this was on fanball:

Willis McGahee could miss the rest of the preseason, according to the Baltimore Sun. Furthermore, reporter Mike Preston says McGahee does not have many fans in the Baltimore front office because his work ethic is substandard, and it would not be a shock to see him get cut before the end of the regular season.
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With the quality play of rookie Ray Rice, McGahee could be deemed expendable. This news has to alarm fantasy owners who invested a high pick in the former Miami back. It is absolutely imperative to handcuff Rice should you choose to draft McGahee.


I hope he gets cut, and sits and watches the Bills make a playoff run with Lynch rushing for 2,000 yards.

oh - and here is a note on Jason Peters. you suck.

Awesome

Not sure I believe that they'd cut him outright, but with a new coach in place, you never can tell. What was that new contract? Something like seven years, $40 million?

He's allllllllllll yours, Baltimore.

5 years $42 million

Another Donahoe mess Marv had to clean up.

We'll be drafting with their 3rd round pick long after Willis is gone. Anyone else wanna bitch about the Bills FO?

P.S...This should be a lesson for everyone who wants to sign or trade for every Tom, Dick, or Willis some other team gets rid of. There's usually a good reason why they are let go.

PTR

I doubt he'll just flat out be cut (seems a bit extreme), but Baltimore is starting to find out about the Willis we know and love.

Like Marcus Stroud? I kid, I kid

We flat out robbed Baltimore. ...and I'm still giddy about it.

Has he bounced back and proven himself yet? I'm confused. Last I checked, the season hadn't started yet.

If he gets cut he won't be sitting on the sidelines watching the Bills. He'll be playing somewhere. The Bears or Seahawks could use him as well as probably 10 or 15 other teams in the league. He did gain more yards than M Lynch last year. So he's got a big mouth. Big deal. He's awesome.

I thought theregular season and playoffs were already over and Dallas was playing New England in the Super Bowl

Awesome?

Only because Marv & the rest of the guys in the room stuck with their draft board & didn't reach for a CB just because the fans wanted them to. A disgruntled RB for a starting QB & part of the Stroud trade-beautiful.
Marv wasn't GM for long, but his work will result in winning football for the next decade.

It was as most predicted.......

He would come out last year determined to prove everybody wrong......

Then his lazy @ss would show its true colors......HA

I do wonder about that. I still don't get why Jax was ever willing to let him go.

He was referring to why team's trade a guy in the first place. It doesn't matter that the season hasn't started. He is implying the the team trading the player knows something, which is why a guy like McGahee or, hopefully not, Stroud, doesn't pan out.

Here, you forgot this:

Teams trade good players all the time, just look at Randy Moss, Clinton Portis, Champ Bailey, Santana Moss, Laverneous Coles, Jason Taylor, Deangelo Hall, and Herschel Walker! Sometimes a player just needs to move on.

all those experts that said Baltimore was getting a steal and the Bills were fools to off load him

LMAO thanks Baltimore for taking that POS off our hands and giving us Trent Edwards, provciding us with a 3rd rd pick totrade for Stroud, and forcing us to draft Lynch to replace McChump...

Yea

My guess is within the next five years we will see a "whatever happened to...?" story on McGahee living in Miami, long out of football and having squandered his millions....

Another cautionary tale to be ignored by future generations of instant millionaires who fail to appreciate the gift bestowed upon them by the genetic lottery.

McGahee was AWESOME at Miami before he blew his knee out against Ohio St. in the championship game. He worked REAL hard to come back from that. The Bills drafted him and he worked even harder to get into the starting line-up. He took over for Henry and had a couple of solid performances in 2004 and 2005. After that, McGahee came unraveled. He started believing the hype surrounding himself, quit working as hard, started crying about the Buffalo nightlife, and started crying about his contract. He hasn't been the same player since. I remember many a TBD'er arguing Mcgahee's case in everything from his attitude to why he was "a top back in the NFL". What we are seeing now, in Baltimore, is the "Real Willis" again. He worked hard last year because it was his first season in Baltimore, but now he's got his big contract and is comfortable. About the knee problems? Don't expect them to go away any time soon. That knee was completely shredded against Ohio St. and as you get older those things begin to creep back up on you.

Posts such as the above are what makes TBD the best site on the net.

Good catch!

Which goes to show that a trade is about the player individually, not some "this or that always means" mantra. Some trades are good others are not. There is no magic formula other than solid professional scouting and a good football guy in charge of making the decision.

