The Frigid Buffalo Bills

The Buffalo "Wings" Bills



Welcome to the 'Toronto' Bills home team-page brought to you by GM VanDolphan. Pull up a chair and enjoy the warm beer, our overdressed cheerleaders and our cold cold weather. Now onto the roster!

Total Salary Cap: $119,509,977
Offense:
Quarterback (Total Positional Salary: $17,860,000)

Philip Rivers QB $17,110,000 (Acquired via trade w/ Chargers)
Kevin Kolb QB $750,000 (Cut FA Signing)

Running Backs/Fullbacks (Total Positional Salary: $7,786,000)

CJ Spiller RB $5,041,250
Kendall Hunter RB $664,750 (Acquired via Trade w/ Packers)
Mike Goodson RB $1,000,000 (Free Agent Signing)
Christine Michael, RB $525,000
Dorin Dickerson FB $555,000 ERFA Tendered

Tight Ends (Total Positional Salary: $8,356,000)

Brent Celek TE $4,531,000 (Acquired via Trade w/ Eagles)
Scott Chandler TE $2,975,000
Matt Spaeth TE $850,000 (Cut Signing)


Wide Receiver (Total Positional Salary: $11,696,667)

Malcom Floyd WR $2,666,667 (Acquired via trade w/ Chargers)
Darrius Heyward-Bey WR $6,250,000 (Free Agent Signing)
Josh Morgan, WR $1,500,000 (Cut Signing)
Damaris Johnson WR $480,000 (Acquired via trade w/ Eagles)
Quinton Patton, WR $800,000

Offensive Linemen (Total Positional Salary: $34,132,500)

Eugene Monroe - LT - $5,497,500 (Acquired in Trade w/ Jaguars)
Phil Loadholt - RT - $16,000,000 (Signed via Transition Tag)
Donald Thomas RG - $4,500,000 (Free Agent Signing)
John Greco - LG - $725,000 (Acquired in Trade w/ Browns)
Chad Rinehart OG - $2,200,000 (Free Agent Re-Signing)
Sam Young OT $630,000
Brian Schwenke, C , $575,000
David Snow C $480,000
Matt Stankiewitch, C, $525,000


Special Teams (Total Positional Salary: $3,061,667)

Andy Lee P $1,100,000 (Cut Signing)
Josh Scobee k $900,000 (Cut Signing)
Garrison Sanborn LS $1,061,667

Defense:
Defensive Line (Total Positional Salary: $21,240,146)

Fred Evans DT $1,500,000 (Acquired via trade w/ Vikings)
Gary Gibson DT $480,000 (Cut Signing)
Mike Daniels DT $555,146 (Acquired via Trade w/ Packers)
Cedric Thornton DT $555,000 (Acquired via Trade w/ Eagles)
Akeem Spence, DT $525,000
Mario Williams DE $12,400,000
Brian Orakpo - DE - $4,225,000 (Acquired via Trade w/ Redskins)
Mark Anderson - DE - $1,000,000 (Cut Signing)

Linebackers (Total Positional Salary: $4,928,624)

Mason Foster, MLB, $759,374 (Acquired via Trade w/ Bucs)
O'Brien Schofield SLB $1,430,250 (Acquired via Trade w/ Cardinals)
Brandon Magee, WLB, $525,000
Cooper Taylor, SLB, $525,000
Steven Johnson MLB $484,000 (Aquired via trade w/ Broncos)
Khaseem Greene WLB $800,000
Travis Long SLB/DE $405,000

Defensive Backs (Total Positional Salary: $13,448,373)

Josh Wilson CB $5,333,333 (Acquired via trade w/ Redskins)
Trumaine Johnson CB $647,794 (Acquired via trade w/ Rams)
Greg Toler CB $3,200,000 million (Free agent signing)
Dwayne Gratz, CB, $525,000
Chykie Brown CB $591,140 (Acquired via trade w/ Ravens)
Da'Norris Searcy SS $676,106 (Promoted to starting SS)
Yeremiah Bell SS $850,000
Bacarri Rambo, FS , $575,000
Daimion Stafford, FS, $525,000
Bradley McDougald, SS, $525,000




