Rebuilding the Bills (Madden 07)

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I simmed the first year with the Bills so I could start in the offseason rather than the preseason. I lost my NCAA roster file and don't want to have random names of current NCAA players in my franchise so here goes.

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Buffalo, New York

New Owner Buys Buffalo

After the health problems of Ralph Wilson, he had no choice but to sell the Buffalo Bills. A long search ensued as Mr. Wilson wanted to find the right fit for the football team and it's daily operations. It seems to have found that owner in Richard Jones, a local inventor and huge football fan. Today the sale was announced to the media and Jones got a steal. For the sum of 46 million he gets to make all of the football decisions and as per the agreement, it's solely his team.

Ralph Wilson's tenure with the Bills is over and he had this to say. "I've had a lot of great memories with this team, the city, the wins, the losses and everything that has happened. I want to thank every fan of this team and just wish I could do it personally. I'm sad to have things end up this way but with my health the way it is, I decided to sell the team to someone who has more time to devote to it."

Jones had this to comment, "I'm very proud to be the owner of this organization and it's history. They've had lots of great teams and great players. I thank Mr. Wilson for his hard work not only with this team but with this city and I vow to everyone to make this team something the people of Buffalo will be proud of." Jones said he will not talk about football decisions at this time as he has yet to see the roster or met with coaches.

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New Owner Holds First Presser

Richard Jones held his first press conference to discuss football operations. Everyone was skeptical as the Bills were coming off a 10-6 season and a first round loss to the division rival Jets. Jones stated that there was a change needed at the quarterback position. On whether JP Losman would be the starter, "We will have to see who's available where we are drafting or who is available in free agency." Another focus in the offseason will be the running back position, Willis McGahee had 1990 yards but carried the ball for 95% of the carries.


On the defensive side Jones stated, "I hope we can keep most of the guys. They played really well from just looking at the stats but we will see how the offseason goes." As far as coaching, which is everyone's expertise, Jones said "I still haven't had a chance to meet with them. That will come this week." That's all for this week!

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Bills First Week Offseason Round up

Here's the news and notes from the first round of offseason transactions

Bills keep all coaches, except Special Teams. Hire Pete Manchurian as Special Teams Coach

Troy Vincent and Daimon Shelton announce retirement from Buffalo. Derrick Brooks, Brett Favre, Junior Seau among others to retire

Anthony Thomas, Aaron Gibson first two cut.

Dolphins offered a contract to Tim Anderson, Bills get the 4th pick of the 3rd round in exchange

Matt Bowen,Andre Davis, Shaud Williams, Kelly Holcomb,Liam Ezekiel and Peerles Price released

Josh Reed re-signs 2 years 2 mil per year.

Brad Cieslak re-signs for 2.
Matt Morgan, Chris Kelsay and Jason Peters all re-signed for 2 years.
Aaron Schobel gets a 4 year 22 million contract.
Luvale Sape, Jeff Posey, Mario Haggan, Nate Clements, Jabari Greer, Coy Wire and Rashad Baker all get 2 year deals.
Terrence McGee gets 4 years 20.8 million


Next week is the first free agent period and the draft. The Bills currently have the 24th pick in all rounds plus the Dolphins 4th pick in the 3rd round.

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Free Agent Round Up

Bills Sign Neal Rackers 5.18 over 3 years

FB JD Runnels gets a 3 year deal worth 2.31

Eric Moulds gets 3 years 11.4 Million

LT Michael Roos gets 6.27 over 3 years

Anthony Simmons is signed to a 3.41 million 1 year deal

Returner Chad Morton gets 2 years 1.72 million

Stephen Tulloch signs at 2 years 3.06 Mill

David Carr signs a 2 year deal worth 7.75 million


With the signing of Carr, everyone is wondering what will happen at the qb position. It also looks like the Bills are going for depth at running back in the draft. Stay tuned!

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Buffalo Bills 2007 Draft Coverage

Welcome everyone to the draft! The Bills current needs are on the offensive line, a franchise quarterback (especially if David Carr struggles) and depth at Running Back. A lot of rumors swirling around Buffalo's draft position. Reports say they have their eye on Marc Swan from Georgia. He's a speed back that ran a 4.34 at the combine. He also has good size at 5'10 201 pounds. Their seems to be only one franchise quarterback available in this year's draft according to experts. That would be Charles Gray out of Auburn. The only knock on Gray is his size. At 5'11 193 a lot of scouts wonder if his body can make it through a season in the NFL. It looks like a good year for Strong Safeties as a handful are expected to be taken in the first round.