I took a cursory look at the Raven's message boards: they are way to wrapped up in their QB issues to even barely notice that Willis isn't playing in the pre-season. I feel sorry for them, they are finally going to get the QB settled only to find out that Willis can't pick up the blitz. There was one post that sounded very familiar: "... Willis doesn't know the system yet, and Rice has looked solid, so...". Keep waiting for him to "get it"...

Once they figure out QB, that poor guy is going to get hit, a lot. Last time I checked they didn't fix the holes in their O line either. So now they get to have the fun "is it the O line or is it Willis" debates. Those are always a good time. Whoever that starting QB is, he's got a lot to be worried about.

And yes, this is already the biggest steal since Ditka gave away his whole draft class for Ricky Williams = another Dumbass RB.

In fact, it might be the biggest steal since Babe Ruth if Trent Edwards makes the pro-bowl a few times, and Stroud gives us 3 Solid years. Baltimore + Philly + Chicago = already suckers, and it can only get worse.

Once again, Thanks Marv!

For those of us living in Maryland, we get to observe this slow decline a bit closer than the rest of you.

If he gets cut it won't be until the next offseason.




The reason Stroud was cut is because of Greg Williams. 'Nuff said.









Greg Williams



Because of Greg Williams.

I've heard of him. Git'er done Ralph.

It's Gregg, dammit.

Signed,

GW

pure bullsh-- what you wrote. willis, while a total loser of a person, is baltimores top player. he aint going anywhere. he was totally impressive last season, and the ravens are counting on big things in 09 from him. he knee was simply scoped -- a minor procedure. he will carry the rock 300+ this season. becoming a great player.

When do we get the article about how the women in Baltimore are ugly and how there is nothing to do in there

Very, very sorry Greg,

Steelyy Dann

What??? No Applebees in B-more????

When do we get the article about moving the Baltimore Browns to Toronto?

Willis < POS

Just shows that Marv's belief to draft "character" guys is a good formula.

Buh Bye Willis.

I wouldn't take it too seriously. If you play the percentages, this guy's most likely one of Willis' kids.

And that pretty much sums it up....

Eh their willingness to depart with stroud probably has more to do with still having this guy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4cXZGkRMCY

Willis is beginning to remind me of Mike Williams.

Hey guy - it was a copy and past function. he was average last year, he had one really solid game which happened to be on monday night against the colts. i'll bet you my life he doesnt carry the ball 300 times this season; and I live in DC, even the B'More news is talking down on him.

I can only imagine you're a Ravens fan because I can't believe any right-minded Bills fans who followed McGahee's career here suggesting that he will become a great player. McGahee will never be a great player until he realizes that he actually has to work consistently at that goal. But he won't because he has all the mental capacity of a used mop. The only thing that will help him this year is when he's puking his guts out and getting an IV shoved in his arm after a 35-yard run, they can finally put a body in there (Rice) to cover him for the rest of the game so they don't have to change their gameplan because of McGahee's stubborn and moronic belief that he can condition himself.

Or the article about Willis having 13 kids with 9 different "ugly Baltimore women".

Willis < OJ

Hold the pickles.

I love it. Living 20 miles from Baltimore, I see a lot of loser Raven fans wearing McGahee's jersey. I often approach them, introduce myself as a Bills fan, and thank them for taking him off our hands. I then thank them for giving us one of the most promising young QBs in the league and Marcus freakin' Stroud. Lots of head hanging going on for Ravens fans.

Right now - is there any way the Ravens would be worse off if they had Trent Edwards at QB, Shaun Alexander or somebody at RB, and a shiny new first round pick to spend on someone other than Joe Flacco?

Baltimores top player? Have you heard of Ed Reed, Terrell Suggs, Ray Lewis, Haloti Ngata, or Chris McCallister? He's probably their best offensive player (unless Ogden didn't retire, I can't remember if he did or not).

They are angry with his lackadaisical attitude. McGahee didn't show up at any voluntary camps and shows a lack of work ethic. Ray Rice smells blood and is taking advantage of the situation. Good for him.

MCGAHEE'S KILLING US!

"ok. to be successful at all this season were gonna need a good running game. and im starting to doubt if we can get that out of Willis McLazee. first i hear that he missed most of the voluntary workouts and practices and he reports to camp out of shape and then he gets hurt and now i hear that he doesnt know any of the plays. what is up with this guy? doesn he wanna win? i thought he said he liked playing in baltimore. Ray should be all over him about this. i hope rice turns out to be as good as we hope because he might have to start sooner than we think. "

"4 pounds? It's more like 8 lbs! He weighed in at 236 he should be 228 like he was when he cared enough to work in the off-season. He was 230 or more last year and couldn't run more than 2 plays without needing oxygen and an IV."

I'd put Todd Heap above McGahee easily.

I forgot about Heap.