Free Agents

Tyler Thigpen QB UFA
Tarvaris Jackson QB UFA
Corey McIntyre FB UFA
Tashard Choice RB UFA
Mike Caussin TE ERFA
Donald Jones WR RFA - Not tendered
David Nelson WR RFA - Not tendered
Ruvell Martin WR UFA
Andy Levitre OG UFA
Chad Rinehart OG UFA
Colin Brown C RFA - Not tendered
Spencer Johnson DT UFA
Kyle Moore DE UFA
Shawne Merriman DE UFA
Bryan Scott OLB UFA
Kirk Morrison MLB UFA
Leodis McKelvin CB UFA

DRAFT PICKS:

Round 2 - Pick 34 - Quinton Patton, WR, Louisiana Tech
Round 2 - Pick 45 - Khaseem Greene, LB, Rutgers
Round 3 - Pick 73 - Bacarri Rambo, FS, Georgia
Round 3 - Pick 79 - Brian Schwenke, C, California
Round 4 - Pick 118 - Dwayne Gratz, CB, Connecticut
Round 4 - Pick 126 - Christine Michael, RB, Texas A&M
Round 4 - Comp3 - Akeem Spence, DT, Illinois

UDFA's:

Brandon Magee, WLB, Arizona State
Cooper Taylor, SLB, Richmond Actual: Round 5 Pick 151
Daimion Stafford, FS, Nebraska Actual: Round 7 Pick 248
Bradley McDougald, SS, Kansas Actual: Signed by Chiefs. Currently on PS
Matt Stankiewitch, C, Penn State
Travis Long OLB/DE, Washington State Actual: Eagles PS




Buffalo Bills Depth Chart

QB:
1 - Philip Rivers
2 - Kevin Kolb

FB:
1 - Dorin Dickerson

HB:
1 - CJ Spiller
2 - Kendall Hunter
3 - Mike Goodson
4 - Christine Michael

WR:
1 - Malcom Floyd
2 - Darrius Heyward-Bey
3 - Quinton Patton
4 - Josh Morgan
5 - Damaris Johnson


LT:
1 - Eugene Monroe
2 - Sam Young

LG:
1 - John Greco
2 - Chad Rinehart

C:
1 - Brian Schwenke
2 - David Snow
3- Matt Stankiewitch

RG:
1 - Donald Thomas
2 - Chad Rinehart

RT:
1 - Phil Loadholt
2 - Sam Young

TE:
1 - Brent Celek
2 - Scott Chandler
3 - Matt Spaeth

LDE:
1 - Mario Williams
2 - Mark Anderson
3 - Travis Long

LDT:
1 - Akeem Spence
2 - Gary Gibson
3 - Cedric Thornton

RDT:
1 - Fred Evans
2 - Mike Daniels

RDE:
1 - Brian Orakpo
2 - Mark Anderson

WLB:
1 - Khaseem Greene
2 - Brandon Magee

MLB:
1 - Mason Foster
2 - Steven Johnson

SLB:
1 - O'Brien Schofield
2 - Cooper Taylor
3 - Travis Long

CB:
1 - Josh Wilson (Moves to slot in nickel/dime)
2 - Trumaine Johnson
3 - Greg Toler (Takes over for Wilson when he slides into slot)
4 - Dwayne Gratz
5 - Chykie Brown (backup slot)

FS:

1 - Bacarri Rambo
2 - Daimion Stafford

SS:
1 - Da'Norris Searcy
2 - Yeremiah Bell
3 - Bradley McDougald

K: Josh Scobee
P: Andy Lee
LS: Garrison Sanborn
KR: Quinton Patton
PR: Damaris Johnson

 

