Free Agency/Franchise Tag thread 2011

Harvey Dahl
Tyson Clabo
Jermon Bushrod
Marshall Yanda
Charles Johnson

Samason Satele

I totally agree. I think Barrett Ruud would be a nice pick up.

He'd be good. With McIntosh out, he'll provide some depth.

Orakpo and Kerrigan on the outside, Fletcher and a Ruud/Blades rotation inside...solid LB crew. Alexander, Riley and Wilson backing up. Rob Jackson if we can keep another LB. Henson likely not in the mix.

With Franklin at NT, our D is going to be solid on the line, at LB and in the secondary. Adding Nnamdi or a LB lie Ruud will give us one of the best defenses in the league...on paper. Hopefully year #2 in the 3-4 will go much smoother execution-wise. It usually does for teams making the transition.

Signing Ruud would be passing over Riley, Henson, Blades maybe even Alexander (if he moves inside) without every seeing them play extended minutes they might be able to play.

A rebuilding team owes it to itself to find out wether their own developmental players can actually play.

Signing Ruud or any ILB precludes the team from finding about Riley, Henson, Blades and Alexander.

Signing Ruud would be passing over Riley, Henson, Blades maybe even Alexander (if he moves inside) without every seeing them play extended minutes they might be able to play.

A rebuilding team owes it to itself to find out wether their own developmental players can actually play.

Signing Ruud or any ILB precludes the team from finding about Riley, Henson, Blades and Alexander.

You can never have too many LBs in the 3-4 I think and it is not like Ruud is an old player (28 yrs old). The only thing is that I'd rather bring in a ILB with 3-4 experience.

BTW, if Posluzsny is available, I'd take him in a heartbeat.

Definitely Puz...but as I said before, the Bills would be absolutely stupid to let him walk. I think he'll stay on the Bills.

Signing Ruud would be passing over Riley, Henson, Blades maybe even Alexander (if he moves inside) without every seeing them play extended minutes they might be able to play.

A rebuilding team owes it to itself to find out wether their own developmental players can actually play.

Signing Ruud or any ILB precludes the team from finding about Riley, Henson, Blades and Alexander.

I totally disagree. Shanny is known for playing the best player on the team. If Ruud is better, he is going to play. If Henson, Riley, etc are better, then they will play. I don't think you can have too much competition here. It's not like the old days when a veteran gets signed and will play good bad or ugly.

Definitely Puz...but as I said before, the Bills would be absolutely stupid to let him walk. I think he'll stay on the Bills.

Well the Bills are in a bit of disarray right now, so it wouldn't surprise me. He is their best player, but who knows.

You can never have too many LBs in the 3-4 I think and it is not like Ruud is an old player (28 yrs old). The only thing is that I'd rather bring in a ILB with 3-4 experience. BTW, if Posluzsny is available, I'd take him in a heartbeat.

Kevin Burnett is a nice 3-4 ILB who should be available in FA. He had 95 tackles with SD last season. He is also 28 years old.

I agree with those who like the idea of signing Marshall Yanda. He has proven that he can play both G and T well. He will turn 27 on 9/15/2011.

I totally disagree. Shanny is known for playing the best player on the team. If Ruud is better, he is going to play. If Henson, Riley, etc are better, then they will play. I don't think you can have too much competition here. It's not like the old days when a veteran gets signed and will play good bad or ugly.If you sign Ruud and it turns out that Henson,Riley are better then what was the point?

I believe you should give your own players a chance to play before you bring someone in ahead of them.

If Riley, Henson, prove they can't handle it then you look for another player at their position.

Well the Bills are in a bit of disarray right now, so it wouldn't surprise me. He is their best player, but who knows.

They're always in disarray.