The wild card in the mix could be Maryland Tight End K.C. Small. He's 6'7" 275 pounds and ran a 4.55 40 yard dash at the combine. There are also several first day picks in the trenches for the Bills to choose from.


I'm hearing of the first trade from the Bills today. JP Losman and the Bills 2nd round pick to KC for their first (#26). The Bills move up a spot and get rid of Losman who lost his spot when David Carr was signed. This gives the Bills the 24th and 26th pick in the draft.

Here is the list of Bills picks:

Buffalo 2007 Draft
Pick	Player	College	Pos	Ht	Wt
#24	Kevin Robbins	Colorado	TE	6'2	255
#26	Phil Warrick	FSU	HB	5'9"	207
#68	Kendall Williams	Northwestern	DT	6'2"	300
#88	Spencer Williams	Penn State	WR/TE	6'5"	245
#120	Raymont Finley	Notre Dame	LT	6'4"	298
#152	Mike Carson	Fresno State	FB	5'11	244
#185	London Smith	Southern Miss	QB	6'5	248
#217	Blake Hamilton	Boston College	CB	5'11"	196

Kevin Robbins might be the steal of the draft as he was previously projected to go in the top 10. A lot of scouts did not like his height, but Bills front office said he looked good on tape and could be another weapon on offense to lighten the load on McGahee.

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Bills draft picks and other signings

• 1st round pick Kevin Robbins gets 17 million over 5 years (80 overall)
• 1st round pick Phil Warrick gets 24 million over 5 years (82 ovr 94 BTK!!!)
• 2nd rounder Kendall Williams gets 8.97 over 3 years (77 Ovr)
• 3rd rounder Spencer Williams gets 7.86 over 3 years (6'5 and 85 jump! only 84 speed though)
• 4th rounder Raymont Finley gets 4.62 over 3 years (76 overall, 93 strength)
• 5th rounder Mike Carson gets 1.80 over 3 years (73 overall)
• 6th rounder London Smith gets 1.56 million over 3 years (71 overall)
• 7th rounder Blake Hamilton gets 2.25 million over 3 years (69 overall but 95 jump)

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Buffalo Bills Training Camp Outlook

Coach Dick Jauron almost cracked a smile when asked about his offense. He is excited to have a qb who has been through the ropes but is young enough to develop. He praises the front office for drafting a lot of good rookies and wonders if Phil Warrick will challenge for the starting running back job.

On defense, he's still happy because not a lot changed. They added a new Defensive Tackle and picked up veteran OLB Anthony Simmons. Jauron wouldn't say how many games he thought they would win, but given the right circumstances and bounces he thought Buffalo could have a better record than their 10-6 performance last season.

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Buffalo Bills Depth Chart - 2008
Regular Offense
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
WR	Eric Moulds	Roscoe Parrish	Josh Reed
TE	Kevin Robbins	Ronald Royal	Kevin Everett
LT	Michael Roos	Raymont Finley
LG	Bennie Anderson	Justin Geisinger
C	Melvin Fowler	Duke Preston
RG	Chris Villareal	Jason Thomas
RT	Jason Peters	Matt Morgan
WR	Lee Evans	Spencer Williams
QB	David Carr	Craig Nall	London Smith
FB	JD Runnels	Brad Cieslak
HB	Willis McGahee	Peter Warrick	Chad Morton	Lionel Gates
Base 4-3 Defense
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
LDE	Chris Kelsay	Rich Denney
LDT	Larry Tripplett	Kendall Williams
RDT	John McCargo	Lauvale Sape
RDE	Aaron Schobel	Mark Word
WLB	Anthony Simmons	Jeff Posey
MLB	London Fletcher	Stephen Tulloch
SLB	Takeo Spikes	Mario Haggan
CB	Nate Clements	Ashton Youboty	Blake Hamilton
SS	Donte Whitner	Coy Wire
FS	Rashad Baker	Ko Simpson
CB	Terrence McGee	Eric King	Jabari Greer
Special Teams
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
K	Neil Rackers
P	Brian Moorman
PR	Chad Morton	Roscoe Parrish
KR	Chad Morton	Roscoe Parrish

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Preseason news and notes

• Bills finish at 1-3
• Kendall Williams took over the starting spot at DT
• Michael Roos looked really impressive at camp and is someone people should keep their eyes on
• Lee Evans will be out for a couple of weeks, giving rookie Spencer Williams a chance to start.