Trades:
Acquired: Philip Rivers $17,110,000
3rd Round Pick (78)
For: Stevie Johnson WR $5,650,000
Fred Jackson RB $3,643,750
2nd Round Pick (42)

Acquired: Chykie Brown CB $591,140
5th Round Pick (160)
For: 5th Round Pick (138)
6th Round Pick (169)

Acquired: Damaris Johnson WR $480,000
For: Chris Hairston OT $658,977

Acquired: 4th Round Pick (124)
Steven Johnson MLB $484,000
For: Aaron Williams CB $1,434,134

Acquired: 5th Round Pick (133)
For: Zebrie Sanders OT $454,625
Torell Troup DT $1,034,370

Acquired: 5th Round Pick (149)
For: George Wilson SS $4,491,667

Acquired: 6th Round Pick (171)
For: Mark Anderson DE $4,500,000

Acquired: 6th Round Pick (156)
For: OLB Nick Barnett $4,000,000

Acquired: Malcom Floyd WR $2,666,667
For: Kelvin Sheppard MLB $816,951

Acquired: Josh Wilson CB $5,333,333
For: 3rd Round Pick - #78
6th Round Pick - #156

Acquired: Corey Webster CB $9,975,000
For: 4th Round - Pick 104
6th Round - Pick 171
Justin Rogers CB $571,875

Acquired: Round 4 - Pick 107
For: Alex Carrington DT $1,547,120

Acquired: O'Brien Schofield $1,430,250
Round 6 - Pick 181
For: Round 5 - Pick 160

Acquired: Round 2 - Pick 53
Round 4 - Pick 118
For: Stephon Gilmore CB $2,746,400

Acquired: Round 5 - Pick 144
For: Nigel Bradham OLB $596,065

Acquired: Michael Koenen, P, $3,250,00.00
Lavonte David, LB, $547,081.00
Round 1 - Pick 13
For: Shawn Powell, P, $481,000.00
Round 1 - Pick 8
Round 3 - Pick 73
Round 4 - Pick 118
Round 4 - Pick 124

Acquired: Brian Orakpo - DE - $4,225,000
For: Round 1 - Pick 13
Round 2 - Pick 53

Acquired: Eugene Monroe - LT - $5,497,500
For: Cordy Glenn OT $1,105,725
Round 5 - Pick 149

Acquired: RB Kendall Hunter $664,750
DT Mike Daniels $555,146
For: Kyle Williams DT $5,805,000

Acquired: Mason Foster
Round 3 - Pick 66
Round 3 - Pick 73
Round 4 - Pick 97
For: Lavonte David

Acquired: Brent Celek TE $4,531,000
Cedric Thornton DT $555,000
Round 4 - Pick 100
For: Marcell Dareus DT $5,565,628

Acquired: Trumaine Johnson CB $647,794
For: Round 3 - Pick 66
Round 4 -Pick 100
Round 4 - Pick 107
Round 5- Pick 157

Acquired: Fred Evans DT $1,500,000
For: Round 4 - Pick 97
Ron Brooks CB $580,250

Acquired: John Greco G, $725,000
For: Round 3 - Pick 73
Round 5 - Pick 144

Acquired: Round 1 - Picks 21 & 32
For: Jairus Byrd (Non Exclusive Franchise Tag Bid By Vikings)

Acquired: Round 1 - Pick 24
Round 4 - Pick 119
For: Round 1 - Pick 21

Acquired: Round 4 - Pick 110
For: RG Kraig Urbik

Acquired: Round 2: Picks 48/56/63 & Round 3: Pick 90
For: Round 1: Picks 24 & 32

Acquired: Round 2: Pick 34
For: Picks 48 and 90

Acquired: Pick 45
For: Picks 56/110/133

Acquired: Picks 73/87
For: Pick 63

Acquired: Picks 79/160
For: Picks 87/119

Acquired: Pick 126
For: C Eric Wood

Acquired: Pick 118
For: TJ Graham WR $647,812
Pick 160
Pick 181

Signings:

QB - Kevin Kolb
WR - Josh Morgan
K - Josh Scobee
P - Andy Lee
TE - Matt Spaeth
DT - Gary Gibson
DT - Pep Levingston
RT - Phil Loadholt
SS - Yeremiah Bell
RG - Donald Thomas
CB - Greg Toler
OG - Chad Rinehart
RB - Mike Goodson
WR - Darrius Heyward-Bey
CB - William Middleton

 

Cuts:

Ryan Fitzpatrick QB $10,450,000
Corey Webster CB $9,975,000
Brad Smith WR $3,750,000
Rian Lindell PK $3,000,000
Chris Hogan WR $480,000
Kevin Elliott WR $480,000
Marcus Easley WR $480,000
Adam Grant OT $405,000
Erik Pears OT $2,800,000
Chris Scott OT $630,000
Corbin Bryant DT $405,000
Jay Ross DT $480,000
Chris Kelsay DE $4,975,000
Brian Smith OLB $405,000
Greg Lloyd OLB $480,000
TJ Heath CB $555,000
Crezdon Butler CB $555,000
Terrence McGee CB $4,350,000
Dominique Ellis FS $405,000
Michael Koenen, P, $3,250,00.00

 

And that's why he's in San Diego now. Their problem.

 

The Vengeful Byrd Aftermath.

Acquired: Round 1 Pick 21 & 32 and saved $10 million by not matching Byrd ($7 million if he never bid)

This allowed me the space to add Greg Toler, Chad Reinhart (assuming I win), Donald Thomas and Mike Goodson as I had planned to stay out of FA with the Loadholt deal + Byrd's tag keeping me tight on the cap.
This allowed me to flip Kraig Urbik for a high 4 (110)
This also allowed me to acquire a 4th in a trade down of a mere 3 spots from 21 to 24.

So Byrd = Round 1 - 24, Round 1 -32, Round 4 -110, Round 4 - 119, CB Greg Toler, RG Donald Thomas, OG Chad Rinehart (assuming I win bid) and RB Mike Goodson (Assuming I win bid). With still more to come as I move down in the draft and fund my entire draft off Byrd ;p

 

Venge does and that's all that matters ;p

Don't you have a team to not run?

 

Thought it might be fun to see how the individual players are doing at various points of the season on PFF. Granted it's a very inexact measure but what the hell.

As of 3 games in:

Philip Rivers QB PFF #2
Kevin Kolb QB IR

I knew Rivers had something left in him...but so far this season he's on fire. Great trade for me.

HB:
CJ Spiller PFF #56 3.6 avg
Kendall Hunter PFF: Unranked 2.8 avg
Mike Goodson PFF: Unranked Banned 4 games
Christine Michael PFF: Unranked. 4.1 avg on 9 attempts in first game played
Dorin Dickerson Cut/Unsigned

Fully expected more from this group. Although I think behind my line Spiller would be ballin' not to mention with Rivers on fire...he wouldn't be seeing many 8 man boxes. Still think Christine Michael will turn into the best back from this draft if he keeps his head straight.

TE:
Brent Celek PFF #31
Scott Chandler PFF #35
Matt Spaeth Injured

PFF doesn't like non blocking TE's so no surprise here. Spaeth will possibly be back later in the season. He was my gem signing as a hell of a specialist TE blocker.

Malcom Floyd PFF #14 24.8 avg catch
Darrius Heyward-Bey PFF #39
Josh Morgan PFF #30
Damaris Johnson PFF: Unranked 26.5 avg KR. Special teamer.
Quinton Patton PFF: Unranked Not being used...but lots of calls to give him a try.

