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I think I have to cast my vote for Amy Lee.

I think it’s time Scott Norwood won something

Taiwan Jones

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45597769/picking-best-nfl-draft-picks-ever-every-slot-common-era-1967-2024 Interesting article. The highlighted are my added notes to the ESPN story.........so here are the Bills and some Bills related one's with 3 McBeane related all-time picks mentioned right in round 1 and some actual McBeane greatest picks later in the draft: 7. Adrian Peterson, RB (2007) The last non-quarterback to win the MVP award, Peterson led the league in rushing yardage three times in his career: 2008, 2012 and 2015. "All Day" was my pick over Champ Bailey, but watch out for Josh Allen. He and Peterson have the same number of MVP trophies and Super Bowl appearances ... for now. (Allen will own this spot soon and probably deserves it already IMO). 10. Patrick Mahomes, QB (2017) Our first active player is Mahomes, who somehow easily clears Rod Woodson, Terrell Suggs and Marcus Allen despite being maybe halfway through his career. A two-time MVP, three-time Super Bowl champ and three-time Super Bowl MVP, Mahomes will likely build a compelling argument for being the greatest quarterback ever by the time his career is done. (McDermott dealt this pick to KC and ended up with Tre White and the 1st round pick they then traded up from to select Tremaine Edmunds) 22. Justin Jefferson, WR (2020) Thank goodness there were no Hall of Famers to snub with the 22nd pick, making Jefferson an even easier selection for me. Never forget that Jefferson holds the record for most receiving yards through two seasons of a player's career (3,016) -- as well as through three seasons (4,825), four seasons (5,899) and five seasons (7,432). Guess which record he'll hold at the end of this year? (acquired pick as part of the exchange with McBeane for Stefon Diggs) 42. Rob Gronkowski, TE (2010) Four Super Bowl rings. Four first-team All-Pro appearances. A uniquely dominant prime as a pass-catching tight end with elite blocking ability. (The Buddy Nix Bills selected the Troupacabra instead of the local product) 70. Fred Warner, LB (2018) Easy pick here, as Warner will go down as the best linebacker of this decade and one of the best linebackers ever. (unfortunate that Warner ended up being so much better than Edmunds and the Bills traded a second rounder to move UP to get Edmunds) 73. Jason Taylor, DE (1997) Another Hall of Famer was also selected at pick No. 73 in Bears DT Steve McMichael, but it's tough to hold a candle to Taylor. A winner of Defensive Player of the Year (2006) and Walter Payton Man of the Year (2007), Taylor had both a dominant prime and a long stretch of viable play. (This one hurt me to my core during that 1997 draft......the Bills picked Marcellus Wiley over him. Wiley was a nice player but Taylor was the HR pass rushing OLB they desperately needed for that defense. It was a frustrating stretch in the 1990's where John Butler did not take advantage of the abundance of quality 2nd and 3rd round pass rushers available to 3-4 teams. This one hurt double because Taylor became a Bills killer.) 75. Russell Wilson, QB (2012) Tough break for OT Terron Armstead, who is one of the best third-round picks ever but isn't better than this Super Bowl-winning, Walter Payton Man of the Year-winning quarterback. (Russ is kind of a joke now but he was one of the best in the league for a long time. Buddy Nix famously traded up to take the awful TJ Graham at 69 thinking he could get Wilson in the 4th round. What an a$$clown of a strategist he was. https://billswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/bills/2020/07/22/buffalo-bills-david-lee-claims-wanted-draft-russell-wilson-dak-prescott/79402255007/) 86. Andre Reed, WR (1985) Another odd density of Hall of Famers, as pick No. 86 carries Reed, Rams OT Jackie Slater and Saints kicker Morten Andersen. Reed is an easy selection for his seven straight Pro Bowls and 16-year NFL career, 15 of which were in Buffalo. Don't worry -- my kicker picks come later. (Finally the Bills have a winner. The best 86th overall ever. I gotta agree. Jackie Slater is tough to beat though he was also great). 111. Terrence McGee, CB (2003). (A win for team Donahoe. We are at the stage of the draft now where there are some not-great all-timers mixed in with HoF types). 134. Kyle Williams, DT (2006) (Levy/Modrak struck gold with the pick traded to Houston for Eric Moulds). 148. Khalil Shakir, WR (2022) ( Khalil may never live up to the @Alphadawg7 hype but what he's done is good enough to be the best 148 ever. McBeane's 1st official win but Allen will eventually be the best #7 overall.) 171. Gary Anderson, K (1982) (I guess this win for Buffalo would be Norm Pollam and the rest of the strong but largely forgotten group of scouts that Chuck Knox brought to Buffalo from his Rams days. Greatest kicker pick ever according to article and foreshadowed in the Andre Reed pick write up. This one sticks hard in the craw of one @BUFFALOBART who still holds Anderson in great disdain for intentionally failing his way off of the Bills roster) 185. Christian Benford, CB (2022) ( That's 2 all-timer day 3 draft picks for McBeane. Fingers crossed his brains aren't scrambled from those concussions and can have a long career.) 253. Roland Hooks, RB (1975) (The pickings were slim at 253 apparently. Certainly the most unlikely Bill to find on this list.) 255. Don Majkowski, QB (1987) (The Buffalo born Magic Man looked like the real deal there for a brief time.)

