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Is it the same kind of grown man that complains on internet message boards? I'll hang up and listen.

Imagine how good Michael Jordan would have been if he were drafted in the 6th round. I'm thinking he'd have won something like 6 NBA Championships.

If Manuel fulfils his potential, Chris Trapasso will no longer be used as a negative meme on TBD.

"EJ Manuel has had many big moments in big games throughout his career. Yet what will define him for years to come was not a long run, a touchdown, or anything on the field. It was a halftime speech."

Later on in King's piece, an interesting nugget about Nix and the Rams GM: "Factoid of the Week That May Interest Only Me II Speaking of Tavon Austin: Buffalo GM Buddy Nix and Rams GM Les Snead orchestrated the trade that that led Austin to the Rams Thursday night, St. Louis acquiring the eighth pick for second- and seventh-rounders and a swap of third-rounders. Snead was born in Eufaula, Ala. (pop.: 13,137) in 1971. The high school football coach at Eufaula High until 1967 was Buddy Nix. “Buddy was a big deal in my hometown,” Snead said. Snead went to Auburn. A good buddy of his, the backup quarterback on the football team, married Nix’s daughter. On Thursday, Nix, the big man in Snead’s town when Snead was but a gleam in his father’s eyes, handed Snead the most dangerous weapon in this draft to compete with the power boys, San Francisco and Seattle, in the NFC West. And Snead handed Nix the pick to draft the player, E.J. Manuel, the Bills hope becomes the successor to Jim Kelly. I wonder if anyone in Eufaula realized that over the weekend."

He likes Alonso, but decries that Arthur Brown was still on the board at the time Alonso was picked. Kiper having Arthur Brown rated higher is one thing, but not taking into consideration that Brown likely doesn't fit Pettine's defense whereas Alonso appears to be engineered in a lab to fit it is why these grades mean little. It's interesting and it adds to the fun of the overall draft experience, but these guys don't really know which players are fits, so it borders on extreme chutzpah when they get all huffy on camera determining "winners" and "losers".

I thought the same thing when I watched the clip. I mean, can they actually see Ohio's tax incentives from where they're sitting?

Adam SchefterVerified account ‏@AdamSchefter 15m ESPN's @FieldYates reports former Tennessee QB Tyler Bray will sign with the Kansas City Chiefs, per source. Adam Schefter ‏@AdamSchefter 1m RT @Buffalo_Wolf: NOT the Dolphins? ... Not the Dolphins. Tyler Bray is headed to Kansas City to the Chiefs.

That's pretty cool. This feels very different--- more than just posturing.

Pfft. Where's the 2014 3rd rounder?

Bill Barnwell ‏@billbarnwell 1m If you haven't turned on Elway to Marino yet, get there before they start the Jim Kelly segment. Best part of the documentary.

Thank god victorymedia is here to tell us why we should remember the 3rd round last year. Because no one remembers it nor is it ever discussed.

I'd be OK with it so long as the purposes are truly intensive.

One reason I'd like to see them trade back with their 1st round pick is to acquire an additional pick they can use on a QB and still restock other positions of need. Matt Scott in, say, the later half of the 2nd round would be ideal--- but there's no way he'll last past the 3rd let alone into the 5th.

Serious question: Do you actually follow the Titans?

@AdamSchefter: Bills and former Cardinals QB Kevin Kolb finalizing a deal tonight that will give Buffalo one more starting-caliber QB.

As long as Kolb isn't in the car while you kick them...

Intersting comment from Ed: Ed Kilgore ‏@kedwinkilgore 20s Barkley pro day answers shoulder ? and IMO makes Barkley #Bills #1 choice at 8 in draft. I'm told #Bills love him but worry he may b gone.

Ed Kilgore @kedwinkilgore Just learned former #Bills great George Saimes passed away last night in Canton Oh. Had been fighting leukemia. He was 72.

The international cycling community and the Baseball Writers of America are vindictive and self righteous, though. They live to tear down what they've built up. The NFL is still busy playing Human Centipede with the Pats.

I've heard about this book, just recently in fact. What does it say about Ralph?

Did Kaepernick not have a brilliant 2nd half in which he very nearly pulled off what would have been the greatest comeback in Super Bowl history? Certainly the deficit spotted him had more to do with the 49ers sieve of a D in the 1st and a SB record KO return for TD to start the 3rd Q, though he admittedly struggled early. I think his early game struggles had more to do with his relative inexperience than his style of play. It's like when Bill Parcells said "Power football still wins!" after SB XXV. If Norwood makes that kick, the No-Huddle wins. Brilliant game-planning, playcalling and execution won SB XXV, not a particular style. And the same was true yesterday.

There's no need for a lecture on why Jauron/Levy drafted a safety and a Tampa-2 DT rather than Ngata. We all know that story. Whitner is a mediocre NFL safety. The front office shouldn't have drafted players that were below average because they theoretically fit the system. They should have taken the best players and adapted. Colin Kaepernick didn't fit the 49ers "system", but they drafted him and adapted their offense to suit him. I'm exhausted from listening to excuses. Whitner was a mistake and now he's San Francisco's problem. He is partially responsible for their franchise's first Super Bowl loss in 6 tries. The "haters" have the last say in this debate and today is their/our day. Unless Donte is at some point transfigured into a completely different player, this is the definitive proof that his Pro Bowl selection is nonsense.

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It wasn't nice at all, it was terr--- oh, I see what happened.