OL:
Eugene Monroe PFF #55 Rough couple weeks to open season but no sacks given up. Facing KC, Oak, Seattle passrush
Phil Loadholt PFF #34 Solid run blocking but getting abused against the passrush early. Cleveland got to him.
Donald Thomas PFF #30 IR
John Greco PFF #27 Digging out of that hole he started with thanks to Miami. 2 solid games after that.
Chad Rinehart PFF #43 Hey my backup is almost rated as high as Miami's starter at RG ;p
Brian Schwenke PFF: Unranked Fell behind in camp injured. Might see time later in the season as their starting Center is ranked in the bottom 3 of PFF.
Nothing else worth mentioning here. Fully expect the tackles to improve as the season goes on. Same with Greco.

ST:
Andy Lee PFF 29. Struggling early like Fields
Josh Scobee PFF 35 Only has 2 attempts both made. Needs more work.

DL:

Fred Evans PFF 60
Gary Gibson PFF Unranked
Mike Daniels PFF PFF #10 3-4 DE
Cedric Thornton PFF #17 3-4 DE
Akeem Spence PFF #21 DT/NT Solid 2.0 versus the run with 1/1/3 pass rushing and 5 stops

Mario Williams #11 3-4 OLB 5/1/9
Brian Orakpo #21 3-4 OLB 1/5/8
Put those boys back at 4-3 ;p

Looks like Akeem would have fit perfectly for me as the 0/1 after Evans flopped and Daniels/Thornton would make solid 3's despite both moving to 5's.

MLB
Mason Foster #4 MLB 2/2/5
Steven Johnson (Backup in Denver) PFF: Unranked
SLB:
O'Brien Schofield SLB/DE #22 4-3 DE #16 OLB 1/2/3 Splits time between DE and LB
Cooper Taylor PFF: Unranked Moved by Giants to SS. Made Roster
WLB:
Khaseem Greene PFF Unranked (Has a pair of top 10 OLB's in front of him. Future Lance Briggs replacement?)

CB
Josh Wilson PFF: 92
Trumaine Johnson PFF: 22
Greg Toler PFF: 50
Dwayne Gratz PFF: Unranked Won starting job but injured and missing a few games.
Chykie Brown PFF: Unranked ST's.

Looks like here Trumaine and Gratz would be the starters with Toler #4 and Josh Wilson demoted to the nickel.

Safeties:
Da'Norris Searcy PFF #66 Missed tackles? He's got 4 of those. 13 tackles overall. 1/0/1 and a 26.4 QBR against...Have to look deeper into this low ranking.
Yeremiah Bell PFF: #73
Bacarri Rambo: PFF #82
Daimion Stafford PFF: Unranked. St'er
Bradley McDougald PFF: Unranked

Looks like my safeties are the weak link that may need a major overhaul in the offseason.

 

Learned a lot in the first year. Hopefully I got time for next GML. Depends how deep into Star Citizen I get. Though its always light at work so I could just do it from there.

Probably won't post as much though and drop the persona. Try to run for more then feud of the year!

 

Ok time for an end of season look back at my team. Scared to look ;p

Philip Rivers QB PFF #2 rating. Took a gamble in trading for Rivers with the belief that providing him more weapons would improve him. Rare win on my part. 101.8 QB rating for the year.
Kevin Kolb QB Took a shot to the noggin and went to IR.

CJ Spiller RB PFF #53. Looks like he'll never be a featured single back guy due to the knicks and injuries he builds up and plays with, but still put up 4.6 yards per carry and 933 yards for the season. PFF hates though.
Kendall Hunter RB Put up a 4.6 avg and 358 yards.
Mike Goodson RB Drama of course surrounding him. Only allowed to get into 2 games. 7 rushes for 61 yards.
Christine Michael RB Buried on Seahawks depth chart. Rushed 18 times for 79 yards and a 4.4 avg.
Dorin Dickerson FB Cut and signed with the Lions as a WR. Caught 2 passes with them.