Buffalo will open the season at home versus the Ravens on September 9th at 1.

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Bills Fight off Second Half Blues for Win!

The season got off to a good start for Buffalo as they pick up the win over Baltimore, 29-21. The Bills started off hot on both sides of the ball as they took a 19-0 lead into the half. Baltimore woke up after halftime, cutting the deficit to 5 after a 29 yard touchdown pass on 3rd down from Steve McNair. That made the score 26-21. Buffalo came back on their next possession and got a field goal after a long completion from David Carr to Eric Moulds.

Stan Fayson had a huge game for the Ravens, scoring two touchdowns. One of the touchdowns was on an electrifying 75 yard run where he blew past the Buffalo defense. He's going to be one to watch in the future. Neil Rackers was clutch, nailing 5 field goals after Buffalo stalled quite a few drives. Buffalo struggled on both sides of the ball after half time but got a couple of key stops. The first was an interception across the middle by Ko Simpson, the second was on the last drive for the Ravens, as Buffalo stopped them short on 4th down.

Baltimore Ravens at Buffalo Bills
Jan 9, 2007	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Baltimore Ravens (0-1)	0	0	14	7	21
Buffalo Bills (1-0)	6	13	7	3	29

Team Stats Comparison
	BAL	BUF
Total Offense	369	373
Rushing Yards	182	141
Passing Yards	187	232
First Downs	14	17
Punt Return Yards	0	17
Kick Return Yards	150	81
Total Yards	519	454
Turnovers	3	0
3rd Down Converstion	8-15	7-17
4th Down Conversion	2-3	1-1
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	1/0	2/1
Penalties	0	3-20
Posession Time	22:12	25:48

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		BAL	BUF
5:56	(BUF) 43 yard FG by Neil Rackers	0	3
0:00	(BUF) 36 yard FG by Neil Rackers	0	6
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		BAL	BUF
5:34	(BUF) 47 yard FG by Neil Rackers	0	9
1:52	(BUF) 51 yard FG by Neil Rackers	0	12
0:06	(BUF) 14 yard pass from David Carr to Donald Royal (XP Good)	0	19
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		BAL	BUF
7:44	(BAL) 6 yard run by Stan Fayson (XP Good)	7	19
3:12	(BUF) 11 yard run by Paul Warrick (XP Good)	7	26
2:58	(BAL) 75 yard run by Stan Fayson (XP Good)	14	26
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		BAL	BUF
7:13	(BAL) 29 yard pass from Steve McNair to Demetrius Williams	21	26
4:08	(BUF) 43 yard FG be Neil Rackers	21	29

Baltimore Ravens PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Steve McNair 15/30 203 1 2 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Stan Fayson 28 184 6.5 2 John Kerry 2 4 2 0 Mike Anderson 1 0 0 0 Steve McNair 1 -6 -6 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Clarence Moore 3 33 11 0 Demetrius Williams 3 67 22.3 1 Stan Fayson 2 11 5.5 0 John Kerry 2 30 15 0 Derrick Mason 2 20 10 0 TJ Duckett 1 13 13 0 Daniel Wilcox 1 30 30 0 Mike Anderson 1 -1 -1 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Keydrick Vincent 6 0 Seth Wand 5 1 Mike Flynn 5 0 Edwin Mulitalo 5 0 Jonathan Ogden 5 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Samari Rolle 6 0 0 0 Trevor Pryce 6 2 0 0 David Pittman 6 0 0 0 Orlando Ruff 6 0 0 0 Grady Jackson 4 0 0 0 Bart Scott 4 0 0 0 Nate Wells 4 0 0 0 Ray Lewis 4 0 0 0 Haloti Ngata 3 0 1 0 Ed Reed 1 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Matt Stover 0 0 3/3 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Leo Araguz 4 197 49.2 0