Except by doing it this way nearly every kicker in a more modern era would be better. Same with QB’s. The FG% has just gone up at a faster rate league wide. Relative to era they’re about identical. Christie gets the nod for clutch/important kicks and following Norwood, which can’t be easy.

He's 18?? Jeez, that's amazing!

agreed. The Bills are pretty naive if they thought that the Araiza and Hairston situations wouldn’t mature into lawsuits and PR issues. Neither guy was a “must have” player too.

Yeah, me too. I don't care for Steve Bannon's politics, but he's a really smart guy and he hit the nail on the head. If one is to play the populism game, one should also go all in during said game. Not raising taxes on the top earners was a big, big mistake. As is this alligator Alcatraz nonsense.

Practice Roster?

This was the first time I looked at the total chart. My seats are in the $8k section (Bills side). Overall, I think they did a pretty good job pricing the PSLs, they covered the spectrum very well and as mentioned by others there is a level that is accessible for a wide swath of fans. I viewed the $8k/seat (I have 4) as not bad - amortized over the life of the PSL it is $267/season, which as it turns out is going to be just under the cost of a regular season ticket. I knew the game tickets were going to go up a lot and was more concerned about that. Mine are going from the current about $180 (I think, never know how to factor in the preseason games) to about $300, which is a huge jump - 8 regular season game cost per ticket up from about $1,440 to $2,400.

Steve Christie 234 Field Goals in 15 Solid Seasons.

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Understand the pool depth before diving in… Cheers and enjoy the long weekend

Use the search function and look for yourself while you have all this time headed to Virginia Beech.

I'll be back in the high life again All the doors I closed one time Will open up again I'll be back in the high life again All the eyes that watched me once Will smile and take me in And I'll drink and dance with one hand free Let the world back into me And oh I'll be a sight to see Back in the high life again

$2,000 spread over ten years works out to $20.00 per game, and less if it gives you access to other events. In ten years that’ll be chump change. Seems like a good price to guarantee a sideline spot under the roof.

Butch Byrd was a great cornerback, and still not on the wall. He was also a very fine punt returner.

I don’t think anyone can judge the situation between the girl and Mad Max. But I do have wonder why the Bills took the plunge seeing as how they knew all about it. It’s not like he’s a sixth round punter. If this goes bad, it’s a helluva public relations nightmare.

I’m guessing that the employer (owner) wants as much flexibility as possible when it comes to employee compensation. They probably don’t want guaranteed contracts becoming all the rage. Just my guess.

He won’t be 27 until Monday. Somehow I felt he was a bit older than that. There’s still time to turn his career trajectory around if he’s committed.