Brent Celek TE PFF#6 32 for 502 yards. This was interesting as I tried to free up cap space from the Bills huge DL expenses. Traded Dareus PFF #6 DT for Celek #6 TE, PFF 3-4 DE #9 Cedric Thornton (3rd overall run stopper) and a 4th round pick. Called insane at the time............I think it worked out.
Scott Chandler TE PFF #41. 53 for 633 yards. Could have been a deadly TE pairing I think.
Matt Spaeth TE. Injured most of the year. Hopefully rebounds back to his 2012 best blocking TE self in 2014.

Malcom Floyd WR. 6 catches for 149 yards but was injured in game 2 with an IR causing neck injury.
Darrius Heyward-Bey WR PFF #107. Ouch. 29 for 309 yards. Never fit well in Indy.
Josh Morgan, WR PFF #65 20 for 214 yards.
Damaris Johnson WR Non factor in new Eagles system. 25.9avg on 17 kick returns. 8.3 avg on 12 punt returns.
Quinton Patton, WR Non factor for 49ers this year.

Eugene Monroe - LT PFF #12 OT. Overcame rocky start in Jacksonville to climb all the way to 12 in Baltimore.
Phil Loadholt - RT PFF #10 OT. $16 million well spent. Hell of a tackle pair going forward.
Donald Thomas RG. Injured but playing alright at LG (would have been a better RG in my opinion) when he went down.
John Greco - LG PFF #32. Miami/2 Cinci games drove down his rating.
Chad Rinehart OG PFF #42. Solid backup guard.
Brian Schwenke, C PFF #28 Rough start but finished only 3 spots behind Eric Wood who I flipped for a 4th

Andy Lee P PFF#11
Josh Scobee K PFF#14


Cedric Thornton DT PFF #9 3-4 DE (#3 run stuffer). Specifically targeted in trade for Dareus.
Mike Daniels DT PFF #6 3-4 DE. 6.5 sacks rated well in passrush/run stopping. Another trade I was considered nuts for in my move to free up cap space along the DL. Got 24 year old Mike Daniels and RB Kendall Hunter for Kyle Williams. Freed up cap space and got younger.
Akeem Spence, DT PFF#67. Rough start for the rookie but got to start 14 games for Tampa.
Fred Evans DT PFF#46 DT/NT
Gary Gibson DT, Rough rough year.

Mario Williams DE PFF #17 3-4 OLB. 14 sacks, 7 hits and 48 hurries.
Brian Orakpo - DE PFF #4 3-4 OLB. 11 sacks, 11 hits and 29 hurries and 1 INT. Paid a high high price but pass rushing is a premium and that's a devastating pair of off the edge.

Mason Foster, MLB PFF #32. Seems a bit rough. Had 2 sacks and 3 INT's. Had a lot of missed tackles though and PFF hates that.
O'Brien Schofield SLB Depth in Seattle didn't play much.
Khaseem Greene WLB Stuck behind veteran in Chicago. Didn't do much to impress when filling in.

Dwayne Gratz, CB PFF#38 and my saving grace rookie draft pick who shines in place of my bum CB's.
Greg Toler CB #75
Trumaine Johnson CB #71. Fell down go boom.
Josh Wilson CB PFF#80. Ouch ;p

Bacarri Rambo, FS PFF#79. Jesus
Da'Norris Searcy SS PFF #48
Yeremiah Bell SS #44

Best draft pick: Gratz. Others still have promise but too green.
Worse draft pick: Quitton Patton. 2 catches for your top draft pick. Blargh.

Best Trade: Although I'm partial to my DT trades.....Philip Rivers bar none.
Worse Trade: Stealing Lavonte David and letting myself get guilted by Tampa's GM into trading him back ;p

Best FA Signing. Phil Loadholt. Especially with the drama it caused ;p
Worse FA Signing. Darrius Heyward-Bey for $6.5 million. Granted it was at the end of the game so there wasn't much to do with the cash...but player disappoints.

Area to improve on scouting wise. Secondary. Damn did I suck there.