Buffalo Bills PASSING C/A YDS TD INT David Carr 15/34 257 1 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Willis McGahee 23 91 3.9 0 Phil Warrick 11 49 4.4 1 JD Runnels 1 1 1 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Spencer Williams 4 71 17.7 0 Roscoe Parrish 3 71 23.6 0 Josh Reed 3 18 6 0 Eric Moulds 3 71 23.6 0 Robert Royal 1 14 14 1 Willis McGahee 1 12 12 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Jason Peters 13 2 Michael Roos 13 0 Chris Villareal 8 0 Bennie Anderson 8 0 Melvin Fowler 7 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Ko Simpson 6 0 1 0 Jeff Posey 6 2 0 0 Donte Whitner 6 0 0 0 Nate Clements 6 0 1 0 London Fletcher 5 0 0 0 Ahston Youboty 4 1 0 0 Kendall Williams 3 0 0 0 Takeo Spikes 3 0 0 0 Ryan Denney 2 1 0 0 Aaron Schobel 2 0 0 0 Mario Haggan 2 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Neil Rackers 5 5 2/2 51 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Brian Moorman 4 194 48.5 1

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When I first played Baltimore, I was wondering how Ciatrick Fayson got so beastly and chalked it up to random EA BS. After doing the boxscore, it was a generated rookie, Stan Fayson rated an 85 with 89 speed and a 94 break tackle rating. It's amazing how some of the randomly generated rookies have good stats. He was the 3rd pick in the draft.

Also, the qb I wanted to draft who went #1 overall is rated an 87 with 90 thp and 94 tha. He also has a 78 awareness. Good thing he plays in Oakland. I also forgot about the radio show on this game. It's nothing breath taking but it is nice to hear and it was a good addition. It certainly is better than most of the music they put on the game. I even liked the radio announcer they had on the early Maddens for the current gen. I wish they would give us the option to have it.

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Week 2 Preview

VS

The Bills come into week two having defeated the Baltimore Ravens. The Kansas City Chiefs lost to the Jaguars by a score of 29-7. In week 1, KC managed a meager 188 yards on offense while allowing 474 to Jacksonville. Byron Leftwich knifed up the secondary completing 22 of 36 passes for 290 yards. The Chiefs did manage to get 2 interceptions.

Buffalo started out hot last week, then fizzled to the point of turning a sure blowout into a close game. The Bills will face former quarterback JP Losman who was 15 for 30 for 128 yards against Jacksonville. The key to beating the Chiefs is stopping Priest Holmes who led the team in rushing and receiving last week. In order for the Bills to win they will have to play a complete football game and get more consistency from David Carr. For Kansas City to win their offense will have to show up.

My prediction for the game:
Buffalo 27 Kansas City-17

Players to watch

1. David Carr - Needs to be more consistent
2. JP Losman - has to play better

Injuries for the week:
Buffalo

• Lee Evans - 1 week
• Chad Morton - Questionable

Kansas City:

• Willie Anderson - 9 weeks
• Kendrell Bell - 9 weeks
• Larry Johnson - 5 weeks
• Patrick Ramsey - 4 weeks

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Write up coming tomorrow, but Bills win again!

