason Peters who they traded to the Philadelphia Eagles in 2009.
That line of thinking has already cost them dearly as in the 2009 NFL Draft the Bills took outside linebacker Aaron Maybin instead of outside linebacker Brian Orakpo who is already a star.
Where the Bills have gone wrong with a players mentality as the laid back ones don’t pan out.
In the end. If Maybin doesn’t pan out then it will be time for a house cleaning of the scouts.
Bengals would be Superbowl contenders
The Seattle Seahawks have made it known to wide receiver TJ Houshmandzadeh that he is not in their plans for 2010 and will either be traded or released.
If Houshmandadeh were to sign with his former team in the Cincinnati Bengals they would become an instant contender for the Superbowl.
The Bengals already have what appears to be a high power offensive attack with the addition of wide receiver Terrell Owens and the drafting of tight end Jermaine Gresham in the first round of this past April’s National Football League Draft.
With Houshmandzadeh the Bengals would potentially have the best offense in the league even ahead of the New England Patriots.
Teams with prolific offenses have made the Superbowl like the Buffalo Bills in the early 1990′s and the Patriots a couple of years ago.
However, what makes the Bengals different is that they have a top notch defense as well as it was ranked fourth overall last year,
In the end, it could be the year of the Bengals.
Will Bills go after Brown?
In an unexpected move the Arizona Cardinals cut outside linebacker Cody Brown who was a second round pick in the 2009 National Football League Draft.
Considering that the Bills are in transition to a 3-4 defense will the Buffalo Bills go after Brown since the Cardinals play a 3-4 defense as well.
Brown was being converted from defensive end in college to outside linebacker and considering the amount of talent he has with, along with their success with outside linebacker Chris Ellis, it wouldn’t surprise me if the Bills went after Brown and signed him.
Obviously, it doesn’t look good for Brown as the Cardinals were ranked 20th overall on defense last year, which is just behind the Bills at 19th last year.
At this point in time who cares where a player comes from as it is about finding players that will eventually take the Bills back to the playoffs.
In the end, Brown would be worth the risk considering how little it would take to sign him.
Bills are in trouble at backups
The last National Football League preseason usually backups play the majority of it as starters rest to get ready for the start of the regular season, which is a week from Sunday.
The one thing that you can draw from the Buffalo Bills preseason finale is that they are in trouble if they suffer a lot of injuries like last year.
The back ups, especially on offense, were just terrible as they allowed the Detroit Lions to come back from behind to wine 23-28.
In the NFL everyone suffers injuries, but what separates the good teams from the bad is that the good teams have solid back ups that can come in and perform.
The Bills haven’t had solid backups since the late 1990′s,
Fortunately, the Bills revamped their strength and conditioning program, which has been paying off dividends as the amount of injuries have just been minor.
In the end, hopefully the Bills can stay healthy this year.
Some names should appear on final cuts
Final roster cuts will take place over the weekend, which means that Buffalo Bills head coach Chan Gailey has some tough decisions to make.
Of those decision some unexpected names could come.
The two biggest names on the block is former 2006 first round National Football League Draft pick defensive end John McCargo and former 2008 second round pick wide receiver James Hardy.
Both players have been disappointing as McCargo has been plagued by injuries and Hardy just seems like he isn’t giving all that he has.
Hardy has become expendable due to the play of rookie wide receivers David Nelson and Naaman Roosevelt.
Nelson has been the surprise of training camp looking real good right out of the blocks and if starting wide receiver Stevie Johnson doesn’t make an immediate impact Nelson could get a look at the starting wide receiver spot opposite of Lee Evans.
As for Roosevelt his play has been quiet and steady, and if he doesn’t make the team he is a sure bet to make the practice squad.
As for McCargo he has been constantly injured so no head coach could really rely on him being there in the first place.
In the end, stay tuned fans this weekend should be interesting.
Davis did the right thing
San Francisco 49ers tight end Vernon Davis and wide receiver Michael Crabtree got into an exchange of words in the middle of practice.
After hearing what it was about Davis did the right thing.
According to reports apparently the whole incident was about Crabtree’s dislike for training camp and preseason games as in his teammates eyes he was apparently milking every last once out of his neck injury.
49ers head coach Mike Singletary stated to the media that Davis did the right thing, but went about it the wrong way.
I totally disagree as it doesn’t matter where it is. If you think someone is dogging it and not giving all they got at practice you need to get in their face right there and then.
The fact of the matter is that practice is for fine tuning technique and execution of plays and in the National Football League every snap is precious.
In the end, the only person that should be embarrassed by this is Crabtree.
Bills trade dicussions were nothing
It was reported by ESPN’s Adam Schefter, via Pro Football Talk, that the Buffalo Bills had a conversation with the Arizona Cardinals.
The reality is the discussion was probably really nothing.
The Bills have denied to having any discussions with the Cardinals about Leinart since it was first reported, which is typical in regards to any player under contract.
Most likely this is how the dicussion went:
(Phone rings)
Nix: hello?
Graves: hey Buddy this is Rod Graves from the cardinals. How are you today?
Nix: I am good thanks for asking. So, how can I help you.
Graves: I was just wondering if you were interested in trading for Leinart.
Nix: You know what I am going to have to pass. We like our quarterbacks, especially with the way Trent is playing.
Graves:ok. I better be going then I got more teams to call, but thanks for taking my call.
Nix: no problem bye
Graves: bye
(Phone hangs up)
If Nix’s converstion did go any farther with about Leinart it was most likely Nix asking about the asking price out of curiosity.
It just doesn’t make sense for the Bills to go out and get a quarterback when they had free agency and the National Football League Draft to get one and they didn’t except when they drafted quarterback Levi Browm in the seventh round this past April.
In the end, the report is just most likely they Cardinals trying to create a trade market.