Buffalo Bills at Kansas City Chiefs
Jan 1, 2007 1 2 3 4 F BUF (2-0) 7 7 10 3 27 KAN (0-2) 7 3 0 7 17 Top Performers PASS: JP Losman - 9/27 160 yards 2 td RUSH: Willis McGahee - 24 rushes 100 yds REC: Samie Parker - 3 catches 96 yards	Team Stats Comparison BUF KAN First Downs 18 6 3rd Down Efficiency 7/12 1/9 4th Down Efficiency 0/0 1/3 Total Yards 419 382 Passing Yards 185 137 Rushing Yards 157 93 Penalties-Penalty Yards 1/10 1/15 Turnovers 0 0 Time of Possession 23:42 16:18
Scoring Summary FIRST QUARTER SCORING BUF KAN 9:10 (KAN) JP Losman 74 yard pass to Samie Parker 0 7 4:46 (BUF) David Carr 8 yard pass to Robert Royal 7 7 SECOND QUARTER SCORING BUF KAN 7:13 (KAN) 53 yard FG by Lawrence Tynes 7 10 :16 (BUF) 1 yard run by Phil Warrick 14 10 THIRD QUARTER SCORING BUF KAN 7:33 (BUF) 27 yard FG by Neil Rackers 17 10 2:31 (BUF) Craig Nall 18 yard pass to Eric Moulds 24 10 FOURTH QUARTER SCORING BUF KAN 7:19 (BUF) Neil Rackers 25 yard FG 27 10 1:42 (KAN) JP Losman 9 yard pass to Eddie Kennison 27 17
Buffalo Bills PASSING C/A YDS TD INT David Carr 9/17 133 1 0 Craig Nall 4/6 71 1 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Willis McGahee 24 100 4.1 0 Phil Warrick 11 49 4.4 1 JD Runnels 1 4 4 0 Lionel Gates 1 4 4 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Spencer Williams 4 52 13 0 Robert Royal 3 42 14 1 Eric Moulds 3 40 13.3 1 Roscoe Parrish 1 52 52 0 Josh Reed 1 13 13 0 Willis McGahee 1 5 5 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Michael Roos 16 0 Jason Peters 8 1 Bennie Anderson 7 0 Melvin Fowler 6 0 Chris Villareal 5 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Larry Tripplett 4 2 0 0 Nate Clements 4 0 0 0 Aaron Schobel 4 1 0 0 Ryan Denney 3 2 0 0 Eric King 3 0 0 0 Terrence McGee 3 0 0 0 Kendall Williams 2 1 0 0 Jeff Posey 1 1 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LG Neil Rackers 2/2 3/3 27 PUNTING TOT YDS AVG -20 Brian Moorman 3 161 53.6 1 Kansas City Chiefs PASSING C/A YDS TD INT JP Losman 9/17 160 2 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Priest Holmes 14 91 6.5 0 JP Losman 1 2 2 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Eddie Kennison 5 58 11.5 1 Samie Prker 3 96 32 1 Jason Dunn 1 6 6 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Will Shields 6 2 Jeff Saturday 6 0 Willie Roaf 5 1 Jordan Black 3 2 Brian Waters 3 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Peter Sirmon 8 0 0 0 Will Bartee 7 0 0 0 Eric Hicks 7 1 0 0 Bernard Pollard 6 0 0 0 Roderick Hood 5 0 0 0 Derrick Johnson 5 1 0 0 Cletidus Hunt 4 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LG Lawrence Tynes 1/1 2/2 53 PUNTING TOT YDS AVG -20 Todd Saeurbrun 4 163 40.7 0

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Bills Trample Chiefs, Lose Carr

The Buffalo Bills are now 2-0 after the win at Kansas City on Sunday. Buffalo's offense did enough to win, but the defense stole the show. They recorded 7 sacks and save for the big play in the first quarter, held KC's passing game in check. The offense controlled the line of scrimmage and churned out enough points to come up with the win. It wasn't pretty and it became costly.

In the 4th quarter, Buffalo lost qb David Carr for the season. This is another setback in Carr's young career after getting released by his former team. Carr was the first draft pick in Houston Texans history and was trying to get his career going after signing with Buffalo in the offseason. Craig Nall came in to replace him and went 4 for 6 for 71 yards and a touchdown. Coach Jauron spoke about the injury saying, "This is unfortunate for everyone, he was playing his best ball of the year and looked like he might turn the corner." Willis McGahee said he was ready to bear the brunt of the offense, "We were in a situation last year with an unproven quarterback and made the playoffs. We have a few more weapons for Nall this year in the run game and the pass and we'll get there. If that means by the run game, then so be it. I'm ready for an even bigger year."

There is no official word on what the front office planes to do. We spoke to owner Richard Jones about the team's progress. "We're 2 and 0, that's a great start and our offense hasn't fully clicked. I feel bad for David as he was playing better that game, but I have faith in Craig Nall, if I didn't, we wouldn't have him on the roster." As far as rather he would trade for a big name quarterback, he giggled, "Franchise quarterbacks aren't exactly walking around on the street, Johnny Unitas isn't walking through that door. We have a good talent base and I'm not giving that up or a early round draft pick just to salvage one season. We will have to sign someone, but that's the only move I'm going to make."

The Bills look to go 3-0 as the host division rival New England Patriots at 1 pm. Craig Nall is said to have the start against Tom Brady.